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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 2h

Mirrors, Doorways, Holes In the World: JL George (@jlgeorge.bsky.social) reviews Hailey Piper’s A GAME IN YELLOW (@sagapressbooks.bsky.social)

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Mirrors, Doorways, Holes In the World: Review of Hailey Piper’s A Game in Yellow

JL George Under Review:A Game in Yellow. Hailey Piper. Saga Press, August 2025. Before the Necronomicon, there was The King in Yellow. The first four stories of Robert W. Chambers’ 1895 collection …

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 10h

Today's update on the Kickstarter campaign is all about the Lady of Lake, and all her sisters, because there are lots of them. Come and meet the Grawgedd Annwn: www.kickstarter.com/...

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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Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 9h

@indrapramitdas.bsky.social @anna-orridge.bsky.social
Dear friends, Let's not forget about Soad and her little child Omar. They need our help for food, medicine and for Omar's surgery (laparoscopy).
Please donate and share.

Thank you.

tinyurl.com/ycxdtddx

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olagaza299.bsky.social @olagaza299.bsky.social · 3d

🚨I am a mother of three children trapped in northern Gaza, in a dangerous combat zone. 💔

We were told to evacuate, but I cannot afford the $3,000 cost.
We are surrounded by constant shelling, and my husband is far away from us.😭

Please, save my children.🙏

chuffed.org/project/1397...

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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 15h

I carry the full responsibility for my family's needs.
No plans, no guarantees — only faith that there are kind hearts who won’t let us fall. 🕊️

Help us give our children a life without worry. 🧡

🙏Donate if you can / Share if you can't.

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 14h

I assembled a list of short films you can watch right now for free this Halloween. Scary, strange, surreal, and sometimes funny, this list includes live action, stop motion, and animated films from around the world and from filmmakers you've never heard of before

Some Strange Things You Should Watch for Halloween

20 short weird, scary, funny, and surreal films you can watch right now.

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JL George @jlgeorge.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks for the ride! It truly is a great book and I continue to be amazed by how many thematic threads it weaves in and how thoughtfully you treat them ♥️

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Alex Hubbard @alhub.bsky.social · 12h

WOHOO

Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 14h

In @alhub.bsky.social’s scintillating debut the university town of Aberystwyth is held captive by a violent storm. With weird things happening all over town, Josephine is caught in the middle. But something is watching and it’s about to go walking again... Buy now www.serenbooks.com/book/storm/

This cover shows the clock tower in Aberystwyth standing ominously tall in the midst of a violent storm. A young woman with an umbrella walks along the promenade. The text reads: Storm, Alex Hubbard.

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JL George @jlgeorge.bsky.social · 11h

My review of @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's A Game in Yellow is now up at @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org! (tl;dr: it was well good like)

ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/10/08/m...

Mirrors, Doorways, Holes In the World: Review of Hailey Piper’s A Game in Yellow

JL George Under Review:A Game in Yellow. Hailey Piper. Saga Press, August 2025. Before the Necronomicon, there was The King in Yellow. The first four stories of Robert W. Chambers’ 1895 collection …

ancillaryreviewofbooks.org

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Wendy Reynolds @wendles1967.bsky.social · 4d

UK cis women, please sign this to acknowledge that trans people are not a threat. (Unless you think they are, in which case you're awful so please fuck off and never come back.) Everybody else, please circulate. 💜

Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 6d

We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going:

notinourname.org.uk

Home - Not in our name

As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.

notinourname.org.uk

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Cardiff Hubs & Libraries @cdflibraries.bsky.social · 15h

We’re at Cathays Library this Halloween for Dark Winter Tales – spooky stories for the dark half of the year, featuring Mat Troy and a host of great storytellers.

Book a free ticket today!
➡️ tinyurl.com/3tj86nt2

@mattroy.bsky.social

You are invited to join us for... Dark Winter Tales - Spooky stories for the dark half of the year. Featuring Mat Troy, Rachael Llewellyn, George Sandifer-Smith and Gavin Murray-Miller. Cathays Library, Friday 31 October, 6pm.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 17h

Oh hey bluesky, I need to come up with comp titles for Dominion of the Fallen--they need to be available in trade paperback, published within the last 3-5 years.
Any ideas? I'm coming up blank.

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 17h

All I think about when reading this is how many jobs the money spent on that pile of brick and glass could have saved in smaller humanities departments - my own colleagues. It’s like building a monument of gold in a landscape of wrack and ruin.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18h

'The gleaming palace to the humanities – the single largest building project ever undertaken by the University of Oxford made possible by the largest philanthropic gift it has ever received – stands in stark contrast to the beleaguered, shrinking state of the rest of the sector.'

Oxford’s largest-ever project ‘shows what the humanities can do’

New building which brings together disciplines for the first time will also open its doors to the public to engage with big questions facing the world

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 1d

"From Oded Fehr as a desert warrior to an oily-pecced Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep, every character on screen – regardless of gender or narrative affiliation – exudes sweaty sexual energy. What’s more, there is unfakeable chemistry between the romantic leads."

A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie

A floppy-haired Brendan Fraser, a smokey-eyed Rachel Weisz, some grisly scarabs and biblical plagues? Hail to a lost era of multiplex entertainment

www.theguardian.com

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JL George @jlgeorge.bsky.social · 1d

(Here if you're interested: research.aber.ac.uk/en/publicati...)

Of Mermaids and Fairies

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JL George @jlgeorge.bsky.social · 1d

Spent my lunch break reading about the Welsh mermaid who apparently turned up at a family's house, rifled through all their stuff, then jumped out the window and disappeared. Magpie mermaids ftw.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1d

The latest waiting times for an appointment at a UK gender clinic. Cardiff the best at 2 years, Glasgow the worst at 224 years.

Yes, you did read that correctly. Two hundred and twenty-four years.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

7 Oct 2025 -- Waits vary widely across UK's 15 gender clinics: England's avg is 12 years; Wales 2 years; No. Ireland 41 years (down from 151 years); & Scotland 58 years w/ Glasgow a staggering 224 years. For every 1 person who gets an intake appt, ~4 more are being added. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent news! Our Kickstarter campaign has been selected as a Project We Love by the Kickstarter team.
www.kickstarter.com/...

Kickstarter's Project We Love badge. It is circular with the words in an outer rim and a throbbing heart in the centre.

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Dorian Dawes @doriandawes.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot comprehend the sheer level of horror that would be millions of weird people sending me ai slop of my dead loved ones.

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 1d

More 💩from transphobes. Falsely claiming research supports conversion practices, when the research explicitly condemns conversion therapy as "psychologically damaging" and linked to suicide.

“This is the most upsetting use of my scholarship in my career ...It's lethally dangerous to LGBTQ+ kids"

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 2d

Today's update on our Kickstarter campaign is from Tej Turner, who introduces us to the unearthly beauty of Tŷ Canol Wood: www.kickstarter.com/...

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JL George @jlgeorge.bsky.social · 2d

The role model we need, truly ♥️

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 4d

Just reading the Google reviews of Monmouth Castle. This is why sentences need full stops.

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