Joris Meijer
@jtmeijer.bsky.social
Dutch. He/him
Mostly catching up with books and other creative media by cultural osmosis these days.
Mostly catching up with books and other creative media by cultural osmosis these days.
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I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
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I know Frankenstein's all the rage right now, so maaaaybe you'd like this poem of mine, published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social -- A Lovesong From Frankenstein's Monster:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I know Frankenstein's all the rage right now, so maaaaybe you'd like this poem of mine, published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social -- A Lovesong From Frankenstein's Monster:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
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Please preorder our book, shit's getting weird again.
#scifi #fantasy #YA #comic #comics #webcomic #webcomics #preorder
#scifi #fantasy #YA #comic #comics #webcomic #webcomics #preorder
You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 NOW! - Side Quested Webcomic
Yes, finally! You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 wherever books are sold! Here are convenient links to some of the big stores (but your local indie brick-and-mortar store will also…
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November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I'm not sure if I've ever seen a Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris) before but I'm immediately a big fan. Look at those tiny little ears! For a rabbit anyway.
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris) before but I'm immediately a big fan. Look at those tiny little ears! For a rabbit anyway.
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Library foxes!
Available on things (a case? an apron?) at Redbubble www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/4451...
and on fabric/wallpaper at Spoonflower www.spoonflower.com/en/products/...
Available on things (a case? an apron?) at Redbubble www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/4451...
and on fabric/wallpaper at Spoonflower www.spoonflower.com/en/products/...
Library Foxes by tanaudel | Redbubble
A variety of book loving foxes staying up way past their bedtime to find out what happens next.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Library foxes!
Available on things (a case? an apron?) at Redbubble www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/4451...
and on fabric/wallpaper at Spoonflower www.spoonflower.com/en/products/...
Available on things (a case? an apron?) at Redbubble www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/4451...
and on fabric/wallpaper at Spoonflower www.spoonflower.com/en/products/...
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Fancy yourself a little #SFF and #horror? #Specfic broadly conceived? About doors?
You an add ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals on goodreads!
Check it with @aimeecozza.com 's gorgeous cover.
Pub day is December 2nd!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
You an add ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals on goodreads!
Check it with @aimeecozza.com 's gorgeous cover.
Pub day is December 2nd!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals
Breaking into publishing can feel like knocking on a cl…
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November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Fancy yourself a little #SFF and #horror? #Specfic broadly conceived? About doors?
You an add ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals on goodreads!
Check it with @aimeecozza.com 's gorgeous cover.
Pub day is December 2nd!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
You an add ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals on goodreads!
Check it with @aimeecozza.com 's gorgeous cover.
Pub day is December 2nd!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Oh hey, my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set usually costs $9.99/£7.99, but right now, you can snap it up in the Leading Ladies @storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books for just $25 in total! Check it out:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
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Behold*! The audio version of my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS read by Kate Baker.
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
The Apologists by Tade Thompson (audio)
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Behold*! The audio version of my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS read by Kate Baker.
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
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Dear friends. I’ve done something different launching Legenda by targeting independent bookshops. I didn’t drive all sales to Amazon. So I’m relying on those of you that are reading it to share reviews & spread the word. I want this book to be supported by readers, not algorithms.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dear friends. I’ve done something different launching Legenda by targeting independent bookshops. I didn’t drive all sales to Amazon. So I’m relying on those of you that are reading it to share reviews & spread the word. I want this book to be supported by readers, not algorithms.
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Need some bats? They're frolicking here (on various objects):
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/9038...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/9038...
A frolic of bats by tanaudel | Redbubble
A flock of bats pursue stars.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Need some bats? They're frolicking here (on various objects):
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/9038...
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/9038...
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Thought I’d re-boost this English version of my Dutch story, Hymne van de Overlevers which was published first in the Dutch anthology De Komeet. Now free to read on Philippine Genre Stories. philippinegenrestories.com/2025/08/hymn...
Hymn to Life
by Rochita C. Ruiz Image from publicdomainpictures.net . . . strangers meet on a distant world, . . . . . . . are they still strangers? -Hebr Hesni, 10th elder of the Tindugan Cou…
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November 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Thought I’d re-boost this English version of my Dutch story, Hymne van de Overlevers which was published first in the Dutch anthology De Komeet. Now free to read on Philippine Genre Stories. philippinegenrestories.com/2025/08/hymn...
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Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Get in touch if you want to chat!
Some of the local youngsters
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some of the local youngsters
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It’s a shame that this needs to be said again (and again). Good literary translations are hard work, and they are not algorithmically solvable or mappable. When I write both Dutch & English versions of a story, they tend to become different stories.
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s a shame that this needs to be said again (and again). Good literary translations are hard work, and they are not algorithmically solvable or mappable. When I write both Dutch & English versions of a story, they tend to become different stories.
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I need a word!
What’s the word for when your interest and focus is outward focused rather than inward? I can’t figure out how better to explain it so my googling is failing.
What’s the word for when your interest and focus is outward focused rather than inward? I can’t figure out how better to explain it so my googling is failing.
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I need a word!
What’s the word for when your interest and focus is outward focused rather than inward? I can’t figure out how better to explain it so my googling is failing.
What’s the word for when your interest and focus is outward focused rather than inward? I can’t figure out how better to explain it so my googling is failing.
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NEW — LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
#StarTrek #Lego
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/lego...
#StarTrek #Lego
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/lego...
LEGO Unveils New 3600-Piece STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D Brick Set
LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability Shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
blog.trekcore.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW — LEGO finally unveils their long-rumored 3600pc, $400 STAR TREK: TNG Enterprise-D brick set and limited-availability shuttlepod kit, coming in late November
#StarTrek #Lego
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/lego...
#StarTrek #Lego
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/lego...
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5 november 2025
Volle Maan (14.19 uur). ’s Avonds om 19.30 uur zie je de maan al vrij hoog aan de oostelijke hemel. De afstand tot de aarde is kleiner dan normaal, zodat er sprake is van een zogeheten ‘supermaan’ – 7% groter en 14% helderder dan gemiddeld.
Volle Maan (14.19 uur). ’s Avonds om 19.30 uur zie je de maan al vrij hoog aan de oostelijke hemel. De afstand tot de aarde is kleiner dan normaal, zodat er sprake is van een zogeheten ‘supermaan’ – 7% groter en 14% helderder dan gemiddeld.
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
5 november 2025
Volle Maan (14.19 uur). ’s Avonds om 19.30 uur zie je de maan al vrij hoog aan de oostelijke hemel. De afstand tot de aarde is kleiner dan normaal, zodat er sprake is van een zogeheten ‘supermaan’ – 7% groter en 14% helderder dan gemiddeld.
Volle Maan (14.19 uur). ’s Avonds om 19.30 uur zie je de maan al vrij hoog aan de oostelijke hemel. De afstand tot de aarde is kleiner dan normaal, zodat er sprake is van een zogeheten ‘supermaan’ – 7% groter en 14% helderder dan gemiddeld.
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This may interest some of you:
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This may interest some of you:
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
The first space opera by a Black Author, John P. Moore's THE MARTIAN TRILOGY, is now available, thanks to the work of Dr. Lisa P. Yaszek and others. Originally published in THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION in 1930.
www.amazon.com/Martian-Tril...
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
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Y’all remember the book my friend wrote that I said was damn near a perfect book? Somebody big-time agrees with me because it’s an Amazon First Reads book and you can read it secure in the knowledge that there are no severed heads this time! www.amazon.com/Snake-Eater-...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
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November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Y’all remember the book my friend wrote that I said was damn near a perfect book? Somebody big-time agrees with me because it’s an Amazon First Reads book and you can read it secure in the knowledge that there are no severed heads this time! www.amazon.com/Snake-Eater-...
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She soon learns that the house breeds books.
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
She soon learns that the house breeds books.
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The first match in #OreCup is on now as #Galena and #Copper battle for your vote. Do you favour the lead ore or the native metal?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The first match in #OreCup is on now as #Galena and #Copper battle for your vote. Do you favour the lead ore or the native metal?
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
Results:
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Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social.
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
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99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
Children of Time ebook by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Children of Time Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel" by Adrian Tchaikovsky available from Rakuten Kobo. Humanity is overrated.
**The tenth anniversary edition of...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social.
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
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Hey, Kids, Stories!
Clarkesworld # 230.
Features my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS.
Also stories by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social and @izom-chisom.bsky.social and others!
Clarkesworld # 230.
Features my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS.
Also stories by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social and @izom-chisom.bsky.social and others!
Issue 230
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hey, Kids, Stories!
Clarkesworld # 230.
Features my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS.
Also stories by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social and @izom-chisom.bsky.social and others!
Clarkesworld # 230.
Features my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS.
Also stories by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social and @izom-chisom.bsky.social and others!