Substack not only promotes Nazis, it’s now screwing over creator rights and payments. If you’re not off it yet, now’s the time.
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Substack not only promotes Nazis, it’s now screwing over creator rights and payments. If you’re not off it yet, now’s the time.
Nazi Punks Fuck Off.
Just to remind myself I can write, some nice stuff people have said about my story: "something special", "wonderful, powerful and heartbreaking stuff!", "really brilliant", "incredibly vivid", "just wonderful", and "disgustingly good". Hope you like it too 🥰 podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
Apparently it is now UK Home Office policy to arrest people for peacefully campaigning for changes to the law
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social this is how you cover neo-nazis and the far right. You do not indulge their 'legitimate concerns' that amount to 'get rid of brown people because they're brown'
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
Ahoskie is on the other side of Harlem, 2023 colour reduction woodcut by Deborah R. Grayson, US printmaker who is a member of Black Women of Print #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Sophie Nash, contemporary UK artist who studied Zoology and is known for specialising in wildlife, based in Cornwall, UK #WomensArt #Tuesday
On September 1, 2025, we lost a true legend. Graham Greene, Oneida from Six Nations Reserve, walked on at the age of 73. Over the span of more than 175 acting credits, he gave us characters that were unforgettable, complex, and real. redpopnews.com/remembering-... #redpopnews
hey everyone, wanna watch my tv show “the middleman” on streaming with no added charges?
He rots everything he touches.
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The Kindle edition of LEGENDS & LATTES by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is currently only 99p in the UK! www.amazon.co.uk/Legends-Latt... Published by @torbooksuk.bsky.social.
I'm seeing more "I never see things I'm interested in on bsky" posts, so here I go again: HOW TO USE BLUESKY: a basic primer thread. Fundamentally it breaks down to: * Feeds * Lists * Interaction * Moderation Are you sitting comfortably? Then let's begin! 🧵
Exciting news for Blood Bowl coaches: a new version of the tabletop game is coming out later this year. Updated, tightened, with some tasty new tidbits to spice things up. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
The man everyone wishes was dead. He who must not be named. The Covfefe Caligula.
I keep checking to see if he’s dead yet but I really should be working. Will have to put the devices out of reach and keep thinking happy thoughts.
Definitely don’t want Reform, but do we really want the Tories to survive? The party of privilege, the party of corruption, the party of exploitation? Let ‘em burn.
'Mushroom Medley´ by artist/photographer Jill Bliss who explores the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, creating nature-inspired work #WomensArt #September
Marcellina Oseghale Akpojotor, artist who combines tiny pieces of ankara fabric to create portraits of Nigerian women #WomensArt
Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business
Sod ‘em. (Ahem)
Disabled writers: I just found out about this - #scriptsky #UKscriptsky #screenwriting
Article 8 of the ECHR is the protection on which not only all positive trans law rests but also most LGB rights to, as well as those of families where one parent wasn't born in the UK. It prevents asylum seeking families from being split. It is utterly monstrous for Labour to want to weaken rights.
If anyone’s looking for some background on what Trump is up to with the warships he’s deployed to Venezuela, I get into it here:
My daughter painted Kermit the other day.
Hugs to you, buddy. It gets easier.
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
The White Earth Nation’s bison herd welcomed its very first calf, marking what tribal leaders call ‘a new chapter’ in returning mashkode-bizhiki (bison) to Anishinaabe lands. Bison are being reintroduced through a partnership with the InterTribal Buffalo Council. buff.ly/XMsVVPs #ShareGoodNewsToo
One of the best signs I've ever seen Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend
What you do with your Sunday is your own business. But enjoy!
Hide it. Do not, under any circumstance, decide that you have to complete the set for it to feel right. You’ll end up with a second mortgage and a grumpy Mrs Grampus.
@manylittlewords.bsky.social This one is a brisk read. Main character’s chapters are 1st person whilst secondary characters are 3rd person, which sets up interesting tensions.
I always struggled with it when I was younger but practise, the experimentation with different paint types, and a reason to continue (annual BB games with friends) has seen me improve markedly. I still have to push myself but having an online painting partner helps keep me on track.
Most recently, the Elan Valley for contact with nature and painting Blood Bowl minis for creative focus.
I hear you.
Anyway, I’m going back to painting my little toys. Screw you, you box-putting-in spammers…
Look, I know I’m pushing 50 but it’s kind of taking the piss when spam mail starts pushing date sites for ‘senior singles’. #harumph #ForeverYoung #denial
✨Super Duper Bunny League is now showing in the UK!✨ Available to view on Nick Jr, if you have Sky Kids or Now TV or Paramount+ you should also be able to watch it there! 🥕Super Duper Bunny League is based on my books of a similar name. The whole team did an incredible job, so I hope you enjoy it!
'A swoop of swallows' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #UnravellingWomensArt #summer
'American Girl in Italy', 1951, an image intended to 'show what it's like to be a woman alone' according to the photographer, Ruth Orkin #womensart
Zojo-ji Temple, Shiba. Twenty Views of Tokyo, Kawase Hasui, 1925.
From a few years ago, but cropped up in a photo memory today. A seaside shot in Aberystwyth.
Grand Admiral Prawn, y’all.
A Haunting on the Hill, by Elizabeth Hand, is an authorised sequel to Shirley Jackson’s masterpiece, The Haunting of Hill House. It updates and effectively captures the (ahem) spirit of the original without ever quite matching the terror. Nevertheless, I can recommend it for those who like a chill.
Hey Firefox users.
Perfection.
As disappointing as it may feel to hear that Trump is still alive, today has been a salient reminder that this, too, shall pass. Keep doing the little things to help your loved ones and your community; if you feel you can do more for the wider world, please do so. Authoritarianism is doomed to fail.
Absolutely insane and brilliant youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ?...
Here’s hoping this is the tunnel at the end of the light for cheeto Caligula.
Welp, thoroughly enjoyed that. Will snag on bluray when it becomes available. Not a perfect film, but far better, far more characterful, and far more empowering than might be suggested by a chainmail bikini.
Live your life in a way such that Social Media doesn't start celebratory rumours that you've died.
I have been laughing at this joke all day. 🦉
The Afghan women's football/soccer team, who relocated to the UK to escape the Taliban's removal of female rights, including exclusion from all public life #WomensArt #AfghanWomen
Premium dad joke from WW.
The only political battle that matters in the world right now is the one against authoritarian nationalism (the word 'fascist' is succinct). Very simply: if *any aspect* of your political platform aids authoritarian nationalism, we must oppose you with everything. *Any* aspect. Reflect on that.
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
Wonderful xxx
Dredd recently had to visit Aubrey Plaza, Earthlet
See, THIS is the sort of thing that stirs the deepest feelings of patriotism I can muster (it's not something that comes naturally to me). 10/10. No notes.
We Have AI Now www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...
Today, I’ll be watching the other #MJBassett #RobertEHoward adaptation to tide me over in the meantime: #SolomonKane youtu.be/oIBwQsOwEeM
#RedSonja arrives on streaming to rent or buy today. I’m gonna have to wait for the weekend, but very much looking forward to seeing it. #GailSimone #MatildaLutz youtu.be/G0AQ3bVkDF0
Brilliant news. Well done!
Dunno. But nice to get a choice to spend some of our own pension contributions when it can make a significant difference to our life path, rather than leave it to retirement age (which none of us are guaranteed to reach). You can feed back your thoughts/concerns/ideas at the website I linked out to.
Jaws tomorrow 🦈🎉 - check your local cinemas for showings 5pm in #Aberystwyth at the Commodore). Great to see Back to the Future and The Shining and One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest on the list.
After Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent MMR paper: Measles cases: up 1200% Mumps cases: up 70,000% Multiple fatalities People with no science knowledge were taken in by Wakefield. People with no science knowledge are taken in by anti-vaxxers. Listen to scientists www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Huge!
