@matthewspalmer.bsky.social
Geek, Dad, Gray Ace, He/Him. Enjoys reading words off paper, sometimes puts them there as well.
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Lost Talent Chapter 1
Someone had swapped the labels on the potion bottles, and of course it was Mina’s job to sort it out. It was lucky Mr Bergamot had recognised that ‘Abington’s Peaceful Slumber’ shouldn’t have been a s...
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So! I have a very barebones website now! Here is the first chapter of my debut novel: Lost Talent, which I will be self publishing in spring 2026.
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I'm glad, and honestly surprised, that 300 people have already read this article about a recent indie sci-fi turn-based game, which is obviously not very well known. Bsky is magic.
It's always a risky bet to devote time to a non-franchise topic, but I'm happy with the result.
It's always a risky bet to devote time to a non-franchise topic, but I'm happy with the result.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm glad, and honestly surprised, that 300 people have already read this article about a recent indie sci-fi turn-based game, which is obviously not very well known. Bsky is magic.
It's always a risky bet to devote time to a non-franchise topic, but I'm happy with the result.
It's always a risky bet to devote time to a non-franchise topic, but I'm happy with the result.
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Very silly meme-ing... and maybe committing heresy as a trans girl be de-maid-ifying a girl.😛
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Very silly meme-ing... and maybe committing heresy as a trans girl be de-maid-ifying a girl.😛
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We’re living through crazy times - it’s getting to the point where you can’t even go to an Al Jardine show with Eric Idle without being dragged up on stage to sing “Barbara Ann”!
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We’re living through crazy times - it’s getting to the point where you can’t even go to an Al Jardine show with Eric Idle without being dragged up on stage to sing “Barbara Ann”!
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If you never watched Odd Taxi you really should. Only 13 episodes, surprisingly complex and entertaining. There's a radio drama and a movie, too!
How The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, Influenced "Odd Taxi": Fritz Kurz explores Odd Taxi, and the series' filmic and thematic ties to the works of Alfred Hitchcock, such as North By Northwest, and the way it draws from them to create a work that stands among the greats of the neo-noir genre
How The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, Influenced Odd Taxi
While his potential influences range from Martin Scorsese to Samuel Fuller, and from Dashiell Hammett to Raymond Chandler, one influence that increasingly stands out is that of the Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock.
hera.fyi
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you never watched Odd Taxi you really should. Only 13 episodes, surprisingly complex and entertaining. There's a radio drama and a movie, too!
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for the past year or so it has been deployed not as an argument to vote Labour but an argument to not criticise Labour on the internet. it has nothing to do with stopping Reform and everything to do with comfortable middle aged liberals not wanting to be confronted with the reality of their politics
"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
for the past year or so it has been deployed not as an argument to vote Labour but an argument to not criticise Labour on the internet. it has nothing to do with stopping Reform and everything to do with comfortable middle aged liberals not wanting to be confronted with the reality of their politics
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Second draft of book 2 90% done. Just need to add one more chapter, then I can send out to Beta readers.
Book one is ready for a proofread. When those are done I have no excuses not to work on book three. I am half excited and half terrified to get back to it.
Book one is ready for a proofread. When those are done I have no excuses not to work on book three. I am half excited and half terrified to get back to it.
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Second draft of book 2 90% done. Just need to add one more chapter, then I can send out to Beta readers.
Book one is ready for a proofread. When those are done I have no excuses not to work on book three. I am half excited and half terrified to get back to it.
Book one is ready for a proofread. When those are done I have no excuses not to work on book three. I am half excited and half terrified to get back to it.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
Give me my floating hotel in space...
Give me my floating hotel in space...
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
Give me my floating hotel in space...
Give me my floating hotel in space...
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Who remembers when rishi sunak gave everybody buy one get one free dinners at the height of a pandemic when we were all supposed to be isolating?
Who remembers the country's biggest super spreader event being state-sponsored, and the media claiming it was safe?
Who remembers the country's biggest super spreader event being state-sponsored, and the media claiming it was safe?
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Who remembers when rishi sunak gave everybody buy one get one free dinners at the height of a pandemic when we were all supposed to be isolating?
Who remembers the country's biggest super spreader event being state-sponsored, and the media claiming it was safe?
Who remembers the country's biggest super spreader event being state-sponsored, and the media claiming it was safe?
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X user: "Hey Grok, Does Elon Musk eat turds?"
