Paul Gilham
@paulgilham.bsky.social
Communicator (MCIPR), parent of SEND youngster, sometime cricket fan, constant nerd. Views expressed in my posts are mine alone and do not represent any employer's position; my shares and likes of others' posts do not necessarily mean endorsement. He/him
Get to know your mutuals! In no particular order (beyond the pleasing growth in line length), 10 things I like:
1. Naps
2. Pulsars
3. Sunsets
4. Art Deco
5. Bluegrass
6. Lake Baikal
7. Practising katas
8. Clever headlines*
9. Siberian (and other) cats
10. Audacious plans actually working in a TTRPG
1. Naps
2. Pulsars
3. Sunsets
4. Art Deco
5. Bluegrass
6. Lake Baikal
7. Practising katas
8. Clever headlines*
9. Siberian (and other) cats
10. Audacious plans actually working in a TTRPG
Get to know your mutuals! 10 things I like (no particular order)
1. Dark nights
2. Frost
3. Stroopwafels
4. Old fashioned tea roses
5. Naps on sunny afternoons
6. Synthwave
7. Architecture
8. Stationery
9. Art supplies of any kind
10. Schlocky 80s horror movies
1. Dark nights
2. Frost
3. Stroopwafels
4. Old fashioned tea roses
5. Naps on sunny afternoons
6. Synthwave
7. Architecture
8. Stationery
9. Art supplies of any kind
10. Schlocky 80s horror movies
Get to know your mutuals! 10 things I like (no particular order)
1. Rainey days.
2. Conversations with my children
3. Enthusiastic about a ttrpg.
4. Cheesecake.
5. Dramatised audio books.
6. Cherries.
7. Drawing (if the mood is right)
8. Trying different Rums
9. Clean underwear
0. Birds flying
1. Rainey days.
2. Conversations with my children
3. Enthusiastic about a ttrpg.
4. Cheesecake.
5. Dramatised audio books.
6. Cherries.
7. Drawing (if the mood is right)
8. Trying different Rums
9. Clean underwear
0. Birds flying
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Get to know your mutuals! In no particular order (beyond the pleasing growth in line length), 10 things I like:
1. Naps
2. Pulsars
3. Sunsets
4. Art Deco
5. Bluegrass
6. Lake Baikal
7. Practising katas
8. Clever headlines*
9. Siberian (and other) cats
10. Audacious plans actually working in a TTRPG
1. Naps
2. Pulsars
3. Sunsets
4. Art Deco
5. Bluegrass
6. Lake Baikal
7. Practising katas
8. Clever headlines*
9. Siberian (and other) cats
10. Audacious plans actually working in a TTRPG
The latest in my occasional series of photos from outings with my son: autistic teenager enthusiastic about radio dishes visits a very special one. He needed time to take in the sheer scale of the Lovell Telescope @jodrellbank.bsky.social before happily exploring the neighbouring exhibitions. 😊
October 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The latest in my occasional series of photos from outings with my son: autistic teenager enthusiastic about radio dishes visits a very special one. He needed time to take in the sheer scale of the Lovell Telescope @jodrellbank.bsky.social before happily exploring the neighbouring exhibitions. 😊
The ongoing decline of traditional media is very sad to see. Agree or disagree with its ideological stance, the Economist was a bastion of fact-based reportage not too long ago, but with apologies to Messrs Norman and Bart, fings ain't wot they used t'be.
This is *stunningly* disingenuous, and the fact that Singal continues to enjoy a career writing at the highest levels about a topic that he either unwilling or incapable of discussing honestly is such an indictment of the Anglo-American prestige media.
September 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The ongoing decline of traditional media is very sad to see. Agree or disagree with its ideological stance, the Economist was a bastion of fact-based reportage not too long ago, but with apologies to Messrs Norman and Bart, fings ain't wot they used t'be.
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Please sign if you can (i.e. UK citizens), share & boost. As well as being incredibly restrictive & a huge invasion of personal privacy, many small hobbyist websites, communities & forums have already shut down because of this act, because they simply don't have the time and/or resource to comply.
