Paul McAuley
@unlikelyworlds.bsky.social
Scribble scribble scribble
Latest novel: Beyond the Burn Line
Incoming (12th Feb 2026): Loss Protocol
Working on: Heaven's Grand Design
Website: https://www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk
Agent: Oliver Cheetham at Mic Cheetham Agency
Latest novel: Beyond the Burn Line
Incoming (12th Feb 2026): Loss Protocol
Working on: Heaven's Grand Design
Website: https://www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk
Agent: Oliver Cheetham at Mic Cheetham Agency
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Enjoyable one (shared via my sister) www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
England's mysterious sunken roads
A new mapping project by Natural England will help unearth the deep history and mystery of this ancient network of subterranean tracks.
www.bbc.com
August 24, 2023 at 11:06 AM
Enjoyable one (shared via my sister) www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Strange structures at the dawn of the universe.
Within a second after the Big Bang: The birth of the first black holes, boson stars, and cannibal stars
Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, thesehalos may then have collapsed, creating the first black holes, boson star...
www.eurekalert.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Strange structures at the dawn of the universe.
New insight into the pathophysiology of Long COVID.
Scientists reveal another piece in Long COVID puzzle
In patients with Long COVID, a new study has revealed structural association between circulating microclots and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). This finding suggests the existence of under...
www.eurekalert.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New insight into the pathophysiology of Long COVID.
So ebook editions of my recent novels are STILL presently just £2.99/$2.99. The Secret of Life, Something Coming Through, Into Everywhere, Austral, and more.
Various links here:
www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk/print.html
Various links here:
www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk/print.html
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So ebook editions of my recent novels are STILL presently just £2.99/$2.99. The Secret of Life, Something Coming Through, Into Everywhere, Austral, and more.
Various links here:
www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk/print.html
Various links here:
www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk/print.html
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Sanjuro (1962) — The Final Samurai Showdown
YouTube video by Fix Me A Scene
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Currently reading
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Currently reading
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Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Written before the BBC resignations but this by @arusbridger.bsky.social is really worth reading. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Last night, Warren Zevon was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His work was a big influence on Sandman Slim and there are a lot of very obvious references to his work in the last couple of books. Warren also wrote my favorite song about LA.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXCl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXCl...
Desperados Under the Eaves (2008 Remaster)
YouTube video by Warren Zevon - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Last night, Warren Zevon was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His work was a big influence on Sandman Slim and there are a lot of very obvious references to his work in the last couple of books. Warren also wrote my favorite song about LA.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXCl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXCl...
Bonfire Night. Day 5.
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Bonfire Night. Day 5.
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Drax received logs from cutblocks in BC containing 90% old growth forest, a Canadian investigation found.
So it’s receiving £2m a day in UK green energy subsidies to burn old growth forest 🤔 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
So it’s receiving £2m a day in UK green energy subsidies to burn old growth forest 🤔 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Drax received logs from cutblocks in BC containing 90% old growth forest, a Canadian investigation found.
So it’s receiving £2m a day in UK green energy subsidies to burn old growth forest 🤔 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
So it’s receiving £2m a day in UK green energy subsidies to burn old growth forest 🤔 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Hampstead Heath, 08:08
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Hampstead Heath, 08:08
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All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
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I hate having to wait a whole year for China Miéville’s new book, but I think it will be worth it.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
Picador unveils China Miéville’s new novel, 20 years in the making
Picador will publish a new novel from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011.
www.thebookseller.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I hate having to wait a whole year for China Miéville’s new book, but I think it will be worth it.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
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I asked him what was the most important thing he ever did. He replied “opposing the patenting of human genes”. For a full picture of Jim, his terrible flaws and his insights, we will have to wait for @nccomfort.bsky.social’s forthcoming biography.
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I asked him what was the most important thing he ever did. He replied “opposing the patenting of human genes”. For a full picture of Jim, his terrible flaws and his insights, we will have to wait for @nccomfort.bsky.social’s forthcoming biography.
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Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
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A spiderweb so big it exists in two different countries (Greece and Albania)!
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A spiderweb so big it exists in two different countries (Greece and Albania)!
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Bi Gan, essentially China’s David Lynch or Tarkovsky, has a new film RESSURRECTION. I believe it’s a masterpiece made me feel I was levitating out of my seat by its end. Tickets just went on sale with two special screenings with him in person at @filmlinc.bsky.social www.filmlinc.org/films/resurr...
Resurrection
This phantasmagoric dream machine from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night, NYFF56) is an elusive yet monumental love letter to a century of cinema, unfolding over five ch...
www.filmlinc.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Bi Gan, essentially China’s David Lynch or Tarkovsky, has a new film RESSURRECTION. I believe it’s a masterpiece made me feel I was levitating out of my seat by its end. Tickets just went on sale with two special screenings with him in person at @filmlinc.bsky.social www.filmlinc.org/films/resurr...
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This Norwegian stabbur, ca 1700, one of the oldest buildings in the region. Used to store foods & other things off of the ground, away from animals.
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This Norwegian stabbur, ca 1700, one of the oldest buildings in the region. Used to store foods & other things off of the ground, away from animals.
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
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It's a real testament to the strength of her catalog that I would assemble a very different list, yet I can't fault this piece for any of the choices it makes.
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
Thirty years on from the release of her acclaimed album I’m With Stupid, we count down the sucker-punching best tracks by the US singer-songwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's a real testament to the strength of her catalog that I would assemble a very different list, yet I can't fault this piece for any of the choices it makes.
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Oh dear. More worries about the consequences of CRISPR. The basic step - cutting both strands of DNA, which are then repaired, is not anodyne and has lasting effects.
Repair of DNA double-strand breaks leaves heritable impairment to genome function
Upon DNA breakage, a genomic locus undergoes alterations in three-dimensional chromatin architecture to facilitate signaling and repair. Although cells possess mechanisms to repair damaged DNA, it is ...
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Oh dear. More worries about the consequences of CRISPR. The basic step - cutting both strands of DNA, which are then repaired, is not anodyne and has lasting effects.
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Brain organoids are getting better at mimicking brains in a dish. But how good is too good? I take a look at the latest developments in my story today in the Times. Gift link: nyti.ms/496PPnC
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Brain organoids are getting better at mimicking brains in a dish. But how good is too good? I take a look at the latest developments in my story today in the Times. Gift link: nyti.ms/496PPnC
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SWOOSH! 🧹 When a meteoroid struck Mars, it triggered ~100 dust avalanches down an ancient volcano's slopes.
@esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
@esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
www.esa.int
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
SWOOSH! 🧹 When a meteoroid struck Mars, it triggered ~100 dust avalanches down an ancient volcano's slopes.
@esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
@esa.int's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured the dramatic effect of the rare cascade. A new @nature.com study examines the most common causes of these streaks.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...