ScarletBea
@scarletbea.bsky.social
* Fantasy reader, always + non-fiction
* Admin at the Fantasy & Beyond forum (https://fantasyandbeyond.net/)
* Lass adopted by Yorkshire
* Living with SBC
* Striving for a better world
* Admin at the Fantasy & Beyond forum (https://fantasyandbeyond.net/)
* Lass adopted by Yorkshire
* Living with SBC
* Striving for a better world
2025-46. Utterly British maps, by Helen McKenzie - 3/5
Very interesting and quirky maps, but very short!
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Very interesting and quirky maps, but very short!
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November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
2025-46. Utterly British maps, by Helen McKenzie - 3/5
Very interesting and quirky maps, but very short!
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Very interesting and quirky maps, but very short!
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Witchcraft
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Witchcraft
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So how's the AI going?
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So how's the AI going?
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
2025-45. This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health, by Nathan Filer - 4/5
Mainly focused on schizophrenia, it presents a vivid picture of the arguments surrounding mental illness, both from examples from patients and his own experience as a mental health nurse.
It made me think a lot...
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Mainly focused on schizophrenia, it presents a vivid picture of the arguments surrounding mental illness, both from examples from patients and his own experience as a mental health nurse.
It made me think a lot...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
2025-45. This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health, by Nathan Filer - 4/5
Mainly focused on schizophrenia, it presents a vivid picture of the arguments surrounding mental illness, both from examples from patients and his own experience as a mental health nurse.
It made me think a lot...
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Mainly focused on schizophrenia, it presents a vivid picture of the arguments surrounding mental illness, both from examples from patients and his own experience as a mental health nurse.
It made me think a lot...
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This is a lovely and hopeful story!
#PositiveNews
#PositiveNews
Beyond the classroom, the hands-on outdoor projects transforming young lives
Amid a youth mental health crisis fuelled partly by technology, young people are finding meaning in gritty analogue jobs – including mucking out pigs
www.positive.news
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is a lovely and hopeful story!
#PositiveNews
#PositiveNews
This is just so funny 😂
Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This is just so funny 😂
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I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
I love your reviews, they're so funny 😄
Honestly, I only watch Game of Wool now to laugh and commiserate with the poor contestants, because that is as far from "real knitting" as something can be 🙄
#GameOfWool
Honestly, I only watch Game of Wool now to laugh and commiserate with the poor contestants, because that is as far from "real knitting" as something can be 🙄
#GameOfWool
I recapped Holiday Week on #GameOfWool: ariadnereviews.com/2025/11/20/g... a cuirass for a jester, Yasmin Harper's feminist performance art, Isaac's cottagecore lesbian potential and an accidental 12 seconds of Line of Duty.
Game of Wool 2025, Episode 3: Rock Climbing Glamour Pants
the eternal question of this show. This one’s for you, Yasmin Harper.
ariadnereviews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I love your reviews, they're so funny 😄
Honestly, I only watch Game of Wool now to laugh and commiserate with the poor contestants, because that is as far from "real knitting" as something can be 🙄
#GameOfWool
Honestly, I only watch Game of Wool now to laugh and commiserate with the poor contestants, because that is as far from "real knitting" as something can be 🙄
#GameOfWool
I've just watched the first episode, and it's so good!
David makes history come alive and this made me think a lot... I'm always surprised by the sheer audacity of some people, claiming land and actual people as their own, all in the name of profit. 😥
David makes history come alive and this made me think a lot... I'm always surprised by the sheer audacity of some people, claiming land and actual people as their own, all in the name of profit. 😥
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I've just watched the first episode, and it's so good!
David makes history come alive and this made me think a lot... I'm always surprised by the sheer audacity of some people, claiming land and actual people as their own, all in the name of profit. 😥
David makes history come alive and this made me think a lot... I'm always surprised by the sheer audacity of some people, claiming land and actual people as their own, all in the name of profit. 😥
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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Is this what Labour politicians came into politics for?
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Is this what Labour politicians came into politics for?
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
2025-44. The Enduring Universe, by Kritika H. Rao - 5/5
Fantastic end to an underrated trilogy!
Science-fantasy full of physics, (Hindu) philosophy, engineering, love and community, a study on consciousness, middle-age marriages/couples, disability acceptance and change, and oh so much more!
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Fantastic end to an underrated trilogy!
Science-fantasy full of physics, (Hindu) philosophy, engineering, love and community, a study on consciousness, middle-age marriages/couples, disability acceptance and change, and oh so much more!
💙📚🪐
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
2025-44. The Enduring Universe, by Kritika H. Rao - 5/5
Fantastic end to an underrated trilogy!
Science-fantasy full of physics, (Hindu) philosophy, engineering, love and community, a study on consciousness, middle-age marriages/couples, disability acceptance and change, and oh so much more!
💙📚🪐
Fantastic end to an underrated trilogy!
