KICKSTARTER UPDATE: We didn’t make it, but we got close! to The of support you’ve all given this project has been super validating, so I have come up with a plan to rejig things and relaunch the campaign - more details here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cho... #romspaceknight #speculativepoetry

KICKSTARTER UPDATE: 2 days left & we are more than halfway there! To celebrate I have invited this collection’s cause celebre to favour us with his take on the title poem from Choosing Sides. If you are keen to help this book get made, run don’t walk to tinyurl.com/choosing-sides! Thank you!

Sharing these gorgeous renderings by the amazing Bren Luke of the weapons the original Rom toy came with. These mark the 3 “acts” of Choosing Sides. If you want to help the book get made there are 3 or 4 days left - visit tinyurl.com/choosing-sides #romspaceknight #speculativepoetry #poetry

It's an hour to listen back to when you need a little food for the soul. Find it on the Arena page on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website or wherever you get your podcasts. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The lovely people at @asimovssfmag, one of the first places to publish a poem from my Choosing Sides book, have published an article I wrote about trying to get the book published. I was a diligent rereader of I, Robot as a kid so this is a real thrill. fromearthtothestars.com/2025/10/21/t...

KICKSTARTER UPDATE: 6 days to go & we’re just shy of halfway but WE CAN DO IT! If you want to help this plucky little book of cyborg poems rally in the 3rd act & survive to make a sequel visit tinyurl.com/choosing-sides & share the link with a friend too! #romspaceknight #poetry #speculativepoetry

KICKSTARTER UPDATE: There’s 8 days left in this kooky crowdfunder so if you want to help me make a book of sf poems about cyborgs from space & the people who love and/or oppose them, just visit tinyurl.com/choosing-sides and you can do that! #australianpoetry #speculativepoetry #romspaceknight

it’s not a ceasefire if they are still killing people

Please share: I have an Etsy shop! I also accept crochet commissions. Please check it out. Thank you! greenowlcrochet.etsy.com

“It’s not malfunctioning, my friends - you were just holding the wrong end!” #spaceghost #toyphotography

“Up, Spiky! Up! Just like we practised! Up!” #spaceghost #toyphotography

Now, I care not who maintains the contrary, but all this is both foolish and unnecessary.

"We as Palestinians are often congratulated for our resilience. It has become the badge pinned on us—the costume of the noble victim. Our ability to breathe under rubble is praised as a virtue, when it’s actually an indictment of the world that put us there."

KICKSTARTER UPDATE: 14 days left & we are at 40% thanks to 44 people who want to help bring this little packet of weird fun into the world. Here’s another reading from the book to celebrate. If you want to contribute, visit www.tinyurl.com/choosing-sides. Thanks! #romspaceknight #speculativepoetry

So far TODAY Israel has: - bombed Gaza City - bombed Khan Younis - shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City - refused to open the Rafah border crossing - announced they would once more block aid This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

“The honour is all mine, ambassador.” #spaceghost #peacock #actionfigures #actionfigurephotography

Gaza Palestinians not Gazans. West Bank Palestinians not West Bankers. Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, not Israeli Arabs. Decolonize your language. Say Palestine. Say Palestinians.

“I’ve never seen anyone adapt to the Power Bands so quickly! You’re a natural!” #saltnpepa #spaceghost

Brandon is lovely and clever and fun and if you can afford to join his Patreon or buy some of his writing you totally should.

“Well, you’ve nobody to blame but yourself.” #spaceghost

KICKSTARTER UPDATE: 19 days to go and we’ve hit $1000 thanks to someone picking the “i will write a poem about your favourite superhero” reward. So here’s a poem I wrote about superheroes. If you want to help me make this book visit www.tinyurl.com/choosing-sides. #romspaceknight #speculativepoetry

UPDATE: With 21 days to go we are 28% toward funding CHOOSING SIDES, my book of poems inspired by Rom Spaceknight. Here’s a poem from the book. If you want to help this kooky thing get made, visit tinyurl.com/choosing-sides #romspaceknight #australianpoetry #speculativepoetry

KICKSTARTER UPDATE - A little less than a month to go and we are at 25% of the funding goal! Thanks to everyone who voted with their money for a specpo collection of b-movie cyborg poems! If you want in, visit tinyurl.com/choosing-sides #romspaceknight #specpo #speculativepoetry

PROJECT UPDATE: I’m 21% toward the kickstarter goal for CHOOSING SIDES, my scifi poetry collection written in response to Rom Spaceknight comics. Thanks to all who’ve pledged. If you want to know about the book, visit tinyurl.com/choosing-sides #romspaceknight #australianpoetry #speculativepoetry

“You got a little bird poo in the motivator intake there. It’s an easy fix.”

