Andy W. Taylor
@sooguy68.bsky.social
Canadian writer of speculative fiction who buys more books & comics than he can ever hope to read. Viable Paradise (VP19), Codex, TWUOC, CSFFA, Playwright Junction. Cancer Survivor. He/Him
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Andy W. Taylor
@sooguy68.bsky.social
· Dec 7
"I woke up this morning feeling weird, disoriented, and uncomfortable. Then I remembered I was in Sudbury and it all started to make sense." - Ramona, Roadkill (1989)
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Are we going to have an election after tonight's budget vote?
I'm still betting on no, but if we do, it's going to be by way of an utter farce.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/are-we-abo...
I'm still betting on no, but if we do, it's going to be by way of an utter farce.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/are-we-abo...
Is Canada Getting A Surprise Election For Christmas This Year?
I don't think so. But we might end up with one by accident. That would be a mistake.
www.davidmoscrop.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Are we going to have an election after tonight's budget vote?
I'm still betting on no, but if we do, it's going to be by way of an utter farce.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/are-we-abo...
I'm still betting on no, but if we do, it's going to be by way of an utter farce.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/are-we-abo...
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Hmm ... thinking of superheroes still, and specifically about flag heroes
(Your Captains America, Britain, etc ...)
Would a Pride flag hero be kitsch or cringe?
(Your Captains America, Britain, etc ...)
Would a Pride flag hero be kitsch or cringe?
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hmm ... thinking of superheroes still, and specifically about flag heroes
(Your Captains America, Britain, etc ...)
Would a Pride flag hero be kitsch or cringe?
(Your Captains America, Britain, etc ...)
Would a Pride flag hero be kitsch or cringe?
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A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case.
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case.
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Conflicts over freshwater resources are accelerating.
Data from the new update of the Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology.
www.worldwater.org
Data from the new update of the Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology.
www.worldwater.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Conflicts over freshwater resources are accelerating.
Data from the new update of the Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology.
www.worldwater.org
Data from the new update of the Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology.
www.worldwater.org
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A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY—Over 600 Pages!
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud,...
subterraneanpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.
I’ve recently bought new releases by 3 local authors and I wanted give a shout out each of the authors in the hope that they might find more readers via BlueSky. Each are self-published and I know how hard they work to promote their books and connect with audiences.
So let’s go!
1/8
So let’s go!
1/8
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’ve recently bought new releases by 3 local authors and I wanted give a shout out each of the authors in the hope that they might find more readers via BlueSky. Each are self-published and I know how hard they work to promote their books and connect with audiences.
So let’s go!
1/8
So let’s go!
1/8
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November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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One week until my story, "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way," edited by the splendid @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social, drops on Reactor.
Check out the cover! I absolutely love it.
Check out the cover! I absolutely love it.
A child who falls through the cracks in a world run by machines and politics might be the savior of all humanity...
Next week. "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way" by @benjaminrosenbaum.com at Reactor!
Art by Tom Dearie
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
Next week. "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way" by @benjaminrosenbaum.com at Reactor!
Art by Tom Dearie
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One week until my story, "Regarding the Childhood of Morrigan, Who Was Chosen to Open the Way," edited by the splendid @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social, drops on Reactor.
Check out the cover! I absolutely love it.
Check out the cover! I absolutely love it.
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THREAD.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
THREAD.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
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Day one of the TTL end of year reading starts with They Take You As They Find You by @lynorlane.bsky.social. Four youngsters and a non-talking animal in a van, looking into mysteries. Sound familiar? But this story has something different to say about monsters.
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Day one of the TTL end of year reading starts with They Take You As They Find You by @lynorlane.bsky.social. Four youngsters and a non-talking animal in a van, looking into mysteries. Sound familiar? But this story has something different to say about monsters.
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It is very weird when US media does not report on the safety concerns, which are top of the list for Canadians I know. Yeah we are also pissed off but we've been pissed off since January, the decline was not gonna keep declining based purely on "elbows up."
I legitimately think this article misses the mark, because Canadians are not avoiding travel out of some principled boycott of the USA over tariffs.
Canadians who are avoiding the USA are seeing images of masked government thugs kidnapping people and teargassing children.
Canadians who are avoiding the USA are seeing images of masked government thugs kidnapping people and teargassing children.
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It is very weird when US media does not report on the safety concerns, which are top of the list for Canadians I know. Yeah we are also pissed off but we've been pissed off since January, the decline was not gonna keep declining based purely on "elbows up."
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If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
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It seemed like the perfect plan: the key to immortality. Just a session with the scanner and his digital self would be a reality. A whole new life would stretch before him. The only question was: what could he see through the window?
#scifi by Jiadong Jin www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by Jiadong Jin www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It seemed like the perfect plan: the key to immortality. Just a session with the scanner and his digital self would be a reality. A whole new life would stretch before him. The only question was: what could he see through the window?
#scifi by Jiadong Jin www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#scifi by Jiadong Jin www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
"Amazon propose une traduction par IA pour les livres Kindle auto-édités"
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Bon, je n'en peux plus de soupirer. 🙃
Amazon offers AI translation for self-published Kindle books
AI translation is coming to your Kindle.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A reminder: AI is a bad translator--it will give you in a pinch the meaning (if it doesn't get hopelessly confused) , but i will not create something that reads like a book.
