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[?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
@scotlit@mastodon.scot

Poets are Liars

“if poetry genuinely is a truth-telling and poets truth-tellers, it seems important to demonstrate that what we do is falsifiable. What on earth would it mean to ‘lie’ in a poem?”

—Don Paterson on poetry, philosophy, & lies

northseapoets.substack.com/p/p

    [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
    @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

    Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food by Michelle T. King

    To Ma and Ba, for all the meals of my childhood. To Ian, Penelope, and Hamish, for all the meals yet to come.

    Alt...To Ma and Ba, for all the meals of my childhood. To Ian, Penelope, and Hamish, for all the meals yet to come.

      [?]Michael Martinez » 🌐
      @michael@middle-earth.xenite.org

      Q: Was The Old Forest Road Reopened Before The War Of The Ring?

      ANSWER: I received the following question in June 2025:

      Was anything done to reopen the Old Forest Road between the Battle of the Five Armies/end of The Hobbit and Frodo leaving The Shire. We know that over the course of The Hobbit the road was disused other than by goblins and the eastern end was lost in marsh and swamp, yet for […]

      https://middle-earth.xenite.org/was-the-old-forest-road-reopened-before-the-war-of-the-ring/

      An old road leading through a dark forest under the words 'Was The Old Forest Road Reopened Before The War Of The Ring?'

      Alt...An old road leading through a dark forest under the words 'Was The Old Forest Road Reopened Before The War Of The Ring?'

      [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
      @scotlit@mastodon.scot

      This photo’s saying nothing, is black and white, opaque.
      A frozen moment, not a memory.
      The boyfriend with the Pentax took it for the sake
      Of taking it…

      —Liz Lochhead, “Photograph, Art Student, Female, Working Class, 1966”
      from FUGITIVE COLOURS (Birlinn, 2016)

      29 June is National Camera Day 📷

      birlinn.co.uk/product/fugitive

      Photograph, Art Student, Female, Working Class Liz Lochhead Her hair is cut into that perfect slant – An innovation circa ‘64 by Vidal Sassoon. She’s wearing C&A’s best effort at Quant Ending just below the knicker-line, daisy-strewn. Keeping herself in tights could blow her grant Entirely, so each precious pair is soon Spattered with nail varnish dots that stop each run. She’s a girl, eighteen – just wants to have fun. She’s not ‘a chick’. Not yet. Besides, by then She’ll find the term ‘offensive’. ‘Dollybird’ to quote Her favourite mags, is what she aspires to when Her head’s still full of Honey and Petticoat. It’s almost the last year that, quite this blithely, men Up ladders or on building sites wolf-whistle to note The approval they’re sure she will appreciate. Why not? She did it for their benefit, looks great. Nor does she object. Wouldn’t think she has the right. Though when that lech of a lecturer comments on her tits To a male classmate, openly, she might Feel – quick as a run in nylon – that it’s Not what ought to happen, is not polite, She’ll burn, but smile, have no word that fits The insult, can’t subject it to language’s prism. In sixty-six there’s plenty sex, but not ‘sexism’.

      Alt...Photograph, Art Student, Female, Working Class Liz Lochhead Her hair is cut into that perfect slant – An innovation circa ‘64 by Vidal Sassoon. She’s wearing C&A’s best effort at Quant Ending just below the knicker-line, daisy-strewn. Keeping herself in tights could blow her grant Entirely, so each precious pair is soon Spattered with nail varnish dots that stop each run. She’s a girl, eighteen – just wants to have fun. She’s not ‘a chick’. Not yet. Besides, by then She’ll find the term ‘offensive’. ‘Dollybird’ to quote Her favourite mags, is what she aspires to when Her head’s still full of Honey and Petticoat. It’s almost the last year that, quite this blithely, men Up ladders or on building sites wolf-whistle to note The approval they’re sure she will appreciate. Why not? She did it for their benefit, looks great. Nor does she object. Wouldn’t think she has the right. Though when that lech of a lecturer comments on her tits To a male classmate, openly, she might Feel – quick as a run in nylon – that it’s Not what ought to happen, is not polite, She’ll burn, but smile, have no word that fits The insult, can’t subject it to language’s prism. In sixty-six there’s plenty sex, but not ‘sexism’.

