Simon Petrie (he/him)
@fomalhaut451.bsky.social
Writer of short books w. long titles, eg 'I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread'. Hemulen. Titan tragic. Cisgender. Pakeha in Oz. He/him.
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It’s the seventh anniversary of the publication of ‘Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego’ in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, which told how six “paediatric health-care professionals were recruited to swallow a Lego head” and measure how long it took to ~ahem~ pass through them
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It’s the seventh anniversary of the publication of ‘Everything is awesome: Don’t forget the Lego’ in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, which told how six “paediatric health-care professionals were recruited to swallow a Lego head” and measure how long it took to ~ahem~ pass through them
I don't have it word-for-word after 40 years, but a book of such things reported a parish newsletter which included a correction clarifying "The contribution of the Misses Smith to the parish fair was 'smocking and rugs' and not 'smoking drugs' as originally reported"
This reminds me of one of my all time favorite NYT corrections
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I don't have it word-for-word after 40 years, but a book of such things reported a parish newsletter which included a correction clarifying "The contribution of the Misses Smith to the parish fair was 'smocking and rugs' and not 'smoking drugs' as originally reported"
Without the accompanying article, and with a less literal interpretation of 'worm', this statement would hold true for just about anyone in the present US administration
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Without the accompanying article, and with a less literal interpretation of 'worm', this statement would hold true for just about anyone in the present US administration
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
I mean no disrespect (well, not much) to Earth's life-supporting, oxygenated atmosphere when I say that Titan's hydrocarbon-dominated atmosphere, rendered opaque by cyanopolyynes, aromatics and other haze-forming weirdies, is vastly more interesting in a chemical sense
Saturn through Titan's haze - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/TbspjU
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I mean no disrespect (well, not much) to Earth's life-supporting, oxygenated atmosphere when I say that Titan's hydrocarbon-dominated atmosphere, rendered opaque by cyanopolyynes, aromatics and other haze-forming weirdies, is vastly more interesting in a chemical sense
Copyright page train. This is from 'Wayfaring Stranger', my novella release last year.
I have to say, the 'British English spelling' declaration on Elise's page is a good touch, and one which I think I'll be adopting for the next one. (I'd be tempted to add 'Deal with it', but probably best not.)
I have to say, the 'British English spelling' declaration on Elise's page is a good touch, and one which I think I'll be adopting for the next one. (I'd be tempted to add 'Deal with it', but probably best not.)
November 16, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Copyright page train. This is from 'Wayfaring Stranger', my novella release last year.
I have to say, the 'British English spelling' declaration on Elise's page is a good touch, and one which I think I'll be adopting for the next one. (I'd be tempted to add 'Deal with it', but probably best not.)
I have to say, the 'British English spelling' declaration on Elise's page is a good touch, and one which I think I'll be adopting for the next one. (I'd be tempted to add 'Deal with it', but probably best not.)
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Love it!
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Love it!
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
Petrie, 6o+, lives in a habitat amid the ridged dunes of Titan's Fensal region, where the air smells of burnt tin and The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and Inger Christensen's 'Alphabet' - two books he was reading while waiting for the methane rain to clear - lie sprawled upon the airlock floor
Hoffmann, 37, lives in a space station in the heart of the Virgo Supercluster where robots crawl in their kitchen and "The Saint of Bright Doors" and Jung's "Man And His Symbols" - two books they were reading while teaching critical AI literacy to undergrads - sit under their sparkly viewport.
Pratt, 48, lives in a lost city in the heart of Antarctica where shoggoths crawl into her kitchen and the Book of Azathoth and and "De Vermis Mysteriis" — two books she was reading while she was writing “Arkham Canto" — sit on her dining room table.
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Petrie, 6o+, lives in a habitat amid the ridged dunes of Titan's Fensal region, where the air smells of burnt tin and The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and Inger Christensen's 'Alphabet' - two books he was reading while waiting for the methane rain to clear - lie sprawled upon the airlock floor
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FYI - AI is now auto-enabled in gmail by default. Here's how to turn it off:
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#fuckai #allmyhomieshateai #googlewtf
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#fuckai #allmyhomieshateai #googlewtf
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November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
FYI - AI is now auto-enabled in gmail by default. Here's how to turn it off:
www.tumblr.com/imonthemooni...
#fuckai #allmyhomieshateai #googlewtf
www.tumblr.com/imonthemooni...
#fuckai #allmyhomieshateai #googlewtf
Convincing you to read my short-fiction collection by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(The collection is I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread. This is from the start of the first piece, Introduction/Autofiction)
(The collection is I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread. This is from the start of the first piece, Introduction/Autofiction)
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Convincing you to read my short-fiction collection by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(The collection is I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread. This is from the start of the first piece, Introduction/Autofiction)
(The collection is I Have No Legs And I Must Manspread. This is from the start of the first piece, Introduction/Autofiction)
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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John Wyndham called, he wants his plotline back
A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what appears to be the world’s largest spider web, which researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
John Wyndham called, he wants his plotline back
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I have found the perfect Bluesky account. bsky.app/profile/hwae...
bsky.app
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I have found the perfect Bluesky account. bsky.app/profile/hwae...
The play is by Adam Browne and David Tredinnick, based on one of Adam's short stories from yonks back. It's like Waiting for Godot, but wetter.
I did the layout on the sumptuously illustrated book of the screenplay (shown below, & available thru the show); I'm pleased with how it came together.
I did the layout on the sumptuously illustrated book of the screenplay (shown below, & available thru the show); I'm pleased with how it came together.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The play is by Adam Browne and David Tredinnick, based on one of Adam's short stories from yonks back. It's like Waiting for Godot, but wetter.
I did the layout on the sumptuously illustrated book of the screenplay (shown below, & available thru the show); I'm pleased with how it came together.
I did the layout on the sumptuously illustrated book of the screenplay (shown below, & available thru the show); I'm pleased with how it came together.
Melbourne peeps (and those geographically adjacent): if a bit of science fiction pirate horror comedy sounds like your cup of theatre, please check out Bladderwrack (bladderwrackplay.com.au) playing at the Explosives Factory, in St Kilda, with shows from Tuesday to Saturday this week.
Bladderwrack | Theatre Works 2025
bladderwrackplay.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Melbourne peeps (and those geographically adjacent): if a bit of science fiction pirate horror comedy sounds like your cup of theatre, please check out Bladderwrack (bladderwrackplay.com.au) playing at the Explosives Factory, in St Kilda, with shows from Tuesday to Saturday this week.
Currently reading this. Quiet, incandescent, enraging. Highly recommended.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Currently reading this. Quiet, incandescent, enraging. Highly recommended.
If you tease, taunt or harass a military stronghold, your actions are fort-proviking
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
If you tease, taunt or harass a military stronghold, your actions are fort-proviking