James Geary
@jamesmgeary.bsky.social
Aspiring author. Husband. Dad. Environmentalist. Vegan. Atheist. SFF geek. Lifter of heavy things! He/him.
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Fables of Flower by @norab84.bsky.social is a fantastic collection of short stories, chronicling the life of Flower, a down-on-his-luck gig worker who gets caught up in missteps and adventures, both magical and mundane. He's a relatable character in a fantasy world. I highly recommend it!
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of FUTURE’S EDGE)
(Here's the opening of FUTURE’S EDGE)
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(Here's the opening of FUTURE’S EDGE)
(Here's the opening of FUTURE’S EDGE)
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…there are a thousand explanations, the easiest of which, that 007 (and with one neuron’s leap Bond’s identity) is a code name handed to multiple agents IS IN THE FILM THEY’RE COMPLAINING ABOUT.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
…there are a thousand explanations, the easiest of which, that 007 (and with one neuron’s leap Bond’s identity) is a code name handed to multiple agents IS IN THE FILM THEY’RE COMPLAINING ABOUT.
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There is no goddamn reason the measles had to make a come back… but because of one shitty, debunked paper and a former MTV “star,” here we fucking are.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission
The Americas Are No Longer Officially Measles-Free
Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission
www.scientificamerican.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
There is no goddamn reason the measles had to make a come back… but because of one shitty, debunked paper and a former MTV “star,” here we fucking are.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
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Guillermo del Toro on Avatar:
"I’ve seen the three Avatars. They are absolute masterpieces for me. I know where it’s going, and I think it’s going to surprise a lot of people. I can’t say anything about [the third], but I can say very clearly that there are very few Americans that have...”
"I’ve seen the three Avatars. They are absolute masterpieces for me. I know where it’s going, and I think it’s going to surprise a lot of people. I can’t say anything about [the third], but I can say very clearly that there are very few Americans that have...”
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Guillermo del Toro on Avatar:
"I’ve seen the three Avatars. They are absolute masterpieces for me. I know where it’s going, and I think it’s going to surprise a lot of people. I can’t say anything about [the third], but I can say very clearly that there are very few Americans that have...”
"I’ve seen the three Avatars. They are absolute masterpieces for me. I know where it’s going, and I think it’s going to surprise a lot of people. I can’t say anything about [the third], but I can say very clearly that there are very few Americans that have...”
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Just to point out again: The inevitable technology that everyone's desperate for and is going to change the world . . . can't make a profit.
By free market standards, your local convenience store is a more successful business than OpenAI.
By free market standards, your local convenience store is a more successful business than OpenAI.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just to point out again: The inevitable technology that everyone's desperate for and is going to change the world . . . can't make a profit.
By free market standards, your local convenience store is a more successful business than OpenAI.
By free market standards, your local convenience store is a more successful business than OpenAI.
Me: So how was your day at school today?
Daughter: Good.
Me: What did you do today?
Daughter: Just work and work, then playtime, then more work.
Me: What kind of work?
Daughter: Normal stuff.
Daughter: Good.
Me: What did you do today?
Daughter: Just work and work, then playtime, then more work.
Me: What kind of work?
Daughter: Normal stuff.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Me: So how was your day at school today?
Daughter: Good.
Me: What did you do today?
Daughter: Just work and work, then playtime, then more work.
Me: What kind of work?
Daughter: Normal stuff.
Daughter: Good.
Me: What did you do today?
Daughter: Just work and work, then playtime, then more work.
Me: What kind of work?
Daughter: Normal stuff.
It was a nice day for my work walk, though likely gonna be a washout later and for the rest of the week. Gotta take what you can get at this time of year!
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It was a nice day for my work walk, though likely gonna be a washout later and for the rest of the week. Gotta take what you can get at this time of year!
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Glacier retreat is fastest ever seen
"Hektoria Glacier is relatively small by Antarctic standards – but a collapse of similar speed on larger Antarctic glaciers could have catastrophic implications for global sea level rise."
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #Antarctic #glacier
"Hektoria Glacier is relatively small by Antarctic standards – but a collapse of similar speed on larger Antarctic glaciers could have catastrophic implications for global sea level rise."
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #Antarctic #glacier
Glacier retreat is fastest ever seen
Hektoria Glacier in Antarctica has undergone the fastest retreat of any land glacier on record, with nearly 50% collapsing in just two months.
www.futuretimeline.net
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Glacier retreat is fastest ever seen
"Hektoria Glacier is relatively small by Antarctic standards – but a collapse of similar speed on larger Antarctic glaciers could have catastrophic implications for global sea level rise."
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #Antarctic #glacier
"Hektoria Glacier is relatively small by Antarctic standards – but a collapse of similar speed on larger Antarctic glaciers could have catastrophic implications for global sea level rise."
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #Antarctic #glacier
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“It requires non-algorithmic understanding, which by definition is beyond algorithmic computation and therefore cannot be simulated. Hence, this universe cannot be a simulation.”
is exactly what I would program someone in my simulation to say. 😈
news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/u...
is exactly what I would program someone in my simulation to say. 😈
news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/u...
UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation - UBC's Okanagan News
New study uses logic and physics to definitively answer one of science's biggest questions
news.ok.ubc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“It requires non-algorithmic understanding, which by definition is beyond algorithmic computation and therefore cannot be simulated. Hence, this universe cannot be a simulation.”
is exactly what I would program someone in my simulation to say. 😈
news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/u...
is exactly what I would program someone in my simulation to say. 😈
news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/u...
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It is really fucked up that it even came this close, but at least one sigh of relief today.
The Supreme Court rejects petition from Kim Davis to reconsider its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, effectively preserving Obergefell for a long time to come. Marriage equality is safe.
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It is really fucked up that it even came this close, but at least one sigh of relief today.
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Data-center projects that “may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.”
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com @weisenthal.bsky.social $NVDA
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Anybody else want to weigh in on the accuracy of this meme?
Loved this one, along with Mission to Mars. Then there's the other one I watch for the laugh!
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Anybody else want to weigh in on the accuracy of this meme?
Happy Monday all! Got woken by my daughter twenty minutes before my alarm, and my brain didn't check in till an hour after I arrived at work. On the plus side, I finished reading a book and a short story today, and I might have purchased a few others! Hope you all have a good one.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happy Monday all! Got woken by my daughter twenty minutes before my alarm, and my brain didn't check in till an hour after I arrived at work. On the plus side, I finished reading a book and a short story today, and I might have purchased a few others! Hope you all have a good one.
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You didn’t have to hear anybody’s opinion about literally anything unless they were within slapping distance
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You didn’t have to hear anybody’s opinion about literally anything unless they were within slapping distance
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This is related to all the genAI fans who think it’s unfair that people are good at art, but they’re not, when the difference is years of practice. Lots of things seem impossible until you see how they’re done.
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is related to all the genAI fans who think it’s unfair that people are good at art, but they’re not, when the difference is years of practice. Lots of things seem impossible until you see how they’re done.
Drop something GOLD 🏆👑🖤🔱🥇
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Drop something GOLD 🏆👑🖤🔱🥇
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Astronomer and writer Carl Sagan (Cosmos, Contact) was born 91 years ago today. He died in 1996.
"There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."
"There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Astronomer and writer Carl Sagan (Cosmos, Contact) was born 91 years ago today. He died in 1996.
"There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."
"There is no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to..."
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Red Planet was released 25 years ago today!
"Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE, search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry."
"Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE, search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry."
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Red Planet was released 25 years ago today!
"Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE, search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry."
"Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE, search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry."
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Stop doomscrolling and watch a rescue mission in fascist territory instead.
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Stop doomscrolling and watch a rescue mission in fascist territory instead.
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[...] Prof Grunwald said: "It felt as if we were witnessing the first glimpse of the future.
"Where previously this was thought to be science fiction, we demonstrated that every step of the procedure can already be done." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Where previously this was thought to be science fiction, we demonstrated that every step of the procedure can already be done." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot
A Dundee professor carried out the first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
[...] Prof Grunwald said: "It felt as if we were witnessing the first glimpse of the future.
"Where previously this was thought to be science fiction, we demonstrated that every step of the procedure can already be done." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Where previously this was thought to be science fiction, we demonstrated that every step of the procedure can already be done." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Pluribus): “When your selling point is: ‘This thing is great, it’ll write your high school essays for you, it’ll create your artwork for you if you’re an artist, so you don’t have to actually learn how to draw and paint anymore… You don’t ever need to learn how to..."
‘Pluribus’ Creator Vince Gilligan Expands On Gen AI’s “Detriment” To Human Creativity, Calls Guillermo Del Toro An “International Treasure”
Vince Gilligan expands on his generative AI stance in an interview, questioning what is lost when humanity cedes its creativity to a machine.
deadline.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Pluribus): “When your selling point is: ‘This thing is great, it’ll write your high school essays for you, it’ll create your artwork for you if you’re an artist, so you don’t have to actually learn how to draw and paint anymore… You don’t ever need to learn how to..."
Chest workout complete. Managed to get up to the sixth set of ten on bench press with 10 reps. Improving with doing dips afterwards, too.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Chest workout complete. Managed to get up to the sixth set of ten on bench press with 10 reps. Improving with doing dips afterwards, too.
Happy Sunday all! It's been hugely busy, and I've been on the go since this morning, and it hasn't stopped yet. Gonna be getting takeaway and chill for the last few hours before bed. Hope you're all having a good one.
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Happy Sunday all! It's been hugely busy, and I've been on the go since this morning, and it hasn't stopped yet. Gonna be getting takeaway and chill for the last few hours before bed. Hope you're all having a good one.
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As someone who has previously been a starving writer treated like a disposable tool, this is both hilarious and hitting very close to home.
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As someone who has previously been a starving writer treated like a disposable tool, this is both hilarious and hitting very close to home.