Robin S. Blackwood
@robin-s-writes.bsky.social
Writer of queer SF/F. They/them mostly but other pronouns also generally fine.
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Over a million people now seeing and hearing what Nigel Farages constituents really think of him.
Keep spreading the word! 👇🏼
Keep spreading the word! 👇🏼
Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:
September 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Over a million people now seeing and hearing what Nigel Farages constituents really think of him.
Keep spreading the word! 👇🏼
Keep spreading the word! 👇🏼
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Writing About the Past to Talk About the Present with @jessicalucci.bsky.social @robin-s-writes.bsky.social @pretensesoup.bsky.social @gideonmarcus.bsky.social & @thomaswrightson.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Writing About the Past to Talk About the Present with @jessicalucci.bsky.social @robin-s-writes.bsky.social @pretensesoup.bsky.social @gideonmarcus.bsky.social & @thomaswrightson.bsky.social
Please, please, do not give into the "post [X] or horrible things will happen" posts and spread them about. Random people on Bluesky do not have the power to give you bad luck, it's a stupid gimmick for attention.
Next time I see someone I follow spreading these, even a friend, I'll unfollow.
Next time I see someone I follow spreading these, even a friend, I'll unfollow.
September 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Please, please, do not give into the "post [X] or horrible things will happen" posts and spread them about. Random people on Bluesky do not have the power to give you bad luck, it's a stupid gimmick for attention.
Next time I see someone I follow spreading these, even a friend, I'll unfollow.
Next time I see someone I follow spreading these, even a friend, I'll unfollow.
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Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵
Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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September 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵
Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48
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Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025
Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...
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August 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. More than just a midnight movie, RHPS became a crucial gathering place for queers, punks, theater kids, and so many others looking for their place...and each other. Irreverent? Yes. Wild? Always. Nonetheless: Don't dream it, be it.
August 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Today marks the 50th anniversary of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. More than just a midnight movie, RHPS became a crucial gathering place for queers, punks, theater kids, and so many others looking for their place...and each other. Irreverent? Yes. Wild? Always. Nonetheless: Don't dream it, be it.
Reading the zine about mad scientists and monsters that I bought a few weeks ago at Pride, and there's a poem called "I'm just a Modern Prometheus, of course I've had it in the ear before" and I had to put the zine down for a moment to just be in awe of the mind that came up with that combination.
August 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Reading the zine about mad scientists and monsters that I bought a few weeks ago at Pride, and there's a poem called "I'm just a Modern Prometheus, of course I've had it in the ear before" and I had to put the zine down for a moment to just be in awe of the mind that came up with that combination.
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Do you need help developing your original characters and lore?
Have I got a list for you! Please 🔁 this post for your creator friends!
#originalcharacter | #OC | #OCsky
Have I got a list for you! Please 🔁 this post for your creator friends!
#originalcharacter | #OC | #OCsky
February 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Do you need help developing your original characters and lore?
Have I got a list for you! Please 🔁 this post for your creator friends!
#originalcharacter | #OC | #OCsky
Have I got a list for you! Please 🔁 this post for your creator friends!
#originalcharacter | #OC | #OCsky
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"We Funded" confetti, my beloved!!!
August 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"We Funded" confetti, my beloved!!!
WE DID IT! THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE WHO BACKED!
We just hit the stretch goal with a mere 17 minutes to go!!!!
A huge thank you to the folks on here, and everywhere else, who helped. :D
Now is probably not the moment for me to announce another stretch goal, right? 🤣
A huge thank you to the folks on here, and everywhere else, who helped. :D
Now is probably not the moment for me to announce another stretch goal, right? 🤣
$402 from the stretch goal as of when I'm typing this!
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
WE DID IT! THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE WHO BACKED!
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I GOT MY BAT STICKERS!!! 🙏🙌🏻❤️ go get this awesome, very popular anthology of cozy academia. You have…13 minutes! 😂
We just hit the stretch goal with a mere 17 minutes to go!!!!
A huge thank you to the folks on here, and everywhere else, who helped. :D
Now is probably not the moment for me to announce another stretch goal, right? 🤣
A huge thank you to the folks on here, and everywhere else, who helped. :D
Now is probably not the moment for me to announce another stretch goal, right? 🤣
$402 from the stretch goal as of when I'm typing this!
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
August 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I GOT MY BAT STICKERS!!! 🙏🙌🏻❤️ go get this awesome, very popular anthology of cozy academia. You have…13 minutes! 😂
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We just hit the stretch goal with a mere 17 minutes to go!!!!
A huge thank you to the folks on here, and everywhere else, who helped. :D
Now is probably not the moment for me to announce another stretch goal, right? 🤣
A huge thank you to the folks on here, and everywhere else, who helped. :D
Now is probably not the moment for me to announce another stretch goal, right? 🤣
$402 from the stretch goal as of when I'm typing this!
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We just hit the stretch goal with a mere 17 minutes to go!!!!
A huge thank you to the folks on here, and everywhere else, who helped. :D
Now is probably not the moment for me to announce another stretch goal, right? 🤣
A huge thank you to the folks on here, and everywhere else, who helped. :D
Now is probably not the moment for me to announce another stretch goal, right? 🤣
Last hour to back Scholarly Pursuits and we're $298 away from that second stretch goal that would triple author pay!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Meeting the stretch goal would also mean backers (who aren't ebook-only) get bat stickers!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Meeting the stretch goal would also mean backers (who aren't ebook-only) get bat stickers!
Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology
A collection of 22 delightfully queer, charmingly cozy stories that put a fluffy LGBTQIA+ spin on the dark academia genre.
www.kickstarter.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Last hour to back Scholarly Pursuits and we're $298 away from that second stretch goal that would triple author pay!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Meeting the stretch goal would also mean backers (who aren't ebook-only) get bat stickers!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Meeting the stretch goal would also mean backers (who aren't ebook-only) get bat stickers!
I am not going to rank them, but, in no particular order, Ann Leckie, Terry Pratchett, Ursula Le Guin, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, T.Kingfisher.
Good morning! It's time for #BookishQOTD for #booksky📚💙 today's question is: Who are your top 5 authors? #qotd #bookishQOTD
August 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am not going to rank them, but, in no particular order, Ann Leckie, Terry Pratchett, Ursula Le Guin, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, T.Kingfisher.
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$402 from the stretch goal as of when I'm typing this!
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
August 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
$402 from the stretch goal as of when I'm typing this!
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Authors get a raise, backers with physical Stuff get a sticker!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
There's a real chance of hitting the second stretch goal (triple pay for authors! bat stickers for backers!) but it's by no means guaranteed...
I think we can do it. And this isn't just me wanting more money, there's A LOT of amazing authors in here who deserve it.
I think we can do it. And this isn't just me wanting more money, there's A LOT of amazing authors in here who deserve it.
9 hours to go!
We're in the home stretch on our crowdfunding campaign! Learn more about the crowdfunding campaign for "Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories" now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Alternative: signal boost this and be my hero. <3
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Alternative: signal boost this and be my hero. <3
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August 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
There's a real chance of hitting the second stretch goal (triple pay for authors! bat stickers for backers!) but it's by no means guaranteed...
I think we can do it. And this isn't just me wanting more money, there's A LOT of amazing authors in here who deserve it.
I think we can do it. And this isn't just me wanting more money, there's A LOT of amazing authors in here who deserve it.
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7 hours left and we're a bit over $1k from the second stretch goal, are you for real??
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology
A collection of 22 delightfully queer, charmingly cozy stories that put a fluffy LGBTQIA+ spin on the dark academia genre.
www.kickstarter.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
7 hours left and we're a bit over $1k from the second stretch goal, are you for real??
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Seeing us stuck on 299 backers is driving me crazy, who's going to be the 300th?
We're in the home stretch on our crowdfunding campaign! Learn more about the crowdfunding campaign for "Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories" now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Alternative: signal boost this and be my hero. <3
🌈📚
📚💙
Alternative: signal boost this and be my hero. <3
🌈📚
📚💙
August 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Seeing us stuck on 299 backers is driving me crazy, who's going to be the 300th?
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Last day to get your pledges in!! To celebrate, here’s a “meet the characters” I put together for my story (and some fan casts! 🤭)
August 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Last day to get your pledges in!! To celebrate, here’s a “meet the characters” I put together for my story (and some fan casts! 🤭)
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We're in the home stretch on our crowdfunding campaign! Learn more about the crowdfunding campaign for "Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories" now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Alternative: signal boost this and be my hero. <3
🌈📚
📚💙
Alternative: signal boost this and be my hero. <3
🌈📚
📚💙
August 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We're in the home stretch on our crowdfunding campaign! Learn more about the crowdfunding campaign for "Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories" now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
Alternative: signal boost this and be my hero. <3
🌈📚
📚💙
Alternative: signal boost this and be my hero. <3
🌈📚
📚💙
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Zel ( @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social ) also did the gorgeous wrap-around artwork that will be featured in the journal we're offering as a campaign reward!
August 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Zel ( @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social ) also did the gorgeous wrap-around artwork that will be featured in the journal we're offering as a campaign reward!
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We’re currently open for general submissions: send us your horrors, up to 6000 words, including flash.
Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each. Don't agonise over your cover letter (really, don’t).
You MUST submit via our Moksha portal (link in reply). We don’t accept email submissions.
Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each. Don't agonise over your cover letter (really, don’t).
You MUST submit via our Moksha portal (link in reply). We don’t accept email submissions.
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August 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We’re currently open for general submissions: send us your horrors, up to 6000 words, including flash.
Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each. Don't agonise over your cover letter (really, don’t).
You MUST submit via our Moksha portal (link in reply). We don’t accept email submissions.
Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each. Don't agonise over your cover letter (really, don’t).
You MUST submit via our Moksha portal (link in reply). We don’t accept email submissions.
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Just under 3 days left on www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... ! If you were thinking about backing, now's the time - we're about $600 away from doubling author pay as a stretch goal.
Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology
A collection of 22 delightfully queer, charmingly cozy stories that put a fluffy LGBTQIA+ spin on the dark academia genre.
www.kickstarter.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Just under 3 days left on www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... ! If you were thinking about backing, now's the time - we're about $600 away from doubling author pay as a stretch goal.
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Today we share excerpts from 2 more of the 22 stores in SCHOLARLY PURSUITS: A QUEER ANTHOLOGY OF COZY ACADEMIA STORIES. You can read the excerpts, learn about the authors, and check out the Kickstarter for the whole anthology here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
August 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today we share excerpts from 2 more of the 22 stores in SCHOLARLY PURSUITS: A QUEER ANTHOLOGY OF COZY ACADEMIA STORIES. You can read the excerpts, learn about the authors, and check out the Kickstarter for the whole anthology here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
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We’re about halfway to our first stretch goal for Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories! At that goal, backers receive the cover art as a digital file – and we’ll double pay to our authors! Meet two of those authors in today's update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
August 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We’re about halfway to our first stretch goal for Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories! At that goal, backers receive the cover art as a digital file – and we’ll double pay to our authors! Meet two of those authors in today's update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...