The Going Under Fan Fund race is now on! Vote for our team member Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social to travel from UK to visit Australian and New Zealand fans and attend Swancon 50, the Australian National Convention! taff.org.uk/guff/ann-260... @easterconuk.bsky.social @specficnz.bsky.social

I am still giggling over this.

He dances in a way I have only seen horses dance. He possesses a power and majesty we will never know.

Cartoon: Pinky and the Brain as Klingons because I felt like it :)

May this year treat you kindly, little horse #lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse #digitalart

I am deeply flattered to be in this Venn diagram.

Due to the way my brain works, I came up with this at 3:00am. Ping @tkingfisher.com and @ksonney.redwombat.social.ap.brid.gy :)

LAcon V is conducting a survey of LAcon V members and members of other recent U.S. Worldcons in order to collect information we can use to solicit sponsorships for the convention.

You can find us at: brisbane28.org @brisbanein28.bsky.social And if you want to help out - contact me direct or via the website!

I need everyone to know that the forthcoming Glen Powell movie, How to Make a Killing, is a modern American remake of one of my all-time favourite films, the classic British black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), and I am *seething,* because there’s zero chance it does the original justice.

I'm part of the Brisbane bid. It has a delightful team, mostly local (by Australian standards). I'm really enjoying working with them

To anyone who has seen the “Discord scraping bots” post going around the place: it is incorrect, and is nothing more than fear-mongering. 1/3

Bonus! ✨️THERE WILL BE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE NEARBY WITHIN A WEEK OF THE CON.✨️ I'm going to be there anyway, let's have a WorldCon at the same time

If you're in a position to vote on this, do the South Pacific a solid and vote for Brisbane. The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.

There's something so satisfying about this.

FYI: I have stood down as bid co-chair due to the fact my health sucks and I think the bid deserves better. I will be staying on as an active committee member, am very proud of how far we’ve come, and am very confident in Vix and Jo Van’s leadership for the rest of the journey. #worldcon

@rahaeli.bsky.social So, people are passing around another "Discord has put evil bots in your server" thing again, based on this from June last year: quarra.tumblr.com/post/7862015... Have you already done a write-up of this, and/or do you have opinions? Should I care? (Thanks!)

If you're at #Boskone this weekend, keep a sharp eye out for our Brisbane / Meanjin Worldcon Bid for 2028 swag! We'll have a rep handing out badge ribbons, postcards, and bookmarks with our pretty logos on them! @boskone.bsky.social #brisbanein28 #worldcon

greatest news today, i'm almost proud

We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this who needs the red dot timeline cleanse. #DoomscrollingBreak

What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it

My only eligible series for this year's Hugo Awards is thus the October Daye books, which had new material totally 242,840 words published in 2025. This included a new novel, SILVER AND LEAD, and several novellas. I am very proud of my work on this series.

** If you don't know what's eligible to be nominated, the Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom has a lot of excellent suggestions. Especially helpful for the fan categories - writer, artist, and fanzine - which many struggle to find eligible nominees for. **

Btw, the ballet dancer who posts every year on TikTok their rat costume for the Nutcracker is already posting their yearly Rat Season. Credit: @belle_urwin on TikTok

Anyone in Adelaide? We're doing a comedy show at Fringe. Not Oglaf, exactly, but by the same folks. Come and say hi! adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/on...

New Fabric: It occurred to me that some folks might actually prefer accordions to a warp core for their pajamas, so here's a few designs, still in command red, ops gold and sciences yellow. www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/21...

The Brisbane / Meanjin Worldcon Bid for 2028 reps had a great time @capriconsfcon.bsky.social this weekend! If you missed our bid table or our parties, look for our rep handing out Brisbane in 28 swag @boskone.bsky.social this coming weekend! #capricon #capricon46 #boskone #brisbanein28 #worldcon

Fabric: What the heck. I made some warp core fabric for my Spoonflower in case anyone wants to make their own pajamas. I didn't copy Ake's design, I drew my own - not a big deal. I also made it available in Ops and Sciences colours. Enjoy. www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/21...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, as if people haven’t been saying it for years, but STOP USING SUBST*CK. I will point you to alternatives like Ghost @garius.bsky.social and I use for @theupfront.media. He has an open offer of help and advice setting up. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

If you use Notepad++, this is critical reading and you need to update ASAP

Friends, we welcome you to PAX Land 2026! 🎮🎈🎲 Our shows will deliver wonder and excitement through the magic of gaming. Be dazzled, be wowed, and make incredible memories while you enjoy our collection of amusements. Read more about what awaits you at PAX East: PAXE26.com/PAXLand

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TIL about the most awesome and surely incredibly dangerous airplane concept en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborn...

SMOFcon 43's website is LIVE! You can now sign up to be a part of this year's SMOFcon in Lisbon. www.smofconlisbon.org

The Brisbane / Meanjin Worldcon Bid for 2028 is at Capricon 46 @capriconsfcon.bsky.social in Chicago this weekend! We're having a party on Thursday and Friday nights, the 5th and 6th. Stop by our Fan Table in the 1st floor corridor to find out more! #capricon46 #capricon2026 #brisbanein28 #worldcon

@kittenmorag.bsky.social when I was visiting your island the other day, the fountain you’ve got, I didn’t recognise it. Where’s it from?

Often when religiously repeating the litany of franchises DEI/Woke supposedly killed & how it will happen to GW, Dr Who gets name dropped. Because, and see if you can detect a complaint theme, we got a lady doctor. But citing Dr Who this way amuses me due to its deep ignorance and bad faith.

This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm. The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him. Happy Black History Month.

"Each new windmill in the new farm will produce as much as electricity as the entire farm did in 1992." Now that's amazing progress. in 1916, did a new AC commercial power plant produce 21 TIMES as much electricity per ton of coal as the first one, the Westinghouse Great Barrington plant of 1886?

Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.

Oh hell, it occurs to me that everybody’s posting their eligibility stuff from 2025, so… NOVEL: Hemlock & Silver Snake-Eater NOVELLA: What Stalks The Deep SHORT STORY: That Thing With Bob And The Crop Circles World of the White Rat isn’t eligible for anything, but hopefully next year!

Currently I'm NO MEANING

I'm usually not much of one to ask for things, but... I am involved in the bid to bring Worldcon to Brisbane in 2028. Site selection is this year in Los Angeles. I would really like it if people followed the @brisbanein28.bsky.social account. 1/5

People that live inside my computer part2 #Reboot

I'm excited by this, and would love to see WorldCon in Australia.

Have a look at our proposed venue, The Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre! This fantastic facility, situated on the South Bank of the Brisbane River, contains 44 meeting spaces, including 4 exhibition halls and 3 auditoriums. #brisbanein28 #worldcon #bcec bcec.com.au

There’s a reason the sea seems more and more agitated. If a tear falls directly into a body of water, a little bit of the emotion behind that tear goes with it. Each tear isn’t very powerful on its own. But the world is very old and very sad. And the sea never forgets.

I drew some of the little people who live inside my computer #Reboot