Juliet E McKenna
@julietemckenna.bsky.social
Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
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Hello to new folk. I write epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. For more about the books, see www.julietemckenna.com All opinions I express online are absolutely my own. I boost what looks like good reading and interesting things. I block intolerance and aggression
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Remember, when journalists just let trans people live their lives in peace, it’s “ideological capture”, but when they use their own personal anti-trans beliefs to lead a campaign to close down the only place in the country trans youth received healthcare, it’s absolutely fine, nothing to see here.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Remember, when journalists just let trans people live their lives in peace, it’s “ideological capture”, but when they use their own personal anti-trans beliefs to lead a campaign to close down the only place in the country trans youth received healthcare, it’s absolutely fine, nothing to see here.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation!
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
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Coral Spawning 2025
YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust
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November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation!
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...
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Lucky to catch the last weekend of the stunning San Casciano bronzes' visit to Berlin - these sculptures were ritually buried at a Tuscan healing sanctuary in the 1st century CE after a lightning strike, & were excavated in the last few years. So revelatory about ancient religious practice
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Lucky to catch the last weekend of the stunning San Casciano bronzes' visit to Berlin - these sculptures were ritually buried at a Tuscan healing sanctuary in the 1st century CE after a lightning strike, & were excavated in the last few years. So revelatory about ancient religious practice
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"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
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Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
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Widely applicable.
By practice, artists mean:
Learning/refining to the point you improve beyond where you started.
Learning from others and/or paying attention to a wide range of styles or approaches.
And a little reflection with regard to what you're doing.
Learning/refining to the point you improve beyond where you started.
Learning from others and/or paying attention to a wide range of styles or approaches.
And a little reflection with regard to what you're doing.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Widely applicable.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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Let's hear from the illustrator/artists, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've drawn, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator
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November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Let's hear from the illustrator/artists, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've drawn, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator
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#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator
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The edges are fraying (or maybe the Edges): they sold the cow for some magic beans but instead of a giant with a golden-egg-laying-hen their beanstalk is topped with a useless, gold-gobbling, ogre.
Microsoft’s trying a new strategy to reach Gen Z by using influencers to promote Copilot as a lifestyle tool, not just a productivity app
Microsoft Bets on Influencers Like Alix Earle to Close the Gap With ChatGPT
Microsoft Corp., eager to boost downloads of its Copilot chatbot, has recruited some of the most popular influencers in America to push a message to young consumers that might be summed up as: Our AI assistant is as cool as ChatGPT.
bloom.bg
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The edges are fraying (or maybe the Edges): they sold the cow for some magic beans but instead of a giant with a golden-egg-laying-hen their beanstalk is topped with a useless, gold-gobbling, ogre.
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A reminder that we're hosting the first European Conference on the Fantastic, Fantasy's Present Pasts, in Glasgow next summer (23rd-25th June 2026). The Call for Papers and Sessions can be found here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20.... Closes 12th December. Please do consider submitting!
Fantasy’s Present Pasts – Call for Papers and Sessions – Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic
fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A reminder that we're hosting the first European Conference on the Fantastic, Fantasy's Present Pasts, in Glasgow next summer (23rd-25th June 2026). The Call for Papers and Sessions can be found here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20.... Closes 12th December. Please do consider submitting!
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Every fairy tale is about how the woods are so deadly that we'd rather go hang out with the witch or the beast or the wolf instead.
You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Every fairy tale is about how the woods are so deadly that we'd rather go hang out with the witch or the beast or the wolf instead.
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Finished @alansmale.bsky.social's great alt-history novel Hot Moon this week - perfect NASApunk stuff to fill the gap before the next season of #ForAllMankind... 🔥🌖
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Finished @alansmale.bsky.social's great alt-history novel Hot Moon this week - perfect NASApunk stuff to fill the gap before the next season of #ForAllMankind... 🔥🌖
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Tomorrow is the official release date for the hardback edition of HAZE! It's the library and collectors edition, so it has extras: a short story and some illustrations.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Tomorrow is the official release date for the hardback edition of HAZE! It's the library and collectors edition, so it has extras: a short story and some illustrations.
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PUB TOMORROW!
LETTERS FROM AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY by World Fantasy Award winner @theodoragoss.bsky.social
buff.ly/ZeOVp7f
introduction by @bluejo.bsky.social
3 #giveways
@thestorygraph.com buff.ly/fAUS9Iw
#goodreads buff.ly/055IqCm
@fantasycafe.bsky.social buff.ly/HhnMtbe
LETTERS FROM AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY by World Fantasy Award winner @theodoragoss.bsky.social
buff.ly/ZeOVp7f
introduction by @bluejo.bsky.social
3 #giveways
@thestorygraph.com buff.ly/fAUS9Iw
#goodreads buff.ly/055IqCm
@fantasycafe.bsky.social buff.ly/HhnMtbe
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
PUB TOMORROW!
