Pam Swanborough
@pamswanborough.bsky.social
Self-sustaining. Graceful degradation. Not a robot.
🐈⬛ ambidextrous leftie, vegan foodie, writer gardener, art science; likes to make things better but may use a lot of words in the process. #100smallpress reviewer. Many colours, many words, one planet 🌏
🐈⬛ ambidextrous leftie, vegan foodie, writer gardener, art science; likes to make things better but may use a lot of words in the process. #100smallpress reviewer. Many colours, many words, one planet 🌏
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Best of 2025 | Kirkus Reviews
www.kirkusreviews.com
Absolutely thrilled to be selected for the Kirkus Review 'Best Indie Books of 2025' 😍🥳🏅
Yeah, top 100, sounds good... but what's the competition really?... so I looked it up. In 2024, Kirkus reviewed 33,000 books 😵💫 so yes: absolutely 🎉 thrilled!!
www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2025...
Yeah, top 100, sounds good... but what's the competition really?... so I looked it up. In 2024, Kirkus reviewed 33,000 books 😵💫 so yes: absolutely 🎉 thrilled!!
www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2025...
Putting the whole 'End of the world' thing aside for a moment, this is frankly awesome.
Genius children playing, or verbal shorthand to conserve processing costs, or ramblings of the blind and insane... tbc 🤔
But awesome✅️
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Genius children playing, or verbal shorthand to conserve processing costs, or ramblings of the blind and insane... tbc 🤔
But awesome✅️
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating barriers to monitoring and oversight
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Putting the whole 'End of the world' thing aside for a moment, this is frankly awesome.
Genius children playing, or verbal shorthand to conserve processing costs, or ramblings of the blind and insane... tbc 🤔
But awesome✅️
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Genius children playing, or verbal shorthand to conserve processing costs, or ramblings of the blind and insane... tbc 🤔
But awesome✅️
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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FUN FACT
If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas.
~ Bill McKibben
SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas.
~ Bill McKibben
SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
September 2, 2026 at 4:01 AM
FUN FACT
If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas.
~ Bill McKibben
SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas.
~ Bill McKibben
SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!
Praise for 'Things With Teeth By Moonlight' and exactly how I hoped it would be received: sea-coloured, fairied, and slightly hallucinogenic 🩵
Come say hi in #Ballarat (link👇)
#BMI
#author
#Australianauthor
#fiction
#booksky
#readers
#microfiction
#shortstory
#urban
#speculative
#literary
#books
Come say hi in #Ballarat (link👇)
#BMI
#author
#Australianauthor
#fiction
#booksky
#readers
#microfiction
#shortstory
#urban
#speculative
#literary
#books
August 30, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Praise for 'Things With Teeth By Moonlight' and exactly how I hoped it would be received: sea-coloured, fairied, and slightly hallucinogenic 🩵
Come say hi in #Ballarat (link👇)
#BMI
#author
#Australianauthor
#fiction
#booksky
#readers
#microfiction
#shortstory
#urban
#speculative
#literary
#books
Come say hi in #Ballarat (link👇)
#BMI
#author
#Australianauthor
#fiction
#booksky
#readers
#microfiction
#shortstory
#urban
#speculative
#literary
#books
Was chatting with my physio about unconscious bias.
Surprised me how much she knew about it 🤔
Surprised me how much she knew about it 🤔
August 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Was chatting with my physio about unconscious bias.
Surprised me how much she knew about it 🤔
Surprised me how much she knew about it 🤔
This cold winter you can save money by downing a bag of licorice and a glass of claret: the resulting toxic reaction will keep you warm for hours 😵💫👍
(If the licorice is good quality, you'll be extra cosy in hospital)
Follow me for more solid economic advice 🫠
(If the licorice is good quality, you'll be extra cosy in hospital)
Follow me for more solid economic advice 🫠
August 10, 2026 at 4:52 AM
This cold winter you can save money by downing a bag of licorice and a glass of claret: the resulting toxic reaction will keep you warm for hours 😵💫👍
(If the licorice is good quality, you'll be extra cosy in hospital)
Follow me for more solid economic advice 🫠
(If the licorice is good quality, you'll be extra cosy in hospital)
Follow me for more solid economic advice 🫠
But think of the revival of sales once you are dead🤩👌
July 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
But think of the revival of sales once you are dead🤩👌
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If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.
