If you can see it in theaters, definitely make the time. It’s @realgdt.bsky.social’s masterpiece and there are scenes that took my breath away.

Yeah. But I don't think that they even *care*: it's just a way to start an argument online.

These are in the minority: there are quite a few more “wows” and “%relative talked about this” comments, which is good to see. But it’s still obnoxious and just… counter productive? Nothing in the post talked about climate change and it just feels like arguing for the sake of arguing.

Weirdly, this feels like Old Man’s War meets Babylon 5, in all the best ways.

And here’s the TOC for November!

transfer-orbit.ghost.io/sci-fi-fanta...

I'll have another list for November coming in a couple of weeks, but you can also read prior installments and subscribe here: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/tag/book-list/

Authors this round include @johnjosephadams.com, @travisbaldree.bsky.social, @adamchristopher.me, @kateelliottsff.bsky.social, @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social, @theodoragoss.bsky.social, @shonak.bsky.social, @qntm.org, @scalzi.com, @stephenkstanford.bsky.social, @andreagstewart.bsky.social, and more!

So I never deleted TO's Substack account: I kept it in place to use it as a wayfinder, as a handful of folks had been recommending it. I just transfer the new subscribers over when they come in.

And, philosophical issues aside, the day-to-day feature of "writers first" feels like it's taken a back seat to building the tools to have people find your publication. They've done a good job with it: I still have people filter in from Substack, even though I haven't published TO there in years.

Their free speech absolutism is a huge problem for them, and it was a huge reason for why I ended up migrating.