🧐 For some reason I thought I had just 3d remaining in the month, so I didn’t think I’d be able to fit another read into March. But upon actually looking at the calendar I realise I have 5d 😯 Now I need to pick something short-ish. Hmmm 🤔💭 📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

🗞️ Blimey 😳 VER telling a journo he has beef with to “get out” as a #F1 press conference begins. On one hand I’d be stubbornly saying, “no.” And on the other I imagine my colleagues would all be hating me in that moment. What would you do? Keep turning up every time?🤔 🏎️ #Motorsport 🏁 #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵

🔊 The one about local drug dealers, phallic submarines, and favourite Papercuts columnists 😆 It’s all hugely jolly and fun, while face-palming at some of these people described… 🐴 and 🐕💩 🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻

🪫 I have remote temperature sensors 🌡️ dotted around my growing spaces, but a non-reading from one suggested it was battery replacement time. Discovered that my tab of CR2477 batteries was down to just one remaining 😱 Popped cap off, resolved. 👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱

📖 Since reading @debugmag.com issue 1 I’ve been trying to play the games I read about within that caught my eye eg. #Viewfinder, #SeaOfStars and Horace. But as this takes a while I think that’ll have to be an ongoing project. So today I’ve started reading issue 2 🤗 Moar games! 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️

🏍️ I’ve paid for premium sports channels since late 90s when I had an ONdigital (ONdodgy!) box which connected to a standard TV aerial (until they changed the channel frequencies and properly f-ed it up in 2001 I think it was). I just want racing motorbikes on my tellybox, man! 🏍️ #Motorsport 🏁

📺 Crumbs. Packed #Motorsport TV schedule this weekend… 🤓 🇯🇵 Japan #F1 #JapaneseGP 🏎️ 🇵🇹 Portugal #WorldSBK #PortugueseWSBK 🏍️ 🇺🇸 America #MotoGP #AmericasGP 🏍️ I’d best get some snacks in…

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

A quick question? Who is your favourite science fiction publisher/press? #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SciFiPublisher

🔊 The jolly one with all of the 🏨🎫 promo by @robzacny.bsky.social for @drewscanlon.bsky.social who has been thwarted by a 💍 event 😆 Also @dannyodwyer.bsky.social doing a proper 🤖 rant, good man 👊😁 I concur. 🏎️ #Motorsport #F1 #JapaneseGP 🏁 #Podcasts 📻

😤 Oh, FFS.

What's with the relative flood of generation starship novels in the last few years? I'm not complaining, I like generation starships, just that it's been a dead trope for decades, so I'm curious as to how/why it's suddenly coming back? Any ideas?

🔊 Saw a YT video about a band that I liked back in the day, so I watched it to find out what’s up. Of course, now I’m playing the records discussed, just to remind myself. 💿 #NowPlaying 🎶 on 🍎🎵

🍰 Decided to bake some basic Brownies with a few ingredients that needed using up. Prepared a wet mix with some melted chocolate ⬅️ which I stirred in ↗️ before folding in the dry ingredients ↘️ 👨‍🍳 #AmBaking 😋 #FoodSky #Food 🍽️

It's funny—it took me four years and three seasons to convince my dad, who's passionate about aviation and aerospace, to watch For All Mankind. And now he's the one sending messages saying, “Only three days left!!!” 😁

🔊 The one that opens with a #ZXSpectrumNext corner 😯 This will (soon 🤞) be my retro entry-point so I was delighted to hear this segment. Also enjoyed the adventure of figuring out how to play, and attempts at authenticity 🤓 🎮 #VideoGames ⌨️ #TextAdventures #InteractiveFiction 🗺️ #Podcasts 📻

Guys and gals… If you (like me) are still waiting on a pre-populated form for your Anthropic copyright claim, it’s probably NOT coming, despite what you have been told. The deadline is March 30th. Self submit while you still can!

🗞️ Oh good, I already just auto-delete 📧 from the C-suite folks. Just full of back-slapping old tosh 😤 They have a different lingo up there, and I don’t (want to) speak it 🙄

🎧 The one where @nndroid.bsky.social suggest Reform should go on a “Make Chocolate Great Again” campaign 😆 after @gavinesler.bsky.social reveals he doesn’t like chocolate 🫢 I’m a ‘bit’ of a fan so I gasped… 🥹 🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🌎 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻

Men need to women up and know when to help. This is the domestic violence hand signal.

the sad reality: your favorite local haunts (that indie bookstore with the queer book club, the game shop that hosts tcg nights, the cafe with local art shows, etc) are always teetering on the edge of closure every single month. just a reminder to show these places love whenever you can.

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🔊 The one with all the chuckleworthy bants about #MemeGP, musical taste, tissues, and football related meltdowns! 😜 Oh, and some motorbikes too ✊😆 I’m with @motomatters.com on the ⚽️ pain-levels, FWIW 🫣 🏍️ #Motorsport #MotoGP #BrazilianGP 🏁 #Podcasts 📻

So . . . I have a trad book (sci-fi/space opera) coming out this week, and I'm hoping to get the word out. Would love to do a guest blog post/podcast interview on someone's platform, if they'll have me. Please share!

