alex
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sometimes writing about television but more often not. previously nationalworld, radio times, yahoo, metro, flickering myth, digital spy, etc.
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anyway, if you liked any of this dumb shit, you can sign up at patreon.com/stefanmohamed - though it's not really like any of the above stuff in the thread anymore, so if anything this has all been quite misleading, and a bad sales pitch
Stefan Mohamed | Patreon
writing things
patreon.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
anyway, if you liked any of this dumb shit, you can sign up at patreon.com/stefanmohamed - though it's not really like any of the above stuff in the thread anymore, so if anything this has all been quite misleading, and a bad sales pitch
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The essay itself is here, if you want to read it. (And if you consider it award worthy, I'd be extremely honoured):
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Neither Girls Nor Friends: the Artificial Woman in American Science Fiction
How might we conceptualise an AI girlfriend who is neither girl, nor friend, but comrade?
strangehorizons.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The essay itself is here, if you want to read it. (And if you consider it award worthy, I'd be extremely honoured):
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
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* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
In Search of Van Halen's Brown M&Ms
Contract riders and the meaning of a modern pop star
snackstack.net
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive: