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@strongmisgiving.bsky.social

Have a Poem published in the latest edition of @dustpoetry.bsky.social about microplastics www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/the-mic...

The microplastics in my body unionised by Ross McCleary

The microplastics in my body unionised while I was staring at the ocean;they took matters into their own hands,making pickets in the alcoves ofmy prefrontal cortex, replacingfuzzy void yesterdays with...

www.dustpoetry.co.uk

November 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM

Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

I hadn't thought about it in quite such existentially terrifying terms as this, but this person is right. please buy my book so I am not forgotten by the unforgiving forward march of time

November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM

Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

this is really lovely

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 11h

I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:

open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...

going through hell, keeping going

on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work

open.substack.com

November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM

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@strongmisgiving.bsky.social

Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday

Lyrics on a karaoke machine:

I guess it rains down in Africa
I guess it rains down in Africa
I guess it rains down in Africa

November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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Tenebrous Press

@tenebrouspress.bsky.social

2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.

Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀

IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:

November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM

Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

shout out to the dad at the cinema who couldn't get seats with his family, so brought them their snacks and drinks, got them settled, then came and sat next to me and immediately fell asleep for the entirety of Wicked: For Good

November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM

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@philspeculates.bsky.social

OUT TOMORROW!
Contributions from @stefmowords.bsky.social @tanweerdar.com @llmacrae.bsky.social @alexsbradshaw.bsky.social @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @annatizard.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
with Guest Editor @frasierarmitage.bsky.social
Empowering #indieauthors everywhere!

November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM

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Lucy Mercer

@lucymercer.bsky.social

wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!

www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...

Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book

Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.

www.thebookseller.com

November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM

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Tyler, from the Internet

@tylerfromtheinternet.com

On an application: occupation: writer. PLEASE ENTER A VALID OCCUPATION

February 6, 2024 at 1:06 AM

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sadvil 😎

@sadvil.bsky.social

TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?

We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to

November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM

Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

where's a brain eating worm when you need one

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.

RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website

In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.

nyti.ms

November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM

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@strongmisgiving.bsky.social

Friday poem you should probably read before you head home from the office for the weekend www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...

Please Consider The Environment Before Printing This Email by Ross McCleary

but if you must do so then please make sure to shred the pages after you’re done. If you must print this email then shred it, please, despite previous environmental concerns, burn the shreds in the Pr...

www.havehashad.com

November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

it's Black Friday week! so, just like the big shops who can actually afford to, I am doing a sale on my website

use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!

www.stefmo.co.uk/shop

November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM

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PJ Holden

@pauljholden.com

This is like finding out that Easter island heads have full bodies.

From a Reddit subgroup an image with a caption. The caption reads “I was today years old when I found out postboxes do this deep into the ground”. The image contains three postboxes but the part that is normal underground is exposed. This exposed area reveals the tube of the post box extends down further by about a third. The extended tube has long lozenges shaped holes that rub horizontally around the the base (presumably to make the overall thing lighter while allowing it to be concreted in to the ground)

November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

it's Black Friday week! so, just like the big shops who can actually afford to, I am doing a sale on my website

use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY for 15% off my surreal sci-fi detective novel The House on Utopia Way, or my poetry books Farewell Tour and PANIC!

www.stefmo.co.uk/shop

November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM

Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

Voyager rewatch status - finally having to reckon with my secret shame as a Star Trek fan. I feel it's time to admit, publicly, that I do not particularly care for Reg Barclay

Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 10d

Voyager rewatch status - Icheb has arrived. assimilated by the Borg as a child, suffering unimaginable trauma. discovers his parents genetically engineered him as a living weapon. finds purpose, family and stability on Voyager :) now to take a big sip of coffee and not think about Picard Season 1

November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM

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Jared Pechaček

@vandroidhelsing.bsky.social

honestly if you went back 40 years and told me the US would be ruled by a decaying heap of flesh that used to be a TV host/sitcom joke, I'd be like [uncanny angelic singing] because I wasn't born yet

November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM

Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

every now and then I think it would be nice to learn to play God Only Knows on the piano, and then I try and I remember that it consists of utterly fiendish chords composed and arranged by a madman

November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM

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Jeremy Noel-Tod

@jntod.bsky.social

'Our central hypothesis is that poetic form operates as a general-purpose jailbreak operator' huh

Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."

https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1

November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM

Stefan Mohamed

@stefmowords.bsky.social

implementing a quality of life feature from the old site where, if I feel compelled to post something about the Labour Party, I resist the urge and do something else instead. write a poem. donate to something. hit myself in the head with a saucepan. it's better for me, and it's better for you!

November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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Broken Sleep Books

@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding, it would've meant 5 years of stability. It’s a blow, and it means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate:

ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...

Dear friends,

I’m writing with some difficult news. We recently applied for long-term revenue funding through the Books Council of Wales, support that would have secured stability for Broken Sleep Books for the next five years and helped us continue publishing the ambitious, risk-taking, inclusive work we believe in so deeply.

Unfortunately, we were not successful.

It’s disappointing, of course. We put forward a strong application, had a positive interview, and genuinely believed our publishing programme where we champion low socio-economic status authors, working-class authors, and marginalised authors, while widening access to the arts and degentrifying the arts, reflected the cultural values Wales should be proud to support. Clearly, our idea of cultural value doesn’t fully match the Books Council’s.

Sometimes decisions go another way.

What hasn’t changed is our commitment.

(Please only give if you’re in a position to do so, we know times are hard for many.)

Broken Sleep has always been a community effort, powered by readers, writers, booksellers, and supporters who believe in literature that takes risks and makes space for voices that don’t always find a home elsewhere.

Thank you, sincerely, for sticking with us.

Your support means everything, especially right now.

November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM

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Laurasaurus

@laurasaurus.bsky.social

I’m howling.

Recently, Clifford "Buzz" Grambo decided to upgrade his electric scooter. The old one he had purchased online only reached 16 mph and wasn't cutting it anymore. He needed to go faster to keep up with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement cars he chases around Baltimore. So, Grambo bought a Segway MAX G3, which features a 2,000-watt motor and can get up to 28 mph.
"The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was," he told me when we first spoke on the phone in late October. "They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter!"

November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM

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Hari Kunzru

@harikunzru.bsky.social

French authorities are taking X to court because Grok is now doing straight up holocaust denial. Gas chambers intended for disinfection, cyanide residue tiny, ‘story’ persists because of taboo against critical examination. (Full translation in alt text)