No relation but from one El Sayed to another, amazing news from Michigan. No more sell out corporate Dems!

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6h ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

And I was right! The yellow duck Pez dispenser is, of course, the magic artefact that unlocks everything.

Mahmud El Sayed@mahmudelsayed.bsky.social · last mo.

Looking forward to Silo Season 3 and finding out how this pez dispenser is the key to saving the human race

"I am a servant of the Dirty Laundry, wielder of the claws of Mew. You cannot pass! The Washing Machine will not avail you, Human Butler. Go back to doing the dishes. You cannot pass!"

I swear that window was further on the left before...

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

Science fiction is when you smoke Death Sticks. Fantasy is when you smoke Longbottom Leaf.

Dani Finn 🐙 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚@danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 4d ago

Science fiction is when the lesbians are cybernetic. Fantasy is when they are magical.

Ending the month with a review of one of my favourite books of the year.

BOOK REVIEW: The Republic of Memory, by Mahmud El Sayed

Teaser Two centuries on from its launch, the generation ship Safina has strayed from its purpose. Its crew are now divided by language, its precious cargo of sleeping ancestors at risk from power s…

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Rewatched an old Stewart Lee Comedy Vehicle episode and can't get this out of my head: "18th-century polymath Thomas Young was the last person reputed to have read every book published in his lifetime. Someone who did that today would end up more stupid than the person who read nothing.”

Ruin a book by adding a word: The Amazon Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

RJ Barker@rjbarker.bsky.social · 7d ago

Ruin a book by adding a word: Microsoft Surface Detail.

Me writing about AI taking over and destroying the world: (laughing maniacally) "Yes. Yes!" (then realising that I actually believe this) "But no. No!" (but also being happy that the story is going well and laughing maniacally again) "But yes. Yes!"

English: Look at him, he's daydreaming. (Egyptian) Arabic: Look at him, he's in the watermelon.

If Argos was a cat Odysseus returns after 20 years at sea: Argos: "Well, well, well! Look who decided to show up...."

If you want to talk about the Sea People, I'm waiting for someone to make a movie about Odysseus based on the Cretan Lie (the story that actually he and his men go to Egypt and work as a mercenaries; they become rich and then lose everything before Odysseus decides to return home).

This is just to say Nobody has blinded the Cyclops in the cave He was just minding his own business with his sheep And his cheese Just joking it was I, Odysseys, King of Ithaca, What are you going to do? Pray to Poseidon to curse me Or something?

Marie Phillips@mariephillips.bsky.social · last wk.

This is just to say I have turned into pigs the men that were on my island and which you were probably saving to row you to Ithaca Forgive me they were disgusting so male and so disrespectful.

My interview with audible about THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY audio book. If you're interested in revolutions, Arabfuturism or conlangs, why don't you give it a listen?

“The Republic of Memory” dares to make rebels of us all

With his debut novel, Mahmud El Sayed arrives as a bold new voice in Arabfuturism.

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"Avoiding staccato prose" lol

Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 2w ago

Nope. No, you haven’t.

I'm so happy that THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY audio book is getting some love. I think the team did an amazing job and shoutout to the voice actors Sami Abu Wardeh, Lara Sawalha, Kaffe Keating and George Greenland. They deserve all the praise!

6 Best Sci-Fi Audiobooks With Perfect Narration

Classic sci-fi audiobooks that are must-listens.

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Anti-Muslim hate is on the rise across the board in the UK and that includes news of anti-Muslim hate being greeted with a shrug or outright silence from the political class. We must do better.

One UK mosque attacked ‘every five days’, says British Muslim Trust

More than 70 attacks have been recorded over past year, including acts of violence, property damage and vandalism

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Finally watched Obsession and it served to confirm the importance of editors and editing. "'Love you more than anyone in the world?' Hmm, can you phrase this a bit better?'

Gotta be honest, 2026 is already a phenomenal year for SFF novels. What do you love this year that you plan to nominate next year? Our running recommendations list: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/open...

"Are you talkin' to me?"

Imagining The Odyssey by Grok Imagine: Odysseus played by George Clooney from Oh Brother Where Art Thou The Cyclops played by Cyclops from X Men Agamemnon played by Thragg from Invincible

Troydssey. Cinemas are going to have to start showing Troy and The Odyssey back-to-back sooner or later.

To all those saying Gaza should not be such a central issue in our politics and it has nothing to do with us and blah blah blah understand that to the billionaire class, you are Gazan.

Starmer: "My work here is done." The work: Purging the left, supporting a genocide and shifting the Overton window even further to the right.

Argentina rage-baiting the world

FIFA put their finger on the scales to ensure this outcome – the most boring World Cup final I can remember.

Guy Mowbray and Alan Shearer on the BBC Vs. Sam Matterface and Lee Dixon on ITV. Like choosing between being punched in the nose or kicked in the balls.

Lots of Odyssey memes on social media today but we'll never top Flann O'Brien's At-Swim-Two-Birds and his introduction of two minor characters, Timothy Danaos and Dona Ferentes.

Now I am become The Sea People, Destroyer of World

Oppenheimer and The Odyssey are the same movie. Fight me!