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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 1d

entire media & publishing industry is just the hell dimension from event horizon now. i'm sure it's fine.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 23h

Excitingly we are only £42 away from being 50% funded. Hopefully we will get there before I wake up tomorrow morning.
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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"PLAY LA MARSEILLAISE!"

Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 23h

NAILED IT.

"unlikable" female characters are so often just characters that aren't cardboard cutouts for self-insert reading, so therefore she's unlikable because she's not me.

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Chelsea M. Cameron (she/they) @chel-c-cam.bsky.social · 1d

It’s also why so many VERY popular FMCs have little to no personality or interests or opinions. I really think it’s where the “unlikeable” FMC comes from a lot of times.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 23h

I have a lot of strong feelings on this subject and have surprisingly held back.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 23h

It's also why some of my friends writing urban fantasy (and trying to explain to the readers that it's urban fantasy, not paranormal romance) have needed to have the main male character(s) repeat back the feelings of the main heroine that she just said so that they'll "believe" those feelings.

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a big “book boyfriend” thing as well. They replace and erase the FMC so they can have whatever toxic asshole is the hottie du jour. Can’t do that in third because it’s so clearly not the reader that’s narrating. The actual FMC and her role in the story doesn’t matter.

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Suleikha Snyder @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a big “book boyfriend” thing as well. They replace and erase the FMC so they can have whatever toxic asshole is the hottie du jour. Can’t do that in third because it’s so clearly not the reader that’s narrating. The actual FMC and her role in the story doesn’t matter.

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 2d

The way that the book community has a self-insert problem is not talked about loudly enough. They are not reading books that can't relate to because "aka this book is too Black or Brown or LGBTQ+" and so I can't self-insert.

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Libreture - your ebook & comic cloud library @libreture.com · 23h

You MUST take a look at this, if only for Trevor Roberts' art and graphic design.

For four years, on the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park website, artist Trevor Roberts meticulously visualized the Pit's evolution, using tourism signage, "wildlife" brochures, safety manuals, and government memos.

Libreture - your ebook & comic cloud library @libreture.com · 1d

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 1d

Oh shit!

Guy (aka glecharles) @loudpoet.com · 1d

Kindle integration with Overdrive was bad enough, letting them into distribution is a death wish. #cmonson

"Since many libraries already use Amazon to buy a range of goods and service, it has now developed the capabilities to allow libraries to buy books."

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Libraries Look to Fill the Gap Left by Baker & Taylor

With the closure of country’s largest library wholesaler now underway, librarians are searching for new options as Ingram, Bookazine, and even Amazon make their play to court B&T customers left in the...

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 1d

But why, Sam? Surely if they have enough money and free time to give them the space to write a book and the connections to have it published in front of other women, why... oh.

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After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 1d

Say the line, Bart! three panel meme but it’s SAY THE LINE, ZACH and then then I HAVE A COPY OF THAT BUT HAVEN’T GOTTEN AROUND TO READING IT YET and then the cheering

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 1d

I use it on my 6 year-old, and she thinks it's hilarious.

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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 1d

Still the greatest one-liner in television history.

Eric Morecambe on Ice Cream

YouTube video by Dave Byrne

www.youtube.com

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 1d

Scrambling to get my hands on this!!!

Llinos Cathryn Thomas @llincathryn.bsky.social · 1d

All Is Bright, my Christmassy F/F romance novella set in a little village in Wales, is out TODAY!

You can get it in these places and more:

Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
AZ: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FS4G5PKX

A promotional graphic for All Is Bright, by Llinos Cathryn Thomas. The book cover, with the title in large text over twinkling lights, is at the centre. Behind the book, there are glowy lights. Text blocks highlight features of the book: "F/F Christmas romance", "advent calendar style - one chapter a day", "Hallmark small-town Christmas movie with a queer twist", "one has elaborate Christmas lights, the other one hates them", "outdoorsy butch and city girl femme", "Wales!".

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly this

nebredral @nebredral.bsky.social · 1d

Prospective employers can get itchy feet if you divulge existing, controlled medical issues… so the chances of them taking on someone with ‘current’ MH issues? Hahaha, good luck with that one!

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Llinos Cathryn Thomas @llincathryn.bsky.social · 1d

(And this isn't even touching on quality-of-life questions for people who could work if it was part-time/WFH but would be so drained by it that they basically couldn't do anything else, but who are still going to get caught up in this BS.)

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Llinos Cathryn Thomas @llincathryn.bsky.social · 1d

I consider myself absurdly lucky to have a part-time job where I largely work from home, in part because I have in-demand skills that I developed long before I became chronically ill. Where are the jobs supposed to come from for folks who can't work an office 9-5 and don't have a strong CV already?

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Llinos Cathryn Thomas @llincathryn.bsky.social · 1d

This. No amount of "special advice" will fix the fact that some people CAN'T work, and it also won't fix the fact that flexible/part-time/WFH jobs that pay ok are like gold dust, and disabled folks who could work part-time/WFH under the right circumstances are at a disadvantage in applying for them.

sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 1d

"Do much more to get long-term sick and disabled people into work"

Does he really not see the problem with this?

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently arts degrees are so worthless they need to be stopped, yet the product of those degrees is so valuable paying for it would bring down an entire industry.

Make it make sense.

Headline screenshot. The leader of the Conservative Party saying we need to "Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English."

Headline screenshot. The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, also former Meta employee, claiming that asking artists for permission to use their work (i.e. paying for it) would "kill" the A.I. industry.

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Scarlet Ferret - Special Edition Ebooks 🇵🇸 @scarletferret.com · 1d

I mean, they teach it in schools, right?

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

I say “a tiny bit” because, while I can’t speak for the specific production, the play itself is very accessible and deeply entertaining? as always I can forgive people disliking art that I like but it’s very embarrassing for the reasoning to be “I am fundamentally incurious”

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

this is funny because the play’s first US tour famously bombed, as did the first few UK shows, for basically the same reasons in the review — an aversion toward art that is a tiny bit more oblique and demanding. embarrassing to be a “longtime admirer” of theater and not know anything about anything

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 1d

It would kill the AI industry?

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 2d

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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