D Franklin
@dlibris.bsky.social
Weegie bookseller and book enthusiast. SFF reader. Co-head of Programme, Eastercon 2027. Angry queer. Nonbinary. They/them.
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Whipped through CINDER HOUSE by @freyamarske.bsky.social this morning, then immediately reread the last 25% or so because I was so delighted with it.
Loved the spin on traditional elements of the Cinderella story, clever stuff there.
Really loved the ballet scenes.
Loved the spin on traditional elements of the Cinderella story, clever stuff there.
Really loved the ballet scenes.
December 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Whipped through CINDER HOUSE by @freyamarske.bsky.social this morning, then immediately reread the last 25% or so because I was so delighted with it.
Loved the spin on traditional elements of the Cinderella story, clever stuff there.
Really loved the ballet scenes.
Loved the spin on traditional elements of the Cinderella story, clever stuff there.
Really loved the ballet scenes.
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When Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, said two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, half-sunk, a shattered visage lies
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, left from the Grey Havens and sailed to the undying lands.
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
When Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton
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And Schrödinger’s Tiny Tim, who both DID and did NOT die,
December 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
And Schrödinger’s Tiny Tim, who both DID and did NOT die,
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Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammad Bakri has died at 72.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammad Bakri has died at 72.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
Born in Biina, Galilee, he survived the Nakba and spent 40+ years exposing Israeli oppression through film, appearing in 43 works including his banned documentary Jenin, Jenin.
Rest in power.
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if you're wondering why your trans friends everywhere are a little on edge right now, it's because a story about a radical conservative christian student abusing rules and processes to deliberately target a trans instructor consistently gets reframed to omit the entirety of the anti-trans bigotry
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
if you're wondering why your trans friends everywhere are a little on edge right now, it's because a story about a radical conservative christian student abusing rules and processes to deliberately target a trans instructor consistently gets reframed to omit the entirety of the anti-trans bigotry
I first read @amalelmohtar.com's The Truth About Owls over a decade ago in an Australian anthology, and I've read (and been read, by @levarburton.bsky.social!) it multiple times since then. Still gets me every time, right in the middle of this amazing collection.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I first read @amalelmohtar.com's The Truth About Owls over a decade ago in an Australian anthology, and I've read (and been read, by @levarburton.bsky.social!) it multiple times since then. Still gets me every time, right in the middle of this amazing collection.
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Supporting LGBT+ rights is political in a way that breaches the civil service code and opposing them is not political in a way that precludes charitable status is a... complex position to hold, although one managed by former LGBA hate group with charitable status trustee Kathleen Stock.
December 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Supporting LGBT+ rights is political in a way that breaches the civil service code and opposing them is not political in a way that precludes charitable status is a... complex position to hold, although one managed by former LGBA hate group with charitable status trustee Kathleen Stock.
Is very good book
Also I'm reminded: if you want a wild west wild hunt story (???) with a sacrificial chase held every seven years -- and this year featuring a set of identical twins (HMMMM) -- you can pick up THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE!
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The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man's Wife [eBook] by Premee Mohamed
TITLE The Lives Of The Savages A NOVELLA by Robert Edric PUBLICATION DATE May 2011 EDITION eShort INTRODUCTION Jon L Breen ISBN 978-1-848631-71-7
pspublishing.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Is very good book
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Told ya
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Told ya
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There are people who have posted about Walliams who still rate Nick Cohen takes
December 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
There are people who have posted about Walliams who still rate Nick Cohen takes
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The AO3 joke, but no longer funny.
If they're going to award Nebulas for partial LLM-created works then I want a piece of those Nebulas since my work was stolen to create them.
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The AO3 joke, but no longer funny.
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The BMA has come out swinging for the rights of all trans people in healthcare settings and beyond - both patients and healthcare providers.
Genuinely brilliant news amongst the bad - please read it and share, and remember that we are NOT alone. Not by a long stretch.
Genuinely brilliant news amongst the bad - please read it and share, and remember that we are NOT alone. Not by a long stretch.
The BMA has published an updated policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings.
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
Policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings
Our policy position is centred around the need to advocate for equitable access to healthcare, create safe and inclusive workplaces for trans and non-binary people working in healthcare settings, and ...
www.bma.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The BMA has come out swinging for the rights of all trans people in healthcare settings and beyond - both patients and healthcare providers.
Genuinely brilliant news amongst the bad - please read it and share, and remember that we are NOT alone. Not by a long stretch.
