Robin Bird
@robinxbird.bsky.social
Pronouns em/em/eir (they're singular, nice and easy)
Trainee counsellor, attempting to write eir dead father's memoir, bookish, lefty, nerdy, disabled and British.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/skeletonrobin
Trainee counsellor, attempting to write eir dead father's memoir, bookish, lefty, nerdy, disabled and British.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/skeletonrobin
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Robin Bird
@robinxbird.bsky.social
· Aug 11
A Sword Would Be Easier
I now understand all those fantasy epics where the protagonist’s motivation is that they made a promise to somebody on their deathbed…
robintynan.medium.com
I'm going to be writing about my experience of writing. Specifically writing The Book.
This first post is about deathbed promises, grief, and getting started.
Found over on Medium.
#writing
#nonfiction
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This first post is about deathbed promises, grief, and getting started.
Found over on Medium.
#writing
#nonfiction
💙📚💡
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Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
My dearest friend set up the weekly and monthly donation options so that we can stay alive after a tent was destroyed just 100 meters away from us last night. The sand covered our faces while we were still alive.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
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Hello #WriterSky & #AuthorSky, I'm now re-open for Author Spotlight requests, which are short text-only interviews spotlighting something you've written, or your work in general. 📚💙
I'm now taking requests for 2026 features.
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I'm now taking requests for 2026 features.
2024: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
2025: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
Author Spotlight Series (2024)
I want to uplift and promote my fellow authors’ work – so the Author Spotlight Series for indies was born. Check out the interviews and find your next read!
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November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Hello #WriterSky & #AuthorSky, I'm now re-open for Author Spotlight requests, which are short text-only interviews spotlighting something you've written, or your work in general. 📚💙
I'm now taking requests for 2026 features.
2024: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
2025: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
I'm now taking requests for 2026 features.
2024: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
2025: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...
And now I'm sneezing. This is less my own doing.
Who made me so tired?!
Me. I did. This is my doing.
Me. I did. This is my doing.
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
And now I'm sneezing. This is less my own doing.
Not a full review of Yelen & Yelena but some reflections on one element i liked and my relationship with the "romance" genre as an arospec person.
📚💙
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Ok something that i liked about Yelen & Yelena was that it featured a specifically an aro/allosexual relationship.
Interestingly it followed many of the same beats as "romance" books and erotica which always read more to me as all about lust and not love. And can therefore be very annoying to me. 🧵
Interestingly it followed many of the same beats as "romance" books and erotica which always read more to me as all about lust and not love. And can therefore be very annoying to me. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Not a full review of Yelen & Yelena but some reflections on one element i liked and my relationship with the "romance" genre as an arospec person.
📚💙
📚💙
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@tomsbrown.bsky.social She falls into her bog bed. Peat-pillowed. Moss-blanketed. Cradled by its brown waters. A protection of humic acids, tannins. Heather honey on the tongue of her bitter dreams.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
@tomsbrown.bsky.social She falls into her bog bed. Peat-pillowed. Moss-blanketed. Cradled by its brown waters. A protection of humic acids, tannins. Heather honey on the tongue of her bitter dreams.
Ok something that i liked about Yelen & Yelena was that it featured a specifically an aro/allosexual relationship.
Interestingly it followed many of the same beats as "romance" books and erotica which always read more to me as all about lust and not love. And can therefore be very annoying to me. 🧵
Interestingly it followed many of the same beats as "romance" books and erotica which always read more to me as all about lust and not love. And can therefore be very annoying to me. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Ok something that i liked about Yelen & Yelena was that it featured a specifically an aro/allosexual relationship.
Interestingly it followed many of the same beats as "romance" books and erotica which always read more to me as all about lust and not love. And can therefore be very annoying to me. 🧵
Interestingly it followed many of the same beats as "romance" books and erotica which always read more to me as all about lust and not love. And can therefore be very annoying to me. 🧵
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ok this looks very cool
#solarpunk writers... maybe your darker stories will fit here
"This will be a place for literary and experimental explorations of the eco-gothic, the eco-horrific, the eco-surrealist, and the eco-weird."
#solarpunk writers... maybe your darker stories will fit here
"This will be a place for literary and experimental explorations of the eco-gothic, the eco-horrific, the eco-surrealist, and the eco-weird."
