Dr Lynne Hardy
@lynneahardy.bsky.social
(She/her) Freelance writer, editor, and educator (roleplaying games and traditional hand embroidery techniques)
And, there we go: we’ve found the first frustratingly unclear puzzles in Death on the Nile. Too long trying to work out a route through something when there was no route and having to make connections that previous info didn’t support
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
And, there we go: we’ve found the first frustratingly unclear puzzles in Death on the Nile. Too long trying to work out a route through something when there was no route and having to make connections that previous info didn’t support
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Kindle Deal: RIVERS OF LONDON by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social is currently on sale in North America!
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Rivers of London: 10th Anniversary Edition (Rivers of London US Book 1)
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November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Kindle Deal: RIVERS OF LONDON by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social is currently on sale in North America!
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Published by @awfulagent.bsky.social
#RiversOfLondon
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Published by @awfulagent.bsky.social
#RiversOfLondon
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Reminder that the first episode of these short films is being shown today on Rewind TV (Freeview channel 81) at 3:30-3:35pm
Just found out that Mysterious Tales from 1982, in which Keith Barron narrates short folk tales from SW England, was broadcast recently on Rewind TV. A series I've been wanting to find out more about for ages, luckily it's getting shown again from the 16th of November.
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Mysterious Tales
Mysterious Tales
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November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reminder that the first episode of these short films is being shown today on Rewind TV (Freeview channel 81) at 3:30-3:35pm
Last night, we started playing Microids’ Death on the Nile, having quite enjoyed their earlier Poirot offering, Murder on the Orient Express. Set in 1974/75, the sight of Poirot in full John Travolta Saturday Night Fever garb was special, as is his ‘70s casual wear!
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Last night, we started playing Microids’ Death on the Nile, having quite enjoyed their earlier Poirot offering, Murder on the Orient Express. Set in 1974/75, the sight of Poirot in full John Travolta Saturday Night Fever garb was special, as is his ‘70s casual wear!
Hublet has his first negative LFT! We are almost ready to return to the outside world. But only once it stops being damp and horrible, obviously
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Hublet has his first negative LFT! We are almost ready to return to the outside world. But only once it stops being damp and horrible, obviously
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Romantacy for the Holidays! Green Ronin Publishing's Blue Rose RPG is featured in the Backerkit Holiday Market, launching in 2 days! Support independent creators and small businesses, Find thoughtful gifts, Shop human! Sign up to be notified today!
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November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Romantacy for the Holidays! Green Ronin Publishing's Blue Rose RPG is featured in the Backerkit Holiday Market, launching in 2 days! Support independent creators and small businesses, Find thoughtful gifts, Shop human! Sign up to be notified today!
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Unless it’s the wood at the edge of our village. That wood doesn’t welcome outsiders.
When you feel depleted of enchantment, walk the wood. It is where magic lives loudly. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Unless it’s the wood at the edge of our village. That wood doesn’t welcome outsiders.
I live close to Durham, and both my Dad and father-in-law worked in the pits. This AI slop is: patronising, out of touch, piss poor design-wise, and are those meant to be headstocks and Durham Cathedral?
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I live close to Durham, and both my Dad and father-in-law worked in the pits. This AI slop is: patronising, out of touch, piss poor design-wise, and are those meant to be headstocks and Durham Cathedral?
Hublet is still ever-so-slightly positive, so we made the right call not going to visit friends this weekend. We’re both improving but it’s painfully slow. Time for some Hwaet! and Cunning Folk, plus the history of abandoned department stores book I mislaid earlier in the year
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Hublet is still ever-so-slightly positive, so we made the right call not going to visit friends this weekend. We’re both improving but it’s painfully slow. Time for some Hwaet! and Cunning Folk, plus the history of abandoned department stores book I mislaid earlier in the year
No, no reason at all… 😉
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
No, no reason at all… 😉
Hublet is watching Mystery Wrestling again. He’s laughing his head off at the pillow fight, and now there’s a kaiju match with little cardboard buildings in the ring. It does seem to be a particularly inventive wrestling league
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hublet is watching Mystery Wrestling again. He’s laughing his head off at the pillow fight, and now there’s a kaiju match with little cardboard buildings in the ring. It does seem to be a particularly inventive wrestling league
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tickets now on sale for "Casting the Runes" in London on 7 December
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November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
tickets now on sale for "Casting the Runes" in London on 7 December
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I was refused a Covid booster this year because I no longer fit the NHS criteria. I could afford to get it privately (around £100) but didn’t get a chance to organise it before the Con that gave me Covid. Not everyone can afford that, nor should they have to - especially not healthcare workers
Turned up for mine today, combined with a flu jab, but was refused due to the new ( very short ) list of eligible people:
Over 75
HIV Positive
Auto Immune Issues ( on medication )
Cancer Patient
Organ Replacement
even the nurse giving me the flu shot wasn't eligible for a #COVID jab.