If you are cancelling streaming services it's worth noting that we are currently living in a golden age of thrift store DVDs. Lot's of people have liquidated their collections because of streaming or because of the switch to bluray...

“The question isn’t ‘What is this doing here?’ The question is ‘Who left this here? And why?’” #spaceghost #alextoth

“how small and joyless you are with your pellets of metal and rubber”

I made a zine with a list of places I've been finding news and hope and inspiration and indignation and resolve. I call it Good News. Not because the news is good, but the people making this news are good, and good at news. Which is to be treasured. You can download it at tinyurl.com/good-news-zine.

When I discovered Strange Horizons all those years back it was like the world was saying “of course you can have the thing that you wouldn’t have even thought to voice a description of because it was so absurdly,exactly close to what you were looking for without realising you were looking for it.”

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, comands, dies at 74py, and paste com

looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out

“…because I’m tired of hiding behind a mask and I want you to see my real face, Simon. And because I want to see your real face. And because I love you, dumbarse. Duh.” #remcoamericandefense #chapmei #otp #enemiestolovers

I’ve got a stall at the bookfair at our local art gallery today. Plugging the Rom book and selling some zines. Here’s some egregious Rom cake to celebrate.

You know who fostered the circumstances whereby people felt so angry & desperate that they reached for easily accessible weapons & felt empowered if not entitled to murder those they saw as responsible? Hint: it wasn’t the left, or anyone working against the systems that disenfranchise most of us.

CHOOSING SIDES update 1/2: We’re 15% funded with 6 weeks to go, which is heartening. thanks to everyone who’s pledged. If you want to help bring a book of poems about Rom Spaceknight into the world, now’s your chance! Visit tinyurl.com/choosing-sides for more. #romspaceknight #speculativepoetry

I’m crowdfunding a collection of 25 science fiction poems inspired by the 1980s comic book Rom Spaceknight. Quite possibly the geekiest thing I’ve ever done as a poet. Your support is most appreciated. kickstarter.com/projects/choosingsides/choosing-sides-a-speculative-poetry-chapbook

If I recall, Al, didn't I dedicate one of these poems to you?

The best RPG is the one that has grown into the skin of your hands so that when you eat, you have to scoop the food up with the rules book and lick it off the pages. Doesn't matter which game. If it's merged with you and speaks in your dreams, that's the one. This shouldn't even be controversial.

Post your favourite Doctor Who. wrong Answers only.

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

I read the Gaiman article at NYMag - you'll find it easily at the site - and among the things, many of which will make you feel ill, is this line

“I got the idea from a game my granddaughter plays. We’re powering the entire complex right now with their song. Given the right funding we could run the whole city on ancient dinosaur musicals.” #toyphotography #rubberdinosaurs

“Settle down, squeaky! I already had my bath for the week!” #toyphotography #squid

“A friend is someone who knows what you need before you know yourself.” #actionfigurephotography

“You could do it alone with the help of a machine, but the satisfaction of success wouldn’t be shared with anyone.” #arcotheotherworld #robotzone

“Sometimes things just happen. And sometimes you let them.” #wearethemisfits

Again, my utmost respect for @polygon.com for reporting on Dreams on a Pillow when so many sites and influencers that claim to stand for inclusivity and diversity and equality have ducked speaking about the genocide, about Palestine, and about Palestinian stories. www.polygon.com/gaming/50447...

“She knows the backblocks better than me. Trusting her instincts is what got me this far, so I’m not going to stop any time soon.” #remcowarriorbeasts #suncospacewarriors