Liz Ottosson
@lizottosson.bsky.social
Eclectic reader, writer and book tragic; stories and songs make my heart go round. NE England via south coast, Sweden, Australia and London. She/her. Need a proofreader or editor? https://betterworldwords.com/
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The countdown is nearly over… Next week our gorgeous anthology, The Last Plastic Fork and Other Green Epiphanies, will be released.
#greenstories #postivefutures #greenepiphanies #shortstories #shortstoryanthology
#greenstories #postivefutures #greenepiphanies #shortstories #shortstoryanthology
February 19, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The countdown is nearly over… Next week our gorgeous anthology, The Last Plastic Fork and Other Green Epiphanies, will be released.
#greenstories #postivefutures #greenepiphanies #shortstories #shortstoryanthology
#greenstories #postivefutures #greenepiphanies #shortstories #shortstoryanthology
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Yet again I will repost this (because the link periodically trashes itself).
If you are wondering about my extensive backlist, and which book/series might best fit your current reading needs/tastes, I wrote this post for you (boy-band style):
imakeupworlds.com/where-should...
If you are wondering about my extensive backlist, and which book/series might best fit your current reading needs/tastes, I wrote this post for you (boy-band style):
imakeupworlds.com/where-should...
Where Should I Start With Your Novels? | I Make Up Worlds
imakeupworlds.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Yet again I will repost this (because the link periodically trashes itself).
If you are wondering about my extensive backlist, and which book/series might best fit your current reading needs/tastes, I wrote this post for you (boy-band style):
imakeupworlds.com/where-should...
If you are wondering about my extensive backlist, and which book/series might best fit your current reading needs/tastes, I wrote this post for you (boy-band style):
imakeupworlds.com/where-should...
As well as this, I have a piece of creative non-fiction coming out in SWH Magazine at the start of April. It's a very personal piece, which feels a bit scary! swhmagazine.wordpress.com/swh-mission-...
February 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM
As well as this, I have a piece of creative non-fiction coming out in SWH Magazine at the start of April. It's a very personal piece, which feels a bit scary! swhmagazine.wordpress.com/swh-mission-...
So. many. typos in those damn files.
February 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
So. many. typos in those damn files.
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Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
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Thank you to our authors on BlueSky who have contributed to our anthology!
@nazishmunch.bsky.social @abbk1.bsky.social @jodes.bsky.social @singingtotigers.bsky.social @lizottosson.bsky.social @nishxhegde.bsky.social
#greenstories #postivefutures #greenepiphanies #shortstories #shortstoryanthology
@nazishmunch.bsky.social @abbk1.bsky.social @jodes.bsky.social @singingtotigers.bsky.social @lizottosson.bsky.social @nishxhegde.bsky.social
#greenstories #postivefutures #greenepiphanies #shortstories #shortstoryanthology
February 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Thank you to our authors on BlueSky who have contributed to our anthology!
@nazishmunch.bsky.social @abbk1.bsky.social @jodes.bsky.social @singingtotigers.bsky.social @lizottosson.bsky.social @nishxhegde.bsky.social
#greenstories #postivefutures #greenepiphanies #shortstories #shortstoryanthology
@nazishmunch.bsky.social @abbk1.bsky.social @jodes.bsky.social @singingtotigers.bsky.social @lizottosson.bsky.social @nishxhegde.bsky.social
#greenstories #postivefutures #greenepiphanies #shortstories #shortstoryanthology
So looking forward to seeing this out in the world, and not just because I have a story in it. Check out that beautiful cover! Can't wait to read it.
A huge thank you to all our writers for their inspiring contributions to Habitat Press’s latest publication! We’re so excited to announce our forthcoming anthology of short stories, The Last Plastic Fork & Other Green Epiphanies – out on 26 February!
#habitatpress #flashfictionanthology
#habitatpress #flashfictionanthology
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
So looking forward to seeing this out in the world, and not just because I have a story in it. Check out that beautiful cover! Can't wait to read it.
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This month, I'm leading an online writing workshop that's all about building realistic characters.
Come along!
📆 Wed 18 Feb, 7pm-8.30pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo... #WritingCommunity
Come along!
📆 Wed 18 Feb, 7pm-8.30pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo... #WritingCommunity
Writing workshop: Making Your Characters Human
Work on editing your fictional characters and making them more realistic.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This month, I'm leading an online writing workshop that's all about building realistic characters.
Come along!
📆 Wed 18 Feb, 7pm-8.30pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo... #WritingCommunity
Come along!
📆 Wed 18 Feb, 7pm-8.30pm GMT
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wo... #WritingCommunity
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Betty's routine journey to Lerwick as the sole passenger on board turned into a 9-day trial, during which she made a meagre few biscuits and a bottle of milk last
Eventually the Columbine ran aground in Norway near Ålesund, where Betty was rescued by local fishermen
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🖼️ The Graphic 13.3.1886
Eventually the Columbine ran aground in Norway near Ålesund, where Betty was rescued by local fishermen
2/3
🖼️ The Graphic 13.3.1886
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Betty's routine journey to Lerwick as the sole passenger on board turned into a 9-day trial, during which she made a meagre few biscuits and a bottle of milk last
Eventually the Columbine ran aground in Norway near Ålesund, where Betty was rescued by local fishermen
2/3
🖼️ The Graphic 13.3.1886
Eventually the Columbine ran aground in Norway near Ålesund, where Betty was rescued by local fishermen
2/3
🖼️ The Graphic 13.3.1886
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links.
