Ok fun fact! Some time last month, we passed 100,000 all-time downloads! Thanks to everyone who's listened and supported us over the years 🥰 When we started the show in 2019, we never imagined our book goofing would find such a great community!
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Irish-Indian software developing geek who's adopted Glasgow as his home. No longer has a turret at the University. Still a European. He/him. All posts entirely personal Website: https://lordofthemoon.com Mastodon: @lordofthemoon@mastodon.scot
3 of 5 stars for The Moon Glow Bookshop, by Seo Dong-won https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/the-moon-glow-bookshop/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
The Scottish Comics itch Bundle is now LIVE! Get 30 indie comics from a small selection of the talented creators who call Scotland home, all for only $20! All profits split between the creators, with 13% of proceeds going to PCRF to help provide urgent aid in Gaza. 🩵 BUY: itch.io/b/3727/scott...
After rationing them out for the past few years, I've finally come to the end of the wonderful Monstrous Agonies podcast. It's a late night advice segment of a radio station devoted to the "Creature Community" and is a joy to listen to.
3 of 5 stars for Dead & Breakfast (Dead & Breakfast Mystery #1), by Kat HillisRosiee Thor https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/dead-breakfast-dead-breakfast-mystery-1/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
@barbaratruelove.bsky.social hello, do you know if 'Of Monsters and Mainframes' will be available as an ebook in the UK at all?
I've been thoroughly enjoying The Thirteenth God, by @djangowexler.bsky.social which has just come to the end of its first book. If you want to binge the whole thing, rather than read chapter by chapter, now's your chance. www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
The Thirteenth God
Taking down a god isn’t easy… In order to escape a prison at the edge of the world, con artist Kalsis Chiroptera agrees to do the impossible: overthrow the Princeps, the immortal ruler of all mankind...
royalroad.com
Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
cnbc.com
3 of 5 stars for A Fledgling Abiba, by Dilman Dila https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/a-fledgling-abiba/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
So my reasoning is a bit more 'these are massive resource-heavy bits of infrastructure and the need for them is very likely a bubble, so let's be Very Strategic about what we allow and under what circumstances'. But i generally agree.
Lorraine Wilson@rainewilson.bsky.social · 2w agoCalling Scottish folks because fuck data centres. Personally I'd go for yeeting the shareholders into the sun but I guess I'll settle for a moratorium petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
3 of 5 stars for Steles of the Sky (The Eternal Sky, 3), by Elizabeth Bear https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/steles-of-the-sky-the-eternal-sky-3/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
3 of 5 stars for A Heartbeat at My Feet, by Kristin Judd https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/a-heartbeat-at-my-feet/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
"Austerity FOMO is thus different from the general shock doctrine in at least one respect ... it is an attempt to fabricate a crisis which does not yet exist, at least not in the form it is being presented." Read the full blog post here: glasgow.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/07/22/w...
For colleagues at @glasgow.ac.uk this is worth reading, alongside the latest in this series: glasgow.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/07/22/w... TL;DR: * we have reserves of >£600m * income is growing (at a time of shrinking international numbers) * staff costs are low All implying that austerity is a choice
UCU University of Glasgow@ucuglasgow.bsky.social · 2mo agoDespite management's austerity narrative, UCU Glasgow's Finance Working Group — with expert independent analysis — has found that the University of Glasgow is in a strong and stable financial position 💰️ Read the first blog in our new series here: glasgow.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/05/27/s...
3 of 5 stars for Shattered Pillars (The Eternal Sky, 2), by Elizabeth Bear https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/shattered-pillars-the-eternal-sky-2/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
5 of 5 stars for A witch\'s guide to magical innkeeping, by Sangu Mandanna https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/a-witchs-guide-to-magical-innkeeping/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
3 of 5 stars for Range of Ghosts (Eternal Sky, #1), by Elizabeth Bear https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/range-of-ghosts-eternal-sky-1/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
Oh, have I not told this one here? Okay. So Grandma had The Charisma.
Hipster Viking Amy@lasrina.bsky.social · 4w agoSummoning @tkingfisher.com to tell the story of her grandma getting like five marriages annulled.
4 of 5 stars for Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman, #1), by Olivia Waite https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/murder-by-memory-dorothy-gentleman-1/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
4 of 5 stars for The Adventures of Mary Darling, by Pat Murphy https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/the-adventures-of-mary-darling/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
4 of 5 stars for A Right Shambles in York (DI Adams, #3), by Kim M. Watt https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/a-right-shambles-in-york-di-adams-3/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
This is a delightful story by @glasgowbell.bsky.social www.glasgowbell.co.uk/bungo-signs-... I love hand-painted shop signs and always wish there were more of them. I'm really glad these folks are doing well.
The signs reviving the city’s ‘forgotten’ high streets
Can you paint Glasgow back to life?
glasgowbell.co.uk
My #picotron port of Lemmings now has all the original levels playable (plus the replacement levels, plus all the holiday levels, plus a handful of others) It runs in the browser here: sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html
4 of 5 stars for Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8), by Martha Wells https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/platform-decay-the-murderbot-diaries-8/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
Ooh, I hadn't known that @valerievaldes.bsky.social writes romantasy as well as science fiction. I've really enjoyed her SF and the first romantasy book (Witch You Would) is cheap on ebook at the moment so I've nabbed it.
Valerie Valdes@valerievaldes.bsky.social · last mo.Since various book sales seem to be happening, I am gonna be BRAVE and FEARLESS and ANNOYING and suggest you read my books! Let's talk about them a little, shall we? candleinsunshine.com/books/
I worked out how to use Itch just for you. Playable demo for my game now up! gracierocket.itch.io/magic-at-the...
Magic at the Masthead - WIP - 60K word demo by Grace Knight
LGBTQ+ inclusive tall ships game of adventure, magic, and romance.
gracierocket.itch.io
3 of 5 stars for A Letter from the Lonesome Shore (The Sunken Archive, #2), by Sylvie Cathrall https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/a-letter-from-the-lonesome-shore-the-sunken-archive-2/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky
I have had this print of Jim Burns' brilliant Spaceport Glasgow on my wall for over 15 years at this point, and I've only just recently noticed that one of the ships in the background is a Hugo rocket! #HugoAwards #JimBurns #art
4 of 5 stars for These Broken Little Worlds, by E M Faulds https://lordofthemoon.com/bookreviews/these-broken-little-worlds/ #LordOfTheMoonBookReview #BookReview #BookSky