Debbie Moon
@debbiemoon.bsky.social
Screenwriter, hiker, fangirl, armchair astronaut. Eater of cake and friend of cats. WOLFBLOOD, HINTERLAND, THE SPARTICLE MYSTERY. Reps: Gary Wild, JFL Agency (UK), Sukee Chew, Hopscotch (US). She/her.
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This is a longshot, but are any editors looking for review coverage from the Glasgow Film Festival or Frightfest? I'll be attending in late Feb/early March, and there are definitely a few premieres on the schedule, especially in the horror genre.
February 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This is a longshot, but are any editors looking for review coverage from the Glasgow Film Festival or Frightfest? I'll be attending in late Feb/early March, and there are definitely a few premieres on the schedule, especially in the horror genre.
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Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders.
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
February 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders.
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
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Speaking of Martha Wells, I also covered season 1 of Murderbot, where I dug into queerness, neurodivergence, and the limits of allyship. reactormag.com/tv-review-mu...
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Murderbot Moves to a New Medium in Exciting Television Premiere - Reactor
The series gets off to a bright start, showcasing a wonderfully eclectic cast.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Speaking of Martha Wells, I also covered season 1 of Murderbot, where I dug into queerness, neurodivergence, and the limits of allyship. reactormag.com/tv-review-mu...
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My nephew Iain plays hockey in the UK for the Billingham Stars. He’s done extremely well in his hockey career but I’m most proud of how he’s supported young kids. A mother wrote to tell him that her son’s dream was to be on the ice with Iain, so Iain made it happen.
February 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
My nephew Iain plays hockey in the UK for the Billingham Stars. He’s done extremely well in his hockey career but I’m most proud of how he’s supported young kids. A mother wrote to tell him that her son’s dream was to be on the ice with Iain, so Iain made it happen.
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"...and that concludes our intensive three-day pitch to your employer and/or government"
February 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"...and that concludes our intensive three-day pitch to your employer and/or government"
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
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I think what I find most offensive about this is the idea that government is so deeply interested in the mental health of teenagers, when it's presently trying to cover up a massive increase in suicides that appear directly connected to its legislation around healthcare for trans teens
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I think what I find most offensive about this is the idea that government is so deeply interested in the mental health of teenagers, when it's presently trying to cover up a massive increase in suicides that appear directly connected to its legislation around healthcare for trans teens
Ah, I miss Nine Worlds...
In its 2nd year, a friend overheard two members of the bar staff talking. One was horrified, because the con had drunk the bar dry. "Sales conventions with expense accounts! Rugby clubs! None of them drank like this!" "First SFF con for you, is it?" said the other, the voice of weathered experience.
February 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Ah, I miss Nine Worlds...
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good morning, it is day 3 of strikes at the University of Essex to save 400 jobs across all depts & stop the closure of our Southend Campus and our Foundation Year programme. The campus cat Pebbles is in solidarity 💕
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
good morning, it is day 3 of strikes at the University of Essex to save 400 jobs across all depts & stop the closure of our Southend Campus and our Foundation Year programme. The campus cat Pebbles is in solidarity 💕
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Eisner submissions are now open. My fellow comic creators, no matter at what point in your career you are, if you're making comics in any form, these awards are "For You" and you absolutely can be nominated. Let's get small press/self pub comics on that list! ENTER: www.comic-con.org/uploads/2025...
February 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Eisner submissions are now open. My fellow comic creators, no matter at what point in your career you are, if you're making comics in any form, these awards are "For You" and you absolutely can be nominated. Let's get small press/self pub comics on that list! ENTER: www.comic-con.org/uploads/2025...
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"AI detectors" are themselves AI, and yet are endlessly trusted by people on here if they say that a newspaper article is AI.
AI detectors are snake oil. None of them reliably works. And UK broadsheet are not yet using AI to write articles. No, that link to the deal you found doesn't prove it.
AI detectors are snake oil. None of them reliably works. And UK broadsheet are not yet using AI to write articles. No, that link to the deal you found doesn't prove it.
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
"AI detectors" are themselves AI, and yet are endlessly trusted by people on here if they say that a newspaper article is AI.
AI detectors are snake oil. None of them reliably works. And UK broadsheet are not yet using AI to write articles. No, that link to the deal you found doesn't prove it.
AI detectors are snake oil. None of them reliably works. And UK broadsheet are not yet using AI to write articles. No, that link to the deal you found doesn't prove it.
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Happy Bun Day to all who celebrate!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Bolludagur; an Icelandic Festival where Kids Spank their Parents for Cream Buns - IcelandDiscover.is
What is Bolludagur, or bun day in Iceland? Learn how to enjoy this delicious festival, and the days that follow it here. Even where to find vegan buns! Delicious!
icelanddiscover.is
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Happy Bun Day to all who celebrate!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Same, 'lil owl, same.
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Same, 'lil owl, same.
