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Good morning, Bluesky. “The saddest noise, the sweetest noise, The maddest noise that grows, — The birds, they make it in the spring, At night’s delicious close,” —Emily Dickinson, full poem in the alt, I am obsessed with the final lines (We wish the ear had not a heart/So dangerously near.)

Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (1873 – 1968) was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world. #CelebratingWomen

Great night with friends, family, writers and booksellers celebrating 40 yrs of The Bookcase Hebden & 20 years of Indy publishing with Bluemoose. Here‘s a picture of Kate and myself pre-speachifying. @thebookseller.com @theguardian.com

‘One of the problems with having such a big parliamentary party is, out of 400 MPs, you've got to persuade a full 320,that they're not better off trying someone else.’ @jemgilbert.bsky.social on Starmer’s mess, on the podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

“Does the President have a secret plan to fight inflation?”

outside again like a new suit worn away and stranded, pretended place of dreams only now and then never now and any fund will tend to bend the end of all time being thrown away. ‘Actual Outer Margins’, a poem by Ian Patterson. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Seems like a good day to repost this one: youtu.be/OLkPwxcIji0?...

#Booksky Just 99p! Duchess, Countess, mother, politician, and twice a Queen... this is the story of the young Eleanor of Aquitaine Daughter of the Sun #Free #KindleUnlimited! #Histfic #books #kindle #BooksWorthReading #Booksky #sale #indieauthor 💙📚💙💙📚💙 amzn.eu/d/0bbRmDeW

The first book to kick off our Saturday was the paperback edition of Vianne, the prequel to Chocolat by Joanne Harris!

This week on The Write Stuff we are chatting with Historical Fiction Author and Poet, Melanie Leeder! #indieauthor #booksky #bookcommunity #writingcommunity 💙📚💙📚💙 open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...

Look: you can grade politicians on a curve. Also: I’m reminded of one of the principal reasons I think Boris Johnson is a useless, arrogant bastard.

‘Human proteins found on the scroll’s surface indicate the presence of cervico-vaginal fluid. This is an important breakthrough in the burgeoning field of biocodicology.’ @cjfaraday.bsky.social visits ‘Expecting’ at the Wellcome Collection. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#NewRelease! Egypt, 58 BCE Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne The Last Queen $3.99 #Free #KindleUnlimited! #Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky #indieauthor 📚 💙 a.co/d/clHBipm

Sometimes, I guess. When I do nothing.

And this morning the Shed is a forgotten room in a house filled with secrets…

This is your sign to remind you, you’ve still got time to buy a book for your mum for Mother’s Day

Happy Saturday, friends. I'm enjoying that first cup of tea of the morning, then I'll be driving over to open up the bookshop for the day.

Just watched Nuremberg for a bit of cheeky escapism* *fantasizing about a world with consequences for atrocities

I've finished RE9. I would put it below the 2 and 4 remakes (by far the best ones), and above 7.

Oh I see that the internet's little waifish boyfriend who apparently hates ballet is in Homeland season 2.

Fun fact: @saikatforcongress.bsky.social is running against Scott Wiener, one of the members of our house who introduced the Palestinian book banning bill, AB 715. So. If you don't like book bans I wouldn't vote for Wiener! Just saying!

Fun fact: @saikatforcongress.bsky.social is running against Scott Wiener, one of the members of our Josie who introduced the Palestinian book banning bill, AB 715. So. If you don't like book bans I wouldn't vote for Wiener! Just saying!

What a cool thing, to do an event with a drag legend and an incredible progressive candidate. I think it's neat that they let me come along. Thank you @peacheschrist.com and @saikatforcongress.bsky.social for having such good and correct opinions! It was a pleasure to eat the rich w you both 💛

A lovely review essay indeed

Tried a new print. It's cute. Made me think of @actualkatherine.bsky.social

I like to read books, but there's also something to be said for hard physical labor like yardwork or gardening.

have the flu so if you are waiting on an email or text from me please send your follow-up directly to my grave

I have the flu so if you are waiting on an email or text from me please send it directly to my grave

Printing 300-400 of these while my hand is healing from surgery so we can send them out for folks who preorder Prince of Storms from one of our indie bookstore friends! 💖

Really enjoyed this one despite having the brain equivalent of room temperature ice cream I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Mar 13th 2026 (Hard), in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Hmmmm this burrito filling seems a little bit burnt

every sentence of this article was better than the last sentence AND THIS IS DROPPING IN 2026????????

Were-crow? Were-octopus? What other were-creatures haunt the night? Find out in the WERE-2 #Kickstarter from Zombies Need Brains! Preorder the anthology by backing the project now at www.kickstarter.com/projects/znb/were-2 for as little as $7! #booksky #fantasy #urbanfantasy #sff

I know my strengths y'all and this is not one. A very placid turtle is probably my best bet. It just might take a minute.

I dropped my subscription when they fired @karenattiah.bsky.social without cause and since then there’s been the occasional article I wish I could read, but not that many.

Ruin a book or band name with one letter: The Yiddish Policemen's Onion

The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit.

This will definitely not be a land war in Asia.

Here we go again. 1500 books banned in New Braunfels, TX. 7 are mine.

Helen Mirren in 1923. Just wow.

Hmm. White-tailed deer. Those jerks panic if you blink at them too hard. Open the door, stand on the opposite side of the room, slam two large paperbacks together for that solid *WHOOMP* sound, and keep *WHOOMPING* until it darts for the front door.

Hmm. White-tailed deer. Those jerks panic if you blink at them too hard. Open the door, stand on the opposite side of the room, slam two large paperbacks together for that solid *WHOOMP* sound, and keep *WHOOMPING* until it darts for the front door.

honestly, I guess nothing but respect for someone willing to say: I will only watch this show if it is WALL TO WALL COCK BUT ZERO PASSAGE OF TIME

You wanna mess with me? Okay!

‘catastrophically boorish’ is perfect

He's absolutely right about those DHS scrotes!

I would say probably a moderately sized lobster (I am also assuming the shop has a broom) Anything bigger and I'm going to need a team on my side

Alas, my good week ended with a nasty migraine! Yuck.

K1, going through @maryrobinettekowal.com's Elsie posts: oh she's super talkative Me: yep K1: we need to find a space for buttons for our cats Me: let's sort out space for cats full stop

*muttermutter* Stupid legend of the stupid Chevy farm

Browsing nonfiction library books, flicking past ones like "an amazing thing! Now facing DOOM!" Or "great animals! We're KILLING!" And realized I've become overwhelmed by narratives that make the world seem not worth living in. I want to read books that make me fall in love with the world again

All I want is to read my favorite genre: what if women, but worse

Ha! Trailcam for the win—this is the first Northern Flicker sighting in the yard!

If you love something, and you're eligible, nominate it! (Voting is also open in the Locus Awards until the end of the month, and anyone can vote! poll.voting.locusmag.com )

London...right now ! 🥰

Whatever you think this post is referring to, I promise it is better than you're imagining. As long as you read to #10 on the list.

Here is my poster that I will be putting around town. Let me know if the QR works for you. It works for me. Give it a watch if you have not seen it. #SupportIndieFilm #FilmSky

You don’t want to be in a Cathedral when the grand Piano is being tuned. Some advice for you there. For free. Yer welcome.

If I post a photo of my cats and you say something negative, you earned whatever response you get from me. Including me telling you to fuck off. 😃

Any guesses what I’m saying here? 😁

It looks like I’m doing melodrama and clinical depression this year. Can we bring MySpace back? Bad Omens ft. ERRA - Anything > Human Bandcamp: sumerianrecords.bandcamp.com/album/concre... Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5ZOB4k...

So, being a big fan of the original, I've been playing the (remarkably complete) early release of Slay the Spire 2. Overall review: it's excellent. Very much an update of the original game, playing fundamentally in the same way but with lots of new content. Perfect update.

Also me joining the livestream announcement lol Adorable bug in bee shirt and Spongebob Squarepants mug like "BUY OUR HORROR BOOK PLEAS"

The winner of our OMENS OF CHAOS ARC has been selected! Chris N. to the white courtesy phone, please... seananmcguire.com/blog/2026/03...