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
petition.parliament.uk
July 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Please sign if you can (i.e. UK citizens), share & boost. As well as being incredibly restrictive & a huge invasion of personal privacy, many small hobbyist websites, communities & forums have already shut down because of this act, because they simply don't have the time and/or resource to comply.
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From now until the end of July, CHVLR is 50% off on itchio!
susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr
Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot!
#ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr
Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot!
#ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
CHVLR: A Wretched & Alone Game by Susanah Grace
Just get in the robot.
susanahgrace.itch.io
July 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
From now until the end of July, CHVLR is 50% off on itchio!
susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr
Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot!
#ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
susanahgrace.itch.io/chvlr
Get yourself a summer bargain and experience the tragedy and terror of being a teenage mecha pilot!
#ttrpg #tabletop #gundam
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Latest on crowdfunding publisher @unboundsocials.bsky.social & how authors may be able to reclaim their rights. @victoriastrauss.com writerbeware.blog/2025/06/06/b... #writingcommunity #publishing #writinglife #authorcommunity #skywriters
Bankruptcies of Unbound and Albert Whitman & Co Put Authors Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Writer Beware
A Hellacious Mess: Unbound Established in 2011, UK-based crowdfunded publisher Unbound styled itself the Kickstarter for books and was widely heralded as the next big idea in publishing. Heady words l...
writerbeware.blog
June 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Latest on crowdfunding publisher @unboundsocials.bsky.social & how authors may be able to reclaim their rights. @victoriastrauss.com writerbeware.blog/2025/06/06/b... #writingcommunity #publishing #writinglife #authorcommunity #skywriters
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An astronaut, a vampire and a Jane Austen hero walk into a sketch show!
Catch the full second episode of The Daily Tism News, in collaboration with Turtle Canyon Comedy here! (Now contains even more autism)
Catch the full second episode of The Daily Tism News, in collaboration with Turtle Canyon Comedy here! (Now contains even more autism)
The Daily Tism - news by and for autistic people - EPISODE 2 - EASTER
YouTube video by Turtle Canyon Comedy
youtu.be
April 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
An astronaut, a vampire and a Jane Austen hero walk into a sketch show!
Catch the full second episode of The Daily Tism News, in collaboration with Turtle Canyon Comedy here! (Now contains even more autism)
Catch the full second episode of The Daily Tism News, in collaboration with Turtle Canyon Comedy here! (Now contains even more autism)
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At last, someone who understands how tariffs are going to make America great again!
xkcd.com/3073/
xkcd.com/3073/
Tariffs
xkcd.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
At last, someone who understands how tariffs are going to make America great again!
xkcd.com/3073/
xkcd.com/3073/
A typical day's sightseeing for an autistic teenager. He might be uninterested in St Paul's, but the wall my lad is leaning on forms one edge of his favourite London fountain. He's giving himself time to get used to the sound of the water flow before he starts looking at it. 🥰
April 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A typical day's sightseeing for an autistic teenager. He might be uninterested in St Paul's, but the wall my lad is leaning on forms one edge of his favourite London fountain. He's giving himself time to get used to the sound of the water flow before he starts looking at it. 🥰
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Neurodivergent people have always been there (we just weren't 'looking' before)
theneuroscienceofeve...
The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful
My latest post explains
#ND #Autism #ADHD
theneuroscienceofeve...
The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful
My latest post explains
#ND #Autism #ADHD
Neurodivergent people have always been there (we just weren't 'looking' before)
Many believe neurodivergence (autism, ADHD etc.) is 'new'. But it's been around and has shaped society for as long as humans have existed. We just didn't recognise it for what it was.
theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Neurodivergent people have always been there (we just weren't 'looking' before)
theneuroscienceofeve...
The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful
My latest post explains
#ND #Autism #ADHD
theneuroscienceofeve...