Our full submission guidelines are now available. Put it on you calendar: Submissions will open on December 1st!
www.briefecology.com/p/rlm-submis...
www.briefecology.com/p/rlm-submis...
RLM Submissions
If you are interested in submitting to Rotting Leaf Mag, take a look at our guidelines below, then use the link to the submission form at the bottom of the page (if we’re open).
www.briefecology.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
ok this looks very cool
#solarpunk writers... maybe your darker stories will fit here
"This will be a place for literary and experimental explorations of the eco-gothic, the eco-horrific, the eco-surrealist, and the eco-weird."
#solarpunk writers... maybe your darker stories will fit here
"This will be a place for literary and experimental explorations of the eco-gothic, the eco-horrific, the eco-surrealist, and the eco-weird."
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I've a favour to ask of my cisgender UK followers. It'll take you 5 minutes!
Please use this template to write to your MP.
I know, I know... AGAIN. But this is to counter the letter-writing campaign undertaken by Sex Matters, who want the awful EHRC trans-exclusionary Code to be rushed through.
🙏🏻
Please use this template to write to your MP.
I know, I know... AGAIN. But this is to counter the letter-writing campaign undertaken by Sex Matters, who want the awful EHRC trans-exclusionary Code to be rushed through.
🙏🏻
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I've a favour to ask of my cisgender UK followers. It'll take you 5 minutes!
Please use this template to write to your MP.
I know, I know... AGAIN. But this is to counter the letter-writing campaign undertaken by Sex Matters, who want the awful EHRC trans-exclusionary Code to be rushed through.
🙏🏻
Please use this template to write to your MP.
I know, I know... AGAIN. But this is to counter the letter-writing campaign undertaken by Sex Matters, who want the awful EHRC trans-exclusionary Code to be rushed through.
🙏🏻
Who made me so tired?!
Me. I did. This is my doing.
Me. I did. This is my doing.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Who made me so tired?!
Me. I did. This is my doing.
Me. I did. This is my doing.
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(Compelling bad ideas are annoyingly sticky of course, even when well rebutted. But that's not unique to EP by a long shot.)
Anyway, read the paper, marvel at the lack of actual good data on femininity and fertility. Consider doing the critical test research yourself?
/fin
#ehbea
#hbes
Anyway, read the paper, marvel at the lack of actual good data on femininity and fertility. Consider doing the critical test research yourself?
/fin
#ehbea
#hbes
A systematic review of the association between women’s morphological traits and fertility | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
A systematic review of the association between women’s morphological traits and fertility
www.cambridge.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is beautiful and powerful.
The metal scene can be rack at times but sometimes it's sublime. Heavy music saves lives.
The metal scene can be rack at times but sometimes it's sublime. Heavy music saves lives.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is beautiful and powerful.
The metal scene can be rack at times but sometimes it's sublime. Heavy music saves lives.
The metal scene can be rack at times but sometimes it's sublime. Heavy music saves lives.
Had a great weekend learning and dancing tango, seeing old friends, and eating tasty food.
I am bloody knackered now but it currently feels worth it! (Did i take a single picture? No i did not)
I am bloody knackered now but it currently feels worth it! (Did i take a single picture? No i did not)
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Had a great weekend learning and dancing tango, seeing old friends, and eating tasty food.
I am bloody knackered now but it currently feels worth it! (Did i take a single picture? No i did not)
I am bloody knackered now but it currently feels worth it! (Did i take a single picture? No i did not)
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All I want is a humble castle on the Irish coast, a crackling fire, a vintage mystery novel, an emotional support raven, a raging thunderstorm, a few purring cats, endless cups of tea, and a scandalous amount of freshly-baked pastries.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
All I want is a humble castle on the Irish coast, a crackling fire, a vintage mystery novel, an emotional support raven, a raging thunderstorm, a few purring cats, endless cups of tea, and a scandalous amount of freshly-baked pastries.
Rail replacement bus 😭
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Rail replacement bus 😭
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There's something in Watson, as illustrated here, of the rightward turn around the globe, that insists on the knowledge of one's gut, despite a paucity of evidence for gut-knowledge. Watson had infinitely more basis for relying on his gut than the rest of us, yet he still didn't have any real basis.
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
There's something in Watson, as illustrated here, of the rightward turn around the globe, that insists on the knowledge of one's gut, despite a paucity of evidence for gut-knowledge. Watson had infinitely more basis for relying on his gut than the rest of us, yet he still didn't have any real basis.
Boycotts and demos work.
Make support for Israel untenable.
Make support for Israel untenable.
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Boycotts and demos work.
Make support for Israel untenable.
Make support for Israel untenable.
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I would very much like to publish six novelettes or novellas for Pink Hydra Press next year.
Submissions open Monday! www.thepinkhydra.com/submissions/...
We are a one-woman operation situated in South Africa, and afaik the only one welcoming international queer SFF authors and erotic fiction.
Submissions open Monday! www.thepinkhydra.com/submissions/...
We are a one-woman operation situated in South Africa, and afaik the only one welcoming international queer SFF authors and erotic fiction.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I would very much like to publish six novelettes or novellas for Pink Hydra Press next year.
Submissions open Monday! www.thepinkhydra.com/submissions/...
We are a one-woman operation situated in South Africa, and afaik the only one welcoming international queer SFF authors and erotic fiction.
Submissions open Monday! www.thepinkhydra.com/submissions/...
We are a one-woman operation situated in South Africa, and afaik the only one welcoming international queer SFF authors and erotic fiction.
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This has now reached 60,909!!! 👏👏👏
Let’s get to 65,000!!!!
If you haven’t already signed, please do!
If you have signed, please spread the word!!
Let’s get to 65,000!!!!
If you haven’t already signed, please do!
If you have signed, please spread the word!!
✨ We’ve Moved! ✨
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This has now reached 60,909!!! 👏👏👏
Let’s get to 65,000!!!!
If you haven’t already signed, please do!
If you have signed, please spread the word!!
Let’s get to 65,000!!!!
If you haven’t already signed, please do!
If you have signed, please spread the word!!
Finding it difficult to find info on donating to relief efforts in the Philippenes following Typhoon Tino/Kalmaegi especially from the UK?
I've found some local organisations, but anybody got good info on international contributions?
I've found some local organisations, but anybody got good info on international contributions?
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Finding it difficult to find info on donating to relief efforts in the Philippenes following Typhoon Tino/Kalmaegi especially from the UK?
I've found some local organisations, but anybody got good info on international contributions?
I've found some local organisations, but anybody got good info on international contributions?
Still feeling the grunge vibes. It's Pearl Jam and maybe a bit of Temple of the Dog tonight.
(No matter how much i get into my weird math rock, prog metal nonsense, i always come back to grunge)
(No matter how much i get into my weird math rock, prog metal nonsense, i always come back to grunge)
Ok tonight's throwback music obsession is Soundgarden.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Still feeling the grunge vibes. It's Pearl Jam and maybe a bit of Temple of the Dog tonight.
(No matter how much i get into my weird math rock, prog metal nonsense, i always come back to grunge)
(No matter how much i get into my weird math rock, prog metal nonsense, i always come back to grunge)
I started the day with a migraine, the lecture topic was trauma and I'm having a PMDD day so I'm very fractious.
I think i need an award for making it through to the end of the day.
I think i need an award for making it through to the end of the day.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I started the day with a migraine, the lecture topic was trauma and I'm having a PMDD day so I'm very fractious.
I think i need an award for making it through to the end of the day.
I think i need an award for making it through to the end of the day.
Right now i have the energy to go to uni do my placement and very little else.
I also want to be working on my non fiction book and maybe learning basic italian.
So why. Why on earth. Has by brain decided that actually i should do is take a fiction writing course, and start writing a novel.
I also want to be working on my non fiction book and maybe learning basic italian.
So why. Why on earth. Has by brain decided that actually i should do is take a fiction writing course, and start writing a novel.
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Right now i have the energy to go to uni do my placement and very little else.
I also want to be working on my non fiction book and maybe learning basic italian.
So why. Why on earth. Has by brain decided that actually i should do is take a fiction writing course, and start writing a novel.
I also want to be working on my non fiction book and maybe learning basic italian.
So why. Why on earth. Has by brain decided that actually i should do is take a fiction writing course, and start writing a novel.
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The John Lewis ad is a Doctor Who baddie. It arrived fully formed as a generations old tradition like 5 years ago. Definitely some sort of emotional space vampire. Kill it with fire I say
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The John Lewis ad is a Doctor Who baddie. It arrived fully formed as a generations old tradition like 5 years ago. Definitely some sort of emotional space vampire. Kill it with fire I say
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?