      Soon: The Female Eunuch and enough Will be enough. Thanks to newfound feminism and Greer, Women’ll have the words for all this stuff, What already rankles, but confuses her, will seem clear And she’ll (consciously) be no one’s ‘bit of fluff’ Or ‘skirt’ or ‘crumpet’. She’ll know the rule is ‘gay’ not ‘queer’, ‘Ms’ not ‘Miss’ or ‘Mrs’ – she’ll happily obey it And, sure as the Pill in her pocket, that’s how she’ll say it. This photo’s saying nothing, is black and white, opaque. A frozen moment, not a memory. The boyfriend with the Pentax took it for the sake Of taking it, a shot among many others, randomly, To see how it would develop. Didn’t imagine it’d make An image so typical it’d capture time so perfectly. How does she feel? Hey, girl, did it feel strange To be waiting for the a-changing times to change?

      Alt...Soon: The Female Eunuch and enough Will be enough. Thanks to newfound feminism and Greer, Women’ll have the words for all this stuff, What already rankles, but confuses her, will seem clear And she’ll (consciously) be no one’s ‘bit of fluff’ Or ‘skirt’ or ‘crumpet’. She’ll know the rule is ‘gay’ not ‘queer’, ‘Ms’ not ‘Miss’ or ‘Mrs’ – she’ll happily obey it And, sure as the Pill in her pocket, that’s how she’ll say it. This photo’s saying nothing, is black and white, opaque. A frozen moment, not a memory. The boyfriend with the Pentax took it for the sake Of taking it, a shot among many others, randomly, To see how it would develop. Didn’t imagine it’d make An image so typical it’d capture time so perfectly. How does she feel? Hey, girl, did it feel strange To be waiting for the a-changing times to change?

        [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
        @scotlit@mastodon.scot

        Islay Book Festival 2026
        27–30 August

        Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 Islay Book Festival

        islaybookfestival.co.uk

        Poster: a white lighthouse sits on top of a blue-green hill, sweeping pale-pink beams across the page. The poster reads: ISLAY BOOK FESTIVAL ’26 Fèis Leabhraichean Ìle 27th - 30th August @IslayBookFest IslayBookFestival.co.uk Featured authors: Douglas Stuart Jenni Fagan Louise Welsh C.J. Cooke Dougie Donnelly Clare Jackson Julie Lin Mya-Rose Craig lan Buxton Eiliah Muldoon Stuart Graham Hannah Lavery Moray Watson Polly Pullar Linda Macleod Peter Roberts Sandra Ireland Justin Davies

        Alt...Poster: a white lighthouse sits on top of a blue-green hill, sweeping pale-pink beams across the page. The poster reads: ISLAY BOOK FESTIVAL ’26 Fèis Leabhraichean Ìle 27th - 30th August @IslayBookFest IslayBookFestival.co.uk Featured authors: Douglas Stuart Jenni Fagan Louise Welsh C.J. Cooke Dougie Donnelly Clare Jackson Julie Lin Mya-Rose Craig lan Buxton Eiliah Muldoon Stuart Graham Hannah Lavery Moray Watson Polly Pullar Linda Macleod Peter Roberts Sandra Ireland Justin Davies

          [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
          @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

          How Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” Inspired the Beat Movement

          With the 1957 publication of Kerouac’s On the Road, critics believed America’s “lost” literary generation of the 1920s had been overtaken by the Beat Movement.

          thecollector.com/jack-kerouac-

          A rectangular white street sign with black text reading "Jack Kerouac". A smaller sign on top points left with an arrow and the block number "000". The sign is attached to a vertical, green-painted utility or light pole on the right. On the left, a yellow building facade is visible, featuring neon-style signs shaped like a tea pot ("Tea") and a juice cup ("Juice").

