M Nesce Drake
@nesce.bsky.social
SFF writer, fan, and dork - now published in Gallus: A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle anthology! (it's NESH-uh but I actually answer to Maggie) she/her. Disabled.
Support my work: https://buymeacoffee.com/mnescedrake
Support my work: https://buymeacoffee.com/mnescedrake
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................. do people just crave an illiterate, ignorant, THOUGHTS ARE JUST TOO HARD FOR MAH BWAIN BWAIN approach to modern life?
yeah sounds like AI is just a bonus based on their website
September 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
................. do people just crave an illiterate, ignorant, THOUGHTS ARE JUST TOO HARD FOR MAH BWAIN BWAIN approach to modern life?
I've just hit 40k on a second-ish draft of a novel I'm referring to as "vampire witch shit." Yay!
#writing #amwriting
#writing #amwriting
September 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I've just hit 40k on a second-ish draft of a novel I'm referring to as "vampire witch shit." Yay!
#writing #amwriting
#writing #amwriting
I was writing a wee serial on substack before I abandoned the platform, but I also abandoned the story.
Rising from the ashes... A pair of witches!
"Succumb to my devil vagina magic!” Shouted the naked woman as she ran down the street"
#shorts #writing
Rising from the ashes... A pair of witches!
"Succumb to my devil vagina magic!” Shouted the naked woman as she ran down the street"
#shorts #writing
A pair of witches, vol 1 — M Nesce Drake
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buymeacoffee.com
September 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The panic of accidentally discovering a new shortcut key.
September 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The panic of accidentally discovering a new shortcut key.
Me, knitting Saga's jumper from Alan Wake 2 and explaining circular knitting to my partner: It's not a loop; it's a spiral.
September 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Me, knitting Saga's jumper from Alan Wake 2 and explaining circular knitting to my partner: It's not a loop; it's a spiral.
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Please help get my collection of short stories get some more readers! "These Broken Little Worlds", is looking a little lonely on Amazon...
If you can leave any review or rating, no matter if it's 1 star or 5, you have my gratitude. ❤️🔥
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Broken...
If you can leave any review or rating, no matter if it's 1 star or 5, you have my gratitude. ❤️🔥
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Broken...
These Broken Little Worlds (Polestars Book 13)
These Broken Little Worlds (Polestars Book 13) eBook : Faulds, E.M.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
September 1, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Please help get my collection of short stories get some more readers! "These Broken Little Worlds", is looking a little lonely on Amazon...
If you can leave any review or rating, no matter if it's 1 star or 5, you have my gratitude. ❤️🔥
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Broken...
If you can leave any review or rating, no matter if it's 1 star or 5, you have my gratitude. ❤️🔥
www.amazon.co.uk/These-Broken...
September 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside.
Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40
@jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)
Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40
@jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)
August 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside.
Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40
@jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)
Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40
@jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)
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A student from my Graphic Fiction class is crowdfunding their comic. If you've a spare quid (not easy these days, but still) do chip it in. Here's a wee glimpse: www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... @gustaffovargas.bsky.social @metaphrog.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @2000ad.bsky.social
August 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
A student from my Graphic Fiction class is crowdfunding their comic. If you've a spare quid (not easy these days, but still) do chip it in. Here's a wee glimpse: www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... @gustaffovargas.bsky.social @metaphrog.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @2000ad.bsky.social
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Reminder that age verification laws are identity theft mandates
NY social media users face age authentication requirement starting in January gothamist.com/news/ny-soci...
NY social media users face age authentication requirement starting in January
Apps are barred from sending notifications to minors between midnight and 6 a.m.
gothamist.com
July 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Reminder that age verification laws are identity theft mandates
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Hand-Me-Downs by Neil Williamson: The Horror You Inherit
Fifteen tales of toxic inheritance, quiet British dread and the men who refuse to change
gnofhorror.com/hand-me-down...
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Fifteen tales of toxic inheritance, quiet British dread and the men who refuse to change
gnofhorror.com/hand-me-down...
