Top new genre: mystery in space, thanks to @mightymur.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social. Preferred comfort listen at bedtime: Rivers of London series by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social. Best sapphic historical romance: Daughters of Izdahar by Hadeer Elsbai.

this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)

I forgot about acme crowbars!

RFK Jr. should have paid more attention to the comics in 1968.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

HALLO I AM TODDLER ARE YOU GIVING ME ATTENTION YET?

Watching the Holiday. My head canon for this movie is Diaz’s gardener is secretly a relationship coach and helped Agatha All Along and Jim Halpert get together while the leads are hopping continents.

Trying to figure out how to process the Golden Globes snub. @devospice.bsky.social you ok?

My next #libfaves25 pick in my countdown of my #topten favorite books of 2025 is INFINITE ARCHIVE by @mightymur.bsky.social the 3rd in the Midsolar Murders #sci-fi #mystery series: our heroine must solve a murder at a mystery convention aboard a spaceship! #booksky @acebookspub.bsky.social

I woke up to see this gem in my email alerts. @philplait.bsky.social and other space nerds need to hear it. @devospice.bsky.social has outdone himself. Listen to track 4: devospice.bandcamp.com/album/the-ri...

Today’s advent reveal- a bit of my WiP, Baker for the Dead. Patreon.com/mightymur

W00t, Zesty 2 is posted at my site for all supporters! Go to Patreon.com/mightymur and follow (for free, if you like) and get the second chapter of my super-weird Venus flytrap noir story. Memberships are still 50% off, by the way!

I am late getting today’s advent treat up. But the second installment of Zesty Yaboi’s adventures is written. It’s called BEHEADED.

Thank you, BCS 💜 You should, of course, support Beneath Ceaseless Skies if you can, too!

Hi! I'm super bad at promoting myself. So I'm doing a special 12 Days of I Should Be Writing where I'm giving my community members digital goodies, membership discounts, and even some books*! Free signups count for all the perks! patreon.com/mightymur (physical rewards US only, alas)

At A Christmas Story with Peter Billingsley. And I apparently need to be comforted that you can’t lose Whamageddon before Dec 1.

Fictional world-breaking actions: hire another DCI in Midsomer county. Hire a health inspector and public works for Baldurs Gate. Bring dehumidifiers to Innsmouth.

Cider is mulling on the stove. Child is a lump underneath many blankets. I am in a large poofy thing that I never thought I’d be able to wear.

She has Opinions on why it’s so cold. (Aka “no goddamn good reason”).

Oh dang, right go-live post. Hi. I'm live on #Twitch about to make some coffee and tidy up the kitchen. I've got some games today and can talk a bit about PAX Unplugged, but mostly let's just hang and have a good time, ok? 💖 twitch.tv/urbanbohemian

Welp. Heat is out. Stay in bed or make hot drinks? Maybe someone will bring us hot drinks.

Too much in my head today. Come on, ADHD meds! Pick a lane!

This was reason #1 that I left Facebook.

Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!

#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because CHAOS TERMINAL @mightymur.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for the week. Deal expires Sunday, the 23rd, at 11:59pm PST. amzn.to/3JXqItf #ChaosTerminal #TheMidsolarMurders #ad

Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit. You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.

I do love peeps complaining they are too poor to afford my less than 5 dollar books while I face the reality that unless I figure out new income streams, we won't be able to afford housing next year... Most writers ain't rich. Also libraries! Use them!

I’m quite proud of my latest first sentence but it’s a very new baby project.

The first sentence/page of Infinite Archive:

Today I looked at the 40+ printed prototype of an ephemera type story and knew it had a major flaw, then everything clicked into place. So yeah, I’m a pantser through and through. I’ve been thinking about this story for years but it wasn’t fully realized till I was done with draft 1.

WAIT A SECOND. where do neurotypical people get their dopamine? If I have to listen to The Garages songs on repeat to get through the day, what are they doing?

Good morning, folks. I hope you face your Friday with kindness and focus and NOT constantly replaying in your head that disastrous quest from last night’s BG3 game.

This one is going to be fun.

Back in 199(something) I played a little game called Baldurs Gate. I was wandering around a shop and thought if I clicked on something it meant that I was looking at it. Nope. Apparently I became a shop thief and needed to be murdered.

This! It's going to be so bleak in NC for people, and here's something to be done. (I currently live in NC) My soul is boiling. Thank you, @adapalmer.bsky.social for this good thing.

I really hope this game is called UPTOON

Bold statement to assume I don’t already have a reason to not drink toilet water.

If you like my writing but don’t know current Warhammer, can you pick this up? I think so. Maybe a little running to catch up at the start but not necessarily more than most heroic fantasy. I think I give context to the concepts as they’re introduced.

I told Jim not to air our dirty laundry but whatevs, you do you, babe. bsky.app/profile/cthu...

Thing I didn’t expect on a train trip- Amtrak seats strangers together like Benihana, only it’s just a table for four so it’s obvious when you’re not talking. Every…single….meal, new people.

We are both at computers and alive to talk, so join @tkingfisher.com and me at Ditch Diggers live on Twitch.tv/mightymur

*surfaces* I’m in book writing mode which includes ignoring nearly everything else to focus on the book. I apologize for anything I’m late in addressing.

In 20 min I’ll be talking about GALLOWAYS GOSPEL with author Sam Rebelein! Twitch.tv/mightymur

It can’t be true if we hide it from you.

Attention- I have reached a new level of nerd: my phone autocorrected “krobus.”

Six Wakes by @mightymur.bsky.social is the hands down best SFF mystery I've ever read. S-Tier book.

Live now on Twitch - Ditch Diggers returns with @tkingfisher.com ! Twitch.tv/mightymur

KAOS

It’s too early in the con for sad photos but I had to get one with sad apple.