Kirsten Arcadio
@kharcadio.bsky.social
📚 Reader and writer of speculative fiction and psychological thrillers.
✍️ PhD graduate of creative writing.
🏫 Digital Marketer at Morley College London.
📖 Currently querying my new speculative thriller.
✍️ PhD graduate of creative writing.
🏫 Digital Marketer at Morley College London.
📖 Currently querying my new speculative thriller.
Currently loving A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder by Louise Candlish! Absolute masterclass in voice. #amreading
August 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Currently loving A Neighbour’s Guide to Murder by Louise Candlish! Absolute masterclass in voice. #amreading
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
A second NOVELIST starter pack, inc @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social @angelshartz.bsky.social & many more. If you’re a novelist & I follow you, chances are you’re in one of the two packs. If not, then let me know & I’ll add you. Everyone else, please follow the packs & repost #booksky #writingcommunity
July 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A second NOVELIST starter pack, inc @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social @angelshartz.bsky.social & many more. If you’re a novelist & I follow you, chances are you’re in one of the two packs. If not, then let me know & I’ll add you. Everyone else, please follow the packs & repost #booksky #writingcommunity
Sometimes (in my case, often) all a writer needs is to scramble up a mountain… #amclimbing #amwriting
August 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Sometimes (in my case, often) all a writer needs is to scramble up a mountain… #amclimbing #amwriting
In 2019 I embarked upon my PhD in Creative Writing.
In the years that ensued I ran a hospitality business, held down full time jobs and went through the pandemic.
Some people thought I was mad. But the truth is, I enjoyed it. Doing a PhD let me live a more authentic version of myself.
In the years that ensued I ran a hospitality business, held down full time jobs and went through the pandemic.
Some people thought I was mad. But the truth is, I enjoyed it. Doing a PhD let me live a more authentic version of myself.
July 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In 2019 I embarked upon my PhD in Creative Writing.
In the years that ensued I ran a hospitality business, held down full time jobs and went through the pandemic.
Some people thought I was mad. But the truth is, I enjoyed it. Doing a PhD let me live a more authentic version of myself.
In the years that ensued I ran a hospitality business, held down full time jobs and went through the pandemic.
Some people thought I was mad. But the truth is, I enjoyed it. Doing a PhD let me live a more authentic version of myself.
It’s summer, so this means I double down on reading thrillers.
Something about long insomniac summer nights. Currently racing through a couple of Louise Candlish novels, first The Other Passenger and now The Only Suspect. I love how she builds a layered story.
#amreading #thrillers
Something about long insomniac summer nights. Currently racing through a couple of Louise Candlish novels, first The Other Passenger and now The Only Suspect. I love how she builds a layered story.
#amreading #thrillers
June 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It’s summer, so this means I double down on reading thrillers.
Something about long insomniac summer nights. Currently racing through a couple of Louise Candlish novels, first The Other Passenger and now The Only Suspect. I love how she builds a layered story.
#amreading #thrillers
Something about long insomniac summer nights. Currently racing through a couple of Louise Candlish novels, first The Other Passenger and now The Only Suspect. I love how she builds a layered story.
#amreading #thrillers
This actually a maths book for my daughter but looks like I’m already contemplating my retirement!
The window cleaners waterlogged it spraying water jets full pelt at the letterbox. Thanks guys.
#seniorproblems #firstworldproblems
The window cleaners waterlogged it spraying water jets full pelt at the letterbox. Thanks guys.
#seniorproblems #firstworldproblems
June 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This actually a maths book for my daughter but looks like I’m already contemplating my retirement!
The window cleaners waterlogged it spraying water jets full pelt at the letterbox. Thanks guys.
#seniorproblems #firstworldproblems
The window cleaners waterlogged it spraying water jets full pelt at the letterbox. Thanks guys.
#seniorproblems #firstworldproblems
Main issue with tech is the humans using it. We’re shaping it? An interstellar view on the radio 4 Moral Maze programme being recorded at the @hayfestival.bsky.social today.
May 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Main issue with tech is the humans using it. We’re shaping it? An interstellar view on the radio 4 Moral Maze programme being recorded at the @hayfestival.bsky.social today.
Does AI refine what it means to be human?
Listening to the Moral Maze being recorded live now at the @hayfestival.bsky.social and going out later on Radio 4.
Fascinating. Are we face the same questions we faced 25 years ago with the birth of the internet?
