Dr Bill Hughes (William the Bloody)
@billbloodyhughes.bsky.social
Cat lover. 18C scholar on the dialogue and novel. Gothic fairies, vampires and paranormal romance; co-organiser Open Graves, Open Minds Project @ogomproject.bsky.social
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Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
This winter, #NHS staff across the country will be battling horrific conditions whilst trying to save lives & provide care for patients.
I just signed Just Treatment's digital Christmas card to show my support and gratitude. Add your name here ⬇️
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I just signed Just Treatment's digital Christmas card to show my support and gratitude. Add your name here ⬇️
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Sign the digital Christmas card for NHS staff 💙
This winter, NHS staff across the country will be battling horrific conditions whilst trying to save lives and provide care for patients. To show our support and gratitude for health workers, we have...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This winter, #NHS staff across the country will be battling horrific conditions whilst trying to save lives & provide care for patients.
I just signed Just Treatment's digital Christmas card to show my support and gratitude. Add your name here ⬇️
actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-t...
I just signed Just Treatment's digital Christmas card to show my support and gratitude. Add your name here ⬇️
actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-t...
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There is a Yuletide tradition in France telling of the witch La Guillaneu riding her headless fairy steed through French winter nights.
But follow us to Brittany today for our 2nd #Yulefolklore tale, where La Guillaneu takes on a quite different guise!
Link in the comments
🎨 Ari-Matti Toivonen
But follow us to Brittany today for our 2nd #Yulefolklore tale, where La Guillaneu takes on a quite different guise!
Link in the comments
🎨 Ari-Matti Toivonen
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
There is a Yuletide tradition in France telling of the witch La Guillaneu riding her headless fairy steed through French winter nights.
But follow us to Brittany today for our 2nd #Yulefolklore tale, where La Guillaneu takes on a quite different guise!
Link in the comments
🎨 Ari-Matti Toivonen
But follow us to Brittany today for our 2nd #Yulefolklore tale, where La Guillaneu takes on a quite different guise!
Link in the comments
🎨 Ari-Matti Toivonen
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Please review my collection on Amazon or Goodreads if you have been lovely enough to buy it. It really helps. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... In the Shadow of Gods amzn.eu/d/gRaCt0j
December 23, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Please review my collection on Amazon or Goodreads if you have been lovely enough to buy it. It really helps. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... In the Shadow of Gods amzn.eu/d/gRaCt0j
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This weekend's Romancing the Gothic 'blast from the past' is this video from last year by yours truly!
'Interminable Realms of Space': Cosmic Voyages and Demonic Theo-Aesthetics in Byron's 'Cain'
youtu.be/f8GJzKqVNsg
'Interminable Realms of Space': Cosmic Voyages and Demonic Theo-Aesthetics in Byron's 'Cain'
youtu.be/f8GJzKqVNsg
Interminable Realms of Space: Demonic Cosmic Voyages in Byron's Cain with Dr Sam Hirst
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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December 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This weekend's Romancing the Gothic 'blast from the past' is this video from last year by yours truly!
'Interminable Realms of Space': Cosmic Voyages and Demonic Theo-Aesthetics in Byron's 'Cain'
youtu.be/f8GJzKqVNsg
'Interminable Realms of Space': Cosmic Voyages and Demonic Theo-Aesthetics in Byron's 'Cain'
youtu.be/f8GJzKqVNsg
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Two weeks remaining to get your proposals in for our 2026 conference 'Folklore on the Move'! Proposal deadline: Sunday 14 December 2025
📢Call for Papers📢 ‘Folklore on the Move’: The Folklore Society’s annual conference 2026 in collaboration with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. In person conference: 5-7 Jun 2026; online conference day: 10 Jun 2026. Proposal deadline 14 Dec www.folklore-society.com/event/call-f...
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Two weeks remaining to get your proposals in for our 2026 conference 'Folklore on the Move'! Proposal deadline: Sunday 14 December 2025
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Wait. Why would Marjorie Taylor Greene calling to release the Epstein files be a betrayal to Donald Trump and the entire Republican Party?
