Ben Wright - Queex
@queex.bsky.social
I write stuff. Day job is statistical genetics. He/him or they/them. https://patreon.com/Queex
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Ben Wright - Queex
@queex.bsky.social
· May 10
These beauties came in this week and I love them.
You can visit wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove... to get your delicious paper or snazzy electron copies. @dergullen.bsky.social's half absolutely slaps, a tense story with sustained commitment to an inspired idea.
You can visit wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove... to get your delicious paper or snazzy electron copies. @dergullen.bsky.social's half absolutely slaps, a tense story with sustained commitment to an inspired idea.
All eleven of their paying customers must be hopping mad.
OpenAI confirms major security breach, with user names, emails, and more exposed.
Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/B5vTUPy 👇
Here's what you need to know: buff.ly/B5vTUPy 👇
OpenAI confirms major data breach, exposing names, emails and more
Users are waking up to discover OpenAI leaked their data this morning via a faulty third-party plugin. Here's what you need to know.
www.windowscentral.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
All eleven of their paying customers must be hopping mad.
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I’m not Becoming The Joker,
Britain is Becoming Gotham
Britain is Becoming Gotham
Turns out i was not in fact Becoming The Joker more and more its just that Britain gets less and less normal by the week so comparatively my levels of Jokerfication look worse
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I’m not Becoming The Joker,
Britain is Becoming Gotham
Britain is Becoming Gotham
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To be honest the first half of this palindrome is much better than naht retteb hcum si emordnilap siht fo flah tsrif eht tsenoh eb ot.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
To be honest the first half of this palindrome is much better than naht retteb hcum si emordnilap siht fo flah tsrif eht tsenoh eb ot.
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It is the too-near future. Oppressive governments are using AI to model citizen's behaviour and find patterns to predict dissent in advance.
ADHD kids rise, and face their destiny. This is their time.
ADHD kids rise, and face their destiny. This is their time.
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It is the too-near future. Oppressive governments are using AI to model citizen's behaviour and find patterns to predict dissent in advance.
ADHD kids rise, and face their destiny. This is their time.
ADHD kids rise, and face their destiny. This is their time.
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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'run' #BookQW
Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin would like to get on with managing their own lives without supernatural interference. They should remember to be careful what they wish for.
A contemporary fantasy series rooted in British myths and folklore.
Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin would like to get on with managing their own lives without supernatural interference. They should remember to be careful what they wish for.
A contemporary fantasy series rooted in British myths and folklore.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'run' #BookQW
Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin would like to get on with managing their own lives without supernatural interference. They should remember to be careful what they wish for.
A contemporary fantasy series rooted in British myths and folklore.
Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin would like to get on with managing their own lives without supernatural interference. They should remember to be careful what they wish for.
A contemporary fantasy series rooted in British myths and folklore.
In this paper we explore the collection of genes that affect breast size, hereinafter referred to as the buxome—
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In this paper we explore the collection of genes that affect breast size, hereinafter referred to as the buxome—
For #BookQW, the word is 'run'. Here, we encounter one of the deadlier hazards of the Rust Graveyard.
#BookQuoteWednesday
#BookQuoteWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For #BookQW, the word is 'run'. Here, we encounter one of the deadlier hazards of the Rust Graveyard.
#BookQuoteWednesday
#BookQuoteWednesday
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TIL it's "home in", not "hone in." gdi I've been using that wrong from the gecko
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
TIL it's "home in", not "hone in." gdi I've been using that wrong from the gecko
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We will be at the Storyville Books Christmas Book Fair in PontyPridd. We hope to see some of you there.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We will be at the Storyville Books Christmas Book Fair in PontyPridd. We hope to see some of you there.
My nan would always cook Christmas dinner for the family. She was very proud of it, and rightly so, because it was always very good.
One year, however, she decided to treat herself to a couple more schooners of sherry than usual. While not teetotal, she seldom drank.
One year, however, she decided to treat herself to a couple more schooners of sherry than usual. While not teetotal, she seldom drank.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My nan would always cook Christmas dinner for the family. She was very proud of it, and rightly so, because it was always very good.
One year, however, she decided to treat herself to a couple more schooners of sherry than usual. While not teetotal, she seldom drank.
One year, however, she decided to treat herself to a couple more schooners of sherry than usual. While not teetotal, she seldom drank.
Finished reading @r-emrys.bsky.social's novella "The Sheltering Flame" recently. I loved it; it's about a found family who found a Family.
