M Brown
@mbrown007.bsky.social
Friendly writer of thrilling SF, Fantasy, Horror. Screenwriter/Novelist. TTRPG enthusiast. Architecture/Design nut. Biography and history fiend. All around lover of art. Shouldering the burden of one massive TBR!
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@mbrown007.bsky.social
· Nov 21
One of the things about the other site that I liked was "follow back" courtesy.
I follow people that create interesting posts. Don't need more political only posters.
If you post about life or art, add me and I'll probably follow back.
I follow people that create interesting posts. Don't need more political only posters.
If you post about life or art, add me and I'll probably follow back.
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Please, Apple, do this one right.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Apple TV's New Cyberpunk Show That Was Called 'Unfilmable' Is the Sci-Fi Event of the Decade
One book-to-screen adaptation that was once thought impossible is finally coming to Apple TV next year--and we couldn't be more excited.
www.cbr.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Please, Apple, do this one right.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social finally gets a TV series. Could be amazing, but expectations will be high from all of us who read these books when we were young.
Count Zero was a personal fave.
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Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
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Also, Reactor is looking for votes for the best SFF of the year. If this story ticks that box for you, show your love here: reactormag.com/cast-your-vo...
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Also, Reactor is looking for votes for the best SFF of the year. If this story ticks that box for you, show your love here: reactormag.com/cast-your-vo...
#ClawOfTheConciliator I'm in awe of Wolfe's prestigitation skills.
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#ClawOfTheConciliator I'm in awe of Wolfe's prestigitation skills.
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As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging
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This week on Planetside… Want to break into game writing? Here’s how to pass the test that makes or breaks your application. Portfolios in Game Writing continues with “Skill Tests for Video Game Writers” by @johnryanwrites.bsky.social : www.sfwa.org/2025/12/02/s...
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This week on Planetside… Want to break into game writing? Here’s how to pass the test that makes or breaks your application. Portfolios in Game Writing continues with “Skill Tests for Video Game Writers” by @johnryanwrites.bsky.social : www.sfwa.org/2025/12/02/s...
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A supposed dormant volcano erupts in Ethiopia after being inactive for at least 12.000 years.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A supposed dormant volcano erupts in Ethiopia after being inactive for at least 12.000 years.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayl...
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New post up on the Chopping Blog 🪓🪓
Stay safe out there!!
Stay safe out there!!
Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/w...
#writingcommunity
Too Good to Be True: Writer Scams Are Proliferating
Their goal, naturally, is to get money from you. As for your book’s future? They couldn’t care less.
darlingaxe.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
New post up on the Chopping Blog 🪓🪓
Stay safe out there!!
Stay safe out there!!
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If you love movies, the Criterion Channel is having a 25% off sale. Criterion has some of the best new and vintage films from around the world, plus lots of extras. Get it for yourself or as a gift for a movie lover in your life.
signup.criterionchannel.com
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Criterion Channel: Stream the world's best movies
Explore a curated library of essential classic and contemporary movies. Start your free trial on the Criterion Channel today.
signup.criterionchannel.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If you love movies, the Criterion Channel is having a 25% off sale. Criterion has some of the best new and vintage films from around the world, plus lots of extras. Get it for yourself or as a gift for a movie lover in your life.
signup.criterionchannel.com
signup.criterionchannel.com
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We are #hiring!
PUP seeks a Sales Representative, Midwest (US, Remote) who will be responsible for driving revenue growth & managing relationships with independent, university, & specialist booksellers, & retail partners in the territory.
Learn more & apply: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
PUP seeks a Sales Representative, Midwest (US, Remote) who will be responsible for driving revenue growth & managing relationships with independent, university, & specialist booksellers, & retail partners in the territory.
Learn more & apply: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We are #hiring!
PUP seeks a Sales Representative, Midwest (US, Remote) who will be responsible for driving revenue growth & managing relationships with independent, university, & specialist booksellers, & retail partners in the territory.
Learn more & apply: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
PUP seeks a Sales Representative, Midwest (US, Remote) who will be responsible for driving revenue growth & managing relationships with independent, university, & specialist booksellers, & retail partners in the territory.
Learn more & apply: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
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We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
#'Jung'OnEmpathy nothing like a ytube presentation that elevates narcissism to full blown sociopathy (while retaining the virtuous label of empath) wih music that could be a soundtrack for the apocalypse. Every relationship the empath crash and burns is defined as a step toward infallible empathy.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#'Jung'OnEmpathy nothing like a ytube presentation that elevates narcissism to full blown sociopathy (while retaining the virtuous label of empath) wih music that could be a soundtrack for the apocalypse. Every relationship the empath crash and burns is defined as a step toward infallible empathy.
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I'd never heard of MATCH until it was on a list on a YouTube video I watched, but it turns out to be a good horror flick. It's worth seeing even if you have to do it on Tubi and put up with those damn commercials.
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'd never heard of MATCH until it was on a list on a YouTube video I watched, but it turns out to be a good horror flick. It's worth seeing even if you have to do it on Tubi and put up with those damn commercials.
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'Improvements' in this system will include AI-collated data across agencies--courtesy of DOGE's data gobbling and Thiel's Palantir. Scenarios like: car plates=your ID=who's in your fam, ages, health conditions. If TX suspects abortion-seeking across state lines, that's how they monitor your travel.
@homelandcbp.bsky.social is using license plate readers to monitor Americans. This is at best a profound invasion of privacy and at worst a deep violation of the Fourth Amendment. I'm demanding answers.
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
'Improvements' in this system will include AI-collated data across agencies--courtesy of DOGE's data gobbling and Thiel's Palantir. Scenarios like: car plates=your ID=who's in your fam, ages, health conditions. If TX suspects abortion-seeking across state lines, that's how they monitor your travel.
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Damn.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Damn.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
#NouvelleVague (2025) after watching a number of disappointments from this year, I was pleasantly surprised by this. Not just brilliant cinematography! The humor might not be obvious but there are giggle worth moments. :D (y)
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
#NouvelleVague (2025) after watching a number of disappointments from this year, I was pleasantly surprised by this. Not just brilliant cinematography! The humor might not be obvious but there are giggle worth moments. :D (y)
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The main case studies are from Nicaragua, Liberia, and Uganda, and my seminar has been discussing whether the argument could (or should) extend to cases like Houthi-held areas of Yemen or Somaliland. Rich fuel for discussion.
When Rebels Win by Kai M. Thaler | Paperback | Cornell University Press
In When Rebels Win, Kai M. Thaler explores why victorious rebel groups govern in strikingly different ways. Many assume civil wars destroy state capacity. In the Democratic Republic of Congo and Libya...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The main case studies are from Nicaragua, Liberia, and Uganda, and my seminar has been discussing whether the argument could (or should) extend to cases like Houthi-held areas of Yemen or Somaliland. Rich fuel for discussion.
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Three rebel nuns in their 80s who made headlines after fleeing their care home to take back their Austrian convent are being allowed to stay in the nunnery "until further notice", church officials have said
Rebel octogenarian Austrian nuns win reprieve
Three rebel nuns in their 80s who made headlines after fleeing their care home to take back their Austrian convent are being allowed to stay in the nunnery "until further notice", church officials hav...
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Three rebel nuns in their 80s who made headlines after fleeing their care home to take back their Austrian convent are being allowed to stay in the nunnery "until further notice", church officials have said
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Author Lee Goldberg a has some HILARIOUS interactions with book scammers - scroll down to "My Conversation with Fake Gail Honeyman".
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #writerslife
leegoldberg.com/author/leegol...
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #writerslife
leegoldberg.com/author/leegol...
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Author Lee Goldberg a has some HILARIOUS interactions with book scammers - scroll down to "My Conversation with Fake Gail Honeyman".
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #writerslife
leegoldberg.com/author/leegol...
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #writerslife
leegoldberg.com/author/leegol...
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Plotting out a badass space opera featuring an antagonistic group of characters thrown together and forced to cooperate in order to survive a storm of deadly alien tech...
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Plotting out a badass space opera featuring an antagonistic group of characters thrown together and forced to cooperate in order to survive a storm of deadly alien tech...
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Two short excerpts from Blake's unfinished 'prophetic book' VALA,
which seem apropos de nos jours.
#BlakeSociety
#BlakeOff
#BlakeDay
youtu.be/KxusnQ5t02s?...
which seem apropos de nos jours.
#BlakeSociety
#BlakeOff
#BlakeDay
youtu.be/KxusnQ5t02s?...
VALA by William Blake, excerpts for #BlakeDay
YouTube video by Mike Daviot
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Two short excerpts from Blake's unfinished 'prophetic book' VALA,
which seem apropos de nos jours.
#BlakeSociety
#BlakeOff
#BlakeDay
youtu.be/KxusnQ5t02s?...
which seem apropos de nos jours.
#BlakeSociety
#BlakeOff
#BlakeDay
youtu.be/KxusnQ5t02s?...