Just sayin'....

Hopefully involving teams of clockwork robotic spiders tasked with taking the battle to the rats' home ground. #writing #sciencefiction #writingprompt

Hoping to write on the role that Chinese (and perhaps other non-Western) satellite companies are playing both in the Middle East crisis & more generally. Keen to hear views from anyone who deals with them & uses their imagery, and how they compare to US providers.

Tried to get some gravitas on the black market but do you have any idea how much a gram of gravitas is these days on the street

Momma said that there'd be days like this.

Looks at @emmanewman.bsky.social 🤔 www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

That'll do. Good night, Blue.

Berry galette.

Current reads: "Unforgiving Places" by Jens Ludwig "Children of Strife" by @aptshadow.bsky.social

The "araneus ex machina" plot device, in which a seemingly hopeless dilemma is resolved by the unlikely intervention of mechanical spiders. #writing #writerslife #sciencefiction

Today’s chapter plan, in a supreme moment of ‘thanks, past-me’ says just ‘somehow they get rescued.’

The @nytimes.com Spelling Bee puzzle doesn't recognize caracal as a word. This vexes me: vexes me full sore.

Was anyone else disappointed Nus Braka didn't get to say "Yes, and I'd have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids!" No? Just me? #StarfleetAcademy #startrek

I'm still not letting them sniff my butt.

"At ‘The Salty’, we believe in the transformative power of a really freakin’ good donut, baked goods and a perfectly crafted coffee." I feel seen.

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." -Hartly

Hyacinths at Dumberton Oaks

There's no empirical evidence that dried cherry and pecan scones improve writing productivity, but I know it's true.

Dinosaur erotica? O.o

Alexandria, this is Love&Regret. We have ignition. @aptshadow.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social

Authorities are reaching out to @benaaronovitch.bsky.social in hopes of contacting the fox's family. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/n...

“DC is forecasted to receive two storm bands, one from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and another from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., with the later storm band expected to be more severe.” - The latest: www.popville.com/2026/03/nws-...

Heavy storm likely in DC. Hatches battened.

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

When the going gets tough the tough bake banana bread.

Into our town the Hangman came, Smelling of gold and blood and flame, And he paced our bricks with a diffident air, And built his frame on the courthouse square. - Ogden, The Hangman

Crocuses are brave, hopeful things.

Happy #WorldBookDay2026. The French writer and philosopher Voltaire once said 'Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.' 📚 He also drank up to 50 cups of coffee a day, often mixed with chocolate. I think we're onboard with this.

It's a grismal (gray and dismal) day in DC. Happily the cold rain is extending my usual writing/editing window. #LawsOfSalvage #WIP #Writing

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

From the Island of Lost Tech collection

Tea time. 🍵

I don't think the UK has trash pandas, does it? 🤔 @aptshadow.bsky.social #GreenCityWars

I may be a catrovert.

Plan to be in LA for the World Science Fiction conference #worldcon this year.

Perhaps this would be an opportune moment to announce myself as the one true king of England. 🤔

A body at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

Vindicated

He is beauty. He is grace. He is allegedly getting a buttload of media requests. It’s the Pebbling Dude, the Michael Jackson of Misting, the head ice technician for curling, Moonwalking Mark Callan.

My target audience.

Doing my Hugo nominations, which means dragging the river of memory to recover all the Science Fiction I read, watched, or listened to in 2025.

Saturday morning puffin crew.

No bookstores, the coffee houses are dreadful, and the fee for get a breakfast sandwich delivered is literally astronomical. www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/s...

Now go away or we will taunt you again. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I'm reminded of AE van Vogt's short story "The Weapons Shop" www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

My Minnesota Rebel Alliance T-shirt.

I predicted last year that Romance would be the first genre to be invaded when AI came for fiction writers. AIs don't write well, but a writer skilled in their use them can go from publishing 10 books a year to 200 "AI assisted" works. #booksky www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...