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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 9h

I love this, genuinely.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 16h

I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.

You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time

All shares much-appreciated.

Joe McLaren's fabulous cover for Everything Will Swallow You

A close up of the small tear on this first edition of Everything Will Swallow You

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 1d

Okay that’s amazing

Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 1d

A good friend has submitted this brilliant model of the library from Buffy to Lego Ideas. I’d be very grateful for your help in getting her to 5k supporters: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Library | LEGO® Ideas

"Sunnydale High isn't really like other high schools. A lot of weird stuff happens here." Buffy the Vampire Slayer first exploded onto our TV screens in the lat…

beta.ideas.lego.com

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 1d

Bonus Monster Month - Trypanohyncha Ocellus from Alien Earth

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much!! Can’t wait 🥰

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 2d

It’s restorative to finally have a little cry over GOOD politics for once. 💚

@zackpolanski.bsky.social absolutely nails it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

www.youtube.com

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The Strange Mole Show @strangemoleshow.bsky.social · 2d

#MakeHopeNormalAgain

GREEN PARTY; LET'S GOOOOO!!!

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 4d

They’re going to be nervous about meeting you too! Good luck, hope it goes well 🥰

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 4d

Just placed an order, thank you so much!! Love your work 🥰

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 7d

The Gender Critical have already inundated this survey with their disgusting views on banning trans people from using the ponds.

Would be a shame if we inundated with trans positive views on not banning trans people.

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

Public Consultation on Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds | Commonplace

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5d

I'm realizing a grim exercise/prompt may be in this ...

If others want to share, I'm curious:

Why aren't *you* leaving america (yet)?

Asking for trans folks in particular, especially those of us on HRT and/or other very directly threatened in terms of our healthcare ...

Reposts welcomed. Sigh.

Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5d

If i were 22, I'd maybe just bail on america. I'm 38 is the problem and I love my life here. My house, my gardens, my dogs. This is where I built my adult existence ...

Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 5d

as with all of this stuff, everybody's situation is going to be different. What moving abroad "means" ... what you're leaving. What you have. What you're able to leverage to do so. Whether you can even consider it, given your financial position and much else.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

No need to be 'the one and only."

Let's turn our country around together.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Green Party and Tories conferences clash. The green parties is likely to be less funereal.

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 8d

Rules are rules

Micah @rincewind.run · 10d

there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10d

While I’m at it: You guys know what to do!!

youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 9d

the funny thing about this is folks get RILED UP sayin things like 'if this is true then a painter would be a painter if they never picked up a brush' or 'an actor would be an actor if they never had a role'. YES that is the point. in art the empty space also has meaning. NOT doing also has a shape

Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 10d

one of my most controversial art opinions, but i do not think you need to finish a book to be an author. lots of talk on 'WHEN do you become a REAL writer? 10000 words? 1000 word?' personally i think it takes ZERO words to be a valid writer. john cage would still be a musician if he only wrote 4'33

Mother Amanita @motheramanita.bsky.social · 10d

But I haven't finished a book yet, Chuck

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Ember Green @embergreen.bsky.social · 9d

If I was an allegedly centrist Prime Minister of the UK who is facing being wiped out by fascists in a few years, I probably wouldn’t be building them infrastructure with which they can track & surveil citizens.

But that’s probably just me.

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 10d

💚 JOIN USSSSSSS 💚

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10d

We have hit 80,000 members 💚

📈 And we’re only growing, join the movement 👉 join.greenparty.org.uk

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 10d

Rest is resistance! 💕 thenapministry.wordpress.com (This hasn’t been updated in a while but it’s the non-meta link I could find).

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 13d

YAYYYYY!!!!! (I followed this book drama like it was the only show in town and I’m DELIGHTED it’s got a new publisher.) congratulations @sachacoward.bsky.social 🎉

Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · 13d

Remember all my mad book drama?

(If not, buy me a pint and I'll sing you the ballad of the dodgy ex-publisher...)

Well, I'm absolutely delighted to say it's over!

An enormous thanks to my wonderful new publisher @manchesterup.bsky.social

Queer As Folklore will be back in the wild! 🧜🏼‍♂️

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14d

I’ve written to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper demanding urgent action to ensure the safety of the Global Sumud Flotilla. 52 boats carrying aid and peace activists to Gaza.

The UK must act to assure their safety.

Israel is committing a genocide. All eyes are on this flotilla.

Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP
Prime Minister

Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Foreign Secretary

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

24th September, 2025

Dear Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary,

I am writing to you with urgency regarding the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which is currently attempting to bring desperately needed aid to Gaza. The flotilla is made up of 52 boats, carrying humanitarian supplies and peace activists determined to support civilians facing unimaginable suffering.

Reports have already emerged of explosions, unidentified objects being dropped near the vessels, drones circling overhead, and communications being jammed. These are deeply concerning developments. We know from past experience that when Israel smears peace activists with unfounded claims of links to Hamas, it is often a precursor to violent attacks.

The UK Government must make it absolutely clear that these boats, carrying only aid and peaceful activists, must be treated safely and in line with inte

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 15d

being anti-fascist is the only moral response to fascism

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 15d

This is Australia but holy shit

Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 15d

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 16d

This is absolutely horrific, as per everything else lately.

Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 16d

Unclear how far back this would go and if would attack settled status for EU nationals. But clear that we must oppose this because mass deportation is a crime and an attack on basic rights rather than "unworkable" or "bad for the economy". It is your family, friends and neighbours he's coming for

Farage vows to axe indefinite leave to remain and ban migrants’ benefits access

The Reform UK leader will outline a planned crackdown on legal immigration at a Monday press conference.

www.independent.co.uk

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Mia @miapia.bsky.social · 17d

Suspect this would be incredibly popular with the public, given the absolute shenanigans we had to go through last week to get to work when the buses were on strike.

Robbie @huckfling.bsky.social · 17d

*Fare-Free Strike*

The basically-unknown union action that is illegal all over the world and yet incredibly popular when workers decide to do it anyway (illegally.)

Here's what it is and why I think @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk should add it to their manifesto...

A thread🧵

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