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Ollie Francis
@olliefrancis.bsky.social
Sheffield writer of epic eco-fantasy🐻 and the BadFiction podcast🎧
Exec. of Blank Street Writers 📝
Teaches literature and other stories 📚

Mostly cross posting from Mastodon - @olliefrancis@mastodon.world
Reposted by Ollie Francis
Soft sea breeze

Words by @vvangone.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Original post: h4.io/@brettezelel...
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I'm more convinced every day that I don't make my decisions based on logic but on emotion. What I choose to do is founded on invisible intuition pumps churning away somewhere in my subconscious that I have no access to except in the way they make me feel.

#emotion #emotionism #mind #decisionmaking
November 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
A cracking 300th episode from # TechWontSaveUs on the need to move away from US tech dependency, even beyond Trump.

#technology

music.youtube.com/watch?v=UR92...
We Need to Cut Our Dependence on US Tech. Here’s How to Start.
music.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Particularly proud of our low-effort #Halloween decorations this year.
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Particularly proud of our low-effort #Halloween decorations this year.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Always slightly chilled by the truth behind Hayes' words here: that personal property and the public good do not always align - and where they diverge, the law prefers to preserve the former over the latter.
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
#TheDollmaker by Nina Allan (who I can't find on Bluesky or the Fediverse) is a spectacular layering of storylines where the same plot plays out in different sizes again and again.
It's like reading an echo.
#reading #books
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I keep forgetting social media exists. I kinda like that. ♥️
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#Loops is a federated version of TicTok, if you're after a video sharing feed without the algorithm.

Original post: mastodon.social/@dansup/1154...
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Been thinking about the chances of an imminent societal collapse (because, hey ho why not?).
Money is the ultimate non-perishable. Yet it is also the ultimate perishable following the end of the finance system, when it will up and vanish like Keyer Soze.
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I just got ID'd.
I'm 42 in six months.
BEST DAY EVER.
October 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Original post: mas.to/@kityates/11...
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Oh no, Officer. LAST week was the Judean People's Front. This is the People's Front of Judea."
#protest

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office | Police | The Guardian
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The typewriter gave secretaries more responsibilities; the washing machine gave women the 'opportunity' to both work AND look after the house; the smartphone means your emails can always reach you.
#AI isn't going to take your job or make it easier - it will just give you more to do.
September 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Has #AI made things better yet? Asking for a friend.
September 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Been working on a set of AI principles for education with colleagues this week. The first is "AI is a tool, not a replacement for thinking". In an education setting, this matters more than any potential productivity gain.
#AI #Education #Schools
September 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I've tried to put this I to practice by tagging and linking quotes as I store them. It's meant I'm able to draw on them more easily later on when I'm exploring a topic. I can't fully explore a quote every time I read one, unfortunately.
#Notes #SecondBrain
September 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I hereby label the UK's swing to the Right the 'Danning Kruger Effect': the dumber the idea, the more confidently they scream it. 🤣
#UKPolitics
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MP Danny Kruger says Tory party ‘is over’ as he defects to Reform | Conservatives | The Guardian
East Wiltshire MP says he hopes others follow his path and accuses former party of clinging to ‘defunct institutions’
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The 'Danning' Kruger Effect
#UKPolitics
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM