@ds5522.bsky.social
Fledgling writer. Cat dad. Short films. Tv & film scripts. Novels and short stories. Love fantastical fiction.
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“But even if you don’t have hope, it doesn’t really matter. This is about defiance. It’s about doing the right thing, fighting for democracy and for people to not be exploited.” Luke Kemp, on his new book Goliath’s Curse.
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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August 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“But even if you don’t have hope, it doesn’t really matter. This is about defiance. It’s about doing the right thing, fighting for democracy and for people to not be exploited.” Luke Kemp, on his new book Goliath’s Curse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📣HORROR FILMMAKERS📣
Do you have what it takes to make us scream? 😱
👻The festival team looking for the next big films out there. Is yours one of them?
📽Our #screenwriting competition will give out a funded production deal to the Best Feature screenplay in the competition.
🚨Submit now!
Do you have what it takes to make us scream? 😱
👻The festival team looking for the next big films out there. Is yours one of them?
📽Our #screenwriting competition will give out a funded production deal to the Best Feature screenplay in the competition.
🚨Submit now!
July 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
📣HORROR FILMMAKERS📣
Do you have what it takes to make us scream? 😱
👻The festival team looking for the next big films out there. Is yours one of them?
📽Our #screenwriting competition will give out a funded production deal to the Best Feature screenplay in the competition.
🚨Submit now!
Do you have what it takes to make us scream? 😱
👻The festival team looking for the next big films out there. Is yours one of them?
📽Our #screenwriting competition will give out a funded production deal to the Best Feature screenplay in the competition.
🚨Submit now!
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Well done to the broadcasters who have spent so long doing the PR for the far right in this country - I hope you won’t pretend it was nothing to do with your valiant efforts if we get a far right government- it is important that your contribution is remembered
July 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Well done to the broadcasters who have spent so long doing the PR for the far right in this country - I hope you won’t pretend it was nothing to do with your valiant efforts if we get a far right government- it is important that your contribution is remembered
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Red Sonja – The new adaptation gets a trailer. Watch it here bit.ly/40G4Kjs
#RedSonja #film #fantasy #swordandsorcery #MatildaLutz #RobertSheehan #MJBassett #MartynFord #TrevorEve #RhonaMitra
#RedSonja #film #fantasy #swordandsorcery #MatildaLutz #RobertSheehan #MJBassett #MartynFord #TrevorEve #RhonaMitra
July 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Red Sonja – The new adaptation gets a trailer. Watch it here bit.ly/40G4Kjs
#RedSonja #film #fantasy #swordandsorcery #MatildaLutz #RobertSheehan #MJBassett #MartynFord #TrevorEve #RhonaMitra
#RedSonja #film #fantasy #swordandsorcery #MatildaLutz #RobertSheehan #MJBassett #MartynFord #TrevorEve #RhonaMitra
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🚨LAST 8 DAYS 🚨🚨 of the annual Strange Horizons fund-raiser!
Still a host of rewards up for offer (see link), and we’re very close (under $2.5K) to meeting our base goal. If you’ve been intending to support us this year, then the time is now!
Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Still a host of rewards up for offer (see link), and we’re very close (under $2.5K) to meeting our base goal. If you’ve been intending to support us this year, then the time is now!
Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Strange Horizons 2026
A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.
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July 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🚨LAST 8 DAYS 🚨🚨 of the annual Strange Horizons fund-raiser!
Still a host of rewards up for offer (see link), and we’re very close (under $2.5K) to meeting our base goal. If you’ve been intending to support us this year, then the time is now!
Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
Still a host of rewards up for offer (see link), and we’re very close (under $2.5K) to meeting our base goal. If you’ve been intending to support us this year, then the time is now!
Donate here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...
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Farage conned people into voting for Brexit so he and his rich mates could avoid paying tax.
Now he is trying to con people into voting to abolish the NHS to boost his shareholding in US health care companies.
Don't keep letting him con you.
Now he is trying to con people into voting to abolish the NHS to boost his shareholding in US health care companies.
Don't keep letting him con you.
July 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Farage conned people into voting for Brexit so he and his rich mates could avoid paying tax.
Now he is trying to con people into voting to abolish the NHS to boost his shareholding in US health care companies.
Don't keep letting him con you.
Now he is trying to con people into voting to abolish the NHS to boost his shareholding in US health care companies.
Don't keep letting him con you.
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If you like murderbot, read this!
Nhi would like to be left alone to read her books and cultivate. Sadly she has to deal with people--even worse, said people are her peers and *someone* will have to take charge before everyone get themselves killed.
Nhi: I don't want to but I've got this
Nhi would like to be left alone to read her books and cultivate. Sadly she has to deal with people--even worse, said people are her peers and *someone* will have to take charge before everyone get themselves killed.
Nhi: I don't want to but I've got this
Day 28, #AANHPI Book 28: NAVIGATIONAL ENTANGLEMENTS, a SF novella by acclaimed author of Vietnamese and French descent, Aliette de Bodard (@aliettedebodard.com). Việt Nhi and Hạc Cúc are trying, reluctantly, to solve impossible problems in space. Problems like giant jellyfish. And human feelings.
June 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you like murderbot, read this!
Nhi would like to be left alone to read her books and cultivate. Sadly she has to deal with people--even worse, said people are her peers and *someone* will have to take charge before everyone get themselves killed.
Nhi: I don't want to but I've got this
Nhi would like to be left alone to read her books and cultivate. Sadly she has to deal with people--even worse, said people are her peers and *someone* will have to take charge before everyone get themselves killed.
Nhi: I don't want to but I've got this
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They demand Zohran Mamdani be deported for offering free childcare.
They cream their jeans over the thought of an Alligator Alcatraz.
Truly evil, vile, miserable people that only want the worst for everyone.
They cream their jeans over the thought of an Alligator Alcatraz.
Truly evil, vile, miserable people that only want the worst for everyone.
June 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
They demand Zohran Mamdani be deported for offering free childcare.
They cream their jeans over the thought of an Alligator Alcatraz.
Truly evil, vile, miserable people that only want the worst for everyone.
They cream their jeans over the thought of an Alligator Alcatraz.
Truly evil, vile, miserable people that only want the worst for everyone.
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Appreciate his effort.
June 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Appreciate his effort.
The Spiral Sea sang, and that song carried as a thought.
This thought lightly touched the minds it encountered as it crossed waves crashing on jade-coloured sand, as it crossed sea, land and sky.
A flock of birds took flight and their calls echoed the song.
This thought lightly touched the minds it encountered as it crossed waves crashing on jade-coloured sand, as it crossed sea, land and sky.
A flock of birds took flight and their calls echoed the song.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Spiral Sea sang, and that song carried as a thought.
This thought lightly touched the minds it encountered as it crossed waves crashing on jade-coloured sand, as it crossed sea, land and sky.
A flock of birds took flight and their calls echoed the song.
This thought lightly touched the minds it encountered as it crossed waves crashing on jade-coloured sand, as it crossed sea, land and sky.
A flock of birds took flight and their calls echoed the song.
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DID YOU KNOW that I have a book out? Shelf Awareness does!
They say: "The conclusion ... delivers a nonstop roller coaster of secrets, betrayals, epic battles, and intimate emotions, narrated with laugh-out-loud style by a feisty heroine."
www.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...
They say: "The conclusion ... delivers a nonstop roller coaster of secrets, betrayals, epic battles, and intimate emotions, narrated with laugh-out-loud style by a feisty heroine."
www.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...
June 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
DID YOU KNOW that I have a book out? Shelf Awareness does!
They say: "The conclusion ... delivers a nonstop roller coaster of secrets, betrayals, epic battles, and intimate emotions, narrated with laugh-out-loud style by a feisty heroine."
www.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...
They say: "The conclusion ... delivers a nonstop roller coaster of secrets, betrayals, epic battles, and intimate emotions, narrated with laugh-out-loud style by a feisty heroine."
www.shelf-awareness.com/sar-issue.ht...
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Congratulations to The Green Man's War, a Finalist in Best Fantasy Novel in the British Fantasy Awards
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The Green Man’s War
ISBNs Paperback: 978-1-913892-90-6 Hardcover: 978-1-913892-91-3 EPUB: 978-1-913892-88-3 MOBI: 978-1-913892-89-0
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June 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Congratulations to The Green Man's War, a Finalist in Best Fantasy Novel in the British Fantasy Awards
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wizardstowerpress.co...
