T S Vallender

T S Vallender

@tsvallender.bsky.social

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John Wiswell
@wiswell.bsky.social

You don't need to understand someone. You just need to understand that they deserve respect.

Alan Baxter@alanbaxter.bsky.social

"I don't understand queer people!" "I don't understand trans people!" You know what, Chad? There's a metric fuckton of stuff you don't understand and it's still real. It's also nothing to do with you. How about you focus on your own shit and leave people alone.

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Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social

While we were discussing how to end perverse polluter advertising that fuels climate chaos, the UK's Energy Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh was on BBC News promoting Shell and the Jackdaw gasfield approval by wearing a jacket adorned with a Shell logo h/t @lindaaspey.bsky.social

Leo Murray@crisortunity.bsky.social

I am here at tonight’s Badvertising event on Ending Polluter Advertising in London, with this highly esteemed panel. I’ll try to share any gems dropped

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Bad Squiddo Games (Annie)
@badsquiddogames.bsky.social

The posts about this project are getting so suppressed on Facebook, can you give me a hand? Launching Wed 21st October, 20 brand new miniatures - hand sculpted and hand cast. Deeply researched non conventional members of the Dutch Resistance! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...

kickstarter.comComing soon: WW2: Heroes of the Dutch Resistance - 28mm Pewter MiniaturesTop Quality 28mm Pewter Miniatures for WW2 Historical & Pulp Gaming & Painting. Hand Sculpted & Cast.

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Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social

To protect your home from flooding, just as important as the advice in the article below, or even more, might be to depave your front garden and plant vegetation there! ...And you might consider teaming up with others to depave further: www.london.gov.uk/sites/defaul...

nationalparkcity.londonFront Gardens on the Frontline: A Simple Solution for Climate Action London National Park CityFront gardens: Michael Shilling looks at how front gardens are vital spaces capable of revitalising our neighbourhoods for people and planet.
Euronews@euronews.com

Flooding is expected to grow more extreme due to climate change. Your garden could be your home's first defence. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/CuMR

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IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
@iucnshark.bsky.social

Happy International Sawfish Day from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group! Sawfish are instantly recognisable by their long, toothed rostra, but their ‘saws’ are more than just a striking feature.

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alix e. harrow
@alixeharrow.bsky.social

the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know

Bugs 🔜 MC Atlanta@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social

maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comAndy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George MonbiotBeing subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Andboo Haunton 😷🎃
@andrewhinton.bsky.social

I’ve never seen this Harryhausen quote about why stop motion animation is its own aesthetic form & trying to make it feel like smooth live-action is a category error. ❤️

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

T S Vallender
@tsvallender.bsky.social

Everything by @robinhobb.bsky.social (but particularly the Liveship trilogy) Wayward Children series by @seananmcguire.bsky.social The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Some Desperate Glory by @emilytesh.net Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social

Hey guy readers! Quote this with some books by women and nonbinary authors that you recommend. A few from me: Meg Elison's Book of the Unnamed Midwife R.F. Kuang's Poppy War Caitlin Rozakis's Dreadful Fonda Lee's Jade City Sarah Gailey's Echo Wife Premee Mohamed's Annual Migration of Clouds

T S Vallender
@tsvallender.bsky.social

This whole thread.

Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social

I am a girl. I like reptiles and horror movies and science fiction and comics and TTRPGs, and for my entire life, every time I have entered a space, I have had to prove that I didn't "steal" it from the person* it rightfully belonged to. (*Boy, then man.)

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Locus Magazine
@locusmag.bsky.social

THIS IS IT EVERYONE! We have until TOMORROW Aug 7 at 6:00PM PDT to reach our goal. We are so close! It would mean so much to everyone if we could unlock variant covers before the day is done. Consider upgrading your pledge! 🫶 back at http://kck.st/4wtYJ6X in bio

T S Vallender
@tsvallender.bsky.social

@wyrdscience.bsky.social Just came across this zine and wondered if it’s one you’ve seen as it seems right up your street and very cool. Don’t have a copy myself though… wearebraindead.com/collections/...

wearebraindead.comBrain Dead Fantasy Games Zine #2BRAIN DEAD FANTASY GAMES VOLUME 2 - 2026 Brain Dead Fantasy Games is a small zine focused on gaming, artists, musicians, and friends who love the otherworldly. Volume 2 features Gabriele Cardosi showc...

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Hillary Monahan
@hillarymonahan.bsky.social

Pride month is coming up and I cannot tell you enough, cis people, that the best thing you can do right now is stand up for trans people financially, publicly, and in any way you can think of so this witch hunt ends, once again, with bigots on the wrong side of history.

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