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
The premise of the article reeks of authoritarians stamping their feet because their kids won’t listen to them. How very dare future generations formulate their own opinions, choose different paths, or have differing values to the old guard? It’s pathetic. We’ve had our time; let them have theirs.
We’ve passed on valuable lessons from our parents and rejected those elements we found personally damaging. Our girl has grown up to be an absolute credit to us. If that’s a ‘trap’ that makes it harder for the authoritarian types of the future to exert their will, I’ll consider my job well done.
Apparently the UK government are doing an emergency alert test on the 7th of September so just in case anyone knows any current domestic abuse victims who would need to have their safety phones switched off so as not to be outed, please pass it in.
(Thanks to @quietriotpod.bsky.social for the heads-up)
(Thanks to @quietriotpod.bsky.social for the heads-up)
More inspiration and hope for the future. #TimeGirlsOfTheYear time.com/collections/...
An excellent idea to unlock potential for future generations. #CitizensAdvance #AccessiblePension www.citizensadvance.uk
This. Thread.
Just call me Grand Mommy Cheese!
Yeeesssss! We have been promoting anthologies and collections for years, of course 😁
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening by the day. The UK Government has a moral and legal responsibility to ensure Israel complies with international law. We must continue to put pressure on the UK Government to do everything in its power to put an end to the atrocities seen in Gaza.
They’ve done such a great job of extrapolating while adapting. One of my very favourite tv series at the moment.
'Elder Tree Four Seasons' by The work of Native American, Navajo master weaver Elsie Holiday #womensart
'Twilight Landscape' by Victoria Crowe, contemporary Scottish painter #WomensArt
If you’re waking up to yet another news programme on tv or radio that is over platforming REFORM with 4 MPs and not mentioning any other opposition party, you know what to do. Sign here and get anyone else you know to sign. Fair coverage now. Takes 30 seconds petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Liberal Democrat MP Mike Martin has written to the UK Home Secretary calling for an investigation into whether Reform’s Zia Yusuf has broken terrorism laws.
Press Release: Wiz Duo Book 3 is coming your way in October, with novelas by Ruthana Emrys and Andrew Knighton:
Woot! Woot!
Amazing people using their earned experience for good. 💪🏼❤️✌🏼
Wonderful.
I am excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity bundle page is now live!!! Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
If you've spent August scrolling through social media looking at all the fun going on in Edinburgh - don't worry, we've got you covered! We're bringing the best of the festival to Aberystwyth this Autumn 🏴 📅 03-05 October 2025 📍 Aberystwyth Arts Centre 🎟️ https://f.mtr.cool/wakwvcyjqo
In Orbit THIS Wednesday! OBVIOUSLY this would never happen in real life, but this week @molcher.bsky.social and @punkrokmomjeans.bsky.social look back to when Mega-City One's citizens elected a complete psychopath to high office... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQXa...
Anthropic has settled its lawsuit with authors who sued it for downloading 7 million pirated books from LibGen & PiLiMi to train their AI. Since Anthropic was facing damages up to $150K per book, they had no choice but to settle what was essentially an open and shut case.
'Island Beach Stones' - Acrylic on Birch panel - by Canadian painter, Cameron Thurbide #art #acrylics #painting
My weekly "Favorite Comics Collections / Trade Paperbacks" This week THE MIDDLEMAN - Javier Grillo-Marxuach This is all pure camp fun. Fighting Evil - So You Don't Have To! It's a non-stop earth-shattering absurdist deconstruction of superhero & super-spy tropes. And a fun tv series as well!
Today Crystal Lake Publishing launches my new show on their House of Shadows and Ink Youtube Channel! If you'd like a brief glimpse of all the mayhem that's about to be unleashed, then click the link to be a part of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkI4...
Japanese artist Uemura Shōen, 'Woman Waiting for The Moon to Rise', 1944 #WomensArt
And fuck Keir Starmer for not standing up to this shit, and in fact tacitly agreeing with their grievances - making my family less safe for the sake of some cynical political calculus.