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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 51m

Discover your next favourite SF/F author among this huge range of free-to-download stories #time #📚🪐 #sorcery #dragons #futurism #rogue #wizards #romantasy #💙 #aliens #fae #witches #📚💙 #magic #dystopia #dwarfs #dwarves #knaves #knights #👀📚 #booksky #legendary #planets #ladies #monsters #elves…

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Discover your next favourite SF/F author among this huge range of free-to-download stories #time #📚🪐 #sorcery #dragons #futurism #rogue #wizards #romantasy #💙 #aliens #fae #witches #📚💙 #magic #dystopia #dwarfs #dwarves #knaves #knights #👀📚 #booksky #legendary #planets #ladies #monsters #elves #writing #reading #military #space #spaceship #heroes (72be)

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 3h

My cartoon for the books page in this week’s @theguardian.com

Title: Where writers really get their ideas.

A writer, holding a note in his outstretched hand approaches a cart in the park. The front of the cart reads 'Fresh ideas' and a colourful umbrella shades the server who is reaching deep into the body of the cart (much as an ice-cream vendor might) and saying:
"I'm all out of mind-blowing concepts and heart-rending narratives, but I've got an acerbic observation, an unexpected outcome and a couple of amusing notions."

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 4h

Moonbase Alpha. (Obviously.)

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Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · 7h

I used to get mad when people misused "decimated" to refer to things that weren't 1/10th destroyed, but I've given it some thought and now I've done a complete 360 on it

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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social · 6h

ok screw this I'm going back to rss feeds. What are your fav news sources, writers? Fav places for author advice? Interviews? Or drop their @ if it's an individual

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 5h

Mostly I follow webcomics on RSS:

- Questionable Content

www.questionablecontent.net/QCRSS.xml

- Girl Genius

www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain.rss

- Slack Wyrm

www.joshuawright.net/rss_joshuawr...

People just don't realise what they're missing without RSS - literally 🙃

www.questionablecontent.net

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 6h

Who knows?

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 8h

When a world is broken how can it be repaired? Miralees has an easy life an acrobat with her family troupe but lies and betrayal change her life forever.

Read: "Dragons of the Wounded Land" #rogue #dragons #booksky #📚💙 #writing #elves #💙 #monsters #knights #fae #lesbian #👀📚 #dwarfs #heroines #📚🪐…

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When a world is broken how can it be repaired? Miralees has an easy life an acrobat with her family troupe but lies and betrayal change her life forever. Read: "Dragons of the Wounded Land" #rogue #dragons #booksky #📚💙 #writing #elves #💙 #monsters #knights #fae #lesbian #👀📚 #dwarfs #heroines #📚🪐 #knaves #witches #legendary #magic #wizards #wlw #dwarves #romantasy #sapphic #reading #ladies #sorcery (b868)

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 9h

Old? Laughs in late-60s.

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 9h

If you see this QRP with a game that released the year you were born.

"RSVP was a vertical version of Scrabble introduced by Selchow and Righter and promoted as "3-D Scrabble". Two players spelled words using cubical tiles with letters on an upright grid board." ~ Wikipedia

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 12h

Hey, look, we found evidence that another historical crisis had its roots in a rapid climatic shift (this time, collapse of the Western Zhou Dynasty). These things might be a problem; we should probably prepare for them. 🧪

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Locations of hydrological proxy sites in China. The yellow circle denotes the capital of the Western Zhou. The red dashed line represents the maximum area controlled by the Western Zhou. Background is the summer (June–September) precipitation trend during 1950‒2010 AD, based on a precipitation dataset with a spatial resolution of 0.025°.

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Honest Erotica @honesterotica.bsky.social · 11h

Vienna-born American Franz Felix only illustrated two erotic works – Pierre Louÿs’ Songs of Bilitis in 1928 and E. Powys Mathers’ anthology Eastern Love in 1930, but his stylish plates are a model of composition and the gently suggestive. See them now at www.honesterotica.com/illustrator/....

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 10h

There have been 17 songs called "The Power of Love" between 1966 and 2021 (according to Wikipedia).

Three in 1984 (Charley Pride (who?), Jennifer Rush, Frankie Goes to Hollywood), and one in 1985 (Huey Lewis and the News).

