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Robin Bird

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Pronouns em/em/eir (they're singular, nice and easy) Trainee counsellor, attempting to write eir dead father's memoir, bookish, lefty, nerdy, disabled and British. https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/skeletonrobin

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · Aug 11

I'm going to be writing about my experience of writing. Specifically writing The Book.
This first post is about deathbed promises, grief, and getting started.

Found over on Medium.

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#nonfiction
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A Sword Would Be Easier

I now understand all those fantasy epics where the protagonist’s motivation is that they made a promise to somebody on their deathbed…

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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 14h

TV today seems so desperate to be that dreadful word: ‘cinematic’. ‘We’ve got new lenses to make it look cinematic’. ‘Our lighting will make this series more cinematic.’ 3/

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah the altus works, but it's clunky. In that "easy to break easy to fix" category. The next step or two up will make things way more fun.

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 13h

I would like to just know more about your bike. For bike nerd reasons. You can often find lightly used groupsets/gears second hand because people have done upgrades to their bikes and are selling parts.

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 2d

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 3d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

Azza has had a campaign for a while and been able to raise no money on it- let’s help her rebuild ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Azza. Before this Azza worked in a kindergarten and her husband owned a small coffee shop. They lost their home in the first two weeks of the war. They are trying to survive with their children Nisreen, 16, Layan, 14 and Ibrahim, 11.

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mohammed abd alkarim @mohadajayab.bsky.social · 1d

I still believe in the generosity of people and that goodness exists in every heart.
I need your support during this short period. Even if I only participated in the Extermination League, I haven't received any donations in the past, and I need your support.
chuffed.org/project/gomo...

Help Mohammed Support His Family and Complete His Degree!

Mohammed is 22 years old and lives with his parents and two younger brothers in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Before the genocide escalated, he was a university student studying information technology engineering...

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

Would like input from UK folks on how to tell you're getting a happy little propogated specimen and not a smuggled poached plant. I'm guessing price is a factor?

Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

i think this would make a good addition to my alt tango playlist. I've not heard it before.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

I did not go to any bookshops today for Bookshop Day because i was too fatigued and had to focus on unfucking my habitat.
But i am happy to know the books will still be there for me another day.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

Living in a tent will not be safe for tiny Talia, or for Julia, as the stormy season worsens and Gaza moves into winter. If you can, please help Samaa to get the $800 she needs to move back to Gaza City and rent a room there. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

A Palestinian woman cradles a baby against her shoulder and holds hands with a small girl as they stand in a rubble-strewn street beside a bus packed full of belongings.

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Joy @joyfromghazza.blacksky.app · 1d

Hi!
Am Joy, a Palestinian poet & writer from #Gaza. All my accs on BlueSky were banned, so I have joined BlackSky,& I hope it’ll be a wonderful experience.
My campaign is verified by @mommunism.bsky.social lunched it to start my life anew after being faced #genocide

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

The trick to finding all my lost lip balms, is doing a load of laundry.
I swear i check pockets before putting things in the machine. But here we are, an hour later, with a collection of damp little tubes.

Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

I'm really looking forward to it when i have a functioning brain not being packed full of theory and research and meta analysis

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

7. Really this is something to be aware of for me. Be a bit more choosy and careful going forward. Make use of the library for comfort reads or dive back into old favourites. Don't get caught up in "ooh new book" fever when it's not serving me. The books will still be there in the future.

Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

6. So have i just filled my shelves with books I'm not going to read for months? instead I'll be seeking out yet more books to fit my needs and wants? I've not really stuck to my personal rules about considered consuming and that's a bit of a shame. It feels like a disservice to the books.

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

5. What I'm actually yearning to read right now aren't beautifully crafted, thoughtful, clever or difficult (in subject or style) pieces of literature. Why I'm yearning for is light, easy going, maybe a bit silly, maybe even formulaic. Not that they are "bad books" or lesser quality.

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

4. I've picked up books that are online with my tastes of have been on my radar for a while: Elektra, the Octavia Butler, James. But i also know that at the moment I'm struggling with fatigue. A lot of my reading time is actually going to academic reading. Dense, serious books.

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

3. So this means being selective about what books i obtain. Books that i think I'm actually going to read and enjoy not just the current big hit. That means being conscious of my likes and needs. This is where I've messed up a bit this time even though these books were either discount or free

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

2. I try not to let my tbr get too big because it's both against my values of consuming (even though second hand circumvents this somewhat). But also because i want books for reading. Not just sitting on shelves.

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 1d

I'd gotten my tbr down to 4 books. I also had destashed and given 10 books to community shelves. Unfortunately i also bought 3 new books and picked up 5 from the shelves. So the tbr is back to double digits.

Hmm this is gonna be a thread.

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Stack of books on a shelf. Top to bottom:
William S Borough, Queer
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, chronicle of a death foretold
Octavia Butler, Fledgling
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Tales from the cafe & Before Your Memory Fades
Percival Everett, James
Nguyên Phan Qué Mai, The Mountains Sing
Jennifer Saint, Elektra
Sándor Márai, The Rebels
Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
Rebecca F Kuang, Yellowface
Fly on the wall peess, Modern Gothic

There are more books behind. The shelf is bare wood, the wall bright yellow. It's a bit chaotic in a bookish way.

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Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 2d

Today is World Mental Health Day.
There is nothing about war, genocide, fascism, famine, starvation, and disaster which fosters mental (or physical) wellness.

So let's practice balancing talking about and planning with maintaining access to out joy.
🔴Live Now: twitch.tv/mentallamia

a calendar with the words world mental health advocate for men health care for all on it

Alt: a calendar with the words world mental health advocate for men health care for all on it

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 2d

Sword and heart. T Kingfisher's Swordheart already exists and that's sufficient

Robin Bird @robinxbird.bsky.social · 2d

Also SAD may be associated with low vitD but is not the same as low vitD. If you live in the UK or similar latitudes you should probably take vitD though. Some people also get SAD which is where lamps and other management comes in.