Jonathan D. Beer
@jonathandbeer.bsky.social
Sci-fi writer. Freelance author for Black Library. He/him. All views are my own.
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Pick up my latest novel, TOMB WORLD, out now!
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Pick up my latest novel, TOMB WORLD, out now!
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I feel like it's only a small grift to jump on the back of the Mechanicus 2 demo coming out to say that if you enjoy Necrons and their shenanigans, TOMB WORLD is out now!
I hope everyone who pre-ordered the special ed is enjoying its lushness, and everyone who got any edition is enjoying its story!
I hope everyone who pre-ordered the special ed is enjoying its lushness, and everyone who got any edition is enjoying its story!
Ooo.
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY—Over 600 Pages!
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud,...
subterraneanpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ooo.
So I had a look at a pre-built machine from PC Specialist - the Hyperion Master has excellent specs, and was (at 10pm last night) going for a very reasonable £1649 (considering the specs).
At 10am this morning, it is now priced at £1949.
You snooze, you lose, clearly!
At 10am this morning, it is now priced at £1949.
You snooze, you lose, clearly!
In relation to that last repost re: Nvidia desperately trying to stave off the bursting of the AI bubble, I have to admit an interest in wanting it to pop - I was hoping to build myself a new gaming PC this Christmas/new year, but the price of RAM these days is literally insane.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
So I had a look at a pre-built machine from PC Specialist - the Hyperion Master has excellent specs, and was (at 10pm last night) going for a very reasonable £1649 (considering the specs).
At 10am this morning, it is now priced at £1949.
You snooze, you lose, clearly!
At 10am this morning, it is now priced at £1949.
You snooze, you lose, clearly!
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
In relation to that last repost re: Nvidia desperately trying to stave off the bursting of the AI bubble, I have to admit an interest in wanting it to pop - I was hoping to build myself a new gaming PC this Christmas/new year, but the price of RAM these days is literally insane.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In relation to that last repost re: Nvidia desperately trying to stave off the bursting of the AI bubble, I have to admit an interest in wanting it to pop - I was hoping to build myself a new gaming PC this Christmas/new year, but the price of RAM these days is literally insane.
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Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
You couldn't make it up.
BREAKING The entire Budget has leaked early
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You couldn't make it up.
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Where are the headlines about this?
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Where are the headlines about this?
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.
This is gangsterism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the degree to which Labour have limboed under my lowest expectations for them is remarkable.
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
the degree to which Labour have limboed under my lowest expectations for them is remarkable.
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Reading Krakenblood, by @malkydel.bsky.social
He crafts his prose like poetry. His scenes aren’t described so much as woven with his words. It moves slowly but the reader is well rewarded for lingering.
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
He crafts his prose like poetry. His scenes aren’t described so much as woven with his words. It moves slowly but the reader is well rewarded for lingering.
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Reading Krakenblood, by @malkydel.bsky.social
He crafts his prose like poetry. His scenes aren’t described so much as woven with his words. It moves slowly but the reader is well rewarded for lingering.
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
He crafts his prose like poetry. His scenes aren’t described so much as woven with his words. It moves slowly but the reader is well rewarded for lingering.
#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
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No we don’t! We literally do not! Do I have to engage with my air fryer? Do I have to have a co-dependent relationship with Google Maps?
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
No we don’t! We literally do not! Do I have to engage with my air fryer? Do I have to have a co-dependent relationship with Google Maps?
I'm starting a petition to have anyone who uses the term "goated" to be launched into the Sun.
Except in specific reference to the farmyard animal, and even then, I'm struggling to come up with a grammatically accurate use for it.
Except in specific reference to the farmyard animal, and even then, I'm struggling to come up with a grammatically accurate use for it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I'm starting a petition to have anyone who uses the term "goated" to be launched into the Sun.
Except in specific reference to the farmyard animal, and even then, I'm struggling to come up with a grammatically accurate use for it.
Except in specific reference to the farmyard animal, and even then, I'm struggling to come up with a grammatically accurate use for it.
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I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
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This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
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I am once again flashing back to the time when, shortly after George W. Bush was elected, I started being pressured by editors at the daily when I was a media columnist to "leave politics out of it" after five straight years of writing almost anything I wanted about Bill Clinton.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I am once again flashing back to the time when, shortly after George W. Bush was elected, I started being pressured by editors at the daily when I was a media columnist to "leave politics out of it" after five straight years of writing almost anything I wanted about Bill Clinton.
Colour me interested. SG-1 was peak episodic sci-fi - great premise, great writing, a great cast playing great characters, and just enough of an effects budget to have some cool space fights every now and then.
Can such a feat can be repeated in this era? I can certainly hope so.
Can such a feat can be repeated in this era? I can certainly hope so.
[Ongoing thread] New Stargate TV show
We knew it was coming!
"Amazon MGM Studios has greenlighted another series based on popular MGM IP, giving a series order to Stargate for Prime Video. The new installment in the classic sci-fi franchise comes from Martin Gero, a Stargate veteran and...."
We knew it was coming!
"Amazon MGM Studios has greenlighted another series based on popular MGM IP, giving a series order to Stargate for Prime Video. The new installment in the classic sci-fi franchise comes from Martin Gero, a Stargate veteran and...."
a dark room with a light coming out of a hole in the wall
ALT: a dark room with a light coming out of a hole in the wall
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Colour me interested. SG-1 was peak episodic sci-fi - great premise, great writing, a great cast playing great characters, and just enough of an effects budget to have some cool space fights every now and then.
Can such a feat can be repeated in this era? I can certainly hope so.
Can such a feat can be repeated in this era? I can certainly hope so.
This is a really excellent video, by the way - do yourself a favour and sit down and listen (and get even more hyped for what is certain to be an exceptional book, and the start of a very exciting series).
Fresh after the @notsosilentrobb.bsky.social interview bit on WARCOM we've got one today with Chris Wraight. Keep 'em coming, James Workshop!
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#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
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#Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary
Ashes of the Imperium interview – Chris Wraight gets stuck into The Scouring
What better way to learn about a book than to ask the author?
www.warhammer-community.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is a really excellent video, by the way - do yourself a favour and sit down and listen (and get even more hyped for what is certain to be an exceptional book, and the start of a very exciting series).
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These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.