El
@unevendays.bsky.social
Has far too many books. Interested in SFF, comics, archaeology, folk music, folklore. Nerd. Crabby old cactus. Adopted Aberdonian.
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Mastodon: wandering.shop/@unevendays
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/unevendays
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Mastodon: wandering.shop/@unevendays
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/unevendays
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Translation is so so much more than literal translation of words. Turns of phrase, intent, dialect, all of these things and more have to be thoughtfully considered by a human and adapted for the new language.
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Translation is so so much more than literal translation of words. Turns of phrase, intent, dialect, all of these things and more have to be thoughtfully considered by a human and adapted for the new language.
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✨ #TinyBookshop 1.1.0 Update OUT NOW! ✨
This update is PACKED with new books! 1,087 across all supported languages! 📚
Keep an eye out for winter sales happening throughout this month, on Steam and Nintendo eShop!
Our first stop: Steam Winter Sales happening TODAY - 5 January!
This update is PACKED with new books! 1,087 across all supported languages! 📚
Keep an eye out for winter sales happening throughout this month, on Steam and Nintendo eShop!
Our first stop: Steam Winter Sales happening TODAY - 5 January!
December 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
✨ #TinyBookshop 1.1.0 Update OUT NOW! ✨
This update is PACKED with new books! 1,087 across all supported languages! 📚
Keep an eye out for winter sales happening throughout this month, on Steam and Nintendo eShop!
Our first stop: Steam Winter Sales happening TODAY - 5 January!
This update is PACKED with new books! 1,087 across all supported languages! 📚
Keep an eye out for winter sales happening throughout this month, on Steam and Nintendo eShop!
Our first stop: Steam Winter Sales happening TODAY - 5 January!
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Spooky Advent day 18: The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston. Which in ghost story terms is basically the anti-Stone Tape. I wrote more about it here in a reposted thing from 2020 when I drew it: www.sarahcoomer.co.uk/post/spooky-advent-18th-december
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Spooky Advent day 18: The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston. Which in ghost story terms is basically the anti-Stone Tape. I wrote more about it here in a reposted thing from 2020 when I drew it: www.sarahcoomer.co.uk/post/spooky-advent-18th-december
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I’m delighted to announce the next shows in my Word Perfect tour. Thanks to all my wonderful audiences this year: I’ve had a blast!
December 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m delighted to announce the next shows in my Word Perfect tour. Thanks to all my wonderful audiences this year: I’ve had a blast!
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A tad late for #TombTuesday, you may recall I am keen on pix of Minninglow ...
This one is for everyone hoping Christmas will be less monsoony. The Neolithic chambered tomb and bowl barrows on the summit showing nicely in the snow.
her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR...
#Derbyshire #archaeology
This one is for everyone hoping Christmas will be less monsoony. The Neolithic chambered tomb and bowl barrows on the summit showing nicely in the snow.
her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR...
#Derbyshire #archaeology
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A tad late for #TombTuesday, you may recall I am keen on pix of Minninglow ...
This one is for everyone hoping Christmas will be less monsoony. The Neolithic chambered tomb and bowl barrows on the summit showing nicely in the snow.
her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR...
#Derbyshire #archaeology
This one is for everyone hoping Christmas will be less monsoony. The Neolithic chambered tomb and bowl barrows on the summit showing nicely in the snow.
her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR...
#Derbyshire #archaeology
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As someone who recently found I am intersex it turns out what letter was written on my birth certificate would give you at the very least a pretty incomplete understanding of my anatomy. I think we can expect better from our health service than these dangerous and inaccurate generalisations.
Also pissed off at Steeting going off on "biological sex is immutable for screening and healthcare" in parliament, if ignoring that we very much should be treated according to our current anatomy and hormones, and that treating us as our birth assigned sex will cause serious healthcare failures.
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As someone who recently found I am intersex it turns out what letter was written on my birth certificate would give you at the very least a pretty incomplete understanding of my anatomy. I think we can expect better from our health service than these dangerous and inaccurate generalisations.
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In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg
Donate to David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser, organized by David Gerrold
Here is a thank you just for coming this far, a link to a short collec… David Gerrold needs your support for David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser
www.gofundme.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
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Spooky Advent Day 17: The Stone Tape by Nigel Kneale. An ancient evil is unleashed by an electronics research team working in a renovated Victorian mansion with much older origins, apparently haunted by a maid falling to her death. Broadcast as BBC Ghost Story for Christmas in 1972.
December 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Spooky Advent Day 17: The Stone Tape by Nigel Kneale. An ancient evil is unleashed by an electronics research team working in a renovated Victorian mansion with much older origins, apparently haunted by a maid falling to her death. Broadcast as BBC Ghost Story for Christmas in 1972.
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Just bought Lullaby by Together For Palestine - many great artists including Brian Eno, Nadine Shah, and Neneh Cherry - let’s get this to the top of the charts - please buy, please share - please help show that peace and camaraderie are vital values
togetherforpalestine.org
togetherforpalestine.org
TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE: LULLABY - THE NEW SINGLE
Together for Palestine aims to raise millions for the Palestinian-led organisations at the frontline of the crisis, such as Taawon, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and the Palestine Medical Reli...
togetherforpalestine.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just bought Lullaby by Together For Palestine - many great artists including Brian Eno, Nadine Shah, and Neneh Cherry - let’s get this to the top of the charts - please buy, please share - please help show that peace and camaraderie are vital values
togetherforpalestine.org
togetherforpalestine.org
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IO SATURNALIA! It’s time to celebrate this Roman winter festival. Here’s our special episode all about it 🥂🎩
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Saturnalia
Natalie Haynes celebrates Saturnalia with guests André Vincent and Llewelyn Morgan.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
IO SATURNALIA! It’s time to celebrate this Roman winter festival. Here’s our special episode all about it 🥂🎩
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The Woodhenge centenary has been getting some attention this week, but exactly what is it the centenary of? Well - on 16 December 1925, Sqdn Ldr GIlbert Insall VC took this photo from his Sopwith Snipe. It shows the soilmarks of a site known (for a long time) to archaeologists as 'Dough Cover'. 1/5
December 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Woodhenge centenary has been getting some attention this week, but exactly what is it the centenary of? Well - on 16 December 1925, Sqdn Ldr GIlbert Insall VC took this photo from his Sopwith Snipe. It shows the soilmarks of a site known (for a long time) to archaeologists as 'Dough Cover'. 1/5
Watched a presentation for work today from an expert in the psychology of why we fall for scams, social engineering, phishing etc and it was good, but...
December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Watched a presentation for work today from an expert in the psychology of why we fall for scams, social engineering, phishing etc and it was good, but...
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For the first time ever, An Uncanny Hour will be LIVE in London. Come join @robinince.bsky.social and some very special guests on Jan 31st next year at Kings Place as they debate the greatest movie monsters in history. Tickets on sale now.
An Uncanny Hour Live with Robin Ince + special guests • Comedy • Kings Place
An Uncanny Hour is the acclaimed podcast series from The Cosmic Shambles Network that celebrates the weird and uncanny corners of culture.
www.kingsplace.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
For the first time ever, An Uncanny Hour will be LIVE in London. Come join @robinince.bsky.social and some very special guests on Jan 31st next year at Kings Place as they debate the greatest movie monsters in history. Tickets on sale now.
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I could only see the alien landscape through pink bars until I read the word of what the other image is and then I saw that immediately
Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
(OP @drgbuckingham.bsky.social )
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I could only see the alien landscape through pink bars until I read the word of what the other image is and then I saw that immediately
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Not many gigs next year , but I will be at #leicester comedy festival with new show Let The Quiet Ones Rise which I am hugely looking forward to
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...
Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise | Leicester Comedy Festival
events.comedy-festival.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Not many gigs next year , but I will be at #leicester comedy festival with new show Let The Quiet Ones Rise which I am hugely looking forward to
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...
events.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/robin...
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Good morning 🌞 please sign and share. Farage and American extremists have their sights set on the Scottish Parliament next year. Don’t let us be collateral damage.
Please can folks help me with this? My petition being discussed in 🏴 parliament 14th Jan. this is the second time I’ve petitioned on this. STILL no action on providing abortion care to legal limit in Scotland petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Ensure abortion services are available up to 24 weeks across all parts of Scotland
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure abortion services are available up to the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy across all NHS health boards in Scotland.
petitions.parliament.scot
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Good morning 🌞 please sign and share. Farage and American extremists have their sights set on the Scottish Parliament next year. Don’t let us be collateral damage.
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It's beginning to look a lot like #HillfortsWednesday 🥳
Here's a glorious aerial photo of the spectacular unfinished 3.5ha Iron Age hillfort of Ladle Hill in #Hampshire 😍
✈️ 📷 © Ginny Pringle for the Hampshire Cultural Trust
For more see:
hampshirearchaeology.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/b...
Here's a glorious aerial photo of the spectacular unfinished 3.5ha Iron Age hillfort of Ladle Hill in #Hampshire 😍
✈️ 📷 © Ginny Pringle for the Hampshire Cultural Trust
For more see:
hampshirearchaeology.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/b...
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
It's beginning to look a lot like #HillfortsWednesday 🥳
Here's a glorious aerial photo of the spectacular unfinished 3.5ha Iron Age hillfort of Ladle Hill in #Hampshire 😍
✈️ 📷 © Ginny Pringle for the Hampshire Cultural Trust
For more see:
hampshirearchaeology.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/b...
Here's a glorious aerial photo of the spectacular unfinished 3.5ha Iron Age hillfort of Ladle Hill in #Hampshire 😍
✈️ 📷 © Ginny Pringle for the Hampshire Cultural Trust
For more see:
hampshirearchaeology.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/b...
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Saving a museum would be a pretty cool thing to do for Christmas, wouldn't it?
You know what to do, you awesome bunch....
You know what to do, you awesome bunch....
Help! Banbury Museum has been told that Cherwell District Council is cancelling ALL of its core funding.
There is a very tight deadline - Friday 19th December - to tell the Council what you think.
Please respond to the consultation and share this post
www.banburymuseum.org/news/no-fund...
There is a very tight deadline - Friday 19th December - to tell the Council what you think.
Please respond to the consultation and share this post
www.banburymuseum.org/news/no-fund...
December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Saving a museum would be a pretty cool thing to do for Christmas, wouldn't it?
You know what to do, you awesome bunch....
You know what to do, you awesome bunch....
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Hello, I’m from Gaza.
We’re living through hell
homes destroyed,memories erased,loved ones gone. Even the innocence of our children has been shattered.
Every bit of help—even a small donation—could save a life or rekindle a flicker of hope.
👉 gofund.me/0fa0750c
Thank you for remembering Gaza 😢🙏
We’re living through hell
homes destroyed,memories erased,loved ones gone. Even the innocence of our children has been shattered.
Every bit of help—even a small donation—could save a life or rekindle a flicker of hope.
👉 gofund.me/0fa0750c
Thank you for remembering Gaza 😢🙏
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hello, I’m from Gaza.
We’re living through hell
homes destroyed,memories erased,loved ones gone. Even the innocence of our children has been shattered.
Every bit of help—even a small donation—could save a life or rekindle a flicker of hope.
👉 gofund.me/0fa0750c
Thank you for remembering Gaza 😢🙏
We’re living through hell
homes destroyed,memories erased,loved ones gone. Even the innocence of our children has been shattered.
Every bit of help—even a small donation—could save a life or rekindle a flicker of hope.
👉 gofund.me/0fa0750c
Thank you for remembering Gaza 😢🙏
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this piece is terrifying. it should be actually illegal to do this to people, it's extraordinary that it's not.
we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple
Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple De...
hey.paris
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
this piece is terrifying. it should be actually illegal to do this to people, it's extraordinary that it's not.
we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
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Ok, I think it's a #UKSFFBookBargains, but I've not yet read it. My wife's copy has transferred to my TBR pile
No Friend to This House by @nataliehaynes.bsky.social, just 99p for today only. A retelling of Jason and Medea.
Checking the Dramatis Persona I see mammy Olympians, so I say it counts
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No Friend to This House by @nataliehaynes.bsky.social, just 99p for today only. A retelling of Jason and Medea.
Checking the Dramatis Persona I see mammy Olympians, so I say it counts
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December 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Ok, I think it's a #UKSFFBookBargains, but I've not yet read it. My wife's copy has transferred to my TBR pile
No Friend to This House by @nataliehaynes.bsky.social, just 99p for today only. A retelling of Jason and Medea.
Checking the Dramatis Persona I see mammy Olympians, so I say it counts
🧵
No Friend to This House by @nataliehaynes.bsky.social, just 99p for today only. A retelling of Jason and Medea.
Checking the Dramatis Persona I see mammy Olympians, so I say it counts
🧵
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Slovakia rewrote its Constitution to erase rights for LGBT+ people and reject international human rights protections. The EU has opened an infringement procedure – but stronger action depends on us. Add your name now. a.allout.org/s/v0qyx/
Defend equality and LGBTI+ lives in Slovakia
Slovakia rewrote its Constitution to erase rights for LGBT+ people and reject international human rights protections. The EU has opened an infringement procedure – but stronger action depends on us. A...
a.allout.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Slovakia rewrote its Constitution to erase rights for LGBT+ people and reject international human rights protections. The EU has opened an infringement procedure – but stronger action depends on us. Add your name now. a.allout.org/s/v0qyx/