E. Caiman Sands
@ecaimansands.bsky.social
SFF writer. Codex. Published in Zooscape, Defying Doomsday etc. Faber Academy scholarship. Keeper of Daisy Gator.
https://ecaimansands.com/
https://ecaimansands.com/
Conjoined grapes! I've never seen such a thing before and I've eaten a fair few grapes in my time. 😮
February 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Conjoined grapes! I've never seen such a thing before and I've eaten a fair few grapes in my time. 😮
It's a dark and stormy night. Thanks to Storm Darragh. We just lost electricity for a moment. Peered through the curtains and got a glimpse of swirling leaves. There's a maelstrom in the gloom out there. Lovely.
December 7, 2024 at 5:20 PM
It's a dark and stormy night. Thanks to Storm Darragh. We just lost electricity for a moment. Peered through the curtains and got a glimpse of swirling leaves. There's a maelstrom in the gloom out there. Lovely.
If anyone is interested in a podcast on UK politics from a somewhat middle-of-the-road perspective (and yes I know no one wants middle-of-the-road these days) I recommend The Rest is Politics.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCsu...
www.youtube.com/channel/UCsu...
The Rest Is Politics
Two men who’ve been at the heart of the political world - former Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell and cabinet minister Rory Stewart - join forces from across th...
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November 23, 2024 at 3:30 PM
If anyone is interested in a podcast on UK politics from a somewhat middle-of-the-road perspective (and yes I know no one wants middle-of-the-road these days) I recommend The Rest is Politics.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCsu...
www.youtube.com/channel/UCsu...
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Oh hey, we can all watch the stage play "Nye," starring Michael Sheen, for free for the next two days! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpN-...
Nye | Full Show | Watch for free | National Theatre at Home
YouTube video by National Theatre
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November 9, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Oh hey, we can all watch the stage play "Nye," starring Michael Sheen, for free for the next two days! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpN-...
I've been catching up with my favourite podcast, (@coodestreet.bsky.social) and apparently Kij Johnson has a new book out soon.
I just want to say I feel it has the best title ever: The Privilege of the Happy Ending. ☺️
I just want to say I feel it has the best title ever: The Privilege of the Happy Ending. ☺️
November 20, 2023 at 10:40 PM
I've been catching up with my favourite podcast, (@coodestreet.bsky.social) and apparently Kij Johnson has a new book out soon.
I just want to say I feel it has the best title ever: The Privilege of the Happy Ending. ☺️
I just want to say I feel it has the best title ever: The Privilege of the Happy Ending. ☺️
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"Yes I approve the draft of this PDF, send it to the printers"
November 5, 2023 at 9:23 PM
"Yes I approve the draft of this PDF, send it to the printers"
Ooooh, new evidence from the James Webb Space Telescope that the fishy aliens in my novel set on Jupiter's moon Europa might be real! How exciting!
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of a handful of worlds in our Solar System that could potentially harbour conditions suitable for life. Previous research has shown that beneath its water-ice crust lies...
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September 22, 2023 at 4:27 PM
Ooooh, new evidence from the James Webb Space Telescope that the fishy aliens in my novel set on Jupiter's moon Europa might be real! How exciting!
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
As an actual dwarf myself I feel like I should be offended, but... nope. Isn't it delightful? 😀
Seriously though, a lot of people (especially men, I think) with dwarfism are mocked or even physically assaulted for their size, so I have a lot of sympathy with those who hate this sort of thing.
Seriously though, a lot of people (especially men, I think) with dwarfism are mocked or even physically assaulted for their size, so I have a lot of sympathy with those who hate this sort of thing.
September 15, 2023 at 6:21 PM
As an actual dwarf myself I feel like I should be offended, but... nope. Isn't it delightful? 😀
Seriously though, a lot of people (especially men, I think) with dwarfism are mocked or even physically assaulted for their size, so I have a lot of sympathy with those who hate this sort of thing.