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A nice profile of @sarahfinch.bsky.social, the campaigner who - more than any other - has stopped fossil fuel extraction in its tracks in the UK
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
The woman who bested Big Oil
Sarah Finch's victory in the Supreme Court last summer sunk billions of pounds worth of oil and gas projects.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A nice profile of @sarahfinch.bsky.social, the campaigner who - more than any other - has stopped fossil fuel extraction in its tracks in the UK
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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Monday. You again.
📷 Justin Sneddon
📷 Justin Sneddon
June 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Monday. You again.
📷 Justin Sneddon
📷 Justin Sneddon
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NEW LIVE SHOW! The Scarred For Life Folk Horror show is coming to Partington Theatre, Glossop, on Saturday 26 April! Join me and @bobfischer.bsky.social as we unearth what lies beneath, from The Owl Service to Enys Men and all points in between...
Tickets: bit.ly/3DRlETM
Tickets: bit.ly/3DRlETM
January 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW LIVE SHOW! The Scarred For Life Folk Horror show is coming to Partington Theatre, Glossop, on Saturday 26 April! Join me and @bobfischer.bsky.social as we unearth what lies beneath, from The Owl Service to Enys Men and all points in between...
Tickets: bit.ly/3DRlETM
Tickets: bit.ly/3DRlETM
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Want to write for Empire?
We are always looking for exciting, original pitches for our news section, First Word.
If you’re a journalist, know your Anchorman from your Zatoichi, and would like to write for the world’s biggest movie magazine, find more info here: www.empireonline.com/pitching-gui...
We are always looking for exciting, original pitches for our news section, First Word.
If you’re a journalist, know your Anchorman from your Zatoichi, and would like to write for the world’s biggest movie magazine, find more info here: www.empireonline.com/pitching-gui...
FREELANCE JOURNALIST PITCHING GUIDE
Here at Empire, we are always looking for exciting, original pitches for our... - Empire
www.empireonline.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Want to write for Empire?
We are always looking for exciting, original pitches for our news section, First Word.
If you’re a journalist, know your Anchorman from your Zatoichi, and would like to write for the world’s biggest movie magazine, find more info here: www.empireonline.com/pitching-gui...
We are always looking for exciting, original pitches for our news section, First Word.
If you’re a journalist, know your Anchorman from your Zatoichi, and would like to write for the world’s biggest movie magazine, find more info here: www.empireonline.com/pitching-gui...
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A good time to remind ourselves (and everyone else) of the importance & benefits of membership of the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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January 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A good time to remind ourselves (and everyone else) of the importance & benefits of membership of the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...
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New episode of The Evolution of Horror out now!
Juliet Sugg joins me to discuss two shark tense survival horror movies... 🦈
Juliet Sugg joins me to discuss two shark tense survival horror movies... 🦈
January 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New episode of The Evolution of Horror out now!
Juliet Sugg joins me to discuss two shark tense survival horror movies... 🦈
Juliet Sugg joins me to discuss two shark tense survival horror movies... 🦈
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I'm seeing a lot of GoFundMes today, for people displaced by disaster/war, and for other purposes, so if you/a friend have a GoFundMe (or other legit personal fundraising appeal) running, here's a thread for you to use to raise awareness. Go ahead and post the details and links in the comments.
January 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I'm seeing a lot of GoFundMes today, for people displaced by disaster/war, and for other purposes, so if you/a friend have a GoFundMe (or other legit personal fundraising appeal) running, here's a thread for you to use to raise awareness. Go ahead and post the details and links in the comments.
@scarredforlife.bsky.social youtu.be/vZqJhDgAe5I?... Enough said! Chilling.
Creepy Vintage Coin Operated Machines (Includes Execution!)
YouTube video by Madeleine Swann
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January 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
@scarredforlife.bsky.social youtu.be/vZqJhDgAe5I?... Enough said! Chilling.
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Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
New Achilles Heel Exposed in Antibiotic Resistance
Carbapenems are last-resort antibiotics for treating bacterial infections. A study shows how zinc plays a role in drug-resistant bacteria.
www.genengnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
@thecidershedpod.bsky.social Pretty sure Harrison is going to be offered a job in the part of Ambridge soley populated by cartoon characters. He'll be protecting roadrunners from coyotes and checking gun licences of wabbit hunters.
January 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@thecidershedpod.bsky.social Pretty sure Harrison is going to be offered a job in the part of Ambridge soley populated by cartoon characters. He'll be protecting roadrunners from coyotes and checking gun licences of wabbit hunters.