Genuinely brilliant news amongst the bad - please read it and share, and remember that we are NOT alone. Not by a long stretch.
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Sidebar:
A part of the AI conversation that passes me off is the fact that the proponents know and sometimes outright say seas of people will lose their jobs (i.e., creatives and skilled workers) and rarely have an even passable answer about what these people will do instead.
A part of the AI conversation that passes me off is the fact that the proponents know and sometimes outright say seas of people will lose their jobs (i.e., creatives and skilled workers) and rarely have an even passable answer about what these people will do instead.
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 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Sidebar:
A part of the AI conversation that passes me off is the fact that the proponents know and sometimes outright say seas of people will lose their jobs (i.e., creatives and skilled workers) and rarely have an even passable answer about what these people will do instead.
A part of the AI conversation that passes me off is the fact that the proponents know and sometimes outright say seas of people will lose their jobs (i.e., creatives and skilled workers) and rarely have an even passable answer about what these people will do instead.
Everything starts somewhere although many physicists disagree.
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Everything starts somewhere although many physicists disagree.
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Just started reading The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy and what I can say so far is that if you loved the Tamora Pierce Tortall books and wish there was a genderswapped version by a trans woman about needing to be a girl to get trained as a witch, this could very much be the book for you
December 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Just started reading The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy and what I can say so far is that if you loved the Tamora Pierce Tortall books and wish there was a genderswapped version by a trans woman about needing to be a girl to get trained as a witch, this could very much be the book for you
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People in and near Glasgow, I’m thrilled to participate in this panel on Scottish Speculative Fiction next month at Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street!
Tickets available via link:
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
Tickets available via link:
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
People in and near Glasgow, I’m thrilled to participate in this panel on Scottish Speculative Fiction next month at Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street!
Tickets available via link:
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
Tickets available via link:
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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I love Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Books - such an inspirational space full of magnificent people - their support means the world
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I love Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Books - such an inspirational space full of magnificent people - their support means the world
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If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?
Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet
Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces 'worst-case scenario'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
Just finished @pippayork.bsky.social and David Walsh's book (yes, I read a sports book), The Escape. I'll be more coherent about it after the dysphoric tears pass but for now suffice to say, read this book, please
www.waterstones.com/book/the-esc...
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The Escape by David Walsh, Pippa York | Waterstones
Buy The Escape by David Walsh, Pippa York from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just finished @pippayork.bsky.social and David Walsh's book (yes, I read a sports book), The Escape. I'll be more coherent about it after the dysphoric tears pass but for now suffice to say, read this book, please
www.waterstones.com/book/the-esc...
www.waterstones.com/book/the-esc...
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A genuinely held belief (that I would love to have proven wrong): I don't think Stephenson is assuming that trans people have no legal rights as trans - I think she is assuming (correctly) that stating a lie as a fact converts the lie into a fact for many in this current climate
Mary-Ann Stephenson assumes - either from ignorance or malice - that trans people have no legal rights as trans. That is deeply troubling from someone holding her role - although hardly surprising given her history.
Awful - and hopelessly out of her depth (just as two Select Committees concluded).
Awful - and hopelessly out of her depth (just as two Select Committees concluded).
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A genuinely held belief (that I would love to have proven wrong): I don't think Stephenson is assuming that trans people have no legal rights as trans - I think she is assuming (correctly) that stating a lie as a fact converts the lie into a fact for many in this current climate
They can't even score on a fucking open goal... or do they just refuse? I'm increasingly sure Starmer's Labour are just a Reform Fifth Column
The Home Secretary is asked, is Farage a racist? She says its for him to answer questions about his own conduct.
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
They can't even score on a fucking open goal... or do they just refuse? I'm increasingly sure Starmer's Labour are just a Reform Fifth Column
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And apparently going to the bathroom at a restaurant is not a “normal social situation” but something the law should interfere with ey
Mary-Ann Stephenson refused to say trans women are women, but insisted she would avoid misgendering people “in normal social situations”.
December 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
And apparently going to the bathroom at a restaurant is not a “normal social situation” but something the law should interfere with ey
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My "favourite" bit is when Kuenssberg uses the Peggie ruling as a reason for trans people to be excluded from single-sex spaces. When the judgment says the complete opposite.
December 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My "favourite" bit is when Kuenssberg uses the Peggie ruling as a reason for trans people to be excluded from single-sex spaces. When the judgment says the complete opposite.