Graham Sleight
@grahamsleight.bsky.social
In the bureau, typewriters quiet
Confetti falls from every window
Throwing hats up in the air
A city perfect in every detail
He/him
Confetti falls from every window
Throwing hats up in the air
A city perfect in every detail
He/him
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I’d like to see what percentage of a profile’s posts are replies. I think that would be useful information.
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’d like to see what percentage of a profile’s posts are replies. I think that would be useful information.
Ah, the internet.
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ah, the internet.
My office is in an area with a high density of lawyers, and I’m amazed that none of the nearby bars offers a fizzy ginger cocktail with a snail in it. (In an opaque glass of course.)
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My office is in an area with a high density of lawyers, and I’m amazed that none of the nearby bars offers a fizzy ginger cocktail with a snail in it. (In an opaque glass of course.)
An update on Wonders and Visions, my collaborative project with @adamroberts.bsky.social grahamsleight.com/2025/11/03/w...
Wonders and Visions
[This is the text of a message Adam Roberts and I are sending to all the people who subscribed to the Wonders and Visions project—a visual history of science fiction, traced through cover-art and i…
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November 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
An update on Wonders and Visions, my collaborative project with @adamroberts.bsky.social grahamsleight.com/2025/11/03/w...
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A message from Graham Sleight and myself concerning the "Wonders and Visions" project: profadamroberts.substack.com/p/wonders-an...
‘Wonders and Visions’: a Report
A message from Graham Sleight and myself concerning this project
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November 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A message from Graham Sleight and myself concerning the "Wonders and Visions" project: profadamroberts.substack.com/p/wonders-an...
I blame the Jagaroth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I blame the Jagaroth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Stuck at home and on painkillers, for reasons, and found myself watching a documentary about Bay Area land scarcity and gentrification, called _A View to a Kill_ (1985).
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Stuck at home and on painkillers, for reasons, and found myself watching a documentary about Bay Area land scarcity and gentrification, called _A View to a Kill_ (1985).
OUTRAGEOUS.
[sort-of spoiler for today’s NYT Spelling Bee; in the absence of a spoiler label here, have labelled as graphic content, which it kind of is]
[sort-of spoiler for today’s NYT Spelling Bee; in the absence of a spoiler label here, have labelled as graphic content, which it kind of is]
July 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
OUTRAGEOUS.
[sort-of spoiler for today’s NYT Spelling Bee; in the absence of a spoiler label here, have labelled as graphic content, which it kind of is]
[sort-of spoiler for today’s NYT Spelling Bee; in the absence of a spoiler label here, have labelled as graphic content, which it kind of is]
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Rare to see one of these: a warning sign that alerts you to the presence of the rock band Queen.
July 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Rare to see one of these: a warning sign that alerts you to the presence of the rock band Queen.
Epigraphs for a book I’ll write at some point
July 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Epigraphs for a book I’ll write at some point
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Please read and share.
An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠
June 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Please read and share.
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The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a moment.
May 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The whale fell directly over him, and probably killed him in a moment.
Sad not to be on Summerisle right now.
May 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sad not to be on Summerisle right now.
Thoughtful of Pynchon to schedule his new book almost in time for my birthday! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon: 9781594206108 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The new novel from Thomas Pynchon Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation busines...
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April 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thoughtful of Pynchon to schedule his new book almost in time for my birthday! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316427...
Spent the afternoon painting my garden fence & shed with cedar-red waterproofing paint. Refraining from any video calls while I still look like a blood-spattered serial killer.
April 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Spent the afternoon painting my garden fence & shed with cedar-red waterproofing paint. Refraining from any video calls while I still look like a blood-spattered serial killer.
I have a problem with listening to international relations podcasts: I keep hearing “Qataris” as “catteries”.
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I have a problem with listening to international relations podcasts: I keep hearing “Qataris” as “catteries”.
Saw this podcast title and wondered if he’s Team Edward or Team Jacob
February 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Saw this podcast title and wondered if he’s Team Edward or Team Jacob
Flattered and delighted as ever to be asked to feed in to the annual Locus Recommended Reading list of the best sf and fantasy locusmag.com/2025/02/2024...
2024 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the annual Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! This list is compiled by the Locus editor…
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February 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Flattered and delighted as ever to be asked to feed in to the annual Locus Recommended Reading list of the best sf and fantasy locusmag.com/2025/02/2024...
Increasingly tempted to think of the books in Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb Series as Dangerous Gideons, Again Dangerous Gideons, etc.
January 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Increasingly tempted to think of the books in Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb Series as Dangerous Gideons, Again Dangerous Gideons, etc.
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The next Briardene Book is Colourfields by Paul Kincaid, out in April! An exploration of SF as seen by critics, historians, and biographers, you can pre-order through our shop now: briardenebooks.uk/shop/
January 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The next Briardene Book is Colourfields by Paul Kincaid, out in April! An exploration of SF as seen by critics, historians, and biographers, you can pre-order through our shop now: briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Confession of cluelessness on my part: when Martin Sheen listed the ingredients of an egg cream in The West Wing, I thought he said it comprised chocolate syrup, milk, and salsa. It did not sound appealing.
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Confession of cluelessness on my part: when Martin Sheen listed the ingredients of an egg cream in The West Wing, I thought he said it comprised chocolate syrup, milk, and salsa. It did not sound appealing.
Post your favourite #doctorwho . Wrong answers only.
January 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Post your favourite #doctorwho . Wrong answers only.
Get in losers, we’re waking at four to soundless dark.
January 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Get in losers, we’re waking at four to soundless dark.
A new frontier in AI: my watch just heard me delivering an especially percussive sneeze as "Hey, Siri".
January 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A new frontier in AI: my watch just heard me delivering an especially percussive sneeze as "Hey, Siri".