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The six books that launch the new MTMTE Annotated Scripts series are now available to order
If you’ve ever ordered anything from me (or simply made an enquiry) I’ll email you details of what’s in each book and how to get them within the next week or so
If you’ve ever ordered anything from me (or simply made an enquiry) I’ll email you details of what’s in each book and how to get them within the next week or so
October 2, 2026 at 10:10 AM
The six books that launch the new MTMTE Annotated Scripts series are now available to order
If you’ve ever ordered anything from me (or simply made an enquiry) I’ll email you details of what’s in each book and how to get them within the next week or so
If you’ve ever ordered anything from me (or simply made an enquiry) I’ll email you details of what’s in each book and how to get them within the next week or so
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You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks?
The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.
(📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.
(📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
October 1, 2026 at 12:48 PM
You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks?
The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.
(📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.
(📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
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Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace.
Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:
Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:
September 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace.
Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:
Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:
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The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells is being officially adapted into a graphic novel by Erica Schultz and Gary Erskine, published by Cosmic Lighthouse, and containing a new Murderbot short story by Martha Wells, exclusive to the graphic novel #murderbot
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells is being officially adapted into a graphic novel by Erica Schultz and Gary Erskine, published by Cosmic Lighthouse, and containing a new Murderbot short story by Martha Wells, exclusive to the graphic novel #murderbot
The Murderbot Diaries gets adapted into graphic novels by Erica Schultz and Gary Erskine, with an exclusive Murderbot story by Martha Wells
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September 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells is being officially adapted into a graphic novel by Erica Schultz and Gary Erskine, published by Cosmic Lighthouse, and containing a new Murderbot short story by Martha Wells, exclusive to the graphic novel #murderbot
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“is it true ao3 authors appreciate comments” is one of the wildest sentences i’ve ever read. is it true people like receiving feedback on their work? being told they did a good job? experiencing human connection?
September 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
“is it true ao3 authors appreciate comments” is one of the wildest sentences i’ve ever read. is it true people like receiving feedback on their work? being told they did a good job? experiencing human connection?
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raven wing bolero sample just arrived today!!!!! Super happy with the result 🥹
September 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
raven wing bolero sample just arrived today!!!!! Super happy with the result 🥹
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We have a decade of research that says this is a bad idea. Beyond that, we have a decade of research that says this will absolutely fuck over marginalized folks.
“OpenAI said today that it is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system, which holds data for over 325 million patients, to let clinicians import patient data and use AI to ask questions.”
ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data | TechCrunch
OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
techcrunch.com
September 2, 2026 at 4:56 AM
We have a decade of research that says this is a bad idea. Beyond that, we have a decade of research that says this will absolutely fuck over marginalized folks.
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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
August 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
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Rest in peace to a genuine icon and hero
August 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Rest in peace to a genuine icon and hero
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Peter Cullen, the legendary voice actor known for voicing Optimus Prime in the "Transformers" franchise, has died at 85
'Transformers' Voice Actor Peter Cullen Dead at 85
Peter Cullen, famous for voicing Optimus Prime in the 'Transformers' franchise, is dead.
www.tmz.com
August 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Peter Cullen, the legendary voice actor known for voicing Optimus Prime in the "Transformers" franchise, has died at 85
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Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
imaginationlibrary.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
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I highly approve. Social science core classes at UChicago were amongst the ones that taught me the most in terms of analytical skill, disciplinary breadth, and complex thinking.
All of which are next to impossible to cultivate when outsourced to sparkling autocorrect.
All of which are next to impossible to cultivate when outsourced to sparkling autocorrect.
All social science core classes at the University of Chicago will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students and professors
Sosc Core to Institute AI Ban, Technology-Free Classrooms This Fall
All social science Core classes will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students...
chicagomaroon.com
August 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I highly approve. Social science core classes at UChicago were amongst the ones that taught me the most in terms of analytical skill, disciplinary breadth, and complex thinking.
All of which are next to impossible to cultivate when outsourced to sparkling autocorrect.
All of which are next to impossible to cultivate when outsourced to sparkling autocorrect.
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I'm still cracking up at the city council member saying, "Thank you. Darth Vader?"
August 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I'm still cracking up at the city council member saying, "Thank you. Darth Vader?"
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I once worked at a university that gutted an entire (very popular and useful) learning center and replaced it with two guys who would teach you how to host blogs. every student had to have a blog. Every single one. Our syllabus had to mention blogs. We had to teach WITH blogs.
I cannot begin to count the amount of technology tools I have been told in the last 20 years that I need to teach my students how to use because they were the future.
95% of them are gone.
A tool is a tool.
95% of them are gone.
A tool is a tool.
there is no rhyme or reason to an entire “AI” department, much less an AI school. There is no curriculum, as such, because AI is not a school of thought. It has no theory, no method. It’s just a tool. Two or three courses, max, if someone is obsessed with it should suffice.
August 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I once worked at a university that gutted an entire (very popular and useful) learning center and replaced it with two guys who would teach you how to host blogs. every student had to have a blog. Every single one. Our syllabus had to mention blogs. We had to teach WITH blogs.
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It will never not disturb me how fast the country went from “gambling is a dangerous vice that must be contained in Las Vegas if at all possible” to “everyone should be able to lose their life savings by using their pocket phone if they so wish.”
federal law *used to* ban sports betting throughout much of the country
but in 2018, the Supreme Court struck that law down, freeing states to partner with the gambling industry to profit off their vulnerable residents
Americans are now paying the price
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
but in 2018, the Supreme Court struck that law down, freeing states to partner with the gambling industry to profit off their vulnerable residents
Americans are now paying the price
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Supreme Court Kicked Off America’s Sports Betting Addiction Crisis
Like many things in this country, the omnipresence of DraftKings and FanDuel is largely the Supreme Court’s fault.
ballsandstrikes.org
August 17, 2026 at 9:31 PM
It will never not disturb me how fast the country went from “gambling is a dangerous vice that must be contained in Las Vegas if at all possible” to “everyone should be able to lose their life savings by using their pocket phone if they so wish.”
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for the past couple of weeks, a trio of teen herons has been hanging out all day in my yard 🥹 its been incredibly fun to watch them!!
August 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
for the past couple of weeks, a trio of teen herons has been hanging out all day in my yard 🥹 its been incredibly fun to watch them!!
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they know we don't want it. they do not care.
August 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
they know we don't want it. they do not care.
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✨🎉 Today I aged!! Here are some moths to celebrate! 🎉✨
August 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
✨🎉 Today I aged!! Here are some moths to celebrate! 🎉✨
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A little snippet of Abdication to hold you over. (not final edit, not proofread)
August 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A little snippet of Abdication to hold you over. (not final edit, not proofread)
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Pleased to finally announce... Abdication, the last Southern Reach novel!
"There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home."
"There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home."
August 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Pleased to finally announce... Abdication, the last Southern Reach novel!
"There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home."
"There will come the days of the watcher, the drowned woman and the shadow of a man who keeps falling apart with each step, but first comes the moment the birds appear at night from the gaps between the stars, far from home."
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"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
August 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
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Pizza, noodles, coffee and memes-- I mean gossip-- I mean intelligence 👀
I had the honour to be part of @ffgentszine.bsky.social with these three faves of mine! If you missed out on the sales, the leftover sales are still running and the zine is absolutely gorgeous! 💕
#ff7 #finalfantasy
I had the honour to be part of @ffgentszine.bsky.social with these three faves of mine! If you missed out on the sales, the leftover sales are still running and the zine is absolutely gorgeous! 💕
#ff7 #finalfantasy
August 5, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Pizza, noodles, coffee and memes-- I mean gossip-- I mean intelligence 👀
I had the honour to be part of @ffgentszine.bsky.social with these three faves of mine! If you missed out on the sales, the leftover sales are still running and the zine is absolutely gorgeous! 💕
#ff7 #finalfantasy
I had the honour to be part of @ffgentszine.bsky.social with these three faves of mine! If you missed out on the sales, the leftover sales are still running and the zine is absolutely gorgeous! 💕
#ff7 #finalfantasy
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A tale of two Nauticas ft. @sam-makes-toys.bsky.social
July 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A tale of two Nauticas ft. @sam-makes-toys.bsky.social