I’ve been trying to put into words the experiences that led up to and detailing, my brief hospitalization in January and going forward from there. Here’s the first part of what will probably be three to four parts, but who knows? mareidlobatto.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/h...

I’ve been trying to put into words the experiences that led up to and detailing, my brief hospitalization in January and going forward from there. Here’s the first part of what will probably be three to four parts, but who knows? mareidlobatto.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/h...

The UW-Health cardiology department has the best hold music, it’s making me expect to see Bettie Page do a strip-tease. Is this the right music for someone with cardiomyopathy?

What a fucking shot holy shit

Had a moment where I was thinking about how Absolute Batman has a pretty good rep now, but if it botches the landing later on; I wonder if it’s going to be looked at as “Too tryhard” in the exact same way people today look at older DC edgelord things like Section Eight. And then I saw the cycle.

Sincerest thanks to everyone at @tfnationltd.bsky.social last weekend for being so sweet, patient and welcoming to my kid. It really meant a lot! Thanks to the TFN team for another banger show, and to each of you who grabbed prints, books and original commissions from me too! You keep me going!

I've seen people trying to defend it today by saying "No, no, I just use it to brainstorm, bounce ideas, I do the actual writing" and with all the kindness in the world I need to tell you: if there is a stage of writing you are not good at, you need to get good, not use the plagiarism machine.

Obsesssssed with this pose on the cover of this James Bond manga by Takao Saito.

Toad’s just happy to have been invited.

Run, do not walk, to your podcatcher. Download the entire first season. It's one of my all-time favourites and I will be hopping onto the Patreon for this one.

*taps the sign* Let people dislike you. You don’t want to be friends with people who don’t like you. People block for completely random reasons. Authenticity threatens certain individuals & insecure people need a common enemy to talk smack about - genuinely, who cares what they think.

If I ever said something that wildly overtly dumb in a professional context about my actual profession I hope someone would love me enough to take me gently but firmly by the shoulders and say “You need to be quiet”

Has this guy always been out there proudly running his mouth about how unbelievably fucking stupid he is and I simply missed it until now or is this a new development

My hot take on Star Trek is that each episode should be about some recognisable science fiction concept (At the time TNG kind of created a dictionary of basic SF ideas: the one about parallel universes / AGI / nanotech / etc)

Something in the Weir

I brought new jeans… I’m down to a 40 size waist instead of the 42 size I’ve been for a while. Woo. Fucking. Hoo. #heartfailure #weightloss

Andy Weir discourse also reminds me of the long running subplot in the Just King Things podcast as Stephen King sets out his "themes? meanings? I'm just an entertainer brother" stall early on and spends decades kinda sorta walking it back as he realises his books actually do have a lot of that stuff

And then for the main event, we finally climb the mountain that is Star Trek V- The Final Frontier where Bones gets to spread his theatre chops, Spock nerve pinches a horse, we meet a Big Giant Head. Also Shatner gets to have a little run around, good for him. Rank and review, Go Climb a Rock! (3/3)

To begin, we delve to the strange animated realm of ‘The Magicks of Megas-Tu’ and discover that not only did Satan canonically exist in #StarTrek, but he’s fun to have a pint with! How did the FCC let this slide? We don’t know, we’re British and for us it was Mary Whitehouse and Video Nasties! (2/3)

It’s our 80th episode and we’ve hit our 200th unit of #StarTrek! And we’re celebrating that by covering Star Trek V: The Final Frontier to put on our big list of best to worst, but we pared it with an equally theological episode of Star Trek to match! #Treksky (1/3) open.spotify.com/episode/5AxU...

Then the main event, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, which is better than I remembered it being. We discover another secret Sarek offspring, mind control the Enterprise’s crew with telepathic therapy and go climb a rock (with some corrections about mountains from my beloved).

Our 199th item recapped and ranked is the incredible Star Trek: The Animated Series episode, “The Magics of Megas-Tu” where all historical wizards are confirmed as Star Trek canon interdimensional entities, as is the devil, and he’s kind of nice?

Casual Trek’s celebrating two landmarks: 80 mainline episodes and our 200th piece of Star Trek media which we’re recapping and then ranking on our list to best to worst, while trying not to be a dick about it! #StarTrek #TrekSky Check us out here: open.spotify.com/episode/5AxU...

I think it is good and healthy for culture to allow franchises to die

This film deserves more attention.

Fucking FUCK. I just got a text saying our car has been assigned out for repossession. I need to get them a payment today or we’re cooked, and we just sent out a huge rent payment. Please help, and please share. ❤️ PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy

Yknow its really interesting how people trying the whole death of the author argument to defend the wizardslop always cite long dead artists as examples. Its always “oh can you still enjoy Picasso?! Or Wagner??” Never can you still enjoy Neil Gaiman. Almost like They Know hmmmm

Jirelric lol #digitalart #sketch #doodle #meme #memeredraw #swordandsorcery #jirelofjoiry #elricofmelnibone

It's Marina Sirtis' Birthday. Can't think of a better time to re-share this pic of her reacting to an incredible Demona cosplayer.

Middle age is thinking "I'd wear that" at every Columbo killer.

As a disabled author who knows dozens of others, the amount of writing that doesn't get done because basic needs are out of reach makes me sick on a weekly basis. We could help so many people if we'd just help some people.

The explosion of British pop at in the sixties, from film to music to clothing etc was a direct result of that generation getting an unheard of level support from the govt.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

Everything else in the world can "go on asking for money" - wars, corporate bailouts etc - but not arts, entertainment or news. Noooooo they have to just "find their way" in the marketplace of ideas. Fuck off, Grade, Chris Morris was right about you.

idk I get very worked up by the "keep politics out of Star Trek" weirdos. Star Trek means *so much* to me, y'know? It was watching Star Trek - especially TNG - as a kid that was one of my formative exposures to big "serious" art based around learning and diversity. Trek directly led to Magica Riot.

There are zero politics in my novel about a fantasy martial arts theater with only queer performers. None whatsoever.

The Romulans were created to tell a story about how people shouldn’t shoot at each other.

RIP Shinichiro Sato, the drummer for The Pillows. Most people know them for their contributions to FLCL, but they were one of the most consistent rock bands in history. 20 studio albums over 30+ years, not one of them bad. Here's four of my favorites. Living Field especially is an all-timer.

For Woke Week, I make the case for Clive Barker's Nightbreed - a lurid, pulp masterpiece butchered on its release. It knows who its enemies are - the cops, the state, and a straight society that seek to control and manipulate people for being different. Also it's sick. aftermath.site/nightbreed-m...

i once saw someone saying that Emma Thorn "ripped off Contra Points" no, no, no...no theater kids are just like that

mareidlobatto.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/s... I’m still here.

Mass market paperbacks were always my favourite format. Made the idea and the feel of a book so exciting - a compact self-contained world you could carry round in your pocket. Genuinely sad they’re going. Trade paperbacks are just the ‘cheap’ version of a hardback. Not their own thing at all.

NOMINATE FREE PLANET VOL 1 FOR A HUGO AWARD. A geopolitical space opera about the first completely free planet / future history, interpersonal drama & military action / charts, graphs, maps & infographics / a holistic approach to the comics page. Nominations are due March 28. www.lacon.org/hugos/

I’ve never seen a picture of a chicken go harder than this

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

I'm sorry but the existence of such a person is incredibly funny to me

This is the secret to the output of so many prolific artists. There's someone to do all the other stuff. Fine and dandy if you can afford it, or swing it some other way, but it's so often completely invisible.