Becinator
@artdragon86.bsky.social
Artist and writer (fantasy/sci-fi). Lecturer and researcher with a PhD in IT/HCI. Gardener. Actually three bin chickens in a trenchcoat. Melbourne/Australia
https://artdragon86.carrd.co/
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Becinator
@artdragon86.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Since more folks are joining BlueSky, I thought I'd do an intro post.
My hobbies/interests:
-Writing/reading (mostly fantasy and sci-fi)
-Art (traditional media, mostly landscapes, animals and still lifes)
-Gardening
-Academia (InfoTech/HCI)
-Games (esp. Pokemon)
-Tea
-Dogs (esp. German Shepherds)
My hobbies/interests:
-Writing/reading (mostly fantasy and sci-fi)
-Art (traditional media, mostly landscapes, animals and still lifes)
-Gardening
-Academia (InfoTech/HCI)
-Games (esp. Pokemon)
-Tea
-Dogs (esp. German Shepherds)
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New post on my writing blog: On content warnings (and their inclusion in books).
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/o...
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/o...
On content warnings (and their inclusion in books)
Every now and then while perusing various book-related forums (particularly those dedicate to genre fiction), I see recommendation requests specifying certain trigger warnings they would prefer to …
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM
New post on my writing blog: On content warnings (and their inclusion in books).
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/o...
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/o...
New post on my writing blog: On content warnings (and their inclusion in books).
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/o...
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/o...
On content warnings (and their inclusion in books)
Every now and then while perusing various book-related forums (particularly those dedicate to genre fiction), I see recommendation requests specifying certain trigger warnings they would prefer to …
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM
New post on my writing blog: On content warnings (and their inclusion in books).
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/o...
rebeccajfleming.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/o...
Just hit 90,000 words of my fantasy novel manuscript. Had to add another chapter to my outline, but that was mostly because I realised one chapter would be too large and unwieldy if I wrote it as outlined, so I split it into two smaller ones (one of which I've already written).
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Just hit 90,000 words of my fantasy novel manuscript. Had to add another chapter to my outline, but that was mostly because I realised one chapter would be too large and unwieldy if I wrote it as outlined, so I split it into two smaller ones (one of which I've already written).
Another tomato harvest. Some of them aren’t quite ripe, but it’s going to be so hot tomorrow they would end up cooking on the vine, so they can ripen on my kitchen windowsill instead, which has the added bonus of protecting them from hungry birds and possums looking for a snack.
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Another tomato harvest. Some of them aren’t quite ripe, but it’s going to be so hot tomorrow they would end up cooking on the vine, so they can ripen on my kitchen windowsill instead, which has the added bonus of protecting them from hungry birds and possums looking for a snack.
Professor Reports That OpenAI Deleted His Work, World Laughs in His Face
gizmodo.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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LinkedIn probably wasn’t the best channel to post this, but I stand by it
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 AM
LinkedIn probably wasn’t the best channel to post this, but I stand by it
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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I seldom buy clothes. However, ...
January 25, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I seldom buy clothes. However, ...
Every now and then while I'm writing, I come out with a paragraph that makes me sit back in my chair and say to myself, "This is some good-ass prose."
Just wrote another one of those paragraphs.
Just wrote another one of those paragraphs.
January 25, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Every now and then while I'm writing, I come out with a paragraph that makes me sit back in my chair and say to myself, "This is some good-ass prose."
Just wrote another one of those paragraphs.
Just wrote another one of those paragraphs.
Today in my garden.
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Today in my garden.
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Oh my god! No! NO! STOP GIVING MEN HIDDEN CAMERAS!
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Oh my god! No! NO! STOP GIVING MEN HIDDEN CAMERAS!
King of the head tilt.
January 24, 2026 at 8:48 AM
King of the head tilt.
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
Spent a few hours today in the library for a writing workshop. Good group of people and a fairly relaxed atmosphere, so I’m looking forward to going again when my hectic teaching schedule allows.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Spent a few hours today in the library for a writing workshop. Good group of people and a fairly relaxed atmosphere, so I’m looking forward to going again when my hectic teaching schedule allows.
Going to a writing workshop event tomorrow with a friend. Part of me doesn't want to go because it's going to be so hot, but if I don't leave the house at some point, my transformation into a feral trashgoblin will be complete.
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Going to a writing workshop event tomorrow with a friend. Part of me doesn't want to go because it's going to be so hot, but if I don't leave the house at some point, my transformation into a feral trashgoblin will be complete.
Yet another harvest today. My tomato plants are out of control 💀
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Yet another harvest today. My tomato plants are out of control 💀
I was eating an icy pole and a chunk of it broke off and fell on the ground. Rosco got to it before I could but when he tried to eat it, he yelped at how cold it was and then spat it out.
I should feel bad for laughing at him, but... *shrug*
I should feel bad for laughing at him, but... *shrug*
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 AM
I was eating an icy pole and a chunk of it broke off and fell on the ground. Rosco got to it before I could but when he tried to eat it, he yelped at how cold it was and then spat it out.
I should feel bad for laughing at him, but... *shrug*
I should feel bad for laughing at him, but... *shrug*
Who's going to tell him
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 23, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Who's going to tell him
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It is staggering how the two non-Jewish Australians murdered that day never get mentioned. They keep trying to insist on a “national” day of mourning, on tying this to Australian identity, while simultaneously making it explicitly about Israel—trying to use it to ban protests, and suppress dissent.
It was appropriate to have a day of mourning, but this language is very problematic in the context of Israel's actions and the political insistence on merging all Jews with that country as a unitary identity. And Minns' tie colour choice wasn't an accident.
January 23, 2026 at 2:07 AM
It is staggering how the two non-Jewish Australians murdered that day never get mentioned. They keep trying to insist on a “national” day of mourning, on tying this to Australian identity, while simultaneously making it explicitly about Israel—trying to use it to ban protests, and suppress dissent.
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
Had lots of plans for all the writing I was going to get done today but I've woken up with the beginnings of a migraine...
two men are sitting next to each other in a dark room and one of them is saying hello darkness my old friend .
Alt: Ben Affleck sitting in an interview and looking sad while Henry Cavill speaks next to him. "Hello darkness my old friend" is on the screen in music notes.
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Had lots of plans for all the writing I was going to get done today but I've woken up with the beginnings of a migraine...
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Now, more than ever, we need Mad As Hell back on TV.
#BREAKING 🚨 The federal Liberal–National Coalition is again no more, with David Littleproud saying Sussan Ley forced the agreement "into an untenable position"
Littleproud says his party will sit by themselves and cannot be part of a coalition led by Ley
Littleproud says his party will sit by themselves and cannot be part of a coalition led by Ley
January 22, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Now, more than ever, we need Mad As Hell back on TV.
*starts pounding on desk with fist* Lib! Spill! Lib! Spill! #LibSpill
Anyways - Coalition split all but done. Eight Nationals resign from shadow cabinet. Can’t have a Coalition cabinet with just one party. Sussan Ley will sink with it.
Who could have predicted any of this? (sarcasm)
Who could have predicted any of this? (sarcasm)
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 AM
*starts pounding on desk with fist* Lib! Spill! Lib! Spill! #LibSpill