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Le jeune Européen by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.

#LeJeuneEuropean read he first page and was quite impressed with the prose. Lit gold. Had to share.

gutenberg.org/ebooks/78063

#writing productive day. Hoped to be finished but niggling details necessitated....more. On the brightside, had some fun ideas and ideas that support future character actions. Just need to make it all flow...like a river. :D

UN chief condemns U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran during emergency Security Council meeting The United Nations chief condemned the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and called for an immediate return to negotiations “to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.”

Secretary-General António Guterres told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that everything must be done to prevent further escalation. “The alternative,” he warned, “is a potential wider conflict with grave consequences for civilians and regional stability.” https://to.pbs.org/4rmQ0Rj

COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️

I haven't had the pleasure of listening to the podcast yet. But, I'm looking forward to it. Thank you for drawing attention to it. :)

Lovely. Can't wait.

Season 11 Episode 188 UK Ghost Story Festival - white words on a red and grey background

Episode 188
UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL CHATS

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-188....

Or watch on YouTube at youtu.be/Stx4OefiEuw

In advance of this year's festival, I present my chats with Alex Foulkes, Teika Marija Smits and @romgothsam.bsky.social at last year's event

I’d rather a Burger King employee tell me to go fuck myself than for an AI to remind them to be polite.

In the 1930s, there were over 1500 newspaper owners in the U.S.
Today there are 6.
This is oligarchic - and now, defacto state--control of speech, as in free speech--and it isn't free if it can't be freely created and distributed.

YouTube video by NPR Music Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert

In case you're wondering if you'd like to see absolute blues legend Buddy Guy play a few classics & later be joined by Miles Caton & watch them play amazing versions of two of the songs featured in Sinners, the answer is yes, yes you would like to see that

Ready to dive into the super surreal world of #InvisibleSun from @montecookgames.com?

TO THE END OF REASON starts next week--and even we don't know where this is going to go! So let's play, vislae!

on Monday 5-7pm PST on twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers

I love the way he's huffing and puffing like "oooh those idiot voters made a big mistake" in a way that indicates not only will he double down but he'll torpedo himself over it.

If anyone is wondering what this picture is about... it's from the incredible Gothic film Dragonwyck and one of these characters is about to die at the hands of some killer cake...

Anyway, join us! We won't poison you, I promise...

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982926549...

#GhostStoryFestival bit o spooky fun. :D

We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots Employees at some companies with defense contracts feel betrayed.

We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots

Usually, I like living near the sea and hearing the gulls, but some days it sounds like a major pterodactyl war going on out there...

Voting for the 2026 Locus Awards is open to everyone! Choose your champions and give a voice to your favorite works and authors of the year.

Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

I didn't care for 'Prey' but enjoyed 'Badlands.' I wouldn't call it a Predator/Alien film exactly. Has more of a family friendly Avatar feel. Or...Star Wars wo all the space jouneying.

I ask you from my heart, please do not underestimate 5 dollars. When many kind people give a little, it becomes life saving care for my child. We cannot do this alone

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Looks good, Bruce. :D (y)

I've uploaded the *Iron Queen* on DTRPG so I can work on the presentation page. I'm waiting for the last proofreading notes to come in before the last file update. The project isn't live yet, but should soon be. Stay tuned.

#TTRPG #RPG #OSR #DnD #D&D #BECMI #Calidar #OSE #OldStyleEssentials

Un tramway déraille près du centre historique de Milan, faisant un mort et une vingtaine de blessés Vendredi, un tramway a déraillé avant de percuter un immeuble, faisant un mort et une vingtaine de blessés. Les causes de l’accident restent pour l’instant inconnues. D’importants secours ont été déployés sur place et la zone a été entièrement bouclée par les forces de l’ordre.

Un tramway déraille près du centre historique de Milan, faisant un mort et une vingtaine de blessés

#Cyberpunk a loud future. One outcome of a large set of 'temporary' measures that became permanent bc maintaining them was less work than fixing.

New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: Boston by Upton Sinclair https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78039

New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: The dogaressas of Venice by Edgcumbe Staley https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78047

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Book bans are silencing diverse creators and their stories. As of this writing, there are just nine states that have passed a Freedom to Read Bill: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington.🧵

I really hope this story gets the mainstream coverage that the Pretti and Good murders received. We need to dismantle the notion that immigrants deserve any of this. We need to argue that they remain the primary victims of inhumane policies and state-sanctioned violence.

Our CL Moore submission call is opening on March 1. https://bit.ly/4iA6H8u

Legend also has it that Moore met her husband and writing partner, Henry Kuttner, when Kuttner wrote their mutual friend, HP Lovecraft, expressing fondness for the work of "Mr. Moore."