E.J. Wilde
@ejwilde.bsky.social
She/her/writer of speculative fiction/book worm/ history nerd/ocean enthusiast
Work in In Another Time
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Work in In Another Time
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In a world where hate-filled freaks never stop shrieking it's easy to forget that normal people are like this. And it's so wonderful.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
In a world where hate-filled freaks never stop shrieking it's easy to forget that normal people are like this. And it's so wonderful.
Urgh. Trinity Hall was my college. So disappointing. I would try to use alumni powers but I don't make enough money for them to care (I'll still try but...) I wish I was surprised but based on my experience with the college yeah this tracks
"The evidence is clear: when talented students who have faced greater barriers gain access to elite universities, they flourish precisely because opportunity, not ability, was the binding constraint."
Prof Lee Elliot Major, University of Exeter
#highered #edchat
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Prof Lee Elliot Major, University of Exeter
#highered #edchat
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment
Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Urgh. Trinity Hall was my college. So disappointing. I would try to use alumni powers but I don't make enough money for them to care (I'll still try but...) I wish I was surprised but based on my experience with the college yeah this tracks
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There's only a few tickets left for this! Come drink cider and hear about magic and witchcraft with yours truly 😊 🍎
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
There's only a few tickets left for this! Come drink cider and hear about magic and witchcraft with yours truly 😊 🍎
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...
First two reads of the year (both half finished):
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.
January 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
First two reads of the year (both half finished):
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older on audiobook. This series has been such a nice easy, comforting one for me and is perfect in the little mental health blip I'm having and has been getting me through the last week.
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Why do people get so hyped about starting new things in January. It’s the middle of the cold season. Go hibernate.
January 6, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Why do people get so hyped about starting new things in January. It’s the middle of the cold season. Go hibernate.
I said I finished a story all proud of myself and my dad thought I had finished my novel and got excited and I had to tell him I have not in fact finished that which kinda cut the finished story high short BUT I finished something I think shoes growth so time to get rejected some more!
January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I said I finished a story all proud of myself and my dad thought I had finished my novel and got excited and I had to tell him I have not in fact finished that which kinda cut the finished story high short BUT I finished something I think shoes growth so time to get rejected some more!
Oooof
I don't know who needs to hear this but if you aren't making art of any kind because you are afraid that whatever you manage to bring to earth won't match the idea of the thing you have in your head:
I have never once succeeded in doing that
and I never will
that's queer divine dissatisfaction.
I have never once succeeded in doing that
and I never will
that's queer divine dissatisfaction.
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Oooof
I got to read an early iteration of this story and immediately knew it was something special. Another one by my powerhouse of a friend Anna Clark. Go read it you won't regret it. #newstory #shortstory #sff
This is my favourite story I've written.
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I got to read an early iteration of this story and immediately knew it was something special. Another one by my powerhouse of a friend Anna Clark. Go read it you won't regret it. #newstory #shortstory #sff
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What we loved about: “Alfred and the Court of the Giant Cormoran” by E.J. Wilde is a lovely story about friendship and healing, with some cool magic thrown in too.
Bio: @ejwilde.bsky.social (she/her) is a speculative fiction writer from Cornwall
Bio: @ejwilde.bsky.social (she/her) is a speculative fiction writer from Cornwall
December 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What we loved about: “Alfred and the Court of the Giant Cormoran” by E.J. Wilde is a lovely story about friendship and healing, with some cool magic thrown in too.
Bio: @ejwilde.bsky.social (she/her) is a speculative fiction writer from Cornwall
Bio: @ejwilde.bsky.social (she/her) is a speculative fiction writer from Cornwall
A love letter to public libraries: I'm in a new town waiting for my girlfriend to finish work. I have three bags I need to finish work too. The public library here is beautiful and has a community area and computer area both in solid use and loads of books and a free coffee machine ❤️ more of this!
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A love letter to public libraries: I'm in a new town waiting for my girlfriend to finish work. I have three bags I need to finish work too. The public library here is beautiful and has a community area and computer area both in solid use and loads of books and a free coffee machine ❤️ more of this!
I would have said nothing tanks your ability to write like the looming end of a six month contract and the depressing cycle of applications and rejections and then I added antidepressant withdrawals (brain zaps, parathesia and mood swings anyone?) to the mix 😂
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would have said nothing tanks your ability to write like the looming end of a six month contract and the depressing cycle of applications and rejections and then I added antidepressant withdrawals (brain zaps, parathesia and mood swings anyone?) to the mix 😂
FYI for writers using Gmail to go to settings and turn off smart features to prevent them using your emails and attachments for AI training
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
FYI for writers using Gmail to go to settings and turn off smart features to prevent them using your emails and attachments for AI training
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Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
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Not a single part of my journey today has gone right lol. By the time I eventually get home it will have taken me approximately 14 hours to get from mid Wales to Cornwall. Thank you traffic and the British railways
August 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Not a single part of my journey today has gone right lol. By the time I eventually get home it will have taken me approximately 14 hours to get from mid Wales to Cornwall. Thank you traffic and the British railways
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Any time Tories start blaming Labour for the wretched state of *insert topic of the day*, it's crucial we recall who got us here with 14 years of cuts and privatisation, wrecking public services and social support systems. (Many other valid reasons to criticise the current government are available)
A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent.
Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
August 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Any time Tories start blaming Labour for the wretched state of *insert topic of the day*, it's crucial we recall who got us here with 14 years of cuts and privatisation, wrecking public services and social support systems. (Many other valid reasons to criticise the current government are available)
Where do you guys go for sff reviews? Both shorts and novels #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #booksky #reading
August 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Where do you guys go for sff reviews? Both shorts and novels #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #booksky #reading
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Oooo, this one rings a bell for those of us still looking for ourselves. Be careful, it may leave you cackling at the end. Wonderful piece by @annaclark.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...
#speculative #flashfiction #shortstory #specfic
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...
#speculative #flashfiction #shortstory #specfic
No Laughter in a Vacuum
Ellen’s ex-girlfriend called her a personality vacuum before she considered doing it for work.It came out at a house party of Rhia’s debate-me crowd, Ellen backing some Rhia-espoused view, like she…
www.flashfictiononline.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Oooo, this one rings a bell for those of us still looking for ourselves. Be careful, it may leave you cackling at the end. Wonderful piece by @annaclark.bsky.social in @flashfictiononline.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...
#speculative #flashfiction #shortstory #specfic
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...
#speculative #flashfiction #shortstory #specfic
My wonderful friend @annaclark.bsky.social smashed it out of the park again. Go have a fun quick read about a personality vacuum:
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...
#shortfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #fantasy #sff #fantasyfiction
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...
#shortfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #fantasy #sff #fantasyfiction
No Laughter in a Vacuum
Ellen’s ex-girlfriend called her a personality vacuum before she considered doing it for work.It came out at a house party of Rhia’s debate-me crowd, Ellen backing some Rhia-espoused view, like she…
www.flashfictiononline.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
My wonderful friend @annaclark.bsky.social smashed it out of the park again. Go have a fun quick read about a personality vacuum:
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...
#shortfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #fantasy #sff #fantasyfiction
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/no-l...
#shortfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #fantasy #sff #fantasyfiction
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Every TERF is like 'birds and bees, it's easy, folks' and (almost) every scientist actually working on questions of sex is like 'oof guys, what can I tell you, I have been working on this question for 52 years, and frankly, I know less and less every year' theconversation.com/world-athlet...
World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
theconversation.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Every TERF is like 'birds and bees, it's easy, folks' and (almost) every scientist actually working on questions of sex is like 'oof guys, what can I tell you, I have been working on this question for 52 years, and frankly, I know less and less every year' theconversation.com/world-athlet...
Screaming into an echo chamber I know but I beg people to remember the value of human thought, creativity, and connection, and deep and slow analysis. This has inherent value. Even if gen AI could effectively replace these (it can't right now) it SHOULDN'T. For me that that's almost more important
This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
Yo, historians, what the actual ****?
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
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I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Screaming into an echo chamber I know but I beg people to remember the value of human thought, creativity, and connection, and deep and slow analysis. This has inherent value. Even if gen AI could effectively replace these (it can't right now) it SHOULDN'T. For me that that's almost more important
Just came across this and my God yes. I'm slowly getting back into exercise after ME and weights are my favourite. I'm not super strong yet but God I love it. I want to be STRONG and I am aiming to cultivate the attitude Delilah has here (although I'm not there yet, I will be)
I've been thinking about how empowering it is to get into weightlifting. I mean, yes, literally. But also psychologically. As women, society tells us we need to be small, and that if we are not small, we must buy products/services to be smaller. And then one day you think... what if I get BIGGER? 1/
July 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just came across this and my God yes. I'm slowly getting back into exercise after ME and weights are my favourite. I'm not super strong yet but God I love it. I want to be STRONG and I am aiming to cultivate the attitude Delilah has here (although I'm not there yet, I will be)
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Zuckerberg farted out some nonsense today, and since most media outlets refuse to report critically any time a tech CEO offers them some a pseudoserious press release, I've decided to do it for them.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/7/30/how-to-read-an-ai-press-release
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/7/30/how-to-read-an-ai-press-release
How to Read an "AI" Press Release — Sonja Drimmer
Every so often someone like Mark Zuckerberg or Sam Altman will dribble out some unadorned text in Times New Roman font, announcing with stentorian certitude the advent of a new world that their latest...
sonjadrimmer.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Zuckerberg farted out some nonsense today, and since most media outlets refuse to report critically any time a tech CEO offers them some a pseudoserious press release, I've decided to do it for them.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/7/30/how-to-read-an-ai-press-release
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/7/30/how-to-read-an-ai-press-release
Looking for book recs contemporary fantasy (or similar types of sci-fi or even horror) that's preferably not uber sexist and not heavy on the 'I'm such a sarcastic badass voice'. Romance is fine but I'm not looking specifically for romance. Not YA
#bookrecommendations #fantasy #contemporaryfantasy
#bookrecommendations #fantasy #contemporaryfantasy
July 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Looking for book recs contemporary fantasy (or similar types of sci-fi or even horror) that's preferably not uber sexist and not heavy on the 'I'm such a sarcastic badass voice'. Romance is fine but I'm not looking specifically for romance. Not YA
#bookrecommendations #fantasy #contemporaryfantasy
#bookrecommendations #fantasy #contemporaryfantasy