June 22, 2026 at 6:40 AM
If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.
🚀 out tomorrow 🚀
Tiny stories: moody, vengeful, slightly haunted.
Genres: urban, literary, speculative.
From the usual suspects, or via your local bookshop ❤️📚
Things With Teeth By Moonlight – Two Feathers Press share.google/7jNGGLVGO6Y4...
#books
#indieauthor
#fiction
#literary
#microfiction
Tiny stories: moody, vengeful, slightly haunted.
Genres: urban, literary, speculative.
From the usual suspects, or via your local bookshop ❤️📚
Things With Teeth By Moonlight – Two Feathers Press share.google/7jNGGLVGO6Y4...
#books
#indieauthor
#fiction
#literary
#microfiction
Things With Teeth By Moonlight
A Miscellany Release date 24th June 2026 A disconcerting look at love, grief, revenge and spending too much time in cafes Things With Teeth By Moonlight is a multi-genre illustrated collection of v…
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June 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🚀 out tomorrow 🚀
Tiny stories: moody, vengeful, slightly haunted.
Genres: urban, literary, speculative.
From the usual suspects, or via your local bookshop ❤️📚
Things With Teeth By Moonlight – Two Feathers Press share.google/7jNGGLVGO6Y4...
#books
#indieauthor
#fiction
#literary
#microfiction
Tiny stories: moody, vengeful, slightly haunted.
Genres: urban, literary, speculative.
From the usual suspects, or via your local bookshop ❤️📚
Things With Teeth By Moonlight – Two Feathers Press share.google/7jNGGLVGO6Y4...
#books
#indieauthor
#fiction
#literary
#microfiction
T hose dollar bills that Musk has, he didn't create them. They're extracted from the economy. Only, instead of being shared across the population, or invested in something beneficial...
So currently he's funding fascists in the UK...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
So currently he's funding fascists in the UK...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What It Means for Elon Musk to Be Worth $1 Trillion (Gift Article)
We used physical dollar bills to see just how far $1 trillion could go.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
T hose dollar bills that Musk has, he didn't create them. They're extracted from the economy. Only, instead of being shared across the population, or invested in something beneficial...
So currently he's funding fascists in the UK...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
So currently he's funding fascists in the UK...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Pam Swanborough
We have devolved to think with our stomachs and genitals, and then we wonder why we're constantly bloated and bare-arsed naked and cold... this is a very good few minutes read 📚
Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in the age of AI share.google/DxoIVk9QAMlm...
Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in the age of AI share.google/DxoIVk9QAMlm...
Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in the age of AI
For the Greeks, sophrosyne was an ideal second to none. It’s just as important today, in an age of internet addiction and misinformation – but harder to come by.
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June 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
We have devolved to think with our stomachs and genitals, and then we wonder why we're constantly bloated and bare-arsed naked and cold... this is a very good few minutes read 📚
Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in the age of AI share.google/DxoIVk9QAMlm...
Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in the age of AI share.google/DxoIVk9QAMlm...
Reposted by Pam Swanborough
Some call it sleeping. I call it rehearsing.
June 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Some call it sleeping. I call it rehearsing.
My fellow Australians 🇦🇺
The tax man approacheth.
EOFY SALE banners are fluttering in the early evening chill🍂
And I've just had my first scam email of the season🦠
If it says *anything at all* about tax, Mygov, Centrelink or the ATO, delete it and go check your apps for real info😎
#Australia
The tax man approacheth.
EOFY SALE banners are fluttering in the early evening chill🍂
And I've just had my first scam email of the season🦠
If it says *anything at all* about tax, Mygov, Centrelink or the ATO, delete it and go check your apps for real info😎
#Australia
May 31, 2026 at 1:50 AM
My fellow Australians 🇦🇺
The tax man approacheth.
EOFY SALE banners are fluttering in the early evening chill🍂
And I've just had my first scam email of the season🦠
If it says *anything at all* about tax, Mygov, Centrelink or the ATO, delete it and go check your apps for real info😎
#Australia
The tax man approacheth.
EOFY SALE banners are fluttering in the early evening chill🍂
And I've just had my first scam email of the season🦠
If it says *anything at all* about tax, Mygov, Centrelink or the ATO, delete it and go check your apps for real info😎
#Australia
Reposted by Pam Swanborough
Thinking about how much of my waking life entails just... staring at screens and clicking things.
This is why I garden. The disconnect from the tangible world is real.
This is also why I'll always prefer my books in actual physical form, BTW. It feels like you actually MADE something.
This is why I garden. The disconnect from the tangible world is real.
This is also why I'll always prefer my books in actual physical form, BTW. It feels like you actually MADE something.
May 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Thinking about how much of my waking life entails just... staring at screens and clicking things.
This is why I garden. The disconnect from the tangible world is real.
This is also why I'll always prefer my books in actual physical form, BTW. It feels like you actually MADE something.
This is why I garden. The disconnect from the tangible world is real.
This is also why I'll always prefer my books in actual physical form, BTW. It feels like you actually MADE something.
Release date 24th June 2026 🥳 for lovers of the weird, the disquieting, the micro fiction, the story in 2 sentences, short story in a few thousand words, wry humour, post-apocolypse scifi, ... for lovers of moments considering loss, grief, love. Fallings and risings and things with teeth...
May 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Reposted by Pam Swanborough
faking an assassination attempt so you don't have to go to a wedding sounds like a curb your enthusiasm episode
May 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
faking an assassination attempt so you don't have to go to a wedding sounds like a curb your enthusiasm episode
Release date 24th June 2026 🥳 for lovers of the weird, the disquieting, the micro fiction, the story in 2 sentences, short story in a few thousand words, wry humour, post-apocolypse scifi, ... for lovers of moments considering loss, grief, love. Fallings and risings and things with teeth...
May 24, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Release date 24th June 2026 🥳 for lovers of the weird, the disquieting, the micro fiction, the story in 2 sentences, short story in a few thousand words, wry humour, post-apocolypse scifi, ... for lovers of moments considering loss, grief, love. Fallings and risings and things with teeth...
😵💫😵💫😵💫 not with a bang, not a whimper; society collapses at the hands of cheats and charlatans if we're not careful
AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality. | Live Science share.google/fKlIEVbO9Krk...
AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality. | Live Science share.google/fKlIEVbO9Krk...
AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality.
Generative AI is destroying the baseline assumption that photographs bear some causal connection to reality. That's bad news for democracy.
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May 24, 2026 at 10:57 PM
😵💫😵💫😵💫 not with a bang, not a whimper; society collapses at the hands of cheats and charlatans if we're not careful
AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality. | Live Science share.google/fKlIEVbO9Krk...
AI-generated images are making it impossible to distinguish truth from fiction. We need laws and AI watermarks to protect our shared reality. | Live Science share.google/fKlIEVbO9Krk...
The kind of report you can just guess doesn't make it to the US media...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Report shows banned non-fiction books doubled over last school year in US
New PEN America report analysed 3,743 unique titles removed from libraries and classrooms and found books about activism and social movements were targeted
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The kind of report you can just guess doesn't make it to the US media...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Reposted by Pam Swanborough
“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.
April 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes #auspol yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes this yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes bloody obvious to sane people yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes now yes yes do it 🌏💚
theconversation.com/this-fuel-cr...
theconversation.com/this-fuel-cr...
This fuel crisis could last for a while. It’s time for a new approach to fuel use – end it
With the same fiscal support that Canberra found to back the oil industry, we could start to end our oil dependence.
theconversation.com
April 19, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes #auspol yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes this yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes bloody obvious to sane people yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes now yes yes do it 🌏💚
theconversation.com/this-fuel-cr...
theconversation.com/this-fuel-cr...
I have deleted that post showing me feeding thousands of worshippers with just 5 loaves and 2 fishes while doves flew and the golden light beamed down over all. I thought it was just me getting macca's for some friends. Fake news. Thank you for your attention here and not on the files.
I have deleted that post that depicted me in a flowing white robe appearing to walk on water.
I thought it was me barefoot waterskiing
I thought it was me barefoot waterskiing
April 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I have deleted that post showing me feeding thousands of worshippers with just 5 loaves and 2 fishes while doves flew and the golden light beamed down over all. I thought it was just me getting macca's for some friends. Fake news. Thank you for your attention here and not on the files.
Reposted by Pam Swanborough
I have deleted that post that depicted me in a flowing white robe appearing to walk on water.
I thought it was me barefoot waterskiing
I thought it was me barefoot waterskiing
April 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I have deleted that post that depicted me in a flowing white robe appearing to walk on water.
I thought it was me barefoot waterskiing
I thought it was me barefoot waterskiing