Ed Fortune
@edfortune.com
Journalist/Columnist for Starburst Magazine, print & online.
Popculture media type, covering books, games,TV, films,theatre & tech.
Podcaster, D&D person, that sort of thing.
He/Him. Edinburgh.
Popculture media type, covering books, games,TV, films,theatre & tech.
Podcaster, D&D person, that sort of thing.
He/Him. Edinburgh.
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Hank Green is matching the next $5,000 in donations to our trans performance festival fundraiser - which is an Ocean’s Eleven Live Reading in LA and streaming with an all-trans cast including: @vicmmic.bsky.social & more!
spend @hankgreen.bsky.social’s money! Donate here!
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spend @hankgreen.bsky.social’s money! Donate here!
Joywholived.com/heist
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Hank Green is matching the next $5,000 in donations to our trans performance festival fundraiser - which is an Ocean’s Eleven Live Reading in LA and streaming with an all-trans cast including: @vicmmic.bsky.social & more!
spend @hankgreen.bsky.social’s money! Donate here!
Joywholived.com/heist
spend @hankgreen.bsky.social’s money! Donate here!
Joywholived.com/heist
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Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
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Tributes paid to Philippe Gaulier
Tributes paid to Philippe Gaulier
Hugely influential clown teacher dies at 82
dlvr.it
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Tributes paid to Philippe Gaulier
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For the love of God, Montresor!
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
For the love of God, Montresor!
The Muppet Show 2026 is good. Go watch.
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The Muppet Show 2026 is good. Go watch.
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New Dr Bees!
youtu.be/kwdNXYOD-Vs?...
youtu.be/kwdNXYOD-Vs?...
DR. BEES FOREVER
YouTube video by Harry Partridge
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
New Dr Bees!
youtu.be/kwdNXYOD-Vs?...
youtu.be/kwdNXYOD-Vs?...
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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They’re here!
The Muppet Show special is now available on @disneyplus!
The Muppet Show special is now available on @disneyplus!
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 AM
They’re here!
The Muppet Show special is now available on @disneyplus!
The Muppet Show special is now available on @disneyplus!
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I spent so much time over the last decade wringing my hands about putting together a stand-alone version of Swords. Largely because I didn't have the resources to do it justice and I was worried there wouldn't be the interested to justify it.
What a fool I was.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
What a fool I was.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
Swords Without Master
A ttrpg of strange sorceries, ferocious deeds, and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.
www.kickstarter.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I spent so much time over the last decade wringing my hands about putting together a stand-alone version of Swords. Largely because I didn't have the resources to do it justice and I was worried there wouldn't be the interested to justify it.
What a fool I was.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
What a fool I was.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
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The Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction is open to any writer living in Scotland or Scottish by birth or inclination, aged at least 14 years.
Submissions are open from Monday 12th January 2026 until 8pm BST on Sunday 22nd March 2026.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2026-prize
Submissions are open from Monday 12th January 2026 until 8pm BST on Sunday 22nd March 2026.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2026-prize
2026 Prize — CYMERA
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction is open to any writer living in Scotland or Scottish by birth or inclination, aged at least 14 years.
Submissions are open from Monday 12th January 2026 until 8pm BST on Sunday 22nd March 2026.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2026-prize
Submissions are open from Monday 12th January 2026 until 8pm BST on Sunday 22nd March 2026.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2026-prize
I do wonder if we'll ever get the whole truth as to what is going on with Rowling's charity, Lumos.
(All we know at this point is that there was a major walk-out in 2019. Bronte Productions also has it's share of horror stories, apparently. )
But TLDR: JK Rowling appears in the Epstein Files...
(All we know at this point is that there was a major walk-out in 2019. Bronte Productions also has it's share of horror stories, apparently. )
But TLDR: JK Rowling appears in the Epstein Files...
How shocking.
The Sunday Herald, 21 May 2000:
The Sunday Herald, 21 May 2000:
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I do wonder if we'll ever get the whole truth as to what is going on with Rowling's charity, Lumos.
(All we know at this point is that there was a major walk-out in 2019. Bronte Productions also has it's share of horror stories, apparently. )
But TLDR: JK Rowling appears in the Epstein Files...
(All we know at this point is that there was a major walk-out in 2019. Bronte Productions also has it's share of horror stories, apparently. )
But TLDR: JK Rowling appears in the Epstein Files...
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JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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He wrote "The Dramaturgy Of Conflict: The Fiasco RPG As A Device For Collaborative Learning And Complex Thinking In Civil Law" and it is linked it here if you'd like to read it: bpglink.com/fiasco-brazil/
#FiascoRPG
#FiascoRPG
January 30, 2026 at 11:09 PM
He wrote "The Dramaturgy Of Conflict: The Fiasco RPG As A Device For Collaborative Learning And Complex Thinking In Civil Law" and it is linked it here if you'd like to read it: bpglink.com/fiasco-brazil/
#FiascoRPG
#FiascoRPG
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Jesus Christ how is it still only January
January 27, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Jesus Christ how is it still only January
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The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
January 28, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is looking for the best new voices in cultural criticism.
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
Entries close on 28 February 2026, so get scribbling!
First prize is £3000 and publication in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Find out how to enter: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
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This is very important journalism. Big kitty soft.
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This is very important journalism. Big kitty soft.
They say you get more conservative as you get older, but that's not really true.
The clue we are missing here is this: racism is a symptom of cognitive decline.
If a beloved older relative suddenly starts talking total rubbish, maybe it's time to look at diet, exercise and puzzles / training.
The clue we are missing here is this: racism is a symptom of cognitive decline.
If a beloved older relative suddenly starts talking total rubbish, maybe it's time to look at diet, exercise and puzzles / training.
January 24, 2026 at 1:59 PM
They say you get more conservative as you get older, but that's not really true.
The clue we are missing here is this: racism is a symptom of cognitive decline.
If a beloved older relative suddenly starts talking total rubbish, maybe it's time to look at diet, exercise and puzzles / training.
The clue we are missing here is this: racism is a symptom of cognitive decline.
If a beloved older relative suddenly starts talking total rubbish, maybe it's time to look at diet, exercise and puzzles / training.
So basically America elected Jimmy Saville for their President. Twice.
And it's gone horribly, horribly wrong for the entire world.
And it's gone horribly, horribly wrong for the entire world.
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 PM
So basically America elected Jimmy Saville for their President. Twice.
And it's gone horribly, horribly wrong for the entire world.
And it's gone horribly, horribly wrong for the entire world.
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That's so fucking cool.
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
That's so fucking cool.
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Look. The important thing is that we can all laugh at Tottenham.
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Look. The important thing is that we can all laugh at Tottenham.
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I like to think I'd be good on The Traitors but if I was selected I would fuck it up before the blindfold came off. Claudia would squeeze me on the shoulder, I would immediately scream "I'M A TRAITOR I'M SORRY" and throw up right on the round table as a moody version of "Oops I Did It Again" plays
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I like to think I'd be good on The Traitors but if I was selected I would fuck it up before the blindfold came off. Claudia would squeeze me on the shoulder, I would immediately scream "I'M A TRAITOR I'M SORRY" and throw up right on the round table as a moody version of "Oops I Did It Again" plays
They are doing what? Oh no!
Why yes, those are my monkeys. And that is my circus. Why do you ask?
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
They are doing what? Oh no!