It looks like I’m doing ridiculous melodrama and clinical depression this year. Can we bring MySpace back? Bad Omens + ERRA – Anything > Human Bandcamp: sumerianrecords.bandcamp.com/album/concre... Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5ZOB4k...

I know we're like, many months late for something like this, but a few titles are finally back in stock &...this is what I feel like doing soooo....If you are interested in giving Nobel Prize winner Laszlo Krasznahorkai a try, here's a thread with a suggested order for getting Kray for Krasz...

Wondering in a vague way whether in future decades they'll (perhaps informally) refer to this as "The Vibe War." :/

The four baby house ruminants of the apocalypse are over at the fire pit trying to start a small, stress-relieving fire instead of frisking or cavorting

Rhonda deserves all the help you can give her.

Love the organs part.

I cannot believe that this year marks the 50th anniversary of Apple. I'm old. lifehacker.com/tech/apple-5...

So it was an awkward time to watch the first season of Homeland. I was curious as to why it was suddenly trending, I guess now I know. All of the art where the US government tries to hide their war crimes instead of posting meme videos bragging about them feels very quaint now. What a weird time.

Over in Hollywood. Wishing everyone a wonderful Oscars weekend! #Hollywood #LosAngeles

It’s been over a year since we left heaven’s most special goobers screaming in the dark and I think we’d all benefit from season 2 asap.

Finally met @directorh.bsky.social in person! Such a great conversation, resonant and thoughtful and inspiring. Thank you, Jamal! #authors #writers #directors #poets

New one's up! Werewolves, underdogs, and identification! with Owl Goingback (Crota, Coyote Rage, Darker Than Night)! youtu.be/9bCMemuf7KM

Fuck you friday

still got it

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It's always delightful to hear someone of this caliber say stuff you thought, and then said, a couple/few days back. [insert warm sense of validation HERE]

It's always delighgtful to hear someone of this caliber say stuff you thought, and then said, a couple/few days back. [insert warm sense of validtion HERE]

I have just finished an edit on It's Only Forever and I cried so hard my bra is wet, so when it comes out in 2027, YOU'RE WELCOME. (That's this one, btw.)

Tonight! Damien Ober reads from his new novel Voidverse, in conversation with your Writer in Residence for adults, Elizabeth Gonzalez James. 7PM

...The reason I wasn't eager to go uup to Dublin tomorrow (not so much the people as the pressure on the infrastructure...)

Wall Street Bankers Offered Lucrative Access to Join the Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

It is almost unfair to Pirro. In the wide open contest to be the most rancid Trump official she got such a late start. Also, by the rules, Noem is not out of it. Nor is Musk.

The Space Cats. 😊

me: I don't really consider myself a horror fan also me: *screaming and dancing at this news*

Wow. This first move says a lot. Paramount Skydance Buys Out Tyler Perry’s Stake in BET+; Streaming Service to Be Phased Out and Content Merged With Paramount+ variety.com/2026/tv/news...

YAY I CAN FINALLY SAY IT ahahahaha I namedropped @alasdairstuart.com in the announcement too like "IT WAS ESPECIALLY HARD NOT TO TELL ALASDAIR OH MY GOD"

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I wonder why people have started finding this and liking it again today

Status report, "This Evening's Achievement": I dug up some buckwheat kasha and took the Kenwood's SERIOUSLY AGGRESSIVE spice grinder to it. Voilà! Buckwheat flour. 🙂 THANK YOU GOD AS I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO DUBLIN TOMORROW, I'M TRYING TO DEAL WITH NEARLY A DOZEN WEREWOLVES HERE. 😏

Kennedy Center’s President Is Leaving After Tumultuous Year www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/a...

And they said things couldn't get any worse! Shows what they knew!

Amen.

Had idea for ritual orgy in #wip where young men are inducted into the world of sex with women and thought, "That may really be too much, Kameron..." And now of course I HAVE to write it, because the scenes where I think I've gone way too dark are ALWAYS the scenes everyone talks about later 😆

Everyone is positive...that Hegseth is a bloodthirsty idiot.