ChatGPT just now : The word **blueberry** has **three** “b”s: * **B** lue**b**erry → one at the start, one in the middle, and one right after it. It’s a surprisingly “b”-heavy fruit for such a small snack. Me: Holy shit.

Exclusive: HHS Has Revived a Failed Program to Scrape Americans’ Data and Track Autism, Senate Suggests

Just finished "The Tales of Catt and Fisher (After the War Book 3)" by Justina Robson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Freda Warrington, Juliet E McKenna, KT Davies. 5 stars! @justinarobson.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social et al., you done REALLY good.

cat being abducted prints to usa: www.inprnt.com/gallery/guil... t-shirts, prints and much more merch to usa, europe and oceania: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1667...

I have been waaaaaaaaaaaaiting for thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis. Do. The. Thing.

Bumping this little fact for the weekday crowd!! The books in this sequence each stand alone and do not need to be read in publication order.

It's difficult to find something to put at the top of my Most Worrying list but I think this might be it.

Elizabeth Warren: "We have Republicans, in theory, they could stand up to him. But I say 'in theory.' It's the most spineless bunch of people I've ever seen."

I am a writer in a very slow real-life drama. I have ADHD and start projects with huge enthusiasm only to crash and burn a few weeks later. In an effort to prevent this happening yet again I started a newsletter. Here's the second one open.substack.com/pub/justinar...

I am a tech expert in a film. I will try to fix code by clacking a keyboard like I'm playing Rachmaninov. All the text on the monitor will appear with little beep-boop noises, with extra noisy beep-boops for images. I will be defeated by a hacker who sends me an animated pop-up of a laughing skull.

Welcome to Jill Zeller's latest collection of wild and wonderful stories, STORIES FROM THE LEFT HAND WORLD BOOK 2. An original collection in #Ebook from Book View Cafe. *Stories from the Left-Hand World, where reality is never what you thought it was.* bookviewcafe.com/book/stories...

I am a villain in a film. I have oodles of money with no obvious source and am going to bring about the end of the world. I will have every chance to kill the spy sent to kill me but I won't take it because of my need for them to validate me by listening to my bullshit reasons.

open.substack.com/pub/thenorth... There is no more Beit Hanoun. I said those words out loud as I watched the drone footage that you can see above. I’ve seen studied tens of thousands of videos from Gaza. But this? This isn’t a battlefield. It is an aerial view of total erasure.

This is how we beat the dishonest media

The Brazilian government should penalize the entire Baptist church, because the church itself condones this, and going after individual preachers won't stop the problem.

All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

NEW: Many of the world’s vital sources of underground fresh water took millions of years to form and could require thousands of years to refill, as water mined from them largely ends up in the rising oceans. Researchers warn: This drying is now nearly impossible to reverse “on human timescales.”

Now even the spiders are masking.

Book View Cafe is thrilled to announce Alicia Rasley's first release at our store: ROYAL RENEGADE, book #1 of her Lords of the South Coast series. Thrill to this Regency romance in a race to make royal marriages after the heir's death! Read a sample! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

Gaza Soup Kitchen work to feed the people currently being starved by the Israeli govt. If you’d like to join me in donating, here’s their website: gazasoupkitchen.com

I do this all the time, especially when donating services to a charity. Otherwise, people are apt to assume that your work is worth nothing.

We need #ShortStories & anthologies on our e-readers! Book View Cafe is happy to offer a new collection by award-winning author Marie Brennan. THE ATLAS OF ANYWHERE. *Seek out extraordinary lands . . .* #fantasy #dragons #pirates #thieves #StrongFemaleProtagonist bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

All I can really think about when people start arguing against lifetime copyright for artists for their work are all the older comics artists who made the mega franchises you love...who have to beg for healthcare & financial support.

Future Fiction #337 – Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books Welcome to Future Fiction, my reimagining of the Waiting on Wednesday meme! There are so many amazing new books coming out, that I can no longer pick just one. My goal with Future Fiction is to share at least three new books each…

I'm chairing an event at Bradford Waterstone's on 30 June as part of the Bradford Book Festival - featuring Peter F Hamilton and Adrian Tchaikovsky as the stars of the show. Come and enjoy a fun chat if you're in the area. www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/out-of...