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
That's why we have professionals.
(And everyone who's reread ai translations knows that it's faster going to rewrite them)
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You, dear parent, should be honored that your trans child trusted you enough to reveal their deepest internal sense of being.
That's incredibly trust, and love.
Listen to them.
Respect their bodily autonomy.
Don't fuck it up.
That's incredibly trust, and love.
Listen to them.
Respect their bodily autonomy.
Don't fuck it up.
Today is Trans Parent Day - a day to celebrate both parents who are trans and parents of trans people. It’s also an opportunity for us to speak about the pride we feel for our loved ones.
We’re a group of parents of trans children and adults who care about their future.
We’re a group of parents of trans children and adults who care about their future.
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
You, dear parent, should be honored that your trans child trusted you enough to reveal their deepest internal sense of being.
That's incredibly trust, and love.
Listen to them.
Respect their bodily autonomy.
Don't fuck it up.
That's incredibly trust, and love.
Listen to them.
Respect their bodily autonomy.
Don't fuck it up.
I know its not "news" but America has lost the plot.
November 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I know its not "news" but America has lost the plot.
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If you can update your style guide to "Ex-Prince Andrew" then you can update it to "so-called AI".
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you can update your style guide to "Ex-Prince Andrew" then you can update it to "so-called AI".
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I was at a talk last week, and I gave an example of a quick & dirty narrative rule for keeping an audience onboard for repeated outings of existing characters. People seemed to appreciate it, so I thought I’d share it here, too.
It’s not *my* rule, I learned it during my masters! But it’s v. handy!
It’s not *my* rule, I learned it during my masters! But it’s v. handy!
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I was at a talk last week, and I gave an example of a quick & dirty narrative rule for keeping an audience onboard for repeated outings of existing characters. People seemed to appreciate it, so I thought I’d share it here, too.
It’s not *my* rule, I learned it during my masters! But it’s v. handy!
It’s not *my* rule, I learned it during my masters! But it’s v. handy!
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Just for funnsies, here's an interview with one of the co-editors of Trollbreath Magazine, posted by @duotrope.com today.
Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up)
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up)
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Duotrope's Interview with Trollbreath Magazine
Read Duotrope's editor interview with Trollbreath Magazine to learn what they're looking for and gain more insight into this publication.
duotrope.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just for funnsies, here's an interview with one of the co-editors of Trollbreath Magazine, posted by @duotrope.com today.
Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up)
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up)
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
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Today is the Day of the Dead. 40 years ago today Brit Griffin and I got married. My mom said nobody gets married on the day of the dead. We thought it was the perfect day. Still do.
My reflections on 4 plus decades together.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/bricks-mor...
My reflections on 4 plus decades together.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/bricks-mor...
Bricks, Mortar, the Day of the Dead and Romance
This is our 40th wedding anniversary — the 43rd year of us living together.
charlieangus.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Today is the Day of the Dead. 40 years ago today Brit Griffin and I got married. My mom said nobody gets married on the day of the dead. We thought it was the perfect day. Still do.
My reflections on 4 plus decades together.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/bricks-mor...
My reflections on 4 plus decades together.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/bricks-mor...
It sounds trivial, but its true. Take the time and protect yourself. I know I am one of those types that will stew on setbacks if allowed and it does me no good. Focus instead on the awesome season the Jays had and how hard they played. The teamwork and comradery they showed and embrace that.
Morning. Still heartbroken from the Blue Jays loss. Cannot watch the news in case it is mentioned.
Cooking shows, it is. Another friend is watching property Brothers. And another one is into reruns of The Big Bang Theory. We’re all avoiding the news.
Take care
Cooking shows, it is. Another friend is watching property Brothers. And another one is into reruns of The Big Bang Theory. We’re all avoiding the news.
Take care
November 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It sounds trivial, but its true. Take the time and protect yourself. I know I am one of those types that will stew on setbacks if allowed and it does me no good. Focus instead on the awesome season the Jays had and how hard they played. The teamwork and comradery they showed and embrace that.
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I haven't done smartphone astro in a bit because I got an astrocam recently. However, I'm doing a smartphone #astrophotography talk on Friday. Toronto area folks, join us! It's free/open to the public (w/ paid parking). Here's the info: mississauga.rasc.ca/event/potpou... Attached are my own images.
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I haven't done smartphone astro in a bit because I got an astrocam recently. However, I'm doing a smartphone #astrophotography talk on Friday. Toronto area folks, join us! It's free/open to the public (w/ paid parking). Here's the info: mississauga.rasc.ca/event/potpou... Attached are my own images.
Putting a talking head in charge of AI policy in Canada is a choice.
Projectile vomiting my precious internal organs across the room
Embarrassing country
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Putting a talking head in charge of AI policy in Canada is a choice.
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Poetry Comics Month, Day 1
Join me throughout November as I share a daily haiku comic for my fourth annual Poetry Comics Month.
Join me throughout November as I share a daily haiku comic for my fourth annual Poetry Comics Month.
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Poetry Comics Month, Day 1
Join me throughout November as I share a daily haiku comic for my fourth annual Poetry Comics Month.
Join me throughout November as I share a daily haiku comic for my fourth annual Poetry Comics Month.