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Akira K

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Writer, drummer, archer, dreamer. Big geek energy in tiny tired body. They/them.

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We’re going to London, babyyyyy!!! πŸ₯°πŸŽ­

13.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 723 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 1
Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.

Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.

Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❀️

12.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 8833 πŸ” 1328 πŸ’¬ 206 πŸ“Œ 115

Yaaaaay!

12.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think enjoying some comics and a cup of tea is peak woke and I endorse it utterly.

12.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
Worlds Beyond Number: Lou Wilson Describes the Sun
Worlds Beyond Number: Lou Wilson Describes the Sun YouTube video by Worlds Beyond Number

Lou's description of the sun in our most recent Icaron fireside chat was so beautiful, we couldn't help but put it against some lovely audio and visuals.

Score by @willsavino.bsky.social

youtu.be/b3KyruEAtfM?...

12.03.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 A new wave of animation is coming to Dropout!

Get ready for Toonout β€” original animated shorts made by indie artists.

Tune in starting March 24th, only on Dropout.

10.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1254 πŸ” 339 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 53
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β€˜I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

10.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 786 πŸ” 308 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 24
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Beyond Afrofuturism: Sinners, the Great Migration, and Rust Belt Gothik - Reactor "Sinners" is a particular kind of story about migration, spirituality, and Black speculative survival skills

To fully understand "Sinners" and the world of the Smokestack twins, we need to explore the Rust Belt Gothik, the tradition of Black speculative survival strategies forged in response to the pressures of the Great Migration

10.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

I've been comfort watching 90s ER on Netflix. A 30 year-old show: Trans character with sympathetic backstory. Multiple gay characters. HIV discussed every episode. Main characters who are black and brown talking about systemic racism

Years before we all came anti 'woke' babies.

10.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are β€˜just circling back’ to see if we can β€˜move the needle’ on β€˜key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

10.03.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 4502 πŸ” 1225 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 53
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I think we could all do with some 400-year-old flowering ume (flowering Japanese sour plum-apricot) bonsai in our lives.

This is the 75th anniversary Nagahama Bonbai (ume bonsai) Exhibition.

And this incredible 400-year-old tree is Furo, meaning Eternal Youth.

#JohnDoesJapan

09.03.2026 06:30 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh! I can bring you spindles!

09.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

btw about that pixar thing, the reason why these people think having a conversation about gay people with kids is difficult is because they don't know a way to say to their kid "gay people are normal but you are not allowed to be one" without sounding like a bigot (there is a reason for that)

08.03.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 3306 πŸ” 1049 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Glasgow Central is the northernmost point of the busiest rail route in Europe, but more than that, it's so beautiful, it really is, on bright days it spills with light. What an awful thing to be happening.

08.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The world would be a better place if people read more books

08.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

You bastards made the first five minutes of UP and you expect us to believe you’re worried about the audience needing therapy?

08.03.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 1609 πŸ” 285 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 2

What's worse than using 'content' to describe artistic work?

Using the term 'content industry' to describe basically all art.

08.03.2026 10:28 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Catching up with Six Nations rugby. The difference in the choices broadcasters make during game downtime is astounding.

ITV: half screen taken up by stupid ad

BBC: Sam Warburton pulls out PowerPoint presentation of first half stats.

07.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I found this deeply reassuring

07.03.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
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Your Most Anticipated Queer Books of 2026 Here are the results of the survey: these are your most anticipated queer books of 2026, from romance to literary fiction to sci-fi!

Thrilled to see HELL'S HEART by @quicunquevult.bsky.social on @bookriot.bsky.social's list of The Most Anticipated Queer Books of 2026 πŸ‘ πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ

07.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I promise you are not ready for this

07.03.2026 06:34 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is loaned to people who β€˜are not really capable of graduating’

I dropped out of high school, gained a huge amount of often difficult life experience, then went to community college, and now I'm a professor in a prestigious university. There HAS TO BE A PLACE for non-traditional students. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

06.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 9

The Poet Laureate of the UK is famous for his translation of St Gawain and the Green Knight, and Kym once got up on stage, looked him straight in the eye, and then performed this.

Unsurprisingly enough, every time they've encountered each other since, he's remembered them.

06.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 436 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

Okay so I was so stunned and excited that I completely missed the intro page that you signed πŸ˜†

Ooops. πŸ˜…

07.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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never too old :)

06.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 1690 πŸ” 643 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 14

@garethlpowell.bsky.social Got my Starbright copy of Jitterbug today and it is SO BEAUTIFUL.

Have you seen it??

07.03.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

07.03.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

May I ask where you're reading them? This sounds really fascinating and it'd be nice to learn about the names/stories rather than just recite/memorize them...

07.03.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h β€’β€’β€’ My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

β€œI have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 20805 πŸ” 4428 πŸ’¬ 767 πŸ“Œ 1141

unembarrassed enthusiasm about learning new things is genuinely the best way to live

06.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5