BVC presents DESCENDING FROM THE MOON by Steven Popkes. LeRoy Parkin had a secret: a project to raise the intelligence of chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, & baboons to human levels. Then the apes began discussing who they were and what they wanted. . . . bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

Reproductive rights are under attack! Take 2 mins to write to your MP TODAY to demand that abortion is decriminalised action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...

Slowly making it through my short story backlog and finally got to "Liberation" by @tadethompson.bsky.social Love this story. African politics, colonial legacies, ingenuity and hope, beautifully written. Big fan of science fiction that is deeply rooted in reality. #SFF #SciFi #BookSky #shortstory

28 The Vengeance by Emma Newman What a story!!! Sapphic pirates, found family, werewolves, vampires, swashbuckling, intrigued and mystery!! I loved this so much and can't wait for the next one!!!

Excited because THE PRINCESS AND THE SLAYMATE is out, another book in @sherwood.bsky.social 's Dobrenica series! "Prisoner of Zenda" adventure promised, as well as two cousins, one a new princess, one a vampire, working together to save their tiny magical country. bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

Do you love epics, fantasy, Celtic Mythology? Then Greg Frost has got a book for you. It's the return of Cú Chulainn, the defender of Ulster, as he confronts his own legend. Meanwhile, Queen Maeve the Intoxicator & the Morrigu plot his ruin. At #BookViewCafe! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

Philadelphia, 1950‘s: a boy, a baseball, a cockroach. Unlikely place. Unlikely characters. Unlikely love story. Book View Cafe brings you @mayakbohnhoff.bsky.social's very personal fantasy A PRINCESS OF PASSYUNK in #ebook. Where Maya proves there's New World magic! bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...

Please repost. I've been to some LABRC conferences and they are so interesting. Don't miss out on your favourite things! labrc.co.uk/2025/04/09/b...

I'm writing some fantasy this year. Dipping a toe into the deep, dark and mysterious pond of romance. Probably bumbling into every cliche in existence on the way.

Would you like to volunteer as a juror for the British Fantasy Awards? Apply here forms.gle/7y5prY9AsKXu... by 9th May. You do not need to be a member of the BFS to serve as a juror

Honestly, the books being published for children today are just incredible. Amazing voices in this one. Beautiful, honest writing. Heartwarming stories that everyone needs to hear.

The world feels so bleak I almost didn’t post this… but fear and misery is what they want, so screw them! Out today! A YEAR OF PRIDE & JOY - 52 inspirational LGBTQ+ folk, from all walks of life, talking about JOY! Art by Ruth Burrows, curated by me. www.waterstones.com/book/a-year-...

There are some incredible things on this charity auction from some great writers. including: Hand knitted fox scarf by @ngjeannette.bsky.social Trilogies by @julietemckenna.bsky.social Recipe cards by @aliettedebodard.com & much more! All going to Charities fighting for Trans Rights Check it out

"This is a blatant infringement of the Author’s copyright" Thank you to @carolynharris.bsky.social for raising awareness in Parliament of our petition with over 50,000 signatures calling for action following Meta’s use of 7.5 million pirated books. #MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing

The parties included a 7, 8, and 4-year-old. "None of the children were accompanied by parents or attorneys." "The 4-year-old girl in the tie-dye shirt raised her hand, dangling her pink plushy above her head. It wasn’t clear – was she responding to the question, or just playing with her toy?"

One of my special interests is art and graphic design. I like creating book covers in Canva. Where does designing a book cover using Canva sit in regards to the AI art situation, in your view? This is limited to NOT using the AI to generate images, only the stock from Canva or my own.

Just popping in to say Hello and hope you're all doing well. I am mostly Out Of Office at the moment for family reasons but one day I will return. Until then...have wonderful lives!

Another great new series from Book View Cafe!

Rare login to social media. First thing seen: Wonder Woman game cancelled, studio closed. Feel all the feelings about the current cultural and political shitfest. See it in a very, very bad light. Sends sympathy and tea to all. Logs out of social media.

You need A Merlin's Tale. . . . Let @mayakbohnhoff.bsky.social take you away. CHICKPEA DEL AND THE FABLED TREE OF DESTINY awaits. Now in #ebook from Book View Cafe. *Most wizards have staffs, wands, or mediums. Chickpea Del has a tree. . .* bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...