Science-fantasy full of physics, (Hindu) philosophy, engineering, love and community, a study on consciousness, middle-age marriages/couples, disability acceptance and change, and oh so much more!
💙📚🪐
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"Our new AI tool—"
"We've incorporated AI into—"
"This AI art—"
"We've incorporated AI into—"
"This AI art—"
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Our new AI tool—"
"We've incorporated AI into—"
"This AI art—"
"We've incorporated AI into—"
"This AI art—"
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“Dragging a ladder through long rows of bookshelves can be exhausting. It’s much more efficient to have a co-worker who’s able to reach the top shelves on their own or at least give you a boost climbing up.”
#miragaia #stegosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #library #librarian #books
#miragaia #stegosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #library #librarian #books
October 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“Dragging a ladder through long rows of bookshelves can be exhausting. It’s much more efficient to have a co-worker who’s able to reach the top shelves on their own or at least give you a boost climbing up.”
#miragaia #stegosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #library #librarian #books
#miragaia #stegosaur #dinosaur #paleoart #library #librarian #books
2025-43. Maps, annotated, a DK edition - 3/5
A monster of a book I asked for at the library without seeing it, haha, it's basically an illustrated history of maps.
Interesting, but far more detailed than my general interest warrants.
A monster of a book I asked for at the library without seeing it, haha, it's basically an illustrated history of maps.
Interesting, but far more detailed than my general interest warrants.
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
2025-43. Maps, annotated, a DK edition - 3/5
A monster of a book I asked for at the library without seeing it, haha, it's basically an illustrated history of maps.
Interesting, but far more detailed than my general interest warrants.
A monster of a book I asked for at the library without seeing it, haha, it's basically an illustrated history of maps.
Interesting, but far more detailed than my general interest warrants.
2025-42. Things no one else can teach us, by Humble the Poet - 4/5
Great stories about his life and what he learnt, good and bad events; lots of food for thought about my own life...
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Great stories about his life and what he learnt, good and bad events; lots of food for thought about my own life...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
2025-42. Things no one else can teach us, by Humble the Poet - 4/5
Great stories about his life and what he learnt, good and bad events; lots of food for thought about my own life...
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Great stories about his life and what he learnt, good and bad events; lots of food for thought about my own life...
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I have today off work.
I slept 10 hours straight (minus a quick trip to loo) plus 1 hour of dozing 😶
I guess my body really needed the rest...
And since the weather is ghastly, I'm not going out and I'll be reading and watching TV for the rest of the day 😀
I slept 10 hours straight (minus a quick trip to loo) plus 1 hour of dozing 😶
I guess my body really needed the rest...
And since the weather is ghastly, I'm not going out and I'll be reading and watching TV for the rest of the day 😀
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I have today off work.
I slept 10 hours straight (minus a quick trip to loo) plus 1 hour of dozing 😶
I guess my body really needed the rest...
And since the weather is ghastly, I'm not going out and I'll be reading and watching TV for the rest of the day 😀
I slept 10 hours straight (minus a quick trip to loo) plus 1 hour of dozing 😶
I guess my body really needed the rest...
And since the weather is ghastly, I'm not going out and I'll be reading and watching TV for the rest of the day 😀
without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
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The latest entry in @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social 's blog is very interesting, about worldbuilding and the existence of several volumes of canon behind each book.
I agree with his conclusion that readers only care about 'feeling' that the background is there, it doesn't mean that it must exist
I agree with his conclusion that readers only care about 'feeling' that the background is there, it doesn't mean that it must exist
Iceberg Fantasy
The fantasy iceberg is world, history, character. The greatest proponent of it is JRR Tolkien. He gave us a one fat book (in three volume...
mark---lawrence.blogspot.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The latest entry in @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social 's blog is very interesting, about worldbuilding and the existence of several volumes of canon behind each book.
I agree with his conclusion that readers only care about 'feeling' that the background is there, it doesn't mean that it must exist
I agree with his conclusion that readers only care about 'feeling' that the background is there, it doesn't mean that it must exist
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"I like to be chic. I go to school like this."
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"I like to be chic. I go to school like this."
A couple of months ago I didn't renew my subscription to a news/political magazine, it was messing with my mind, unfortunately. Instead, I subscribed to Positive News and what I read actually gives me calm.
This is one of their great stories:
This is one of their great stories:
The remote Arctic island, saved by an unshakeable community spirit
North of the Arctic Circle, beyond the maps of ancient mariners, a remote Norwegian island once thought lost to time has found new life in an unlikely industry
www.positive.news
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A couple of months ago I didn't renew my subscription to a news/political magazine, it was messing with my mind, unfortunately. Instead, I subscribed to Positive News and what I read actually gives me calm.
This is one of their great stories:
This is one of their great stories:
Another superb debunk from Emma!
I might pop over to Sheffield soon 😄
I might pop over to Sheffield soon 😄
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Another superb debunk from Emma!
I might pop over to Sheffield soon 😄
I might pop over to Sheffield soon 😄