Francesco Abeni
@francescoabeni.bsky.social
Developer, Book reader, BOOKreplacer, runner, Critter, Midster, Ecosier (is that even a thing?).
Oh I am from Italy. Oh and I love Terry Pratchett books.
Oh I am from Italy. Oh and I love Terry Pratchett books.
Pinned
As already mentioned elsewhere I am not a native English speaker and being on Bluesky can improve my language.
Y'all are encouraged to point out when I write something wrong, unused or weird. Thank you.
Y'all are encouraged to point out when I write something wrong, unused or weird. Thank you.
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Are you a UK or Ireland-based designer looking to get started in the industry? Penguin UK has launched its cover design awards and this year, the focus is fantasy – and one of the two titles is Terry Pratchett's Night Watch. More details:
terrypratchett.com/news/calling...
terrypratchett.com/news/calling...
Calling all designers! Create your own version of a classic Discworld cover... | Terry Pratchett
Penguin UK has launched its annual cover design award contest where all UK and Ireland-based designers can submit their own designs for two classic Penguin titles. This year’s focus is fantasy and the...
terrypratchett.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Are you a UK or Ireland-based designer looking to get started in the industry? Penguin UK has launched its cover design awards and this year, the focus is fantasy – and one of the two titles is Terry Pratchett's Night Watch. More details:
terrypratchett.com/news/calling...
terrypratchett.com/news/calling...
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
How a 1930s Architectural Masterpiece Harnesses the Sun to Keep Warm in the Winter & Cool in the Summer
How a 1930s Architectural Masterpiece Harnesses the Sun to Keep Warm in the Winter & Cool in the Summer
Keeping the summer sun out and the winter sun in has figured prominently among the tasks of architecture ever since antiquity. As Aeschylus said, 'only primitives and barbarians lack knowledge of hous...
www.openculture.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
How a 1930s Architectural Masterpiece Harnesses the Sun to Keep Warm in the Winter & Cool in the Summer
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Ma dove si può trovare “Take me home country Cana”? Dove?
Ma sul sito di People
www.peoplepub.it/pagina-prodo...
Qui su amazon amzn.to/3VP564A
---------------------------------
Qui invece se vi va di seguirmi e sostenermi su Patreon
www.patreon.com/c/tartarotti
Ma sul sito di People
www.peoplepub.it/pagina-prodo...
Qui su amazon amzn.to/3VP564A
---------------------------------
Qui invece se vi va di seguirmi e sostenermi su Patreon
www.patreon.com/c/tartarotti
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY CANA | People
[libro in pre-ordine]Tra minilepri, cinghiali e zanzare, Stefano Tartarotti apre le porte della sua casa di campagna; là dove, in compagnia della sua immancabile cana, nascono i suoi fumetti e le sue ...
www.peoplepub.it
October 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Ma dove si può trovare “Take me home country Cana”? Dove?
Ma sul sito di People
www.peoplepub.it/pagina-prodo...
Qui su amazon amzn.to/3VP564A
---------------------------------
Qui invece se vi va di seguirmi e sostenermi su Patreon
www.patreon.com/c/tartarotti
Ma sul sito di People
www.peoplepub.it/pagina-prodo...
Qui su amazon amzn.to/3VP564A
---------------------------------
Qui invece se vi va di seguirmi e sostenermi su Patreon
www.patreon.com/c/tartarotti
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.
🚨 Consultation survey launched on whether trans people should be able to access Hampstead Heath ladies' pond following Supreme Court ruling
The consultation is open until 12:00 on Tuesday 25th November 2025.
(Survey link in next post)
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
The consultation is open until 12:00 on Tuesday 25th November 2025.
(Survey link in next post)
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Survey launched on trans access to Hampstead Heath ladies' pond
The ladies’ pond at Hampstead Heath currently admits biological women and transgender women
www.standard.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Hampstead ponds have REPEATEDLY voted to include trans women. But the officious pricks at Sex Matters don’t care what other women think and are forcing a public consultation anyway. Throw the ponds some support.
