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John Coxon

@johncoxon.bsky.social

Hugo Award winner for @octothorpecast.bsky.social and @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fowler Award winner for solar-terrestrial science. I play games, read and watch SF, volunteer at conventions, and communicate science. Based in North East England. He/him.

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Ryan North@ryannorth.ca · 2d ago

Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano

Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC
michael@modality.bsky.social · last wk.

RASCAL NEWSLETTER: The "Genocide Is Bad" organization has determined that this owners of this golf course actively support genocide. They have asked people not to play golf here, so go forward fully informed about the political context surrounding it. Now watch this drive

A screenshot from Rascal's newsletter which reads: [Blizzard Entertainment is owned by Microsoft, which has been named a "priority target" by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement over its complicity in Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. That boycott explicitly extends to Xbox and Microsoft's gaming products. I am about to spend a few paragraphs writing about a game I love (warts and all), so go forward fully informed about the political context surrounding it.] World of Warcraft has once again activated the siren call, luring me back to shores I've explored for the majority of my life at this point. This latest temptation is the strongest and most devious, nostalgia mixed with big promises in the form of Wow: Forever. (The essay goes on.)
John Coxon@johncoxon.bsky.social · 3w ago

My sister-in-law is listening to the radio. "…according to John Coxon, a criminal defence attorney…" Those of you with more common names probably have this a lot, but I am 37 and it was a new and very eerie experience!

Sean McCoy@sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · last mo.

Mothership Month is back this year, with one big caveat: no crowdfunding, no new releases. Instead we're investing back in the community: For starters: the Jump-9 Writers Grant will invest $9k in 3 new writers to help them each create a Mothership zine. www.failuretolerated.com/mothership-m...

Mothership Month 2026

<p><strong>Mothership Month is coming November 1 - November 30,</strong> back to our regularly scheduled timeslot. With one big caveat: <strong>No crowdfunding this year.</strong></p> <p>I don’t know ...

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C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm REALLY hoping that Nicholas Hoult had someone whisper in his ear what Rowling has been saying and went "People think I'm fine with WHAT? Tell them I'm busy." I will say, from experience, most Hollywood folk aren't as aware of this stuff as you'd believe. Many don't even go online anymore.

Finn McLellan@saranadosfiction.com · last mo.

(Also fuck the 'TERF island' rhetoric - the majority of people over here fairly solidly don't care one way or the other, and the sad minority of bigots don't need us helping them by pretending they have more support than they do. They're a small loud group of powerful asshats, and that's *all*)

John Coxon@johncoxon.bsky.social · last mo.

Moose is entirely right, and it's a problem. We need more people trying to engage and understand in good faith, as opposed to deliberate misreading to score points with your friends/audience/clique etc!

MꙬse Allain@mooseallain.bsky.social · last mo.

I think the inability of individuals to be able to understand that other people may experience and see the world differently to them is one of the major problems we face. It’s empathy. There is a huge lack of empathy.

John Coxon@johncoxon.bsky.social · last mo.

There is a thing that frustrates me, and it's when social media accounts nominally represent 2+ people, but are used by one person as a personal account. Frustrates me even more when it's an account for a male-and-female team and it's a man who's monopolising it. There are multiple examples of this!

Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social · last mo.

People with nicknames like "crazy Kevin" or "wacky Dave" are always the dullest people you are ever likely to meet. I'm convinced most of them came up with the nickname themselves because they're aware of this