“Fascism thrives when we are isolated from each other, and a concept of self-care dominated by consumerism pushes us towards individualism and self-optimisation.”
I wrote about about self-care and community care for @theskinnymag.bsky.social!
www.theskinny.co.uk/intersection...
Of course, some zines defy easy labels …
HIATUS NEARLY OVER! Check out Tfeh’s next “season” of incoming weirdo musics & experimental sounds at @fruitmarket.bsky.social. There’s even 2 gigs in June!
Many thanx to Timothea Armour fr great poster!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/tfeh
#Edinburgh #ExperimentalMusic #Noise #FreeImprov #ArtAgainstTedium
this performance is available for free at this link here for the weekend! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💖 treat yourself to watching some queer joy 😊
Remember when people used to be all “hard times creates great art” because no actually it’s just this.
Screenshot of someone signing "evaporation"
I learned about a brilliant project yesterday to support British Sign Language (BSL) users, creating new signs for scientific terms in chemistry, oceanography, data science & more.
And they're fabulously descriptive. Do have a look and share!
www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/BSL/index.ht...
What are your favorite recent speculative short stories OR books about monsters/monstrosity? Please interpret this question as broadly as you would like, and please do not hesitate to recommend your own work! (Bonus points for recs that are interested in queerness or gender in some way.)
discovered that my phone got the "turn any photo into a sticker" update. i am now unstoppable. ugly binko stickers for free use
It shouldn't fall to trans people to explain to cis people why creating laws that effectively amount to "If you have or ever had a penis, you must behave this way; If you have, or ever had a vagina, you must behave this other way" is horrifically dangerous for everyone's rights.
ok so I still didnt do the space thing or that fuckin fake soundtrack to Bloodborne 2 either but I DID make the most Post-9/11 Futurepop Poisoning mix imaginable so please enjoy that instead
worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.
Enjoy a full minute of beavers being released into the wild in Cornwall. These little fluffbutts are the first to swim in these waters in a very, very long time - the last official records of beavers in the wild in England are from the 1300s. BBC buff.ly/BnMwCOx
#ShareGoodNewsToo
quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend
www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...
Fantasy tales of resistance rooted in Welsh myth from @wtpress.bsky.social
They Are Still Here seeks contemporary stories where communities face modern threats with help from myth and history.
£150 per story
Up to 7k words
Deadline March 21
Details:
horrortree.com/taking-submi...
#Fantasy
So it's been a while since I talked about safety, huh? I just saw someone express concern about the safety of NoFrillDos due to their cost, so here's
EVERY COST CUTTING MEASURE I TOOK TO MAKE AFFORDABLE, SAFE DILDOS (a thread and guide)
Waste to art: childhood anime fan and lifelong crafter Sayuri Mori found a new purpose after raising her daughter. The recycled scrap and 100-yen store finds she once turned into jewellery now become steampunk deep-sea creatures with a growing social media profile
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
This is amazing and I have saved it for all appropriate occasions.
Reminder: we are OPEN to reprints all month long! We are looking for reprints that cannot currently be read online for free! This includes stories that were never available online or are no longer online after a publication closed, etc. Find all the details in our guidelines!
Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?
They look so cool!
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Electronic music is a genre that was started and shaped by women, so on International Women's Day, here are some Bandcamp recommendations for women making some of the best electronic music you can get today. 🧵
One
Week
Remains.
Our last day for submissions is 3/14.
Don't self-reject.
We crave your art.
Because I'm a pervert. Also, it's a nice break from spiders as far as Mr. S is concerned.
What if I shook parboiled potatoes in blended niknaks then roasted them?
That doesn't contribute to scientific progress. Or make Mr. Sparrow make the face.
Thinking on it, maybe frying chicken in blended crisps might work better. Mr. Sparrow is dubious.
basically, just run a fucking retro night. I would respect DJs who straight up said "this is a retro night". But pretending it isn't because you downloaded one (1) new song since Y2K? stop denying the obvious
If I saw charity materials that I even _suspected_ were using genAI art or text, absolutely in the bin forever for that charity even if they otherwise meant a lot to me. No second chance. phys.org/news/2026-03...
happy world book day. can i interest anyone in contributing to my groceries by buying some of mine?
derekdesanges.wordpress.com/books/
The revolution will be handcrafted and body-based: Mari Katayama wins the first Mori Art Prize for her radical conceptual fusion of performance, needlecraft and photography
www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026...