          Alt...A rectangular white street sign with black text reading "Jack Kerouac". A smaller sign on top points left with an arrow and the block number "000". The sign is attached to a vertical, green-painted utility or light pole on the right. On the left, a yellow building facade is visible, featuring neon-style signs shaped like a tea pot ("Tea") and a juice cup ("Juice").

            [?](Older) RJT » 🌐
            @one@subconscioussignature.earth

            The Pelican of inkhorn juste milieu

            subspacewagon.systems/the-peli

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              [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
              @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

              Soul Searching by Lyla Sage

              For those who aren't sure what they're searching for. You'll know it when you find it.

              Alt...For those who aren't sure what they're searching for. You'll know it when you find it.

                [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                I have spent the past 6 months reading hundreds of poems by young people – I was surprised to find hope, not despair

                by Sean Murphy

                theconversation.com/i-have-spe

                Books in Poetry (including The Blue Poetry Book by Andrew Lang) at PG:
                gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf

                AND NOTHING ELSE SAW ALL DAY LONG. A detailed Victorian engraving of a young woman with flowing hair seated on horseback, leaning tenderly over an armored knight or figure resting against the horse's neck, set within a dense, twisted forest landscape with gnarled trees and rocky outcrops. The atmospheric, romantic illustration style is signed "L. Speed" in the lower left corner. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46515/pg46515-images.html#LA_BELLE_DAME_SANS_MERCY

                Alt...AND NOTHING ELSE SAW ALL DAY LONG. A detailed Victorian engraving of a young woman with flowing hair seated on horseback, leaning tenderly over an armored knight or figure resting against the horse's neck, set within a dense, twisted forest landscape with gnarled trees and rocky outcrops. The atmospheric, romantic illustration style is signed "L. Speed" in the lower left corner. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46515/pg46515-images.html#LA_BELLE_DAME_SANS_MERCY

                  [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                  @fictograma@mastodon.social

                  "La verdadera prueba no es no tener miedo... es seguir adelante a pesar de él."

                  Tres elegidas. Un gato que no es un gato. Demonios que se alimentan del dolor ajeno. La guerra comienza en el patio de una preparatoria. 🌙✨
                  fictograma.com/d/3348-guerrera

                    [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                    @fictograma@mastodon.social

                    "Esta noche solo iba a apagar un incubador... y acabé encerrado." Vlad cree que es un accidente. Pero cuando el vigilante encuentra su sesión abierta en un ordenador que no tocó, todo cambia. 🌙📷 ¿Qué esconden las...?
                    fictograma.com/d/3349-en-el-su

                      [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
                      @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

                      Pouring. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

                      [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
                      @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

                      Vertiendo. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

                      [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
                      @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

                      Remaining Nephentes. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

                      [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
                      @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

                      Restantes nephentes. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

                      [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
                      @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

                      Telepaths. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

                      [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
                      @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

                      Telépatas. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

                      [?]Solar Phasing » 🌐
                      @solarphasing@mastodon.social

                      Arwork for Dune by Illustrator and concept artist Alex Jay Brady.

                      imgur.com/gallery/arwork-dune-

                      Arwork for Dune by Illustrator and concept artist Alex Jay Brady.

                      Alt...Arwork for Dune by Illustrator and concept artist Alex Jay Brady.

                        [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                        @fictograma@mastodon.social

                        Agente Cleo Oppodd lucha contra una marea humana de postulantes, un siseo desde un farol y su propio expediente impecable. 🕵️‍♀️🚦

                        Mientras tanto, Polo llega tarde a su turno en la Cilindrería... y su compañero ya perdió... 🤯
                        fictograma.com/d/3350-conoces-

                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                          @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                          NIG. The clippings of money. Nigging; clipping. Nigler, a clipper. Cant.

                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                          --
                          @histodons

                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NIG. The clippings of money. Nigging; clipping. Nigler, a clipper. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): NIG. The clippings of money. Nigging; clipping. Nigler, a clipper. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                            @fictograma@mastodon.social

                            "Ser un escudo lo suficientemente fuerte para que no tengas que seguir con esa incertidumbre." 🛡️✨

                            Aiden y Erina encuentran refugio en una comunidad oculta. Pero el pasado no perdona, y las heridas aún sangran. ¿Confiar...?
                            fictograma.com/d/3351-restos-d

                              [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                              @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                              These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons by Ramzy Baroud

                              To Razan al-Najar (1996-2018): Martys don't die; they soar.

                              Alt...To Razan al-Najar (1996-2018): Martys don't die; they soar.

                                [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                Presentación. Silencio. Sudor frío. La puerta no abre. El verdadero terror no siempre mata... a veces solo te hace desear desaparecer.
                                fictograma.com/d/3346-cronica-

                                  [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                  @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                  Punto y coma; Capítulo 3. Parte 3
                                  Entre el deseo, la culpa y la manipulación, cada decisión acerca a Alejandro y Luis a un abismo del que quizá ya no puedan salir.
                                  fictograma.com/d/3345-punto-y-

                                    [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                    @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                    Abraham libera a Ewart, pero el mundo que despierta está consumido por el caos. Un traidor, una corrupción imparable y una carrera... 🌑✨
                                    fictograma.com/d/3347-los-hech

                                      [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                      @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                      "La verdadera prueba no es no tener miedo... es seguir adelante a pesar de él."

                                      Tres elegidas. Un gato que no es un gato. Demonios que se alimentan del dolor ajeno. La guerra
                                      fictograma.com/d/3348-guerrera

                                        [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                        @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                        "Esta noche solo iba a apagar un incubador... y acabé encerrado." Vlad cree que es un accidente. Pero cuando el vigilante encuentra su sesión abierta en un ordenador que no tocó, todo cambia.
                                        fictograma.com/d/3349-en-el-su

                                          [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                          @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                          Agente Cleo Oppodd lucha contra una marea humana de postulantes, un siseo desde un farol y su propio expediente impecable. 🕵️‍♀️🚦

                                          Mientras tanto, Polo llega tarde a su turno en la...
                                          fictograma.com/d/3350-conoces-

                                            [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                            @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                            "Ser un escudo lo suficientemente fuerte para que no tengas que seguir con esa incertidumbre." 🛡️✨

                                            Aiden y Erina encuentran refugio en una comunidad oculta. Pero el pasado no perdona...
                                            fictograma.com/d/3351-restos-d

                                              [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                              @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                              Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie by Rachel Corrie

                                              To those lost loved and remembered

                                              Alt...To those lost loved and remembered

                                                [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                                                @fictograma@mastodon.social

                                                Presentación. Silencio. Sudor frío. La puerta no abre. El verdadero terror no siempre mata... a veces solo te hace desear desaparecer.
                                                fictograma.com/d/3346-cronica-

                                                  [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                                                  @fictograma@mastodon.social

                                                  Punto y coma; Capítulo 3. Parte 3
                                                  Entre el deseo, la culpa y la manipulación, cada decisión acerca a Alejandro y Luis a un abismo del que quizá ya no puedan salir.
                                                  fictograma.com/d/3345-punto-y-

                                                    [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                                                    @fictograma@mastodon.social

                                                    Abraham libera a Ewart, pero el mundo que despierta está consumido por el caos. Un traidor, una corrupción imparable y una carrera... 🌑✨

                                                    📖 Los hechiceros y la piedra de los elementos – Capítulo 6: La sombra del caos
                                                    fictograma.com/d/3347-los-hech

                                                      [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                                      @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                                      Muddy People: A Muslim Coming of Age by Sara El Sayed

                                                      To my family—Mama, Baba, Nana, Aisha, and Mohamed. It is an honour to be part of us.

                                                      Alt...To my family—Mama, Baba, Nana, Aisha, and Mohamed. It is an honour to be part of us.

                                                        [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                                        @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                                        A Good Read: Louise Welsh & Chris Brookmyre

                                                        Currently on BBC Sounds: Louise Welsh & Chris Brookmyre join Harriet Gillbert to discuss two of their favourite books: ESPEDAIR STREET by Iain Banks and MEMENTO MORI by Muriel Spark

                                                        bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xzs1

                                                          [?]Nikolas Kozloff » 🌐
                                                          @nikolas@journa.host

                                                          Move over human here comes comedy nytimes.com/2026/06/28/books/r

                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                            COCK HOIST. A cross buttock.

                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            --
                                                            @histodons

                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COCK HOIST. A cross buttock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COCK HOIST. A cross buttock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                              [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                                              @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                                              The Last Gangster: From Cop to Wiseguy to FBI Informant: Big Ron Previte and the Fall of the American Mob by George Anastasia

                                                              For Angela, Michelle, and Nina. Luck be a lady.

                                                              Alt...For Angela, Michelle, and Nina. Luck be a lady.

                                                                [?]Walt » 🌐
                                                                @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                                                                Died this day: 06/28/2018 (b. 05/27/1934) Harlan Jay Ellison was an American science fiction writer. Ellison won 8 Hugo, 4 Nebula, 5 Bram Stoker, 2 Edgar, 2 World Fantasy and 2 Georges Méliès fantasy film awards. Best-known for the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever"

                                                                en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_E


                                                                @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

                                                                astralcomputing.com

                                                                Art by Juan Ortiz

                                                                This is a vintage-style cover designed to imitate a weathered mid-century movie poster, its surface deliberately aged with fine cracks, scuffs, and a faded patina — artifice, not damage. The cover art is by illustrator Juan Ortiz, rendered in the retro idiom of his acclaimed "Art of Juan Ortiz" Star Trek series. The background is deep slate-teal. At the top, small text reads "STAR TREK," then "HARLAN ELLISON'S." Below, in large cream lettering edged in burnt orange, the title fills the upper half: "THE CITY on the EDGE of FOREVER." Beneath it, in orange, "THE ORIGINAL TELEPLAY." Small pale stars scatter across the upper corners. The lower two-thirds centre on a large luminous off-white circle, like a full moon. Across it sits a clock face marked with grey Roman numerals. The clock's hands are formed by the silhouette of the starship Enterprise — its saucer and twin engine nacelles standing in for the hour and minute hands. At the clock's centre is a single stylised human eye. From it, a triangular orange beam of light projects downward, widening as it falls past a dark city skyline of silhouetted skyscrapers. Within the beam, a small figure of a man runs toward the viewer. At the very bottom, where the beam meets the ground, a second human figure lies fallen, motionless.

                                                                Alt...This is a vintage-style cover designed to imitate a weathered mid-century movie poster, its surface deliberately aged with fine cracks, scuffs, and a faded patina — artifice, not damage. The cover art is by illustrator Juan Ortiz, rendered in the retro idiom of his acclaimed "Art of Juan Ortiz" Star Trek series. The background is deep slate-teal. At the top, small text reads "STAR TREK," then "HARLAN ELLISON'S." Below, in large cream lettering edged in burnt orange, the title fills the upper half: "THE CITY on the EDGE of FOREVER." Beneath it, in orange, "THE ORIGINAL TELEPLAY." Small pale stars scatter across the upper corners. The lower two-thirds centre on a large luminous off-white circle, like a full moon. Across it sits a clock face marked with grey Roman numerals. The clock's hands are formed by the silhouette of the starship Enterprise — its saucer and twin engine nacelles standing in for the hour and minute hands. At the clock's centre is a single stylised human eye. From it, a triangular orange beam of light projects downward, widening as it falls past a dark city skyline of silhouetted skyscrapers. Within the beam, a small figure of a man runs toward the viewer. At the very bottom, where the beam meets the ground, a second human figure lies fallen, motionless.

                                                                  [?]Third Foundation » 🌐
                                                                  @rayckeith@techhub.social

                                                                  Farm to Taber: Farmer Politics: Jane Austen Tried To Warn Us

                                                                  youtu.be/rbcVCDr6PZI?is=AMU_g7

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