Stop the "Catapult Killer Influencers": Across the UK, children and teenagers are buying military-grade catapults hunting for "content". But now there’s something we can all do to end this sickening social media trend. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

“We don’t owe anyone anything” No, we do owe people kindness, respect, compassion, and humanity. We owe it to the next generation to create a society and world kinder and gentler than before. We owe it to our community members to stand in solidarity with them and be kind. We owe each other community

Maybe I should take it as a (rather tarnished) badge of honour, but a serial plagiarist operating under the alias "Patrick Whitney" has stolen one of my stories and passed it off as their own. Needless to say, I have instructed the editor(s) of the magazine in question to remove the story.

Never forget this: The forces undermining our democracy, rigging our economy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. We must keep fighting in 2026 and beyond.

Make A Difference In 2026 Please support our work by making a donation via PayPal. Every penny will make a difference. The money will help us procure vulnerable collections and return film treasures to the copyright holders. filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice. Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.

We are so close to the 10k signatures we need for the Government to respond to our @climatemajority.bsky.social petition calling for a funded National Climate Resilience Plan. Please sign now. It's a simple and easy thing you can do to make a difference. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Laying the table… milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com

Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower

It's time for my (writing) year's summation. vaughanstanger.com/2025-news/ TL;DR: A fairly quiet year with a couple of highlights ("Wheat Futures" published in The Growers anthology; a French language reprint of "Those We Leave Behind", which revealed an unexpected connection to a Soviet cosmonaut.

A set of extraordinary images of the natural world.

Agreed!

I have some small but perfectly formed news in the run-up to Christmas: - My space-themed poems, "Gravity Game" and "Venera 9" will be reprinted in the BSFA's Focus magazine. - My flash-length ghost story "Laying the Table" will be reprinted in the Milford SF Writers' blog on 23 December.

Now over 61,000 🚀

I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!

Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk

yes. this is the reason. the reason is not "it is always right". the reason is "it will always be better to have the BBC than to be relying on Musk, Truss and X for news".

I'm delighted to announce that Shacklebound Books have published my flashfic "Safewords for Sexbots" in their latest newsletter. This is my 60th published story. The newsletter, which includes flash fiction and publication news, is free to subscribe to here: shackleboundbooks.wordpress.com

Much applause in the room!

Hi bluesky I made you a giraph ok thanks

This is a lovely article. It cheered me up.

Updating my LEGO White House

write what you like reading because BOY will you read what you wrote a LOT if it gets published. dont mind me. im just reading this draft for a EIGHT MILLIONTH time.

Can’t find anything interesting to watch on TV? There’s always Space Live on ITVX. It’s a live view of Earth … from Space. (More info here: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...)

Follow Victoria to keep on top of publishing-related scams and scammers:

My most recent collection, Those We Leave Behind and other stories, has received some excellent reviews on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DY7V56T... "I am very impressed, not least because several of his stories really made me think ... I recommend them to any thoughtful reader of science fiction."

“I am optimistic about what we can do but deeply worried about what we will do.”https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/13/climate-investment-is-biggest-growth-opportunity-of-21st-century-says-economist-nicholas-stern

Fascinating podcast.

BREAKING NEWS: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a STAY in hashtag#RobertRoberson’s case, just seven days before his scheduled execution. innocenceproject.org/news/texas-c...

I'm delighted to announced that I've received an acceptance from 50 Give or Take (Vine Leaves Press, @vineleavespress.bsky.social) for my fantasy nano-fic "Hat Trick". It will be published in no. 1926 (Feb-26).

1. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here's the submission I made to a parliamentary committee. + 🧵 www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...

Film is Fabulous! has now obtained registered charity status! We urgently require your support to continue our work preserving vulnerable film treasures held in private collections across the UK. filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

Purrfect timeline cleanser.

Are you a published author of books? If so you'll want to know whether you may be entitled to representation (and maybe compensation) in the ongoing class action suit Bartz v. Anthropic, one of the copyright class action lawsuits involving AI. Pass it on! authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

This is a fantastic health breakthrough.

As one of late-diagnosed, fully agree...That recognition had made a difference for me. -- From Dr. Jen Wolkin on FB: It’s not 🚀science! People aren’t “suddenly developing #ADHD.” We’re finally seeing it. Naming it. Measuring it. Diagnosis isn’t invention. It’s recognition.

@oxygenleaks.bsky.social: Hi. I've tried to log in to your submission manager several times over the last few days but your website responds with "Server Error".

Trust us. www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...

Here's the Patreon link for the 100 Word Project post that contains my drabble "God of the Gaps" plus nine others. Some really clever stories (and mine!) on August's theme of "tooth". The free membership level will get you access to the stories. www.patreon.com/posts/100-word-project-138949330

I'm delighted to announce that I have sold a drabble to Manawaker Studio's 100 Word Project. "God of the Gaps" was my response to editor/publisher CB Droege's theme for August of "tooth". I'll post a link to the story when I can.

Indeed! Humanity’s most important invention (IMO).

Every now and then I figure I should remind people that I have two short story collections out in the world. 📖📖

Perfectly put.

One of my wife’s cousins is the editor of this new magazine about women’s sport. Please share this link with anyone you think might be interested. thenewwomenssportmagazine.com #lionesses #redroses

Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for #SFF & #horror writers! Featuring folklore, memory manipulation, romantic fantasy, neurodiversity, cemetery cats and DNA data storage. timjmajor.com/2025/07/08/o... #AmWriting #WritingCommunity Please share!