astrotomato
@astrotomato.bsky.social
I don't post much these days, but if I do it'll be about #writing #scifi #sustainability #ClimateChange #music // Left of centre
My books:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Graeme%20Maughan/author/B007904WIK
My books:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Graeme%20Maughan/author/B007904WIK
Purple IS a fruit!
BBC News - Move over açaí - the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Move over açaí - the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Purple IS a fruit!
BBC News - Move over açaí - the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Move over açaí - the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We started watching Riot Women tonight, which appealed to Mrs Astro but not me. I just couldn't get over the central conceit that middle aged women forming a rock band was radical in 2025.
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We started watching Riot Women tonight, which appealed to Mrs Astro but not me. I just couldn't get over the central conceit that middle aged women forming a rock band was radical in 2025.
The Anchoress at Union Chapel last night, with Roxanne de Bastion on supporting vocals.
She really is phenomenal.
She really is phenomenal.
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Anchoress at Union Chapel last night, with Roxanne de Bastion on supporting vocals.
She really is phenomenal.
She really is phenomenal.
Scene from a bar
Eszeweria, Krakow
Eszeweria, Krakow
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Scene from a bar
Eszeweria, Krakow
Eszeweria, Krakow
"I mean to have you boy, even if it must be..."
October 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"I mean to have you boy, even if it must be..."
Gotta love a rail replacement service
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Gotta love a rail replacement service
Unsolicited pick pic
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Unsolicited pick pic
Some wild trivia from the making of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
October 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Some wild trivia from the making of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Roy Kinnear was 37 years old when. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory came out.
October 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Roy Kinnear was 37 years old when. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory came out.
Excellent gig at Cadogan Hall last night. Enji was first with her soft Mongolian jazz, followed by Les Égarés with their jazz - north African - gipsy - folk melange.
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Excellent gig at Cadogan Hall last night. Enji was first with her soft Mongolian jazz, followed by Les Égarés with their jazz - north African - gipsy - folk melange.
Beta Band at Camden Roundhouse. Bonkers psychedelia. What I loved most was how they kept putting their instruments down so they could all wig out on percussion.
October 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Beta Band at Camden Roundhouse. Bonkers psychedelia. What I loved most was how they kept putting their instruments down so they could all wig out on percussion.
My WIP is a 3-generation saga, stretching over 50 years of a single family. I'm probably 4 months off finishing the first draft and already over 120,000 words. Starting to wonder if the final version might need to be 3 separate novellas.
September 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My WIP is a 3-generation saga, stretching over 50 years of a single family. I'm probably 4 months off finishing the first draft and already over 120,000 words. Starting to wonder if the final version might need to be 3 separate novellas.
Identifying as a man again
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Identifying as a man again
Not a bad muster point for a fire alarm evacuation from our office
September 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Not a bad muster point for a fire alarm evacuation from our office
Paging AI firms, paging AI firms
September 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Paging AI firms, paging AI firms
Michael Rother (ex-Neu!) on stage at Islington Assembly Hall tonight. Josh Gaza of Secret Machines guest stars on a drum at stage side.
September 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Michael Rother (ex-Neu!) on stage at Islington Assembly Hall tonight. Josh Gaza of Secret Machines guest stars on a drum at stage side.
Marta Salogni on stage at Islington Assembly Hall.
September 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Marta Salogni on stage at Islington Assembly Hall.
Well, retirement just came a small step closer today!
September 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Well, retirement just came a small step closer today!
The only way is AIsex
September 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The only way is AIsex
Reminder that AI will return an answer that suits your question.
For these, I used the phrase "are spiders repelled by cinnamon" and added "scientific evidence" to the second query. Amazingly different results. AI is a crowd pleaser, isn't it?
For these, I used the phrase "are spiders repelled by cinnamon" and added "scientific evidence" to the second query. Amazingly different results. AI is a crowd pleaser, isn't it?
September 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Reminder that AI will return an answer that suits your question.
For these, I used the phrase "are spiders repelled by cinnamon" and added "scientific evidence" to the second query. Amazingly different results. AI is a crowd pleaser, isn't it?
For these, I used the phrase "are spiders repelled by cinnamon" and added "scientific evidence" to the second query. Amazingly different results. AI is a crowd pleaser, isn't it?
Standards for social housing are archaic that the National Housing Federation is backing a pilot project that looks at the impact of ... ensuring all rented homes have carpets in them.
September 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Standards for social housing are archaic that the National Housing Federation is backing a pilot project that looks at the impact of ... ensuring all rented homes have carpets in them.
Petition to bring back Thrace for the lolz
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Petition to bring back Thrace for the lolz