Alex Cochran
@cannotbegrouped.bsky.social
Alex Cochran (he/him) is the pseudonym of the less spellable Alex Weinle, a writer based in Cambridge. My debut SF novel is THE POLLUTANT SPEAKS from Bee Orchid Press.
https://mybook.to/thepollutantspeaks
https://mybook.to/thepollutantspeaks
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Raise a glass to Richard Burton on the occasion of his 100th birthday, seen here sharing a joke with old pal Peter O’Toole in hell. 🥃
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Raise a glass to Richard Burton on the occasion of his 100th birthday, seen here sharing a joke with old pal Peter O’Toole in hell. 🥃
@emmanewman.bsky.social does a really great recap, it sounds off the cuff, which if true shows what a star she is! NOTE: Read or listen to Mythago Wood beforehand as there are unavoidable spoilers.
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One of my all time favourite books, Holdstock’s great classic of British fantasy. Join us to see what Emma made of it!
Lovelies, if your Sunday needs a cosy, nerdy chat about Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood, then the latest episode of Starship Alexandria can help! starshipalexandria.com/episode-8-my...
Also features @aptshadow.bsky.social mentioning insects and me NOT mentioning ST:TNG (shocking, I know!)
Also features @aptshadow.bsky.social mentioning insects and me NOT mentioning ST:TNG (shocking, I know!)
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
@emmanewman.bsky.social does a really great recap, it sounds off the cuff, which if true shows what a star she is! NOTE: Read or listen to Mythago Wood beforehand as there are unavoidable spoilers.
📖👂🏼🎧
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Once you have seen the fingerprint of "unjournalism", it is impossible not to see it. The unfounded counter, "but critics say," should be a mark of shame.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Once you have seen the fingerprint of "unjournalism", it is impossible not to see it. The unfounded counter, "but critics say," should be a mark of shame.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
The wonderful people at Beyond Cataclysm have copies of The Pollutant Speaks in stock! They stock all kinds of #books and goodies that make ideal #gifts 💝 (also, they take great photographs).
#sf #independent #bookshop
The Pollutant Speaks - Beyond Cataclysm share.google/H1LEOFNjW0IJ...
#sf #independent #bookshop
The Pollutant Speaks - Beyond Cataclysm share.google/H1LEOFNjW0IJ...
The Pollutant Speaks - Beyond Cataclysm
“Like Vonnegut and Whitman took a bath in cyberpunk.” GoodReads
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November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The wonderful people at Beyond Cataclysm have copies of The Pollutant Speaks in stock! They stock all kinds of #books and goodies that make ideal #gifts 💝 (also, they take great photographs).
#sf #independent #bookshop
The Pollutant Speaks - Beyond Cataclysm share.google/H1LEOFNjW0IJ...
#sf #independent #bookshop
The Pollutant Speaks - Beyond Cataclysm share.google/H1LEOFNjW0IJ...
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The richest man on the planet starved 600K people to death simple because he could. No other reason.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The richest man on the planet starved 600K people to death simple because he could. No other reason.
My friend just had a traumatic complex heart operation (twice), and he's just played the "I nearly died" card to get his wife to go to the shop and get him Branston pickle and salami to go with his get-well-soon cheese selection.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My friend just had a traumatic complex heart operation (twice), and he's just played the "I nearly died" card to get his wife to go to the shop and get him Branston pickle and salami to go with his get-well-soon cheese selection.
One day, I'm going to learn how to practice portion control. Not today, I just had eight hash browns.
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
One day, I'm going to learn how to practice portion control. Not today, I just had eight hash browns.
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I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.
Search: 16 results found for "martha wells"
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.
@jennicoutts.bsky.social If there are more editions of the "sunken city row boat" please let me know!
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@jennicoutts.bsky.social If there are more editions of the "sunken city row boat" please let me know!
I'm sure this is happening to others but following Brighton Fantasy con, I'm being bombed with bogus book promotion rubbish. I've reported them as spam, but these things come from botted Gmail accounts.
#painful
#painful
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm sure this is happening to others but following Brighton Fantasy con, I'm being bombed with bogus book promotion rubbish. I've reported them as spam, but these things come from botted Gmail accounts.
#painful
#painful
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Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
@britfantasysoc.bsky.social I'm having flashbacks to my first day at university! Where's my class? What did I sign up for? Where is my mind!?!
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@britfantasysoc.bsky.social I'm having flashbacks to my first day at university! Where's my class? What did I sign up for? Where is my mind!?!
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
Ok, so he can't use the title "Prince", but at least he gets to keep the prefix "Randy". No one can take that away from him...
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Ok, so he can't use the title "Prince", but at least he gets to keep the prefix "Randy". No one can take that away from him...
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I was on a panel with Steven Erickson once and he used the metaphor that reality is the nebulous thing sitting at the center of a circle of humans, and we are all constantly staring and pointing at the thing and describing what we see. It's reality by consensus. The brain's job is hallucinating
"Ich werde am du." As Karl Jaspars said, meaning, "I become with you". The more we interact with each other, the more real we become.
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I was on a panel with Steven Erickson once and he used the metaphor that reality is the nebulous thing sitting at the center of a circle of humans, and we are all constantly staring and pointing at the thing and describing what we see. It's reality by consensus. The brain's job is hallucinating
Another announcement from the department for the bleeding obvious!
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News share.google/L7tO8hRWJDTy...
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News share.google/L7tO8hRWJDTy...
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Another announcement from the department for the bleeding obvious!
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News share.google/L7tO8hRWJDTy...
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News share.google/L7tO8hRWJDTy...
In a discovered-today-exchange, I can offer you: vatic, resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
Stumbled across an interesting new word today while working on my PhD novel: acicular (adj) meaning "(chiefly of crystals) needle-shaped."
Neat!
Neat!
a cartoon of a pearl with a star on her chest
ALT: a cartoon of a pearl with a star on her chest
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October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In a discovered-today-exchange, I can offer you: vatic, resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
Yes! The drugs DO work! I'm clear of viruses and infection just in time for @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social 🤩
Heading there early on the Friday train 🚃🚆🚂
Heading there early on the Friday train 🚃🚆🚂
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yes! The drugs DO work! I'm clear of viruses and infection just in time for @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social 🤩
Heading there early on the Friday train 🚃🚆🚂
Heading there early on the Friday train 🚃🚆🚂
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Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
(It wasn't until Jeff and Ann VanderMeer were working on their anthology The Weird that I learned that "onions" is a typo. Either Jeff or Ann mentioned to me that Barker asked them to fix the typo that had haunted the story in countless reprintings, incl in their own earlier antho The New Weird.)
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
Just watched The Instigators, great film 8/10. Damon and Casey Affleck are pitch-perfect.
October 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just watched The Instigators, great film 8/10. Damon and Casey Affleck are pitch-perfect.
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A head mutant, hunh? Let me think a moment....I am going to go very old school.
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A head mutant, hunh? Let me think a moment....I am going to go very old school.
Help me feel better about it all by posting your favourite head mutant. I'll go with... Two-Face.
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Help me feel better about it all by posting your favourite head mutant. I'll go with... Two-Face.
After contracting a mystery virus, half of my head turned red and puffy. The doctor said, "Wow, that's unusual."
Regular writing service will resume after double-strength Floxi pills have been consumed.
Feeling a little sorry for myself.
Regular writing service will resume after double-strength Floxi pills have been consumed.
Feeling a little sorry for myself.
October 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
After contracting a mystery virus, half of my head turned red and puffy. The doctor said, "Wow, that's unusual."
Regular writing service will resume after double-strength Floxi pills have been consumed.
Feeling a little sorry for myself.
Regular writing service will resume after double-strength Floxi pills have been consumed.
Feeling a little sorry for myself.
Tehrangeles Vice (Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983-1993), by Various Artists
12 track album
discotchari.bandcamp.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes