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Books, songs, scripts. Bram Stoker Award for Black Butterflies; Spur Award for Gunmetal Mountain. Lyrics for Blue Oyster Cult. Newest sf novels: SubOrbital 7, Stormland. Writer: The Crow. Deep Space Nine et al. Science & Vaccines. https://john-shirley.com
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💙📚 Also another novel i wrote is now being adapted for film--two drafts of the screenplay by some guy I never met, for a director i know of but never met--but I'm still being asked not to say anything specific yet.

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What scared these cowards?

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On Flag Day, June 14, there will be national protests against Trump/DOGE/ - the Musk/Putin administration - and its policies of kidnapping legal residents, and sending them to labor camps; its dismantling of all that is good in US govt...Its anti-LGBTQ moves, its assaults on the ecology..et al.

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I discovered Marc Bolan when it was just him and one other musician (someone remind me who!) in Tyrannosaurus Rex doing cool, eccentric, idiosyncratic folk music. And then he blew that off and went full electric, full rocknroll...Loved him. How'd I miss this movie about him made by...Ringo Starr!

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On Flag Day, June 14, there will be national protests against Trump/DOGE/ - the Musk/Putin administration - and its policies of kidnapping legal residents, and sending them to labor camps; its dismantling of all that is good in US govt...Its anti-LGBTQ moves, its assaults on the ecology..et al.

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“We’re living in a very algorithmically driven world..." They can introduce you to new artists, but they can also “rob you of the variety of emotional experience.” A result, he says, is “a hunger for a more authentic view" I think this phenomenon is good for us. gift link

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Trump has issued several executive orders targeting the LGBTQ community and pressured corporations to end diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) activities. The pressure campaign appears to be working.

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This reads like one of the small posts the New Yorker used to run to shore up a print column under the heading "There'll Always Be an England".

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The in-flight crew found the man dancing naked in the business-class bathroom, the Sun reported. Crew members dressed him in pajamas and restrained him in a first-class seat for the rest of the flight. British Airways said the incident was “a matter for the police”.

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“The Trump administration is trying to intimidate members of Congress,” Mr. Nadler said in an interview on Saturday. “They’re behaving like fascists.”

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Last week I signed an option deal on development of one of my book series (not sf), for a television series. I get paid something and then they work on a pilot and getting distribution. Not allowed to say more YET. Today, signed ANOTHER contract for book pub of my thriller The Silver Revolver.

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"DOGE stands for Department of Government Efficiency, although it is not part of the Cabinet. But as Musk departed government on Friday, many federal workers said DOGE has in many ways had the opposite effect." wapo.st/3HhnPSt by @hannahnatanson.bsky.social

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"As is the case with reading and writing a language, code is one of those things where if you don’t use it, you lose it. Early studies indicate that humans who use A.I. could become less creative over time." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...

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Want to swear but kids are around? Use these kid-friendly swear words! Source: buff.ly/41EcAcE

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I'm in this new anthology, Future Weird. Science-fiction stories that are particularly weird. A mix of reprints and originals--mine is very original...Includes tales by Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, Nancy Kilpatrick and Robert Silverberg. www.hippocampuspress.com/other-author...

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