I loved Olga Tokarczuk’s “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead”! Among many things, it made me wonder if @tkingfisher.com has read it; it seems like something she would appreciate.

Happy Glorious 25th of May to all who celebrate!

Slightly increase a band The Rolling Boulders

I was trying to read a really very promising-looking recipe for a beautiful cheesecake, but it was impossible to ignore the *disgusting* images for a nail-fungus treatment that kept popping up between paragraphs. Who on earth thought a cooking site was a good place for these ads?

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

Fix your hearts or die.

'So much for the tolerant left'

Elaine: He said you should see your own show? Jerry: He said I should see my own show! E: So what did you tell him? J: What could I tell him? If I wasn't me it would have been good advice! George: What's going on? E: Jerry's doctor told him to see his own show G: Your doctor has a show?

Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.

I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.

Congrats to @jonnysims.bsky.social and @alexanderjnewall.bsky.social and everyone else at @rustyquill.com for the #MagnusLive show. Had a blast last night! What a long and strange trip it’s been. Now just for someone to tell Alex he couldn’t *possibly* produce a Magnus musical!

Have you ever had an earworm stuck in your head? Find out more on 2nd July… www.kickstarter.com/projects/330...

This is the text of the keynote speech I gave today at the annual Jack Williamson Lecture at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico. marthawells.dreamwidth.org/649804.html

This is not a drill! Season 3 is confirmed! 😇😈 #GoodOmens #GoodOmens3

System Collapse, the next Murderbot book, comes out tomorrow November 14 and my book tour information is here: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/637680.html

minimalism is a scam invented by big small to sell more less

Nobody ever pronounced a name they encountered in a book wrong. They just might have pronounced it differently to other people.

"The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" is Wes Anderson's second film of the year and - despite running only 39 minutes - an unqualified masterwork.

A piece of excellent news, always a good way to start the week!