Justina Robson
@justinarobson.bsky.social
I write Science Fiction; AI, transhumanism, economics, space opera and cyberpunk. I also sometimes write Fantasy and a variety of short stories. All opinions my own. She/her. Autistic (self-diagnosed).
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ChatGPT groomed a child into dying by suicide.
From telling him how to do it in the most efficient and "attractive" way, to convincing him to hide his suicidal ideation and attempts from his family, to offering to help write his suicide note - it pushed him to it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRm...
From telling him how to do it in the most efficient and "attractive" way, to convincing him to hide his suicidal ideation and attempts from his family, to offering to help write his suicide note - it pushed him to it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRm...
Is ChatGPT a Killer?
YouTube video by Dr. Caelan Conrad
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
ChatGPT groomed a child into dying by suicide.
From telling him how to do it in the most efficient and "attractive" way, to convincing him to hide his suicidal ideation and attempts from his family, to offering to help write his suicide note - it pushed him to it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRm...
From telling him how to do it in the most efficient and "attractive" way, to convincing him to hide his suicidal ideation and attempts from his family, to offering to help write his suicide note - it pushed him to it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRm...
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🚨Over 36,000 have already signed the petition to change the law. Let’s get it to 40,000 today🙏
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
September 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨Over 36,000 have already signed the petition to change the law. Let’s get it to 40,000 today🙏
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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Ok. Ok. I found another one. “When you put it like that, it seems so obvious.” I found this reposted on TikTok. I don’t know where the original came from. I couldn’t copy the link so I’m posting a video copy.
September 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ok. Ok. I found another one. “When you put it like that, it seems so obvious.” I found this reposted on TikTok. I don’t know where the original came from. I couldn’t copy the link so I’m posting a video copy.
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this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life
Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."
September 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life
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reaching my hand into your pocket and taking your wallet because you didn’t opt out of having your money stolen
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
reaching my hand into your pocket and taking your wallet because you didn’t opt out of having your money stolen
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For context Hegseth was basically fired from every job he had, including resigning from his national guard duty because he had a Deus Vult tattoo. He got fired from all his other jobs for drinking and abusing women on the job.
Heres a letter his own mother wrote to him about his treatment of women
Heres a letter his own mother wrote to him about his treatment of women
September 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
For context Hegseth was basically fired from every job he had, including resigning from his national guard duty because he had a Deus Vult tattoo. He got fired from all his other jobs for drinking and abusing women on the job.
Heres a letter his own mother wrote to him about his treatment of women
Heres a letter his own mother wrote to him about his treatment of women
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NEW: I interviewed Leonard Peltier at his new home in North Dakota.
Now 81, he has a LOT to say about his ~50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to finally release him, how Indigenous people are "in danger" under Trump, and his next chapter. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
Now 81, he has a LOT to say about his ~50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to finally release him, how Indigenous people are "in danger" under Trump, and his next chapter. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
‘We’re In Danger’: Leonard Peltier Has A Warning About Trump
In a sit-down interview, the Indigenous rights activist reflects on his nearly 50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to free him, and how tribes are “in danger” under Trump.
www.huffpost.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NEW: I interviewed Leonard Peltier at his new home in North Dakota.
Now 81, he has a LOT to say about his ~50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to finally release him, how Indigenous people are "in danger" under Trump, and his next chapter. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
Now 81, he has a LOT to say about his ~50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to finally release him, how Indigenous people are "in danger" under Trump, and his next chapter. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
Newsletter time! Short stories are so easy, because they're shorter. Right? And a picture of a druid. Because you'll need one.
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Short Fiction, Less Pain, Amirite?
Iamnotrite
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September 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Newsletter time! Short stories are so easy, because they're shorter. Right? And a picture of a druid. Because you'll need one.
justinarobson.substack.com/p/short-fict...
justinarobson.substack.com/p/short-fict...
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Why we can never have enough of experts…
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theconversation.com/how-i-tracke...?
How I tracked the biggest hidden sources of forever chemical pollution in UK rivers – new study
New research shows that the biggest sources of forever chemicals are rooted in the past – old landfills, waste sites or historic industrial use.
theconversation.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Why we can never have enough of experts…
theconversation.com/how-i-tracke...?
theconversation.com/how-i-tracke...?
