NEW COMIC: “Fairy Circles”

Yup, I get most of these numerous times a day.

Wow! Love these!

My name is in here.

Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies.

🧵 1/3

Managed to get my name in it… is it possible to buy a copy?

🎶 whoa-oh here he comes
Watch out girl he’ll tell you stuff
You already know
He’s a mansplainer 🎶

An image of the covers of each book in the bundle. They are: Featured Books: The Gunn Files by M.G. Herron Welcome to the Occupied States of America by Peter Cawdron Shadows of Divinity by Luke Mitchess Bonus Books: Alien People by John Coon Dissonance by Aaron Ryan Kelvoo's Testimonial by Phil Bailey (me) Contact US by Al Macy Shadows of the Past by Eric Goebelbecker Invasion by Joshua James The World in My Hands by Nick Snape Sleepers by Darcy Pattison The Return of the Martians by Mark Hood Eclipsing the Aurora by Peter J. Foote

An image of the covers of each book in the bundle, in a larger format than the other image.

Interested in 13 quality sci-fi ebooks from 13 amazing indie authors? Offered through StoryBundle, you can get the three featured books for $5 or all 13 for $25 (US prices).

I'm delighted to have my novel, Kelvoo's Testimonial, among the 10 bonus books.

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The Undercover Aliens Bundle - When anyone could be an alien, who can you trust?

That's the question at the heart of one of science fiction's most enduring tropes.

It's enough to make a person question everything they took for granted.

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And no #DRM means you can take the books wherever you go!

My own 'Return of the Martians' is in there, and the rest of the books take this theme in a myriad of directions, no two the same.

Check it out before the invasion starts...
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The covers of the 13 books in the 'Aliens Undercover' Story Bundle.

Check out this incredible deal, available right now: $5 for 3 books, or $25 for all 13!

13 amazing #scifi books, all on the theme of #aliens among us.

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Very excited to be a part of this bundle! And I'm in some very exciting company...

Check it out now, 13 great books and you can choose what you pay!

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"Either stop giving me directions or you do the driving, Thomas. Oh right. You CAN'T. Because your arm is in Naples. So SHUT THE FUCK UP."

A map of all the different names for woodlice in the United Kingdom

I like to think that this map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK could also be a map illustrating the new tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society.

1962: What Was Britain Like Before the Apocalypse? | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive YouTube video by BBC Archive

And today I learned that in 1962 the BBC let Jaquetta Hawkes imagine the archaeology of apocalyptic Britain. As a short film 👀10/10 Will weird your day youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes) Led by figures such as Agatha Christie, this is how a group of the world's most celebrated writers of crime fiction formed a clandestine group to collectively improve their field while taking inspiration from real crimes

A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes) www.historyextra.com...

#Murder #Mystery #Writer #Crime #TrueCrime

Stone Club Welcome to Stone Club. Recreating Prehistory since 2021 A place for all Stone enthusiasts to congregate, to muse and most importantly to stomp to stones.

The first rule of Stone Club is tell everyone about Stone Club

stoneclub.rocks/

#StandingStones #Mythology #Folklore

We have statistical evidence that people are mildly psychic Learn more about the Jane Street internships at https://jane-st.co/internship25-SUM Ben's Zener Test: https://zenertest.bensparks.co.uk/ Huge thanks to Ben Sparks (and their brother Tim) for making the site, collecting the data and sharing the story with me. You can book Ben to give a maths talk

Have we got statistical evidence of psychic abilities?

www.youtube.com/watc...

(Hint: No. But the reason why is very interesting.)

#Psychic #Math #Maths #Zener #ESP

ISS Piss Tracker (@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social) Tracks the level of the piss tank on the International Space Station in real time. Not affiliated with NASA. Please don't follow me unless you want your feed filled with percentage changes. (It is not as fun as it sounds) FAQ thread is pinned.

NASA makes a lot of data from the ISS publically available. People have used it to make copies of control panels, models of the station that track the deployment of solar panels, and... a pee tank status bot.

@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/iss...

#Space #ISS #NASA #Pee

A stone that looks like a prehistoric standing stone but inscribed with "Asda Price Promise Permanently [text obscured] prices [text obscured]. The stone is by a Drystone wall and vegetation grows around it

One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - I was reading this morning about the Asda 'Price Promise' stones that were erected across the country in the 90s

loststonesofasda.wordpress.com

Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire

I never walk more than when I’m in London. Hours a day. Streets I know, streets I don’t… it’s almost like the Aboriginal Songlines, and if I don’t regularly come back to my city & walk it, London will cease to exist. And in a way, with its constant inexorable morphing, maybe it WOULD disappear.

Cake, definitely 🍰

Earth will spin faster today to create 2nd-shortest day in history Our planet has been rotating at its fastest since records began in 1973.

As if I need time passing faster than usual… I still think 1995 was ten years ago.

www.space.com/astron...

#Space

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I love the explanation of 'racetrack' UFO sightings, that they open this video with. Genuinely one I'd never seen before!

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#UFO #UAP #Debunking #Sceptic

Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company Transport company KNP forced to shut down after international hacker gangs target thousands of UK businesses.

Get yourself a password manager, now. One weak password can ruin your day (or your company)

Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company www.bbc.co.uk/news/a...

#AuthorHowTo #CyberSecurity #Password #Security #Hacking

backyard radio telescope: part I Radio Jove Project: https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/radio_telescope/observing/ King Salmon Sweater Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/king-salmon I knit it in Drops Tweed. Link to patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acollierastro I have merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/ange

Can you build a radio telescope in your back garden? Spoiler: Yes. - YouTube www.youtube.com/watc...
#Astronomy #Telescope #RadioTelescope #Space

Interesting theory - that the stones came from all over as a sign of unification!

MIT just pubbed a study on ChatGPT users.

“Brain scans revealed neural connection collapse... a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. When researchers forced ChatGPT users to write w/o AI, they performed worse than people who never used AI at all. It's not just dependency. It's cognitive atrophy.”

New study explains why Mars is RED AD - Go to https://surfshark.com/drbecky and use code DRBECKY at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN | Mars is quite famously the red planet and it’s red colour has long been thought to be due to something known as hematite - a type of iron oxide - i.e. plain old rust. That’s what we’re

Yet more evidence of a LOT of water on #Mars - and plenty of oxygen too...

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Dr. Becky has a real knack for explaining these things in a clear and entertaining manner.