😎 Getting the day’s #HammockTime in with my (first) non-fiction read of the month, Robert Napier’s “Voices from a Future Passed” history of Acorn and the #BBCMicro. So far I’m up to chapter 00000011 🤓 and there are lots of points I had no idea about 🧐 👨‍🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

📦 Got some 🌶️ 🫑 🍅 feed in for later in the season. 👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱

🔊 The one in which @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social notes “when the world of politics is dominated by an orangutan with an army in America breaking everything in the world…” before going on to tell us how to rush launch a newspaper 😯 🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🌍 #PoliticsAndAllThat 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻

🔊 The one in which @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social posits his recent position that “Space Opera is just a sub-category of Epic Fantasy.” 😳 Also interesting discussions around book clubs, how reviews are consumed, and series continuations… 🥹 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #Podcasts 📻

🥬 Some of the remaining over-wintered Pak-Choi plants are finally starting to rise up to flower. The timing’s not unexpected now. So I’m making some curry with these and other fresh garden veggies 🥕 plus some frozen 🌶️🫑🫛 from last year. 👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱

🐈 It’s #Caturday and #TheGuestCat has joined me for some mid/late March #HammockTime while I attempt (unsuccessfully!) to read my book ☺️

i promise you that whatever you think will happen next won't

📋 It’s Saturday! Objectives? 🤔 ⬛️ Sow seeds, particularly Beetroot. Soil still too cold for direct sow 🌱 ⬛️ See if I can finish my book 🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔳⬛️⬛️⬛️ 69% 📖 ⬛️ Watch #MotoGP #BrazilianGP quali/sprint 🏍️ 👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱 📚 #BookSky 🦋 🏍️ #Motorsport 🏁

☀️ Having to get up earlier these days to do the daily tray 🚶‍♂️ of all the 🌶️ 🫑 🍆 🍅 plantlings and seedlings out into the Greenhouse to enjoy some natural sunlight. I leave them outside as long as possible, until the temperature drops 🌡️ 👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱

🔊 Packed with factoids and comparisons, this insightful look at an SF Masterwork nudges me into wanting to try some Brunner for myself 🤔 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #Podcasts 📻

🔖 As we approach the end of March… I just finished my first book of the month 🥳 I have been struggling to find the time slices, but the ☀️ coming out has helped immensely in the last few days. So much so it’s even visible in my pages graph on The #StoryGraph. 📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

🔊 The one that gets incredibly excited just 4 minutes into the podcast! Later the panel “acculturates”* @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, with lots of 🇬🇧 references and deep cuts that the audience will get, resulting in a wonderfully deep sigh 😁 *new word! 🤓 🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻

📨 Received an 📧 from the ‘zon this morning revealing a new @palmerpickering.bsky.social coming soon 😯 A timely reminder that I have the first book in this particular series ➡️ 📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

Let's all pour one out for Battletech pods, an absolutely insane experience that was launched before most of you were born.

📬 Mention of space training and trading caught my eye as I’d read and loved some space logistics recently. So I picked up a copy of Nathan Lowell’s “Quarter Share” in today’s haul, 📕 “Trader's Tales from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper”. 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #MarchBookHaul 📦

🍪 I was so utterly delighted with these Biscoff Sandwich Biscuits that I decided to have another go with the remaining Biscoff Spread. Learnings from last time meant I filled them fuller and dunked them in much more liquid melted 🍫 for a better finish. Nom! 👨‍🍳 #AmBaking 😋 #FoodSky #Food 🍽️

📬 Got me a shiny new book in today’s book mail… “Prey of Angels” by @jcmberne.bsky.social which is Turn 8 of the #HybridHelix series. I’m a wee tad behind on reading Rohan’s story, so I’m on the case this year… 🤗 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #MarchBookHaul 📦

📬 Rather to my surprise I won this @solarisbooks.bsky.social giveaway! Guess what turned up in my mail? Yup, I now have @artofelaineho.bsky.social ”Cry, Voidbringer” and @roannelau.bsky.social ”The Serpent Called Mercy” in a shiny h/b edition 🤗 Tx! 📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #MarchBookHaul 📦

🔊 The one previewing the upcoming #BrazilianGP #MotoGP and also reviews the … 1989 race 😳 Plus @motomatters.com has hot takes that risks a mute, suggests @adamwheeler99.bsky.social , and offers pipe/slippers to @neilmorrison87.bsky.social as dreams are 💩 upon 😆 🏍️ #Motorsport 🏁 #Podcasts 📻

📬 When I saw @jparish.bsky.social highlight his newest book “The History of Metroidvania: Decade One: 1980-1990” from @darkhorse.com I knew I wanted one. It’s a gloriously weighty tome with many words and pictures! 🤗 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ 👨‍🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #MarchBookHaul 📦

📬 Received my first new paperback of the year today, and it’s a non-fiction history of Acorn, #BBCMicro, ARM, etc. that @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social highlighted recently. I reckon this might be my non-fiction read of the month for March. 👨‍🏫 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #MarchBookHaul 📦

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

☎️ The telephone rang…

🔂 Could I get a photo to sync? Nope 😤 Scrolled through a few pictures (which usually kicks the syncing into action 🤷‍♂️), restarted the app, plugged in power, even rebooted the entire portable camera device! All without joy. Swore at it a bit, unplugged power, threatening to take another 📸 fixed it 🤦‍♂️

🚚 Got some fresh compost delivered ahead of the next stage of potting up my army of 🌶️ 🫑 🍆 and 🍅 plants. Reserving my limited home made compost as bulk filler for pots, planters and topping up of beds when I get to digging the bin out 🪏 👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱

Right now, the UK is running mostly on wind and sunshine. When the Tories and Reform argue we should scrap Net Zero, fossil fuel companies and countries are speaking.