Seriously though, a lot of people (especially men, I think) with dwarfism are mocked or even physically assaulted for their size, so I have a lot of sympathy with those who hate this sort of thing.
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INCLUDE DISABLED PEOPLE IN YOUR SCIENCE-FICTION, Y’ALL
I started watching the TV series FOUNDATION, and the opening scene has a force field that emits a drone. And, naturally, my first thought was, “My deaf ass could break that force field easily.”
September 10, 2023 at 11:12 PM
INCLUDE DISABLED PEOPLE IN YOUR SCIENCE-FICTION, Y’ALL
Tell us where you're from with a food pic.
August 30, 2023 at 5:56 PM
Tell us where you're from with a food pic.
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Posted my thoughts on Facebook - don't know if I will say much in other places
These moments are super demoralizing, even when I'm not directly involved
I -hate- that it takes CC Finlay revealing things he didn't necessarily want to reveal in order for a lot of ppl to just stop. and. think.
These moments are super demoralizing, even when I'm not directly involved
I -hate- that it takes CC Finlay revealing things he didn't necessarily want to reveal in order for a lot of ppl to just stop. and. think.
August 25, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Posted my thoughts on Facebook - don't know if I will say much in other places
These moments are super demoralizing, even when I'm not directly involved
I -hate- that it takes CC Finlay revealing things he didn't necessarily want to reveal in order for a lot of ppl to just stop. and. think.
These moments are super demoralizing, even when I'm not directly involved
I -hate- that it takes CC Finlay revealing things he didn't necessarily want to reveal in order for a lot of ppl to just stop. and. think.
I've just realised. I'm watching Stranger Things in a house with notoriously dodgy electricity. 🙄
August 26, 2023 at 11:35 PM
I've just realised. I'm watching Stranger Things in a house with notoriously dodgy electricity. 🙄
Keep Away From Other Animals. 🐊👀
new meme dropped, tag yourselves I’m THICK LIQUIDS ONLY
August 26, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Keep Away From Other Animals. 🐊👀
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Sheree Renée Thomas has been a transformative editor at F&SF, publishing essential writers and stories. She doesn't deserve the problem she currently has to deal with there. But it doesn't surprise me that she has been forced to deal with it without publisher support.
A thread. 1/x
A thread. 1/x
August 25, 2023 at 1:21 AM
Sheree Renée Thomas has been a transformative editor at F&SF, publishing essential writers and stories. She doesn't deserve the problem she currently has to deal with there. But it doesn't surprise me that she has been forced to deal with it without publisher support.
A thread. 1/x
A thread. 1/x
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Please Repost! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" We are taking applications until September 4! Come and join Team Uncanny! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...
August 21, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Please Repost! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" We are taking applications until September 4! Come and join Team Uncanny! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...
In my view one of the most fascinating topics anyone can study is political psychology--and also one of the most important. So here's a Guardian article about the psychology of climate change activism. Enjoy!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Anger is most powerful emotion by far for spurring climate action, study finds
Link to climate activism is seven times stronger for anger than it is for hope, say Norwegian researchers
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2023 at 8:56 PM
In my view one of the most fascinating topics anyone can study is political psychology--and also one of the most important. So here's a Guardian article about the psychology of climate change activism. Enjoy!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Reposting this from Tumblr myself because otherwise people will be posting it tomorrow and other people will be asking if I said it.
August 15, 2023 at 1:01 AM
Reposting this from Tumblr myself because otherwise people will be posting it tomorrow and other people will be asking if I said it.
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Listing of Genre Magazines with links to Subscription pages
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August 12, 2023 at 12:05 PM
The short fiction mags here (expanded version) would love to have your support - you get more great stories in exchange! Win win https://www.trollbreath.com/sff-magazine-subscriptions/?fbclid=IwAR3VIrpVCbJtt0BN4EF9oKNhOLxcqGY553PhEAbsTFcaUD7PsioMC0rILZY#foogallery-4876/f:Fiction,,Electronic%20Copy
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It is with great bittersweetness that I announce my retirement from Escape Pod. I've had a wonderful time & accomplished so much since 2017, but there comes a time in every writer/scientist/editor/parent's life to move on before they burn out.
