4 of 5 stars for Service Model, by Adrian Tchaikovsky https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/service-model/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

Got a LinkedIn account? If so, you don't have much time left to turn off automatic theft. Just go to Settings -> Data privacy -> Data for Generative AI Improvement-> "off".

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4 of 5 stars for Plum Duff (Greenwing & Dart, #6), by Victoria Goddard https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/plum-duff-greenwing-dart-6/#6 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

4 of 5 stars for Love-in-a-Mist (Greenwing & Dart, #5), by Victoria Goddard https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/love-in-a-mist-greenwing-dart-5/#5 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

No one would bother writing a column complaining that racists aren't welcome in the Scottish Greens, regardless of how much they care about tackling the climate emergency. Why do so many journalists struggle with the idea that we take the same position on anti-trans voices?

Whenever the Ode to Joy flashmob crosses my timeline, I've got to retweet it. I don't make the rules, I just love the video.

and if some god shall wreck me yet again on the wine-dark berry compote

4 of 5 stars for Blackcurrant Fool (Greenwing & Dart, #4), by Victoria Goddard https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/blackcurrant-fool-greenwing-dart-4/#4 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns

4 of 5 stars for Whiskeyjack (Greenwing & Dart, #3), by Victoria Goddard https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/whiskeyjack-greenwing-dart-3/#3 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

Some good advice from this sign recently put up at the canal (put up by A Sign of Humour).

Slightly diminish a book: Lord of the Earrings

please enjoy watching a adorable little dog named Trip Hazard perform dance choreography that I, a human in my 30s, would absolutely be incapable of executing

Attention #AcademicSky Everyone is talking about books, but thousands of academic journals were also pirated and are entitled to up to $3,000 *per pirated volume!!!* if editors submit titles to join the suit. Incredible opportunity for underfunded journals to get some $$! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky

ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧 The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products! This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word! The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

I've recently been engaged with some important work on the far right and what many people see as the social decline of the UK - the tide of hatred against vulnerable minoritised groups that has arisen in the wake of economic decline. it's not inevitable, and we can do something about it.

This just won the Hugo so it doesn't need any boost from me, but it's definitely a great book. Biotechnology-style magic, kaiju, and a solid mystery with a great detective. Well worth your time.

This was such a good book, epistolary in format and clearly science fiction, whatever the blurb says.

I love @tkingfisher.com's work in general, but I extra recommend the Paladin books. Sweet romances (sometimes with severed heads) and where the lawyers are the good guys, they're just delightful, and show a world where good governance is possible.

20 miles down, 80 miles to go! 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️ Had some good walks (and blessedly fortunate weather) this week, but I need to keep up the pace! If you're able to make a donation and help me raise money for the homeless, I'd be very grateful: fundraise.social-bite.co.uk/fundraisers/...

4 of 5 stars for Bee Sting Cake (Greenwing & Dart, #2), by Victoria Goddard https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/bee-sting-cake-greenwing-dart-2/#2 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

GlaIKIT plaque found on Byres Road

Mysterious cities of gold The magic roundabout Doctor who (7th Doctor) Star trek: the next generation Jamie and the magic torch The avengers (Mrs Peel era) The A-team

"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds" Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"... www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...

"No supernatural demonic force compels Ryanair to be one of Aena's biggest customers and to sell its tickets to more than 60 million people travelling to and from Spain." 🔥🔥🔥 Absolute MURDER going on in this press statement. Gotta love it.

5 of 5 stars for Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4), by T. Kingfisher https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/paladins-faith-the-saint-of-steel-4/#4 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

4 of 5 stars for Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition, Vol. 10, by Lilah Sturges https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/lumberjanes-to-the-max-edition-vol-10/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

4 of 5 stars for Stargazy Pie (Greenwing & Dart #1), by Victoria Goddard https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/stargazy-pie-greenwing-dart-1/#1 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

The wind is blowing clearly from left to right as I look out at the loch in front of me, and there's a person in a very small boat with a sail happily travelling right to left. This is the sort of thing that gets people burned as witches.

4 of 5 stars for Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition, Vol. 9, by Shannon Watters https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/lumberjanes-to-the-max-edition-vol-9/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

The desperation by those on the Right to smear Angela Rayner is wearing thin🙄 And no - don’t bother replying UNTIL you’ve read the thread! I’ve trawled through multiple versions of this “story” in the Telegraph and Daily Mail to try and piece together what’s going on! 🧵1/17

This is the sort of response to bigotry I expect from those who represent me. ♥️♥️

4 of 5 stars for Lumberjanes: To The Max Edition, Vol 8, by Shannon Watters https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/lumberjanes-to-the-max-edition-vol-8/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

4 of 5 stars for Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition, Vol. 7, by Shannon Watters https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/lumberjanes-to-the-max-edition-vol-7/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week. newatlas.com/energy/large...

4 of 5 stars for Poor Things, by Alasdair Gray https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/poor-things/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

@glasgowbell.bsky.social It looks like your RSS feed is broken (www.glasgowbell.co.uk/latest/rss/). I'm a (paid) subscriber, but I use the feed, not email, to know when a new article is up. Any chance you can have a look?

Thank you @johnswinney.bsky.social for injecting some sanity here. Hear hear 👏🏼👏🏼 I know we may not be perfect but I really thank God I live in Scotland. We need to see more of this.

3 of 5 stars for The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, by Brandon Sanderson https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/the-frugal-wizards-handbook-for-surviving-medieval-england/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

4 of 5 stars for Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits #1), by Beth Revis https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/full-speed-to-a-crash-landing-chaotic-orbits-1/#1 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

If you've not already read Murderbot, here's your chance to do so and support a very worthy cause (and get a pile of other Martha Wells books too, for really not very much money).

3 of 5 stars for A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience (The Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven, #1), by Stephanie Burgis https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/a-marriage-of-undead-inconvenience-the-unexpected-adventures-of-lady-and-lord-riven-1/#1 #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

3 of 5 stars for The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, by P.G. Wodehouse https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/the-man-upstairs-and-other-stories/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview

"What did you do in your spies vs vampires roleplaying game this evening, Raj?" "Well, I killed an old man" "A vampire?" "No, no, just an old, confused man." I mean, there were extenuating circumstances, but even so.

Went to see Casablanca: the Gin Joint Cut at Oran Mor this evening and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a parody, but the humour came from the framing; the story itself was told lovingly. It had a tiny cast who really sold it.

The publishing industry in this country is already under strain. Imagine if publishers had to track the private spending habits of every individual author, after publication, until - when, exactly? Would they also be responsible for the spending choices of their heirs for 70 years after they died?

The Times has spoken to the ever-available Lawyers for Israel to produce this unlikely story. Can you imagine the consequences of such a precedent? The UK has always been fond of banning books, but this goes a lot further. www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

I'm not really a video game player, but I might have to make an exception for Tiny Bookhop: store.steampowered.com/app/2133760/... It's a game where you run a (tiny) bookshop, which just sounds adorable.