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I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
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It's the Winter Olympics, so here's a mosaic of a Roman who is *definitely* skiing. ⛷️👍
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
February 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
It's the Winter Olympics, so here's a mosaic of a Roman who is *definitely* skiing. ⛷️👍
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
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The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
“Seven schools and a nursery have reported more than 60 suspected cases of measles in an area of north London, and labs have confirmed 34 cases since January 12. Some children have been treated in hospital.”
archive.md/2026.02.1...
archive.md/2026.02.1...
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
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Hey, Euro-based writers. I've been invited back to the London Screenwriters' Festival! Full-day event April 9th on Breaking Story. 4 more presentations: 4/10-4/11. Tons of other speakers and learning opportunities. Hope to see you there! londonscreenwritersfestival.com/ideation-vel... #screenwriting
February 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Hey, Euro-based writers. I've been invited back to the London Screenwriters' Festival! Full-day event April 9th on Breaking Story. 4 more presentations: 4/10-4/11. Tons of other speakers and learning opportunities. Hope to see you there! londonscreenwritersfestival.com/ideation-vel... #screenwriting
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
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Person of Interest is a great show that plays on themes of mass surveillance, artifical intelligence, right to privacy, the boundaries of doing good vs doing harm, but also
February 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Person of Interest is a great show that plays on themes of mass surveillance, artifical intelligence, right to privacy, the boundaries of doing good vs doing harm, but also
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For the record, my answers are:
Probably, in some form, somewhere in the cosmos, since it’d be weird if Earth were THAT special. They probably haven’t visited though.
Yes, we can see it pretty directly! (More on this in next.)
There are surely some limits to our knowledge but we do know a lot.
Probably, in some form, somewhere in the cosmos, since it’d be weird if Earth were THAT special. They probably haven’t visited though.
Yes, we can see it pretty directly! (More on this in next.)
There are surely some limits to our knowledge but we do know a lot.
yes darth but it is not the #1 question. the top three questions are:
are aliens real
did the big bang really happen
isn’t that stuff all just unknowable
are aliens real
did the big bang really happen
isn’t that stuff all just unknowable
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
For the record, my answers are:
Probably, in some form, somewhere in the cosmos, since it’d be weird if Earth were THAT special. They probably haven’t visited though.
Yes, we can see it pretty directly! (More on this in next.)
There are surely some limits to our knowledge but we do know a lot.
Probably, in some form, somewhere in the cosmos, since it’d be weird if Earth were THAT special. They probably haven’t visited though.
Yes, we can see it pretty directly! (More on this in next.)
There are surely some limits to our knowledge but we do know a lot.
Tash Reilly, Tir Natur’s chair, said: “This site will demonstrate what’s possible when we allow nature to take the lead and work for people again. It’s a hopeful, practical vision anyone can contribute to.”
Charity buys £2.2m tract of land for Wales’ biggest rewilding project
Project in Ceredigion aims to help country catch up with large-scale nature recovery projects elsewhere in UK
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Tash Reilly, Tir Natur’s chair, said: “This site will demonstrate what’s possible when we allow nature to take the lead and work for people again. It’s a hopeful, practical vision anyone can contribute to.”
Kate Bush's best song.
I’ve never read Wuthering Heights. Please explain it to me in one skeet.
February 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Kate Bush's best song.
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Strong legal argument.
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Strong legal argument.
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so you can't trust the output, there's no way to fix it so you can, and using it to replace people who know how to do things will result in people relying on it more with less ability to know when it's wrong
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
so you can't trust the output, there's no way to fix it so you can, and using it to replace people who know how to do things will result in people relying on it more with less ability to know when it's wrong
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Paramount Skydance sends cease and desist to ByteDance over AI models Seedance & Seedream.
• Accuses IP theft of ‘SOUTH PARK’, ‘SPONGEBOB’, ‘STAR TREK’, ‘TMNT’, ‘THE GODFATHER’
• Says content trained models without permission
• Demands infringing content removal
#Paramount #ByteDance
• Accuses IP theft of ‘SOUTH PARK’, ‘SPONGEBOB’, ‘STAR TREK’, ‘TMNT’, ‘THE GODFATHER’
• Says content trained models without permission
• Demands infringing content removal
#Paramount #ByteDance
February 15, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Paramount Skydance sends cease and desist to ByteDance over AI models Seedance & Seedream.
• Accuses IP theft of ‘SOUTH PARK’, ‘SPONGEBOB’, ‘STAR TREK’, ‘TMNT’, ‘THE GODFATHER’
• Says content trained models without permission
• Demands infringing content removal
#Paramount #ByteDance
• Accuses IP theft of ‘SOUTH PARK’, ‘SPONGEBOB’, ‘STAR TREK’, ‘TMNT’, ‘THE GODFATHER’
• Says content trained models without permission
• Demands infringing content removal
#Paramount #ByteDance