Steve J. Wright
@stevejwright.bsky.social
Arts and sciences person, very unprofessional SFF writer and reviewer, blogs at stevejwright.com. Mastodon @[email protected]
Healing vibes and good thoughts being projected at you now.
January 18, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Healing vibes and good thoughts being projected at you now.
I think it's valid criticism, at least, but it'd be bad for his stomach if he keeps on doing it.
January 18, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I think it's valid criticism, at least, but it'd be bad for his stomach if he keeps on doing it.
Good morning Womble. Just started @russincheshire.bsky.social 's "Fallen Feathers", so I know I'm going to be entertained.
January 18, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Good morning Womble. Just started @russincheshire.bsky.social 's "Fallen Feathers", so I know I'm going to be entertained.
The Sex Pistils
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The Sex Pistils
Or flageolets.
"Out upon all flageolets, I say! There is something perverse and French about such as whip themselves for their amusement!"
- from Nicholas Seare's "Rude Tales and Glorious"
"Out upon all flageolets, I say! There is something perverse and French about such as whip themselves for their amusement!"
- from Nicholas Seare's "Rude Tales and Glorious"
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Or flageolets.
"Out upon all flageolets, I say! There is something perverse and French about such as whip themselves for their amusement!"
- from Nicholas Seare's "Rude Tales and Glorious"
"Out upon all flageolets, I say! There is something perverse and French about such as whip themselves for their amusement!"
- from Nicholas Seare's "Rude Tales and Glorious"
Ah. Clearly artisanal DIY potato chips. So much more love in the ones you hand-craft yourself!
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Ah. Clearly artisanal DIY potato chips. So much more love in the ones you hand-craft yourself!
Your productivity is... well, terrifying, actually. (Not that I want you to stop, far from it. I'm just terrified, that's all.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Your productivity is... well, terrifying, actually. (Not that I want you to stop, far from it. I'm just terrified, that's all.)
... and two people got in ahead of me while I was typing some proper alt-text. Oh well!
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
... and two people got in ahead of me while I was typing some proper alt-text. Oh well!
Aaargh. Arbitrary.
"It is rara that eagle-eyed prufreaders allow mistakes to crepp in."
"It is rara that eagle-eyed prufreaders allow mistakes to crepp in."
January 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Aaargh. Arbitrary.
"It is rara that eagle-eyed prufreaders allow mistakes to crepp in."
"It is rara that eagle-eyed prufreaders allow mistakes to crepp in."
Tbf, the peace prize lost a fair amount of credibility when they gave one to Henry Kissinger.
January 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Tbf, the peace prize lost a fair amount of credibility when they gave one to Henry Kissinger.
Arbitratry and indiscriminate violence and intimidation by anonymous agents sounds like a textbook example of terrorism to me, but what do I know?
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Arbitratry and indiscriminate violence and intimidation by anonymous agents sounds like a textbook example of terrorism to me, but what do I know?
Keep Still Will You! - A Demonstration Of Ultimate Power.
YouTube video by yereverluvinuncleber
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January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The inverse square law was often the sticking point - Grindell Matthews's device was based on a perfectly real phenomenon, it just didn't scale up to anything practical.
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The inverse square law was often the sticking point - Grindell Matthews's device was based on a perfectly real phenomenon, it just didn't scale up to anything practical.
I read someone's assessment of a proposed death ray, once: "if you could get a German soldier to stand in front of it, perfectly still, for twenty-four hours, wearing a copper waistcoat, it would make him feel pretty seedy."
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I read someone's assessment of a proposed death ray, once: "if you could get a German soldier to stand in front of it, perfectly still, for twenty-four hours, wearing a copper waistcoat, it would make him feel pretty seedy."
*Everyone* should know about Harry Grindell Matthews!
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
*Everyone* should know about Harry Grindell Matthews!
I had some musings on the topic myself: stevejwright.com/2022/08/29/e...
(tl;dr - Empires are hideously immoral at any scale, and hideously impractical at the interplanetary or interstellar scale.)
(tl;dr - Empires are hideously immoral at any scale, and hideously impractical at the interplanetary or interstellar scale.)
Empires, Galactic and Otherwise
There’s been some discussion lately – well, there always is, it’s a perennial topic – about empires and autocracies in SF, and I thought I’d post my thoughts on how em…
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January 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I had some musings on the topic myself: stevejwright.com/2022/08/29/e...
(tl;dr - Empires are hideously immoral at any scale, and hideously impractical at the interplanetary or interstellar scale.)
(tl;dr - Empires are hideously immoral at any scale, and hideously impractical at the interplanetary or interstellar scale.)
Always rather liked Prince of Darkness, myself.
January 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Always rather liked Prince of Darkness, myself.
If I'm a creation of your subconscious, I want a word with you about my living conditions.
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
If I'm a creation of your subconscious, I want a word with you about my living conditions.