Grigory Lukin ✨️is on sub✨️
@grigorylukin.bsky.social
Ally, adventurer, author, filmmaker, SFWA, Codex. 🇨🇦
Represented by Brandy Vallance.
Here to share and learn. 👋🙂
Ever upward!
https://linktr.ee/grigorylukin
Represented by Brandy Vallance.
Here to share and learn. 👋🙂
Ever upward!
https://linktr.ee/grigorylukin
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A broken clock is right twice a day.
A broken digital clock is blank, and thus morally pure.
A broken sundial has alarming astronomical implications.
A broken digital clock is blank, and thus morally pure.
A broken sundial has alarming astronomical implications.
January 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A broken clock is right twice a day.
A broken digital clock is blank, and thus morally pure.
A broken sundial has alarming astronomical implications.
A broken digital clock is blank, and thus morally pure.
A broken sundial has alarming astronomical implications.
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They're my emotional support tabs. Don't judge me.
January 8, 2026 at 8:25 AM
They're my emotional support tabs. Don't judge me.
Are there any Transformers geeks here? 🤓 This has been on my mind for ages: if Transformers had landed before the Industrial Revolution (i.e., 99% of humanity's history), how would they disguise themselves? As elephants and hippos and giant squids? 🤣
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Are there any Transformers geeks here? 🤓 This has been on my mind for ages: if Transformers had landed before the Industrial Revolution (i.e., 99% of humanity's history), how would they disguise themselves? As elephants and hippos and giant squids? 🤣
It's right behind me, isn't it?.. 😱
(Osaka, Japan - the Namba Yasaka Jinja temple and its famous open-mouthed lion hall)
(Osaka, Japan - the Namba Yasaka Jinja temple and its famous open-mouthed lion hall)
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 AM
It's right behind me, isn't it?.. 😱
(Osaka, Japan - the Namba Yasaka Jinja temple and its famous open-mouthed lion hall)
(Osaka, Japan - the Namba Yasaka Jinja temple and its famous open-mouthed lion hall)
Ashli Babbitt, Renee Nicole Good.
Five years apart.
A celebrated traitor, a vilified hero.
Madness.
Five years apart.
A celebrated traitor, a vilified hero.
Madness.
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Ashli Babbitt, Renee Nicole Good.
Five years apart.
A celebrated traitor, a vilified hero.
Madness.
Five years apart.
A celebrated traitor, a vilified hero.
Madness.
Just finished reading "My Sister Is Part Martian" by Erin Calabria - an absolutely brilliant 500-word story. 💖 Check it out, eh. :)
necessaryfiction.com/stories/erin...
necessaryfiction.com/stories/erin...
My Sister Is Part Martian – Necessary Fiction
necessaryfiction.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Just finished reading "My Sister Is Part Martian" by Erin Calabria - an absolutely brilliant 500-word story. 💖 Check it out, eh. :)
necessaryfiction.com/stories/erin...
necessaryfiction.com/stories/erin...
I'll try to write a story a week this year, Bradbury-style. It's off to a rocky start. 😅 I challenged myself to write a feel-good solarpunk story, not my strong suit traditionally, because of all the, well, *everything*.
Had to do a lot of drafting... But now I finally got it. 🤓
#writing
Had to do a lot of drafting... But now I finally got it. 🤓
#writing
"Write a short story a week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row."
Ray Bradbury
#writing
Ray Bradbury
#writing
January 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I'll try to write a story a week this year, Bradbury-style. It's off to a rocky start. 😅 I challenged myself to write a feel-good solarpunk story, not my strong suit traditionally, because of all the, well, *everything*.
Had to do a lot of drafting... But now I finally got it. 🤓
#writing
Had to do a lot of drafting... But now I finally got it. 🤓
#writing
Observe how carefully they try to inch away from the blast radius of all their rotten lies:
DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs
"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."
www.pcgamer.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Observe how carefully they try to inch away from the blast radius of all their rotten lies:
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I read and enjoy epic fantasy for a lot of reasons; I don't typically rely on it for turns of phrase which stop me in my tracks. Here, from the opening movements of The Broken Crown, within a couple of pages of each other.
January 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM
I read and enjoy epic fantasy for a lot of reasons; I don't typically rely on it for turns of phrase which stop me in my tracks. Here, from the opening movements of The Broken Crown, within a couple of pages of each other.
I've spent the whole day exporing Osaka's Science Museum and the National Museum of Art (side by side, as they should be 😌), and now my brain is overflowing in the best possible way. 🤓
(Details in alt-text.)
(Details in alt-text.)
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 AM
I've spent the whole day exporing Osaka's Science Museum and the National Museum of Art (side by side, as they should be 😌), and now my brain is overflowing in the best possible way. 🤓
(Details in alt-text.)
(Details in alt-text.)
The soothing, peaceful sensation of being perfectly whelmed. 😌
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 AM
The soothing, peaceful sensation of being perfectly whelmed. 😌
An almost empty museum. One visitor observes the art. Three guards observe the visitor. The art expands.
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 AM
An almost empty museum. One visitor observes the art. Three guards observe the visitor. The art expands.
My new story ("How to Reset the Timeline in Three Easy Steps") is in the new issue of The Colored Lens! 🥳 It's about the ethics of major changes. About the secret origin of Valkyries. About cold calculations compiled into a codex. About the third and final chances… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0GD...
The Colored Lens: Winter 2026
www.amazon.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
My new story ("How to Reset the Timeline in Three Easy Steps") is in the new issue of The Colored Lens! 🥳 It's about the ethics of major changes. About the secret origin of Valkyries. About cold calculations compiled into a codex. About the third and final chances… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0GD...
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Thread! It's very good. A big problem, especially with some bad actors in publishing, is the overall culture of silence--someone holding the contract to your work, your art, your craft, ultimately feels like they hold a lot of power, and writers don't speak up publicly.
I want to do a thread on "Small Press Red Flags" brought to you by years in the trenches combined with some issues I’m seeing pop up again in writer circles.
Note: an isolated incident might not be a red flag, but cumulative flags are always worth examination.
First off: Let’s talk about money.
Note: an isolated incident might not be a red flag, but cumulative flags are always worth examination.
First off: Let’s talk about money.
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Thread! It's very good. A big problem, especially with some bad actors in publishing, is the overall culture of silence--someone holding the contract to your work, your art, your craft, ultimately feels like they hold a lot of power, and writers don't speak up publicly.
If a person who saves others is a savior, then a person who shaves others is a shavior. In this TED talk on barber linguistics, I will...
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
If a person who saves others is a savior, then a person who shaves others is a shavior. In this TED talk on barber linguistics, I will...
You, a peasant: Kill Bill
Me, refined: Killiam William
Me, refined: Killiam William
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
You, a peasant: Kill Bill
Me, refined: Killiam William
Me, refined: Killiam William
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the californication of man
reconstructed Scythian looking a bit like a guy tending an impromptu bar at an outdoor cabaret punk event
January 6, 2026 at 11:57 PM
the californication of man
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The perfect two sentence story.
When I was 23, I saw a bunch of really cute velvet furniture on the side of the road, totally nice. Took it in and a year later a friend’s new gf came to my house and it turns out I’d stolen her entire living room while she was moving.
January 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
The perfect two sentence story.
Logging on
January 6, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Logging on
Location: Japan, Osaka, Koreatown.
Observation: all the local vendors close up shortly after sunset instead of the customary 8pm.
Hypothesis: vampires.
Observation: all the local vendors close up shortly after sunset instead of the customary 8pm.
Hypothesis: vampires.
January 6, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Location: Japan, Osaka, Koreatown.
Observation: all the local vendors close up shortly after sunset instead of the customary 8pm.
Hypothesis: vampires.
Observation: all the local vendors close up shortly after sunset instead of the customary 8pm.
Hypothesis: vampires.
January 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
"If the password you followed brought you to this, of what use was the password?"
Anton Chigurh on cyber-security
😈💻
Anton Chigurh on cyber-security
😈💻
If one password got you the records for 120000 users, the password is not your problem.
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 AM
"If the password you followed brought you to this, of what use was the password?"
Anton Chigurh on cyber-security
😈💻
Anton Chigurh on cyber-security
😈💻
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if you manufacture a device that makes a noise that noise should be fully customizable
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 AM
if you manufacture a device that makes a noise that noise should be fully customizable
I've really enjoyed Carol Scheina's ( @carolscheina.bsky.social ) new short story, "Song of the Last Mermaid." Laconic and beautiful and evocative. 💖
mergansermagazine.com/story/song-o...
mergansermagazine.com/story/song-o...
Song of the Last Mermaid – Merganser Magazine
mergansermagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I've really enjoyed Carol Scheina's ( @carolscheina.bsky.social ) new short story, "Song of the Last Mermaid." Laconic and beautiful and evocative. 💖
mergansermagazine.com/story/song-o...
mergansermagazine.com/story/song-o...
I really wanted to like "Kafka on the Shore," buuut... I'm fine with characters being oddly open about their bodily functions. But when a mature 20-something character gossips with his 15-year-old buddy about the sex life of their elderly boss lady... 🤮 Show, don't tell, Murakami.
DNF @ 30%
DNF @ 30%
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I really wanted to like "Kafka on the Shore," buuut... I'm fine with characters being oddly open about their bodily functions. But when a mature 20-something character gossips with his 15-year-old buddy about the sex life of their elderly boss lady... 🤮 Show, don't tell, Murakami.
DNF @ 30%
DNF @ 30%