Love to all who worked, read, & submitted!
Love to all who worked, read, & submitted!
A Change in Crew | Escape Pod
As Octavia Butler said, "All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change." Escape Pod is changing as our longtime Assistant Editor, Ben Kinney…
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August 14, 2023 at 2:29 PM
It is with great bittersweetness that I announce my retirement from Escape Pod. I've had a wonderful time & accomplished so much since 2017, but there comes a time in every writer/scientist/editor/parent's life to move on before they burn out.
Love to all who worked, read, & submitted!
Love to all who worked, read, & submitted!
When they shatter their teeth (which they do often), alligators regrow substitooths for real. There's nothing false about them! 🐊
who called them false teeth and not substitooths
August 13, 2023 at 11:22 PM
When they shatter their teeth (which they do often), alligators regrow substitooths for real. There's nothing false about them! 🐊
Someone (@laurasbadideas.bsky.social in fact) has just informed me I can use emoji here so of course I have to test it out. I'm lost without 'em. 😂 😀
I'm happy now. 😊
Thank you, Laura. 😊 (I'm also testing "@ing" someone it seems).
I'm happy now. 😊
Thank you, Laura. 😊 (I'm also testing "@ing" someone it seems).
August 13, 2023 at 4:28 AM
Someone (@laurasbadideas.bsky.social in fact) has just informed me I can use emoji here so of course I have to test it out. I'm lost without 'em. 😂 😀
I'm happy now. 😊
Thank you, Laura. 😊 (I'm also testing "@ing" someone it seems).
I'm happy now. 😊
Thank you, Laura. 😊 (I'm also testing "@ing" someone it seems).
10 TV shows I to get to know me:
The West Wing
Frasier
Babylon 5
Star Trek: TOS
Star Trek: Voyager
Blake's 7
The Detectorists
The Crown
Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
Black Mirror
The West Wing
Frasier
Babylon 5
Star Trek: TOS
Star Trek: Voyager
Blake's 7
The Detectorists
The Crown
Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
Black Mirror
10 tv shows to get to know us
Babylon 5
Forever Knight (shut up)
Supernatural (i know)
Murder, She Wrote
Golden Girls
Grey’s Anatomy
The Legend of Vox Machina
Sense8
Elementary
Whose Line is it Anyway
Babylon 5
Forever Knight (shut up)
Supernatural (i know)
Murder, She Wrote
Golden Girls
Grey’s Anatomy
The Legend of Vox Machina
Sense8
Elementary
Whose Line is it Anyway
10 TV shows to get to know us.
Brisco County Jr
Max Headroom
The Good Place
Avatar the Last Airbender
Ted Lasso, Season 1
Our Flag Means Death
Red Dwarf
Square One
What We Do in the Shadows
Columbo (but also any murder mystery show)
Brisco County Jr
Max Headroom
The Good Place
Avatar the Last Airbender
Ted Lasso, Season 1
Our Flag Means Death
Red Dwarf
Square One
What We Do in the Shadows
Columbo (but also any murder mystery show)
August 11, 2023 at 5:29 PM
10 TV shows I to get to know me:
The West Wing
Frasier
Babylon 5
Star Trek: TOS
Star Trek: Voyager
Blake's 7
The Detectorists
The Crown
Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
Black Mirror
The West Wing
Frasier
Babylon 5
Star Trek: TOS
Star Trek: Voyager
Blake's 7
The Detectorists
The Crown
Yes Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
Black Mirror
This looks like a character in my novel! :D
"Beholder", pencil, ink, and digital editing, a few years ago.
August 10, 2023 at 4:32 AM
This looks like a character in my novel! :D