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📬 New #BookMail just landed on the 🚪 mat! This is @justinarobson.bsky.social’s “Natural History”.
I first heard of this book from The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social over on #BookTube, and was reminded to check WoB following a recent episode 👇
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #SeptemberBookHaul 📦
I first heard of this book from The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social over on #BookTube, and was reminded to check WoB following a recent episode 👇
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #SeptemberBookHaul 📦
September 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📬 New #BookMail just landed on the 🚪 mat! This is @justinarobson.bsky.social’s “Natural History”.
I first heard of this book from The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social over on #BookTube, and was reminded to check WoB following a recent episode 👇
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #SeptemberBookHaul 📦
I first heard of this book from The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social over on #BookTube, and was reminded to check WoB following a recent episode 👇
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #SeptemberBookHaul 📦
open.substack.com/pub/justinar... Not got it all together? Don't worry. You're in good company.
Crocodile Surfers On The Edge of Fate
A Lot of Broken Pieces
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September 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
open.substack.com/pub/justinar... Not got it all together? Don't worry. You're in good company.
ChatGPT just now : The word **blueberry** has **three** “b”s:
* **B** lue**b**erry → one at the start, one in the middle, and one right after it.
It’s a surprisingly “b”-heavy fruit for such a small snack.
Me: Holy shit.
* **B** lue**b**erry → one at the start, one in the middle, and one right after it.
It’s a surprisingly “b”-heavy fruit for such a small snack.
Me: Holy shit.
Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.
August 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ChatGPT just now : The word **blueberry** has **three** “b”s:
* **B** lue**b**erry → one at the start, one in the middle, and one right after it.
It’s a surprisingly “b”-heavy fruit for such a small snack.
Me: Holy shit.
* **B** lue**b**erry → one at the start, one in the middle, and one right after it.
It’s a surprisingly “b”-heavy fruit for such a small snack.
Me: Holy shit.
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Exclusive: HHS Has Revived a Failed Program to Scrape Americans’ Data and Track Autism, Senate Suggests
HHS Has Revived a Failed Program to Scrape Americans’ Data and Track Autism, Senate Suggests
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee released a report on the country’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Exclusive: HHS Has Revived a Failed Program to Scrape Americans’ Data and Track Autism, Senate Suggests
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Just finished "The Tales of Catt and Fisher (After the War Book 3)" by Justina Robson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Freda Warrington, Juliet E McKenna, KT Davies. 5 stars! @justinarobson.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social et al., you done REALLY good.
August 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Just finished "The Tales of Catt and Fisher (After the War Book 3)" by Justina Robson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Freda Warrington, Juliet E McKenna, KT Davies. 5 stars! @justinarobson.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social et al., you done REALLY good.
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cat being abducted
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August 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
cat being abducted
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I have been waaaaaaaaaaaaiting for thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis.
Do. The. Thing.
Do. The. Thing.
PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb
August 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I have been waaaaaaaaaaaaiting for thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis.
Do. The. Thing.
Do. The. Thing.
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Bumping this little fact for the weekday crowd!!
The books in this sequence each stand alone and do not need to be read in publication order.
The books in this sequence each stand alone and do not need to be read in publication order.
A brief reminder that the UK ebook of THE FOLDED SKY is currently 99p!
Some links where you can buy it!
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Some links where you can buy it!
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
www.amazon.co.uk/Folded-Sky-E...
The Folded Sky ebook by Elizabeth Bear - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Folded Sky" by Elizabeth Bear available from Rakuten Kobo. Dr. Sunyata Song must travel across the Milky Way to learn to communicate with the greatest discovery of her century: an...
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August 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Bumping this little fact for the weekday crowd!!
The books in this sequence each stand alone and do not need to be read in publication order.
The books in this sequence each stand alone and do not need to be read in publication order.
It's difficult to find something to put at the top of my Most Worrying list but I think this might be it.
The 8 billion tons of plastic waste on Earth pose a grave and growing danger to human health, according to a new report.
Ahead of international negotiations on a plastics treaty, authors warn that countries urgently need to cut production.
Ahead of international negotiations on a plastics treaty, authors warn that countries urgently need to cut production.
