Jo Walton
@bluejo.bsky.social
Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.
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🟢 "In Green Company," 2014
by photographer Max Rive in the Lofoten islands, Norway 🇳🇴
Composition of 3 separate exposures.
After two fruitless nights of waiting under the clouds, perseverance finally paid off on the third attempt at the summit of Austnesfjorden.
#photography #aurora #mountains
by photographer Max Rive in the Lofoten islands, Norway 🇳🇴
Composition of 3 separate exposures.
After two fruitless nights of waiting under the clouds, perseverance finally paid off on the third attempt at the summit of Austnesfjorden.
#photography #aurora #mountains
February 18, 2026 at 11:32 AM
🟢 "In Green Company," 2014
by photographer Max Rive in the Lofoten islands, Norway 🇳🇴
Composition of 3 separate exposures.
After two fruitless nights of waiting under the clouds, perseverance finally paid off on the third attempt at the summit of Austnesfjorden.
#photography #aurora #mountains
by photographer Max Rive in the Lofoten islands, Norway 🇳🇴
Composition of 3 separate exposures.
After two fruitless nights of waiting under the clouds, perseverance finally paid off on the third attempt at the summit of Austnesfjorden.
#photography #aurora #mountains
Can't, I'm trapped in that bright moment where you learned your doom
Can’t, I’ve written I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK on a pink official form.
Can't, I've found myself in a dark wood, for I have strayed from the straight pathway to this tangled ground.
February 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Can't, I'm trapped in that bright moment where you learned your doom
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February 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Goodreads is giving away 30 print copies of my second book, WHAT WE ARE SEEKING! Enter here for a chance to win www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
What We Are Seeking
From Cameron Reed, the acclaimed author of The Fortunat…
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February 18, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Goodreads is giving away 30 print copies of my second book, WHAT WE ARE SEEKING! Enter here for a chance to win www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
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New podcast interview up on the Singularity Podcast! Nikola is one of my very favorite interviewers, incredibly rich, in-depth and long conversation to get at big, meaty questions and really zoom both in and out!
https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer-inventing-the-renaissance/
https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer-inventing-the-renaissance/
February 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
New podcast interview up on the Singularity Podcast! Nikola is one of my very favorite interviewers, incredibly rich, in-depth and long conversation to get at big, meaty questions and really zoom both in and out!
https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer-inventing-the-renaissance/
https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer-inventing-the-renaissance/
I just got mine, too. Thanks, libraries!
I just got my annual Public Lending Right cheque for Because Internet from the Canada Council for the Arts, so permit me a thread about what the public lending right is and why you should request books you love from public libraries!
February 18, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I just got mine, too. Thanks, libraries!
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Hello Tuesday:
Jeanne d'Arc, Albert Lynch, 1903, an engraving from Figaro Illustre magazine.
Jeanne d'Arc, Albert Lynch, 1903, an engraving from Figaro Illustre magazine.
March 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Hello Tuesday:
Jeanne d'Arc, Albert Lynch, 1903, an engraving from Figaro Illustre magazine.
Jeanne d'Arc, Albert Lynch, 1903, an engraving from Figaro Illustre magazine.
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Pearl Johnson (1926) by Laura Knight, the English painter, who was visiting the US, was later taken to a civil rights meeting by the subject of this work, a Baltimore nurse #womensart
February 18, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Pearl Johnson (1926) by Laura Knight, the English painter, who was visiting the US, was later taken to a civil rights meeting by the subject of this work, a Baltimore nurse #womensart
#SomethingBeautiful Florence from the Oltrarno early this morning
February 18, 2026 at 7:03 AM
#SomethingBeautiful Florence from the Oltrarno early this morning
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This horse seems not too happy being positioned in an #earlymodern #infographic.
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Daniel and I are sharing a rum truffle.
February 17, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Daniel and I are sharing a rum truffle.
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February 17, 2026 at 11:04 AM
#SomethingBeautful dark clouds over Ponte Santa Trinita
February 17, 2026 at 7:59 AM
#SomethingBeautful dark clouds over Ponte Santa Trinita
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A manicule with a human head: bsky.app/profile/trin...
Imagine your documents were marked up for editing with this guy. Terrifying! MS.B.2.25 mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B...
#marginaliamonday
#medievalsky
#marginaliamonday
#medievalsky
February 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
A manicule with a human head: bsky.app/profile/trin...
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But they were all of them deceived, for Sauron, in his cunning, fashioned a crap-ton of rings in various sizes.
July 24, 2024 at 4:24 PM
But they were all of them deceived, for Sauron, in his cunning, fashioned a crap-ton of rings in various sizes.
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Somewhat nicer - the view from the Chapel Bridge in Lozärn
February 16, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Somewhat nicer - the view from the Chapel Bridge in Lozärn
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“Inventing the Renaissance” is having another $3.99 ebook sale. I think this one is Uk/Canada/AU/NZ too! If bit, that sale is coming in a couple days.
“Inventing the Renaissance” is a history of histories of this (not so) golden age. Much of making history is simply adding new POVs to the braid as historians ask new & more diverse questions w/ each generation. I hope you’ll enjoy my effort to show the process at work! 25/25 https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
“Inventing the Renaissance” is having another $3.99 ebook sale. I think this one is Uk/Canada/AU/NZ too! If bit, that sale is coming in a couple days.
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2/2 Cecilia Gonzaga in 1447, also looking very fine and also by Pisanello, because he was also a medallist.
February 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
2/2 Cecilia Gonzaga in 1447, also looking very fine and also by Pisanello, because he was also a medallist.
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learn why people randomly shout "BATTLE POPE!"
“Inventing the Renaissance” is having another $3.99 ebook sale. I think this one is Uk/Canada/AU/NZ too! If bit, that sale is coming in a couple days.
“Inventing the Renaissance” is a history of histories of this (not so) golden age. Much of making history is simply adding new POVs to the braid as historians ask new & more diverse questions w/ each generation. I hope you’ll enjoy my effort to show the process at work! 25/25 https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS
February 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
learn why people randomly shout "BATTLE POPE!"
#SomethingBeautiful Florence and the Arno in the early morning
February 16, 2026 at 6:15 AM
#SomethingBeautiful Florence and the Arno in the early morning
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A better way of interpreting this portrait is as a species of Florentine propaganda intended to appropriate and domesticate the Englishman as a dutiful Florentine captain post mortem--despite the fact he worked most of career for others, spent last ones preparing to return to England
Monument to Sir John Hawkwood in the Duomo, Florence, 1436. Another tour de force of perspective by Paolo Uccello, whose day has been today.
February 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
A better way of interpreting this portrait is as a species of Florentine propaganda intended to appropriate and domesticate the Englishman as a dutiful Florentine captain post mortem--despite the fact he worked most of career for others, spent last ones preparing to return to England
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For those not familiar with the daffodils of York we will have carpets of them in the coming weeks.
They can be found on the motte of Clifford’s Tower and on the banks of the city walls.
We even have some at the Hall!
They can be found on the motte of Clifford’s Tower and on the banks of the city walls.
We even have some at the Hall!
February 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
For those not familiar with the daffodils of York we will have carpets of them in the coming weeks.
They can be found on the motte of Clifford’s Tower and on the banks of the city walls.
We even have some at the Hall!
They can be found on the motte of Clifford’s Tower and on the banks of the city walls.
We even have some at the Hall!
Can verify, Gretchen is like this at parties too.
I'd be less stressed about the promotional side, but also I'm on social media because I like nerding out about linguistics with people and helping people learn more about language, and I don't really see that stopping? I mean, I'm like this at parties too
Hey artist/creator/writer/etc people: if tomorrow you were guaranteed a very comfortable living the rest of your life, how would that affect your relationship to social media?
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Can verify, Gretchen is like this at parties too.
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I've been recommending "The Year Without Sunshine" by @naomikritzer.bsky.social A LOT this year. Yesterday one of them told me how much she liked it so I gave her additional recs to try, including "So Much Cooking".
Thank you, Naomi!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
Thank you, Naomi!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Year Without Sunshine - Uncanny Magazine
During one of the much smaller disasters that preceded the really big disaster, I met a lot of my neighbors online. I can’t remember if we set up the WhatsApp group because of the pandemic or the civi...
www.uncannymagazine.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I've been recommending "The Year Without Sunshine" by @naomikritzer.bsky.social A LOT this year. Yesterday one of them told me how much she liked it so I gave her additional recs to try, including "So Much Cooking".
Thank you, Naomi!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
Thank you, Naomi!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The whole thread is delightful but this one really made me smile
Violets are grue
Roses, demonic
Si enil txen siht
Boustrophedonic.
Roses, demonic
Si enil txen siht
Boustrophedonic.
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 AM
The whole thread is delightful but this one really made me smile