Listening to the Moral Maze being recorded live now at the @hayfestival.bsky.social and going out later on Radio 4.
Fascinating. Are we face the same questions we faced 25 years ago with the birth of the internet?
May 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Does AI refine what it means to be human?
Listening to the Moral Maze being recorded live now at the @hayfestival.bsky.social and going out later on Radio 4.
Fascinating. Are we face the same questions we faced 25 years ago with the birth of the internet?
Listening to the Moral Maze being recorded live now at the @hayfestival.bsky.social and going out later on Radio 4.
Fascinating. Are we face the same questions we faced 25 years ago with the birth of the internet?
Just attended @mikebernerslee.bsky.social’s session on climate change at the @hayfestival.bsky.social. Now pondering on the triumvirate of business, media and politics and the need to work on all three together. The same levers that are pushing ever-increasing inequality.
May 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Just attended @mikebernerslee.bsky.social’s session on climate change at the @hayfestival.bsky.social. Now pondering on the triumvirate of business, media and politics and the need to work on all three together. The same levers that are pushing ever-increasing inequality.
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1837:
Starting to write is like starting to run. It helps to get into a routine. Little and often is easier than trying to do hours at once, and small, manageable goals are easier to achieve - and therefore more motivating - than trying to imagine the finished work.
Starting to write is like starting to run. It helps to get into a routine. Little and often is easier than trying to do hours at once, and small, manageable goals are easier to achieve - and therefore more motivating - than trying to imagine the finished work.
May 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1837:
Starting to write is like starting to run. It helps to get into a routine. Little and often is easier than trying to do hours at once, and small, manageable goals are easier to achieve - and therefore more motivating - than trying to imagine the finished work.
Starting to write is like starting to run. It helps to get into a routine. Little and often is easier than trying to do hours at once, and small, manageable goals are easier to achieve - and therefore more motivating - than trying to imagine the finished work.
Loving Black Mirror S7. It has so many of the themes I explore in my own work: consciousness that lives on in VR (and AI), quantum parallel realities, the evil capitalism + tech has the potential to wreak upon us. As usual, Charlie Brooker does it better. Too good!
#dystopia #speculative
#dystopia #speculative
April 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Loving Black Mirror S7. It has so many of the themes I explore in my own work: consciousness that lives on in VR (and AI), quantum parallel realities, the evil capitalism + tech has the potential to wreak upon us. As usual, Charlie Brooker does it better. Too good!
#dystopia #speculative
#dystopia #speculative
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
here's an interesting Starter Pack for the hybrid types among us, hosted by @edgeoerin.com
go.bsky.app/96Bq1BU
go.bsky.app/96Bq1BU
April 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
here's an interesting Starter Pack for the hybrid types among us, hosted by @edgeoerin.com
go.bsky.app/96Bq1BU
go.bsky.app/96Bq1BU
Rose/House is going straight on my TBR list!
April 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Rose/House is going straight on my TBR list!
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
Today I launch a fundraiser to support the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers who are also writers or would like to be. Anything you can add to the pot will go directly towards bursary funds for our three winners (announced 1st June).
gofund.me/1d8c6564
All in, we can transform lives here x
gofund.me/1d8c6564
All in, we can transform lives here x
Donate to Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers, organised by Anna Vaught
Hello everyone,
I am Anna (aka Dr Anna Vaught - and you may kno… Anna Vaught needs your support for Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers
gofund.me
March 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today I launch a fundraiser to support the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers who are also writers or would like to be. Anything you can add to the pot will go directly towards bursary funds for our three winners (announced 1st June).
gofund.me/1d8c6564
All in, we can transform lives here x
gofund.me/1d8c6564
All in, we can transform lives here x
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
Making an effort to repost (not just like) all the posts on goodness, kindness, beauty, optimism. Be the change you want to see in the world (or at least on BlueSky) 😊
April 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Making an effort to repost (not just like) all the posts on goodness, kindness, beauty, optimism. Be the change you want to see in the world (or at least on BlueSky) 😊
I’m reading Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
April 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I’m reading Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
My PhD in creative writing looked what could happen if a fictional UK government combined VR tech with the threat to society Cadwalladr has been warning us of. The more I researched it, the more worrying it became.
Such an important message. Worth a watch.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
Such an important message. Worth a watch.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
April 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My PhD in creative writing looked what could happen if a fictional UK government combined VR tech with the threat to society Cadwalladr has been warning us of. The more I researched it, the more worrying it became.
Such an important message. Worth a watch.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
Such an important message. Worth a watch.
youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...
I cannot wait for this!
Interesting that Brooker says:
‘…technology is neutral. It might be misused, but it might also be something that gets us out of this fucking mess.’
Meanwhile, why is he such a genius!? What hope for the rest of us working in this genre?
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Interesting that Brooker says:
‘…technology is neutral. It might be misused, but it might also be something that gets us out of this fucking mess.’
Meanwhile, why is he such a genius!? What hope for the rest of us working in this genre?
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘If you want dystopia, look out your window!’ Black Mirror is back – and going beyond tech hell
After years of creating dark, disturbing, thought-provoking TV, Charlie Brooker is changing it up. The creator and star-studded cast of Black Mirror talk about why this season is the most moving and v...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I cannot wait for this!
Interesting that Brooker says:
‘…technology is neutral. It might be misused, but it might also be something that gets us out of this fucking mess.’
Meanwhile, why is he such a genius!? What hope for the rest of us working in this genre?
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Interesting that Brooker says:
‘…technology is neutral. It might be misused, but it might also be something that gets us out of this fucking mess.’
Meanwhile, why is he such a genius!? What hope for the rest of us working in this genre?
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Adolescence. Terrifying.
I can relate.
To
- the bad temper that’s not as bad as the last generation
- the idea your child is safe at home
- the monster within (the internet)
- the struggling schools
- the utter shame. It’s your fault. Society doesn’t work together
There for the grace of god…
I can relate.
To
- the bad temper that’s not as bad as the last generation
- the idea your child is safe at home
- the monster within (the internet)
- the struggling schools
- the utter shame. It’s your fault. Society doesn’t work together
There for the grace of god…
March 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Adolescence. Terrifying.
I can relate.
To
- the bad temper that’s not as bad as the last generation
- the idea your child is safe at home
- the monster within (the internet)
- the struggling schools
- the utter shame. It’s your fault. Society doesn’t work together
There for the grace of god…
I can relate.
To
- the bad temper that’s not as bad as the last generation
- the idea your child is safe at home
- the monster within (the internet)
- the struggling schools
- the utter shame. It’s your fault. Society doesn’t work together
There for the grace of god…
Definitely need to move away from Meta. I worked in UK gov in social media 2014/15 and agree with the comments here that Meta would not share their workings with us. And yet they shared them with CHINA?
Facebook was 'hand in glove' with China, BBC told www.bbc.com/news/article...
Facebook was 'hand in glove' with China, BBC told www.bbc.com/news/article...
Facebook ‘worked hand in glove’ with China, claims ex-director
Social media company considered letting Beijing control content for access to its lucrative market, BBC told.
www.bbc.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Definitely need to move away from Meta. I worked in UK gov in social media 2014/15 and agree with the comments here that Meta would not share their workings with us. And yet they shared them with CHINA?
Facebook was 'hand in glove' with China, BBC told www.bbc.com/news/article...
Facebook was 'hand in glove' with China, BBC told www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the feminine urge to
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
Hi gang. My films ‘In The Loop’ and ‘The Death of Stalin’ are on #BBCFour this evening, at 9pm and 10.40pm. Do enjoy if you’re a fan of repeated threat.
March 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Hi gang. My films ‘In The Loop’ and ‘The Death of Stalin’ are on #BBCFour this evening, at 9pm and 10.40pm. Do enjoy if you’re a fan of repeated threat.
‘Most European countries believe the security of all of Europe, not only the sovereignty of Ukraine, is at stake.’
Seeds sown by Brexit. It was in neither the USA nor Russia’s interests to see the UK remain in the EU.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seeds sown by Brexit. It was in neither the USA nor Russia’s interests to see the UK remain in the EU.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Katya Adler: Can Europe provide a credible answer on Ukraine?
Europe is scrambling to react effectively to the relentlessness and pace of change in Washington, writes Europe editor Katya Adler.
www.bbc.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
‘Most European countries believe the security of all of Europe, not only the sovereignty of Ukraine, is at stake.’
Seeds sown by Brexit. It was in neither the USA nor Russia’s interests to see the UK remain in the EU.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seeds sown by Brexit. It was in neither the USA nor Russia’s interests to see the UK remain in the EU.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Kirsten Arcadio
A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.