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Craig Russell
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Writes optimistic, apocalyptic, humanistic sci-fi.

NEVER EVEN - A Short Paradox Tale - out now!

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Craig Russell @cmrussell.uk · Jul 11
What if you could rewrite your past?

Desperate to save his family, a time-traveling hero turns villain, forever trapped in a paradox of vengeance.

NEVER EVEN - A Short Paradox Tale

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NEVER EVEN - A Short Paradox Tale
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Tools for writing fiction lag behind tools for writing software - so I made a better one.

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Fiction Writers Deserve Better Tools
I write software for money and fiction for fun. Tools for writing fiction are not as good as tools for writing software.
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May 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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www.millersbookreview.com/p/no-books-a...

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No, Books Are Not Remotely Too Expensive
Let’s Explore a Little Math
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April 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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The Loneliness of A Room of One’s Own
Virginia Woolf put forward an enduring vision of women with the space and financial stability to write. But it’s also a sad vision—of isolated writers, cut off from peers or mentors.
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March 29, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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Resources for World-Builders
Since the WordPress archives are far from the easiest thing to navigate and it can be difficult to find what you are looking for even though it is, I am putting together a couple of ‘index&#8…
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March 28, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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ISBN Visualisation
March 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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The enshittification of Amazon paperback books · Alex Erhardt
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March 16, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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How are we feeling about using AI for editorial advice? Cos honestly, this shit is scary/impressive and I'm super conflicted.

90% of suggestions are valid. Is it helping me write better, or just better at what it thinks good writing is? Is there a difference?

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Output from Claude GenAI: Line 141:** "When the sun sank behind brewing clouds, it was time to return to the shore." — "It was time to return to the shore" is slightly detached from her perspective. She's been the active decision-maker throughout. Consider: "When the sun sank behind brewing clouds, she decided to return to the shore." Or: "When the sun sank behind brewing clouds, she turned the raft towards the shore."
March 14, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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February 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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I’m not lazy, I’m “actively sitting”

www.sciencealert.com/not-all-sitt...
Not All Sitting Is Equal. One Type Was Just Linked to Better Brain Health.
Excessive sitting isn't good for a person's physical or mental health, but there's a type of sedentary activity that may not shrink our brains or cost our cognition to the same extent.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over “heroes”

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Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over “heroes”
In 2000, Douglas Adams made an interesting observation that I keep returning to. A user on Slashdot named “FascDot Killed My Pr” had asked the following question (where HGttG = Hitchhiker’s Guide to t...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Reposted by Craig Russell
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We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone
We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone
I hadn’t fully grasped how the idea of a better future sustained me – now I, like many others, find it difficult to be productive
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January 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Interesting.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2575918...
Network of Scottish X accounts go dark amid Iran blackout
The silence from the group of accounts, which began on Thursday, comes amid widespread protests against the leadership of the Islamic Republic.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Mass surveillance, the metaverse, making America ‘great again’: the novelists who predicted our present
From Jorge Luis Borges to George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, novelists have foreseen some of the major developments of our age. What can we learn from their prophecies?
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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I write all my fiction in markdown. I love it.

www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Tarrare, a Wikipedia daily article, led me to discover this wonderful book, The Glutton by @akblakemore.bsky.social

Historical Fiction x Body Horror x Quiet Heroism

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A book: The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore
January 11, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US | Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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www.worksinprogress.news/p/english-pr...
The great shift of English prose
It's not because of shorter sentences.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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"Nostalgia is killing the future"

― Unknown
December 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
The economics behind Zack Polanski's claims
The Green Party leader's recent arguments sound a lot like Modern Monetary Theory
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December 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Hit a milestone today
A notification on my phone "1000 days since you quit smoking"
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Though I disagree with almost every point made in this video, I like it for its optimism.

We need more optimism.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0DU...
Why the next 25 years could surpass anything in modern memory | Peter Leyden: Full Interview
YouTube video by Big Think
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December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Almost got force-fed #IOS26 this morning.

Turned off auto-update just in time...
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Alongside climate change the aging population is one of the big challenges for our future.

But the answer is certainly not “more babies”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How a fertility gap is fuelling the rise of one-child families
The proportion of UK families with one child has grown since the turn of the century - with knock-on effects for society
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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This one chart tells the future of the world.

In all regions (except Africa) working age people will support increasingly more non-working age people from now until the end of the century.
Age-dependency ratio, including UN projections The age dependency ratio is the sum of the young population (under age 15) and elderly population (age 65 and over) relative to the working-age population (ages 15 to 64). Data are shown as the number of dependents per 100 working-age population. Projections to 2100 are based on the UN's medium population scenario.
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The head of the OBR resigned because they configured WordPress incorrectly

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OBR chair Richard Hughes resigns over Budget day publishing error
The government's official forecaster inadvertently published a crucial Budget document early.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM