The Anthropic AI lawsuit settlement claims process has opened, I'm a non-US author with a single book by a small press in the US. writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...

Peter Thiel and the billionaire class need a reckoning.

Onwards, Sumod Flotilla! Our hearts and hopes go with you!

Greta Thunberg, along with her fellow activists has been arrested for standing with the oppressed people of Gaza. Among them is our brave leader Mushtaq Ahmad Khan whose courage and commitment inspire us all. Their arrests are not a defeat they are a badge of honor. We stand in solidarity with 🇵🇸

Godspeed, Dr. Goodall.

Delulu idiots.

Truth.

Yup, same shit but different asshole.

The centuries-old Archdiocesan Shrine of Santa Rosa de Lima in Daanbantayan has partially collapsed, parishioners announced on social media, following a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Bogo City, Philippines with tremors felt all over Cebu. Friends and people of Cebu, stay safe, please.

Our entire generation was raised to be Antifa as fuck.

One of the great formative authors of my own writing practice passed away today. I did not always agree with his opinions, but I loved the way he elevated Filipino speculative fiction from pulp into an art form. Rest In Peace, sir. usa.inquirer.net/35124/a-fili...

By Linda Perry with Carl Sagan.

As usual, the orange one is a purveyor of fake news.

America hit rock bottom on the world stage today with Donald Trump’s speech to the UN in which he told everyone that he was right about everything and that their countries are “going to hell” by not being monstrously inhumane in their approach to immigration.

Amen.

In other news, water is wet.

Joining (in spirit) the widespread protest actions across the Philippines against corruption on this anniversary of the abhorrent 1972 declaration of Martial Law.

Just a weekend PSA:

Needs to be repeated.

Truth.

The Ming Dynasty sigil for our times?

He was indeed a racist.

The American Right primarily believes in the false narrative that their system is so fundamentally broken and that only a lone man can fix it with even more violence. youtu.be/HRw4PMDiU4A?...

Stats don't lie.

Rest in peace, Chris. Patricia Mulles and I are honoured we got to be a part of different stages of your journey. newsbytes.ph/2025/09/14/c...

Whatever your generation, maybe it's time to raise the Straw Hats' flag? www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...

Paley warns of leaders detached from reality by wealth and power, lacking empathy or vision. Their disconnect threatens society, justifying our collective fear. #Power #Society #philosophy

"Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another." Ephesians 4:25

The people who platform violence, who want it circulating, they count on us being broken down by it. They want us desensitized, numb and easier to control. To feel disturbed is not weakness, it is proof you are still human in a system trying to grind that out of you.

Not just a problem for the USA. Tax the rich now. Vote for people who will do that.

Happy to now resume writing on Medium after a long pause due to my critical illness. Follow me for articles on decentralized identity, Futurecasting, and deep technology. medium.com/@victorferna...

Here's our daughter, IZA, performing a short but very beautiful cover of "Hibi No Kage" ("The Shadow of our Days) from the Equally beautiful anime The Summer Hikaru died. Based on the eponymous manga by Mio Nukaga. youtu.be/JVPvNaVMRq4?...

Usually we don't think about the artifacts that we leave behind. Time capsules help us decide what message to send to the future about our own lives now. Do you want to say something to your 2035 self? Join me on Aug 23 or Aug 27 to learn how. In association with SWF 2025 and Vertical Submarine.

Here's an old but excellent review of The Infinite Library and Other Stories by Deven Philbrick, former prose editor of the Seattle Review. In PH: get a copy at shop.vibalgroup.com/products/the.... USA: singaporeunbound.org/the-infinite... in SG: Book Bar. singaporeunbound.org/blog/2018/6/...

Long, tiring week. Wishing I had a large, comfy study overstuffed with books, and smelling of vellichor...

New story by @aliettedebodard.com! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta’s interview with an AI version of a Parkland shooting victim was meant to send a message about gun violence, but it’s raised deeper questions about ethics, grief, and the limits of AI. gizmodo.com/the-disturbi...

Welcome to Wednesday.

It is a war on intelligence.

Welcome to Wednesday. Art by Tom Gauld.

A judge certified a class action representing up to 7 million copyright-protected books that Anthropic pirated. What's to be decided are the damages, based on how many books are covered (2M-5M) and the penalty-per ($750-$150,000), overall $1.5B to $750B in damages. www.obsolete.pub/p/anthropic-...

Israel’s Mossad chief flew to D.C. to pitch Gaza’s ethnic cleansing plan: starve them, cage them, then deport the survivors. As Israeli journalist Gideon Levy said, it’s a plan worthy of Adolf Eichmann — the Nazi bureaucrat who orchestrated the Holocaust’s logistics. Cartoon by @LatuffCartoons

Fans of speculative fiction in the Philippines can get my books through the following venues. Cheers!

Happy Sunday!

The undeniable truth.

After a long hiatus due to her final year of school work, eldest daughter is finally back to recording. Here's IZA and her cover of JPop artist Deco*27's song "Monitoring" (Btw, the eyepatch in the video's only for effect.) youtu.be/EaLIxihtPSs?...

A Few Little Words is back with writing workshops on time capsules, future news, mapmaking & more ✍️ Led by Dr Nuraliah Norasid , Regina de Rozario, Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray, Yeow Kai Chai, Nadiputra and myself — it’s part of Singapore Writers Festival 2025. 👉 www.eventbrite.com/cc/a-few-lit...

This is an escape room side quest from my play-by-email interactive story, The Book of Red Shadows, which debuted at the 2020 Singapore Writers Festival. Play testing starts 25 July 2025. shorturl.at/it8Xu

Oh wow, "Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction" edited by Sydney Paige, Gabriela Lee and Anna Sanchez (UP Press) has been shortlisted for the 2025 World Fantasy Awards! So proud to have been a part of this. Congratulations to everyone who was involved in this book!

Happy Sunday!