The idea that the neurodiversity is a 'recent development' and hasn't been shaping all of human society forever is as wrong as it is unhelpful
My latest post explains
#ND #Autism #ADHD
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First reading from my new memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow! Debut also from @howardlovy.bsky.social and support from @HeatherMarshall @vineleavespress.bsky.social youtu.be/WBc6lz0U5Ys #BooksWorthReading #newbooks #bookclub #skybooks #skywriters
Pieces: Turn Right At The Rainbow, When The Ocean Flies Heather Marshall Found & Lost Howard Lovy
YouTube video by Roz Morris
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
First reading from my new memoir Turn Right At The Rainbow! Debut also from @howardlovy.bsky.social and support from @HeatherMarshall @vineleavespress.bsky.social youtu.be/WBc6lz0U5Ys #BooksWorthReading #newbooks #bookclub #skybooks #skywriters
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Net zero or nature? Why not both?
Solar farms in East Anglia are boosting biodiversity, offering a glimpse of how clean energy and conservation can work together.
Paul Casciato reports
Solar farms in East Anglia are boosting biodiversity, offering a glimpse of how clean energy and conservation can work together.
Paul Casciato reports
New research: birdlife soars on nature-friendly solar farms
Nature-friendly solar farms in East Anglia support more bird species than arable land, boosting biodiversity
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Net zero or nature? Why not both?
Solar farms in East Anglia are boosting biodiversity, offering a glimpse of how clean energy and conservation can work together.
Paul Casciato reports
Solar farms in East Anglia are boosting biodiversity, offering a glimpse of how clean energy and conservation can work together.
Paul Casciato reports
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Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
![This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters.
Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sox6xar4qdc3ujhi5h4whtlh/bafkreiazjyxk6foryp6lzxcqbls62uaokwhjrjmnzg5uqpdimg77xrt26a@jpeg)
February 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
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Hayao Miyazaki's short guide to watercolor painting -- we put this translation together a couple of years ago
February 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hayao Miyazaki's short guide to watercolor painting -- we put this translation together a couple of years ago
Discussed last night why 6th Jan is traditionally the only day to take down Xmas decs rather than just the deadline. @davidallengreen.bsky.social explains why. #12daysofChristmas
(We didn't put any up this year to help my autistic son cope with the disruptions to his normal routine. It worked. 🥰 )
(We didn't put any up this year to help my autistic son cope with the disruptions to his normal routine. It worked. 🥰 )
Remember to take your Christmas decorations down by the end of Twelfth Night.
Here is a post about why - and about other things too.
Here is a post about why - and about other things too.
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
January 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Discussed last night why 6th Jan is traditionally the only day to take down Xmas decs rather than just the deadline. @davidallengreen.bsky.social explains why. #12daysofChristmas
(We didn't put any up this year to help my autistic son cope with the disruptions to his normal routine. It worked. 🥰 )
(We didn't put any up this year to help my autistic son cope with the disruptions to his normal routine. It worked. 🥰 )
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for anyone who needs an accessible new year’s resolution:
use alt text
bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings
see you in 2025 💫
use alt text
bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings
see you in 2025 💫
January 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
for anyone who needs an accessible new year’s resolution:
use alt text
bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings
see you in 2025 💫
use alt text
bonus points for toggling on “require alt text” in your bluesky accessibility settings
see you in 2025 💫
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This year…
You could be that person laughing on the dog walk or way to work
While keeping lightly abreast of news & politics
And let’s be honest
2025 is going to be one hell of a ride
So join us & make listening to @thetrawl.bsky.social your new happy habit for 2025.
You could be that person laughing on the dog walk or way to work
While keeping lightly abreast of news & politics
And let’s be honest
2025 is going to be one hell of a ride
So join us & make listening to @thetrawl.bsky.social your new happy habit for 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This year…
You could be that person laughing on the dog walk or way to work
While keeping lightly abreast of news & politics
And let’s be honest
2025 is going to be one hell of a ride
So join us & make listening to @thetrawl.bsky.social your new happy habit for 2025.
You could be that person laughing on the dog walk or way to work
While keeping lightly abreast of news & politics
And let’s be honest
2025 is going to be one hell of a ride
So join us & make listening to @thetrawl.bsky.social your new happy habit for 2025.
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Last but definitely not least, our fifth video featured a chat with authors @weinersmith.bsky.social and @zachweinersmith.bsky.social about their new #book, "A City on Mars," and how (or even if) we should become an interplanetary civilization. (Spoiler: Not so much.)
https://buff.ly/4gBMJc4
https://buff.ly/4gBMJc4
"A City on Mars" with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) set out to write the essential guide to a glorious f...
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December 31, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Last but definitely not least, our fifth video featured a chat with authors @weinersmith.bsky.social and @zachweinersmith.bsky.social about their new #book, "A City on Mars," and how (or even if) we should become an interplanetary civilization. (Spoiler: Not so much.)
https://buff.ly/4gBMJc4
https://buff.ly/4gBMJc4
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If you’re blind, vision-impaired or simply unable to open your eyes for reasons of hangover, then tonight’s Only Connect is for you! It’s up against a lot of other treats at 8 o’clock, but may be our greatest adventure yet.
Only Connect Sounds Special
8pm on BBC Two
#OnlyConnect
Only Connect Sounds Special
8pm on BBC Two
#OnlyConnect
January 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you’re blind, vision-impaired or simply unable to open your eyes for reasons of hangover, then tonight’s Only Connect is for you! It’s up against a lot of other treats at 8 o’clock, but may be our greatest adventure yet.
Only Connect Sounds Special
8pm on BBC Two
#OnlyConnect
Only Connect Sounds Special
8pm on BBC Two
#OnlyConnect
My holiday donations go to Crisis and refugee charities, because everyone deserves a home. But I use @wikipedia.bsky.social most days and, particularly in the era of plutocrat media capture, support it when I can. It's far from definitive but offers an unrivalled free launchpad for further reading.
Wikipedia is a fantastically valuable public good. If you're able, please donate something.
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
December 26, 2024 at 10:52 AM
My holiday donations go to Crisis and refugee charities, because everyone deserves a home. But I use @wikipedia.bsky.social most days and, particularly in the era of plutocrat media capture, support it when I can. It's far from definitive but offers an unrivalled free launchpad for further reading.
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Your annual reminder to NOT buy a Mr Frosty for Christmas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsE8...
Trying out a Mr Frosty for the first time
YouTube video by Sooz Kempner
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December 17, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Your annual reminder to NOT buy a Mr Frosty for Christmas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsE8...
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Some ideas for gifts with an emphasis on fantasy, horror, comics, and gaming. C'mon, there's still time.
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2024/12/some...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2024/12/some...
Some stocking fillers
With Christmas coming up, I feel I should suggest a few presents. Christmas Eve is the perfect time for weird tales, and they don't come any...
fabledlands.blogspot.com
December 15, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Some ideas for gifts with an emphasis on fantasy, horror, comics, and gaming. C'mon, there's still time.
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2024/12/some...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2024/12/some...
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For the Humble Bundles I get my usual cut of whatever money goes to the publisher, which is a perfectly good percentage. Be that as it may, if you move the slider so that First Book, the charity, gets more or all of your purchase price, I am not going to complain. I am doing fine.
Do you actually get compensated fairly for this? I've always wondered if it screws over content creators/game studios when doing this
December 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
For the Humble Bundles I get my usual cut of whatever money goes to the publisher, which is a perfectly good percentage. Be that as it may, if you move the slider so that First Book, the charity, gets more or all of your purchase price, I am not going to complain. I am doing fine.
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Folks here from algorithmically-fiddled apps complain of a lack of engagement.
It’s on all of us (to some extent)
“Likes” don’t really do anything here.
When you like someone’s post it just creates a notification TO THEM ONLY that you liked it.
1/x
Folks here from algorithmically-fiddled apps complain of a lack of engagement.
It’s on all of us (to some extent)
“Likes” don’t really do anything here.
When you like someone’s post it just creates a notification TO THEM ONLY that you liked it.
December 13, 2024 at 4:02 PM
PLEASE SHARE, COMMENT, QUOTE, &/OR REPOST
1/x
Folks here from algorithmically-fiddled apps complain of a lack of engagement.
It’s on all of us (to some extent)
“Likes” don’t really do anything here.
When you like someone’s post it just creates a notification TO THEM ONLY that you liked it.
1/x
Folks here from algorithmically-fiddled apps complain of a lack of engagement.
It’s on all of us (to some extent)
“Likes” don’t really do anything here.
When you like someone’s post it just creates a notification TO THEM ONLY that you liked it.
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I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
December 14, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine