Alys Wilfred Earl
@alysdragon.bsky.social
Writer, aesthete, reprobate.
Writes as A W Earl (and, previously, Alys Earl) but you can call me Fred.
Has sword, will travel. They/them.
Writes as A W Earl (and, previously, Alys Earl) but you can call me Fred.
Has sword, will travel. They/them.
Fucking marvellous!
@alysdragon.bsky.social has swears! They've used 246 profanities in their last 2,633 posts.
🥇 "fucking" (64 times)
🥈 "bloody" (28 times)
🥉 "bullshit" (20 times)
🥇 "fucking" (64 times)
🥈 "bloody" (28 times)
🥉 "bullshit" (20 times)
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Fucking marvellous!
@profanity.accountant, please let me know - I’m curious.
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
@profanity.accountant, please let me know - I’m curious.
Gods, the Scots have really got the breakfast down, haven’t they? Square sausage and an egg in a well fired roll? Magic.
(Don’t come at me about the time. It’s a Sunday.)
(Don’t come at me about the time. It’s a Sunday.)
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Gods, the Scots have really got the breakfast down, haven’t they? Square sausage and an egg in a well fired roll? Magic.
(Don’t come at me about the time. It’s a Sunday.)
(Don’t come at me about the time. It’s a Sunday.)
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I’m back on Zoom duty today, but only on camera for a single panel. We’ve kicked off Imaginarium II, a celebration of east and south East Asian SFF creators put together by Lian Connect. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social handles the tech, so that’s me behind the scenes; iconic event team in spotlight 👋
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I’m back on Zoom duty today, but only on camera for a single panel. We’ve kicked off Imaginarium II, a celebration of east and south East Asian SFF creators put together by Lian Connect. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social handles the tech, so that’s me behind the scenes; iconic event team in spotlight 👋
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Our Trans Day of Remembrance Readings Evening event last weekend was a beautiful time. We're hugely grateful to @argonautbooks.bsky.social for providing a safe and welcoming space for us.
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Our Trans Day of Remembrance Readings Evening event last weekend was a beautiful time. We're hugely grateful to @argonautbooks.bsky.social for providing a safe and welcoming space for us.
Huge thanks to @laurenwrites.bsky.social and #WritingTheOccult for letting me come and rant about folklore and rural communities.
Really enjoyed what I was able to hear today, and looking forward to catching up on the other talks tomorrow.
Really enjoyed what I was able to hear today, and looking forward to catching up on the other talks tomorrow.
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Huge thanks to @laurenwrites.bsky.social and #WritingTheOccult for letting me come and rant about folklore and rural communities.
Really enjoyed what I was able to hear today, and looking forward to catching up on the other talks tomorrow.
Really enjoyed what I was able to hear today, and looking forward to catching up on the other talks tomorrow.
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Jokes aside, I'm seeing real consensus building around framing "The government paying for essential journeys by taxi" as some ludicrous wasteful spending.
If you've got a kid in special education who needs transport, you can bet these crosshairs are heading your way *real fucking soon*.
If you've got a kid in special education who needs transport, you can bet these crosshairs are heading your way *real fucking soon*.
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
www.independent.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Jokes aside, I'm seeing real consensus building around framing "The government paying for essential journeys by taxi" as some ludicrous wasteful spending.
If you've got a kid in special education who needs transport, you can bet these crosshairs are heading your way *real fucking soon*.
If you've got a kid in special education who needs transport, you can bet these crosshairs are heading your way *real fucking soon*.
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In a world of mid wizard book bigots, follow the Doctor's orders.
"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
In a world of mid wizard book bigots, follow the Doctor's orders.
Next up in sentimental imagery, The Sofa Hog:
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Next up in sentimental imagery, The Sofa Hog:
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Using AI prompt generated images for anything professional at all makes you look instantly unprofessional. No one trusts anything you're saying or selling or pitching or proposing if you use it. Stop making yourself and your ideas look bad with this one easy step: never use AI generated images
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Using AI prompt generated images for anything professional at all makes you look instantly unprofessional. No one trusts anything you're saying or selling or pitching or proposing if you use it. Stop making yourself and your ideas look bad with this one easy step: never use AI generated images
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I wasn't part of the study but from my lived experience and therapy, I can confirm this to be true 👇
gcn.ie/hormone-trea...
gcn.ie/hormone-trea...
Hormone treatment leads to significant decline in suicidal tendencies for trans youth, study finds
A new study found that transgender adolescents experience a significant decline in suicidal tendencies following hormone treatment.
gcn.ie
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I wasn't part of the study but from my lived experience and therapy, I can confirm this to be true 👇
gcn.ie/hormone-trea...
gcn.ie/hormone-trea...
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She's 'too young' to be listened to and 'a child' but they'll drag a girl not much older than her through the courts then rule in favour of her notorious anti-trans abuser who ran a harassment campaign against her when she was 17? There's NO other way to read this than transphobia. 2/2
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
She's 'too young' to be listened to and 'a child' but they'll drag a girl not much older than her through the courts then rule in favour of her notorious anti-trans abuser who ran a harassment campaign against her when she was 17? There's NO other way to read this than transphobia. 2/2
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The letter from the 16 year old girl included in this is... I don't actually have words adequate, I feel so much for her and I despise this evil government for doing this to people. 1/
"Minutes leaked to North West Bylines confirm that NHSE has “no provision” to continue prescribing puberty blocking medicaction to U16 trans patients currenty at WellBN."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Is NHSE forcing young people to detransition?
The minutes of a meeting, leaked to NWBylines, strongly indicate NHSE does not want the prescribing of puberty blockers at WellBN to continue
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The letter from the 16 year old girl included in this is... I don't actually have words adequate, I feel so much for her and I despise this evil government for doing this to people. 1/
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Finally the research has been published to prove that wild cat (Felis silvestris) lived in Ireland 5,500 years ago. Many claims over the years but the backup genetics was needed and a good number of bones have been recovered to provide enough material www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Finally the research has been published to prove that wild cat (Felis silvestris) lived in Ireland 5,500 years ago. Many claims over the years but the backup genetics was needed and a good number of bones have been recovered to provide enough material www.rte.ie/news/munster...
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Orange half tree baubles!The backs of these are painted in a beautiful metallic orange that shimmers as it catches the light.
earthandsandbyanna.etsy.com/listing/1330...
#handmade #Christmas #art #MHHSBD
earthandsandbyanna.etsy.com/listing/1330...
#handmade #Christmas #art #MHHSBD
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Orange half tree baubles!The backs of these are painted in a beautiful metallic orange that shimmers as it catches the light.
earthandsandbyanna.etsy.com/listing/1330...
#handmade #Christmas #art #MHHSBD
earthandsandbyanna.etsy.com/listing/1330...
#handmade #Christmas #art #MHHSBD
Also, while I was poking about the internet about these books, I read part of an ancient review that described the murder mystery as the most conservative of genres, and it’s been troubling me.
Because there *is* something innately conservative about the genre, but I don’t think it’s necessary.
Because there *is* something innately conservative about the genre, but I don’t think it’s necessary.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Also, while I was poking about the internet about these books, I read part of an ancient review that described the murder mystery as the most conservative of genres, and it’s been troubling me.
Because there *is* something innately conservative about the genre, but I don’t think it’s necessary.
Because there *is* something innately conservative about the genre, but I don’t think it’s necessary.
More on this - in both cases the victim is killed on their work premises, with an unrelated object from those premises placed upon them to make a point about their death/character in a way that may or may not be done by the murderer.
I mean, there are so many echoes between them that I always had them muddled in my head? Thought the company launch and the Thames tunnel were in A Certain Justice, and the fertility clinic was in Original Sin.
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
More on this - in both cases the victim is killed on their work premises, with an unrelated object from those premises placed upon them to make a point about their death/character in a way that may or may not be done by the murderer.
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It's a tad down to the wire, I know, but I'm thrilled to say that I'm running the Poetry Advent Calendar again this year -- sign up by donating to @msf.ca and receive a poem every day from 1 to 24 December: book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's a tad down to the wire, I know, but I'm thrilled to say that I'm running the Poetry Advent Calendar again this year -- sign up by donating to @msf.ca and receive a poem every day from 1 to 24 December: book.benefacthq.com?id=poetry-ad...
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2.3.1
In which we examine the fortunes of Mr Richard Thornton…
forthenby.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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This magazine is a great read and just a genuinely beautiful object, and also happens to have some words by me in.
Just noticed I must have ticked a box as our new issue is currently discounted on DriveThruRPG & only around £2 there
RPGs vs the Cold War!
Rick Priestley talks esoteric christianity & Warhammer!
Triangle Agency gets weird!
Castle Rat unleash the beasts!
Undaunted's war stories!
& lots more!
RPGs vs the Cold War!
Rick Priestley talks esoteric christianity & Warhammer!
Triangle Agency gets weird!
Castle Rat unleash the beasts!
Undaunted's war stories!
& lots more!
Wyrd Science (Vol.1, Issue 7) - Wyrd Science | DriveThruRPG
The award winning Wyrd Science returns for another exploration of the strange worlds and new horizons of tabletop games...
In this issue...
Roleplaying Games & the Cold War! What can they tell us ...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This magazine is a great read and just a genuinely beautiful object, and also happens to have some words by me in.
It’s weird having moderately bad pain, and fatigue with no brain fog. It’s like, I can think perfectly clearly. I just… can’t really move and everything is sore.
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s weird having moderately bad pain, and fatigue with no brain fog. It’s like, I can think perfectly clearly. I just… can’t really move and everything is sore.
One of the… best? worst??… one of the THINGS about having cats is that sometimes you are a fellow and participant in their space and sometimes you are merely part of the landscape.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One of the… best? worst??… one of the THINGS about having cats is that sometimes you are a fellow and participant in their space and sometimes you are merely part of the landscape.
School: We’re migrating to a new contact platform, which will be able to do EVERYTHING the old platforms could do in one simple place! We will no longer be using any of the other platforms!
Me: *tried to send an absence notif*
New platform: Nope.
Me: *tried to send an absence notif*
New platform: Nope.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
School: We’re migrating to a new contact platform, which will be able to do EVERYTHING the old platforms could do in one simple place! We will no longer be using any of the other platforms!
Me: *tried to send an absence notif*
New platform: Nope.
Me: *tried to send an absence notif*
New platform: Nope.
Think I’ve recently, and quite by accident, read three almost consecutive P D Jameses, and my god, that A Taste for Death through to A Certain Justice arc is *dark*, and working through a very definite set of concerns.
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Think I’ve recently, and quite by accident, read three almost consecutive P D Jameses, and my god, that A Taste for Death through to A Certain Justice arc is *dark*, and working through a very definite set of concerns.
Y’know, I think I’m going to start grading painfully bad literary criticism on the internet. Not to the writer, or even publicly - that would both be mean, and open me up to similar attacks, as I too, have dreck ok the internet - but to myself, quietly: “I’d give it a low 2:2.”
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Y’know, I think I’m going to start grading painfully bad literary criticism on the internet. Not to the writer, or even publicly - that would both be mean, and open me up to similar attacks, as I too, have dreck ok the internet - but to myself, quietly: “I’d give it a low 2:2.”