Naomi Alderman
@naomialderman.bsky.social
I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
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In this weekend’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social I review the thought provoking new book by @naomialderman.bsky.social ‘Don’t burn anyone at the stake today’ (Fig Tree) which examines our current information crisis. HTTPS://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/how-to-survive-an-information-crisis
How to survive an information crisis | The Observer
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In this weekend’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social I review the thought provoking new book by @naomialderman.bsky.social ‘Don’t burn anyone at the stake today’ (Fig Tree) which examines our current information crisis. HTTPS://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/how-to-survive-an-information-crisis
I strongly suspect that the official Bluesky 'your account has been suspended' function does not message people from the address 'kitkatnoir'.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I strongly suspect that the official Bluesky 'your account has been suspended' function does not message people from the address 'kitkatnoir'.
quite honestly one of the more horrific aspects of modern internet 'feminism' is the way some (#notall) women laugh at the idea that a man can also be a victim.
Flesh is a genuinely important riposte to that. not that it's a line in an argument, it's its own thing.
Flesh is a genuinely important riposte to that. not that it's a line in an argument, it's its own thing.
I have never read anything else that talks so well about the ways in which men too can be victims of abuse, but are often not able to name it - and no one else can really understand why what has happened is so wrong. It is a quietly brilliantly radical novel.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
quite honestly one of the more horrific aspects of modern internet 'feminism' is the way some (#notall) women laugh at the idea that a man can also be a victim.
Flesh is a genuinely important riposte to that. not that it's a line in an argument, it's its own thing.
Flesh is a genuinely important riposte to that. not that it's a line in an argument, it's its own thing.
an extremely correct decision.
this is not a spoiler: the novel starts with a teenage boy being sexually groomed and abused by an older woman.
for me, the rest of the novel is about the fallout from that in his life. it is the answer to "har har I would have loved that" nonsense.
this is not a spoiler: the novel starts with a teenage boy being sexually groomed and abused by an older woman.
for me, the rest of the novel is about the fallout from that in his life. it is the answer to "har har I would have loved that" nonsense.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
an extremely correct decision.
this is not a spoiler: the novel starts with a teenage boy being sexually groomed and abused by an older woman.
for me, the rest of the novel is about the fallout from that in his life. it is the answer to "har har I would have loved that" nonsense.
this is not a spoiler: the novel starts with a teenage boy being sexually groomed and abused by an older woman.
for me, the rest of the novel is about the fallout from that in his life. it is the answer to "har har I would have loved that" nonsense.
this about family estrangement and why everyone's cutting everyone off:
rachelhaack.substack.com/p/why-everyo...
is the same cultural force that is pushing for destruction of the BBC
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
is the same force that means someone *can* become 'not a Prince' now
rachelhaack.substack.com/p/why-everyo...
is the same cultural force that is pushing for destruction of the BBC
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
is the same force that means someone *can* become 'not a Prince' now
Why Everyone’s Cutting Everyone Off: The Cultural Story Behind Family Estrangement
A therapist’s look at how postmodern ideas, digital culture, and consumer values quietly rewired our expectations of family, and what we can do to restore connection in an age of disconnection.
rachelhaack.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
this about family estrangement and why everyone's cutting everyone off:
rachelhaack.substack.com/p/why-everyo...
is the same cultural force that is pushing for destruction of the BBC
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
is the same force that means someone *can* become 'not a Prince' now
rachelhaack.substack.com/p/why-everyo...
is the same cultural force that is pushing for destruction of the BBC
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
is the same force that means someone *can* become 'not a Prince' now
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My post on President Trump threatening to sue the BBC will up tomorrow morning.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My post on President Trump threatening to sue the BBC will up tomorrow morning.
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Thought this was quite lovely.
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?...
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?...
What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thought this was quite lovely.
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?...
Always good to remind yourself that not everything is awful right now.
youtu.be/Qp7K6pEWEuk?...
Circulatory system walking through the kitchen day comes quicker and quicker every year
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Circulatory system walking through the kitchen day comes quicker and quicker every year
Yes. This is the way.
Really can't recommend this setting enough. Makes the site so much more pleasant to use when the people who reply are people who generally understand your deal. Solves the Discover Feed problem immediately.
BSky is so much more usable now that I’ve set the boundary that for nearly all of my posts you have to follow me in order to be in my replies
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yes. This is the way.
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"I think we’re in the middle of burning stuff down which we’ll never be able to get back."
Excellent on the BBC and why it needs defending to protect the informational health of the country by @naomialderman.bsky.social
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
Excellent on the BBC and why it needs defending to protect the informational health of the country by @naomialderman.bsky.social
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
the BBC and why it needs defending
even if you don't always agree with it, and sometimes it does things that you think are outright terrible
naomialderman.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"I think we’re in the middle of burning stuff down which we’ll never be able to get back."
Excellent on the BBC and why it needs defending to protect the informational health of the country by @naomialderman.bsky.social
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
Excellent on the BBC and why it needs defending to protect the informational health of the country by @naomialderman.bsky.social
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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I recommend this, having seen Naomi speak at Stroud lit Fest at the weekend:
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I recommend this, having seen Naomi speak at Stroud lit Fest at the weekend:
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For those interested in this kind of thing (ie all of you) this new book by @naomialderman.bsky.social is out now and it's FANTASTIC. Don't Burn Anyone At The Stake today is the title, and it covers the current information crisis we are living through, set in the context of previous ones.
a friend sent me a text just now saying “looks like Tim Davie is being burned at the stake today”
And yeah. This is very much “Thomas Moore is accused of not supporting the break with Rome, find a way to get his head off”. it‘s the information crisis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
And yeah. This is very much “Thomas Moore is accused of not supporting the break with Rome, find a way to get his head off”. it‘s the information crisis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For those interested in this kind of thing (ie all of you) this new book by @naomialderman.bsky.social is out now and it's FANTASTIC. Don't Burn Anyone At The Stake today is the title, and it covers the current information crisis we are living through, set in the context of previous ones.
Can someone please turn this into a series of novels set in the Song dynasty which then becomes a longrunning television series starring eg Benedict Wong?
I can help with the format proposal but could only be co-writer at best, because it needs someone with much more China expertise than me.
I can help with the format proposal but could only be co-writer at best, because it needs someone with much more China expertise than me.
things I have discovered while researching the new series of Human Intelligence: the first ever textbook on forensic science was written in the year 1247 by a crime investigator in Song dynasty China.
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Can someone please turn this into a series of novels set in the Song dynasty which then becomes a longrunning television series starring eg Benedict Wong?
I can help with the format proposal but could only be co-writer at best, because it needs someone with much more China expertise than me.
I can help with the format proposal but could only be co-writer at best, because it needs someone with much more China expertise than me.
things I have discovered while researching the new series of Human Intelligence: the first ever textbook on forensic science was written in the year 1247 by a crime investigator in Song dynasty China.
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
things I have discovered while researching the new series of Human Intelligence: the first ever textbook on forensic science was written in the year 1247 by a crime investigator in Song dynasty China.
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
It is called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect...
yes the question is not "are the BBC perfect?"
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
BBC needs to be protected. While they certainly have leanings towards bias on many issues (imo) & can be infuriating, alternative is a media controlled by ratings driving advertising revenue & drowning in bad actors w/ personal agendas - the poison will spread through UK media landscape as a whole
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
yes the question is not "are the BBC perfect?"
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
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@naomialderman.bsky.social's new book: "A friend - who’s read the book - texted me yesterday to say “I see they’ve decided to burn Tim Davie at the stake today”. And so I thought it was probably the right time to put this extract on Substack." naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
the BBC and why it needs defending
even if you don't always agree with it, and sometimes it does things that you think are outright terrible
naomialderman.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
@naomialderman.bsky.social's new book: "A friend - who’s read the book - texted me yesterday to say “I see they’ve decided to burn Tim Davie at the stake today”. And so I thought it was probably the right time to put this extract on Substack." naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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Can’t sleep so reading “Don’t burn anyone at the stake today” by @naomialderman.bsky.social
Just read part about BBC and trusting in its principles rather than critiquing specific staff or editorial choices. Also this quote about the peculiar satisfaction of enragement.
Just read part about BBC and trusting in its principles rather than critiquing specific staff or editorial choices. Also this quote about the peculiar satisfaction of enragement.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Can’t sleep so reading “Don’t burn anyone at the stake today” by @naomialderman.bsky.social
Just read part about BBC and trusting in its principles rather than critiquing specific staff or editorial choices. Also this quote about the peculiar satisfaction of enragement.
Just read part about BBC and trusting in its principles rather than critiquing specific staff or editorial choices. Also this quote about the peculiar satisfaction of enragement.
Yes they are coming for us particularly because we are Anglophone, and for the BBC particularly because it is a trusted Anglophone voice that people in the US can potentially look at
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yes they are coming for us particularly because we are Anglophone, and for the BBC particularly because it is a trusted Anglophone voice that people in the US can potentially look at
This. The financial forces that benefit from widespread disinformation would really like to see the BBC gone
bsky.app/profile/naom...
bsky.app/profile/naom...
a friend sent me a text just now saying “looks like Tim Davie is being burned at the stake today”
And yeah. This is very much “Thomas Moore is accused of not supporting the break with Rome, find a way to get his head off”. it‘s the information crisis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
And yeah. This is very much “Thomas Moore is accused of not supporting the break with Rome, find a way to get his head off”. it‘s the information crisis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This. The financial forces that benefit from widespread disinformation would really like to see the BBC gone
bsky.app/profile/naom...
bsky.app/profile/naom...
a friend sent me a text just now saying “looks like Tim Davie is being burned at the stake today”
And yeah. This is very much “Thomas Moore is accused of not supporting the break with Rome, find a way to get his head off”. it‘s the information crisis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
And yeah. This is very much “Thomas Moore is accused of not supporting the break with Rome, find a way to get his head off”. it‘s the information crisis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
a friend sent me a text just now saying “looks like Tim Davie is being burned at the stake today”
And yeah. This is very much “Thomas Moore is accused of not supporting the break with Rome, find a way to get his head off”. it‘s the information crisis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
And yeah. This is very much “Thomas Moore is accused of not supporting the break with Rome, find a way to get his head off”. it‘s the information crisis.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
the story of the recovery of Agnes the beaver has been one of the only things making me feel good about the world this past year
www.facebook.com/watch?v=8306...
www.facebook.com/watch?v=8306...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
the story of the recovery of Agnes the beaver has been one of the only things making me feel good about the world this past year
www.facebook.com/watch?v=8306...
www.facebook.com/watch?v=8306...
there is a post here which I'm not RTing because I don't want to start beef but instead talk about ideas.
it says basically: if you use any form of Gen AI then you can't call yourself a writer anymore
and so:
1) I do use it and I am still a writer
2) I don't use it *to write for me*
it says basically: if you use any form of Gen AI then you can't call yourself a writer anymore
and so:
1) I do use it and I am still a writer
2) I don't use it *to write for me*
November 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
there is a post here which I'm not RTing because I don't want to start beef but instead talk about ideas.
it says basically: if you use any form of Gen AI then you can't call yourself a writer anymore
and so:
1) I do use it and I am still a writer
2) I don't use it *to write for me*
it says basically: if you use any form of Gen AI then you can't call yourself a writer anymore
and so:
1) I do use it and I am still a writer
2) I don't use it *to write for me*
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Alongside the British war dead, especially my own family members, this Remembrance Sunday I shall remember all American liberators but especially these African-American liberators.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Alongside the British war dead, especially my own family members, this Remembrance Sunday I shall remember all American liberators but especially these African-American liberators.