Lovely to meet with Kayleigh today at The Travelling Bookshop on Sleaford Market and hand over an advance review copy of my forthcoming novel #FloodWatersDown. Advance review copies now available to interested media - DM me for details. #Booksky #ClimateFiction #ScienceFiction #BookSky

Great discussion today on Nicky Campbell’s Radio 5 Live phone in about AI and autonomy. Good to hear Brendan Nugent discussing his new book ‘The Sentient Ones’ as one of the callers. #Booksky #AI #novel

Had a great chat with Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning about AI — the hopes, the fears, and the strange places it’s taking us. It’s very much the territory of my novel #TheSentientOnes so it was a pleasure to jump into the discussion. Replay should be on BBC Sounds later today.

Flood Waters Down: climate collapse and a world drowning not just in water, but in its own arrogance, greed, and by the uncaring AI built to save it. Keep your head above water if you can — the future is here! Out 9th April by @simpsonclive.bsky.social #FloodWatersDown @cliftop.bsky.social

Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a new modelling approach that embeds collision risk into the earliest stages of Earth observation satellite design. #spacedebris #ManchesterUniversity #sustainability room.eu.com/news/new-too...

Red for danger - Donald Truss and Liz Trump. Two power-crazed, climate-denying leaders (one ex) who know exactly how to ruin a country - and have a decent go at the world. A carbon-heavy, empathy-light special relationship built entirely on self-interest.

It is 2026 and people are still asking the question “are floods becoming worse due to climate change?” At this point the only audience for this type of question is either those in a long term coma or those who will simply not listen to any science.

Britain may have just produced its first climate evacuees - we’re just not calling them that. An entire street is being bought & demolished because it can no longer be protected from flooding. Does the water always win? Read more in my latest blog post. simcomm.blogspot.com/2026/02/when...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy launches competition probe into DMGT’s Telegraph takeover pressgazette.co.uk/news/nandy-m...

Britain may have just produced its first climate evacuees - we’re just not calling them that. An entire street is being bought & demolished because it can no longer be protected from flooding. Does the water always win? Read more in my latest blog post. simcomm.blogspot.com/2026/02/when...

It's great to see a new Book Club starting this month in the cafe at my local pub The Brass Windmill in Helpringham. A good read, coffee, food and great company - what more could you want. #Booksky #Bookclub #Writer #Lincolnshire

Even at sea level, it felt like I was immersed in low cloud on this afternoon's short wander across the fen - eerie, silent and the air moisture-laden. Place and character inspiration for my upcoming eco-thriller #FloodWatersDown #photography #Lincolnshire #fens #water #author #Booksky

A Chinese mission to test resource technologies at the moon's south pole is taking shape — and may even include a humanoid form. #TheSentientOnes #AI #Booksky www.space.com/the-universe...

McSweeney was Labour’s Cummings. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

The NFU and many farmers pretty much believed the Brexit lies and voted for their own demise. Don’t make the same mistake with the vacuous promises of Reform UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gordon Brown continues to show political leadership Accepts his mistake with dignity Makes proposals to improve the health of our democracy What a waste that the gutter press destroyed his chance to be our prime minister www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Looking forward to meeting up with @authorbnugent.bsky.social at #Astrofest in Kensington Town Hall, London, today. Brendan will be signing copies of his new #AI thriller #TheSentientOnes in the upper exhibition area. Do drop in & see us if you're attending! #Booksky #author #astronomy #thefuture

This is the report I spoke of on #bbcaq just now - ministers tried to suppress it, were finally forced to release it after an FoI, but shamefully only published a redacted version. The first duty of Govt is to protect its citizens - that starts with being honest with us about scale of threat we face

Busy afternoon at European AstroFest in London and plenty of interest in ROOM Space Journal.

There's an irony in the Tories - who fought tooth and nail not to disclose their WhatsApp messages and private emails handing out enormous public contracts to their buddies - now asking Labour to hand over their comms with Mandelson (which don't appear to involve any public money).

Yes, quite. It's the biggest scandal of this administration, so far, probably. It's an average Tuesday under Johnson.

NASA has updated its potential launch window for its delayed Artemis II Moon mission and is now targeting 6-11 March. It's a moving feast and further updates will follow. Photo by Jacques van Oene at Kennedy Space Center.

More pointers as to how disastrous Reform in government are

Climate crash. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Exactly the point @zackpolanski.bsky.social just raised on Newsnight. Palantir UK government contracts need to be torn up for good.

Reform UK’s denial stance leaves #Lincolnshire people even more vulnerable to effects of changing #climate. centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

As climate change plunges us deeper into the mass extinction event that we are all living through. And more people get sick and die as a direct result of the activities of the fossil fuel industry, this is truly twisted and evil #TheSentientOnes #climatechange www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#Brexit - a disaster for many who voted for it. “Brexit has done… nothing good for UK fishing. Our fishermen have lost access to 12-mile limits, while French fleets continue to fish in our waters. Exporting to Europe has become more expensive and tangled in red tape.” www.newsbeep.com/ie/279979/

A PM is only as good as his most trusted advisors. Sir Keir should have been a bit more street savvy but McSweeney was pulling the Mandelson strings and, if I were the PM, he (Morgan McSweeney) would be out of the door tomorrow. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

When I heard a report about this social media site for #AI bots on the radio this morning I immediately thought of @authorbnugent.bsky.social and his new #novel #TheSentientOnes - if you think Moltbook sounds interesting then you should definitely ready it! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Beautiful shot this morning of the Artemis II stack as seen from the VAB at Kennedy Space Center by @roomspacejournal.bsky.social photo-journalist Jacques Van Oene. Go NASA!

🇨🇦 PM Mark Carney put it well in his book Values: society has confused “value” (market price) with “values” (social, moral and ethical principles). The EU is a values-based system: rule of law, democracy and human rights, checks on power... Align wisely, UK. 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 www.politico.eu/article/keir...

The River Slea in winter’s camouflage and looking full after the week’s rains. #author #photography #landscape #Lincolnshire

The #Lincolnshire #Fens desperately need new #flood defences. centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Always look in your rear view mirror. #author #photography #landscape #Colorado

The Earth is warming, rainfall patterns are changing, and sea levels are rising. These changes can increase the risk of heatwaves, floods, droughts, and fires. #TheSentientOnes #climatechange @cliftop.bsky.social #FloodWatersDown weather.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-chan...

It says lot about the editors running the BBC News website that they have opened the reader comments on ALL the news stories about Labour, but have not done so for the one about Reform Ltd which is leading the website

Reform UK rapidly becoming a care home for failed Tories as another rat jumps ship. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Verge has criticised Google for continuing to replace its headlines in Google Discover with AI-generated "clickbait nonsense". The outlet reported Google said the AI headlines are a feature, not an experiment, and that they perform "well for user satisfaction" www.theverge.com/tech/865168/...

A suppressed warning finally appears: ecosystem collapse as a national security threat eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/a-su...

We have a planning framework for most anticipated threats of climate change, but what about High Impact, Low Likelihood (HILL) events? centralbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

A government report on the national security implications of ecosystem collapse is finally out, and it’s even more shocking than feared | Prof Rupert Read

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

Hello #Bluesky. Huge thanks to everyone who’s followed & interacted with me since I set my new account up recently - fellow #writers, #authors & #publishers plus all those concerned with #space, #climate, #sustainability, future of humanity & our planet. What a great platform - let's do some good!