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Ben
@bable.bsky.social
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No original thoughts, likes to reply with a Gif.

To donate or for help https://www.samaritans.org, http://trusselltrust.org & https://www.refuge.org.uk

SF/Fantasy addict…

From the other place but this time with a face.

Ingress Enlightened.
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happytoast.co.uk
That opening note is like a time machine.
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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mikestepjack.bsky.social
It's FALLEN SHARDS General Release day!

The awesome @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social are stocking signed bundles for incredible prices.

You can still get the Author Edition from me with exclusive goodies. Either way, I hope you enjoy the new instalment of Ringlander. Keep an eye out for tour details.
August 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
bable.bsky.social
@mikestepjack.bsky.social
Hnnnnnnnn….!
Drop everything!
Next read alert… sorry TBR, you’ll have to wait a little longer.
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
#HappyPride for the next 335 days, too.
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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mikestepjack.bsky.social
Book 2 of the RINGLANDER Series, FALLEN SHARDS is coming soon.
January 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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gnofhorror.com
Hey GNoH UK reviewers, please check the forum. We have a ticket going for the press screening of 28 Years Later on Wednesday in London
June 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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mytholder.bsky.social
LIVE
LAUGH
LOVE

SURVIVE
SCREAM
SPITE
June 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
bable.bsky.social
Suffolk skies… that’s what’s up.
May 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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runalongwomble.bsky.social
Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading some great fantasy in the form of Days of Shattered Faith by Adrian Tchaikovsky. What are you reading at the moment?
May 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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garethlpowell.bsky.social
The three books I have coming out this year. Available from all good booksellers. Don't leave Earth without them!
Future's Edge, Doctor Who: the Well, and Who Will You Save? all by Gareth L Powell
May 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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happytoast.co.uk
Forgot to say these are all individually signed prints, you can get them unsigned but that would cost more.
happytoast.co.uk HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · May 2
Friday cheap A4 print sale! Jurassic Park Nedry, Jurassic Park TRex Toilet, Indy Propeller accident and Mr Jolly lives next door. Fiver each plus post.
cheap prints, you can always buy full price ones on my website too you know
May 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
bable.bsky.social
I just want time to read and forget about the world and dive into a story that will take me away.
May 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
bable.bsky.social
I am so looking forward to this second instalment…!!
mikestepjack.bsky.social Michael S Jackson ⚔️ Fantasy Author @mikestepjack.bsky.social · Jan 14
Book 2 of the RINGLANDER Series, FALLEN SHARDS is coming soon.
May 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
bable.bsky.social
It’s been a while chums.
Hope that the world is well with you?
April 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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misterabk.bsky.social
Every mind-bending TV show:
March 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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gingertotty.bsky.social
Bird miniatures reduced for a short time too!

Salute me Magpie
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Pretty in Pink Robin
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Midnight Flight
artofnote.sumupstore.com/product/midnight-flight-barn-owl

🪶 #birdart #art #bsnm
Salute me magpie, tiny magpie coming in to land on a tree stump with gold leaf disk in background Tiny pink Robin painted on recovered slate with a 24 ct gold disk Midnight flight - barn owl painted on pebble with silver leaf detail
March 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
bable.bsky.social
youtu.be/keLIiMi7ttI?...

I'm a snow plough
I must now plough on
I'm a snow plough
I'm a settler's son
I'm a storm cloud
Rain myself all over the place
I'm a storm cloud
Wipe that smile right off your face
There must be one place left in the world
Where the mountains meet the sea…
Antarctica (2011 Remaster)
YouTube video by Midnight Oil - Topic
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
bable.bsky.social
How is it only Thursday?
It’s taken a long time to get here and now it’s already dragging on like a dog with worms across the living room rug…
March 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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biggreenbooks.bsky.social
Hello Bluepals, we are open.
a cookie monster from sesame street is standing in the dark and looking at the camera .
Alt: Berk, the blue monster from the claymation show The Trap Door, is waving at us.
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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toritalks2.bsky.social
WE HAVE A RELEASE DATE!!!