Over 75
HIV Positive
Auto Immune Issues ( on medication )
Cancer Patient
Organ Replacement
even the nurse giving me the flu shot wasn't eligible for a #COVID jab.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I was refused a Covid booster this year because I no longer fit the NHS criteria. I could afford to get it privately (around £100) but didn’t get a chance to organise it before the Con that gave me Covid. Not everyone can afford that, nor should they have to - especially not healthcare workers
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It really is holiday season right now!
Enjoy your 30 second celebratory screams, friends - heaven knows this year has earned them 🙃
Enjoy your 30 second celebratory screams, friends - heaven knows this year has earned them 🙃
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It really is holiday season right now!
Enjoy your 30 second celebratory screams, friends - heaven knows this year has earned them 🙃
Enjoy your 30 second celebratory screams, friends - heaven knows this year has earned them 🙃
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So far this season, I'm seeing more "Oh heck, I have COVID" posts than I have since maybe 2022. Get your boosters because #VaccinesSaveLives and #CovidIsNotOver
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
So far this season, I'm seeing more "Oh heck, I have COVID" posts than I have since maybe 2022. Get your boosters because #VaccinesSaveLives and #CovidIsNotOver
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I have asthma. Before I had Covid, it was so mild I didn’t really need medication. Now I need a fair bit. I’ve just been off work for 2 weeks because someone went to a convention when they were sick and others wouldn’t mask/isolate when they displayed symptoms. Me masking alone isn’t enough
#CovidIsntOver. I had a contact tracing call last Monday. I’m up to date on boosters & I’ve tested clear twice since then, in part due to masking and/or social distancing, & I could do better. I have family with Long Covid. I lost two family members to Covid. With the CDC gone, why take the risk?
I get why a lot of non-disabled people want to pretend respiratory illnesses don’t exist, but as we’re coming up on another event I can’t safely attend, I encourage you to just THINK about wearing a mask at events - or at least on the train/ plane there, where there’s probably no reason not to
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I have asthma. Before I had Covid, it was so mild I didn’t really need medication. Now I need a fair bit. I’ve just been off work for 2 weeks because someone went to a convention when they were sick and others wouldn’t mask/isolate when they displayed symptoms. Me masking alone isn’t enough
Second negative LFT so officially no longer contagious. Hublet is still testing positive, though fainter than before. We’ve cancelled our weekend trip to be on the safe side. Now to let the hotel know
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Second negative LFT so officially no longer contagious. Hublet is still testing positive, though fainter than before. We’ve cancelled our weekend trip to be on the safe side. Now to let the hotel know
I accidentally discovered the existence of Justin Hopper’s (@oldweirdalbion.bsky.social) The Old Weird Albion whilst catching up with back issues of Hwaet! It’s been an appropriately etheric/mesmeric read as I slowly recover from Covid
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I accidentally discovered the existence of Justin Hopper’s (@oldweirdalbion.bsky.social) The Old Weird Albion whilst catching up with back issues of Hwaet! It’s been an appropriately etheric/mesmeric read as I slowly recover from Covid
I’ve slept most of today away, and done far less work. That’s going to have to be the plan for the rest of the week as well.
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’ve slept most of today away, and done far less work. That’s going to have to be the plan for the rest of the week as well.
First negative LFT. Still feeling like crap, though. Hublet is, unsurprisingly, still testing positive, so I strongly suspect we’ll be cancelling this weekend’s trip to see friends
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
First negative LFT. Still feeling like crap, though. Hublet is, unsurprisingly, still testing positive, so I strongly suspect we’ll be cancelling this weekend’s trip to see friends
Still testing positive but the line is much fainter now. Definitely overdid it yesterday, though, so aiming for a quieter day today
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Still testing positive but the line is much fainter now. Definitely overdid it yesterday, though, so aiming for a quieter day today
We have shopping! We will soon be able to go to bed! (There is fancy ice cream for tomorrow. And proper food. But also fancy ice cream)
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We have shopping! We will soon be able to go to bed! (There is fancy ice cream for tomorrow. And proper food. But also fancy ice cream)
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
Shopping options yesterday for delivery today were fairly limited, so we risked the 7-11 pm slot and kept our fingers crossed for early in that window. Nope. It will be arriving in the last hour of that slot. Now we just need to stay awake, which is not going to be easy
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Shopping options yesterday for delivery today were fairly limited, so we risked the 7-11 pm slot and kept our fingers crossed for early in that window. Nope. It will be arriving in the last hour of that slot. Now we just need to stay awake, which is not going to be easy