Yes! I tried the AI in Excel, because I was like "if it can do formulas for me, then thats a time saver". Unsurprisingly enough, it couldn't.

15 minutes; no questions; government got the blame; my department to have 60% of us sacked. Apparently sacking us will lead to a ‘new, improved’ curriculum. No voluntary scheme, straight to selection and legal minimum redundancy payment.

A very over-the-top social media graphic featuring two books: The Haunting of Avis Lovelock and The Needfire, both by MK Hardy. The graphic has large pink glowing text reading "They're both gay!" and a variety of 'lesbian' graphics from canva.com, including several frogs, and a selection of brightly-coloured sparkles and stars.

In honour of #lesbianvisibilityweek, an updated graphic now that we've got 2 books on offer. Support your local lesbians and buy/pre-order these books this LVW!

Both available from @solarisbooks.bsky.social wherever good books are sold.

A great chance to work with some amazing scholars in partnership with significant cultural institutions. Plus Swansea is a gorgeous location.
Sorry for the lack of alt text, it's just a screenshot of the page when you click the link.

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

Wonderful, congrats!

a green background with the words thank you sir Alt: Old Gregg, who is sort of a creature from the black lagoon but with seaweed hair and red lipstick, is holding up a (bad) self portrait and saying "Yes sir, thank you sir." In my mind, Gregg yells "motherlicker" at some point but it may be the Hitcher or some other Boosh episode.

I'm on holiday motherlickers!

(Usual caveats of community-built open source LLMs not corporate genAI etcetc)

I've been added to multiple "Insufferable AI haters" lists on here, which I find quite funny, because my opinion on AI is similar to my opinion on Rick and Morty. In and of itself, I don't mind it and there are times I even quite like it, but ardent fans of it are the worst people on earth.

Despite our best efforts, multiple crises in the arts and charitable sector, and the ongoing patriarchal stance on inclusiveness mean that the Vagina Museum continues to struggle. We are having to have serious conversations about our long-term future. And now, more than ever, we need your help...

And Other Stories is hiring! Associate Publisher / Publishing Manager (Non-Editorial Role) | And Other Stories Sheffield hybrid. Salary: £35,000 – £42,000, depending on experience, plus contributions to a pension scheme. Full time Location: Sheffield and […]

Come and work with us! We’re looking for an Associate Publisher / Publishing Manager to join the team in Sheffield (hybrid). Deadline for applications is 20 April.

www.andotherstories.org/2026/04/08/a...

Strange Play: Showcase Tickets_ Back_ Embrace the Strange and dive in to our weekend long exhibition of experimental games. It’s going to be exciting, moving and very, very Strange. Get ready to play like you&#8217…

Glad to announce I'm on the programme for @voidspacezine.bsky.social's Strange Play as part of London Games Festival. Showing my playable diorama, "Next Door's Telly Has Games On".
voidspacezine.com/strange-play...

Remember to vote (once) and get others to vote!

10:1 pay cap is my favourite economic policy so it's good to see someone finally putting it forward (yes, I have a favourite economic policy and what?)

Text on a blurred purple background. Text reads: ISSUE 2 POETRY WISHLIST: your most visceral poems, queer joy and euphoria, ghosts monsters Goosebumps vibes, surreal and lyrical poems, the interplace of form and content, weird/unpexpected over warm/fuzzy

Our submissions for Issue 2 close in a week! Poets, here is a wishlist of poetry vibes from our poetry editors Jess Cho and Angel Leal 👀

Read our full guidelines here, then send us your poems and make all their dreams come true: othersidespec.com/guidelines?u...

Charcoal scribble of a little raven boy drawn on a crumpled piece of paper.

Digital painting set to dramatic lighting of a creepy long-limbed creature with large teeth climbing an urban pedestrian bridge.

Digital painting of a collosal arachnid pouncing on a fleeing gazelle. Its features are obscured by a cloud of spiderweb, with only the legs protuding.

Charcoal smudge of a burned out person walking, smoke rising from the charred wisp of a figure.

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Manuel and I make mostly spooky art using charcoal and digital means!

🎨 mindistortion.tv
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Can anyone recommend any good books about resisting the rise of the far-right? Especially anything relevant to an Irish context?

I'd be Caesar Academic, which sounds like a Thomas Pynchon character.

Literary text in William Shakespeare’s own handwriting

A powerful plea for compassion, written over 400 years ago.

This manuscript in our collection is believed to contain the only surviving literary text in William Shakespeare’s handwriting. Its message still resonates today.

Discover more here: link.bl.uk/tkr

Data Engineer #00246 - Richmond, Virginia, United States Title: Data Engineer #00246 State Role Title: Information Tech Spec III Hiring Range: $100,000 - $125,000 Pay Band: 6 Agency: The Library of Virginia Location: Library of Virginia Building Agency Web...

The Library of Virginia in Richmond seeks a data engineer ($100k-$125k) to transform data practices at a 200-year-old cultural heritage org with an eye towards the future.

Looking for someone to imagine & collaboratively implement tomorrow's data infrastructure.

Apply by May 1! Tell your friends!

I'm excited to read! (Realistically they will sit on my shelf for months as I have SO MUCH in my tbr, but I'll get there eventually!)

My tbr is so giant, I probably won't actually read them for ages, but it's nice to have them!

Stack of books on a blue pillow- Rosewater by Tade Thompson, Moonflower by Bitter Karella, Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska, The Book of Love by Kelly Link and Planetfall by Emma Newman

My @galleybeggars.bsky.social prize book tokens came through the other day so naturally I immediately spent it on a stack of goodies! (Some of which I've already read as ebooks but wanted physical copies & some which have been on my wishlist for too long! Thanks GBP!

If you want to meet these stellar Scots (and many more besides) then you should definitely check out tickets for @cymerafestival.co.uk - weekend passes now live!

In the early days of Twitter, Paddy Considine used to do a competition where he'd post a silly picture and get people to come up with daft captions for it and once he posted a picture of a horse wearing glasses and the first reply was "glasses horse".

Went to see The High Life the Musical last night - every bit as funny and silly and colourful and magical as the original series with appearances from all the old faves (pif paf pof, Shuggy McGurk etcetera)

Attn: SFFH writers of the world! You've got until this Sunday, 12 April, to submit eligible works to the British Fantasy Awards suggestion list. Yes, at this stage YOU CAN NOMINATE YOUR OWN STUFF.

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Now at the point of editing where I'm learning to love the book again and trying to approach it as a reader who is open to its charms rather than someone who wishes it would fuck off into a bin and set itself on fire.

Striking Purple and red background, with a gnarled old tree with flashes bursting from the leaves. The artist must have been on some sort of alternative medication, but I have never asked him. Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon rides to Dundee with Gavin Cameron (poet) Rafael Torrubia (prose) Erin Farley (storyteller )Ash Alexander (another local poet) and featuring T L Huchu (prose)Hosted by MK Hardy 7.30pm-9pm 23rd April 2026 Stenecki Coffee18a Exchange St Dundee DD1 3DLTickets £5/£0 - www.shorelineoflnfinity.com

Two weeks today! Join Event Horizon in Dundee, for a GREAT night of fantastical readings, poetry and storytelling by
Gavin Cameron
Rafael Torrubia
Erin Farley
Ash Alexander
and
T L Huchu

Hosted by MK Hardy
www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/even...

@academiclibsnorth.bsky.social are offering 10 sponsored places for both presenters and delegates at this years conference, "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries". The deadline to apply if the 29th of April.

academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/conference/a...