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Jo M Thomas

@journeymouse.bsky.social

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She / her. Into reading, writing, historical fencing. Environmentalist and a Tech Druid. Autistic linktr.ee/journeymouse

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · Mar 10

Hey, folks. I'm starting to have Thoughts about the next WIP, seeing as I'm now procrastinating on the cleaning up of the previous WIP (space billionaires). I'll take facts, titbits, musings and anything you fancy making up about any of the following:

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 4h

Basically, that was a long winded way of saying "yes, yes, they are"

Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 4h

You say that but, as a SysAdmin, I'm not particularly fond of DevOps, let alone replacing the only thing that passes for someone who knows what they're doing with AI

(But I'm risk averse. This is the point of my role. As part of the Ops bit.)

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Ben Berman Ghan @inkstainedwreck.ca · 5h

still looking for #submissions to for chapbooks for this spring!!! each of our editors want slightly different things but I'm still really hoping to publish some #sff from #canadian writers.

Do hashtags work anymore even lmao it's been years

you can reach out on here or at [email protected]

Paper Bill Press

Chapbooks for the Wild

paperbillpress.ca

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 7h

I see you're from the German school(s) of fencing...

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 1d

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!

This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.

In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook

Available wherever books are sold.

#booksky #Blackbooksky

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

82% there (or thereabouts!) Hoping to fund before @bristolcon.bsky.social this weekend! Please share?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

Update 19: Almost there! · They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

Hi folks! As usual I am giving you a rest from the Welsh stuff on the Sunday. However, I did want to pop in to note that, thanks to some great help from wonderful friends (you know who you are), we ha...

www.kickstarter.com

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 5d

The @wtpress.bsky.social Kickstarter campaign has a lot of fun stories from Welsh history and mythology. They are best read in order, so I am going to make a mega-thread of them, starting with @julietemckenna.bsky.social on why she used Welsh folklore: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

Update 2: Juliet McKenna on Welsh folklore · They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

As promised, here is the first of our updates about Welsh history and legend. This one is from Juliet McKenna.I was drawn to the Welsh myths underpinning The Green Man’s Gift for several reasons. Firs...

www.kickstarter.com

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · Sep 22

The BBC is our national broadcaster, people expect and deserve balanced news coverage.
It's clear to everyone the BBC is giving Nigel Farage and Reform far too much coverage.
#LibDems 🔶
Petition 👇🏽
www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

Balance the BBC

The BBC is our national broadcaster, people expect and deserve balanced news coverage.

www.libdems.org.uk

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · Sep 22

Please repost if you agree that British TV News is betraying our democracy by giving Farage what looks like more coverage than all the other opposition parties combined.

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 2d

UK petition for the media and politicians to recognise that there's a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community, calling on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name

notinourname.org.uk

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 2d

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Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 4d

This fact and the effectiveness of UBI must be two of the most repeatedly-proved things that we somehow continue to refuse to believe or acknowledge.

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Kenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 4d

Oh look, yet another piece of research that shows that more centrist/mainstream parties parroting the far right only makes people more likely to vote for the far right.

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

www.theguardian.com

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 4d

Sunday 13:00, Lost Cities And Legends, Panel Room 1 - moderated by @jamortimore.bsky.social and co-panelled by David Green, @annasmithspark.bsky.social , and @julietemckenna.bsky.social

(Apologies to anyone whose BlueSky handle I didn't match up.)

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 4d

Saturday 09:50, Reading, Panel Room 1 - I plan on reading Let's Stay Together, an out of print ghost story

Saturday 10:00, Pets In Space, Panel Room 1 - moderated by Dr Bob and co-panelled by Piotr Swietlik, @johannestevans.bsky.social, and @hierath77.bsky.social - Yes, that is a lot of Jos

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 4d

Next weekend, I shall be at BristolCon (program here: www.bristolcon.org)

For anyone wishing to join the executive princess hellhound (retired)'s fan club, she will be at the hotel as it's dog friendly but probably not attending actual panels

Things what I am doing follow

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Welcome to BristolCon.org

www.bristolcon.org

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 5d

If you'd like to read the speeches that were made yesterday about Ada Lovelace Day and women in STEM, you can find them here:

hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

I'll share the right Parliament TV link as soon as the debate is up!

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.bsky.social · 5d

The draft programme for BristolCon 2025 has been released, and is now live on the BristolCon website!

Here are my panels for the weekend - I'm arriving in Bristol on Friday and running a writing workshop at the University of Bristol with the CompLit Society, and then we're at the con!

BristolCon 2025 – Bristol-based Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention

Convention attendee.

Pets in Space – Saturday 25th – 10am to 11am – Panel Room 1

Panellist alongside Piotr Swietlik, Jo M Thomas/Journeyhouse, and Joanne Hall. Moderated by Dr Bob.

Has Social Media Killed the Promotions Game? – Saturday 25th – 4pm to 5pm – Panel Room 2

Reading at 3:50pm. Moderator. Panellists are Dan Batchelor, Joanne Hall, Jennifer Taylor-Gray, and Richard Stephenson.

What Potions Can’t Heal – Sunday 26th – 10am to 11am – Panel Room 1

Moderator. Panellists are Joel Cornah, Emma Newman, Bav, and Sophia Vahdati.

Two Genders? That’s All? – Sunday 26th – 2pm to 3pm – Panel Room 1

Panellist alongside Pete Ellis, Zoe, and Dr Bob. Moderated by Cheryl Morgan

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 6d

Thread to read and remember when you're thinking about asking someone running a voluntary initiative to do you a favour.

Suw @suw.bsky.social · 6d

Having a day of extreme cognitive dissonance today. On the one hand, I'm going to Parliament for a Westminster Hall debate in honour of Ada Lovelace Day, a thing that I created in 2009 and that I'm very proud of.

Otoh, I'm broke.

By many measures, ALD was a huge success — people picked up the...

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 8d

Cameron Johnston deals alert - for new novel First Mage on the Moon and The Maleficent Seven!

1) First Mage on the Moon preorders are 25% off at Waterstones until 17/10:
www.waterstones.com/book/first-m...

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First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston | Waterstones

Buy First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Jo M Thomas @journeymouse.bsky.social · 8d

Oh, BristolCon! See you there!

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, I have a YA fantasy out!

www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/fire-he...

www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/cold-st...

#YAfantasy #sapphic #swords

The promo graphic/banner for the Fire Heart duology. Cover art is by Yasu Matsuoka.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10d

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 25d

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.

Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 26d

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

heated.world

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Patrick Samphire but for Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 12d

If you're a book blogger or reviewer and you would like a review copy of my Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, you can now request one!

forms.gle/Pok2zPfGCUZk...

Promo image showing the cover of The Dead Man, A Mennik Thorn Prequel Novella, by Patrick Samphire. Image includes the text:

To say Dumonoc was cheap was like saying that a volcano was warm; it wasn't wrong, but it didn't exactly capture the essence of the situation.

The Dead Man.

Published November 18, 2025.

Request review copy!

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