"Powered by"? Will they be on exercise bikes or turning cranks or something?
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 8h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
Will Wiles
@willwiles.bsky.social
"The Dead Man's Empire", sequel to the award-winning "The Last Blade Priest", is out now from Angry Robot. Author of several novels, and the short story collection "The Anechoic Chamber & other weird tales" (Salt). He/him.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 8h ago
How I think my working day is going to feel, vs how it actually feels
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · yesterdaySaint Jerome contemplating the sorry state of the world. Know how he feels! By Pieter Coecke van Aelst, born OTD in 1504.
Saint Jerome contemplating the sorry state of the world. Know how he feels! By Pieter Coecke van Aelst, born OTD in 1504.
Aaaand there has come soft rain! Nice work RB, you did it
Will Wiles@willwiles.bsky.social · yesterdayFitting to spend today hoping for rain. Truly one of the great short stories (any genre). And from today's point of view it's striking how Bradbury really nailed the chirruping inanity of the automated systems.
Fitting to spend today hoping for rain. Truly one of the great short stories (any genre). And from today's point of view it's striking how Bradbury really nailed the chirruping inanity of the automated systems.
Jonathan L. Howard@jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · yesterday“Today is August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California.” "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury.
One curious thing about becoming houseplant people (as we have since ~2022 or so) is you starting noticing and identifying plants in other locations; this is weirdly disorienting when that "other location" is recordings of the past. It feels like an anachronism. Hard to express.
I was lucky enough to read an early version of this - it's fantastic. If you like Scott Lynch...
Ian Green@ianthegreen.bsky.social · 3d agoTHE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is out this week. "Outstandingly swashbuckling, outrageously gripping and out-of-this-world brilliant" Monsters, pirates, empire, and magic. Order now, have fun, spread the word if you know people who like cool things 🏴☠️ geni.us/TDATDcovrev
THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED is out this week. "Outstandingly swashbuckling, outrageously gripping and out-of-this-world brilliant" Monsters, pirates, empire, and magic. Order now, have fun, spread the word if you know people who like cool things 🏴☠️ geni.us/TDATDcovrev
2/2 As installed at Dyrham Park: Samuel van Hoogstraten's View Down a Corridor. Can you tell where reality ends and painting begins?
'Archaeologists called in to investigate by Italy’s Carabinieri military police discovered the "ancient" structure contained fibreglass, papier-mâché columns, rendered blocks and plaster statues dating from the early 2000s.'
Cat Vincent (he/him, Useless Eater)@catvincent.bsky.social · last wk.
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
Further insanity. We are scolded about our want of national pride - it is facilities like this, and the discoveries made there, that give me pride, and yet apparently they all need to go on the bonfire.
Adrian Littlejohn@yorksfella59.bsky.social · last wk.We, allegedly, can't afford to look after vulnerable people. Now, it seems, we can't afford to 'do' science, or to teach our people about the universe we live in. Should we all just go and live in a cave? Or ask those who can afford it to contribute a bit more in tax? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Marked difference between this and the delusional, psychotic British media
Brynley Heaven@brynleyheaven.bsky.social · last wk.Le Monde
You can get 15 e-books for $30 / c. £23 in the @storybundle.bsky.social Best of British SFF! Including my grimdark masterpiece A Woman of the Sword from @lunapress.bsky.social and my lyrical comedy sword and sorcery short from @wtpress.bsky.social #books #booksky #booktok #sff 📚🔥 Link below.
One thing I never did was a post-mortem of Sir. Perhaps this is as good a time and place as any to talk about some of that. It started in 2010 when Channel 4 had some money to spend on making educational games. For some reason they asked me. ->thread
Jim Rossignol@rossignol.bsky.social · 2w agoIn surprising computer game news: Sir, You Are Being Hunted finally made it to console, just fourteen years after release on PC. It's out now on Switch, PS5, and Xbox. (And Steam and GoG, of course.)
A national scandal, this. The comparison with Notre Dame is fitting. Really no price is too high. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Future generations will curse us for its loss’: can nothing save Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh’s masterpiece?
Stratospheric costs could prevent the fire-damaged landmark from returning to its former glory. Now, unless a wealthy patron is found, the building seems destined for ‘soulless’ facade retention or ‘c...
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Never mind Scrooge, they should do an origin prequel for Oliver Twist. What's that guy's backstory, eh.
Look at all these awesome books. Still time to grab yourself an absolute bargain!
Lavie Tidhar@lavietidhar.bsky.social · 4w agoI'm delighted to launch the 2026 Best of British bundle today! storybundle.com/bestof w/ @ianmcdonald.bsky.social @julietemckenna.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social & more! Just $30 for 15 books! Plus supporting @locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts appreciated!
I have only now, belatedly, realised that my "Fantasy: a Short History" has been shortlisted for a 2026 Mythopoeic Award. The winner will be announced at Mythcon 54, in Weatherford OK, this Sunday. I am hugely honoured and delighted and feel stupid for not realising earlier.
This was a fantastic collection - I particularly enjoyed the sly joke of the last story in the book...
Will Wiles@willwiles.bsky.social · 2w agoHard to believe, I know, but there are two (or even two-and-one-ninth) ways to get your hands on "The Anechoic Chamber and other weird tales", my collection of uncanny stories. In the UK, @saltpublishing.com is offering 20% of all its books until 31 July: bsky.app/profile/salt... 1/3
BUY THIS BOOK! Best thing I've read in ages!
Will Wiles@willwiles.bsky.social · 2w agoHard to believe, I know, but there are two (or even two-and-one-ninth) ways to get your hands on "The Anechoic Chamber and other weird tales", my collection of uncanny stories. In the UK, @saltpublishing.com is offering 20% of all its books until 31 July: bsky.app/profile/salt... 1/3
Hard to believe, I know, but there are two (or even two-and-one-ninth) ways to get your hands on "The Anechoic Chamber and other weird tales", my collection of uncanny stories. In the UK, @saltpublishing.com is offering 20% of all its books until 31 July: bsky.app/profile/salt... 1/3
Salt Books@saltpublishing.com · 3w agoICYMI – 20% off everything in our store until the end of July. Click on the link 👇 www.saltpublishing.com/discount/5T2... Or use discount code 5T2JNKFV98VT in the checkout. Happy shopping! #SaltBooks
Sadly this is also true of the attractive Italian linen suits Mads Mikkelsen advertises for Zegna because when I, a non-Mikkelsen, try it I look like a bankrupt rubber agent in 1950s Malaya
Patrick Andelic@pkandelic.bsky.social · 2w agoSee also: the British men who get Cillian Murphy's Peaky Blinders haircut and are horrified to discover that it only works when it's above Cillian Murphy's face.