Angus McIntyre
@angusm.bsky.social
SF/F author (“The Warrior Within” etc.) Photographer. Programmer. Allegedly sentient mammal. One more pawn for the Muppet Pastor. [he/him]
https://angus.pw/ - SF/F writing
https://raingod.com/ - Photos & more
https://disoriented.net/ - Travel & photo blog
https://angus.pw/ - SF/F writing
https://raingod.com/ - Photos & more
https://disoriented.net/ - Travel & photo blog
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "The Warrior Within".)
(Here's the opening of "The Warrior Within".)
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of "The Warrior Within".)
(Here's the opening of "The Warrior Within".)
If you're in the UK, my science-fiction novella "The Warrior Within" is currently £3.99 on Kindle. A bargain for a taut little tale about femicidal mercenaries, posthuman aristocrats, tidal locking, and a man who can never be alone (no matter how much he wants to be).
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0756JN9KJ
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0756JN9KJ
The Warrior Within eBook : McIntyre, Angus: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Warrior Within eBook : McIntyre, Angus: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you're in the UK, my science-fiction novella "The Warrior Within" is currently £3.99 on Kindle. A bargain for a taut little tale about femicidal mercenaries, posthuman aristocrats, tidal locking, and a man who can never be alone (no matter how much he wants to be).
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0756JN9KJ
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0756JN9KJ
I'm delighted that Mamdani won, but I'm just sorry that Dick Cheney didn't live to see it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I'm delighted that Mamdani won, but I'm just sorry that Dick Cheney didn't live to see it.
"If the sandwich didn't split, you must acquit!"
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"If the sandwich didn't split, you must acquit!"
What’s a phrase that sticks with you from a job you once had?
“<name-of-company>: yesterday’s technology, tomorrow!”
(this was not actually the company’s official slogan)
“<name-of-company>: yesterday’s technology, tomorrow!”
(this was not actually the company’s official slogan)
What's a phrase that sticks with you from a job you once had?
Me (bookselling): "Stack 'em high, watch them fly!"
Me (bookselling): "Stack 'em high, watch them fly!"
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What’s a phrase that sticks with you from a job you once had?
“<name-of-company>: yesterday’s technology, tomorrow!”
(this was not actually the company’s official slogan)
“<name-of-company>: yesterday’s technology, tomorrow!”
(this was not actually the company’s official slogan)
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and add me to your network on LinkedIn.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and govern yourself accordingly.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and add me to your network on LinkedIn.
If I were a roboticist and Rodney Brooks took time out of his day to tell me my robot sucked, I'd probably give up robotics altogether and go retrain as a florist or something.
Pay $500/month&request on phone app a task to be done-human virtually in your house teleops robot-sometimes succeeds. "In reality, projects like Tesla’s Optimus or 1X’s NEO are less about practical consumer robotics and more about cashing in off of technological hype." futurism.com/future-socie...
$20,000 Robot Servant Comes With a Major Catch
Owners of the NEO butler-bot from 1X will have to schedule a time for remote operators to plug in and complete tasks.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If I were a roboticist and Rodney Brooks took time out of his day to tell me my robot sucked, I'd probably give up robotics altogether and go retrain as a florist or something.
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This isn't a prediction or a recommendation, but I'd just like to point out that the last autocratic ruler who got both Luke Skywalker AND Han Solo mad at him got hurled into the reactor shaft of a space station that then blew up.
He's lucky Carrie Fisher isn't alive. She'd probably make it happen.
He's lucky Carrie Fisher isn't alive. She'd probably make it happen.
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This isn't a prediction or a recommendation, but I'd just like to point out that the last autocratic ruler who got both Luke Skywalker AND Han Solo mad at him got hurled into the reactor shaft of a space station that then blew up.
He's lucky Carrie Fisher isn't alive. She'd probably make it happen.
He's lucky Carrie Fisher isn't alive. She'd probably make it happen.
The ebook of my debut novella, "The Warrior Within", is $0.50 at Amazon. I don't think it's ever been on sale before.
