ThisFoxWrites
@thisfoxwrites.bsky.social
Author: THE LAST LEAVES FALLING; KALEIDOSCOPE SONG. Behaviour, language, and identity enthusiast, lecturer, professional DM. Baking/ nature/stories/knitting nerd. Dad. Wannabe-knight. Neurodivergent. He/him
Meall Chuaich, Mayar and Driesh: done! Shared the hills with a herd of red stags, mountain hare in his winter coat, raven, peregrine, sheep. Bogs, waterfall crossings, autumn foliage; all absolutely stunning even with low cloud. Soul happy. More please. #munros #munrobagging #soulreplenishing
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Meall Chuaich, Mayar and Driesh: done! Shared the hills with a herd of red stags, mountain hare in his winter coat, raven, peregrine, sheep. Bogs, waterfall crossings, autumn foliage; all absolutely stunning even with low cloud. Soul happy. More please. #munros #munrobagging #soulreplenishing
Well this exploration of the uncanny is a delightfully, joyously unsettling and brain-spark-ing bit of reading/ rabbit hole to fall down on a Wednesday night. Thanks @mimithebo.bsky.social!
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Well this exploration of the uncanny is a delightfully, joyously unsettling and brain-spark-ing bit of reading/ rabbit hole to fall down on a Wednesday night. Thanks @mimithebo.bsky.social!
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Dusting off my account to share that SPLINTER & ASH 2: CITY OF SECRETS is out now!
This series is my love letter to the fantasy adventures that I grew up on, but with a disabled princess and a nonbinary squire taking the lead in the fight to make their wartorn kingdom kinder and fairer. 💙
This series is my love letter to the fantasy adventures that I grew up on, but with a disabled princess and a nonbinary squire taking the lead in the fight to make their wartorn kingdom kinder and fairer. 💙
October 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Dusting off my account to share that SPLINTER & ASH 2: CITY OF SECRETS is out now!
This series is my love letter to the fantasy adventures that I grew up on, but with a disabled princess and a nonbinary squire taking the lead in the fight to make their wartorn kingdom kinder and fairer. 💙
This series is my love letter to the fantasy adventures that I grew up on, but with a disabled princess and a nonbinary squire taking the lead in the fight to make their wartorn kingdom kinder and fairer. 💙
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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I need more artists and creatives to clock this for what it is and stop self identifying with this DEAD trope.
It’s bad enough the rest of the world upholds this narrative, you don’t have to willingly do it to yourself.
It’s bad enough the rest of the world upholds this narrative, you don’t have to willingly do it to yourself.
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I need more artists and creatives to clock this for what it is and stop self identifying with this DEAD trope.
It’s bad enough the rest of the world upholds this narrative, you don’t have to willingly do it to yourself.
It’s bad enough the rest of the world upholds this narrative, you don’t have to willingly do it to yourself.
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“Only when readers of all ages become active, only when readers are willing to stand up to the censors, will the censors get the message that they cannot frighten us.”
- Judy Blume
#BannedBooksWeek #KidLit
- Judy Blume
#BannedBooksWeek #KidLit
October 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Only when readers of all ages become active, only when readers are willing to stand up to the censors, will the censors get the message that they cannot frighten us.”
- Judy Blume
#BannedBooksWeek #KidLit
- Judy Blume
#BannedBooksWeek #KidLit
Unexpected Research Question in the Bagging Area. (This is a PhD post) #rabbithole #polyphonicbrains
October 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Unexpected Research Question in the Bagging Area. (This is a PhD post) #rabbithole #polyphonicbrains
Stationery nerds, does this unicorn notebook/ exercise book exist: B5, lined or dotted, FP friendly, cream and with a little bite (ie: Paperblanks/ Midori, not Clairefontaine or Rhodia's shiny white composition book paper)?
September 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Stationery nerds, does this unicorn notebook/ exercise book exist: B5, lined or dotted, FP friendly, cream and with a little bite (ie: Paperblanks/ Midori, not Clairefontaine or Rhodia's shiny white composition book paper)?
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The Independent: 'Long Covid causes effects similar to Parkinson’s or stroke, scientists find'
"Researchers call for stronger efforts to support long Covid patients..."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
"Researchers call for stronger efforts to support long Covid patients..."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Long Covid causes effects similar to Parkinson’s or stroke, scientists find
Patients struggling with daily activities for months or years after coronavirus infection
www.independent.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Independent: 'Long Covid causes effects similar to Parkinson’s or stroke, scientists find'
"Researchers call for stronger efforts to support long Covid patients..."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
"Researchers call for stronger efforts to support long Covid patients..."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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"why aren't you visibly and vocally panicking"
bc i need to keep functioning as a human being 😭
bc i need to keep functioning as a human being 😭
August 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"why aren't you visibly and vocally panicking"
bc i need to keep functioning as a human being 😭
bc i need to keep functioning as a human being 😭
Friends with big, strong, headstrong doggos: does anyone either know of somewhere still stocking the old Ruffwear Webmaster harnesses (goes over the head, not the newer 3-clip variant) OR has an inescapable, properly solid alternative?
August 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Friends with big, strong, headstrong doggos: does anyone either know of somewhere still stocking the old Ruffwear Webmaster harnesses (goes over the head, not the newer 3-clip variant) OR has an inescapable, properly solid alternative?
My kid is doing big hard independence and learning stuff today and taking their driving test, and I am SO PROUD of them whatever happens, and they're so anxious, and will I think of anything else but how it's going till they get home at about 5.30? NOPE.
August 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My kid is doing big hard independence and learning stuff today and taking their driving test, and I am SO PROUD of them whatever happens, and they're so anxious, and will I think of anything else but how it's going till they get home at about 5.30? NOPE.
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Now that’s a transformation! What was once a neat lawn at Berrington Hall in Herefordshire is now a vibrant space for pollinators.
Over 53,000 plants make up the new flower garden, which draws inspiration from a garden that was originally part of ‘Capability’ Brown’s design but lost over time.
Over 53,000 plants make up the new flower garden, which draws inspiration from a garden that was originally part of ‘Capability’ Brown’s design but lost over time.
August 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Now that’s a transformation! What was once a neat lawn at Berrington Hall in Herefordshire is now a vibrant space for pollinators.
Over 53,000 plants make up the new flower garden, which draws inspiration from a garden that was originally part of ‘Capability’ Brown’s design but lost over time.
Over 53,000 plants make up the new flower garden, which draws inspiration from a garden that was originally part of ‘Capability’ Brown’s design but lost over time.
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It's 2025. You have no excuses anymore. If you promote, participate in, or consume anything related to Harry Potter, you are directly supporting genocidal efforts against transgender people and creating a police state for strict gender roles and presentations even for cisgender people.
August 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It's 2025. You have no excuses anymore. If you promote, participate in, or consume anything related to Harry Potter, you are directly supporting genocidal efforts against transgender people and creating a police state for strict gender roles and presentations even for cisgender people.
Well, this is delightful! Kirrie Community Arts Centre is hosting their 1st (sold out!) community Cinema event, in the beautiful once-church building. Little cafe selling popcorn, sweets and soda, and someone playing film scores on the piano in the pre-show doors-open period. 🥰
July 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Well, this is delightful! Kirrie Community Arts Centre is hosting their 1st (sold out!) community Cinema event, in the beautiful once-church building. Little cafe selling popcorn, sweets and soda, and someone playing film scores on the piano in the pre-show doors-open period. 🥰
Clues you are in a neurodivergent household: you just implemented a tiny A3 variant of the 'this is what today contains' whiteboard for while you're all away for the summer.
July 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Clues you are in a neurodivergent household: you just implemented a tiny A3 variant of the 'this is what today contains' whiteboard for while you're all away for the summer.
Home for a summer of mountains, wildlife, garden projects, conservation and community projects, and quality family time (and writing space). ^_^
But tonight's plan is simpler: whisky, book, track-walk with dog, bed.
But tonight's plan is simpler: whisky, book, track-walk with dog, bed.
July 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Home for a summer of mountains, wildlife, garden projects, conservation and community projects, and quality family time (and writing space). ^_^
But tonight's plan is simpler: whisky, book, track-walk with dog, bed.
But tonight's plan is simpler: whisky, book, track-walk with dog, bed.
