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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 13h

You wouldn't have this problem if you'd been gifted a weasel familiar...

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zoë @zo-e.xyz · 19h

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit... source on this if you're interested - discord's zendesk data breach likely includes images of people's government IDs which were processed for age verification in places like the UK

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 13h

Any excuse is a good excuse to rewatch The Mummy

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Writeopolis @writeopolis.bsky.social · 19h

This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @stevetoase.bsky.social

Join us for talk of horror, archaeology, motorbikes, vintage cocktails and cake!

discord.gg/TnVuER79

The cover of Dirt Upon My Skin by Steve Toase, featuring a black background and a circle with a pattern made up of brown trowels in the centre

A black and white photo of Steve Toase wearing a biker jacket with bare trees in the background

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 18h

At 7pm on 9th October, don't miss @aptshadow.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones for a very special panel event on "Building Brilliant Worlds" alongside @rjbarker.bsky.social and
@davewragg.com in association with @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!

Tickets only £5! www.waterstones.com/events/panel...

A screenshot of the Waterstones Event Graphic.

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 23h

😆 that was so much fun!!!

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 1d

Disclaimer: this video does not reflect my preference in dinosaurs

Sexy Henry Kissinger Costume @mightygodking.com · 1d

today seems like a things-fall-apart-the-center-cannot-hold sorta day so how about a timeline cleanse for you? this is absolutely the best thing you will watch at least this week

(via Matt Storer on IG)

Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 1d

With my husband, the measure of how much it is getting to him is how low he has sunk in his seat. We were once in the cinema and he was so low he could barely see over the seat in front 😆 I was having the time off my life

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 1d

She needs serious medical help and support for her family, share and donate if you're able!

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1d

Yorkshire folks, I'm going to be putting questions to @caimhmc.bsky.social on Friday evening at Waterstones, talking about his new book Ring the Bells. Come along for tales of the Mancunian supernatural & the forces unleashed when a book club goes wrong.

www.waterstones.com/events/ring-...

Ring the Bells: Let's Get Festive with C.K. McDonnell! | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Ring the Bells: Let's Get Festive with C.K. McDonnell! today.

www.waterstones.com

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 1d

Always snacks!

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 1d

Two days!!
Come join the chaos!

Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's time for another fabulous @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event!

Building Brilliant Worlds: fantastic landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them!
Waterstones Leeds 9th October 7pm

@rjbarker.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
@davewragg.com
Katie Bruce (mod)

tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds

A background of moorland with dry stone walls and a grey, cloudy sky. Pictures of the authors around the outside and their books in the centre. Adrian Tchaikovsky - The Hungry Gods, David Wragg - The Iron Road, RJ Barker - Heart of the Wyrd Wood.

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 1d

I will indeed come say hi!

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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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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 1d

Very new on these blue skies so I'm promoting just to the happy few, but this @britfantasysoc.bsky.social spooktacular event is happening tonight at Waterstones Covent Garden and I can't wait to peer behind the veil with these terrific authors 🌳🦀🔍

🎟️ Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/cross...

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EverGemma @evergemma.bsky.social · 1d

They're acting like the problem with denying so many vulnerable people a covid vaccine this year is that the information informing us that we're no longer eligible isn't clear enough on the booking website!

The fucking problem is we're being denied vital healthcare!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion

Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

www.bbc.co.uk

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EverGemma @evergemma.bsky.social · 1d

The thing is, I'm still eligible for a flu jab, which implies that they think covid is less dangerous, less likely to disable or kill me, than flu.

And no matter what they say about covid being less dangerous than it was, it's NOT milder or less dangerous than fucking flu.

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

Our fabulous outreach officer @justmarvewrites.bsky.social has secured tickets to this month’s Black British Book Festival at the Barbican in London—and she’s giving them away to two lucky people! Find out how to enter ⬇️

britishfantasysociety.org/win-a-ticket...

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Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · 1d

IT’S LAUNCH TIME🎉

I’m delighted to announce I’ll celebrating the release of FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN at @waterstoneskensington. Chaired by the amazing Bea Fitzgerald (@chaosonolympus) we’ll be discussing all things FOTS. I hope to see you there!

Head to the link in my bio to grab your ticket now!

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

"Deported" is a very interesting way to say kidnapped, imprisoned illegally, abused, then released. 🤔

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 2d

For those going to World Fantasy Con this month, this is where you can find me!

A purple background, a picture of me on the left. The text
"World Fantasy Con
Friday - 6pm - Buckingham Panel Room 2 - Disability in SFFH
Saturday - 12pm - Balmoral Panel Room 1 - Queer in Fantasy"
There is a picture of two books below 'Disability in SFFH' and the bisexual pride flag and progress pride flag beneath 'Queer in Fantasy'

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reywolfe.art 🎃👻⚰️ @kr00bs.com · 3d

For Lubna! ♥️🍉

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 3d

Also, if 'Indiana Jones but the main character is Rachel Weiss's character from The Mummy' sounds like your kinda thing, you need to read Captain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire by Dan Hanks!!

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 3d

You definitely should! It's a novella so really it should just skip the TBR, it's the right thing to do 😛
See! You get it! There will never be a time where I think 'you know what, I'm not in the mood for The Mummy, I'll take a risk on this definitely inferior film'

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