Vinayak Varma
@eyefry.bsky.social
Writer-illustrator, BSFA and CWSS finalist, lapsed magazine editor and craft beer branding guy, design prof., music nerd, cat wrangler, tragic anti-hero.
#createdontscrape #humanart #illustrator #kidlit #SFF #music #design
www.mixtape.in
#createdontscrape #humanart #illustrator #kidlit #SFF #music #design
www.mixtape.in
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A product you no longer do anything with but continue to sell is called FREE MONEY, guys
I hate Adobe so, so much
I hate Adobe so, so much
Called and spoke with Adobe customer support and the guy told me Adobe is discontinuing Animate because apparently the company can't think of any new features to add to the program and they feel it's gotten stale.
So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???
So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A product you no longer do anything with but continue to sell is called FREE MONEY, guys
I hate Adobe so, so much
I hate Adobe so, so much
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Ladies and gentlemen, the globalist elite:
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the globalist elite:
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🤔 It’s definitely not suspicious at all to have people point out your common Twitter sign off is in the Epstein files and ten completely delete your yacht’s logs right?
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
🤔 It’s definitely not suspicious at all to have people point out your common Twitter sign off is in the Epstein files and ten completely delete your yacht’s logs right?
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Gaiman is already suing one of his accusers. If he had any actionable claims against "There is No Safe Word", he would have sued New York Magazine and Lila Shapiro. The fact that he is instead pointing readers to some random substack article tells us all we need to know.
I find the entire genre of "tens of thousands of words minutely refuting every point of an abuse clam" intrinsically unpersuasive. If any of the evidence were actually damning they'd just highlight that instead of doing a tedious Gish Gallop.
I haven't read that massive Substack thing that Gaiman linked to in his whinge, and nor am I going to. If you need tens of thousands of words of rant and innuendo to embed your "shocking evidence" in, you don't have shocking evidence, you have a conspiracy manifesto.
February 3, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Gaiman is already suing one of his accusers. If he had any actionable claims against "There is No Safe Word", he would have sued New York Magazine and Lila Shapiro. The fact that he is instead pointing readers to some random substack article tells us all we need to know.
I studied film 24 years ago, back when TV was still being accused of nerfing attention spans, and we had trouble focusing on some films then too. Thing is, appreciating varied cinema takes practice. It's like learning a new language. Once you learn to speak it, an entire culture opens up. 1/2
On a trend us film professors have seen. Free link to “The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films” from THE ATLANTIC yesterday.
archive.ph/GFWzW
archive.ph/GFWzW
January 31, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I studied film 24 years ago, back when TV was still being accused of nerfing attention spans, and we had trouble focusing on some films then too. Thing is, appreciating varied cinema takes practice. It's like learning a new language. Once you learn to speak it, an entire culture opens up. 1/2
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one thing you never want to have to realize is that you were really underestimating the number of pedophiles
January 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM
one thing you never want to have to realize is that you were really underestimating the number of pedophiles
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One day left to submit your work to Nightmare Magazine! We close at 11 pm tomorrow night.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
January 31, 2026 at 6:16 PM
One day left to submit your work to Nightmare Magazine! We close at 11 pm tomorrow night.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
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Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.
January 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.
Very vile
And full of bile
I love/hate this
And full of bile
I love/hate this
"Yes, we shall live, Uncle Vanya. We shall live through the long procession of chunks before us and through the long retchings; we shall patiently bear the spew that fate imposes on us; we shall scrub it without rest; and when our last hour comes, we shall meet it humbly..."
Forgotten Literary Moments in Which a Cat Throws up and No One Wants to Deal With It
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they bought regular kibble, even when specifically asked to get ...
buff.ly
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Very vile
And full of bile
I love/hate this
And full of bile
I love/hate this
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I found the ep in PLURIBUS where Carol--white, American--meets 5 non-white, non-American survivors of the hivemind off-putting, but in a way that made me curious to see where Gilligan was going. Now that I have, I wrote about how empire, privilege, genAI, & resistance converge in the show's subtext:
Resisting the Hivemind: Pluribus, Generative AI, and Empire - Reactor
While its creator tell us that Pluribus is not about advent of generative AI, it's difficult not to spot the many places where the fledgling tech and extraterrestrial hivemind overlap.
reactormag.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I found the ep in PLURIBUS where Carol--white, American--meets 5 non-white, non-American survivors of the hivemind off-putting, but in a way that made me curious to see where Gilligan was going. Now that I have, I wrote about how empire, privilege, genAI, & resistance converge in the show's subtext:
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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Butcher of Baghdad
Should be in the Hague
Should be in the Hague
January 17, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Butcher of Baghdad
Should be in the Hague
Should be in the Hague
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come work with me!! multiple job openings at WIRED rn
Hey! @wired.com is doing a bunch of hiring. Here we go with a thread of five great jobs, with a few more coming shortly:
1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social
1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Science
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
come work with me!! multiple job openings at WIRED rn
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2026 A.C. Bose Grant Open for Submissions locusmag.com/2026/01...
January 14, 2026 at 10:57 PM
2026 A.C. Bose Grant Open for Submissions locusmag.com/2026/01...
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Penned by Vinayak Varma, “The Fairy Shop Op” is a subversive and witty conversation based in an industrialist dystopia that’s not too far off from our own.
Link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-fairy-sh...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-fairy-sh...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Penned by Vinayak Varma, “The Fairy Shop Op” is a subversive and witty conversation based in an industrialist dystopia that’s not too far off from our own.
Link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-fairy-sh...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Link below: tasavvurnama.com/the-fairy-sh...
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
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This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:
What Black Homes Remember
From plastic-covered couches to Black Jesus portraits, Black interior design preserves history amid rampant displacement.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This week, Justin A. Davis delves into the interior design of Black working class folks and how small decor choices have everything to do with Black identity. Read below:
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This is such a small thing in the face of everything else going on...
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
January 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This is such a small thing in the face of everything else going on...
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
but the 57th NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced today and they left off the illustrators of four out of the five graphic novel nominees.
I remain dissatisfied with how comic artists are treated.
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After the invasion, from Tom Kidd’s splendid 1999 illustrations for H. G. Wells’ “The War Of The Worlds”.
January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
After the invasion, from Tom Kidd’s splendid 1999 illustrations for H. G. Wells’ “The War Of The Worlds”.
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I'm really pleased to have a story in the new issue of Tasavvur. In "The Fairy Shop Op," a couple of babus from the Serious Frauds bureau investigate strange happenings at the Indiranagar BDA complex. Go have a read and tell me what you think! Ta!
The lineup of writers for this issue is incredibly talented, witty and masterful at making their words fly right off the page.
Click the link to read the latest issue: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Click the link to read the latest issue: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I'm really pleased to have a story in the new issue of Tasavvur. In "The Fairy Shop Op," a couple of babus from the Serious Frauds bureau investigate strange happenings at the Indiranagar BDA complex. Go have a read and tell me what you think! Ta!
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It's no surprise that fascists love generative AI.
It erodes critical thinking.
It makes mass disinformation easy.
And it's great for humiliating and abusing people.
These so-called 'tools' are not politically neutral and they can't be used responsibly.
It erodes critical thinking.
It makes mass disinformation easy.
And it's great for humiliating and abusing people.
These so-called 'tools' are not politically neutral and they can't be used responsibly.
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
It's no surprise that fascists love generative AI.
It erodes critical thinking.
It makes mass disinformation easy.
And it's great for humiliating and abusing people.
These so-called 'tools' are not politically neutral and they can't be used responsibly.
It erodes critical thinking.
It makes mass disinformation easy.
And it's great for humiliating and abusing people.
These so-called 'tools' are not politically neutral and they can't be used responsibly.
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The impulse to sanitise and discipline was done among members of the intermediate castes. An example of this can be found in an article in 1936 from Yadavesh, it laments the practice of women singing “obscene” hori songs.
scroll.in/article/1089...
Chandranshu Yadav & Pratyay Nath writes
scroll.in/article/1089...
Chandranshu Yadav & Pratyay Nath writes
January 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The impulse to sanitise and discipline was done among members of the intermediate castes. An example of this can be found in an article in 1936 from Yadavesh, it laments the practice of women singing “obscene” hori songs.
scroll.in/article/1089...
Chandranshu Yadav & Pratyay Nath writes
scroll.in/article/1089...
Chandranshu Yadav & Pratyay Nath writes
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A great mix of stories and many new authors to meet
A very impressive anthology showing us what’s going on in the Indian SFF scene Between Worlds - The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF Vol 1 edited by Gautam Bhatia www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/1/...
Between Worlds - The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF Vol 1 edited by Gautam Bhatia — Runalong The Shelves
Publisher – Westland Books Published – Out Now Price – £9.69 paperback £4.39 ebook BOLD INDIAN SF LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN-RADICAL, RAW AND ORIGINAL. Between Worlds is the introductory I...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
January 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
A great mix of stories and many new authors to meet
I'm really pleased to have a story in the new issue of Tasavvur. In "The Fairy Shop Op," a couple of babus from the Serious Frauds bureau investigate strange happenings at the Indiranagar BDA complex. Go have a read and tell me what you think! Ta!
The lineup of writers for this issue is incredibly talented, witty and masterful at making their words fly right off the page.
Click the link to read the latest issue: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Click the link to read the latest issue: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I'm really pleased to have a story in the new issue of Tasavvur. In "The Fairy Shop Op," a couple of babus from the Serious Frauds bureau investigate strange happenings at the Indiranagar BDA complex. Go have a read and tell me what you think! Ta!