El
@unevendays.bsky.social
Has far too many books. Interested in SFF, comics, archaeology, folk music, folklore. Nerd. Crabby old cactus. Adopted Aberdonian.
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Mastodon: wandering.shop/@unevendays
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/unevendays
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Mastodon: wandering.shop/@unevendays
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/unevendays
Just passed the gym in the old church - it's called Give Me Strength
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just passed the gym in the old church - it's called Give Me Strength
Having enjoyed the recent Jonathan Barnes Sherlock Holmes, am now listening to the 40s radio version
December 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Having enjoyed the recent Jonathan Barnes Sherlock Holmes, am now listening to the 40s radio version
I saw an Irish Setter so I am contractually obliged to tell you they are the best of dogs if not the smartest.
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I saw an Irish Setter so I am contractually obliged to tell you they are the best of dogs if not the smartest.
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Please share. Thanks
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Please share. Thanks
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We are very excited to finally announce, For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music. An 8 part docuseries coming to screens next June. The entire history of music, from The Big Bang to AI, in a way that's never been told before. Presented by the wonderful Charlotte Ritchie. View the trailer now.
For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music | First Trailer | Charlotte Ritchie | Documentary
YouTube video by The Cosmic Shambles Network
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We are very excited to finally announce, For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music. An 8 part docuseries coming to screens next June. The entire history of music, from The Big Bang to AI, in a way that's never been told before. Presented by the wonderful Charlotte Ritchie. View the trailer now.
Lady in the supermarket with the I'm a delight racoon t-shirt I salute you
December 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Lady in the supermarket with the I'm a delight racoon t-shirt I salute you
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
December 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
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Happy Yule!
Just a little quick and messy Litwick Yule log to celebrate the longest night. May your new year be bright. 🕯️
Just a little quick and messy Litwick Yule log to celebrate the longest night. May your new year be bright. 🕯️
December 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Happy Yule!
Just a little quick and messy Litwick Yule log to celebrate the longest night. May your new year be bright. 🕯️
Just a little quick and messy Litwick Yule log to celebrate the longest night. May your new year be bright. 🕯️
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Hoping you all have a warm, light filled Longest Night from my little family to yours
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Hoping you all have a warm, light filled Longest Night from my little family to yours
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Everything Aliette says here is spot on. If this goes on it’s going to be shit for translators, but it will also impoverish everyone else since we’ll be getting crappy, inaccurate “translations” from the slop machines.
Deep breath
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
Ok I'm going to try and stay calm
But I'll point out that AI translation is literally causing translators to be fired (see the whole Harlequin line in France)
(1/?)
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Everything Aliette says here is spot on. If this goes on it’s going to be shit for translators, but it will also impoverish everyone else since we’ll be getting crappy, inaccurate “translations” from the slop machines.
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A tower that was constructed in approximately 1318. Love seeing historical buildings. #filmphoto 🎞️
December 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A tower that was constructed in approximately 1318. Love seeing historical buildings. #filmphoto 🎞️
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This is such awful news, Amanda was so great to work for. We spent ages on the boards for Lux, had so much fun getting the episode together.
I recently congratulated her work in Riot Girls and she wrote back, enthusiastic for the show. I had no idea
Rest in peace
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
I recently congratulated her work in Riot Girls and she wrote back, enthusiastic for the show. I had no idea
Rest in peace
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
Acclaimed Doctor Who and Gentlemen Jack director Amanda Brotchie dies – as Russell T Davies pays tribute
“God, we adored her.”
www.radiotimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is such awful news, Amanda was so great to work for. We spent ages on the boards for Lux, had so much fun getting the episode together.
I recently congratulated her work in Riot Girls and she wrote back, enthusiastic for the show. I had no idea
Rest in peace
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
I recently congratulated her work in Riot Girls and she wrote back, enthusiastic for the show. I had no idea
Rest in peace
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
Rugby is one of the only places you might hear a woman described as a hulking weight (positive). PWR 🏉 Quinns v Sale 🦈s
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Rugby is one of the only places you might hear a woman described as a hulking weight (positive). PWR 🏉 Quinns v Sale 🦈s
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Oh, the book "Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History", by @moudhy.bsky.social, is on offer today in Amazon UK 👀
December 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Oh, the book "Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History", by @moudhy.bsky.social, is on offer today in Amazon UK 👀
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It's your birthday, Duane.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's your birthday, Duane.
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I keep saying please don't look away. I don't know what else to say most of the time.
December 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I keep saying please don't look away. I don't know what else to say most of the time.
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To me, artist Allen Seaby is best known as the illustrator of the first Ladybird bird books. But I also love his Japanese influenced woodcuts.
‘Snow and Hare’ (c.1923)
‘Snow and Hare’ (c.1923)
December 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
To me, artist Allen Seaby is best known as the illustrator of the first Ladybird bird books. But I also love his Japanese influenced woodcuts.
‘Snow and Hare’ (c.1923)
‘Snow and Hare’ (c.1923)
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December 20th. A partially rubberised torso stands on the corner of Edward Street and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.
December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
December 20th. A partially rubberised torso stands on the corner of Edward Street and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.
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why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread
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Start today if you want to read The Dark is Rising on the days the story happens, in the run up to Christmas! Link below to the excellent BBC audio version, if you'd rather listen:
This is a great time to start The Dark is Rising, for anyone who wants to read it when it's set. The BBC audio version is available and great: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... #TheDarkIsReading
BBC Sounds - The Dark Is Rising - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of The Dark Is Rising on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Start today if you want to read The Dark is Rising on the days the story happens, in the run up to Christmas! Link below to the excellent BBC audio version, if you'd rather listen:
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Beatriz Bernal, a 16th-century Spanish novelist, wrote a fantasy novel about a female knight - with dragons, sorcerers, and a giant - decades before Don Quixote appeared.
A children's adaptation, devised by children's author Diego Arboleda, is forthcoming!
#fantasy #renaissance #earlymodern 💙📚
A children's adaptation, devised by children's author Diego Arboleda, is forthcoming!
#fantasy #renaissance #earlymodern 💙📚
'Though completely eclipsed by Don Quixote, Cristalián de España, which was first published in 1545, has a unique claim to fame. Its 800 pages, bristling with swords, sorcerers, dragons and damsels, make up the earliest known work by a female Spanish novelist.' 1/2
‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot
Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Beatriz Bernal, a 16th-century Spanish novelist, wrote a fantasy novel about a female knight - with dragons, sorcerers, and a giant - decades before Don Quixote appeared.
A children's adaptation, devised by children's author Diego Arboleda, is forthcoming!
#fantasy #renaissance #earlymodern 💙📚
A children's adaptation, devised by children's author Diego Arboleda, is forthcoming!
#fantasy #renaissance #earlymodern 💙📚
I've just finished A Memory Called Empire and now I'm excited to listen to @writingexcuses.bsky.social series on it, followed by an In Our Time on Byzantium.
December 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I've just finished A Memory Called Empire and now I'm excited to listen to @writingexcuses.bsky.social series on it, followed by an In Our Time on Byzantium.
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"The country lay bare and entirely leafless around him.... He had never seen so far and so intimately into the insides of things as on that winter day when Nature was deep in her annual slumber and seemed to have kicked the clothes off."
- Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows"
#BookWormSat
- Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows"
#BookWormSat
December 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"The country lay bare and entirely leafless around him.... He had never seen so far and so intimately into the insides of things as on that winter day when Nature was deep in her annual slumber and seemed to have kicked the clothes off."
- Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows"
#BookWormSat
- Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows"
#BookWormSat