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BETTER STILL it seems to be on Kobo for $2.99 (at least in Canada; probably the USA also)—a better choice of ebookstore (it doesn't subsidize Jeff Bezo)
Psst: if you're in the USA or Canada, Amazon.com are selling my novel "A Conventional Boy" for $2.99 for the next two weeks! (It's a promo to push my next novel, "The Regicide Report", which comes out at the end of January.)
www.amazon.com/Conventional...
www.amazon.com/Conventional...
A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel
Amazon.com: A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel eBook : Stross, Charles: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
BETTER STILL it seems to be on Kobo for $2.99 (at least in Canada; probably the USA also)—a better choice of ebookstore (it doesn't subsidize Jeff Bezo)
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Dear @pnh.nielsenhayden.com and @malf.bsky.social, I am writing feverishly on the novel but am encountering some technical difficulties, I hope to have them resolved soon
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dear @pnh.nielsenhayden.com and @malf.bsky.social, I am writing feverishly on the novel but am encountering some technical difficulties, I hope to have them resolved soon
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"The hepatitis B vaccine — and the current recommendation to give it at birth — is likely why. I cannot recall caring for a patient with liver cancer caused by this virus...
"Yet the Trump administration is set to make this ... unavailable for the youngest, most vulnerable group of Americans."
"Yet the Trump administration is set to make this ... unavailable for the youngest, most vulnerable group of Americans."
A story about Hepatitis B. Why open the door to a horrible disease?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | The Virus That Took My Father Could Become a Greater Threat
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The hepatitis B vaccine — and the current recommendation to give it at birth — is likely why. I cannot recall caring for a patient with liver cancer caused by this virus...
"Yet the Trump administration is set to make this ... unavailable for the youngest, most vulnerable group of Americans."
"Yet the Trump administration is set to make this ... unavailable for the youngest, most vulnerable group of Americans."
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Psst: if you're in the USA or Canada, Amazon.com are selling my novel "A Conventional Boy" for $2.99 for the next two weeks! (It's a promo to push my next novel, "The Regicide Report", which comes out at the end of January.)
www.amazon.com/Conventional...
www.amazon.com/Conventional...
A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel
Amazon.com: A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel eBook : Stross, Charles: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Psst: if you're in the USA or Canada, Amazon.com are selling my novel "A Conventional Boy" for $2.99 for the next two weeks! (It's a promo to push my next novel, "The Regicide Report", which comes out at the end of January.)
www.amazon.com/Conventional...
www.amazon.com/Conventional...
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(second addendum, which is that I think Kingsnorth is lamenting something that is real, but to my mind the solution to modernity is synthesis, not rejection, though I haven't yet read a good account of the way forward)
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
(second addendum, which is that I think Kingsnorth is lamenting something that is real, but to my mind the solution to modernity is synthesis, not rejection, though I haven't yet read a good account of the way forward)
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Reading Kingsnorth's "Against the Machine" and trying very hard to be receptive to his views, but I find it deeply frustrating to hear people talk about science and scientists as people who want to machine-ify and rigorize Nature. If you would simply read Darwin's diaries, you wouldn't say this.
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reading Kingsnorth's "Against the Machine" and trying very hard to be receptive to his views, but I find it deeply frustrating to hear people talk about science and scientists as people who want to machine-ify and rigorize Nature. If you would simply read Darwin's diaries, you wouldn't say this.
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Correlation is not causation? Not with that attitude, it’s not.
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Correlation is not causation? Not with that attitude, it’s not.
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Asa West spent years trying to find a strange fantasy film she'd glimpsed as a child–finally tracking it down was a revelation, not just about the film itself, but about how weird, ambitious art falls in and out of fashion
I Tracked Down the Film that Traumatized Me as a Kid, and Found a Forgotten Gem - Reactor
Weird, ambitious art — the kind that sticks with you for decades — is always worth searching for.
reactormag.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Asa West spent years trying to find a strange fantasy film she'd glimpsed as a child–finally tracking it down was a revelation, not just about the film itself, but about how weird, ambitious art falls in and out of fashion
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
www.wired.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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Watching this timeless holiday classic
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Watching this timeless holiday classic
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One of my favorite pictures of me and Krissy, from three years ago. At the time I captioned it "When Hobbits get ambitious."
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
One of my favorite pictures of me and Krissy, from three years ago. At the time I captioned it "When Hobbits get ambitious."
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It feels a bit odd that apart from Tower Defense games and the Stronghold series, there aren't a lot of real 'fortress design' games, particularly ones that seek to capture actual fortress design language (castles, star forts, etc).
Feels like there's got to be at least some demand for that.
Feels like there's got to be at least some demand for that.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It feels a bit odd that apart from Tower Defense games and the Stronghold series, there aren't a lot of real 'fortress design' games, particularly ones that seek to capture actual fortress design language (castles, star forts, etc).
