Paul StJohn Mackintosh
@pstjmack.bsky.social
Poet, writer of weird, dark, fantastic, historical and horror fiction, historian, journalist, TTRPG creator, francophile 🏴 🇨🇵
All, I've created an open FB group for Cthulhu Eternal, the free and open source d100 system for cosmic horror TTRPG play, with free SRDs. Compatible with early edition #callofcthulhu materials. Uses public domain creations of #HPLovecraft and other cosmic horrors.
www.facebook.com/groups/16105...
www.facebook.com/groups/16105...
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August 16, 2026 at 9:12 AM
All, I've created an open FB group for Cthulhu Eternal, the free and open source d100 system for cosmic horror TTRPG play, with free SRDs. Compatible with early edition #callofcthulhu materials. Uses public domain creations of #HPLovecraft and other cosmic horrors.
www.facebook.com/groups/16105...
www.facebook.com/groups/16105...
It got a little beat up in the post but I'm still very glad to get my copy of this...
@datlow.bsky.social
@datlow.bsky.social
August 1, 2026 at 7:43 AM
It got a little beat up in the post but I'm still very glad to get my copy of this...
@datlow.bsky.social
@datlow.bsky.social
Took a long while for my author copies to arrive, but very glad now they have
July 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Took a long while for my author copies to arrive, but very glad now they have
Not quite back to full function yet but getting there - complete with improvised pressure bandage cut from an old sock
July 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Not quite back to full function yet but getting there - complete with improvised pressure bandage cut from an old sock
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The point of legislated dehumanization is never just the law itself but the creation of a climate in which institutions become more timid and companies more cautious. Erasure of a people under capitalism arrives first as a thousand risk calculations.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul LGBTQnation
GLAAD finds Hollywood continues reducing the number of LGBTQ+ characters; even worse, GLAAD found ZERO trans characters in 225 films last year and ZERO LGBTQ+ ones in animated and family films.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/holl...
GLAAD finds Hollywood continues reducing the number of LGBTQ+ characters; even worse, GLAAD found ZERO trans characters in 225 films last year and ZERO LGBTQ+ ones in animated and family films.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/holl...
Hollywood stopped making films with trans characters as LGBTQ+ representation declines - LGBTQ Nation
The study also found that there weren't any LGBTQ+ characters in animated or family films in 2025.
www.lgbtqnation.com
July 11, 2026 at 1:59 AM
The point of legislated dehumanization is never just the law itself but the creation of a climate in which institutions become more timid and companies more cautious. Erasure of a people under capitalism arrives first as a thousand risk calculations.
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I'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!
July 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I'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!
Mathematics refutes bogus AI hype. "Language models cannot learn all computable functions. As soon as they are tasked with solving a broad spectrum of issues, they will inevitably hallucinate. There is no training method, no architectural variant, and no amount of data that can shift this limit."
How Gödel and Turing outlined the limits of AI
Hallucinations of language models are not an engineering problem: they stem from mathematical limits proven since the 1930s.
www.heise.de
July 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Mathematics refutes bogus AI hype. "Language models cannot learn all computable functions. As soon as they are tasked with solving a broad spectrum of issues, they will inevitably hallucinate. There is no training method, no architectural variant, and no amount of data that can shift this limit."
Installed Fedora Linux on my old HP netbook, and the thing's never been faster or more responsive. Linux is rapidly leaving Windows 11 far behind.
June 30, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Installed Fedora Linux on my old HP netbook, and the thing's never been faster or more responsive. Linux is rapidly leaving Windows 11 far behind.
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/06/30/s...
#Pluralistic
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Inside: Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/06/30/s...
#Pluralistic
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June 30, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/06/30/s...
#Pluralistic
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Inside: Jo Walton's "Everybody's Perfect"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/06/30/s...
#Pluralistic
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I'm definitely on board with this response as regards Runequest
Well, god dammit, I'm mad that there's nothing to get mad about here! :)
More seriously, great follow up, and I'm especially glad that Mark took my response as discussion, not as "DIE IN A FIRE, INFIDEL"
More seriously, great follow up, and I'm especially glad that Mark took my response as discussion, not as "DIE IN A FIRE, INFIDEL"
A followup to yesterday's post, in response to @rdonoghue.bsky.social.
June 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I'm definitely on board with this response as regards Runequest
A very iäppy birthday to Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan, one of the absolute best living authors of Lovecraftian fiction and fantastic fiction in general. And many more, because how could we do without them.
lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Caitlin...
lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Caitlin...
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (26 May 1964 - present) is an Irish-born American author of weird fiction, much of which includes Lovecraftian themes. They have published over 10 novels in the science fiction...
lovecraft.fandom.com
May 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM
A very iäppy birthday to Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan, one of the absolute best living authors of Lovecraftian fiction and fantastic fiction in general. And many more, because how could we do without them.
lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Caitlin...
lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Caitlin...
It is a scandalous offence, look you! The good Welshman Ruadri Cadwallader, god of the dancefloors of Leith! 🏴
Waters of Leith Season 2 (Act 5): The Fairy Mound (part 1) | Rivers of London Actual Play
YouTube video by Miskatonic Playhouse
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May 25, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It is a scandalous offence, look you! The good Welshman Ruadri Cadwallader, god of the dancefloors of Leith! 🏴
This looks potentially intriguing
Roland Banks and Trish Scarborough investigate a nautical mystery in Alaska in the first chapter of a new Arkham Horror serial...
The Beginning…of the End?
As promised, my follow up to Shadows of the Drowned City, Call of the Cursed Sea, started last week. The first chapter drops our intrepid duo, Roland Banks and Trish Scarborough, into a nautical mystery in Alaska. What secrets does an abandoned Russian merchantman hold, and what does it have to do with the enigmatic Randall Tillinghast? Read on and find out! And if you enjoy these serials, why not check out my Arkham Horror novels, featuring the exploits of gentlewoman thief and adventuress, Countess Zorzi?
joshuamreynolds.co.uk
May 25, 2026 at 9:26 AM
This looks potentially intriguing
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Roland Banks and Trish Scarborough investigate a nautical mystery in Alaska in the first chapter of a new Arkham Horror serial...
The Beginning…of the End?
As promised, my follow up to Shadows of the Drowned City, Call of the Cursed Sea, started last week. The first chapter drops our intrepid duo, Roland Banks and Trish Scarborough, into a nautical mystery in Alaska. What secrets does an abandoned Russian merchantman hold, and what does it have to do with the enigmatic Randall Tillinghast? Read on and find out! And if you enjoy these serials, why not check out my Arkham Horror novels, featuring the exploits of gentlewoman thief and adventuress, Countess Zorzi?
joshuamreynolds.co.uk
May 25, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Roland Banks and Trish Scarborough investigate a nautical mystery in Alaska in the first chapter of a new Arkham Horror serial...
Gadzooks!
At last it can be revealed
9th Level Games will publish a fourth edition of James Wallis's classic storytelling roleplaying game, The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen. The project debuts at the UK Games Expo before autumn crowdfunding. Learn more about the upcoming release.
May 23, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Gadzooks!
The shortlisted works for the British Fantasy Award 2026 in the category of Best Magazine or Periodical are:
📚 Ginger Nuts of Horror / @gnofhorror.com
📚 Remains
📚 Phantasmagoria
📚 Strange Horizons / @strangehorizons.bsky.social
📚 Mythaxis Magazine / @mythaxis.bsky.social
📚 Ginger Nuts of Horror / @gnofhorror.com
📚 Remains
📚 Phantasmagoria
📚 Strange Horizons / @strangehorizons.bsky.social
📚 Mythaxis Magazine / @mythaxis.bsky.social
May 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Been enjoying a terrific stay at the Ultharian Embassy - a.k.a. TL Wiswell's great place in South London. Great food, great books, great hospitality and feline overlords!
May 23, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Been enjoying a terrific stay at the Ultharian Embassy - a.k.a. TL Wiswell's great place in South London. Great food, great books, great hospitality and feline overlords!
A great evening at the @allgoodbookshop.co.uk, with Ben Adam Sohawon reading "The Haunter of the Dark", then TL Wiswell's poignant and chilling mini-opera "The Dunwich Horror Picture Show". The audience woofed, chirped, and chanted on cue & had a fantastic time. Great work the creators!
@Lovecraft
@Lovecraft
May 23, 2026 at 5:46 AM
A great evening at the @allgoodbookshop.co.uk, with Ben Adam Sohawon reading "The Haunter of the Dark", then TL Wiswell's poignant and chilling mini-opera "The Dunwich Horror Picture Show". The audience woofed, chirped, and chanted on cue & had a fantastic time. Great work the creators!
@Lovecraft
@Lovecraft
The very remarkable Atlantis Bookshop in Bloomsbury goes Spare - Austin Osman Spare to be exact
May 21, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The very remarkable Atlantis Bookshop in Bloomsbury goes Spare - Austin Osman Spare to be exact
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NEW: The Starforged Asset Deck
Assets are a key component of your Starforged character, and represent your background, skills, traits, companions, vehicles, and resources. Whether playing solo, co-op, or guided, one deck is all you need for everyone at the table.
from @shawntomkin.bsky.social
Assets are a key component of your Starforged character, and represent your background, skills, traits, companions, vehicles, and resources. Whether playing solo, co-op, or guided, one deck is all you need for everyone at the table.
from @shawntomkin.bsky.social
May 21, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: The Starforged Asset Deck
Assets are a key component of your Starforged character, and represent your background, skills, traits, companions, vehicles, and resources. Whether playing solo, co-op, or guided, one deck is all you need for everyone at the table.
from @shawntomkin.bsky.social
Assets are a key component of your Starforged character, and represent your background, skills, traits, companions, vehicles, and resources. Whether playing solo, co-op, or guided, one deck is all you need for everyone at the table.
from @shawntomkin.bsky.social
@cymerafestival.co.uk Glad to have got my attendance at Cymera 2026 sorted, and can't wait
May 20, 2026 at 7:02 PM
@cymerafestival.co.uk Glad to have got my attendance at Cymera 2026 sorted, and can't wait
I am so all over this
As a reminder, this can now be requested on netgalley, preordered on Audible, preordered from your local friendly bookstore, preordered from your global unfriendly megacorp, wait you own a global megacorp I didn't know that anyway there's a book and you may wish to read it
For those reviewers and book mavens with Netgalley accounts, THE DUNGEON BOOK just went up for request.
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
May 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I am so all over this
