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Or the word "genocide." Which gets less discussion here but is especially interesting because the show does use that word, specifically in the context of people in power ignoring one. It's an excellent interview.

Absolutely loved this book!

"she said she never meant to be racist. “I'm an Argentinian. It was an emotional reaction, but I could never imagine the seriousness of it and of all that came afterwards,”" AN EMOTIONAL REACTION no nope no no no

‘𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 came to be admired as a wholesome Christian poem by many conventional believers who abhorred Milton’s politics and would have abhorred his theology had they recognised it.’ Tobias Gregory on Milton’s 𝘋𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 and 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Did you know? In the Victorian era, deliberate fasting could become a public test of character. Extended abstinence from food was framed as proof of moral strength. Conquering hunger was equated with conquering the flesh. #Victorian #history

In which I have political opinions. www.patreon.com/posts/151317...

Just getting settled then going to watch this Shudder exclusive www.imdb.com/title/tt1125...

You can now pre order JITTERS!!! tv.apple.com/ai/movie/jit... Who will pre order!!!

‘The popular belief among Romanian Georgescu-mockers that he lifted a chunk of Disney’s 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 in a clip doesn’t stand up: Georgescu and Olaf the snowman both speak drivel about water having the ability to remember things, but the drivel is different.’ James Meek: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I see. The food. Yes, the FOOD!

Brad Jacobs keepings just missing his shots but he IS just missing. Curling gold is NOT over but he’s squandering openings and may not *deserve* to win. Hope I’m wrong.

Until I read this, it did not even occur to me that priests are using ChatGPT to generate homilies, but of course they are, and my long-lapsed-Catholicism is kicking down doors in my skull yelling “HOW DARE THEY?!?”

Um... I don't know what to say. 🥺 #Brontë #literature #musicals youtu.be/GCUn4qpFj8I?...

Went for a drink (or 3) with Dr K and when I say we needed that… I cannot express how much we needed that. ☺️ he didn’t wear his matching jumper in case you’re wondering. Am now in a darkened room watching The Incredible Hulk TV series while he watches Curling downstairs… 😅

hardest thing about a film night is deciding three films in what to watch next

guess I've never cut a tongue out. didn't know this was how you did it (be wary of pics, if you click).

Drop a crush from your youth.

Me headed into these revisions like Klaebo headed up that hill.

#AICouldNever I mean, AI truly could never www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCQf...

#horror #memes

Exactly 2 months to the release of my @chooseadventure.bsky.social book, DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL! This over-the-top, twisted, nostalgic misadventure is a fun book for all ages! Get your preorders in now. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804064...

#horror #memes

The weirdest thing about Cory Doctorow's pissy defense of his LLM use is that he uses it to...spell check his blogs. A thing for which there has been a reliable and ethical technology for 40 years.

‘A drug epidemic expedited by war gave the Nixon administration a useful alibi for its War on Drugs in Latin America, and for the creation of a vast prison infrastructure in the US.’ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

what genius called her Black Widow instead of Spyder

You can write an AU book of your own book right?

Just remembered this book bigbeardedbookseller.uk/the-swallowe...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 52; Yes, you are a proper writer if you also have a day job. Nearly all writers have day jobs.

It's so great that this particular fight does not advance any part of the psycho right's agenda and it makes Trump's economic popularity worse and worse, but he keeps doing it because he genuinely does not understand how trade works or what a tariff is, and won't let anyone explain it to him

It’s intro time again! I’m Jendia Gammon, Nebula and BSFA finalist author of THE VALE OF SEVEN DRAGONS, DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL, and many other books. Also as J. Dianne Dotson. I’m head of @starsandsabers.bsky.social, CEO of @roaringspringprod.bsky.social, an artist, and a science writer

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Paul Lehr.

So… What’s everyone reading this weekend?

‘John Updike was never in thrall to American exceptionalism. He never longed to return to an imaginary yesteryear when everyone knew their place and personal pronouns were as distinct as a pen and pencil set.’ @jwolcott.bsky.social reads Updike’s letters. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"14/10 someone get him a medal." :) www.npr.org/2026/02/21/n...

I’ve always been drawn to black and white photography. There’s something honest about it. It doesn’t hide behind colour — it shows the lines, the texture, the story. As an actor, that feels right.

(sigh) (Averting my eyes AGAIN today from the news, which on what was supposed to be A Day Off will ruin my appetite...) So yesterday's lamb shank is now in the process of being converted into a Spicy Lamb Hash. ...I actually put some of it through the cheese grater in the Cuisinart.) 🙂

I'm thrilled to share that my new book has made it to Amazon's best-seller list! If you'd like to learn more, take a moment to check out this interview about me. Your support truly means the world! ❤️ franksfilmreview.com/2026/02/20/f...

‘The debates on the internet grew progressively more intense; people were baffled and disappointed as the influencer continued to compare excerpts, implicating more and more writers. Most of the accused offered no public response.’ Yan Ge on a Chinese literary scandal. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

Reminder for my celiac brethren that no, you should not assume that the fryer is safe at this place. You have no reason to think that. Yes I KNOW you want them but the Consequences

The three of us, 40 years ago… #Storytime

I'm thrilled to share that my new book has made it to Amazon's best-seller list! If you'd like to learn more, take a moment to check out this interview about me. Your support truly means the world! ❤️ franksfilmreview.com/2026/02/20/f...

I'm thrilled to share that my new book has made it to Amazon's best-seller list! If you'd like to learn more, take a moment to check out this interview about me. Your support truly means the world! ❤️

Now watching Pinocchio for the first time since the 70s

Heading north in the band van, through driving rain, via a grease stop at Watford Gap. At 18, this was my wildest dream. At 61 I find myself hankering after a nice sandwich and a hot bath… #RockAndRoll

I want to visit the muon secret headquarters!!

‘Lyndon Johnson promised billions of dollars could be made available for public infrastructure spending as a result of reduced spending on the Vietnam War. Neither the peace nor the dividend materialised.’ @tomstevenson.bsky.social on the myth of the ‘peace dividend’. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

With these people, if you're a woman, you plainly fall into one of three categories: enabler, chattel, or prey. 😡

#TheRainseekers by Matthew Kressel is featured in Thursday's #Newbooks haul on youtube! And, don't forget to vote in the upcoming Locus Awards and buy your tix online! full video: youtu.be/Jp0edWciyb0 buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n... all links in bio! Tor Books

She was an orphan adopted from Iran by a US veteran. The Trump administration wants to deport her apnews.com/article/iran...

Another publisher behaving badly. If you’ve been affected by this pls contact Writer Beware (anything shared with us is confidential). [email protected]

I am being lightly hassled by little birds at the airport and I felt sorry for one that was limping and threw it a tiny piece of bread I cannot help but observe that it is not limping now

I'm trying to get better at replenishing electrolytes after migraines. Yesterday's was a doozy! It's funny grabbing a Gatorade because my skull got a workout.

Even if ICE pulls fully out of Minnesota (which they have not), people will still need rent relief for March because so many people were unable to leave their homes in February. I have donated to this effort, please consider joining me. ❤️

Black British Graduates by Amanda Arbouin - a customer of ours - is out of print, but we have some copies to sell at £9.99, signed by Amanda. The book comprises material on ten Black British graduates, their education and careers, including issues they had in education and their choice of employment

Cordwainer Smith: as everyone knows, there's nothing hotter than a woman who has both cat ears and a cat tail Junji Ito: nyah! =^____^= Frank Belknap Long: i can think of something hotter Smith: oh? Long: have you ever considered Long: going further?

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem Ain’t going to do a full little review for this as it really isn’t worth it – this is a paint by numbers film. Nothing to write home about but nothing that terrible. Family problems, aliens, then Predators with us puny humans in the way! But the dog!

Saturday morning coffee >>>>>>>>>>>>> all other coffee.

So happy to A COWBOY TO REMEMBER made the NYT A-Z Guide To All Things Romance. 💘 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Someone just referred to the "Llama Extended Universe" and...I'm kinda here for it.

#ShareGoodNewsToo A great example of how, with our new technologies, guarding the planet is cheaper than trashing it.

Gooooood morning my friends!!

HOLY F WHAT DID BERGSMA JUST DO!!! #MilanoCortina2026

Another bomb-diffusing one, kept double & triple checking the last few combos being certain because I didn’t want to make a mistake! I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Feb 21st 2026 (Hard), in less than 18 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Almost fifty years here & never noticed this especially nice house on W 78.

‘Eliot’s uneasiness about pluralism is, like Arnold’s, an uneasiness about order; and he associated its modern form with a kind of politics of which he did not approve – namely, “the chaos of liberal democracy”.’ Seamus Perry’s Winter Lecture: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

LET'S TALK VOICE. See you at AWP?

Nextdoor is great/awful bc I can be really feeling the “We are going to win!!!” energy and I check over there and realize that half my neighbors would prefer that no, they would like us to lose.

I miss The Wheel of Time. Of course it was a hot mess, but there was no other fantasy show out there that showed us a world with default female privilege, and it was a warm, refreshing programming change.

Parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme (pounded with the meat-clobbering hammer), toasted sesame seeds, Yorkshire relish sauce, Henderson's sauce, balsamic vinegar of Modena, red wine vinegar, red wine, olive oil, cracked black pepper, sea salt. This'll sit out in the cottage's "boot room" overnight.

What's interesting is that this is in English and intended for an English-speaking audience, which is to say... Us. All of us out here on Al Gore's internet who speak English as our first language.

And y'all look I don't care what a man benches, what I want to know is how many 100lb bales of hay Hegseth's drunk ass can handle at midnight in a blizzard to feed the livestock so they don't freeze.

I've made a Spotify playlist titled The Best Horror Podcast Sampler. It has 600+ episodes from 120+ different podcasts. If you're ever in the mood for something new this could keep you busy for weeks. I'll add more, so bookmark & share. open.spotify.com/playlist/5Gb... #horror #podcast #podcasts

Anybody looking for me today, try Texas:

Most of our bookshop customers are wonderful, but today we’ve had a few who’ve treated the shelves like a rummage sale 😬🙄🤬

Wehhhhh going to have to leave this tropical paradise soon (not just yet tho because still need to get ready for airport)

‘The novel denies us solution, catharsis and, for much of its length, comprehension. Yet this is what it must be like for Cristina Rivera Garza, to whom, I suspect, all crime novels are unjustifiably cosy.’ @chrispower.bsky.social reads ‘Death Takes Me’. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I mean if I may, just as a bit of armchair psychology. When we do something that 'worked', we often get trapped into repeating it. I think a 'Ming vase' strategy to just not get in the way of the Tories fucking themselves in 2024 can end with 'be afraid to defend or say anything progressive'

A varenyky is a blessing from heaven.

I should really stop committing futurism. It just depresses me. (free to read) www.patreon.com/posts/mr-rip...

Found my Least Favorite Protein Shake: Slate Ultra Protein. This can, which promises 30g of protein for 150c and good macros, has a dark secret. Chocolate milk is on top, but in the bottom of the can lurks a JELLIED PROTEIN MONSTROSITY. It's like a milk scoby. It slithered into my mouth. DISLIKE.

You ever think to yourself how lucky kids are today that they're not likely to be traumatized by the Watership Down animated movie and want to fix that

Early season video of the seed sowing area, so we can have a comparison come April 😀 So far only onions in, and some mushrooms growing from kits.

Conundrum: in an old, long-edited passage from my new Harkaway book which I'm considering as the germ of another, there's a sentence which has somehow gone askew: "The vivat had always meant to return it, but never did". Did I mean "vivat"? If so, what did I intend? Or is that autocorrect?

‘“This plagiarism scandal is exposing a structural problem in Chinese literature,” my friend said. “Literature should never be funded by the government. Public financial aid only corrupts artists.”’ Yan Ge on the Chinese plagiarism scandal exposed on RedNote. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

Thank you so much to everyone who came to #Storytime in Faversham today -and to all the brilliant festival volunteers for helping carry the gear!

Welp, headed home today... just need to pack, clean up the guest house, shower and change before heading to the airport Let's see what the weather looks like back home Oh Oh no

Also high blood pressure ask me how I know

Happy Saturday #BookSky Have you voted in the last brackets of the first round for our 2026 Staff picks of the year? No? Well, here's one...

Weekly reminder that if you're looking for a #horror themed #discord server, we've got 700 members, host three weekly activities, and our doors are open 🙂 We're also a #podcast that delves into the #psychological side of your favorite horror creators! discord.gg/vkbmUdyaXk

Good morning, Bluesky. Goodbye, New Orleans. Heading back to my other hometown, the one where no one calls me “baby” and if they did, I’d probably punch them.

#horror #meme stolen from @piecesofflesh.bsky.social

Day whatever, I don't know, there's still snow on the ground, it's 13 degrees out and I have been barked awake because Cats Are Doing Things. Time to get up, walk dogs, have tea, give herbivores breakfast, then hit up the hay guys to both buy hay and schedule a delivery.

It’s been 14 years since my last-ever first date. Thanks for making it so I never had to learn about Tinder, @jeremydnichols.bsky.social!

Cc @annegoulard.bsky.social

Always good to see my babies in the wild. This one in Southend-on-Sea

Status report, "Culinary Devilment" dep't: As part of the prep for the #ChaletChef #werewolf #romance book, getting ready to devil some lamb kidneys. Withholding early process photos to avoid squicking those who have trouble with organ meats. (Not that these aren't lovely. Our butchers are super.) 🙂

'Crosses don't work' is propaganda spread by Big Vampire.

For those of you who are not Boston Globe subscribers, I feel the need to share a screenshot of today's prime real estate under the masthead. I don't think they like him very much. I also don't think all this stress is good for Grampa.