If you like far-future sci-fi with tidally-locked worlds, mysterious ruined cities, and a hero who just wants to be left alone, this might be the book for you.
amzn.to/47jX4Y1
If you like far-future sci-fi with tidally-locked worlds, mysterious ruined cities, and a hero who just wants to be left alone, this might be the book for you.
amzn.to/47jX4Y1
The Warrior Within
The Warrior Within - Kindle edition by McIntyre, Angus. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Warrior Within.
amzn.to
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The ebook of my debut novella, "The Warrior Within", is $0.50 at Amazon. I don't think it's ever been on sale before.
If you like far-future sci-fi with tidally-locked worlds, mysterious ruined cities, and a hero who just wants to be left alone, this might be the book for you.
amzn.to/47jX4Y1
If you like far-future sci-fi with tidally-locked worlds, mysterious ruined cities, and a hero who just wants to be left alone, this might be the book for you.
amzn.to/47jX4Y1
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Surprise anthology release today!
Scott's planet is a shared world anthology about a colony abandoned on a world still in its Carboniferous period. That means giant bugs, no real trees, and a lot of wacky biology to play with.
💙📚🪐 #bugsky #scifi #anthology
www.amazon.com/dp/194947650...
Scott's planet is a shared world anthology about a colony abandoned on a world still in its Carboniferous period. That means giant bugs, no real trees, and a lot of wacky biology to play with.
💙📚🪐 #bugsky #scifi #anthology
www.amazon.com/dp/194947650...
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Surprise anthology release today!
Scott's planet is a shared world anthology about a colony abandoned on a world still in its Carboniferous period. That means giant bugs, no real trees, and a lot of wacky biology to play with.
💙📚🪐 #bugsky #scifi #anthology
www.amazon.com/dp/194947650...
Scott's planet is a shared world anthology about a colony abandoned on a world still in its Carboniferous period. That means giant bugs, no real trees, and a lot of wacky biology to play with.
💙📚🪐 #bugsky #scifi #anthology
www.amazon.com/dp/194947650...
Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan.
1/8
1/8
October 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Signs from today's No Kings protest in Manhattan.
1/8
1/8
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Alan Garner is 91 today. A brilliant and unique author. His books have inspired and enchanted me since I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen at the age of 11. Here is my treasured copy of Red Shift. The Le Guin quote on the cover is wholly accurate.
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Alan Garner is 91 today. A brilliant and unique author. His books have inspired and enchanted me since I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen at the age of 11. Here is my treasured copy of Red Shift. The Le Guin quote on the cover is wholly accurate.
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig no graves. Instead, lure your enemy into a catacomb, then immure him.
INGREDIENTS
1 catacomb
stones
mortar (pre-mixed)
cask of Amontillado (fictitious)
NOTES
Practice your masonry skills. You will need to be able to work quickly.
Serve cold.
INGREDIENTS
1 catacomb
stones
mortar (pre-mixed)
cask of Amontillado (fictitious)
NOTES
Practice your masonry skills. You will need to be able to work quickly.
Serve cold.
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig no graves. Save your strength! Make your enemy do it. Tell him it’s going to be a swimming pool & you’ll pay him above minimum wage & let his family come over to swim anytime they want if he’ll help with excavation.
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.
October 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig no graves. Instead, lure your enemy into a catacomb, then immure him.
INGREDIENTS
1 catacomb
stones
mortar (pre-mixed)
cask of Amontillado (fictitious)
NOTES
Practice your masonry skills. You will need to be able to work quickly.
Serve cold.
INGREDIENTS
1 catacomb
stones
mortar (pre-mixed)
cask of Amontillado (fictitious)
NOTES
Practice your masonry skills. You will need to be able to work quickly.
Serve cold.
“We’ll test in production.”
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“We’ll test in production.”
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It's Caturday, and time to renew my #ProofOfCat.
This is Frankie, who we fostered earlier this summer, and who has now joined the household. I have decided that he is a member of the Lumpenpurrletariat, because when I woke up this morning there was a purring lump in the bed with me.