There's a real sense of menace in the story's threat, one that the protagonists are determined to face down despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
There's a real sense of menace in the story's threat, one that the protagonists are determined to face down despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Finished reading @r-emrys.bsky.social's novella "The Sheltering Flame" recently. I loved it; it's about a found family who found a Family.
There's a real sense of menace in the story's threat, one that the protagonists are determined to face down despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
There's a real sense of menace in the story's threat, one that the protagonists are determined to face down despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
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UK people, Amazon are currently offering the paperback of Fight Like A Girl #2 for just £4.64. That's less than the book costs to print, and less than the ebook price. It looks like someone is doing a warehouse clearance. There are only 14 copies left, so get yours now.
www.amazon.co.uk/Fig...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fig...
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
UK people, Amazon are currently offering the paperback of Fight Like A Girl #2 for just £4.64. That's less than the book costs to print, and less than the ebook price. It looks like someone is doing a warehouse clearance. There are only 14 copies left, so get yours now.
www.amazon.co.uk/Fig...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fig...
You're capable of anything because you're so bad at everything, Charlie Brown.
can you fly, charlie brown?
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
all those moments will be lost in time. like tears in rain.
time to die, Charlie Brown
all those moments will be lost in time. like tears in rain.
time to die, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You're capable of anything because you're so bad at everything, Charlie Brown.
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"game devs are lazy" i smugly and derisively type on my dorito dusted keyboard i couldn't be bothered to clean, ignoring the stories of devs being fired for trying to unionise against crunch
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"game devs are lazy" i smugly and derisively type on my dorito dusted keyboard i couldn't be bothered to clean, ignoring the stories of devs being fired for trying to unionise against crunch
The sewer scenes from the Italian Job were filmed in the newly-redone Coventry sewers.
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The sewer scenes from the Italian Job were filmed in the newly-redone Coventry sewers.
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Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
You know it was an effective haircut when you have to adjust the strap of your headphones.
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You know it was an effective haircut when you have to adjust the strap of your headphones.
Story hook: What if the reason no-one has ever been able to observe the soul leaving the body is because in the future a group of time travellers make it their business to save *every* human life throughout history, using advanced technology to replace each living body with an artificial dead one?
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Story hook: What if the reason no-one has ever been able to observe the soul leaving the body is because in the future a group of time travellers make it their business to save *every* human life throughout history, using advanced technology to replace each living body with an artificial dead one?
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cow tools like and share if u agree
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
cow tools like and share if u agree
The spirit of petty forum bureaucracy and rules lawyering is alive and well.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The spirit of petty forum bureaucracy and rules lawyering is alive and well.
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Sawtooth buzzing by moonlight
Sinewave music by daylight
Synthesiser with a real bite
She is the one called Sailor Moog.
Sinewave music by daylight
Synthesiser with a real bite
She is the one called Sailor Moog.
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sawtooth buzzing by moonlight
Sinewave music by daylight
Synthesiser with a real bite
She is the one called Sailor Moog.
Sinewave music by daylight
Synthesiser with a real bite
She is the one called Sailor Moog.
Sawtooth buzzing by moonlight
Sinewave music by daylight
Synthesiser with a real bite
She is the one called Sailor Moog.
Sinewave music by daylight
Synthesiser with a real bite
She is the one called Sailor Moog.
November 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sawtooth buzzing by moonlight
Sinewave music by daylight
Synthesiser with a real bite
She is the one called Sailor Moog.
Sinewave music by daylight
Synthesiser with a real bite
She is the one called Sailor Moog.
I'm gonna put this somewhere more prominent: I don't think this is accurate. This has been around since before GenAI existed. There's no way for us, the users, to know exactly what's going on under the hood for every option, but the behaviour described here existed in its current form before GenAI.
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 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm gonna put this somewhere more prominent: I don't think this is accurate. This has been around since before GenAI existed. There's no way for us, the users, to know exactly what's going on under the hood for every option, but the behaviour described here existed in its current form before GenAI.
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With his name on one half of the latest Wizard’s Tower Books duo, @aknighton.bsky.social talks about his experience working with an iconic small press on a dual-author release.
britishfantasysociety.org/launching-wi...
britishfantasysociety.org/launching-wi...
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
With his name on one half of the latest Wizard’s Tower Books duo, @aknighton.bsky.social talks about his experience working with an iconic small press on a dual-author release.
britishfantasysociety.org/launching-wi...
britishfantasysociety.org/launching-wi...