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
February 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM
It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links.
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
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Great visual!
Good lord, a more accurate view inside my mind than intended, I uploaded the wrong version! 🙈 Thank you, fixed now drilled.ghost.io/yes-climate-...
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Great visual!
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No one has seriously said LLMs aren’t important or that AI is categorically junk.
Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
No one has seriously said LLMs aren’t important or that AI is categorically junk.
Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
Some of us have said that there is something bigger than tech. It’s called power — governance, civic norms, etc — & refusal is absolutely part of how we think soberly about that power. Who has it & how they use it.
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This is why Minnesotans are begging folks outside the state to keep talking about us.
Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This is why Minnesotans are begging folks outside the state to keep talking about us.
Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
Please don’t let the world forget we are still in danger.
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Every purchase helps keep @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social active, enabling volunteers to translate community-driven journalism into dozens of languages.
This work opens doors, builds understanding, and ensures voices from around the world can be heard—not just locally, but globally.
This work opens doors, builds understanding, and ensures voices from around the world can be heard—not just locally, but globally.
StoryBundle's In Translation bundle to benefit Global Voices Lingua: Interview
My primary goal was that the bundle be representative of our broader world, without a focus on the regions most already represented in collections of translation.
lingua.globalvoices.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Every purchase helps keep @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social active, enabling volunteers to translate community-driven journalism into dozens of languages.
This work opens doors, builds understanding, and ensures voices from around the world can be heard—not just locally, but globally.
This work opens doors, builds understanding, and ensures voices from around the world can be heard—not just locally, but globally.
Reading Liz Moore's The God of the Woods while the Epstein revelations aren't even in the rear-view mirror yet is certainly a thing. (It's really good, though!) #amreading
February 8, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Reading Liz Moore's The God of the Woods while the Epstein revelations aren't even in the rear-view mirror yet is certainly a thing. (It's really good, though!) #amreading
I'm currently editing and proofreading some really interesting academic research into 1. ways to unpick the impact of state violence on migrant health and 2. rewilding and power. I absolutely love that I get to learn and think about these topics as part of my job!
February 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I'm currently editing and proofreading some really interesting academic research into 1. ways to unpick the impact of state violence on migrant health and 2. rewilding and power. I absolutely love that I get to learn and think about these topics as part of my job!
A moment I quite like from the opening chapter of The Other Side of Time. No, Maggie, you're not conflicted and in denial at all! #WIPSnips
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
A moment I quite like from the opening chapter of The Other Side of Time. No, Maggie, you're not conflicted and in denial at all! #WIPSnips
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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Palantir’s stated mission is to defend America. Peter Thiel is a radical libertarian who does not believe ‘freedom & democracy are compatible’.
Yet, the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts.
@thenerve.news
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Yet, the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts.
@thenerve.news
2/
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Palantir’s stated mission is to defend America. Peter Thiel is a radical libertarian who does not believe ‘freedom & democracy are compatible’.
Yet, the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts.
@thenerve.news
2/
Yet, the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts.
@thenerve.news
2/
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NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM
NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
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Abolition is the only way forward: A Reading List
A timely selection of writings on the prison industrial complex, the militarization of police, and what we can do to stop it, feat. books by Angela Davis, Che Guevara, Sonali Kolhatkar, Ulrike Meinhof, and more.
www.sevenstories.com/blogs/404-ab...
A timely selection of writings on the prison industrial complex, the militarization of police, and what we can do to stop it, feat. books by Angela Davis, Che Guevara, Sonali Kolhatkar, Ulrike Meinhof, and more.
www.sevenstories.com/blogs/404-ab...
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Abolition is the only way forward: A Reading List
A timely selection of writings on the prison industrial complex, the militarization of police, and what we can do to stop it, feat. books by Angela Davis, Che Guevara, Sonali Kolhatkar, Ulrike Meinhof, and more.
www.sevenstories.com/blogs/404-ab...
A timely selection of writings on the prison industrial complex, the militarization of police, and what we can do to stop it, feat. books by Angela Davis, Che Guevara, Sonali Kolhatkar, Ulrike Meinhof, and more.
www.sevenstories.com/blogs/404-ab...
At that stage of being ill where I can't do anything except the absolute necessities, but those necessities are still too numerous for me to actually get better. #selfpityparty
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
At that stage of being ill where I can't do anything except the absolute necessities, but those necessities are still too numerous for me to actually get better. #selfpityparty
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Brilliant but deeply depressing thread
Sadly @kolektiv.xyncro.com 's findings are entirely predictable if you've ever worked for a company that forces you to sit through tick-the-box training apparently designed by bots for drunk toddlers - "You're a future rockstar!" takes me right back
Sadly @kolektiv.xyncro.com 's findings are entirely predictable if you've ever worked for a company that forces you to sit through tick-the-box training apparently designed by bots for drunk toddlers - "You're a future rockstar!" takes me right back
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Brilliant but deeply depressing thread
Sadly @kolektiv.xyncro.com 's findings are entirely predictable if you've ever worked for a company that forces you to sit through tick-the-box training apparently designed by bots for drunk toddlers - "You're a future rockstar!" takes me right back
Sadly @kolektiv.xyncro.com 's findings are entirely predictable if you've ever worked for a company that forces you to sit through tick-the-box training apparently designed by bots for drunk toddlers - "You're a future rockstar!" takes me right back