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social
July 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Hand-Me-Downs by Neil Williamson: The Horror You Inherit
Fifteen tales of toxic inheritance, quiet British dread and the men who refuse to change
gnofhorror.com/hand-me-down...
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Fifteen tales of toxic inheritance, quiet British dread and the men who refuse to change
gnofhorror.com/hand-me-down...
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social
This unfortunately covers much of those with power in the UK.
Removing rights from people who are just trying to exist is not the path to a safe country.
#transrights
Removing rights from people who are just trying to exist is not the path to a safe country.
#transrights
They are completely infested by transphobes
July 18, 2026 at 11:04 AM
This unfortunately covers much of those with power in the UK.
Removing rights from people who are just trying to exist is not the path to a safe country.
#transrights
Removing rights from people who are just trying to exist is not the path to a safe country.
#transrights
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Translation: Adult Bluesky users will have to upload their ID to prove they are not under 16.
The UK is such a deceitful country.
The UK is such a deceitful country.
BREAKING: U.K. reveals Bluesky will be included in the under-16 social media ban, affecting dozens of teens.
July 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Translation: Adult Bluesky users will have to upload their ID to prove they are not under 16.
The UK is such a deceitful country.
The UK is such a deceitful country.
I wrote a thing over on Buy me a Coffee*
It's not behind a paywall or anything, and you should read it, not least because it includes the line:
"You are filled with high quality snot and letting it out is not a shame."
#Disability #writing
*Please support me so I can buy some books.
It's not behind a paywall or anything, and you should read it, not least because it includes the line:
"You are filled with high quality snot and letting it out is not a shame."
#Disability #writing
*Please support me so I can buy some books.
CFS Diaries — M Nesce Drake
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July 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I wrote a thing over on Buy me a Coffee*
It's not behind a paywall or anything, and you should read it, not least because it includes the line:
"You are filled with high quality snot and letting it out is not a shame."
#Disability #writing
*Please support me so I can buy some books.
It's not behind a paywall or anything, and you should read it, not least because it includes the line:
"You are filled with high quality snot and letting it out is not a shame."
#Disability #writing
*Please support me so I can buy some books.
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July 13, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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Our governments don't care, they want to make more money from fossil fuels while we die in increasing number year after year.
We're being cooked to death and there's ways to turn the cooker down but our governments and industries are turning up the heat instead.
We're being cooked to death and there's ways to turn the cooker down but our governments and industries are turning up the heat instead.
More than 2700 people died from heat-related causes during May and June’s record hot spells in England and Wales, experts have estimated
More than 2700 excess heat deaths recorded in England and Wales in just two months
www.thenational.scot
July 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Our governments don't care, they want to make more money from fossil fuels while we die in increasing number year after year.
We're being cooked to death and there's ways to turn the cooker down but our governments and industries are turning up the heat instead.
We're being cooked to death and there's ways to turn the cooker down but our governments and industries are turning up the heat instead.
We need a hero!
Bonnie Tyler has just died... and this is how The Mirror is choosing to remember her. (Not surprised but still disappointed)
Bonnie Tyler has just died... and this is how The Mirror is choosing to remember her. (Not surprised but still disappointed)
July 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
We need a hero!
Bonnie Tyler has just died... and this is how The Mirror is choosing to remember her. (Not surprised but still disappointed)
Bonnie Tyler has just died... and this is how The Mirror is choosing to remember her. (Not surprised but still disappointed)
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"Corporate lobbying fights the Paris Agreement's Crediting Mechanism. This lobbying—targeting the UN Convention on Climate Change—is led by Drax, Oxy & Microsoft with industry associations: Intl Emissions Trading, Carbon Capture & Storage, Global CCS, IEA Greenhouse. They push to weaken safeguards."
More attempts to water down the Paris Agreement and thwart a safe future…
#Drax lobbies #UnitedNations to weaken carbon removal safeguards. Whilst the UN’s own scientific body says #BECCS is unproven at scale.
Full lobbying analysis:
influencemap.org/insight/Insi...
#AxeDrax
#Drax lobbies #UnitedNations to weaken carbon removal safeguards. Whilst the UN’s own scientific body says #BECCS is unproven at scale.
Full lobbying analysis:
influencemap.org/insight/Insi...
#AxeDrax
Industry Pressure on UN Carbon Removal Safeguards
InfluenceMap analysis shows how corporate lobbying has sought to dismiss concerns about carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies and weaken implementation standards under the Paris Agreement's Credit...
influencemap.org
July 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
"Corporate lobbying fights the Paris Agreement's Crediting Mechanism. This lobbying—targeting the UN Convention on Climate Change—is led by Drax, Oxy & Microsoft with industry associations: Intl Emissions Trading, Carbon Capture & Storage, Global CCS, IEA Greenhouse. They push to weaken safeguards."
Climate change is not a future problem; it's a now problem.
Record wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting cost
Record wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting cost
Scientists call for better land management alongside reduction in greenhouse gases causing the crisis
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Climate change is not a future problem; it's a now problem.
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Silence is the wrong response.
That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI.
Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)
That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI.
Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)
Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books
Bona Books share a hard-learned lesson: we accidentally bought AI-generated fiction. This deep dive into our experience with submission fraud covers the "red flags" we missed, the toll it took on our ...
www.bona-books.com
July 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Silence is the wrong response.
That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI.
Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)
That’s why today we are publishing ‘The Machines Are Coming For Your Masthead”, a report on our experiences, small press publishing in the age of AI.
Read the blog. Download the report. Share your thoughts - we want to hear them. (20/20 - fin)
This attitude is alive in Scotland!
(It's England that's decided it doesn't believe in society anymore.)
#DisabilityUK #Disability
(It's England that's decided it doesn't believe in society anymore.)
#DisabilityUK #Disability
The NHS was founded 78 years ago today.
It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all.
Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.
It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all.
Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.
July 5, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This attitude is alive in Scotland!
(It's England that's decided it doesn't believe in society anymore.)
#DisabilityUK #Disability
(It's England that's decided it doesn't believe in society anymore.)
#DisabilityUK #Disability
It's not a scene until I make it a scene!!
In front of fans and kids taking photos, a Dallas police officer starts shoving staff members of the Egyptian national team here for the World Cup. At one point, he even reaches for his handcuffs.
The video is already being shared internationally by news outlets.
The video is already being shared internationally by news outlets.
July 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It's not a scene until I make it a scene!!
I used to know someone called Hiro, and it did not sound like "hero."
July 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I used to know someone called Hiro, and it did not sound like "hero."
"... only existing in physical media.."
With Sony and Xbox declining to continue publishing physical games, we're doomed to lose everything published after about 2028.
With Sony and Xbox declining to continue publishing physical games, we're doomed to lose everything published after about 2028.
gamehistory.org/87percent/
87 percent of all classic video games are lost media, only existing in physical media long since forgotten and stashed away in storage or literally no longer extant, yet to be or possibly never archived.
87 percent of all classic video games are lost media, only existing in physical media long since forgotten and stashed away in storage or literally no longer extant, yet to be or possibly never archived.
87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games | Video Game History Foundation
New study reveals most classic video games are completely unavailable
gamehistory.org
July 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
"... only existing in physical media.."
With Sony and Xbox declining to continue publishing physical games, we're doomed to lose everything published after about 2028.
With Sony and Xbox declining to continue publishing physical games, we're doomed to lose everything published after about 2028.
This...
Sony last week: announces they're removing hundreds of purchased movies from users' accounts and offering no refunds, because fuck you that's why.
Sony today: announces they're moving to an ALL digital format where you'll own nothing. Hey, gamers, why aren't you excited about this?!
Sony today: announces they're moving to an ALL digital format where you'll own nothing. Hey, gamers, why aren't you excited about this?!
July 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This...