otolithe
@otolithe.bsky.social
Also known as Moose in other circles 😇
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This is definitely true for me. Leiber was a terrific influence, both as a fantasy writer and an sf writer. Genius, and now virtually out of print.
This is definitely true for me. Leiber was a terrific influence, both as a fantasy writer and an sf writer. Genius, and now virtually out of print.
That Other American Tolkien
When I was a child, the novels of Fritz Leiber were way more important to me than The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. If anything Tolkien was the British Leiber
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January 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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This is definitely true for me. Leiber was a terrific influence, both as a fantasy writer and an sf writer. Genius, and now virtually out of print.
This is definitely true for me. Leiber was a terrific influence, both as a fantasy writer and an sf writer. Genius, and now virtually out of print.
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It's cold in Pittsburgh, moving toward holy fucking shit cold next week. Please enjoy your out of control climate demise.
#PulpSabotage
#PulpSabotage
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
It's cold in Pittsburgh, moving toward holy fucking shit cold next week. Please enjoy your out of control climate demise.
#PulpSabotage
#PulpSabotage
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Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era, @kcg.bsky.social ‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era, @kcg.bsky.social ‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.
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Nothing could better sum up where we are as a culture
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Nothing could better sum up where we are as a culture
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Fuck this so much. How long before all of our media runs through one or two companies? It's not just bad for entertainment. It's dangerous when only a few voices control the flow of information and ideas. Look at how timid and lifeless the news industry has become.
Netflix Wins the Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War, Enters Exclusive Deal Talks (Netflix offering $30 a share and a $5 billion break-up fee) www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins...
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Fuck this so much. How long before all of our media runs through one or two companies? It's not just bad for entertainment. It's dangerous when only a few voices control the flow of information and ideas. Look at how timid and lifeless the news industry has become.
La question n’est plus maintenant de savoir si on va crever du changement climatique, mais à quelle vitesse. Et c’est à qui appuiera le plus fort sur l’accélérateur… Tout ça pour un peu de fric.
Au Brésil, les négociations de la COP30 dans l’impasse après la suppression de la référence aux énergies fossiles
Les pourparlers auraient dû s’achever vendredi après-midi à Belem. Mais la présidence brésilienne a mis sur la table un projet de texte qualifié d’« inacceptable » par un certain nombre de parties, do...
www.lemonde.fr
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
La question n’est plus maintenant de savoir si on va crever du changement climatique, mais à quelle vitesse. Et c’est à qui appuiera le plus fort sur l’accélérateur… Tout ça pour un peu de fric.
If I had been told that I’d find “Predator: Badlands” incredibly good (and deep) and Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” incredibly boring and uninteresting (to the point of stopping watching it midway through) I wouldn’t have believed it. Yet, here we are.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If I had been told that I’d find “Predator: Badlands” incredibly good (and deep) and Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” incredibly boring and uninteresting (to the point of stopping watching it midway through) I wouldn’t have believed it. Yet, here we are.
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Socialism is a scare word they've hurled at every advance the people have made. Socialism is what they called public power, social security, deposit insurance, and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for anything that helps all people.
Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is their name for anything that helps all people.
Harry Truman, 1952
BREAKING: Republicans pass bill to condemn Socialism, 285-98. 86 House Democrats voted yes, further demonstrating that we have two right-wing parties in America. 2 members voted Present, and 47 members of the House did not vote (20 R and 27 D).
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Socialism is a scare word they've hurled at every advance the people have made. Socialism is what they called public power, social security, deposit insurance, and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for anything that helps all people.
Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is their name for anything that helps all people.
Harry Truman, 1952
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I hate having to wait a whole year for China Miéville’s new book, but I think it will be worth it.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
Picador unveils China Miéville’s new novel, 20 years in the making
Picador will publish a new novel from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011.
www.thebookseller.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I hate having to wait a whole year for China Miéville’s new book, but I think it will be worth it.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/picad...
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No matter the platform you should have your default feed be reverse chron of who/what you follow and curate and diversify that feed.
You’ll be better informed and less prone to disinfo and group think.
This is a hill I will die on.
You’ll be better informed and less prone to disinfo and group think.
This is a hill I will die on.
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
No matter the platform you should have your default feed be reverse chron of who/what you follow and curate and diversify that feed.
You’ll be better informed and less prone to disinfo and group think.
This is a hill I will die on.
You’ll be better informed and less prone to disinfo and group think.
This is a hill I will die on.
