I love that this book is exactly what it says on the tin.

And yet, we girls have been seeing ourselves in boy-centric movies for years. It's just a matter of developing your empathy and imagination.

"The Scottish island of Summerisle, home of the best fruit in Britain. The first thing you notice? No churches. The farmers here practice a fascinating form of pre-Christian worship…and I just learned I'll be playing the lead role in their annual May Day festival. First stop: my costume fitting."

Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion is pretty good actually.

QSFer Kira Stone has a new queer dark urban fantasy collection out (Bi, Non-Binary, Trans): Devil’s Man. Research at Loveland College has never been quite so productive… www.queerscifi.com/new-release-... #Fantasy #DarkFantasy #Paranormal #UrbanFantasy @kirastone.bsky.social

They said that about Gen X too. That we're so chill and flexible we'd rather work part time or temp jobs and have our freedom. Then the economy improved and it was amazing how many Gen Xers glommed onto full-time jobs and held onto them like grim death.

It’s the FINAL countdown.

My friend Stephanie has lost her entire preorders for her book, please reorder if you already did? And if you didn't, why not preorder?

Scariest thing I've read all month: archive.is/8dRJj

If you haven't backed this, what are you waiting for?

Only if you promise to have Kate Bush come and bark at me.

Mantasy! He’s half man, half tasy!

Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread: Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.

We're at the halfway point of LEXX season 4! This one's for fans of anal-probe humour; the rest of you can happily skip it. adoctorofmanythings.wpcomstaging.com/2026/04/08/l...

ALL OF THE BELOW. I just want an ecological free for all.

Call me ill-informed, I was an English major but -- what is the light source here? (read the alt-text)

A movie couple who would definitely have a podcast.

The monumental AI mess is a direct byproduct of Jack Welch's ethos. We now have two entire generations of corporate leadership who view employees as an expense and customers as an inconvenience. Of course they'd be seduced by the "magic supercomputer" that makes both superfluous.

Today I am unfollowing and blocking ProPublica in support of the strike.

Please back the Year's Best Canadian F&SF kickstarter (pour le français, appuyer sur le 2): www.kickstarter.com/projects/kot...

Lately I've been having memory lapses that I've been putting down to menopause, however, earlier this year I bought a paper diary and have been using that to write things down and do day planning, all the calendar stuff. Guess what? My memory has completely improved. No more lapses.

Another brilliant Z-Cars on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social this week, with a deeply disturbing subtext and unsettling (non-) resolution. The look on Brian Blessed's face as Fancy Smith realises the real criminal will probably never be caught or punished is amazing.

This is what seven consecutive appearances in Best of British SF (and two of Year’s Best Canadian F&SF) looks like! @wishusdonna.bsky.social @ourmankoto.bsky.social

I think he missed me!

A few photo impressions from Eastercon, part one: Fiona Moore’s micro-army of creatures. @drfionamoore.bsky.social @easterconuk.bsky.social

Blood In The Bricks wins the BSFA Award for Best Collection!

Reading done, so now it can be shared 😊 The Green Man's Debt will be out in September from Wizard's Tower Press. Those up to date with the series will recall Dan asking someone for a favour. That marker's been called in, and this takes Dan and Fin to Ireland.

Australian Fauna Warning @easterconuk.bsky.social: We have received reports of an infestation of plummetus urseus, aka the lesser drop bear. This specimen has been safely contained and will be returned to its native habitat. Please keep an eye out for these dangerous creatures. #Worldcon #Eastercon

Oh look— Seamus!

Fiona Moore telling us about the Milford SF roots of her Morag stories & reading one from the Hidden Shadows anthology of speculative fiction (workshopped at the Milford SF Workshop). ✨#Eastercon2026 Iridescence✨ @easterconuk.bsky.social @milfordsff.bsky.social @drfionamoore.bsky.social

Isn’t it weird how “AI literacy” being pushed on students isn’t about learning how it works, the cost of how it works, learning to spot disinformation, media and tech literacy. But instead is just “employers will like it if you get it to write your emails :)”

Crazy mashup ideas part 94: The K-Pop Demon Hunter Hunter.

Damnit, I just got rid of that earworm.

Drogon made a friend at the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid table this #Eastercon

Dragon Day at #Eastercon!

It's official - my debut art exhibition will be at this year's @easterconuk.bsky.social 🥳 Come and see fun UV paintings, space octopuses and adorable robots. I will also be selling some jewellery and clay pieces. #eastercon #art #spaceart #wirewrap

Do stop by and help Milford raise funds for the authors of color bursary. @milfordsff.bsky.social #EasterCon

So happy to be at #Eastercon again!

If you're at Eastercon in Birmingham, drop by at the Brisbane in 2028 Worldcon bid table and say hello. We have restocked on candy and swag, including our popular tiny koalas. But if you want to cuddle the lobster, you need to presupport. #Eastercon #Brisbane2028 #Birmingham

Cthulhu has found a friend. Get your own tiny koala at the Brisbane in 2028 Worldcon bid table at Eastercon in Birmingham. #Eastercon #Birmingham #Brisbane2028

Confused. I dislike cola but I love maple syrup.

I have art in the Eastercon art show…

I just gave a talk on Joanna Russ's The Female Man at #Eastercon, and *two thirds* of my (small) audience was male!!!! And everyone in the audience of 17 had read The Female Man and likes it. Mildly stunned.

Just had a great meeting with agency client @drfionamoore.bsky.social What a wonderful writer, and lots to discuss...en avant!

New on my blog: the Red Dwarf cookbook delivers another surprisingly tasty yet authentic recipe, this one for Trout à la Crème. adoctorofmanythings.wpcomstaging.com/2026/04/01/i...

Toomorrow is getting a DVD release! I covered this one for @galacticjourney.bsky.social last year and it’s a sweet feel-good rock musical about London university students and confused aliens shop.bfi.org.uk/toomorrow-bl...

Really enjoyed this week’s Z Cars on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. A strong, tragic storyline with compelling location footage of 1960s Blackpool as a bonus.

I don’t use AI, secretly or otherwise. It doesn’t contribute anything of value to what I do, so why should I?

It amuses me that Copilot's terms of use say that it's "for entertainment purposes only." I mean isn't that what they have to put on Magic 8-balls, Psychic Hotlines and other fortune-telling apps/games?

Has the penny not dropped for these people yet that London is so safe it's actually even, whisper it, a little boring? www.londoncentric.media/p/sadiq-khan...