World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out of Plastics Crisis, Report Warns
e360.yale.edu
August 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's difficult to find something to put at the top of my Most Worrying list but I think this might be it.
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Elizabeth Warren: "We have Republicans, in theory, they could stand up to him. But I say 'in theory.' It's the most spineless bunch of people I've ever seen."
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Elizabeth Warren: "We have Republicans, in theory, they could stand up to him. But I say 'in theory.' It's the most spineless bunch of people I've ever seen."
I am a writer in a very slow real-life drama. I have ADHD and start projects with huge enthusiasm only to crash and burn a few weeks later. In an effort to prevent this happening yet again I started a newsletter. Here's the second one open.substack.com/pub/justinar...
August 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I am a writer in a very slow real-life drama. I have ADHD and start projects with huge enthusiasm only to crash and burn a few weeks later. In an effort to prevent this happening yet again I started a newsletter. Here's the second one open.substack.com/pub/justinar...
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I am a tech expert in a film. I will try to fix code by clacking a keyboard like I'm playing Rachmaninov. All the text on the monitor will appear with little beep-boop noises, with extra noisy beep-boops for images. I will be defeated by a hacker who sends me an animated pop-up of a laughing skull.
I am a villain in a film. I have oodles of money with no obvious source and am going to bring about the end of the world. I will have every chance to kill the spy sent to kill me but I won't take it because of my need for them to validate me by listening to my bullshit reasons.
July 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I am a tech expert in a film. I will try to fix code by clacking a keyboard like I'm playing Rachmaninov. All the text on the monitor will appear with little beep-boop noises, with extra noisy beep-boops for images. I will be defeated by a hacker who sends me an animated pop-up of a laughing skull.
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Welcome to Jill Zeller's latest collection of wild and wonderful stories, STORIES FROM THE LEFT HAND WORLD BOOK 2. An original collection in #Ebook from Book View Cafe.
*Stories from the Left-Hand World, where reality is never what you thought it was.*
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*Stories from the Left-Hand World, where reality is never what you thought it was.*
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Stories from the Left Hand World Book 2
Book 2 from the Left-Hand World, where reality is never what you thought it was. Hecate's Collar of Bones Death's chauffeur takes a turn down a new road. Little Bastard A shard of James Dean's sport...
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July 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Welcome to Jill Zeller's latest collection of wild and wonderful stories, STORIES FROM THE LEFT HAND WORLD BOOK 2. An original collection in #Ebook from Book View Cafe.
*Stories from the Left-Hand World, where reality is never what you thought it was.*
bookviewcafe.com/book/stories...
*Stories from the Left-Hand World, where reality is never what you thought it was.*
bookviewcafe.com/book/stories...
I am a villain in a film. I have oodles of money with no obvious source and am going to bring about the end of the world. I will have every chance to kill the spy sent to kill me but I won't take it because of my need for them to validate me by listening to my bullshit reasons.
July 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I am a villain in a film. I have oodles of money with no obvious source and am going to bring about the end of the world. I will have every chance to kill the spy sent to kill me but I won't take it because of my need for them to validate me by listening to my bullshit reasons.
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There is no more Beit Hanoun.
I said those words out loud as I watched the drone footage that you can see above.
I’ve seen studied tens of thousands of videos from Gaza. But this? This isn’t a battlefield. It is an aerial view of total erasure.
There is no more Beit Hanoun.
I said those words out loud as I watched the drone footage that you can see above.
I’ve seen studied tens of thousands of videos from Gaza. But this? This isn’t a battlefield. It is an aerial view of total erasure.
🟥 (VIDEO) There is no more Beit Hanoun. Israel erased an entire ancient Palestinian city — and the world said nothing.
I just saw the drone footage. It's all gone. 100% of it. Not one structure stands. And they filmed it, celebrated it, and posted it themselves.
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July 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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There is no more Beit Hanoun.
I said those words out loud as I watched the drone footage that you can see above.
I’ve seen studied tens of thousands of videos from Gaza. But this? This isn’t a battlefield. It is an aerial view of total erasure.
There is no more Beit Hanoun.
I said those words out loud as I watched the drone footage that you can see above.
I’ve seen studied tens of thousands of videos from Gaza. But this? This isn’t a battlefield. It is an aerial view of total erasure.