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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

Lol

'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

Presumably it's also his twin brother's bday??

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

COstanza. I just mistook another George for another George.

'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's fine because George Foreman didn't use this on air, George FORMAN did. A fictional George, Constanza, made this mistake with a car once belonging to one John Voight. 👍

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 4d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 5d

Also, if you want to join us in London for an (admittedly pricey) reading event at Southbank Centre on 22 October, please do. Or just join the live-stream, which is free!

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 5d

Here's an official thing! Official is good.

Goldsmiths Prize @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social · 6d

We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2025 shortlist.

Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists!

Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 5d

Gonna post this every three hours until someone goddam likes it. JFC Bluesky get your crap together.

'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 5d

🚨'COMPLETING THE LIST' is We Live Here Now. 👏Congratulations on being shortlisted for the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social, @cdrose.bsky.social! 🎉 🎉

Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on ‘genre-defying’ Goldsmiths prize shortlist

The £10,000 award, whose judges include Mark Haddon and Megan Nolan, recognises ‘mould-breaking’ fiction

www.theguardian.com

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 5d

🚨'COMPLETING THE LIST' is We Live Here Now. 👏Congratulations on being shortlisted for the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social, @cdrose.bsky.social! 🎉 🎉

Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on ‘genre-defying’ Goldsmiths prize shortlist

The £10,000 award, whose judges include Mark Haddon and Megan Nolan, recognises ‘mould-breaking’ fiction

www.theguardian.com

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 6d

Oh damn I stand corrected--AI really *can* do art after all.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · May 12

TFW you're sent to AIHR for using AI at work

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 7d

Mr. Pope, I'm not a religious worm, but could you ask God if we could trade Stephen Miller to get Jane Goodall back? Thx.

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 7d

It would have to be called "Theraflu Madness" because that's what they call Lemsip in the US.

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 7d

Bought a new bin for the bathroom because the paint on the old one was bubbling and flaking off, leading to rust. I didn't know what to do w/ it so just dumped it in the kitchen bin. @cdrose.bsky.social: 'It's a mise-en-a-bin!' That's right, we like intellectual foreign-language puns in this house.

A picture of a small green bin (garbage can) inside a larger bin, surrounded by a white plastic bin bag.

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Dominic Lash @domlash.bsky.social · 9d

new album of guitar and drum improvisations out today with the redoubtable Emil Karlsen, courtesy of the reliably excellent Scatter Archive scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/going-...

Going Along, by Dominic Lash + Emil Karlsen

4 track album

scatterarchive.bandcamp.com

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 9d

I followed you because of this one. 👏👏

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 9d

“Wanting to roll back abortion rights does not make you sexist.”

“Not wanting a mosque in your neighbourhood does not make you Islamophobic.”

“Kicking a dog in the face does not make you dogist.”

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 9d

“Supporting racist policies does not make you a racist” is a top tier line for the Labour Party going into the week. Should go all the way and just make it the official conference slogan. Get that stuff drilled into Starmer’s lectern.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 9d

"That's just cruel and wrong."

@matthewsnedker.bsky.social discusses Reform's attack on our neighbours, friends and family on BBC Politics North East.

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 9d

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary. As do I, a migrant.

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary

A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS

www.theguardian.com

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 9d

It's definitely the Xanax.

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 10d

Very confused by the constant mention of children in this article. Why does the media insist on perpetuating the stereotype that autistic ppl are only children? Why is it assumed that the parents of these kids aren't autistic too? Statistically many of them are! It's such a false narrative.

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'M-Dash' Devereaux @michelledevereaux.bsky.social · 10d

I mean, yeah, sure. But let's clear something up here, shall we? AUTISTIC PEOPLE EXIST BEYOND CHILDHOOD. The idiom is 'If you've meant one autistic PERSON, you've meant one autistic person' not 'child.' When an autistic turns 18 they don't cease to exist, k? (Apologies for the awful photo in link.)

Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the President and RFK Jr want us to believe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

www.theguardian.com

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A Small, Good Thing @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social · 27d

New episode!
Meet @ailsacox.bsky.social, short story writer and Professor Emerita at Edge Hill University (UK). In this episode, we discuss famous claims about short fiction and short story writing… are they facts or fiction?

Listen here to find out: www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...

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