Als long as ther ys sonne Als long as ther ys sonne Als long as ther ys rayne Als long as ther ys rayne Als long as ther ys fyre Als long as ther ys fyre Als long as ther ys me Als long as ther ys you #bowie #wherarewenow

I encountered a STRANGE and DISTURBING INDIVIDUAL in Chongqing who tried to STEAL my Galaxy Award! 😡😡😎 #ChineseTrump #Ryan #Chongqing #GalaxyAward #StarBody

I can't be the only one who mutes ads on Spotify or changes channels when they come up to avoid filling my brain with sludge, right?

No audience in the world ever thought "James Bond" was a fixed continuity. There are nods to past events, recurring characters and themes, but a new actor will very easily be accepted as a new timeline, a new thing. Craig's death doesn't have to be reckoned with or mentioned in the slightest.

Reading for the first time SF classic Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers, the 2012 translation by Olena Bormashenko with this arresting cover, and I might as well quit writing.

Misty morning commute by rail in Deventer.

Another exclusive clip from 'EARTH MUST DIE' After accidentally doing a murder, VValak finds himself needing to outsmart a little good cop/ bad cop routine with @alexhorne.bsky.social and @benstarr.bsky.social Wishlist, please! It all really helps us out! store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

Can't believe I missed this two weeks ago: this luxurious article on File 770 about the Galaxy Awards. Awesome!

Breaking news: universe not a simulation.

Vrijwel alle partijen: “Zo zie ik onze rol”, “Ons past bescheidenheid” Ouwehand:

I was on television to talk about winning the Galaxy Award for Star Body and the rise of Chinese SF. You can watch the show here, but be warned: it's all in Dutch 🤭 (My interview starts at around the two minute mark.)

Ik was gisteren in het programma CultuurCafé op RTV Oost, om te praten over de Galaxy Award voor Sterrenlichaam en SF In China. Kijk 'm hier na 👇 (Mijn stukje begint iets na minuut 2.)

Currently in the studio of Cultuurcafé on RTV Oost, to talk about the Galaxy Award win for Star Body 🫰

For all the grand strategy sickos among my Bluesky friends, I cannot recommend the Three Moves Ahead podcast enough. It is THE podcast for gamers of that persuasion.

Trots: @jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl is zojuist gekozen als onzer nieuwe fractievoorzitter! 💚❤️ Jesse is één van de drijvende krachten achter onze linkse samenwerking, en we zijn dankbaar dat hij nu de verantwoordelijkheid op zich neemt om de fractie te leiden.

The latest issue of Locus Magazine has a report on GalaxyCon with pictures (squint to see me on one of the panels there) and, tucked away on page 60, humbly, proudly, the Galaxy Award win for Star Body \(^_^)/

There's a rad SF-themed café in Chengdu called Ansible and it just celebrated its official opening. I visited it in September and spent a few days there to write stories! Excellent company.

Op #HSFCon houdt @leeuwenhart.bsky.social een lezing over Japanse SF.

A cursed image from #HSFcon 2025 in Maastricht.

TIL you shouldn't put a frozen bottle of cola in the fridge, because it'll explode violently and you'll spend the next hour cleaning everything.

Ik heb gestemd! #SamenVooruit @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social

Het zou toch verdorie mooi zijn als we dat ene zeteltje meer krijgen.

Gewoom lekker Amazon blijven boycotten, peoples!! Bol is ook een drama qua werkomstandigheden bij de logistiek (as far as I know), dus helemaal lokaal kopen blijft het allerbeste!

Omfg

I'm back in Europe! It's been a wild six weeks in China, bookended by the Galaxy Awards in September and the Future Creation Workshop in October. Let's talk about that last one for a bit now! 1/?

Apparently it needs to be said: The best (and possibly only) living conditions for humanity are on Earth. Space wants to kill you all the fucking time. You can visit, but not for significant portions of your lifespan. Seriously, look it up. Fix, cherish, and live on Earth. Visit space.

Clues by Sam is a fun daily logic puzzle. It took my time with this one to do it without any hints or mistakes (hard, 18 minutes) 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

groenlinkspvda.nl/tien-redenen... 🫰

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast' 10/10 response, no notes

In NRC herleest Clarice Gargard de #Xenogenesis boeken van #OctaviaButler. Over wat ons mens maakt, hoe wij ons verhouden tot "de ander", extreem ongemakkelijk, met een snufje body horror. Briljant. Tip voor iedereen die niet van piewpiewpiew-sciencefiction houdt. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Mijn stemadvies voor volgende week laat zich raden 👇 (en zoals altijd draag ik ook de Partij voor de Dieren een warm hart toe!)

De burgerstapel halveren! 🐺 (Verplichte opvolger: lees hier mijn SF-verhaal over de wolf in Nederland 👇)

Watch out for Russian disinformation campaigns in the upcoming Dutch election. We've seen this sort of thing in the US, and AI text generation has only gotten more prolific and better targeted since then. www.web-watch.org/news/kremlin...

Many years into his career, the inimitable Chuck Tingle is still proving love, and hilarious/sexy book titles, are real!

Locus Magazine reporting on the 2025 Galaxy Awards, including the win for Star Body! 🥰

YES! I'm fully onboard with this.

Teaching the good students of the Chongqing College of Mobile Communication about some seriously f'ed up science fiction courtesy of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and yes, the beautiful Dead Astronauts cover makes me look like I'm trippin'.

"We don't go there," the captain said. "That's planet Paperclip." #microsf #microhorror #microstory

Having a great time at the FUTURE CREATION WORKSHOP in Hechuan, China. I'm honored to be here with fellow mentors James Patrick Kelly, @naomikritzer.bsky.social, Leonardo Espinoza Benavides, Baoshu, Jiang Bo, Cheng Jingbo and Siyuan Deng!

New internship openings at Galaxy Grove (Netherlands)! Join the team that made the hit game Town to City (97% positive on Steam!) in making awesome management games! We're looking for interns in the fields of 3D animation, technical game design and 3D environment art. More info: www.galaxy-grove.com

The reason mosquitoes are awful aren't that they sting*, it's that they buzz. I don't care about stings* and itches but care deeply about sleeping uninterrupted. *obvs disregarding them spreading diseases

I wasn't surprised that my post about not loving the Golden Age sci-fi writers got a lot of... engagement. 😅 What *did* surprise me was that when I casually mentioned that Ray Bradbury was the lone exception, a ton of great writers chimed in to echo that sentiment. So I dug deeper into why. 1/2

🎵 Keep your 'lectric eye on me, babe Put your ray gun to my head 🎵

Je kunt een aardige inschatting maken wie er aan de juiste kant staat zodra zijn vijanden nazi's blijken te zijn.

Today I discovered I have officially no patience anymore to struggle with any piece of software. I've gone to war with software (mostly rendering stuff, animation stuff, but also getting games to work) so many times in my life, and I just don't want to waste any more on it.

If you're looking for a fun, scary, interesting game to play this Halloween month, I recommend getting a group together to play Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes.

If you need inspiration for a cyberpunk story, an evening stroll through Chongqing offers amazing views:

You know you've visited one too many Chinese McDonalds's when you start humming "superstaaaar, superstaaar!" throughout the day.

Everything in Chongqing takes a million staircases to reach. On the map it might say "oh, 500 meters to that supermarket, that's a nice eight minute walk" -- Yes, if you didn't have to climb Mt. Everest along the way.