Matt Krause
@slomattkrause.bsky.social
Transplanted myself to Slovenia. Reader of all things, mostly of the speculative and philosophical bent.
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Remember: Just because you like [famous person] doesn't mean they're right. It doesn't mean they're wrong, either.
It means you like someone whose primary quality is charisma (or some other quality unrelated to the matter at hand) and you're in the Halo Effect blast radius.
Because you are human.
It means you like someone whose primary quality is charisma (or some other quality unrelated to the matter at hand) and you're in the Halo Effect blast radius.
Because you are human.
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Remember: Just because you like [famous person] doesn't mean they're right. It doesn't mean they're wrong, either.
It means you like someone whose primary quality is charisma (or some other quality unrelated to the matter at hand) and you're in the Halo Effect blast radius.
Because you are human.
It means you like someone whose primary quality is charisma (or some other quality unrelated to the matter at hand) and you're in the Halo Effect blast radius.
Because you are human.
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You have NO IDEA how hard it has been keeping quiet about this. So friends, AT LAST, THE NEXT BOOK IS ANNOUNCED!
(I'm usually a bit nervy about new stuff but feel like this one is A BANGER.)
reactormag.com/book-announc...
(I'm usually a bit nervy about new stuff but feel like this one is A BANGER.)
reactormag.com/book-announc...
Announcing Mortedant's Peril by RJ Barker - Reactor
Murder, mystery, and magic arrives May 2026 from Tor Books!
reactormag.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You have NO IDEA how hard it has been keeping quiet about this. So friends, AT LAST, THE NEXT BOOK IS ANNOUNCED!
(I'm usually a bit nervy about new stuff but feel like this one is A BANGER.)
reactormag.com/book-announc...
(I'm usually a bit nervy about new stuff but feel like this one is A BANGER.)
reactormag.com/book-announc...
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Sometimes I think the great sin of art, the thing that people don't forgive, is that we do it deliberately.
You write a story, you draw a picture, you knit a sock, you play a song, you don't do it by accident. There's no plausible deniability in the act of creation.
You write a story, you draw a picture, you knit a sock, you play a song, you don't do it by accident. There's no plausible deniability in the act of creation.
February 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Sometimes I think the great sin of art, the thing that people don't forgive, is that we do it deliberately.
You write a story, you draw a picture, you knit a sock, you play a song, you don't do it by accident. There's no plausible deniability in the act of creation.
You write a story, you draw a picture, you knit a sock, you play a song, you don't do it by accident. There's no plausible deniability in the act of creation.
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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
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February 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
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Giveaway time! We're going to be doing a lot more of these over here (rather than Facebook and Insta). Follow us and share to enter to win this ARC of Unexpected Stories from Octavia E. Butler, which is now out of print: subterraneanpress.com/unexpected-s...
Int'l/ends Feb. 2 at noon ET.
Int'l/ends Feb. 2 at noon ET.
January 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Giveaway time! We're going to be doing a lot more of these over here (rather than Facebook and Insta). Follow us and share to enter to win this ARC of Unexpected Stories from Octavia E. Butler, which is now out of print: subterraneanpress.com/unexpected-s...
Int'l/ends Feb. 2 at noon ET.
Int'l/ends Feb. 2 at noon ET.
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Erebor - watercolour and acryla gouache
One of my Tolkien series, featuring a very tiny Bilbo Baggins...
🌟Prints🌟
One of my Tolkien series, featuring a very tiny Bilbo Baggins...
🌟Prints🌟
December 10, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Erebor - watercolour and acryla gouache
One of my Tolkien series, featuring a very tiny Bilbo Baggins...
🌟Prints🌟
One of my Tolkien series, featuring a very tiny Bilbo Baggins...
🌟Prints🌟
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I've decided: I'm giving away a Gunmetal Gods Ultimate Edition here on BlueSky!
To enter the giveaway, follow me, like this post, and repost it.
Shipping worldwide. Winner announced on Friday.
Check out the campaign for Book 2 here (Book 1 is also available): www.kickstarter.com/projects/zam...
To enter the giveaway, follow me, like this post, and repost it.
Shipping worldwide. Winner announced on Friday.
Check out the campaign for Book 2 here (Book 1 is also available): www.kickstarter.com/projects/zam...
November 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
I've decided: I'm giving away a Gunmetal Gods Ultimate Edition here on BlueSky!
To enter the giveaway, follow me, like this post, and repost it.
Shipping worldwide. Winner announced on Friday.
Check out the campaign for Book 2 here (Book 1 is also available): www.kickstarter.com/projects/zam...
To enter the giveaway, follow me, like this post, and repost it.
Shipping worldwide. Winner announced on Friday.
Check out the campaign for Book 2 here (Book 1 is also available): www.kickstarter.com/projects/zam...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #790,906!
September 19, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #790,906!
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Good morning. I recently posted 20 books that mean a lot to me. Because I enjoyed it, I’m going to keep it going for a while with books you might have missed but I think you’d enjoy. This one is from a master of horror.