#justSaying

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 13h

Check out this amazing selection of audiobooks in a wide range of genres and find your next favourite author and narrator. #audiobook #rogue #ladies #murder #couple #romanticcouples #romance #writing #elves #military #private #aliens #fae #magic #reading #romantic #adventure #dwarfs #detective…

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Check out this amazing selection of audiobooks in a wide range of genres and find your next favourite author and narrator. #audiobook #rogue #ladies #murder #couple #romanticcouples #romance #writing #elves #military #private #aliens #fae #magic #reading #romantic #adventure #dwarfs #detective #audio #lovestory #planets #amateur #sexy #contemporary #kiss #dwarves #booksky #future #dragons #knaves #heroes #legendary #knights #action #classic #futurism #dystopia #monsters #love #mystery (e748)

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 16h

Daily bunny no.3104 does not have a map

An intrepid bunny creeps through a labyrinth or dungeon, arranged in a grid like an old videogame. There is a snake and a skull in the bunny's path, as well as a spike pit. The bunny has a small sword.

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 18h

oh hell yeah bless you for this (easy-to-follow steps btw)

Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 19h

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

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Ocean @oceanwrites.bsky.social · 1d

For today's #lesficfri

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Ocean @oceanwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Fri #lesficfri Friends!
🤗
Today's theme is ****JUMP***

Who has someone JUMPING in their stories!
🦘

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 1d

#LesFicFri "JUMP"

From THE TASTE OF VERONICA by Stephanie Bull (a pen-name of Steve Turnbull), from Book 2 of VERONICA'S LIFE

#sapphic #romantasy #lesfic #writingcommunity #lesbian #writing

#LesFicFri "JUMP"

Veronica took in the eerie image of Polly—completely naked except for her hair still tucked up inside the bonnet. In the strange light she was red highlights and black shadows. Like a German expressionist painting. Clothes were scattered around them.

Veronica wanted to get between Polly’s legs for the thrill of doing the forbidden away from the bedroom, but Polly was right, they needed to deal with the soaking wet clothes first.

Another crack of thunder burst overhead. Polly jumped and squealed, then threw herself at Veronica, squeezing their naked bodies together.

Once more Veronica allowed her hand to descend to Polly’s behind, and she manipulated it rhythmically, pushing her fingers deeper into the crack. Polly gave a sigh and relaxed, then lifted her leg to give her lover easier access.

From THE TASTE OF VERONICA by Stephanie Bull (a pen-name of Steve Turnbull), from Book 2 of VERONICA'S LIFE

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 1d

Every Friday, we meet a member of the BFS and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). This week we're talking scripts and classic horror films with Clive Dawson, whose work you've likely watched at some point.
britishfantasysociety.org/meet-clive-d...

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Honest Erotica @honesterotica.bsky.social · 1d

Where can you see 100,000 erotic illustrations from more than 660 great artists, from 1800 to the present day, and all free? At honesterotica.com, the world's best resource for erotic art! Join the 800k+ visitors who have enjoyed the site. Visit often, there’s always more!

Where can you see 100,000 erotic illustrations from more than 660 great artists, from 1800 to the present day, and all free? At http://honesterotica.com, the world's best resource for erotic art! Join the 800k+ visitors who have enjoyed the site. Visit often, there’s always more!

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 1d

Sign-up to my bi-monthly newsletter and download five (5!) free fantasy, SF or steampunk novellas (if you want them).

The newsletters aren't just about me and always include other book promotions. #adventure #fantasy #newsletter #steampunk #📚🪐 #booksky #mystery #💙 #📚💙 #action #scifi #👀📚 (d294)

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Sign-up to my bi-monthly newsletter and download five (5!) free fantasy, SF or steampunk novellas (if you want them). The newsletters aren't just about me and always include other book promotions. #adventure #fantasy #newsletter #steampunk #📚🪐 #booksky #mystery #💙 #📚💙 #action #scifi #👀📚 (d294)

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 1d

The incomparable Steve Hackett for your (appropriate) listening pleasure...

youtu.be/j3oce7xtW4s?...

Tales Of The Riverbank (Remastered 2007)

YouTube video by Steve Hackett - Topic

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Steve "Nuke it from Orbit" Turnbull @taupress.com · 1d

A great selection of mysterious tales for the pumpkin season, free for you to download right now. #contemporary #vigilante #sleuth #classic #steampunk #writing #action #future #whodunnit #👀📚 #booksky #private #📚🪐 #💙 #guns #reading #mystery #📚💙 #murder #amateur #suspense #detective #adventure (61d0)

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A great selection of mysterious tales for the pumpkin season, free for you to download right now. #contemporary #vigilante #sleuth #classic #steampunk #writing #action #future #whodunnit #👀📚 #booksky #private #📚🪐 #💙 #guns #reading #mystery #📚💙 #murder #amateur #suspense #detective #adventure (61d0)

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