Steve J. Wright
@stevejwright.bsky.social
Arts and sciences person, very unprofessional SFF writer and reviewer, blogs at stevejwright.com. Mastodon @[email protected]
I think it's valid criticism, at least, but it'd be bad for his stomach if he keeps on doing it.
January 18, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I think it's valid criticism, at least, but it'd be bad for his stomach if he keeps on doing it.
Good morning Womble. Just started @russincheshire.bsky.social 's "Fallen Feathers", so I know I'm going to be entertained.
January 18, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Good morning Womble. Just started @russincheshire.bsky.social 's "Fallen Feathers", so I know I'm going to be entertained.
The Sex Pistils
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The Sex Pistils
Or flageolets.
"Out upon all flageolets, I say! There is something perverse and French about such as whip themselves for their amusement!"
- from Nicholas Seare's "Rude Tales and Glorious"
"Out upon all flageolets, I say! There is something perverse and French about such as whip themselves for their amusement!"
- from Nicholas Seare's "Rude Tales and Glorious"
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Or flageolets.
"Out upon all flageolets, I say! There is something perverse and French about such as whip themselves for their amusement!"
- from Nicholas Seare's "Rude Tales and Glorious"
"Out upon all flageolets, I say! There is something perverse and French about such as whip themselves for their amusement!"
- from Nicholas Seare's "Rude Tales and Glorious"
Ah. Clearly artisanal DIY potato chips. So much more love in the ones you hand-craft yourself!
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Ah. Clearly artisanal DIY potato chips. So much more love in the ones you hand-craft yourself!
Your productivity is... well, terrifying, actually. (Not that I want you to stop, far from it. I'm just terrified, that's all.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Your productivity is... well, terrifying, actually. (Not that I want you to stop, far from it. I'm just terrified, that's all.)
... and two people got in ahead of me while I was typing some proper alt-text. Oh well!
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
... and two people got in ahead of me while I was typing some proper alt-text. Oh well!
Aaargh. Arbitrary.
"It is rara that eagle-eyed prufreaders allow mistakes to crepp in."
"It is rara that eagle-eyed prufreaders allow mistakes to crepp in."
January 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Aaargh. Arbitrary.
"It is rara that eagle-eyed prufreaders allow mistakes to crepp in."
"It is rara that eagle-eyed prufreaders allow mistakes to crepp in."
Tbf, the peace prize lost a fair amount of credibility when they gave one to Henry Kissinger.
January 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Tbf, the peace prize lost a fair amount of credibility when they gave one to Henry Kissinger.
Arbitratry and indiscriminate violence and intimidation by anonymous agents sounds like a textbook example of terrorism to me, but what do I know?
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Arbitratry and indiscriminate violence and intimidation by anonymous agents sounds like a textbook example of terrorism to me, but what do I know?
Keep Still Will You! - A Demonstration Of Ultimate Power.
YouTube video by yereverluvinuncleber
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The inverse square law was often the sticking point - Grindell Matthews's device was based on a perfectly real phenomenon, it just didn't scale up to anything practical.
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The inverse square law was often the sticking point - Grindell Matthews's device was based on a perfectly real phenomenon, it just didn't scale up to anything practical.
I read someone's assessment of a proposed death ray, once: "if you could get a German soldier to stand in front of it, perfectly still, for twenty-four hours, wearing a copper waistcoat, it would make him feel pretty seedy."
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I read someone's assessment of a proposed death ray, once: "if you could get a German soldier to stand in front of it, perfectly still, for twenty-four hours, wearing a copper waistcoat, it would make him feel pretty seedy."
Reposted by Steve J. Wright
Hanging out with sex workers is the Christian way.
And visiting prisoners.
And looking after the poor.
And visiting people who are ill.
And taking distressed strangers into your house.
All of this is the Jesus way according to the scriptures.
So I'm dubious when Christians are against these.
And visiting prisoners.
And looking after the poor.
And visiting people who are ill.
And taking distressed strangers into your house.
All of this is the Jesus way according to the scriptures.
So I'm dubious when Christians are against these.
January 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Hanging out with sex workers is the Christian way.
And visiting prisoners.
And looking after the poor.
And visiting people who are ill.
And taking distressed strangers into your house.
All of this is the Jesus way according to the scriptures.
So I'm dubious when Christians are against these.
And visiting prisoners.
And looking after the poor.
And visiting people who are ill.
And taking distressed strangers into your house.
All of this is the Jesus way according to the scriptures.
So I'm dubious when Christians are against these.
*Everyone* should know about Harry Grindell Matthews!
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
*Everyone* should know about Harry Grindell Matthews!
I had some musings on the topic myself: stevejwright.com/2022/08/29/e...
(tl;dr - Empires are hideously immoral at any scale, and hideously impractical at the interplanetary or interstellar scale.)
(tl;dr - Empires are hideously immoral at any scale, and hideously impractical at the interplanetary or interstellar scale.)
Empires, Galactic and Otherwise
There’s been some discussion lately – well, there always is, it’s a perennial topic – about empires and autocracies in SF, and I thought I’d post my thoughts on how em…
stevejwright.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I had some musings on the topic myself: stevejwright.com/2022/08/29/e...
(tl;dr - Empires are hideously immoral at any scale, and hideously impractical at the interplanetary or interstellar scale.)
(tl;dr - Empires are hideously immoral at any scale, and hideously impractical at the interplanetary or interstellar scale.)
Reposted by Steve J. Wright
I don't use any generative AI. A statistical word-string vending machine offers me nothing useful creatively and nothing trustworthy as research. The environmental impact is appalling and these companies stole copyright intellectual property knowing that's illegal. GenAI is dishonest at every level.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I don't use any generative AI. A statistical word-string vending machine offers me nothing useful creatively and nothing trustworthy as research. The environmental impact is appalling and these companies stole copyright intellectual property knowing that's illegal. GenAI is dishonest at every level.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
Birthday today! Not going to say which one, but if arithmetic can be trusted, I should be getting the keys to three doors.
(Also, I can rewrite the opening of a certain Beatles song:
"When I get older, losing more hair,
One more year from now....")
(Also, I can rewrite the opening of a certain Beatles song:
"When I get older, losing more hair,
One more year from now....")
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Birthday today! Not going to say which one, but if arithmetic can be trusted, I should be getting the keys to three doors.
(Also, I can rewrite the opening of a certain Beatles song:
"When I get older, losing more hair,
One more year from now....")
(Also, I can rewrite the opening of a certain Beatles song:
"When I get older, losing more hair,
One more year from now....")
Always rather liked Prince of Darkness, myself.
January 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Always rather liked Prince of Darkness, myself.
Slightly diminish a game:
Morrowdraught
Morrowdraught
Slightly diminish a game:
Feeling a Bit Under the Weather Souls.
Feeling a Bit Under the Weather Souls.
Slightly diminish a game:
The Summary of Zelda
The Summary of Zelda
January 11, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Slightly diminish a game:
Morrowdraught
Morrowdraught
If I'm a creation of your subconscious, I want a word with you about my living conditions.
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
If I'm a creation of your subconscious, I want a word with you about my living conditions.
Good morning Womble. I'm on poetry, dipping into John Cooper Clarke's collection "What".
January 11, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Good morning Womble. I'm on poetry, dipping into John Cooper Clarke's collection "What".