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Just as a reminder, The Keeper's Six ebook is STILL ON SALE for a mere $2.99 (across multiple platforms). This sale continues throughout May.

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John: We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean. T-800: I asked chatGPT. People is America's #1 source for celebrity news. As such, it was already made upon foundation in 1778, when Twisted Sister released her first hit single, "We're Not Gonna Make It". Other songs by People include:

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

The sheer relish in the WW2 veteran's voice on his second "Let's go," is just a joy to cherish.

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

You know the rules. 😍

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Heard a great talk by a commercial airline pilot about safety regulations for pilots compared to surgeons. I asked if older pilots get mad when younger pilots voice safety concerns because they think the only way to be a great pilot is to work while exhausted and he looked at me like I was crazy.

submitted 2 days ago • 36 comments

*me, lying facedown on the bed, yelling into the mattress: "WHY DO THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T FUCK AROUND ALSO HAVE TO FIND OUT"

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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of New Mexico have developed a tau-targeting vaccine that could help PREVENT the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In preclinical trials, the vaccine REDUCED pTau, IMPROVED memory AND motor function, and REDUCED brain atrophy with NO major side effects. 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 2 days ago • 107 comments

What the everloving fuck.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Oh look, new fear has dropped

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I know it's tempting to do the 'EVERY SINGLE WORLDCON IS TRASH' thing. But imo the Glasgow team hosted a genuinely great event & deserve better. They quashed an attempted vote rigging, they established transparent Hugo processes, and their programming was thoughtful, accessible and exciting 1/3

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

I wish we could hear her sing

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There's no ethical way to use AI. It runs off stolen work and destroys the planet in the process. You can't make stolen art or damaged ecosystems ethical. Don't use AI.

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Douglas Adams’ short story “Young Zaphod Plays It Safe”, mentions Aorist Rods, which are a cheap form of energy that burn the past as fuel. Some people object to this, and are accused of progress-blocking sentimentality. 1/2

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

I am in Spain at the moment, and let me tell you, the end times suck. We have the power back after 10+ hours but phone/internet is still spotty at best. I hate this timeline so much.

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Into the light we go as we head towards Beltane on Thursday. Sunrise is now very close to central archway of St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. Photo taken this morning.

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

This is incredible.💗🏳️‍⚧️ Rhianna Pratchett and Rob Wilkins spent the whole week digging through Sir Terry Pratchett's archives to find an incredibly rare signed first edition of Monstrous Regiment for the Genre for Trans Rights charity auction. bit.ly/genrefortrans. It's already over £1000!

submitted 10 days ago • 11 comments

I refuse to believe it has to be this fucking hard all the fucking time, but then the people who believe it has to be this fucking hard all the fucking time make it equally fucking hard for me, too, and the only reason is that they believe it has to be like that for everyone, no other reason.

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Telling my students I invented the most American literary device ever called “Rambo’s gun”, based on Chekhov’s gun, in which after an object like a gun is introduced into a story it’s THE ONLY THING the character uses to solve a problem.

submitted 12 days ago • 12 comments

Please don't ever do this. I knew someone who used to share nuggets from the slush pile in a private group, and I was mortified to see people shamed for the courage to submit their work. Yes, some manuscripts are bad. Chances are, the writer still poured their heart into it. You shouldn't mock them.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Sweet Jesus. There are no words for how awful this sounds.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Speaking of conventions, for Worldcon-going types who'd like to see it in Europe again, you can support the 2029 Dublin Bid here. dublin2029.ie Dublin in 2019 was amazing.

submitted 15 days ago • 8 comments

A Conclave implies the existence of a Convlex

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Eastercon was amazing and I had such a great time and met so many wonderful people! Now if only my suitcase would pack itself...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

It's not every day translators sign books they worked on, but it's for a good cause! @laurenbeukes.com has rare first editions and foreign language editions of her novels (I translated 3 into Hungarian) in the dealer's room @easterconuk.bsky.social to support the fight for trans rights, go get them!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

This soft apocalypse we live in, like an empty office building with all the lights on at dusk on a Holy Saturday

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Esto resume todo extremadamente bien y tendría que tenerlo todo el mundo grabado a fuego en la cabeza:

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

One of the worst parts of travelling is figuring out public transport (tickets and where to buy them) in a new place. Am I getting too old for this? + I blew my lunch money on blueberries and raspberries. I think I need more coffee to function. Or more sleep.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

We shouldn't human traffic guilty people to foreign death camps, either, actually.

submitted 20 days ago • 75 comments

I guess it's raining to ease us into Irish weather at our destination #goingtoeastercon

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– Seamus Heaney, born #OnThisDay in 1939, in Personal Helicon from Eleven Poems.

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You can now register for the Mythological Game Studies Conference (22-24 May, online)! We'll have around 30 presentations on mythology & games, a dev roundtable, and more. Head over to mythgamescon.wordpress.com for the conference schedule and abstracts! @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social #MythGames2025

submitted 27 days ago • 5 comments

I was visiting my mother last week and heard this song on the radio as we were driving around and I'm completely hooked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXIa...

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