Amber Midthunder is an awesome name.

Hear me out, fam... A little known fact is how, after exposure to water you sometimes have to change your bulletproof vest (some manufacturers have waterproof treatment, others say dry it before depending on it for protection). Anyway, water bad. So, when hit with mustard...😁 see where I'm going?

Gordon, are you ok? Gordon, are you ok? Are you ok, Gordon? Gordon, are you ok? Will you tell us, that you're ok?

Let's just bring back Phrenology and be done with it.

So, y'all really love this Fantastic Four film, eh?

Appreciate translators. Humans, not AI.

Because, as we all know, emotional vulnerability ends bang on your 18th birthday.

Am I working? No, I'm drawing foxes off the Internet because I'm waiting on an email.

Hello to new folk. I write epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. For more about the books, see www.julietemckenna.com All opinions I express online are absolutely my own. I boost what looks like good reading and interesting things. I block intolerance and aggression

Question: How did you score that @clarkesworldmagazine.com gig? Did you contact the editor? Did your agent do it? I'm going to answer this in public, since 3 separate people have asked me. I went through the submission pathway just like anybody else. No agent involvement. You can do the same.

This is a good time to read this trilogy if you haven't already.

So much of art history spools out audibly in my mind, but in Sister Wendy's voice.

Crows remember.

Today's enso circle.

Smoking Man

"Years from now, let our only regret be that this day took so long to come." Zohran's victory speech is electrifying from start to finish. Hope is a powerful drug! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...

So far, in my life, this is the most "WhatAWeekSirItsWednesday" Wednesday that I've ever had.

Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾 Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social

I am begging you to keep using your brain for tasks rather than genAI. Thinking and doing are good for you. You don't want atrophy of muscles, so why would you want the brain equivalent?

So...Batman Hardcover is delayed until 2079? Did I read that right, or is it time to check my glasses prescription? (I'm not interested in the book. Just the delay)

just....enjoy this

In a Frank Zappa mood...

Be wary of taking self-defence advice from people who live in a different country. Be wary of giving self-defence advice to people who live in a different country. Laws vary. Ignorantia juris non excusat , so you really can't say, "I didn't know." In the UK 'heat of the moment' reasonable -

For this you need: 1 banana 2 eggs Whisk the eggs. Mash up the banana. Mix the two together. Heat up the oil/butter of your choice. Fry your mix until golden brown. Voila! Banana pancakes. You can drizzle honey or maple syrup over them if you want.

Ernst Haeckel (left) and his assistant Miclucho-Maclay (right) in 1866.

Pop, Six, Squish, Uh-uh, Cicero...Lipschitz. (Repeat).

What do you hear?

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

This postcard I wrote to a young reader, Sasha Stephenson, was returned to me, as she no longer lives at the address she gave me. Please help me to get it to her if you can!

Very sad. The coach has questions to answer. There is literally no need for hard sparring. You can't condition the brain. You usually put a veteran with a novice, but that's expecting control. I spar with children(my own and others in the dojo) and you don't hit them with any power(or at all).

I don't think you should be bringing up history and forgiveness, Tony, old chap.

In case you were wondering if enshittification was a real thing...

Happy Monday, folks!

Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence

Seriously, bots, why the sudden upsurge?

Every single time my boys wheedle until I let them practice tennis in the backyard. And every single time the ball flies away to parts unknown. Every single time they look sheepish...and ask for another ball. And I fall for it.

If you're in Brighton, go to Dave's Comics. www.davescomics.co.uk

Should I include the fact that Hercules killed his wife and children in my summary for a 7-year-old or just skip over to the 12 labours and Argonaut shenanigans? It seems like I should skip and revisit at an older age...

Apparently I need a "military-grade bearskin hoodie" to be a man. Youtube ads never lie, so I must get one, right? For maximum (or minimum) manliness.

And here's the direct link:

Hey, Kids, Stories! Clarkesworld # 230. Features my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS. Also stories by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social and @izom-chisom.bsky.social and others!

Do not blame the Hemsworth.

I'm on my way to Brighton. The train is on time... Kidding! It's delayed! Unknown reasons! They're not even bothering with excuses. Sigh. Gone are the halcyon days of creative excuses like "the wrong kind of snow"...

This is correct.

I'm thinking of taking on a side-kick, to soften my image. I'll name him after a song bird.

Happy Halloween.

...The fucking desperation of these AI ads...I wish they'd shut up about it already.