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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 2d

Happy #WorldPorridgeDay to all who celebrate! 🥣

Captain of oats, braw brose, fine gruel,
you are thi Scotsman’s constant fuel
fae New Year’s Dey till end o Yule
(we don’t do Simmer)…

—WN Herbert, “TO PORRIDGE”
#poem #poetry #porridge
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WN Herbert
TO PORRIDGE
'Auld claes and parritch...'

Captain of oats, braw brose, fine gruel,
you are thi Scotsman’s constant fuel
fae New Year’s Dey till end o Yule
(we don’t do Simmer):
oan ilka morn ye bring renewal,
thi stomach’s zimmer.

Ye greet us lyk a fu-fissed mune
and guarantee tae fill wir spune
wi fushion – see, ye’re cratert roond
wi seas o bubbles –
tranquillity is aa yir tune,
and ease fae troubles.

Grey revolutionary fur guts,
jump-starter fur thi slo-mo slutz
that sends us loupin fae wir cots
intae wir sarks
(a dram in you gets slob and klutz
back tae thir wark).

When snaa faas owre thi Border’s pale
and Southron bairns can plunk aff skail
then even English journos hail
wir Northern mannah –
are sudden experts oan oatmeal
tapped wi a sultana.

Ye’re like a clood-occludit sun
that casts grey licht oan ivrywun;
thi siller ash on grieshoch; grun
ablow thi slush
that derns oat-germs that sune will wun
thru Winter’s crush.

Tho Doctir Johnson caaed ye food
fur foals – mair fulmar him – ye’ve plooed
thru Scotia’s lard-imprisoned bluid
and freed oor veins:
dae mealie puddins dae us good?
Great Oat, explain!

Hoo dae we luve ye? Some wi cream,
wi hinny, spice or jeely reamed,
while Calvin’s crew hae sauty dreams
o fare of auld,
powred in a draaer fur bothy teams
tae slice oot cauld.

‘Auld claes an parritch’ gaes thi creh
wance we hae drunk thi Daft Deys dreh
and neath a sober, saft grey skeh
we view thi year –
we’re nae whit bettir, but we’ll treh
wi sic guid gear!

Editor's Note: Fushion—wholesomeness, strength; slutz—a leap in skating; sark—shirt; grieshoch—red-hot embers; dern–hide.

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imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 5d

Join us in commemorating Black Speculative Fiction Month at Arizona State University! This series of events on October 16 explores how artists, scholars, and cultural leaders use speculative storytelling to imagine more just and inclusive futures.
🔗 asuevents.asu.edu?searchText=b...

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Nature @nature.com · 5d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"

Stay tuned for more.

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Lottie @sellottie.bsky.social · 6d

It’s happened again

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

😭

IG newberlinlibrary

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 7d

“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight”

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL GrantWatson

A barn owl is perched on a wall at dusk. A full moon has risen in the still blue sky above a small village.

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 9d

Happy #DayofGermanUnity #TagderDeutschenEinheit to everyone in Germany, 35 years since East and West Germany reunited and a timely reminder that we can overcome divisions

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 13d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 13d

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Intelligence and Security Committee to launch a new probe investigating Russian interference in British politics, after Reform’s former leader in Wales Nathan Gill admitted to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia

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Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social · 13d

NEXT BOOK PROJECT.

We could do with a little help. We've gone live with our @crowdfunder.bsky.social today!

Please do help us spread the word, Mr Schwitters is a remarkable book, he was a remarkable man. There are some lovely rewards.

Huge thanks

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/looking-fo...

#BookSky

Looking for Mr Schwitters - a new book

To produce an innovative and finely illustrated book about the émigré artist Kurt Schwitters’ final years in the Lake District.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 13d

🧪 Open to Science Poetry Submissions 🖋️

The Consilience journal is now open for submissions of science-themed poetry and artwork! Issue 23 explores the topic of ‘Tension’.

Submit your work for free here:

www.consilience-journal.com/submit

#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry

submit — Consilience

For each issue of Consilience we invite submissions of poetry or artwork. All submissions must have a link to science, fit the theme of the upcoming issue, and also be in line with our inclusivity sta...

www.consilience-journal.com

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 14d

Best political anecdote ever ...

Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 14d

Husband is reading a political biog which contains this fantastic anecdote about George Brown, the boozy Deputy Leader of Harold Wilson’s cabinet:

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 14d

I really enjoyed writing this near-future story about a flooded Edinburgh and a colony of bats who can predict extreme weather. Big thanks to @imaginationasu.bsky.social for asking me to write it!

imaginationasu.bsky.social @imaginationasu.bsky.social · 16d

In this week's #FreeFictionFriday pick, "The Way Out" by @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, we're introduced to Drover, a solitary researcher who spends his time carefully monitoring bat heart rates, flight patterns, and behavior, to help predict oncoming natural disasters.

🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 14d

Oh lucky you for seeing it more than once! I saw it in Edinburgh at the festival, and it made a huge impression on so many of us

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 15d

A sad loss. I watched a dramatization of 'V' by Volcano Theatre Company in about 1990 that was probably the most exciting and dangerous theatrical event I've ever seen.

Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 15d

RIP Tony Harrison.
Listen to his extraordinary poem ‘v’ which scandalized 80’s Britain.

Highly relevant today.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3A...

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 15d

"And that was how the Wittgensteinian dynastic wars began!"

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 15d

Someone left their heart on the beach in Musselburgh...

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 18d

For some deep-seated reason that I've not yet fathomed, I'm always fascinated by crab shells. Here's today's (spotted on Musselburgh beach):

A crab shell is lying on a sandy beach next to a mussel shell

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 18d

Aw thank you

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 18d

Can't wait to read this!

ooOOOoona McCormack 🎃 @unamccormack.bsky.social · 18d

This is an AMAZING book and I am so proud that @goldsf.bsky.social will be publishing it!

Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 18d

Thrilled! Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF will publish ALSTON MOOR in Autumn 2026. Epic eco-fiction with two entwined storylines, 500 years apart!
I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel.
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 18d

Thrilled! Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF will publish ALSTON MOOR in Autumn 2026. Epic eco-fiction with two entwined storylines, 500 years apart!
I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel.
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

Goldsmiths Press to publish my latest novel Alston Moor - Anne Charnock

I am totally thrilled that Goldsmiths Press will be publishing my novel Alston Moor in the Autumn of 2026 as part of the press’s Gold SF feminist series.

annecharnock.com

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Pippa Goldschmidt @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social · 18d

Wonderful news!

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 23d

Best Wall-Fall Quote Eva 😆

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SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk · 20d

Interested in coming to Eastercon Iridescence next year but might need help. There is a scheme for that. Details in quoted post and link.

Iridescence - The 2026 Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social · 20d

Iridescence Bursary Scheme Now Open

Need support with attending Iridescence? We’ve got a bursary scheme to help.

The scheme is open to anyone in the UK or Ireland.

First deadline: 31 October 2025

Full details and the application form eastercon2026.org/bursary-sche...

Bursary Scheme Policy | Iridescence

eastercon2026.org

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Silkabelli (mutazione-piromane Edition) @silkabelli.bsky.social · 26d

Queen

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