Rowan
@scatterbones.bsky.social
29. he/they 🏳️⚧️
librarian 🐀 occasional poet ✨
newsletter & writing: linktr.ee/scatterbones
greater manchester/newcastle 🖤🤍
librarian 🐀 occasional poet ✨
newsletter & writing: linktr.ee/scatterbones
greater manchester/newcastle 🖤🤍
have a song of the day youtu.be/LUwX4HPSzgQ?...
Radiator
YouTube video by Hang Linton - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
have a song of the day youtu.be/LUwX4HPSzgQ?...
re giving blood: if anyone is nervous about donating for reasons of being trans, i can only speak for my experience but it was completely fine. they ask on your first donation if you’re on any medications & when i mentioned T they then had a few other pre-screening questions
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
re giving blood: if anyone is nervous about donating for reasons of being trans, i can only speak for my experience but it was completely fine. they ask on your first donation if you’re on any medications & when i mentioned T they then had a few other pre-screening questions
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If you're a new donor, it's quick and easy to sign up here: www.blood.co.uk
You can also use that link to look for a donor session near you, if you're already registered and just haven't been for a while.
You can also use that link to look for a donor session near you, if you're already registered and just haven't been for a while.
Home
Register to be a blood donor, give blood and save lives. Find out more about blood donation.
www.blood.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If you're a new donor, it's quick and easy to sign up here: www.blood.co.uk
You can also use that link to look for a donor session near you, if you're already registered and just haven't been for a while.
You can also use that link to look for a donor session near you, if you're already registered and just haven't been for a while.
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There's something special about using AI to make a poster featuring Durham miners.
There aren't any Durham miners these days, and AI slop is risk to the livelihoods of artists and designers.
Terrible look @zarahsultana.bsky.social - if something is worth being designed it's worth paying a designer
There aren't any Durham miners these days, and AI slop is risk to the livelihoods of artists and designers.
Terrible look @zarahsultana.bsky.social - if something is worth being designed it's worth paying a designer
Join me, Alan Mardghum, Heather Wood and others for Your Party’s rally with the Durham Miners Association!
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
🌹Saturday 15 November, 1pm
🌹 Pitman’s Parliament, Durham Miners’ Association, DH1 4BB
Tickets are first come first serve, so don’t miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-party...
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
There's something special about using AI to make a poster featuring Durham miners.
There aren't any Durham miners these days, and AI slop is risk to the livelihoods of artists and designers.
Terrible look @zarahsultana.bsky.social - if something is worth being designed it's worth paying a designer
There aren't any Durham miners these days, and AI slop is risk to the livelihoods of artists and designers.
Terrible look @zarahsultana.bsky.social - if something is worth being designed it's worth paying a designer
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Today's RtG talk brought up lots of connections to earlier speakers who joined us so here is a little thread of some of the people mentioned and the talks they did for us!
First up, Rebecca Duncan, a decolonial Gothic scholar, who spoke to us on the South African Gothic
youtu.be/lOCfD4mz5YM
First up, Rebecca Duncan, a decolonial Gothic scholar, who spoke to us on the South African Gothic
youtu.be/lOCfD4mz5YM
The South African Gothic with Dr Rebecca Duncan
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's RtG talk brought up lots of connections to earlier speakers who joined us so here is a little thread of some of the people mentioned and the talks they did for us!
First up, Rebecca Duncan, a decolonial Gothic scholar, who spoke to us on the South African Gothic
youtu.be/lOCfD4mz5YM
First up, Rebecca Duncan, a decolonial Gothic scholar, who spoke to us on the South African Gothic
youtu.be/lOCfD4mz5YM
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Tomorrow's free talk is about decolonising the Gothic!
We're joined by Haleh Agar for
'Talking back to the coloniser: Reimagining Jekyll and Hyde' (in an Iranian context)
10am and 7pm GMT online
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
We're joined by Haleh Agar for
'Talking back to the coloniser: Reimagining Jekyll and Hyde' (in an Iranian context)
10am and 7pm GMT online
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Select tickets – Writing back to the coloniser: re-imagining Jekyll and Hyde with Haleh Agar – Zoom
Writing back to the coloniser: re-imagining Jekyll and Hyde with Haleh Agar – Zoom, Sat 15 Nov 2025 - Our series of talks is funded exclusively by donations. The talks are free to access but if you ca...
www.tickettailor.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Tomorrow's free talk is about decolonising the Gothic!
We're joined by Haleh Agar for
'Talking back to the coloniser: Reimagining Jekyll and Hyde' (in an Iranian context)
10am and 7pm GMT online
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
We're joined by Haleh Agar for
'Talking back to the coloniser: Reimagining Jekyll and Hyde' (in an Iranian context)
10am and 7pm GMT online
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
AI is really ruining the art of badly photoshopping something
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
AI is really ruining the art of badly photoshopping something
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🏳️⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🏳️⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
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soon may the wellerman come
your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
so much to do, so much to see
to bring us sugar and rum and tea
we'll take our leave and go
you'll never shine if you don't glow
your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
so much to do, so much to see
to bring us sugar and rum and tea
we'll take our leave and go
you'll never shine if you don't glow
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
soon may the wellerman come
your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
so much to do, so much to see
to bring us sugar and rum and tea
we'll take our leave and go
you'll never shine if you don't glow
your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
so much to do, so much to see
to bring us sugar and rum and tea
we'll take our leave and go
you'll never shine if you don't glow
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PALESTINE - 1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba
Ed. Basma Ghalayini🗝️📚
Through visions, ghosts, djinn, doppelgangers & divided selves , the authors of Palestine - 1 use the lens of genre fiction to explore the Nakba & its aftermath.
📙 commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Ed. Basma Ghalayini🗝️📚
Through visions, ghosts, djinn, doppelgangers & divided selves , the authors of Palestine - 1 use the lens of genre fiction to explore the Nakba & its aftermath.
📙 commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
PALESTINE - 1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba
Ed. Basma Ghalayini🗝️📚
Through visions, ghosts, djinn, doppelgangers & divided selves , the authors of Palestine - 1 use the lens of genre fiction to explore the Nakba & its aftermath.
📙 commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Ed. Basma Ghalayini🗝️📚
Through visions, ghosts, djinn, doppelgangers & divided selves , the authors of Palestine - 1 use the lens of genre fiction to explore the Nakba & its aftermath.
📙 commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
listen, it’s either performative reading in a cafe or hinge, the options are limited
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
listen, it’s either performative reading in a cafe or hinge, the options are limited
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@nlisn.bsky.social is collecting case studies, to showcase stories from our network and show others like us that they are not alone.
Share your story with us, big or small, about what you’ve learned, the support you’ve found, or how the network has made a difference.
nlisn.org/case-studies/
Share your story with us, big or small, about what you’ve learned, the support you’ve found, or how the network has made a difference.
nlisn.org/case-studies/
Case Studies
NLISN are collecting case studies that showcase stories from the network. We would like to demonstrate what is possible to improve and achieve, show others like us that they are not alone, and demo…
nlisn.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@nlisn.bsky.social is collecting case studies, to showcase stories from our network and show others like us that they are not alone.
Share your story with us, big or small, about what you’ve learned, the support you’ve found, or how the network has made a difference.
nlisn.org/case-studies/
Share your story with us, big or small, about what you’ve learned, the support you’ve found, or how the network has made a difference.
nlisn.org/case-studies/
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honestly even if you're reading performatively (???) keep doing it lol, buy books, take pictures of yourself reading books, let the reading make your brain better
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
honestly even if you're reading performatively (???) keep doing it lol, buy books, take pictures of yourself reading books, let the reading make your brain better
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Libra: Big changes are in store for you at work this week! (A slightly faster printer.)
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Libra: Big changes are in store for you at work this week! (A slightly faster printer.)
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THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
printing this photo to put on my fridge
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
printing this photo to put on my fridge
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New online talk
Sat 15 Nov, 8pm
FEARLESS GIRLS, BRAVE WOMEN - THE FOLK TALES THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Book now for £5 at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fearless-g...
Janet Dowling digs deep into their origins and finds that some of our well known stories about women are not quite what they seem
Sat 15 Nov, 8pm
FEARLESS GIRLS, BRAVE WOMEN - THE FOLK TALES THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Book now for £5 at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fearless-g...
Janet Dowling digs deep into their origins and finds that some of our well known stories about women are not quite what they seem
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New online talk
Sat 15 Nov, 8pm
FEARLESS GIRLS, BRAVE WOMEN - THE FOLK TALES THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Book now for £5 at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fearless-g...
Janet Dowling digs deep into their origins and finds that some of our well known stories about women are not quite what they seem
Sat 15 Nov, 8pm
FEARLESS GIRLS, BRAVE WOMEN - THE FOLK TALES THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Book now for £5 at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fearless-g...
Janet Dowling digs deep into their origins and finds that some of our well known stories about women are not quite what they seem
our green away kit is so deeply cursed. i’m choosing to believe that’s why we’re terrible
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
our green away kit is so deeply cursed. i’m choosing to believe that’s why we’re terrible
having a wild saturday night (thinking about my dnd characters)
November 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
having a wild saturday night (thinking about my dnd characters)
my name is ozymandias now. yeah no the king of kings is part of it. look on my deed poll, ye mighty, and sign here
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
my name is ozymandias now. yeah no the king of kings is part of it. look on my deed poll, ye mighty, and sign here
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[looking at the broken statue of ozymandias in the desert] estrogen could have saved her
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
[looking at the broken statue of ozymandias in the desert] estrogen could have saved her
reached my reading goal for the year today so now i’m going to reread frankenstein, as a treat
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
reached my reading goal for the year today so now i’m going to reread frankenstein, as a treat
my favourite thing to do is respond to outraged “people are scamming [public body] to get free stuff!!” comments with “everything should be free anyway so i don’t care”. it really bothers people, for some reason
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
my favourite thing to do is respond to outraged “people are scamming [public body] to get free stuff!!” comments with “everything should be free anyway so i don’t care”. it really bothers people, for some reason
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Happy Halloween!
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy Halloween!
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.
Keep a close eye out today for witches being driven around the countryside by their root vegetable chauffeurs in a hollowed out marrow car.