I don't know, but I can think of a few Hollywood celebrities who seem to be on the hunt for it.

Her work was magic.

TTW there is an emergency in Montenegro so you need to call friends in Serbia to help out. Thank goodness for international cooperation!

It's pride month, and I'm a queer nonbinary writer with queer nonbinary characters, most of whom are spiky and broken with razor blade hearts. The Shape of Monsters is out on Audible now, and in print soon. A reviewer called it 'Woke Cannibal Erotica' so you know it makes rightwingers mad ;)

Our last two cats would deliberately aim for the rug. We were all on a hairtrigger for the gulping noise to manoeuvre them to a wipe-clean surface.

Sometimes I still get angry about the two times during my Masters when my hard organizational or promotional work was attributed to someone else (different people each time) and/or dismissed entirely. I'm hugely wary of going back to university admin because I *know* this will happen again.

(2/2) Georgia Summers - @georgiasummers.bsky.social Mahmud El Sayed - @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social Robin C.M. Duncan - @robincmduncan.bsky.social David Green - @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social

Happy 30th episodiversary to Long Story Short, the podcast co-hosted by our Robin C.M. Duncan & David Green! May saw chats with Mahmud El Sayed on Arabfuturism and Georgia Summers on book writing versus bookselling. Listen now at the link below: @britfantasysoc.bsky.social (1/2)

Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework

Hand-Me-Downs (PS Publishing) is the first full Horror collection from our own Neil Williamson, featuring 'The Salted Bones' (Best Horror of the Year) and 'A Little Seasoning' (BSFA finalist). Pre-order yours at the link below: pspublishing.co.uk/forthcoming-... @neilwilliamson.bsky.social (1/2)

Congratulations to alumna Amal El-Mohtar on winning the Locus Award for Best Novella for The River Has Roots! Be sure to check out the audiobook for the full-on experience. @locusmag.bsky.social

These Broken Little Worlds is here! @bethkesh.bsky.social goodness incoming... Gotta share some appreciation for #NewConPress -- I've had so many books with bashed corners from big retailers that a carefully wrapped hardback in perfect condition is a genuine surprise.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

I'm going to wind up reposting most of Jay's thread. For all the issues I have with the RC church, the man does have a way with words.

"Scientific and technological advances, even in the medical field, are not easily accessible to the vast majority of people, as was dramatically demonstrated during the recent pandemic. [...] To think that new technologies will automatically benefit everyone is to ignore the evidence."

"while Al promises to boost productivity by taking over mundane tasks, it frequently forces workers to adapt to the speed and demands of machines, rather than machines being designed to support those who work."

"The pervasiveness of digital media fosters a culture of immediacy and hyper-stimulation, which gives rise to fatigue, boredom and apathy concerning the effort required for seeking the truth."

"Indifference to the truth leads, slowly but surely, to a descent into totalitarianism."

"a technology that merely classifies and optimizes what already exists can, however unintentionally, become an obstacle to change and growth. For an algorithm, an error is a flaw to be corrected; for a person, however, an error can be a catalyst for profound change."

"Our relationship with life seems to be in crisis today. Everything that appears as a "limit" -incapacity, illness, old age, suffering, vulnerability- tends to be seen primarily as a defect to be corrected, rather than as a reality through which our humanity matures and opens itself to relationship"

"When efficiency becomes the ultimate measure of value, human beings are tempted to see themselves as a project to be optimized rather than as persons called to relationship and communion. In reality, elevating any single dimension of human existence to an absolute is always a mistake."

"It is not enough to invoke ethics in the abstract; robust legal frameworks, independent oversight, informed users and a political system that does not abdicate its responsibility are required."

"For Al to respect human dignity and truly serve the common good, responsibility must be clearly defined at every stage [...]. In many cases, however, the internal processes leading to a result remain opaque, making it harder to assign responsibility and correct errors."

"when Al systems present themselves as neutral and objective, they end up reflecting and reinforcing the stereotypes or ideological bias of their designers and developers."

"If technological development advances without a corresponding ethical and social progress, the result may be an increase in means without a growth in humanity: "having more" without "being more.""

"More power does not necessarily imply something better. In this respect, the words of Romano Guardini remain relevant: "Contemporary man has not been trained to use power well.""

"The idea of "social justice" helps us recognize that injustices do not arise solely from the wrong choices of individuals, but also from structures, mechanisms and economic and cultural systems that produce inequality almost automatically."

"Like the natural environment, the "digital ecosystem" can be preserved or exploited, shared or monopolized. Solidarity demands that decisions regarding data, algorithms, platforms and artificial intelligence take into account not only the immediate benefit for a few, but the impact on all peoples"

"the Christian tradition has never recognized the right to private property as absolute or inviolable"

"persons have a fundamental value that takes precedence over capital and profit;"

"True fulfillment is not achieved by eliminating weakness, but through harmonious growth. It is found where freedom and responsibility are intertwined with mutual care and true solidarity, and where progress is measured by the dignity of each person and the good of all peoples."

"technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regulate and use it."

We have a stunning line-up for Cymera Event Horizon - Sat 6th June. Dan Collins Rachel Plummer Danielle Farrow reading the winning story from our short story competition Goldy-Looking Blanket EM Faulds MC for the evening is Pippa Goldschmidt www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

I'm hecking pleased announce that my new weird horror collection Hand-Me-Downs is available to pre-order right now! You can read all about it in the PS Publishing newsletter right now: preview.mailerlite.com/v5g0e1m4q5

Seconded. Also, right now I'm doing the critical portion of my thesis and I am having to write my way into the argument. Literally new ideas are coming out of me by working out the best way to arrange all this info BY MYSELF.

#PhDchat I hate that even in this late stage of writing my thesis, I'm still having to spend time reading papers. I know it's part of the process, and it's a useful paper, but I just want to write all the time now.

Just a few hours and E.M. Faulds' new collection These Broken Little Worlds (NewCon Press) hits the shelves! Feat. the BSFA Award-winning 'Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike', discover why her (pole-)star's rising at the link below. Buy: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as... @bethkesh.bsky.social

And now something fun. For every like this post gets, a real photo by me. I've done this before (one time I got over a hundred likes!). But let's do it again. And I will tell you about the photo Going to give you a freebie right off the bat. This is the photo I used in my post on generative AI.

Been awhile since I promoted my book. I feel a bit goofy doing it since it's now over two years old (and I'm still toiling away at revising the sequel), but I'm just boosting this for people who haven't read it yet and who *might* be interested. 100% human made.

So... apparently AI companies may be buying up rare books just to feed them to AI and shred them afterwards. If true, shades of the Nazi book burnings here. Just because they don't use fire doesn't mean they're not setting light to the world for personal gain.

Went out for a walk in the cold before temps go insane again tomorrow. Ah, the sensation of indoors being warmer than outdoors!

After taking a few days to read and process the EHRC’s new Code of Practice we have produced an in-depth summary of its changes & what we believe they mean for trans people & organisations who wish to be inclusive. You can read it in full on our website here: www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...

Eid Mubarak, if you're celebrating!

C'mon Fantasy Academic friends!

Looks like it's going to be a long night. Royal Mail's given me a 15 hour delivery window for this parcel.

Crime AND Punishment? In *this* economy?

I know this is a joke but, 1. Yes, we have dominant nipples 2. For most people it's the left one, regardless of handedness 3. The going theory 20 yrs ago as to why is that it's closer to the heart. Babies prefer nursing on that side due to the sound of the heart.