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Some of my kid lit peers in Canada think I'm overreacting about Alberta's new guidelines, arguing (like Danielle Smith) that this is about protecting kids from porn. But this exact rhetoric has led to bans of many LGBTQ+ books in the US- and we can expect it here. This article explains so well.
The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. "What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people."
@penamerica.bsky.social
@penamerica.bsky.social
The Ugly Stereotype Beneath the Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQIA+ Books
The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people.
www.slj.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Some of my kid lit peers in Canada think I'm overreacting about Alberta's new guidelines, arguing (like Danielle Smith) that this is about protecting kids from porn. But this exact rhetoric has led to bans of many LGBTQ+ books in the US- and we can expect it here. This article explains so well.
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I think what needs to happen is that people stop looking for mirrors and instead develop a
simple eye/ear/nose/taste/feel for good narratives.
They come in a great variety.
simple eye/ear/nose/taste/feel for good narratives.
They come in a great variety.
It's bizarre to me how few authors of color get recommended...but I've found the differences in culture, music, even critters is more interesting now that I am actively trying to expand.
I've even found music through those authors. It's being an interesting journey.
I've even found music through those authors. It's being an interesting journey.
July 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I think what needs to happen is that people stop looking for mirrors and instead develop a
simple eye/ear/nose/taste/feel for good narratives.
They come in a great variety.
simple eye/ear/nose/taste/feel for good narratives.
They come in a great variety.
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I don’t care if “AI will soon be the norm”, I don’t care if “we all have to adapt or die”, you won’t convince me to use it in any of my creative roles.
Seeing writers use AI generated book and podcast covers, Artists using Chat GPT, creatives using AI voices. That’s an immediate blacklist from me
Seeing writers use AI generated book and podcast covers, Artists using Chat GPT, creatives using AI voices. That’s an immediate blacklist from me
July 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I don’t care if “AI will soon be the norm”, I don’t care if “we all have to adapt or die”, you won’t convince me to use it in any of my creative roles.
Seeing writers use AI generated book and podcast covers, Artists using Chat GPT, creatives using AI voices. That’s an immediate blacklist from me
Seeing writers use AI generated book and podcast covers, Artists using Chat GPT, creatives using AI voices. That’s an immediate blacklist from me
So I went to my second in-person Quaker Meeting today, this time a larger, more active gathering, and I think it might be home. Which is...a weird thing. But a nice one.
June 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So I went to my second in-person Quaker Meeting today, this time a larger, more active gathering, and I think it might be home. Which is...a weird thing. But a nice one.
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Signed. i signed this! thank you to the organizers 🫧
writers with published books & people who work in publishing, including agents, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, & more, y’all can also sign the letter here:
lithub.com/against-ai-a...
writers with published books & people who work in publishing, including agents, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, & more, y’all can also sign the letter here:
lithub.com/against-ai-a...
June 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Signed. i signed this! thank you to the organizers 🫧
writers with published books & people who work in publishing, including agents, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, & more, y’all can also sign the letter here:
lithub.com/against-ai-a...
writers with published books & people who work in publishing, including agents, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, & more, y’all can also sign the letter here:
lithub.com/against-ai-a...
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One of JK Rowling's TERF friends was just arrested for assaulting a pregnant woman and a 10 year old child. She threatened to post pictures of them on Facebook calling them pedophiles for being at a LGBTQ event.
We told you this would happen.
We told you this would happen.
June 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One of JK Rowling's TERF friends was just arrested for assaulting a pregnant woman and a 10 year old child. She threatened to post pictures of them on Facebook calling them pedophiles for being at a LGBTQ event.
We told you this would happen.
We told you this would happen.
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PUblic service reminder for authors: the PLR deadline is 30th June. Just got a nudge email from my agent so I am nudging you all. Do NOT leave it to the last minute cos then there's no chance to talk to anyone about any questions cos they're all flat out! #KidLItUK #AuthorSky
June 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
PUblic service reminder for authors: the PLR deadline is 30th June. Just got a nudge email from my agent so I am nudging you all. Do NOT leave it to the last minute cos then there's no chance to talk to anyone about any questions cos they're all flat out! #KidLItUK #AuthorSky