(10 gallons of water turn to steam, 400 pounds of CO2 is released, 8 people in a data center in Asia pass out from exhaustion)
Grok: "Hell yeah he does! He's the best at it because he loves turds in his mouth!"
(10 gallons of water turn to steam, 400 pounds of CO2 is released, 8 people in a data center in Asia pass out from exhaustion)
Grok: "Hell yeah he does! He's the best at it because he loves turds in his mouth!"
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
X user: "Hey Grok, Does Elon Musk eat turds?"
(10 gallons of water turn to steam, 400 pounds of CO2 is released, 8 people in a data center in Asia pass out from exhaustion)
Grok: "Hell yeah he does! He's the best at it because he loves turds in his mouth!"
(10 gallons of water turn to steam, 400 pounds of CO2 is released, 8 people in a data center in Asia pass out from exhaustion)
Grok: "Hell yeah he does! He's the best at it because he loves turds in his mouth!"
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To dismiss trans people as criminals is hate.
To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.
To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.
Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.
To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.
To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.
Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
To dismiss trans people as criminals is hate.
To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.
To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.
Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.
To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.
To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.
Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.
Read the thread. The enshitification of Gmail continues a pace.
You can turn it off, but it removes the tabs/categories. You can reenable them but only by manually setting them up yourself.
Seems like it's time to seek out a new email solution...
You can turn it off, but it removes the tabs/categories. You can reenable them but only by manually setting them up yourself.
Seems like it's time to seek out a new email solution...
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Read the thread. The enshitification of Gmail continues a pace.
You can turn it off, but it removes the tabs/categories. You can reenable them but only by manually setting them up yourself.
Seems like it's time to seek out a new email solution...
You can turn it off, but it removes the tabs/categories. You can reenable them but only by manually setting them up yourself.
Seems like it's time to seek out a new email solution...
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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Your regularly scheduled reminder to stop using X/Twitter entirely.
No, I don’t care what you’re using it for.
You should stop.
No, I don’t care what you’re using it for.
You should stop.
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Your regularly scheduled reminder to stop using X/Twitter entirely.
No, I don’t care what you’re using it for.
You should stop.
No, I don’t care what you’re using it for.
You should stop.
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This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
Just when you think the Omegaverse is as weird as it gets.
But what is Bluesky for if not learning about literary porn microgenres that you will never read, but also never forget?
But what is Bluesky for if not learning about literary porn microgenres that you will never read, but also never forget?
I love to discuss erotica internet microgenres with my beautiful pervert friends on the internet, but unforunately it has made me an annoying snob about the most niche things. I was telling a friend I think HDG is weak cozyslop and had to stop and back up and realize that's an insane thing to say
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just when you think the Omegaverse is as weird as it gets.
But what is Bluesky for if not learning about literary porn microgenres that you will never read, but also never forget?
But what is Bluesky for if not learning about literary porn microgenres that you will never read, but also never forget?
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Happy International Men’s Day to all the incredible trans men out there. Thank you for existing.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Happy International Men’s Day to all the incredible trans men out there. Thank you for existing.
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Does this answer a few of those niggling questions that have been cropping up in your head too …?
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Does this answer a few of those niggling questions that have been cropping up in your head too …?
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
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'If the rank and file of the party has any sense, it will forcefully cut off this death spiral leadership now, fight back against the latest capitulation to Nigel Farage and stand up for its principles to build a fairer, more equal society'.
This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...
This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
'If the rank and file of the party has any sense, it will forcefully cut off this death spiral leadership now, fight back against the latest capitulation to Nigel Farage and stand up for its principles to build a fairer, more equal society'.
This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...
This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...
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Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
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Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months
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IOC president wants to protect the female category
The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
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No matter how extreme, no anti-immigration policy will ever improve British lives. I know this framing is perhaps alien to you, but it matters:
This is not immigrants vs British people.
It's immigrants delivering for Britain because we need them and this country - literally - only works together.
This is not immigrants vs British people.
It's immigrants delivering for Britain because we need them and this country - literally - only works together.
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No matter how extreme, no anti-immigration policy will ever improve British lives. I know this framing is perhaps alien to you, but it matters:
This is not immigrants vs British people.
It's immigrants delivering for Britain because we need them and this country - literally - only works together.
This is not immigrants vs British people.
It's immigrants delivering for Britain because we need them and this country - literally - only works together.
Huh! Didn't realise that! I missed him by one year!
Oh, apparently I was at Aberystwyth university at the same time as Zack Polanski. That's weird!
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Huh! Didn't realise that! I missed him by one year!