Feels like there's got to be at least some demand for that.
Feels like there's got to be at least some demand for that.
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This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
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(UK) Parliamentary Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
(UK) Parliamentary Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
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*looks to camera*
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
*looks to camera*
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Here's an idea: rather than burning a trillion on AI, why don't we spend it on teen scientists instead, since they apparently deliver faster than the machine?
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here's an idea: rather than burning a trillion on AI, why don't we spend it on teen scientists instead, since they apparently deliver faster than the machine?
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Traditionally-published authors (print/ebook/audio): Promote your books today in the 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Thousands of readers to connect to your work! Follow the link below to tell folks about what you have available to them this holiday season!
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December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Traditionally-published authors (print/ebook/audio): Promote your books today in the 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Thousands of readers to connect to your work! Follow the link below to tell folks about what you have available to them this holiday season!
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DISAGREE. Not all cornbreads are sweet, but cornbreads can be sweet! That said, I'm here for someone attempting a corncake (separate from corn cakes, which are basically corn pancakes).
Also do not neglect spoon cornbread, which is not a carb-slab (unless one has a very large spatula to lay it on).
Also do not neglect spoon cornbread, which is not a carb-slab (unless one has a very large spatula to lay it on).
Realtalk:
Cornbread should not be sweet! If you want cake, eat cake. Cornbread is a carb-slab meant to be paired with stronger flavors like buttermilk or greens fried in grease.
Cornbread should not be sweet! If you want cake, eat cake. Cornbread is a carb-slab meant to be paired with stronger flavors like buttermilk or greens fried in grease.
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
DISAGREE. Not all cornbreads are sweet, but cornbreads can be sweet! That said, I'm here for someone attempting a corncake (separate from corn cakes, which are basically corn pancakes).
Also do not neglect spoon cornbread, which is not a carb-slab (unless one has a very large spatula to lay it on).
Also do not neglect spoon cornbread, which is not a carb-slab (unless one has a very large spatula to lay it on).
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I named my fists left and right because frankly I'm not comfortable with naming body parts and fists especially that just seems fraught with psychosexual implications I don't really want to make explicit so in this essay I will
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I named my fists left and right because frankly I'm not comfortable with naming body parts and fists especially that just seems fraught with psychosexual implications I don't really want to make explicit so in this essay I will
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I've named my fists Hall and Oates because whoa-oh here they come, watch out boy, they'll chew you up
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I've named my fists Hall and Oates because whoa-oh here they come, watch out boy, they'll chew you up
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THAT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE
Maybe twice
Look, I've done a lot of burrito crimes okay
Maybe twice
Look, I've done a lot of burrito crimes okay
There can be no surer affirmation of my culinary correctness than the disagreement of Mr. Gummi-worm Burrito.
DISAGREE. Not all cornbreads are sweet, but cornbreads can be sweet! That said, I'm here for someone attempting a corncake (separate from corn cakes, which are basically corn pancakes).
Also do not neglect spoon cornbread, which is not a carb-slab (unless one has a very large spatula to lay it on).
Also do not neglect spoon cornbread, which is not a carb-slab (unless one has a very large spatula to lay it on).
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
THAT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE
Maybe twice
Look, I've done a lot of burrito crimes okay
Maybe twice
Look, I've done a lot of burrito crimes okay
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The coming elections of 2026 and 2028 are under threat.
Trump’s election security team is being run by Heather Honey, a far-right activist who told a group of right-wing activists that the president could declare a “national emergency” to effectively take control of local election administration.
Trump’s election security team is being run by Heather Honey, a far-right activist who told a group of right-wing activists that the president could declare a “national emergency” to effectively take control of local election administration.
Democratic Association of Secretaries of State | DASS
Democratic Association of Secretaries of State is a 527 PAC dedicated to electing and protecting Democratic Secretaries of States.
demsofstate.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The coming elections of 2026 and 2028 are under threat.
Trump’s election security team is being run by Heather Honey, a far-right activist who told a group of right-wing activists that the president could declare a “national emergency” to effectively take control of local election administration.
Trump’s election security team is being run by Heather Honey, a far-right activist who told a group of right-wing activists that the president could declare a “national emergency” to effectively take control of local election administration.
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I am delighted that, at least so far, there is no place I need to fly to until well into February (and when I do that I plan to connect through DFW or ATL)
Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled in Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region, while a wintry mix of rain and snow developed in the Northeast.
Hundreds of flights canceled in Chicago after winter storm
Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled in Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region, while a wintry mix of rain and snow developed in the Northeast.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am delighted that, at least so far, there is no place I need to fly to until well into February (and when I do that I plan to connect through DFW or ATL)