And we'll whisper back: No

Sophia McDougall@sophiamcdougall.bsky.social · 4h ago

Maybe that's the answer

Maybe that's the answer

Now officially out! Thanks so much to Wizard's Tower.

Wizard's Tower Press@wtpress.bsky.social · 3d ago

And Happy Book Birthday to Sophia McDougall and Mars Evacuees, back in print in the UK after a long absence. wizardstowerpress.co...

If you're curious about Pan but a bit tight and you didn't get it yet (no, I get it, seriusly), here's a review by the good folks of @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social to help you make your mind: www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-pan-b...

REVIEW: Pan by Francesco Dimitri

Pan is now published in English for the first time after being translated by Sophia Mcdougall, and grimdark fans will find a lot to love.

grimdarkmagazine.com

The Society of Authors has withdrawn from the ill-conceived concession to the dark side that was the "ethical GenAI" charter because of the mass and vocal outrage of authors. Publishers need to be made afraid of this level of anger too.

Oh???

Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Society of Authors is withdrawing from That Charter! Fighting against Big Tech, and demanding that institutions fight it rather than tolerating it or being limited by its framing, makes a difference. 💙📚

The approval of the Jackdaw gas field is an environmental catastrophe. But also, side-eyeing this from an industry which has lost THIRTY THOUSAND JOBS in the past five years, what the absolute fuck is this justification?

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 4d ago

From the govt's press release: "The developer estimates that Jackdaw will create 27 new direct jobs and safeguard 273 existing jobs that would otherwise be lost." Odd that so much is made about this being good for jobs. Your nearest out-of-town supermarket likely generates more jobs.

At least no one thought the tulips were gonna kill us all.

The attempt to turn the Titanic round is thought to have made things worse.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 4d ago

JD Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"

Parking fines and antisocial behaviour on the buses actually deserve the name “legitimate concerns“, it’s how to keep a reputation for being in touch with the ordinary voter without that being code for more racism (tbc he may also do the more racism part)

Well I sure picked the wrong weekend to visit France. The weather has been awful.

It’s come to something when a photographer has to get legal advice, before displaying this photo in an exhibition, due to the risk of being prosecuted as a terrorist, but that’s exactly what I had to do yesterday. What a state this country is in.

Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social · last yr.

A woman weeps over the genocide in Gaza as she waits to be arrested as a terrorist for holding up a piece of cardboard. Parliament Square today.

this is my favorite Hard Times headline, I think about it every time I see the words "remastered" on a reissue which means pretty much every time I see a reissue

Well I sure picked the wrong weekend to visit France. The weather has been awful.

the labour mp who wants to ban trans people from hospitals also thinks 5G causes cancer because of course she does

I don't know why my feed is full of people moaning that fines for heqdphone dodgers are somehow bad. Were you all out there making the leftist case for smoking on public transport too?

Local theater

Reminds me of that John Le Carré observation about the uses of swearing: the pragmatics are so delicate that it can be used as a test of last resort for distinguishing perfectly competent speakers of English English as a second language from native speakers.

👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞@jacktindale.bsky.social · 6d ago

I love it when Americans use British swear words but without quite getting the level at which they’re normally used. It’s like describing Hitler as a “wassock”. I mean, he was, but you should really use something a bit stronger.

Macronist on BBC WS asked about police violence says "I'd need to see proof of that", makes unevidenced assertions that the people who trashed streets were "far left". Accusations against police have to be supported by strongest possible evidence; accusations against the left require no evidence.

I'm getting new notifications from this thread so I can only assume they are At It Again. nice try Satan but I'm saved

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

may need to print this and hang it on the wall in my office at this rate

On the other hand, my books can now be sold without a plastic wrapper by my incredible Hungarian publisher. A bit of hope.

Attitude Magazine@attitudemag.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hungary’s parliament has approved changes to a law that restricted LGBTQ+ representation in material available to children www.attitude.co.uk/news/world/h...

On pre-order, Sophia McDougall's hilarious Mars Evacuees is back in the UK at last. Your kids will love this. wizardstowerpress.co...

Grimdark readers will enjoy the dark, urban world of Pan. Full review below:

"oh but we grew up with the impacts of the war. So we're part of that generation really." Sure Jan. And I grew up with the impacts of Thatcherism. You don't see me claiming I'm a sriking coal miner though.

yet again, I am asking, just how long ago people think the Second World War actually was

Peter Whitewood@pwhitewood.bsky.social · last wk.

Prejudices so suppressed they can only be ‘whispered’ in a national newspaper.

In the midst of the chaos in Marseille, a ceramic cafe still open, the patrons calmly absorbed in painting their mugs as looters flee from the cops outside.

Now that it's funded, I've got a lot of work to do! If you haven't checked it out, I'm adapting the Murderbot novella All Systems Red by Martha Wells with Gary Erskine, Yel Zamor, and Simon Bowland! Edited by Paul Cornell. Check it out!

808-Comic Book Fan@jasondkim3.bsky.social · last wk.

ALL SYSTEMS ARE RED! Please checkout the latest Kickstarter by @ericaschultz42.bsky.social & @garyerskine.bsky.social. It’s an Murderbot graphic novel by @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

I work with a lot of organisations to write their acceptable use policies for AI - these are typically quite granular and specific. This charter is, I think, completely useless and it points to the OECD framework which is, likewise, a bit of well-meaning fluff www.unesco.org/en/artificia...

Trump's ongoing campaign to make homoeroticism uncool is among the worst things he's done to The LGBTQ Community

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "We're allowed to have big strong handsome soldiers now"