Much like Charlie Kirk? I had no idea who GWAR were until their band was dragged into US public discourse. My only pet peeve? Beheadings are way harder to pull off in real life than how satire and theatre portrays the act. It's why guillotines were considered a major advance in public executions!

Have booked for a session with an agent in late October as part of the @asauthors.bsky.social speed dating event. Just hope I selected 'Catherine Wallace' instead of the alternative. Nothing wrong with romance fiction! But my manuscript is technically commercial fiction. #writerslife #GardenCity

See over the weekend the war between eastern and western Europe is slowly widening. Being relatively certain terrible things are on the way does not lessen their impact when they become a lived reality. Not looking forward to these days ahead.

My course enrolment for UCLA's Screenwriting course has come through. Guess this is real now. Looking forward to this. Have not been a student at a tertiary institution for twenty-five years. Here's hoping I do well! #writerslife #UCLA #GardenCity

This week has become one of transition. Fitting, really. #GardenCity #writerslife

Stephen Millers speech just flat out echoed Nationalist Socialists: “To our enemies. You have nothing to give. You have nothing to offer. You have nothing to share but bitterness. We have beauty. We have light. We have goodness. We have determination. We have vision. We have strength.”

Technologically advance a band: Drones & Thornless Roses

Email spam promising tractor supplies? That's a new one. #GardenCity

Rumour has it I transform into an old man come Thursday. It's when I officially turn fifty-five. I joke about it as I still get mistaken for a forty-year old in person. And I am constantly still told I 'need to grow up' by my father. He's about forty-years too late! #GardenCity

@mrjeffknox.bsky.social always managed to post fascinating accounts of UFO reports on Bluesky. It's a great relief from the grief and negativity. And a solid alternative to cute animals and memes. So give him a follow if you're curious.

A reminder that anyone to the left of Mussolini should be a anti-fascist by definition. Muddying the waters to disguise themselves and steering the centre-to-far right towards their nightmare end scenarios is pretty well documented in history books. Shame many do not read, or listen, these days.

Unpopular opinion: Marvel's streaming/TV efforts peaked with 'The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes' (2010-2012). The stories are short, to-the-point and capture the look and feel of a Marvel comic better than any of the movies or live-action series made. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ave...

"There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art." —from Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

I see some strain of evangelicals believes The Rapture is coming around 23rd September. That checks out as far as cultural appropriation goes in relation to the co-opting of rituals around the equinox.

Old Phantom process

My Sunday featured an end to fasting, salt, flowers, flame and feasting in the evening. A typical Sunday close to the equinox. #GardenCity

Reminder: you can oppose anti-Semitic hate-speech & bigotry AND oppose the horrifying human rights abuses, war crimes & genocide committed by Zionist Israel. Zionism ≠ Judaism. #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide

It's actually warm to hot here this afternoon in the #GardenCity. Has spring finally arrived? Will we skip straight to summer in October? We'll see.

Donald Trump lashing out at an Australian journalist for asking questions is authoritarian behaviour. "Will Albanese stand up to the White House if they try to stop the ABC from entering, which is what happened in the UK?" - Chief Political Analyst Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol

Time to sleep some get. Er. Get sleep some. #GardenCity

In my 20s: "I love flashbacks and flash-forwards in storytelling!" In 2025: #writerslife

timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning

Beyond yelling to the void, do what you can to volunteer in your community to enact some positive change This is how we can all help make the world a better place

In the vast escape that is the American South-west, getting lost offers little wiggle room. If local knowledge fails. Maps get lost or you lose your place upon them? The gold begonia sunrises become the start of the last day of your life. And as I awake, I ask. Is this my last day in the Sonora?

If I were writing a fictional history of a planet in the outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy? I'd refer to the current US President's decree of 'anti-fascism' being 'un-American' as 'Hitler's Revenge'. 80 years late, but there it is.

