He's been privatised.
04.03.2026 18:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@verityholloway.bsky.social
Strange fiction, weird history. Lost member of the PRB. Marfan syndrome. Will-oโ-the-wisp. Victorians, folklore, bad medicine. THE OTHERS OF EDENWELL and CHEER THE SICK out now. ๐ฆ๐๏ธ๐ฌ๐ฎ
He's been privatised.
04.03.2026 18:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0On a background of crumpled vintage paper rests a paperback book: Cheer The Sick. The cover features an early modern plague doctor dropping an oversized posey of flowers. The tagline reads "What ails you?"
For #WomenInHorror month, I'm obliged to share my collection, Cheer The Sick. Tales include:
๐๏ธ What happens when you snort powdered faun
๐๏ธ There's a man inside the boiler and he knows you're gay
๐๏ธ Don't wear the fairy meth helmet
๐๏ธ Chelsea Flower Show vampires
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/cheer-the-si...
I'm pretty sure that's exactly how it went down, yes.
04.03.2026 14:11 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Blackbeard's flag, very useful for hiding crates of crafting materials.
04.03.2026 13:50 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Oh bugger, alt text: A white office wall is decorated with framed prints including a purple-toned poster of Florence from Florence + The Machine emerging from the darkness in a flowing gown, her head obscured and her hands outstretched.
04.03.2026 13:46 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New Florence poster. Gradually making the office a bit more 'me'. (It was formerly a child's bedroom, yellow with Thomas the Tank Engine stickers all over the show.)
04.03.2026 13:38 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Welcome back, Johnny!
04.03.2026 12:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Being moved to tears by the homunculi in Small Prophets probably isn't a good sign.
03.03.2026 20:54 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0It's on my Patreon for ยฃ1! Such a bonkers story. www.patreon.com/posts/greeti...
03.03.2026 10:46 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A powerpoint slide reading: Modern problems require ancient solutions, or โHow about a pyramid scheme?โ
I just did a talk about this, and I'm kind of sad they never built it.
03.03.2026 10:40 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0I cannot type the words I'm thinking.
03.03.2026 10:37 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That feeling when the ghouls show up.
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1000s of public domain films that you can stream, no ads!
www.openculture.com/2026/01/stre...
FELICITATIONS ๐
02.03.2026 11:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I remember reading the word 'psychedelic' in the Beano and asking the adults what it meant.
02.03.2026 11:44 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Video game image of a military looking guy in a jacket and black shades from the opening of the video game "Bad Dudes" saying "Are you a psychic enough lesbian to spend the summer in Hill House?"
nobody:
A cold solicitation letter arriving from the mysterious Dr. Montague:
A young female model wearing a brown dress so comically large she looks like a lost child
"I forgot my PE kit."
01.03.2026 18:24 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Screenshot of an ASOS marketing email that says "The Verity edit; shop the new pieces we think you'll love" with two pictures of horrible beige clothes and ugly brown shoes.
ASOS, if you so much as breathe beige in my direction, I will shank you in the exercise yard.
01.03.2026 18:19 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropicโs Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran. The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.
The WSJ is reporting that AI, specifically Claude, was used in targeting for the attacks by the Epstein Empire.
That would mean the use of AI led directly to the massacre of 115 schoolchildren and 20 volleyball players.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
28.02.2026 16:09 โ ๐ 13032 ๐ 5285 ๐ฌ 85 ๐ 182
Ad for costumes for ushers to wear during screenings of the perverse horror classic THE BLACK CAT (1934)
#Caturday
From The Essential W.S. Merwin.
#poem #books #writing
Twin Peaks logo font over the road into town saying April 1805 Napoleon is now master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him: Oceans are now battlefields
28.02.2026 02:03 โ ๐ 660 ๐ 152 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 4Awkward sincere posting: I've been depressed for a long, long time, but I'm noticing now that I'm picking up my old hobbies again. Terrariums, sewing, painting, even a bit of photography. All unthinkable six months ago.
27.02.2026 13:34 โ ๐ 57 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 0Thank you! It's such a cute gadget.
27.02.2026 13:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@llbroadwell.bsky.social I caved and bought a cute little camera like yours. Looking forward to getting out and about with it. Also, if you figured out how to turn off the jingling noise when you turn it on and off, please share! ๐
27.02.2026 12:11 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Stars, sun and moon in chalk on stone steps leading into the river Thames. Above the symbols, a pile of stones with hearts chalked on them
Thames witchery spotted on yesterdayโs walk. โMagicโ I say, grinning. โThe Canticle of the creatures!โ He says, pointing at the sun. Everyone gets something.
27.02.2026 07:18 โ ๐ 76 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1She was magnificent.
27.02.2026 09:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0More like Matt Badloss.
27.02.2026 08:56 โ ๐ 264 ๐ 36 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 1Wait, Britain has politics as well?? Christ, when will it end
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