Matt Lacey
@themattlacey.bsky.social
Author. Drinker of tea. Killer of plants. Purveyor of smut. Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Australia 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 he/him
Human behind the pen names:
✨Rebecca Ide @rebeccaide.bsky.social
🗡️Devin Madson @devinmadson.bsky.social
rep’d by Julie Crisp
Human behind the pen names:
✨Rebecca Ide @rebeccaide.bsky.social
🗡️Devin Madson @devinmadson.bsky.social
rep’d by Julie Crisp
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is my birthday!🎉
this year around the sun has been awful in many ways, but wonderful in others. i wrote the equivalent of three books, had surgery for my PMDD, finished my degree, got obsessed with tennis, and realised i’m trans and started hormones!
would love for y’all to check out my books!👇🏻
this year around the sun has been awful in many ways, but wonderful in others. i wrote the equivalent of three books, had surgery for my PMDD, finished my degree, got obsessed with tennis, and realised i’m trans and started hormones!
would love for y’all to check out my books!👇🏻
temporary new intro post!
Hey, i’m Matt! i’m an Australian fantasy and romance author better known by my pen names: Devin Madson (Orbit) and Rebecca Ide (Tor and Saga)
i will do a proper post soon (probably) but for now, this thread here is all about my books, so check it out! ⬇️
Hey, i’m Matt! i’m an Australian fantasy and romance author better known by my pen names: Devin Madson (Orbit) and Rebecca Ide (Tor and Saga)
i will do a proper post soon (probably) but for now, this thread here is all about my books, so check it out! ⬇️
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Behind every bad decision with backlash is a team of artists going "I told you so"
December 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Behind every bad decision with backlash is a team of artists going "I told you so"
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The way to restart the idea machine is PAY CREATIVES FOR THEIR WORK
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The way to restart the idea machine is PAY CREATIVES FOR THEIR WORK
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we are in this constant artistic conversation that is coated in years of fingerprints and patina from being handled by artists and being shaped by our senses and our bodies and our gravity and physics and how sound carries in the air, and that is such a precious, beautiful thing
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
we are in this constant artistic conversation that is coated in years of fingerprints and patina from being handled by artists and being shaped by our senses and our bodies and our gravity and physics and how sound carries in the air, and that is such a precious, beautiful thing
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In light of this commitment, I'm sure The Guardian will be releasing an action plan to deal with its clear, bigoted anti-trans agenda and working to undo its biases aaaaany d-- [checks notes] Oh, that's right. Never. Silly me. For a moment there I thought words still meant things.
With the world in flux, our commitment to clear, agenda-free reporting has never been stronger.
Back factual reporting by supporting the Guardian today. theguardian.com/support/eoy-sc
Back factual reporting by supporting the Guardian today. theguardian.com/support/eoy-sc
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
In light of this commitment, I'm sure The Guardian will be releasing an action plan to deal with its clear, bigoted anti-trans agenda and working to undo its biases aaaaany d-- [checks notes] Oh, that's right. Never. Silly me. For a moment there I thought words still meant things.
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
i hate that we seem to have to have a mass shooting every 30 years to remind the country why guns suck and we shouldn’t water down the laws, but if he gets this done i’ll be damn proud of the fact that we’ve responded this way twice 💪
do it, albo. don’t be a smaller man than john howard
do it, albo. don’t be a smaller man than john howard
Holy shit he's actually gonna try and do it
Godspeed
Godspeed
Albanese proposes tougher gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack
Anthony Albanese says he will take a proposal for tougher gun laws, including limits on the number of firearms a person can hold, to National Cabinet when it meets today.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
i hate that we seem to have to have a mass shooting every 30 years to remind the country why guns suck and we shouldn’t water down the laws, but if he gets this done i’ll be damn proud of the fact that we’ve responded this way twice 💪
do it, albo. don’t be a smaller man than john howard
do it, albo. don’t be a smaller man than john howard
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Another reason for UBI.
Means testing benefits and prosecuting benefit fraud increases the costs massively.
Being afraid 1 person will get something they don't deserve means we have 99 people who don't get what they deserve.
Means testing benefits and prosecuting benefit fraud increases the costs massively.
Being afraid 1 person will get something they don't deserve means we have 99 people who don't get what they deserve.
Explaining the other day that the moral puzzle about universal health care is not why poor people get it, but why richer people do. The answer from Beveridge, the Liberal (not Socialist) who recommended the NHS is economic efficiency. Universal healthcare removes huge transaction costs.
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Another reason for UBI.
Means testing benefits and prosecuting benefit fraud increases the costs massively.
Being afraid 1 person will get something they don't deserve means we have 99 people who don't get what they deserve.
Means testing benefits and prosecuting benefit fraud increases the costs massively.
Being afraid 1 person will get something they don't deserve means we have 99 people who don't get what they deserve.
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Creators must alienate our work from ourselves to send it to market. What helped us think, feel, and survive becomes a commodity from which we're estranged.
youtu.be/Cj1rYUsiVRo
youtu.be/Cj1rYUsiVRo
Content Creation, Alienation, and Staying Whole | Antifascist Dad Podcast
YouTube video by AntifascistDad
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Creators must alienate our work from ourselves to send it to market. What helped us think, feel, and survive becomes a commodity from which we're estranged.
youtu.be/Cj1rYUsiVRo
youtu.be/Cj1rYUsiVRo
is the whole deal that they highlight endangered species on these, or what?
Here's what some of the new National Park Service passes will look like, starting Jan 1
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
is the whole deal that they highlight endangered species on these, or what?