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
I enjoy a well-thought-out, rule-based magic system in fiction as much as anyone, BUT I also think that we should give more props to what Terry Pratchett did in the Discworld books, where it was less about rules and more about vibes and, more importantly, what fit a given story the best.
🧵
🧵
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I enjoy a well-thought-out, rule-based magic system in fiction as much as anyone, BUT I also think that we should give more props to what Terry Pratchett did in the Discworld books, where it was less about rules and more about vibes and, more importantly, what fit a given story the best.
🧵
🧵
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
#Tarta è un'ottima ragione per stare su Bsk.
E qui c'è un libro nuovo da procurarsi subito.
Subito subito, che poi finisce 💝
E qui c'è un libro nuovo da procurarsi subito.
Subito subito, che poi finisce 💝
Gianpaolo mi scrive "Tarta, calvo attrezzista, oggi è una di quelle giornate con un senso di assorbimento. Avresti un libro a fumetti che racconta di una cana e un disegnatore che lasciano la città e si trasferiscono sulle colline preappenniniche?"
Beh, ce ne sarebbe uno che uscirà a settimane.
Beh, ce ne sarebbe uno che uscirà a settimane.
October 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#Tarta è un'ottima ragione per stare su Bsk.
E qui c'è un libro nuovo da procurarsi subito.
Subito subito, che poi finisce 💝
E qui c'è un libro nuovo da procurarsi subito.
Subito subito, che poi finisce 💝
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
You should say what the alternatives are so people understand what you mean by this.
Not that they should go back to X, but that they can migrate to PDS.witchcraft.systems, selfhosted.social, blacksky.app, @transrights.northsky.social
They can use zeppelin.social, blacksky.community, deer.social
Not that they should go back to X, but that they can migrate to PDS.witchcraft.systems, selfhosted.social, blacksky.app, @transrights.northsky.social
They can use zeppelin.social, blacksky.community, deer.social
We knew from the start we can’t get everything right. Moderation is a hard problem, and it’s impossible to please everyone. So we built a protocol where you always have the right to leave. If you don’t trust us, or don’t like our decisions, you deserve the right to choose an alternative.
September 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
You should say what the alternatives are so people understand what you mean by this.
Not that they should go back to X, but that they can migrate to PDS.witchcraft.systems, selfhosted.social, blacksky.app, @transrights.northsky.social
They can use zeppelin.social, blacksky.community, deer.social
Not that they should go back to X, but that they can migrate to PDS.witchcraft.systems, selfhosted.social, blacksky.app, @transrights.northsky.social
They can use zeppelin.social, blacksky.community, deer.social
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Il 26 settembre, il Centro dell'ESA dedicato ai Programmi di Osservazione della Terra, ESRIN, aprirà le porte al pubblico in occasione dell' #ESAOpenDay 2025. L'evento è gratuito, ma è richiesta la registrazione 🪪 per tutti i partecipanti (👫 e 👶)!
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
#50YearsOfESA #LEAF
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
#50YearsOfESA #LEAF
ESA Open Day all’ESRIN: presto al via le registrazioni!
Siete pronti a vivere con noi una nuova, emozionante giornata alla scoperta dei segreti dell’Universo? L’Open Day di ESRIN sta per tornare… e sarà più sorprendente che mai!Le registrazioni apriranno i...
www.esa.int
September 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Il 26 settembre, il Centro dell'ESA dedicato ai Programmi di Osservazione della Terra, ESRIN, aprirà le porte al pubblico in occasione dell' #ESAOpenDay 2025. L'evento è gratuito, ma è richiesta la registrazione 🪪 per tutti i partecipanti (👫 e 👶)!
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
#50YearsOfESA #LEAF
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA...
#50YearsOfESA #LEAF
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Si chiama Vertigine ed è il mio nuovo libro: www.mondadori.it/libri/vertig...
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Si chiama Vertigine ed è il mio nuovo libro: www.mondadori.it/libri/vertig...
