I was, quite briefly, feeling a bit poetic (despite not really liking poems). Two skeets and I'm wrecked. I'd love to hang for Late Night Write, but I need a nap.

Authors, one more time: 📣 ANY use of genai will get you onto my "do not read" list. Cover art, interior art, character pages, extras, bookmarks, ads, marketing material, website, all of it. Using it AT ALL means you do not respect or understand the damage that genai has done and actively does.

This is an issue of new tech. Everything has to POST. Then handshake. Old TVs, by the time the valves had warmed up, the signals were already there. They're still there, in the ether, and we could build devices to listen. Some do, but as a hobby. The corporation wants your dollar though.

Anyone else feel so mentally tired by week’s end that just finding the energy not to nap rather than write or read is a wee bit of a struggle? 😅

The idea of the 'Protestant Work Ethic' is one of the greatest singular meme viruses to infect society. Work for its own sake is the ideology of a forced labor camp; Not a virtue.

Current events continue to make me want to reassert my position

Motivation:

I woke up at 3am with a concept for a new character I need to insert in The Age Of Steam And Sorcery: Berk the Apiarist. Everybody feared Berk's Bees.

before embarking on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. one for your target (who TOTALLY deserved it), and the other for the first person who tries to tell you "maturity is knowing the best revenge is no revenge". then nobody else will stand in your way.

Ok, I know this is petty as hell. There are much bigger issues in the world. But for some reason this got right up my nose.

We're looking at the other exhibits and this is quintessentially Australian. Fairy bread: white bread slices, buttered and sprinkled with what we call "hundreds and thousands".

Silkworm, on the Commodore Amiga.

Someone's probably already said ZORK by now and I mentioned HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY the other day so I'll say MOONMIST just to keep the Infocomheads guessing

Vanessa entered this painting of her dad surrounded by his favourite things in the local fair. I guess the judges think her work is as good as I do.

Today is the day! www.amazon.com/Queen-Thorns...

Happy Book Birthday! (Late on purpose so different people see my repost 😉).

She’s still here! And she’s on itch too: danifinn.itch.io/the-world-wi...

I just saw a skeet about someone who orders a customised burger at fast food places to "ensure you get a fresh one". To all overworked burger slingers, I promise I'm not that guy. I just really don't like tomato on my burger.

I have zero skill at marketing, but I feel like it's time to switch up the old profile a bit. For the next little while my PFP will be from our anniversary in 2020, where we put on our wedding clothes again to relive the day. When I finally have a good mo day again I'll change it to show beard.

Today, from 4-6 PM (Pacific): come celebrate Fuschal Day! Every week, we sit down for #Discordian church services — that is, we'll get loaded and comment on old cartoons from @pubtoons.com. All are welcome! About: www.fsofcabal.com/holydays/fus...

Saw a post on the lack of lady LitRPG authors so here's a short list! @erinampersand.bsky.social @honourrae.bsky.social @quirkiltons.bsky.social @jamiekojola.com @abbybabble.bsky.social @authorlfrench.bsky.social @kthanna.bsky.social @kanundra.bsky.social @edenreddx.bsky.social

So, all my Aussie mates, matettes and non-binary mateors, our ABC has given us an avenue to have our say on the social media ban: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Jason Asano: Hey, I should do this thing. Shade: Mr Asano, I respectfully suggest that you do not. Jason: ToO LaTe! #HeWhoFightsWithMonsters

Do not punish the behaviour you want to see.

I'm making bsgetti & meatballs for dinner, but I'm using these meatballs:

I am getting so god damn tired at this fucking puritan bullshit PROCESS PAYMENTS YOU FUCKING PAYMENT PROCESSING FUCK

Bro, I hate comparison. Sometimes, for a second, the "x" amount of success someone has shrinks everything you have into something so insignificant, it's hard to see. Fuck that though man. Them popping off doesn't take away from what you might end up doing, nor does it invalidate your efforts now.

If you're ever in Japan, there's a shop called Don Quixote (www.donki.com/en/). They're everywhere and the damn song WILL get stuck in your head. Big or small, they all have a section dedicated to... questionable adult products. You'll find these on a shelf there.

Going to directly promo the books. I'd like for this not to be my worst book sales month by 3x any other month. Please pick up my books from one of the following: Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/anotherindie... PayHip: payhip.com/anotherindie... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/author...

Do you want to screen Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile in your town or city, unlike a cowardly major movie chain? Email us at [email protected]. We'll allow you to screen it for free. Yes, again, this is real.

This is what 90% of my Bluesky Following feed is like, boiled down to a thirty second video. youtube.com/shorts/8PbOg...

“I’m an eleven, but continue.”

Watching neo Nazis flood the streets a few weeks ago should have been an incredibly loud alarm bell for anyone who didn't somehow already know that things are not ok. #AusPol

Maybe! I think there are already many people who are quite loyal to their favorite narrators — especially romance, horror, and LitRPG listeners. There’s lot of info out there about narrators, if they care to look!

GenAl slop is the current bane of every reader everywhere. Someone I know, and value, got tricked into actually buying one of those books. I usually reviews those quietly on GR & Amazon, to warn people. But in this instance I'm making an exception. Why? It's in the review - okay it's more a rant.

I think it's important for the youth of today to know that the 5 1/4" (five and a quarter inch) floppy disk was called a diskette because it was the SMALLER type of memory at the time. The first ones were a whopping 8 inches square, and held a massive 240k. Yes, K. As in "thousand".

stop n smell da flowers ☺️

3D Printed “Book” Demonstrates Mechanical Actions

So far 80 books read, 74 reviewed and 16 rated. Discrepancy due to a shocking increase in Al-slop and my urge to warn people about it (only reading free samples of that). All my 2025 reviews, listed by month & with some subcategories 👇 -- #BookReview 💙📚 #IndieBooks 👀📚 #AmReading #AmReviewing 📚

I would be perfectly happy if my entire legacy was "Bluesky Moustache Guy". I'm proud of this thing. I grew it myself.

For people considering using AI for brainstorming. If you're not using your BRAIN it's not BRAINstorming. It's in the name, fcol. Go for a walk, to the gym, bake a cake, cook, do laundry, clean the house, work in your garden, listen to music, read a book, watch a movie - works 100 times better.

MySpace may be a thing of the past, but we can still post that One Song that perfectly encapsulates how we're feeling today. This is mine: youtu.be/vYtiAFKhRg4

Ever wanted to be wired and buzzed at the same time?

I've been practically living on panadol osteos since my crash ten years ago. They take away my pain management and you'll see cyber psychosis IRL.

Finished my copy edits of Disposable Magic, pending a couple details on read-through. Huge thanks to @amphipodgirl.bsky.social for her thoroughness, precision, & dedication to science in service of fantasy worldbuilding. This cephalopod romance/ecoterrorism book is gonna slap. Coming November-ish!

What a fucking mess... This is happening now, in Australia. Check your lease. Know your rights. #AusPol Alt text added.

The lamp is starting to take shape! (And size! The top piece had to be split into 4 parts in order for it to fit on the printer, so those won’t be done until tomorrow or Wednesday (then I have to print the finneal for the top). Hope to have it lit up and working in just a few days!

Um holy fuck?