MJ Gardner

No Powell to trot out this time

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

“Take care of yourself. And take care of somebody else.”

-George Carlin

So, I dunno. Be nice to a trans person today. And don't forget trans men as part of all of this.

Preordered months ago! ❤️❤️

I went through the mortifying ordeal of being known by video to show off finished copies of SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON! Pre-order it wherever you get your books! Here are some places you can do that, though I’ll always recommend your local indie first. torpublishinggroup.com/seasons-of-g...

Oh man, got to work with Dan for a while as we tried to adapt two of his properties. Brilliant guy. Just one of those brains that inspires unending awe. A real titan in the industry. What a career. He will be missed.

a woman in a black dress is saying flames on the side of her face ALT: a woman in a black dress is saying flames on the side of her face

One thing I can honestly say about Skydance is that they not only pay well, they pay EXTREMELY QUICKLY. Like checks in the bank that day. A rarity in this industry. When I think about all the talented, kind, out of work writers these days who would absolutely crush the fuck out of a GI Joe script…

Once more I find myself LFW. So if you (or anyone you know) have a cool #gamedev project that could use the tender skills of someone such as myself, do please reach out.

Way back in 1984 when Jim and I made The Terminator, the #SaturnAwards were the only organization to honor the film. I will always be grateful and appreciative of the late Dr. Donald A. Reed and the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror, for their early support!

A small take... I dont believe jobs should require more than one interview. Ever.

A single interview, if conducted properly, with an already filtered pool of applicants, should be enough.

DWP cut Access to Work support by 50% for director of a disabled-led theatre Despite their bullshit efforts to "support" disabled people to work, the DWP cut the Access to Work support of a disabled theatre director

Despite their bullshit efforts to "support" disabled people to work, the DWP cut the Access to Work support of a disabled theatre director

By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social

why does Jeremy Corbyn, a man who clearly does not enjoy leading political parties, keep running political parties

We shouldn't be basing higher ed decisions solely on numbers like these because higher ed isn't a business, but we *definitely* shouldn't let people use 'run higher ed like a business' as a pitch and then bury the numbers that show they're killing profitable programs.

Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $

Being a trans journalist is going to work and having to cover how your life is now illegal in your state but also at the same time make sure someone else writes the story so no one can accuse you of being biased and a "trans activist" and then they do the story and you still get accused of it.

One thing you realise as you get older is that peoples' career success/status has almost no relationship with how happy they are.

Labour ministers explore ways of easing burden of plan 2 student loans Government looks at options such as increasing loan repayment thresholds amid growing pressure

Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands.

www.theguardian.com/money/2026/f...

Also yknow a 30 year old graduate still mad at Nick Clegg is the median demographic for new intake Labour MPs

Do I have 90k of student debt? Yes

But I wasn’t the one that a) created fees and loans b) tripled them and c) sold them off to private companies who can wank off on the high interest rates

What reallllllllly fucks me off about calling any uni course a “waste of time” if it doesn’t end up in direct employment is that it totally ignores all the other benefits of going to uni

I got to move out of my TEENY TINY VILLAGE THAT DOESNT EVEN HAVE A PUB OR A SHOP and experience the world

I can’t deal with people who use phrases like “sexual economy”. Are you buying shares in an orgasm? Has a disrupter manufactured a smaller, more efficient penis?

the more denialism abt preventable harms there is, the more no tomorrow there is

This is the correct thing to do.

#ResistAI

one thing I love to do is to type and type and type and think oh woah, I must have nearly written a whole article here, I've typed up so many things, and then look at the wordcount and stare at "283" for a while

I never realized till a kind soul pointed it out that my name is in the credits of KNIGHT OF THE 7 KINGDOMS. Bragging rights, how I love them

Even if the rest of the world eventually abandons social media it will continue in the UK because we will never exhaust class discourse.

One technology offers people something they craved: Human connection. The other offers people the appearance of human connection without any actual human connection. You see the difference, right tech bros? You see the big, gaping, philosophical problem here? Right in front of your face?

INDEPENDENT Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

Howard Lutnick's family firm bought up the rights to tariff refunds for 20-30 cents on the dollar after Liberation Day last year. Today, the Supreme Court struck the tariffs down. For every $100 invested, Lutnick's sons just made 3-5x. Welcome to Crony Corrupt America

Can someone explain this to me please? How tariff refund rights work?