My upcoming fantasy western, Cold Silver for Souls, features a bounty hunter necromancer protagonist in a world inspired by the Yukon Gold Rush era. I absolutely cannot wait to share this story with everyone!

MAY 27th, 2025
Stay tuned for more reveals and preorder links!
March 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
bable.bsky.social
This isn’t my old space but this boils my pi$$…
soapachu.bsky.social badly-drawn sleigh 🛷 @soapachu.bsky.social · Mar 11
If you're not terrified by what's happening to Mahmoud Khalil, you really should be. This is as clear a fascist act as any they've yet perpetrated.

Raise your voices, call your reps and scream about this.
This is Mahmoud Khalil. He graduated from a leadership program at Columbia University in December, and is still in university housing. He's married, and his wife is eight months pregnant. Mahmoud is passionate about education, and has had a variety of jobs involving education and disadvantaged youth. He's particularly interested in creating programs that help educate out-of-school youth in developing countries. Mahmoud has a green card. He is a lawful, permanent resident of the United States. Remember that, it's going to be important in what's about to happen. Last night (Saturday) as Mahmoud and his wife walked into their university-owned apartment building, two men in plain clothes slipped in the door behind them. The men claimed they were ICE agents. They also claimed that they had a warrant for Mahmoud's arrest on their phone, and that his student visa was being revoked. Reminder: Mahmoud has a green card. He's no longer on a student visa. Mahmoud told them he had a green card, and his wife went up to their apartment to get it. When she returned, the agents, confused, made a phone call where the agents were told "we're revoking that too." The agents refused to give Mahmoud's wife a reason why he was being detained. When Mahmoud's lawyer called, ICE refused to say why Mahmoud was being detained and that his "student visa was revoked." When the lawyer (again) pointed out that he had a green card, ICE representatives said that also would be revoked. You may be wondering, "Hey, isn't it illegal for ICE to come onto private property -- the university -- without showing a warrant to the university for the arrest? Wouldn't the warrant necessarily say something about why he was being arrested?" Great question. Columbia University has publicly said that ICE requires a warrant to enter non-public areas of campus (like housing), but also as of the moment has refused to answer whether ICE contacted them before slipping into the apartment building behind Mahmoud and hi… Meanwhile: Mahmoud has been sent to a for-profit prison in New Jersey with no official charges. Nevertheless, we know why Mahmoud was arrested. Mahmoud has been involved in peaceful protests at the university, asking that the school stop investing in weapons manufacturing and, in particular, that the school stop investing in companies that are helping to fund the killing of people in Gaza. So, just to make this very clear and simple: A lawful, permanent resident of the United States has been arrested for exercising his freedom of speech. The US government doesn't like some of his OPINIONS and so they have arrested him and are making plans to deport him. Maybe you don't like Mahmoud's opinions. Maybe you don't agree with him. Fine. But the point is: the US government is arresting LEGAL IMMIGRANTS -- PEOPLE WITH GREEN CARDS -- for *exercising their freedom of speech*. This is not the behavior of a nation that is the "land of the free and the home of the brave." It's an act of profound cowardice and an arbitrary and cruel exercise of power. ETA: Mahmoud's wife, an American citizen, attempted to see him at the New Jersey facility today and has been told that he's not there. His lawyer says he may be as far away as Louisiana, but the point is this: he's now not only been "detained" without charges, but neither his wife nor his lawyer know where the US government is holding him. UPDATE (3/10 3:30pm Pacific) - A federal judge has blocked ICE from deporting Mahmoud until a judge can hear his case. There is currently a wrongful detention challenge that will be heard by the judge on Wednesday. Also: Mahmoud *is* in a private prison in Louisiana.
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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lnrmodels.bsky.social
Bugger. How about this?
February 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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lnrmodels.bsky.social
HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you
#artshare
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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happytoast.co.uk
HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you
#artshare
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February 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM