Jonathan D. Beer
@jonathandbeer.bsky.social
Sci-fi writer. Freelance author for Black Library. He/him. All views are my own.
Pick up my latest novel, TOMB WORLD, out now!
Pick up my latest novel, TOMB WORLD, out now!
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I've just spotted that KING OF THE SPOIL has tipped over 200 ratings on Goodreads, DOMINION GENESIS is at 199, and TOMB WORLD is sitting on 90.
My thanks to everyone who has sat down with one (or more!) of my books, and even more so if you've dropped a star rating or a review. It's all appreciated!
My thanks to everyone who has sat down with one (or more!) of my books, and even more so if you've dropped a star rating or a review. It's all appreciated!
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In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
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Labour front benchers scratch their heads and wonder why their base has collapsed, why so many people are disillusioned, frustrated, furious. I mean, what is it about pissing on every value and principle your party once upheld that alienates the electorate? Beats me. 🤔
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Labour front benchers scratch their heads and wonder why their base has collapsed, why so many people are disillusioned, frustrated, furious. I mean, what is it about pissing on every value and principle your party once upheld that alienates the electorate? Beats me. 🤔
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Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
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I am firmly Team UBI For Everyone, so I am delighted to see the Irish scheme made permanent.
BUT the points in this short thread resonate strongly with me.
UBI for the workers holding up a hugely profitable industry proves that extractive capitalism is rotten to its core
BUT the points in this short thread resonate strongly with me.
UBI for the workers holding up a hugely profitable industry proves that extractive capitalism is rotten to its core
This is wonderful.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Ireland: a proper country.
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I am firmly Team UBI For Everyone, so I am delighted to see the Irish scheme made permanent.
BUT the points in this short thread resonate strongly with me.
UBI for the workers holding up a hugely profitable industry proves that extractive capitalism is rotten to its core
BUT the points in this short thread resonate strongly with me.
UBI for the workers holding up a hugely profitable industry proves that extractive capitalism is rotten to its core
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70 parliamentarians have written to the Home Office saying the settlement proposals are unfair & need a significant rethink
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
70 parliamentarians have written to the Home Office saying the settlement proposals are unfair & need a significant rethink
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There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
There is literally no better example of textbook fascistic thinking than "Who cares about human rights when the rich are doing so very well"
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I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I’m glad to see people protesting Discord forcing IDs for age verification, but what I need everyone to understand is that there’s immense bipartisan pressure to make the entire internet like this, and they are likely going to succeed unless something drastic happens
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Government Shocks Nation With Good Decision
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Government Shocks Nation With Good Decision
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🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
Revealed: Corporate donations to British politics have tripled
Influential Labour committee chairs call on government to clean up politics as our new analysis finds record £42 million in company donations ahead of last election
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM
🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
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Some of these houses may well become museums.
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Some of these houses may well become museums.
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Project Orion was a bad idea that inspired plenty of sci-fi in its heyday. While science has moved on, @r-emrys.bsky.social looks back at Freeman Dyson's original concept as a potential source of new and exciting speculative stories!
Not in My Atmosphere! — The Pitfalls of Project Orion - Reactor
Can a terrible idea for spaceship propulsion inspire exciting new science fiction?
reactormag.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Project Orion was a bad idea that inspired plenty of sci-fi in its heyday. While science has moved on, @r-emrys.bsky.social looks back at Freeman Dyson's original concept as a potential source of new and exciting speculative stories!
"Mandelson’s treachery is an extreme instance of the dominant mode of UK politics over the past 45 years: the subordination of democracy to the demands of the ultra-rich."
“There is a reason why Mandelson kept returning to government, despite sackings for his over-enthusiastic relationships with plutocrats. He was brought in to do the dirty work. The governments in which he served could loudly claim to be doing something, while subtly and simultaneously undoing it.”
Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
"Mandelson’s treachery is an extreme instance of the dominant mode of UK politics over the past 45 years: the subordination of democracy to the demands of the ultra-rich."
I've just spotted that KING OF THE SPOIL has tipped over 200 ratings on Goodreads, DOMINION GENESIS is at 199, and TOMB WORLD is sitting on 90.
My thanks to everyone who has sat down with one (or more!) of my books, and even more so if you've dropped a star rating or a review. It's all appreciated!
My thanks to everyone who has sat down with one (or more!) of my books, and even more so if you've dropped a star rating or a review. It's all appreciated!
February 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I've just spotted that KING OF THE SPOIL has tipped over 200 ratings on Goodreads, DOMINION GENESIS is at 199, and TOMB WORLD is sitting on 90.
My thanks to everyone who has sat down with one (or more!) of my books, and even more so if you've dropped a star rating or a review. It's all appreciated!
My thanks to everyone who has sat down with one (or more!) of my books, and even more so if you've dropped a star rating or a review. It's all appreciated!
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Anyway I'll be writing to Reform later to demand that they let me speak at their conference on the main stage.
If they refuse me they'll be showing themselves to be enemies of free speech
If they refuse me they'll be showing themselves to be enemies of free speech
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Anyway I'll be writing to Reform later to demand that they let me speak at their conference on the main stage.
If they refuse me they'll be showing themselves to be enemies of free speech
If they refuse me they'll be showing themselves to be enemies of free speech
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The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Away and shite, McSweeney.
You won the lowest vote share of any govt since the war with the genius strategy of "not being the Tory Party", presided over a ferocious attack on the Left, and decided that the best way to see off Reform was to wholly adopt their policies.
Starmer needs to follow him.
You won the lowest vote share of any govt since the war with the genius strategy of "not being the Tory Party", presided over a ferocious attack on the Left, and decided that the best way to see off Reform was to wholly adopt their policies.
Starmer needs to follow him.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, has resigned from government following the revelations about Peter Mandelson in the Epstein files.
Full story: politi.co/4ttOa3i
Full story: politi.co/4ttOa3i
February 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Away and shite, McSweeney.
You won the lowest vote share of any govt since the war with the genius strategy of "not being the Tory Party", presided over a ferocious attack on the Left, and decided that the best way to see off Reform was to wholly adopt their policies.
Starmer needs to follow him.
You won the lowest vote share of any govt since the war with the genius strategy of "not being the Tory Party", presided over a ferocious attack on the Left, and decided that the best way to see off Reform was to wholly adopt their policies.
Starmer needs to follow him.
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Starmer's statement thanks McSweeney for "turning the party around after one of the worst defeats in its history".
Labour currently polling at about 17%.
Labour currently polling at about 17%.
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Starmer's statement thanks McSweeney for "turning the party around after one of the worst defeats in its history".
Labour currently polling at about 17%.
Labour currently polling at about 17%.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
Some pretty bleak quotes for Starmer in here, from Labour ministers, former ministers, and sitting MPs.
Whether he goes now or not, he has shown staggeringly poor judgement in every possible area since he won the election (on the lowest vote share since WW2). Can't believe he'll hang on past May.
Whether he goes now or not, he has shown staggeringly poor judgement in every possible area since he won the election (on the lowest vote share since WW2). Can't believe he'll hang on past May.
EXC:
I can reveal the contents of a memo by Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman in January 2025 warning Number 10 it was making a mistake to hire Mandelson - sent to Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
www.ft.com/content/584a...
I can reveal the contents of a memo by Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman in January 2025 warning Number 10 it was making a mistake to hire Mandelson - sent to Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
www.ft.com/content/584a...
Keir Starmer apologises to victims of Jeffrey Epstein
UK prime minister faces criticism from Labour MPs but insists he is not about to quit
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Some pretty bleak quotes for Starmer in here, from Labour ministers, former ministers, and sitting MPs.
Whether he goes now or not, he has shown staggeringly poor judgement in every possible area since he won the election (on the lowest vote share since WW2). Can't believe he'll hang on past May.
Whether he goes now or not, he has shown staggeringly poor judgement in every possible area since he won the election (on the lowest vote share since WW2). Can't believe he'll hang on past May.
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“The vast majority of people I met . . . consider our appointment of Peter Mandelson an unnecessary provocation. Several people showed me a photograph of him blowing out the birthday candles with Jeffrey Epstein...Withdraw Peter Mandelson. He is the wrong man at the wrong time in the wrong place.”
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
“The vast majority of people I met . . . consider our appointment of Peter Mandelson an unnecessary provocation. Several people showed me a photograph of him blowing out the birthday candles with Jeffrey Epstein...Withdraw Peter Mandelson. He is the wrong man at the wrong time in the wrong place.”