Imperials in Star Wars are always angry due to their unconscious realisation that they are mere cogs in the Imperial machine. You know the one. The shape of it is literally in their organisational logo.

Perhaps if your antecedents had not given away so much of Oz's mineral rights to Lang, we'd not be in a situation where we needed a lecture from this mistake's descendants, Sussan? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

#Andor gets better on every re-watch. I only hope to create screenplays in the future which approach this level of crispness and relevance. Still very, very, very surprised Disney greenlit both seasons of this show given the nature of the world today.

Psithurist: (n.) the sound of leaves rustling or wind blowing through the trees #Writers #WednesdayWord

The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters. We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them. grist.org/language/nat... #Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians

Muddling my way through the UCLA processes for online enrolment. Feeling my age! #writerslife #GardenCity

John Lyons: "In Donald Trump's America, questions not to the liking of the president are met not with answers but hostility. "Trump is so rarely challenged, standard questions seem hostile." #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

In our submission to the Productivity Commission we strongly oppose the Commission's proposal for a TDM exception to copyright laws, calling for the introduction of a mandatory Code of Conduct. Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-rejects-productivity-commission-proposal-for-tdm-exception/

Today a policeman came to my door and said he was looking for a man with one eye. I said to him 'If you use both, you'll probably find him a lot quicker.' @thefunnytweeter.bsky.social #jokeoftheday #funny #jokes

Saw the full exchange as John Lyons baited the dim wit of the current US President. I do miss American Presidents who could spell their own names, let alone write a paper on foreign policy. #auspol

I was incredibly grateful to be recognized Monday night in NYC for my work - alongside some of my journalistic heroes, including Woodward and Bernstein, and Lowell Bergman - as part of the 50th anniversary gala for Investigative Reporters & Editors. I was one of three journalists chosen…

I just saw Robert Redford's cameo in the 3rd season of Dark Winds just a few hours ago. RIP to an acting great.

I do like what I have read so far of #Nimble5e. Rules are drafted simply, with a strong emphasis on communicating the rules in lieu of flavour-text. Which as a writer, but also a gamer, I approve of. Not sure as yet how these rules would work in play. The play's the thing, all that.

The film is inching closer to a release, thanks to everyone that has helped along the way. Stay tuned for more details and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvjq...

T-shirt is short for Tyrannosaurus shirt, because of the short arms.

Whenever I look at a fantasy genre map I have to roll my eyes a bit. Mostly as the kingdoms they often put on said map are the land area of 19th century nation-states, whereas they should be much smaller in size and scope along medieval or ancient lines of size.

I am planning to spend the afternoon reading my kickstarter collection of #Nimble5e to ascertain if I can still use the system to run my story/campaign idea. Think I can. But knowing and not assuming is half the battle! #ttrpg #roleplaying

Was going to watch this later this morning, if only to find out if the expose covers the group's founding and links to both the Heritage Foundation (now part of a certain shrugging behemoth) and a certain colourful 'agency' who used cults and the drug trade to fight suspected communists after WWII.

She wore venetian Pink and perfect Pink fatigues, her outfit somewhere between 'Pride and Amazon Barbie. Combat boots and AVL-210 'Deck were her work ethic declaration. "Ready to get rich," she asked as she made that final keystroke. "Aces and Cotton Candy," I said. The door opened. "We're in!"

This cartoon describes everything you need to know about Trump’s MAGA movement and its right wing equivalents globally.

A classic case of underreporting the problem for fear of being taunted as if Noah. Sadly ironic given the fear of truth telling that surrounds the existential crisis of climate change. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Monday is accepting that my old glasses are GONE. Choosing a new pair. Putting off those blood tests as the line for testing was longer than usual for a Monday. Magic Space Hands stuff in the afternoon. Making sure I know how Zoom et al works before my online class begins. #writerslife #GardenCity

“Severance" actor Tramell Tillman has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. He is the first Black man ever to win the award #Emmys