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Wait. Why would Marjorie Taylor Greene calling to release the Epstein files be a betrayal to Donald Trump and the entire Republican Party?
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
WASPI scandal: Pay out compensation to the women affected
The Government has announced it will reconsider whether to compensate the WASPI women, following growing pressure and undisclosed "evidence"
Last December, the Government announced women born in the ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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OGOM HALLOWEEN NEWSLETTER www.opengravesopenminds.com/newsletter/o...
Open Graves, Open Minds: Halloween Newsletter 2025
Welcome to the Open Graves Open Minds Newsletter for October. We’re delighted to bring you our news and activities for the 2025 spooky season. We are trying out a new way of publishing the newslett…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
OGOM HALLOWEEN NEWSLETTER www.opengravesopenminds.com/newsletter/o...
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SPOOKY READING Don't forget to browse the MUP
Spooky reading List for #31daysofHalloween and access the intros to all three of our @OGOMProject books for FREE
Spooky reading List for #31daysofHalloween and access the intros to all three of our @OGOMProject books for FREE
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
SPOOKY READING Don't forget to browse the MUP
Spooky reading List for #31daysofHalloween and access the intros to all three of our @OGOMProject books for FREE
Spooky reading List for #31daysofHalloween and access the intros to all three of our @OGOMProject books for FREE
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#HALLOWEEN As the veil grows thinner between our world & the spirit world & the witching hour approaches I'd like share my photos of the most uncanny landscape I know. This spookiness is entirely real. Cross Stone Graveyard in Yorkshire is unsettling & sublime #31daysofHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#HALLOWEEN As the veil grows thinner between our world & the spirit world & the witching hour approaches I'd like share my photos of the most uncanny landscape I know. This spookiness is entirely real. Cross Stone Graveyard in Yorkshire is unsettling & sublime #31daysofHalloween
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Sam George, Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire theconversation.com/older-than-d...
Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire
New research is uncovering medieval legends about the undead in Britain.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sam George, Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire theconversation.com/older-than-d...
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BLOG: Will Monkeys Become Britain's New Big Cats? A rational look at the looming risk of loose primates in post-licensing Britain as 2026 brings changes to the law... #Cryptozoology #BritishLaw #Cryptids
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Will Monkeys Become Britain's New Big Cats?
A rational look at the looming risk of loose primates in post-licensing Britain
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November 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
BLOG: Will Monkeys Become Britain's New Big Cats? A rational look at the looming risk of loose primates in post-licensing Britain as 2026 brings changes to the law... #Cryptozoology #BritishLaw #Cryptids
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If you enjoy my writing, please be sure to subscribe on my relaunched blog here: theghostgeek.substack.com
The Ghost Geek | Hayley Stevens | Substack
Ghost Geek (n.) one who writes rational commentary on the spooky parts of life, culture, and the media. Click to read The Ghost Geek, by Hayley Stevens, a Substack publication. Launched 23 days ago.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
If you enjoy my writing, please be sure to subscribe on my relaunched blog here: theghostgeek.substack.com
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Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
Neil Williamson
Neil Williamson is a multiple award shortlisted writer, editor and musician from Glasgow. His books include The Moon King, Queen Of Clouds and Charlie Says. He writes and records music as The Disap…
neilwilliamson.blog
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
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Neil Williamson always has something interesting and perceptive to say, this alone would be reason enough to go to PictCon2.
Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
Neil Williamson
Neil Williamson is a multiple award shortlisted writer, editor and musician from Glasgow. His books include The Moon King, Queen Of Clouds and Charlie Says. He writes and records music as The Disap…
neilwilliamson.blog
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Neil Williamson always has something interesting and perceptive to say, this alone would be reason enough to go to PictCon2.