This is Frankie, who we fostered earlier this summer, and who has now joined the household. I have decided that he is a member of the Lumpenpurrletariat, because when I woke up this morning there was a purring lump in the bed with me.
October 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It's Caturday, and time to renew my #ProofOfCat.
This is Frankie, who we fostered earlier this summer, and who has now joined the household. I have decided that he is a member of the Lumpenpurrletariat, because when I woke up this morning there was a purring lump in the bed with me.
This is Frankie, who we fostered earlier this summer, and who has now joined the household. I have decided that he is a member of the Lumpenpurrletariat, because when I woke up this morning there was a purring lump in the bed with me.
What's your sign?
September 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What's your sign?
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i think this month has been a banger. spend part of your sunday catching up
www.nightshadesmag.com/tag/issue-5/
www.nightshadesmag.com/tag/issue-5/
Issue 5 - Night Shades
www.nightshadesmag.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
i think this month has been a banger. spend part of your sunday catching up
www.nightshadesmag.com/tag/issue-5/
www.nightshadesmag.com/tag/issue-5/
It turns out that all those humans in their pods in "The Matrix" weren't actually functioning as living batteries, they were just a slave army kept busy identifying crosswalks and motorcycles and manually tagging offensive content so that the world of the machines could keep working.
"“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said @adiod.bsky.social , a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute based in Bremen, Germany. “These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart
Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It turns out that all those humans in their pods in "The Matrix" weren't actually functioning as living batteries, they were just a slave army kept busy identifying crosswalks and motorcycles and manually tagging offensive content so that the world of the machines could keep working.
Wake up, babe, a new fallacy just dropped: argumentum ad apocalypsis.
New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Wake up, babe, a new fallacy just dropped: argumentum ad apocalypsis.
"There Is No Antimemetics Division" is outstanding: smart, weird & unsettling. I read it a few years back (OR DID I?) when it was, I think, self-pubbed. I was very impressed.
As I understand it, this is a new incarnation, heavily-revised & pro-published. I'll be pre-ordering to see what's new.
As I understand it, this is a new incarnation, heavily-revised & pro-published. I'll be pre-ordering to see what's new.
September 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"There Is No Antimemetics Division" is outstanding: smart, weird & unsettling. I read it a few years back (OR DID I?) when it was, I think, self-pubbed. I was very impressed.
As I understand it, this is a new incarnation, heavily-revised & pro-published. I'll be pre-ordering to see what's new.
As I understand it, this is a new incarnation, heavily-revised & pro-published. I'll be pre-ordering to see what's new.
"slopportunistic” (adj): taking advantage of any chance to use #AI generated content.
When you're a slopportunist, everything looks like a slopportunity.
When you're a slopportunist, everything looks like a slopportunity.
September 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"slopportunistic” (adj): taking advantage of any chance to use #AI generated content.
When you're a slopportunist, everything looks like a slopportunity.
When you're a slopportunist, everything looks like a slopportunity.
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THE FLESH KING is available for preorder. Ford, Neuland, and Tilda return to New York but find they’ll only be welcomed back if they do a job for free–hunting down a mad killer, The Flesh King. Caught up in betrayals, conspiracies, and violence they have no choice but take down an unstoppable evil
September 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
THE FLESH KING is available for preorder. Ford, Neuland, and Tilda return to New York but find they’ll only be welcomed back if they do a job for free–hunting down a mad killer, The Flesh King. Caught up in betrayals, conspiracies, and violence they have no choice but take down an unstoppable evil
Make a band singular:
Blue Öyster Cultist
Blue Öyster Cultist
Make a band singular:
One Non Blonde
One Non Blonde
Make a band singular:
ONCE
ONCE
September 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Make a band singular:
Blue Öyster Cultist
Blue Öyster Cultist
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Time for a new pin-able post. I just can't get enough of these two covers!
https://www.marievibbert.com/novels/
https://www.marievibbert.com/novels/
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Time for a new pin-able post. I just can't get enough of these two covers!
https://www.marievibbert.com/novels/
https://www.marievibbert.com/novels/