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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦

@drfionamoore.bsky.social

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BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones (2022). www.fiona-moore.com www.adoctorofmanythings.com

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 16d

Updated my calling card again.

A blue shading to purple card with a picture of Fiona Moore at the centre and three pictures, of a miniature cabinet, a cat and some flatbread with eggs, at the bottom. The text outlines my recent work which you can find at www.adoctorofmanythings.com or by following @drfionamoore on social media.

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 36m

In case anyone needs cheering up, here's a wolf. Wolves are awesome.

AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 49m

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 39m

Song (1928): Wong is in love with an abusive bastard who's in love with another woman; when he is blinded she impersonates her rival to get close to him. Wong is a star now and the camera loves her, but sadly we're at least a year off her getting a major role that doesn't end in tragedy.

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 23h

My synagogue's warm clothing drive is back and better than ever! This drive puts warm clothing directly into the hands of the 200+ food-insecure families who come to our weekly food bank.

I just checked and a few items on our wishlist are Prime Big Deals today!!! bit.ly/bundled25

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 22h

For a while I've had a habit of reading McDonalds' product names as porn star/pornbot names. Chicken Big Mac, Jaffa Cakes McFlurry, Oreo Blizzard, Peppermint Milkshake...

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

Today's research rabbit-hole: Jewish humanitarian organizations during World War II. Must stick to point of research and not go off into all the fascinating stories.

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, me too. And I'm also trying (and I think succeeding) to focus my time on private-facing social media where I'm talking with friends rather than scrolling hot takes on whatever the latest political scandal is.

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

We must popularise this straight away.

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 1d

They’ll tell you that the arts & humanities aren’t practical and then …

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

I made a plan to cut down my social media use and, while it doesn’t feel like it’s working, I have more than doubled the number of books I read in a year. So I think it must be!

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah!

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

She was also a racing car driver, which is just like super cool.

jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 1d

Roberta Cowell (1918 - 2011) was a fighter pilot during the Second World War.

She was the first known British trans woman to undergo gender-affirming surgery in 1951.

TRANS WILL WIN.

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

AI at its peak.

SuperVoc Robot SV7 from Doctor Who: The Robots of Death. It is a stylised art-deco robot with silver hair and clothing and a gold face with silver elements, sort of like a cross between the Maria Robot and the Terracotta Warriors.

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

As well as the below roles, my favourite obscure John Woodvine was a brief role in Shameless, where he plays Frank Gallagher's father and in one episode explains a lot about the family's dysfunction.

Alex Will Resurrect That Werewolf Pic 🔸🏳️‍🌈 @alexwilcock.bsky.social · 1d

Sad news about John Woodvine
Great in many of my favourite things – Doctor Who, An American Werewolf in London, The Tripods…
Best (if obscure) performance: holding together a fascist Britain in 1987’s Knights of God until it and he fall apart. Utterly compelling.

“Victory—or death!” The Marshal declaims in front of the Eagle of Atrios (Doctor Who – The Armageddon Factor), fascist black and red uniform and symbols

John Woodvine as Mordrin, Prior and ruler of the Knights of God, fascist black and red uniform and symbols

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 1d

A very good idea indeed. Canadians, please sign.

C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 2d

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

I can't wait to get my copy!

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

Stoked for this.

Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 2d

Project Hanuman has its launch at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social two weeks before it's in shops. There will be cake, wine and merch. 2pm on the Friday of the convention (31st October).

I'm petrified of launching this thing alone so please come along and eat my cakes

There may also be special guest

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

Le capitaine, c'est moi!

Defakator (Officiel) 🧆 @defakator.bsky.social · 2d

Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ?
Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

I have just been elected a Fellow of the Global China Academy.

globalchinaacademy.org

Global China Academy 全球中国学术院

globalchinaacademy.org

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

I feel much the same way. Never been a big fan of "ask forgiveness, not permission" because the damage is already done and it can't be undone.

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 2d

This Anthropic settlement case…fellow authors, are any of you feeling rage? I have 12 books listed and money (I don’t CARE how many thousands, even millions) is NOT adequate compensation. What was stolen & used without my permission is priceless! Where is the option to scrub my work from AI?!

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

What a perfect photo of you.

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

Aw, sorry.

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, they should have those in more countries.

Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

Which is even cooler. Religion moving with the times.

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 2d

Modernist churches are cool.

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