LETTERS FROM AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY by World Fantasy Award winner @theodoragoss.bsky.social
buff.ly/ZeOVp7f
introduction by @bluejo.bsky.social
3 #giveways
@thestorygraph.com buff.ly/fAUS9Iw
#goodreads buff.ly/055IqCm
@fantasycafe.bsky.social buff.ly/HhnMtbe
LETTERS FROM AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY by World Fantasy Award winner @theodoragoss.bsky.social
buff.ly/ZeOVp7f
introduction by @bluejo.bsky.social
3 #giveways
@thestorygraph.com buff.ly/fAUS9Iw
#goodreads buff.ly/055IqCm
@fantasycafe.bsky.social buff.ly/HhnMtbe
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Hertz has been divesting from Tesla vehicles and selling them over the last 2 years, as declining resale values crushed its fleet economics amid Tesla slashing prices due to declining demand over the last 3 years.
Hertz has been divesting from Tesla vehicles and selling them over the last 2 years, as declining resale values crushed its fleet economics amid Tesla slashing prices due to declining demand over the last 3 years.
Tesla can’t sell its cars anymore so it is renting them now
Tesla is launching a new car rental program out of its stores in the US, as sales are crashing due...
electrek.co
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
meanwhile
Hertz has been divesting from Tesla vehicles and selling them over the last 2 years, as declining resale values crushed its fleet economics amid Tesla slashing prices due to declining demand over the last 3 years.
Hertz has been divesting from Tesla vehicles and selling them over the last 2 years, as declining resale values crushed its fleet economics amid Tesla slashing prices due to declining demand over the last 3 years.
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#Booksky We would love to get some more eyeballs on our latest title, M.Christian’s gay vampires with a twist novel, RUNNING DRY. Are you a book reviewer (any platform) who enjoys queer horror? Let us help! We have eARCs!
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#Booksky We would love to get some more eyeballs on our latest title, M.Christian’s gay vampires with a twist novel, RUNNING DRY. Are you a book reviewer (any platform) who enjoys queer horror? Let us help! We have eARCs!
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Discovery in the Judean Desert Reveals a Widespread Practice of Forging Royal Purple Garments in Ancient Rome
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/d...
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Discovery in the Judean Desert Reveals a Widespread Practice of Forging Royal Purple Garments in Ancient Rome
Clothing in antiquity functioned as an immediately legible social code, a woven system of signs in which the appearance of a garment, the nature of its raw materials, the details of its ornamentation,...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Discovery in the Judean Desert Reveals a Widespread Practice of Forging Royal Purple Garments in Ancient Rome
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/d...
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/d...
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This is a fantastic series of posts about subsistence farming and why your ancestors will rise from the grave and smack you if you return to it after they got out.
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social did a fantastic series on that reality recently.
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Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households
This is the first post in a series discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. Prior to the industria…
acoup.blog
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a fantastic series of posts about subsistence farming and why your ancestors will rise from the grave and smack you if you return to it after they got out.
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These threats are grim, disgusting and unacceptable.
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
David Tennant’s wife Georgia issues plea to police after receiving death threats
The actress has been targeted by trolls several times before.
metro.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
These threats are grim, disgusting and unacceptable.
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
They’re really common among anti-trans obsessives.
Which is why they were banned so often from social networks. It wasn’t censorship, it was standards.
Removing those rules has only emboldened hate:
metro.co.uk/2025/11/08/d...
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People are being accused of "reading performatively", that is reading in public as a way of showing off or 'looking cool'?
That sounds like an accusation made by people who don't read.
That sounds like an accusation made by people who don't read.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
People are being accused of "reading performatively", that is reading in public as a way of showing off or 'looking cool'?
That sounds like an accusation made by people who don't read.
That sounds like an accusation made by people who don't read.
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If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If 10% of my business was based on defrauding and scamming people, and was called a "pillar of the global fraud economy", I would have some serious moral qualms about my business. Not our friends at Meta though.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Just finished "The Green Man's Heir" by Juliet E. McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social. Cracking good stuff!! Now I’ve got a whole series to read!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just finished "The Green Man's Heir" by Juliet E. McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social. Cracking good stuff!! Now I’ve got a whole series to read!!
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Love novellas? How about two in one book? In Wiz Duo 2, Juliet Kemp sends a reluctant knight on a quest, while E M Faulds gives her heroine a superpower that totally sucks.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Love novellas? How about two in one book? In Wiz Duo 2, Juliet Kemp sends a reluctant knight on a quest, while E M Faulds gives her heroine a superpower that totally sucks.
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Even the lawns at the Radcliffe Camera have stories to tell. 👏
This new pattern, designed by University Parks team leader James, transforms one of Oxford’s most iconic spaces into a work of art.
📸 | @jimigk13 (instagram)
This new pattern, designed by University Parks team leader James, transforms one of Oxford’s most iconic spaces into a work of art.
📸 | @jimigk13 (instagram)
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Even the lawns at the Radcliffe Camera have stories to tell. 👏
This new pattern, designed by University Parks team leader James, transforms one of Oxford’s most iconic spaces into a work of art.
📸 | @jimigk13 (instagram)
This new pattern, designed by University Parks team leader James, transforms one of Oxford’s most iconic spaces into a work of art.
📸 | @jimigk13 (instagram)
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I read this in the week and it's another corker. Highly recommended -- I am starting a a series reread off the back of it.
Just published, the new Green Man book: wizardstowerpress.co...
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I read this in the week and it's another corker. Highly recommended -- I am starting a a series reread off the back of it.