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Sorry for a dumb question. Everytime I open the @bsky.app it shows most recent post on my feed and I read / scroll down until I recognize previously read posts. Is there a setting to keep the feed at my latest read post so I can just scroll up and catch up?
August 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Sorry for a dumb question. Everytime I open the @bsky.app it shows most recent post on my feed and I read / scroll down until I recognize previously read posts. Is there a setting to keep the feed at my latest read post so I can just scroll up and catch up?
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
On 27th August 2015, The Shepherd's Crown, the last book Sir Terry Pratchett completed before he died, was published.
To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:
To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:
August 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
On 27th August 2015, The Shepherd's Crown, the last book Sir Terry Pratchett completed before he died, was published.
To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:
To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins:
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Free creative writing workshop, brought to you by the dreamers at The London School of Solarpunk this 2nd September ‘25 - The Post Bar, Tottenham #solarpunk #writingworkshop
August 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Free creative writing workshop, brought to you by the dreamers at The London School of Solarpunk this 2nd September ‘25 - The Post Bar, Tottenham #solarpunk #writingworkshop
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
If you go to Paris, many will advise you, you must go to the Louvre; but then, if you go to Paris, as nearly as many will advise you, you must not go to the Louvre.
www.openculture.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
Travelling outside the EU this summer? You can count on the EU for help!
If something goes wrong, and your country does not have an embassy or consulate in the country that you are travelling to, you can get help from another EU country that does - your right as an EU citizen.
🔗 europa.eu/!7nGx9R
If something goes wrong, and your country does not have an embassy or consulate in the country that you are travelling to, you can get help from another EU country that does - your right as an EU citizen.
🔗 europa.eu/!7nGx9R
August 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Travelling outside the EU this summer? You can count on the EU for help!
If something goes wrong, and your country does not have an embassy or consulate in the country that you are travelling to, you can get help from another EU country that does - your right as an EU citizen.
🔗 europa.eu/!7nGx9R
If something goes wrong, and your country does not have an embassy or consulate in the country that you are travelling to, you can get help from another EU country that does - your right as an EU citizen.
🔗 europa.eu/!7nGx9R
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
You may be wondering why I’m keen to make Bones & Betrayals: Silence of the Dead a success—truth is, the games industry I love is in turmoil. I’m out of work and struggling to pay bills.
So that’s it—I need income, and I’d rather sell you an amazing book than simply ask for help.
Sorry!
So that’s it—I need income, and I’d rather sell you an amazing book than simply ask for help.
Sorry!
August 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
You may be wondering why I’m keen to make Bones & Betrayals: Silence of the Dead a success—truth is, the games industry I love is in turmoil. I’m out of work and struggling to pay bills.
So that’s it—I need income, and I’d rather sell you an amazing book than simply ask for help.
Sorry!
So that’s it—I need income, and I’d rather sell you an amazing book than simply ask for help.
Sorry!
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
We are getting some reports that our iOS and MacOS apps are not showing any channels when launched. Please let us know if you're having this issue as we can't duplicate it here and are trying to track it down.
July 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We are getting some reports that our iOS and MacOS apps are not showing any channels when launched. Please let us know if you're having this issue as we can't duplicate it here and are trying to track it down.
As a big fan of both @planetwild.bsky.social and @ecosiasearch.bsky.social this collaboration is something I was waiting since some time and that makes me really happy.
June 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
As a big fan of both @planetwild.bsky.social and @ecosiasearch.bsky.social this collaboration is something I was waiting since some time and that makes me really happy.
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
So, there's a Discworld book for everything (sorry, special interest) and if you've not read Pratchett's The Night Watch, in which a small group of people in a city where a corrupt tyrant is attempting to overthrow and cause, well, civil unrest, it's actually a good time to read that, now.
June 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So, there's a Discworld book for everything (sorry, special interest) and if you've not read Pratchett's The Night Watch, in which a small group of people in a city where a corrupt tyrant is attempting to overthrow and cause, well, civil unrest, it's actually a good time to read that, now.
Reposted by Francesco Abeni
This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵
June 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