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We are a mere 8 members away from our target of 50 by Monday (when I pay the deposit). PictCon2: A Scottish sf & fantasy convention about sf and fantasy in Scotland. 🏴 17th October 2026, Perth, with Guest of honour, editor & writer, Neil Williamson. Tickets at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
PictCon2
A Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention for everyone who reads, writes and watches.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We are a mere 8 members away from our target of 50 by Monday (when I pay the deposit). PictCon2: A Scottish sf & fantasy convention about sf and fantasy in Scotland. 🏴 17th October 2026, Perth, with Guest of honour, editor & writer, Neil Williamson. Tickets at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
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Real ghouls match their bookmarks to their books.
Did you check out our spooky season reading recommendations? We had weird and witchy reads (including CJ Cooke’s The Ghost Woods, pictured) as well as some culty and corrupt options.
Listen: shorturl.at/f5yA9
(other podcast platforms available!)
Did you check out our spooky season reading recommendations? We had weird and witchy reads (including CJ Cooke’s The Ghost Woods, pictured) as well as some culty and corrupt options.
Listen: shorturl.at/f5yA9
(other podcast platforms available!)
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Real ghouls match their bookmarks to their books.
Did you check out our spooky season reading recommendations? We had weird and witchy reads (including CJ Cooke’s The Ghost Woods, pictured) as well as some culty and corrupt options.
Listen: shorturl.at/f5yA9
(other podcast platforms available!)
Did you check out our spooky season reading recommendations? We had weird and witchy reads (including CJ Cooke’s The Ghost Woods, pictured) as well as some culty and corrupt options.
Listen: shorturl.at/f5yA9
(other podcast platforms available!)
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Chuffed to find this today. Jacques Brunius is a fascinating figure in British Surrealism.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Chuffed to find this today. Jacques Brunius is a fascinating figure in British Surrealism.
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The latest book from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social’s LAMP project (who invited me to lecture on Baltic religion last month) is out in open access: Indo-European Afterlives: blog.stockholmuniversitypress.se/2025/11/11/h...
How the Indo-European peoples imagined death – Language, myth and archaeology in a new book
By interweaving philological analysis, archaeological evidence and mythological narratives, Indo-European Afterlives offers new perspectives on how notions of death and the beyond w…
blog.stockholmuniversitypress.se
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The latest book from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social’s LAMP project (who invited me to lecture on Baltic religion last month) is out in open access: Indo-European Afterlives: blog.stockholmuniversitypress.se/2025/11/11/h...
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the emails from epstein say things like "thank god donald trump isnt exposing us. he knows more than anyone" and the headlines are like "it would seem, to some, that donald trump's name is mentioned in passing"
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump. n.pr/4p7hqKa
New Epstein emails appear to reveal more Trump ties
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the emails from epstein say things like "thank god donald trump isnt exposing us. he knows more than anyone" and the headlines are like "it would seem, to some, that donald trump's name is mentioned in passing"
If we don’t act now, many child refugees will be left in war zones or unsafe camps, away from their mums and dads.
Email the Home Secretary now to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion – it just takes a minute >>
act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
Email the Home Secretary now to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion – it just takes a minute >>
act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
Stop the family reunion suspension: Email the Home Secretary
The government has just suspended refugee family reunion – the main safe route for children to join their refugee parents in the UK. We can’t let them tear families apart in our name. This cruel decis...
act.safepassage.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If we don’t act now, many child refugees will be left in war zones or unsafe camps, away from their mums and dads.
Email the Home Secretary now to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion – it just takes a minute >>
act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
Email the Home Secretary now to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion – it just takes a minute >>
act.safepassage.org.uk/email-home-s...
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THE SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE at last! I will be taking part in #31daysofhalloween again from 1st October. Some vintage #Halloween #cats to celebrate! Black cats are lucky not unlucky of course! Can't wait to see all the #Halloween posts!
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
THE SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE at last! I will be taking part in #31daysofhalloween again from 1st October. Some vintage #Halloween #cats to celebrate! Black cats are lucky not unlucky of course! Can't wait to see all the #Halloween posts!