Me, earlier: I have a sneeeaaking suspicion that I am going to get some good news today 😏 Phone rings, unknown number. Me: Oooh! I pick up. It's a teacher from my child's summer program, informing me that they are feeling sick. Thanks for nothing, intuition.

also new guidelines for short stories before hitting submit

We and everywhere need to build a clean grid that is probably doubled in size, and also smarter and more resilient and more efficient, so that vulnerable folks don’t die in heat waves and that we can electrify our cars, (more efficient) buildings, and factories. Not doing that increases suffering.

The US government has been monitoring the AMOC in Icelandic waters. They recently announced that they are pulling the funding for it. Icelandic authorities are trying to figure a way to do it themselves.

He probably wanted a walk AND Hlöllabátar but he only got walk

Guess what he wants

Special circle of hell for gays who are transphobic 💜🌈✨

Uggi’s face when I told him that the first foreign rights offer for DEAD WEIGHT just landed in my inbox

multiculturalism is pretty great

shall we have a road trip from Middleton Stoney to Stoney Middleton

Btw, found it at our bookstore!

OF COURSE THERE IS A GERMAN WORD FOR WHAT I AM

Bsky, is this a compliment or an insult? I can’t tell.

Update: I did and no one complained.

Devoured @hildur.bsky.social ‘s latest in one sitting #booksky

Is it rude to go to the theatre with a bun in your hair? Relevant information: I am very short.

just a suggestion for your group chat

Afternoon

This book is so good. I listened to the audiobook in a single long work session in the studio.

It’s tomorrow : hannesarholt.is/vidburdur/du... @hildur.bsky.social @arniheimir.bsky.social @morgunbladid.bsky.social

This is a very satisfying book

Good morning

Reason #1,000,000,000,000 why we should tax the rich.

If my bathroom starts giving me beauty tips I will burn it down. I'm turning 42 next week. I am entering my crone era. If you give me tips on wellness I will destroy you.

Also, today it was 19 degrees Celsius in Reykjavík. A meteorologist said it would probably be the hottest day of the year. I met a group of students from New York (I often meet visiting students) and when I told me them, they were like: “THIS!? Hottest day of the year??” Then they laughed.

Is @hildur.bsky.social’s Dead Weight the first novel to feature Bluesky? We may need an official ruling from @joshuajfriedman.com….

Behold: Me and Uggi at the bar directly across the street from Hlöllabátar. He is feeling victimised because he has only gotten ham there two times today (on a walk with me this morning and then with my daughter in the afternoon) and he was not allowed a third try.

buy @hildur.bsky.social's book, the first* book to mention Bluesky! (*pending verification from Mayor @joshuajfriedman.com) bookshop.org/p/books/dead...

After what I've seen on here the last few days, don't ever let anyone tell you Bluesky makes no impact in the real world. The money this place has helped raise for people here in Belfast has been astounding! The politicians and media aren't really here, but the people who give a shit are.

Good morning

Uggi’s face when I told him that the first foreign rights offer for DEAD WEIGHT just landed in my inbox

Women: if you think men have a poor understanding of female anatomy, just you wait until AI replaces your gynecologist. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LOOK AT BREAD ROLL

“I see you’re having racist riots but nobody has died! Have you considered giving everyone guns?”

Behold the cover for the Swedish translation of The Night Guest! Coming in August.

wow that's a lot of group chats i've already been invited to. if you haven't yet been invited to any group chats i bet it's because everyone secretly hates you

Over on Whatever, I talk about the legit business email I got that was written with "AI," why I thought it meant the sender's domain was hacked by scammers, and why using "AI" in business emails automatically lumps you in with scammers and frauds. Don't do it! whatever.scalzi.com/2026/06/11/p...

Whoa, Bsky group chats!

I've got BOOK TOUR NEWS! Yes, my dragon is taking flight. Join me this July for shenanigans in NYC, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington DC, and Baltimore! Where exactly can you see me? I’m glad you asked!

what the

When I die they are going to write "She spent her life waiting for emails" on my gravestone.

Afternoon

I am so constantly, ceaselessly, and quite genuinely angry about how AI slop has started to ruin fun animal videos on the Internet.

Iceland is a volcano Iceland is an earthquake Iceland is an avalanche Iceland is a shipwreck Iceland is a snowstorm Cattle-killer, harvest-failure, hunger-maker Experience it.

The view I woke up to

Behold the cover for the Swedish translation of The Night Guest! Coming in August.

If you got AI to write your book you didn’t write your book. Stephen King wrote your book. Octavia Butler wrote your book. Jilly Cooper wrote your book. Dav Pilkey wrote your book. Lisa Jewell wrote your book. I wrote your book. Every author whose work has been digitised wrote your book. You did not

Stokercon (& Dublin) book haul. Had to be conservative due to luggage space... or perhaps not. Feat. @mollymcghee.com, @hildur.bsky.social, @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, @deenahelm.bsky.social, @natcassidy.bsky.social and A. L. Sterling.

It’s 11 pm in Reykjavík but the sky still looks like this so how are you supposed to go to bed