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An assassin might have to work with her mark (a fucking necromancer) to stop an even worse necromancer from destroying her people AND the healer is hot??
the Impossible Contract! It's got undead camels 🐪
the Impossible Contract! It's got undead camels 🐪
Time to eat your vegetables again y'all! What's a one-sentence elevator pitch for your book? If you need help, [thing] meets [thing] is a great baseline. #WritingPrompt
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
An assassin might have to work with her mark (a fucking necromancer) to stop an even worse necromancer from destroying her people AND the healer is hot??
the Impossible Contract! It's got undead camels 🐪
the Impossible Contract! It's got undead camels 🐪
the supreme weirdness of being followed by my alter egos … which are also me
December 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
the supreme weirdness of being followed by my alter egos … which are also me
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aight folks, i finally got sick of existing here under some weird conjoined pen name situation. so this is now where you follow me, Matt, the human, along with the collected book updates, but i’ve split off @devinmadson.bsky.social and @rebeccaide.bsky.social for people who just want book updates 😎
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
aight folks, i finally got sick of existing here under some weird conjoined pen name situation. so this is now where you follow me, Matt, the human, along with the collected book updates, but i’ve split off @devinmadson.bsky.social and @rebeccaide.bsky.social for people who just want book updates 😎
aight folks, i finally got sick of existing here under some weird conjoined pen name situation. so this is now where you follow me, Matt, the human, along with the collected book updates, but i’ve split off @devinmadson.bsky.social and @rebeccaide.bsky.social for people who just want book updates 😎
December 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
aight folks, i finally got sick of existing here under some weird conjoined pen name situation. so this is now where you follow me, Matt, the human, along with the collected book updates, but i’ve split off @devinmadson.bsky.social and @rebeccaide.bsky.social for people who just want book updates 😎
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
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Get your queer books!
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
kadoore.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Get your queer books!
me: *looking at the sales page of an m/m romance*
website: here are some other books you might like because you like this!
me: oh cool, what other gay—
website: have you tried this straight romance? how about this one? oh you like romance, thats M/F, like this one. and this!
INCOHERENT SCREAMING
website: here are some other books you might like because you like this!
me: oh cool, what other gay—
website: have you tried this straight romance? how about this one? oh you like romance, thats M/F, like this one. and this!
INCOHERENT SCREAMING
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
me: *looking at the sales page of an m/m romance*
website: here are some other books you might like because you like this!
me: oh cool, what other gay—
website: have you tried this straight romance? how about this one? oh you like romance, thats M/F, like this one. and this!
INCOHERENT SCREAMING
website: here are some other books you might like because you like this!
me: oh cool, what other gay—
website: have you tried this straight romance? how about this one? oh you like romance, thats M/F, like this one. and this!
INCOHERENT SCREAMING
best video about the worst policy. australia’s attempt to be ahead of the shitty rising censorship curve by banning kids from all social media! coming soon to a country near you!
yay! 😒
yay! 😒
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
best video about the worst policy. australia’s attempt to be ahead of the shitty rising censorship curve by banning kids from all social media! coming soon to a country near you!
yay! 😒
yay! 😒
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who is this actually FOR who the hell wants to discuss a book with their *ebook management software*. i also don't wanna discuss my tea with my cup or my clothes with my closet.
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
who is this actually FOR who the hell wants to discuss a book with their *ebook management software*. i also don't wanna discuss my tea with my cup or my clothes with my closet.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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I don't care what the LA Times said. The LA Times is not your mother, I am, and I said you absolutely do NOT have permission to give terrible people your time or money.
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I don't care what the LA Times said. The LA Times is not your mother, I am, and I said you absolutely do NOT have permission to give terrible people your time or money.
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This is one thing Australia really excels at: exploiting vulnerable migrant workers, abandoning them to destitution and denying their human rights. The PALM scheme is not much better than slavery www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Thousands have left Pacific worker scheme and are stuck in visa limbo
Pacific Islanders have been leaving Australia's guest worker scheme, a decision that breaches their visa conditions and leaves them "extremely vulnerable".
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is one thing Australia really excels at: exploiting vulnerable migrant workers, abandoning them to destitution and denying their human rights. The PALM scheme is not much better than slavery www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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this is the moral panic
the idea that a story, painting, drawing, video game, or other creative work that depicts uncomfortable topics is the same thing as real life CSAM or violence against women is how we end up having to scan our faces to open Spotify
no one is harmed by fiction or art
the idea that a story, painting, drawing, video game, or other creative work that depicts uncomfortable topics is the same thing as real life CSAM or violence against women is how we end up having to scan our faces to open Spotify
no one is harmed by fiction or art
Alright well probably last thing I’ll say about it. Horses was submitted in 2023 with a Minor in it. Valve: “we will not distribute content that appears, in our judgment, to depict sexual conduct involving a minor.” “Re-submissions of this app, even with modifications, will not be accepted.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
this is the moral panic
the idea that a story, painting, drawing, video game, or other creative work that depicts uncomfortable topics is the same thing as real life CSAM or violence against women is how we end up having to scan our faces to open Spotify
no one is harmed by fiction or art
the idea that a story, painting, drawing, video game, or other creative work that depicts uncomfortable topics is the same thing as real life CSAM or violence against women is how we end up having to scan our faces to open Spotify
no one is harmed by fiction or art
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As some of you are aware, part of Dragon Age day was to thank the DA Devs for all the hard work they put into the series we love so much.
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As some of you are aware, part of Dragon Age day was to thank the DA Devs for all the hard work they put into the series we love so much.
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