Tools for writing fiction lag behind tools for writing software - so I made a better one. craig-russell.co.uk/blog/2026-05... 📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BookSky

www.millersbookreview.com/p/no-books-a... #BookSky #WritingCommunity 📚

newrepublic.com/article/2067... 📚 #WritingCommunity #BookSky

acoup.blog/resources-fo... 📚 #BookSky #WritingCommunity

How are we feeling about using AI for editorial advice? Cos honestly, this shit is scary/impressive and I'm super conflicted. 90% of suggestions are valid. Is it helping me write better, or just better at what it thinks good writing is? Is there a difference? 📚 #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Writers

greensdictofslang.com 📚 #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Writers

I’m not lazy, I’m “actively sitting” www.sciencealert.com/not-all-sitt...

Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over “heroes” 📚 #WritingCommunity #BookSky #SciFi shreevatsa.net/post/douglas...

We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone

Interesting. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2575918...

I write all my fiction in markdown. I love it. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...

Tarrare, a Wikipedia daily article, led me to discover this wonderful book, The Glutton by @akblakemore.bsky.social Historical Fiction x Body Horror x Quiet Heroism #BookSky 📚

"Nostalgia is killing the future" ― Unknown

Hit a milestone today

Though I disagree with almost every point made in this video, I like it for its optimism. We need more optimism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0DU...

Almost got force-fed #IOS26 this morning. Turned off auto-update just in time...

Alongside climate change the aging population is one of the big challenges for our future. But the answer is certainly not “more babies” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This one chart tells the future of the world. In all regions (except Africa) working age people will support increasingly more non-working age people from now until the end of the century.

The head of the OBR resigned because they configured WordPress incorrectly www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Baby boomers are an actual demographic cohort. Gen X, millennial, gen z, gen alpha are not. The demographic divides that matter are: - did/didn’t buy a house before 2008 - was/wasn’t in school during the pandemic Everything else is arbitrary pedantry

My daughter described throwing something in the bin as a “parabolic disposal manoeuvre” and that’s just the best hing ever

Update my Books Read page. A year of reading, with little reviews. #BookThreads 📚 craig-russell.co.uk/books-read/

“Inequality is poisoning our economy and undermining growth - and yet politicians see tackling it as low priority or too risky” Julian Richer

I’ll hike an Iron Age hill fort in any weather, but autumn sun is my favourite.

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

Don’t live in London (or anywhere near) but still have friends abroad asking if we “feel safe” in the UK.

I do. I does not.

My goal for this year was to finish a first draft of Ageless - which I have..!! On read through it’s a bit lumpy, mid-paced and one character pops up after being killed off in the previous chapter but… it’s a proper bloody story and a damn good one at that. 💪 #WritingCommunity #SciFi 📚

Oh maaaan! If you can get yourself a copy of this you should, it’s such a great tale. 📚 #BookSky

I heard about the Lykov family, who lived alone and isolated in Siberia for 50 years, and tracked down a copy of this book written by the journalist who visited them every year after they were found. I’ve really been looking forward to reading this one. #BookSky 📚

Oh that’s funny cos Dec 5 is actually “World Peace Prize Day” when we ALL get to give a peace prize to whoever WE want to #WorldPeacePrizeDay2025

So many great recommendations www.reddit.com/r/scifi/s/rb... #SciFi

Why does this vendetta mask have an accountant’s hair cut?

Figured it out on a dog walk... An earlier (3 chaps back) incident happened without clear purpose, meaning the motivation for this scene wasn't clear. Characters aren't furniture, they can't be moved around without a reason. I'd forgotten that. Now I know what's happening and more importantly why

On advice I’ve sketched out the scene. Helps to see it more clearly

I’ve got a scene. I know how it begins and I know how it ends, but gaaad it’s a struggle to write. Words are dripping out agonisingly slowly. A sentence a day is still progress though right?? #BookSky #WritingCommunity 📚

Morning. Here’s some ceiling photos I took a while ago. Guess where they are?

Incident.io tracked 1.5 years of person-time responding the Monday's AWS outage. Of course the true cost across affected organisations is much, much, higher. incident.io/blog/service... 1/2

Some people happen to stop aging and live for ever

We are on the cusp of a new type of society Financial Capitalism → Sustainable Capitalism Representative Democracy → Digital Democracy Nation States → Global Governance www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5k7...

Whoever you are, my one #Canadian reader, I love you! 🇨🇦

Seems to be working, she’s fell asleep with them still going off

Noise cancelling headphones while the fireworks are going off