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Kind of tired of the nepo baby thing. Yeah, some suck, but others are awesome. Off the top of my head: Martin Amis, Nick Harkaway, Joe Hill, David Updike, Sofia Coppola, Brandon Cronenberg, Caitlin Cronenberg, Nicolas Cage, John & Angelica Huston, a load of Barrymores...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Stellan Skarsgård Says 13-Year-Old Son Gets Labeled a ‘Nepo Baby’ by ‘Cruel and Ignorant’ Kids: ‘He Doesn’t Have Any Friends at School’
Stellan Skarsgard does not think nepo babies have career longevity if they are not talented.
variety.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Kind of tired of the nepo baby thing. Yeah, some suck, but others are awesome. Off the top of my head: Martin Amis, Nick Harkaway, Joe Hill, David Updike, Sofia Coppola, Brandon Cronenberg, Caitlin Cronenberg, Nicolas Cage, John & Angelica Huston, a load of Barrymores...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
“Apple is among the major tech companies donating to fund President Trump's 90,000-square-foot White House” 🤮.
Shame on you Tim Cook, for this continuous show of corporate cowardice.
Shame on you Tim Cook, for this continuous show of corporate cowardice.
October 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“Apple is among the major tech companies donating to fund President Trump's 90,000-square-foot White House” 🤮.
Shame on you Tim Cook, for this continuous show of corporate cowardice.
Shame on you Tim Cook, for this continuous show of corporate cowardice.
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Cattle Ranchers: “We voted for President Trump to fuck over everyone else, and we still love him for it. But now he’s fucking over cattle ranchers. Please feel sorry for us. We could never have seen this coming.”
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Cattle Ranchers: “We voted for President Trump to fuck over everyone else, and we still love him for it. But now he’s fucking over cattle ranchers. Please feel sorry for us. We could never have seen this coming.”
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Elle fait partie des familles des victimes de l'attentat du DC10 d'UTA de 1989, imputable au pouvoir libyen du colonel Kadhafi.
Elle a des choses à nous dire sur Sarkozy et sa victimisation.
A écouter jusqu'à la fin.
Elle a des choses à nous dire sur Sarkozy et sa victimisation.
A écouter jusqu'à la fin.
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Elle fait partie des familles des victimes de l'attentat du DC10 d'UTA de 1989, imputable au pouvoir libyen du colonel Kadhafi.
Elle a des choses à nous dire sur Sarkozy et sa victimisation.
A écouter jusqu'à la fin.
Elle a des choses à nous dire sur Sarkozy et sa victimisation.
A écouter jusqu'à la fin.
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THE FLESH KING, the sequel to THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL, is now available for preorder. If you're interested in picking it up, please considering preordering it. It might seem like a small thing, but preorders get books a lot more visibility on sites and help them stay in print. Thanks.
September 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
THE FLESH KING, the sequel to THE PALE HOUSE DEVIL, is now available for preorder. If you're interested in picking it up, please considering preordering it. It might seem like a small thing, but preorders get books a lot more visibility on sites and help them stay in print. Thanks.
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The Democrats have been digging their own grave by listening to think tanks, so why not one more to throw dirt on the casket and put up the tombstone?
September 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Democrats have been digging their own grave by listening to think tanks, so why not one more to throw dirt on the casket and put up the tombstone?
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/09/15/la-cour-des-comptes-porte-un-il-critique-sur-la-gratuite-des-transports-publics-dans-les-grandes-villes_6641240_3234.html
La cours des comptes peut aller se faire voir ailleurs…
La cours des comptes peut aller se faire voir ailleurs…
September 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/09/15/la-cour-des-comptes-porte-un-il-critique-sur-la-gratuite-des-transports-publics-dans-les-grandes-villes_6641240_3234.html
La cours des comptes peut aller se faire voir ailleurs…
La cours des comptes peut aller se faire voir ailleurs…
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The Peripheral.
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Peripheral.
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Climate science is not a faction. Anti-net zero political affiliation is.
Consider the source.
Consider the source.
September 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Climate science is not a faction. Anti-net zero political affiliation is.
Consider the source.
Consider the source.
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You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
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Having rewatched the entire Coen Brothers filmography recently, I present my completely arbitrary ranking of the brothers’ films.
September 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Having rewatched the entire Coen Brothers filmography recently, I present my completely arbitrary ranking of the brothers’ films.
“Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.”
I Am An AI Hater
http://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html
I Am An AI Hater
http://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html
August 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.”
I Am An AI Hater
http://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html
I Am An AI Hater
http://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html
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Fuck all of these people. "We're absolutely not going to help you, so pray to sky daddy for some candy."
Karoline Leavitt: "I saw the comments of Ms. Psaki and frankly I think they're incredibly insensitive and disrespectful to the tens of millions of Americans of faith across this country who believe in the power of prayer, who believe that prayer works."
August 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fuck all of these people. "We're absolutely not going to help you, so pray to sky daddy for some candy."