Ed Fortune
@edfortune.com
Journalist/Columnist for Starburst Magazine, print & online.
Popculture media type, covering books, games,TV, films,theatre & tech.
Podcaster, D&D person, that sort of thing.
He/Him. Edinburgh.
Popculture media type, covering books, games,TV, films,theatre & tech.
Podcaster, D&D person, that sort of thing.
He/Him. Edinburgh.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
International Woman's Day is the 8th of March
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
International Woman's Day is the 8th of March
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You still have two weeks (well almost) to get Romanitas for 99p!
It's hard to believe, but 2025 means Romanitas has been in print for 20 years. A modern world where the Roman Empire never fell. If that sounds good to you, the ebook's just £0.99 for the anniversary all this month! www.amazon.co.uk/Romanitas-1-...
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You still have two weeks (well almost) to get Romanitas for 99p!
I'd say eighteen books in this set of twenty occult tomes deal with getting ghosts either into or out of things or people.
Possession really is nine tenths of the lore.
Possession really is nine tenths of the lore.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'd say eighteen books in this set of twenty occult tomes deal with getting ghosts either into or out of things or people.
Possession really is nine tenths of the lore.
Possession really is nine tenths of the lore.
I look forward to the BBC running back-to-back coverage as to why Janey Godley was 100% correct.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I look forward to the BBC running back-to-back coverage as to why Janey Godley was 100% correct.
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Attending tickets for Iridescence 2026 ( Eastercon ) currently start at £50/£80 for adults, £20 for teens. This price will rise at the start of December 2025, so check out the link in the profile today and book!
When? 3rd-6th April, 2026
Where? Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, UK.
When? 3rd-6th April, 2026
Where? Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, UK.
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Attending tickets for Iridescence 2026 ( Eastercon ) currently start at £50/£80 for adults, £20 for teens. This price will rise at the start of December 2025, so check out the link in the profile today and book!
When? 3rd-6th April, 2026
Where? Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, UK.
When? 3rd-6th April, 2026
Where? Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, UK.
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Greatly enjoyed the first Pictcon, held yesterday in Perth, Scotland. Fascinating panel discussions and fun barcon. The event fits in nicely with Cymera and Satellite, plus next year’s British Fantasy Convention in Glasgow and Eastercon the year after in the same city.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Greatly enjoyed the first Pictcon, held yesterday in Perth, Scotland. Fascinating panel discussions and fun barcon. The event fits in nicely with Cymera and Satellite, plus next year’s British Fantasy Convention in Glasgow and Eastercon the year after in the same city.
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When I interviewed @tadethompson.bsky.social for Eastercon I asked him about how he juggled family and writing because you know, that was a THING
The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
When I interviewed @tadethompson.bsky.social for Eastercon I asked him about how he juggled family and writing because you know, that was a THING
Four Candles?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Four Candles?
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I bought airplane wifi so I could tell you that @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s THE EVERLASTING is a perfect goddamn book, also if you can see her on tour you absolutely should
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I bought airplane wifi so I could tell you that @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s THE EVERLASTING is a perfect goddamn book, also if you can see her on tour you absolutely should
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Instead of just replying “shut the fuck up” or dunking on people, I’ve moved into my blocking era.
November 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Instead of just replying “shut the fuck up” or dunking on people, I’ve moved into my blocking era.
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Huge thanks to @effjayem.bsky.social for organising Pictcon 1 and asking me to be GoH! I was interviewd by the fantastic @megintransition.bsky.social ❤️ & concluded the day on a fab panel with @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @joannacorrance.bsky.social @shoreinf.bsky.social 🏴
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Huge thanks to @effjayem.bsky.social for organising Pictcon 1 and asking me to be GoH! I was interviewd by the fantastic @megintransition.bsky.social ❤️ & concluded the day on a fab panel with @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @joannacorrance.bsky.social @shoreinf.bsky.social 🏴
World Fantasy Con was a lot of fun and a much needed catch up with the tribe. Onwards to Bridge Commsnd and then home
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
World Fantasy Con was a lot of fun and a much needed catch up with the tribe. Onwards to Bridge Commsnd and then home
At #Worldfantasycon watching the Weird Fiction panel. I had not considered that the Mr Men books are weird fiction, but they are.
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
At #Worldfantasycon watching the Weird Fiction panel. I had not considered that the Mr Men books are weird fiction, but they are.
Can you guess who hosted this party at #worldfantasycon in #Brighton? (Thank you to @titanbooks.bsky.social ).
November 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Can you guess who hosted this party at #worldfantasycon in #Brighton? (Thank you to @titanbooks.bsky.social ).
Don't Look Now is on BBC2 right now. Excellent Halloween movie, goes quite hard though.
October 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Don't Look Now is on BBC2 right now. Excellent Halloween movie, goes quite hard though.
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Meanwhile last night Mr L repped the podcasters and @andwbcpodcast.bsky.social on the audio panel alongside @edfortune.com @ellenkushner.bsky.social John Nassari and mod @robincmduncan.bsky.social.
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Meanwhile last night Mr L repped the podcasters and @andwbcpodcast.bsky.social on the audio panel alongside @edfortune.com @ellenkushner.bsky.social John Nassari and mod @robincmduncan.bsky.social.
This was a lot of fun to do.
Meanwhile last night Mr L repped the podcasters and @andwbcpodcast.bsky.social on the audio panel alongside @edfortune.com @ellenkushner.bsky.social John Nassari and mod @robincmduncan.bsky.social.
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This was a lot of fun to do.
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Me and Nathan are just 40 minutes from @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social !
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Me and Nathan are just 40 minutes from @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social !
Apparently @hankgreen.bsky.social doesn't know who Emma Peel is, so presumably has never seen Steed and Peel or ever watched the Champagne and Super-Spies show, The Avengers.
Which is a bit of a shame, but also makes me feel old.
Also I turned 50 today :)
Which is a bit of a shame, but also makes me feel old.
Also I turned 50 today :)
October 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Apparently @hankgreen.bsky.social doesn't know who Emma Peel is, so presumably has never seen Steed and Peel or ever watched the Champagne and Super-Spies show, The Avengers.
Which is a bit of a shame, but also makes me feel old.
Also I turned 50 today :)
Which is a bit of a shame, but also makes me feel old.
Also I turned 50 today :)
Do you know when people try to shorten a larger, recognisable idea into a single pronoun? That.
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Do you know when people try to shorten a larger, recognisable idea into a single pronoun? That.
You're walking in the woods.
There's no one around,
And your phone is dead.
Out of the corner of your eye you spot him,
Shia LaBeouf.
Do you:
Look for your car (turn to page 21)
Check your phone (turn to page 12)
Try and get an autograph (turn to page 111)
Cast the PIL spell (turn to page 32)
There's no one around,
And your phone is dead.
Out of the corner of your eye you spot him,
Shia LaBeouf.
Do you:
Look for your car (turn to page 21)
Check your phone (turn to page 12)
Try and get an autograph (turn to page 111)
Cast the PIL spell (turn to page 32)
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You're walking in the woods.
There's no one around,
And your phone is dead.
Out of the corner of your eye you spot him,
Shia LaBeouf.
Do you:
Look for your car (turn to page 21)
Check your phone (turn to page 12)
Try and get an autograph (turn to page 111)
Cast the PIL spell (turn to page 32)
There's no one around,
And your phone is dead.
Out of the corner of your eye you spot him,
Shia LaBeouf.
Do you:
Look for your car (turn to page 21)
Check your phone (turn to page 12)
Try and get an autograph (turn to page 111)
Cast the PIL spell (turn to page 32)
This. Fox news et al pronounce Antifa like it's a pasta dish, ( ant-teefa ) to obscure it's meaning. It's actually short for Anti Fascist Action.
Just say Anti-Fash or Anti-Fascist.
Just say Anti-Fash or Anti-Fascist.
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This. Fox news et al pronounce Antifa like it's a pasta dish, ( ant-teefa ) to obscure it's meaning. It's actually short for Anti Fascist Action.
Just say Anti-Fash or Anti-Fascist.
Just say Anti-Fash or Anti-Fascist.
The dumbest, silliest theatre and comedy I can find. Everywhere and for everyone. Though cheering people up and supporting the arts might count as useful.
lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful
what would you buy to break the curse?
what would you buy to break the curse?
October 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The dumbest, silliest theatre and comedy I can find. Everywhere and for everyone. Though cheering people up and supporting the arts might count as useful.