August 6, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Good morning. I recently posted 20 books that mean a lot to me. Because I enjoyed it, I’m going to keep it going for a while with books you might have missed but I think you’d enjoy. This one is from a master of horror.
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Good morning
via Tom Gauld
via Tom Gauld
June 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Good morning
via Tom Gauld
via Tom Gauld
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I'm a mesomist.
I enjoy the good times, but expect life to be mixed with bad times, and so prepare for them.
I enjoy the good times, but expect life to be mixed with bad times, and so prepare for them.
April 2, 2024 at 6:16 AM
I'm a mesomist.
I enjoy the good times, but expect life to be mixed with bad times, and so prepare for them.
I enjoy the good times, but expect life to be mixed with bad times, and so prepare for them.
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dad pro tip: don’t pick a character voice that’s really hard on your throat when reading to your children
March 30, 2024 at 3:28 AM
dad pro tip: don’t pick a character voice that’s really hard on your throat when reading to your children
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"Yet, even amidst hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
I will depict animosity, but that is in order to show the fact that there is something more precious."
-Miyazaki, Pitch Document for Princess Mononoke
I will depict animosity, but that is in order to show the fact that there is something more precious."
-Miyazaki, Pitch Document for Princess Mononoke
March 15, 2024 at 11:45 AM
"Yet, even amidst hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.
I will depict animosity, but that is in order to show the fact that there is something more precious."
-Miyazaki, Pitch Document for Princess Mononoke
I will depict animosity, but that is in order to show the fact that there is something more precious."
-Miyazaki, Pitch Document for Princess Mononoke
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If you joined Bluesky during the Beta, congratulations, you are now officially a Bluesky Elder! You will be assigned a rocking chair, a single cloud to shake a fist at, and a Chesty Gandalf Action Figure and/or Orca pool floatee while supplies last. Enjoy your new, completely inconsequential status!
February 6, 2024 at 11:22 PM
If you joined Bluesky during the Beta, congratulations, you are now officially a Bluesky Elder! You will be assigned a rocking chair, a single cloud to shake a fist at, and a Chesty Gandalf Action Figure and/or Orca pool floatee while supplies last. Enjoy your new, completely inconsequential status!
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If the current number of fountain pens you own = n, the correct number you should own is n + 1
January 4, 2024 at 5:07 PM
If the current number of fountain pens you own = n, the correct number you should own is n + 1
I’m ready for a walk but we are not on the walk yet. Come on human.
December 30, 2023 at 9:46 AM
I’m ready for a walk but we are not on the walk yet. Come on human.
My favorite reads for 2023:
The Book that Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
Debt: The First 5,000 by David Graeber
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Favorite album:
New Blue Sun by André 3000
The Book that Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
Debt: The First 5,000 by David Graeber
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Favorite album:
New Blue Sun by André 3000
December 30, 2023 at 8:24 AM
My favorite reads for 2023:
The Book that Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
Debt: The First 5,000 by David Graeber
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Favorite album:
New Blue Sun by André 3000
The Book that Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
Debt: The First 5,000 by David Graeber
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Favorite album:
New Blue Sun by André 3000
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And the death of interesting fiction.
Mystery and inconsistencies are important.
Explaining everything is the refuge of weak storytelling.
Mystery and inconsistencies are important.
Explaining everything is the refuge of weak storytelling.
People's insistence on having everything in a given book, movie, or TV show make sense or be brought into harmony with everything else in the story will be the death of me.
December 25, 2023 at 1:08 PM
And the death of interesting fiction.
Mystery and inconsistencies are important.
Explaining everything is the refuge of weak storytelling.
Mystery and inconsistencies are important.
Explaining everything is the refuge of weak storytelling.
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Gotta catch 'em all!
December 17, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Gotta catch 'em all!
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T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
December 9, 2023 at 9:09 PM
T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
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When you're on your way home and need just one more thing
November 30, 2023 at 8:44 PM
When you're on your way home and need just one more thing
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Franz fucking Kafka
November 28, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Franz fucking Kafka
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I have just read "She followed recipes to the letter, adding her own twists" so I think this book and I will be parting company, with velocity.
November 18, 2023 at 8:48 AM
I have just read "She followed recipes to the letter, adding her own twists" so I think this book and I will be parting company, with velocity.
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Just focus on making marks. Don't worry about quality. Start the process of typing, even if it's gibberish.
It'll kick in.
It'll kick in.
November 1, 2023 at 2:38 PM
Just focus on making marks. Don't worry about quality. Start the process of typing, even if it's gibberish.
It'll kick in.
It'll kick in.
Just finished Chapter 4 of Starter Villain by @scalzi.com and it is the greatest thing I have read in a long time. Still wiping away the tears…
September 26, 2023 at 10:36 AM
Just finished Chapter 4 of Starter Villain by @scalzi.com and it is the greatest thing I have read in a long time. Still wiping away the tears…