El
@unevendays.bsky.social
Has far too many books. Interested in SFF, comics, archaeology, folk music, folklore. Nerd. Crabby old cactus. Adopted Aberdonian.
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Mastodon: wandering.shop/@unevendays
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/unevendays
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Mastodon: wandering.shop/@unevendays
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/unevendays
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**UK** - call for a parliamentary debate on the expanding use of Palantir software and systems in our defence, security, law enforcement and public services.
Petition to share and sign below.
c.org/p9N2m2tr5Z
Petition to share and sign below.
c.org/p9N2m2tr5Z
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services
c.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:33 AM
**UK** - call for a parliamentary debate on the expanding use of Palantir software and systems in our defence, security, law enforcement and public services.
Petition to share and sign below.
c.org/p9N2m2tr5Z
Petition to share and sign below.
c.org/p9N2m2tr5Z
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We are freezing 🥶
We are freezing 🥶
We are freezing 🥶
I am a father of two little girls and urgently need help to buy a tent and clothes.
The total cost is 100€, and any support or share can save us 🤍🙏
⛺👧👧🧥
www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-mot...
We are freezing 🥶
We are freezing 🥶
I am a father of two little girls and urgently need help to buy a tent and clothes.
The total cost is 100€, and any support or share can save us 🤍🙏
⛺👧👧🧥
www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-mot...
February 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
We are freezing 🥶
We are freezing 🥶
We are freezing 🥶
I am a father of two little girls and urgently need help to buy a tent and clothes.
The total cost is 100€, and any support or share can save us 🤍🙏
⛺👧👧🧥
www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-mot...
We are freezing 🥶
We are freezing 🥶
I am a father of two little girls and urgently need help to buy a tent and clothes.
The total cost is 100€, and any support or share can save us 🤍🙏
⛺👧👧🧥
www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-mot...
Home to watch the men's Six Nations which is on fucking STV, and apparently they're now showing ads *during* the game 😫
February 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Home to watch the men's Six Nations which is on fucking STV, and apparently they're now showing ads *during* the game 😫
Hello from Aberdeen where it is *still* raining and my Yorkshire bus driver has been getting increasingly stressed trying to get the bus to move. Now sorted!
February 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Hello from Aberdeen where it is *still* raining and my Yorkshire bus driver has been getting increasingly stressed trying to get the bus to move. Now sorted!
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It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself.
February 7, 2026 at 2:18 AM
It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself.
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Introducing the wee Bi Pride Gecko!
February 7, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Introducing the wee Bi Pride Gecko!
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Hey everybody be quiet this is important
the miniature therapy horses that do hospital visits have little sneakers that they wear inside so they don't scuff up the floors
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Hey everybody be quiet this is important
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A plea from my dear friend Tasneem in Gaza:
"Donations are the only way to keep them alive."
The civilians are displaced, without access to aid or means of work and under constant attack.
Please give to Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. 🙏❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
"Donations are the only way to keep them alive."
The civilians are displaced, without access to aid or means of work and under constant attack.
Please give to Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. 🙏❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
February 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
A plea from my dear friend Tasneem in Gaza:
"Donations are the only way to keep them alive."
The civilians are displaced, without access to aid or means of work and under constant attack.
Please give to Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. 🙏❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
"Donations are the only way to keep them alive."
The civilians are displaced, without access to aid or means of work and under constant attack.
Please give to Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. 🙏❤️
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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Brother Mort liked the peace and solitude of his herb garden but even so a visit from Sister Dot and her latest tranche of dirty jokes rarely went unappreciated
February 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Brother Mort liked the peace and solitude of his herb garden but even so a visit from Sister Dot and her latest tranche of dirty jokes rarely went unappreciated
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Hey folks, if you like stories about your heroes turning out to be bad people, and uh, like wizards and shit, I have a book out now.
If you'd like to purchase the digital version now, I have it up on my shop:
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/the...
The Unfamiliars - Digital Download - PDF and ePub Version
Save a tree and download The Unfamiliars in a glorious digital edition. This is a story for anyone who has ever had to deal with having to come to terms with their favorite creator being a less than a...
blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Hey folks, if you like stories about your heroes turning out to be bad people, and uh, like wizards and shit, I have a book out now.
Awwwwww ok that was good #StarfleetAcademy
February 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Awwwwww ok that was good #StarfleetAcademy
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🚨Emergency🚨
We in Gaza are being annihilated every day. Our situation is catastrophic; we are homeless and without a tent. Our tent was destroyed by the rain, and we were flooded. We desperately need your donations. We only need €100 to buy a tent.
Please help us urge😭🤲
chuffed.org/project/1580...
We in Gaza are being annihilated every day. Our situation is catastrophic; we are homeless and without a tent. Our tent was destroyed by the rain, and we were flooded. We desperately need your donations. We only need €100 to buy a tent.
Please help us urge😭🤲
chuffed.org/project/1580...
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
🚨Emergency🚨
We in Gaza are being annihilated every day. Our situation is catastrophic; we are homeless and without a tent. Our tent was destroyed by the rain, and we were flooded. We desperately need your donations. We only need €100 to buy a tent.
Please help us urge😭🤲
chuffed.org/project/1580...
We in Gaza are being annihilated every day. Our situation is catastrophic; we are homeless and without a tent. Our tent was destroyed by the rain, and we were flooded. We desperately need your donations. We only need €100 to buy a tent.
Please help us urge😭🤲
chuffed.org/project/1580...
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We are beyond delighted about this article in @thequietus.com about The Black British Folk Collective - huge thanks to Patrick Clarke 🖤
Great article about the Black British Folk Collective, founded in our very own basement! @thequietus.com @angelcakepie2.bsky.social
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Winter, by Patrick Clarke | The Quietus
In October last year the musician Angeline Morrison, whose 2022 masterpiece The Sorrow Songs drew on deep research to present new folk music that centred the real Black British figures who are often w...
thequietus.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We are beyond delighted about this article in @thequietus.com about The Black British Folk Collective - huge thanks to Patrick Clarke 🖤
Waiting for a tradesperson to come so obvs I can't do anything until they've been
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Waiting for a tradesperson to come so obvs I can't do anything until they've been
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Extrapolating in another direction: I also often think of just how much human potential has been lost because of systemic racism, classism and imperialism. All the joy, innovation, art and more that we didn’t get - the opportunity cost of systems where one or a few men (its usually men) benefit.
This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Extrapolating in another direction: I also often think of just how much human potential has been lost because of systemic racism, classism and imperialism. All the joy, innovation, art and more that we didn’t get - the opportunity cost of systems where one or a few men (its usually men) benefit.
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I have never successfully argued this in a setting where someone with power is abusive, even as we all watch talented, driven, dedicated people leave again and again and again. All that potential, all that community, sacrificed to keep men who hurt people.
"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
February 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I have never successfully argued this in a setting where someone with power is abusive, even as we all watch talented, driven, dedicated people leave again and again and again. All that potential, all that community, sacrificed to keep men who hurt people.
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I heard a loud thump and found this:
February 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I heard a loud thump and found this:
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beetle is writing you a love letter 💌
February 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
beetle is writing you a love letter 💌
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This may have made it out of the bisque kiln after languishing there all week while the building was closed due to weather:
February 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
This may have made it out of the bisque kiln after languishing there all week while the building was closed due to weather:
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OKAY GANG BUCKLE UP we are PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE OFFICIAL for WICKHILLS
Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen!
Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)
Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen!
Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
OKAY GANG BUCKLE UP we are PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE OFFICIAL for WICKHILLS
Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen!
Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)
Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen!
Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)
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It's still kind of a mystery how hunter-gatherers and Europe's first farmers dealt with each other. But in this instance, the discovery of a 7,500-year-old deer skull headdress and tools made from antlers suggests that the hunter-gatherers were sharing ideas and technologies with farmers. 🏺🧪🦌
7,500-year-old deer skull headdress discovered in Germany indicates hunter-gatherers shared sacred items and ideas with region's first farmers
The discovery of a deer skull headdress and tools made from antlers at the site of a New Stone Age farming village suggests that hunter-gathers were sharing ideas with the newcomers.
www.livescience.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
It's still kind of a mystery how hunter-gatherers and Europe's first farmers dealt with each other. But in this instance, the discovery of a 7,500-year-old deer skull headdress and tools made from antlers suggests that the hunter-gatherers were sharing ideas and technologies with farmers. 🏺🧪🦌
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Actually Star Trek isn't preachy *enough* come to think of it. We needed to have Patrick Stewart climb through the screen, grab us by the lapels, and scream "HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE BEFORE IT BECOMES WRONG?" whilst shaking vigorously, apparently.
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Actually Star Trek isn't preachy *enough* come to think of it. We needed to have Patrick Stewart climb through the screen, grab us by the lapels, and scream "HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE BEFORE IT BECOMES WRONG?" whilst shaking vigorously, apparently.