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🇬🇧/🇵🇭 Speculative fiction writer and Creative Director at @unseenhistories.com – rep'd by @jjbker.bsky.social. https://www.jordanacosta.co

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · Nov 11

Welcome, new follower!

I’m Jordan Acosta, a British-Filipino speculative writer based near London and rep’d by John Baker at Bell Lomax Moreton; soon to be on editor submission with my debut novel, Dark Century.

More info about the book and my newsletter on my website👇

www.jordanacosta.co

Jordan Acosta

News and updates from British speculative fiction writer, Jordan Acosta

www.jordanacosta.co

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 14h

Bad. Ass.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2d

If you like dark folklore you must check out @samkhorton.bsky.social's Gorse and its sequel Ragwort, which is out today!

Gorgeous inside and out, it's a haunting tale of love, madness, loss, and mysterious secrets, set in Cornwall amid the clash of Enlightenment with the old magical ways

💙📚🪐

A banner from Solaris with a picture of the book and a quote from Lorraine Wilson reading "brimming with love for the wild places, for the folklore and for the fallibility and generosity of the human heart. Horton is a storyteller outside of time, I suspect he may be fae"

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 1d

Romero’s data centre will become Immortan Joe’s hideout. The water is to cool the servers.

𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 1d

I will often stew on narrative issues for weeks when writing; thinking of every single permutation I can to unlock the best possible version of the story I can. Sometimes that comes in revisions, often my third or fourth go, even if it means rewriting substantial parts of the story.

Worth it.

Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 1d

I am dealing with a “thorny problem” right now, today. It is hard and scary because IT IS ALWAYS HARD AND SCARY. But it is also where you do your best work. It is where stories go from “meh” to “WOW”. When I fix it - because that is the job - I will be that much closer to something worth reading.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 1d

Won’t be watching.

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 3d

After Thatcher hollowed out our manufacturing we were left with financial services, soft cultural influence and intellectual property.

IP is being thrown under the bus with this.

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 5d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 4d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

local12.com

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 3d

Absolutely fascinating and a brilliant rise of technology

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 3d

@natania.bsky.social, you might be interested in this if you haven’t seen it!

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Dorian Dawes @doriandawes.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot comprehend the sheer level of horror that would be millions of weird people sending me ai slop of my dead loved ones.

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 4d

He perhaps *is*.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 4d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 4d

I’ve also been calculating some of the distances in my head. Certainly a tour of the UK… seen mainly from the inside of a car.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 5d

Any wimmerbilder for fun!

𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 5d

Literally saw one for ChatGPT where a guy wanted to do pull ups and it generated a workout routine — it didn’t explain what any of the exercises are; and the guy would’ve been better served looking it up on YouTube.

hayden johnson @haydenjohnsonn.bsky.social · 15d

every AI ad is like

“hey gemini, what would i have for lunch?”

and then the phone is like

“sandwich”

and the guy is like

“wow”

𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 5d

Work proceeds on the audio drama adaption of my novelette, The Coronet. I’m so out of my comfort zone penning Cantonese and American dialogue in Brooklyn; a place I’ve never been to.

In 1919.

And gritting my teeth every time I have to change a word to its American equivalent.

Text reads:

TSE:
(SHOUTING) 一 Jat1! 二 Ji6! Saam1 三!

MORE SWEARING IN CANTONESE AS THE MEN THROW BARDIN BACK INTO THE ALLEYWAY. THE DOOR SLAMS. IT BEGINS TO RAIN HARD

BARDIN:
(V.O) The beating left me bent and balled up, but as I trudged back to the Coronet, it occurred to me that Fong was performing a bit in front of his compatriots, to hide in plain sight from prying eyes. Despite my annoyance — and a painful ache in my ribs — I could not help but feel a grudging admiration for such dedication to the Imperial cause. Perhaps I’d been wrong about Fong, after all, and would report as much to Mr. Wilde.

EXT. CONEY ISLAND - NIGHT. LOUD REVELLERS AND CROWDS JOSTLING ALONG THE STREETS. ROLLERCOASTERS AND OTHER FAIRGROUND RIDES. LIGHT DRIZZLE ACCOMPANIES

(V.O) My reverie was dispelled by the theater’s doorman, King, whose immense frame was permanently sheathed in an ill-fitting striped three-piece.

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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 5d

This is all true. What the UK needs is a good long spell of properly conservative government, say for 14 years or so, and to exit major liberal international institutions; that will finally begin to roll back the left-wing capture of the country

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 5d

The UK is “madly left, madly liberal, hyper-progressive”, Syed says. This is a deeply odd speech, seemingly from yet another person who spends a lot of time on X.

[I deleted earlier post which had the typo of saying, 'US' rather than 'UK'.]

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 5d

Making my arrangements to visit as I write this.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 6d

Since the union and England flags appeared on our streets, I've been having to find routes that avoid driving through them, or it might look like I agree with them being there. The journeys now have to go illogical but much more pleasant routes

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 6d

Yes that’s a shame which is why I retain the account just to scroll and find news; but deliberately freeing myself from any obligation to actually post or do reels or photos of myself.