Robot Mel
@robotmeile.bsky.social
Queer, Goth Librarian and Geek. Loves plays and knitting (they/them)
Fandom obsessions BSG, SOA, Chucky, X-Files, Resident alien, Star Trek, Xena, Twin Peaks, The Untamed, Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, Mary, Gillian Anderson
Fandom obsessions BSG, SOA, Chucky, X-Files, Resident alien, Star Trek, Xena, Twin Peaks, The Untamed, Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, Mary, Gillian Anderson
Instant purchase!!!
I must admit I thought this might be Al for a second but no, it's real.
The Museum Theft advent calendar.
What were you thinking Playmobil!!
So irresponsible, so wrong...
Yes, of course I bought one instantly 😁
The Museum Theft advent calendar.
What were you thinking Playmobil!!
So irresponsible, so wrong...
Yes, of course I bought one instantly 😁
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Instant purchase!!!
I thought the ADHD meds would slow my brain down. But my thoughts keep racing I’m just able to juggle much more now. Without the executive dysfunction I find myself asking, wait is this too much? Hopefully I’ll find the right balance soon!
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I thought the ADHD meds would slow my brain down. But my thoughts keep racing I’m just able to juggle much more now. Without the executive dysfunction I find myself asking, wait is this too much? Hopefully I’ll find the right balance soon!
Book post!! So exited to read this! Really loved the woods all black! Really recommend books by @leemandelo.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Book post!! So exited to read this! Really loved the woods all black! Really recommend books by @leemandelo.bsky.social
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these are editorial choices being made specifically to stoke the flames more.
they'd knew you'd all get upset, share their pieces to yell about them and they'd get views and be able to justify themselves to advertisers or other partners lol.
That's literally all this is to (most of) them.
they'd knew you'd all get upset, share their pieces to yell about them and they'd get views and be able to justify themselves to advertisers or other partners lol.
That's literally all this is to (most of) them.
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
these are editorial choices being made specifically to stoke the flames more.
they'd knew you'd all get upset, share their pieces to yell about them and they'd get views and be able to justify themselves to advertisers or other partners lol.
That's literally all this is to (most of) them.
they'd knew you'd all get upset, share their pieces to yell about them and they'd get views and be able to justify themselves to advertisers or other partners lol.
That's literally all this is to (most of) them.
Utterly adored this one! Definitely recommended!
i have a book about the Death of Mountains visiting a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. it's a short little book, and on sale from my publisher (@lethepress.bsky.social)!
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Utterly adored this one! Definitely recommended!
But I did just finish the Pitt and while it was a bit too much Noah Wylie and a bit not enough everyone else! I did enjoy it a lot. Especially Fiona! I’m so happy she’s in such a successful show!
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
But I did just finish the Pitt and while it was a bit too much Noah Wylie and a bit not enough everyone else! I did enjoy it a lot. Especially Fiona! I’m so happy she’s in such a successful show!
Oh dear s3 of Daryl Dixon did not start well! It appeared to be written by people who had
1 never been to England
2 never watched the Walking Dead!
If I were Melissa I’d want to sue somebody 🤣😡🤣
1 never been to England
2 never watched the Walking Dead!
If I were Melissa I’d want to sue somebody 🤣😡🤣
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Oh dear s3 of Daryl Dixon did not start well! It appeared to be written by people who had
1 never been to England
2 never watched the Walking Dead!
If I were Melissa I’d want to sue somebody 🤣😡🤣
1 never been to England
2 never watched the Walking Dead!
If I were Melissa I’d want to sue somebody 🤣😡🤣
Absolutely recommend this one!!
It's Black Friday at Dark Matter and it's a good chance to get your copy of Kap's Needle with 15% OFF!
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Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle
In 2144 AD, the generation ship Kap's Needle left Earth to settle a new world. It all went wrong. Now, two years into a desperate return trip, the ship's biospheres are collapsing and oxygen is nearly...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Absolutely recommend this one!!
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
Just remembered the people behind me in the book shop that said they thought there were too many books now. Books were ok to give as gifts if you could find the right one to match the person.
They definitely seemed to not get reading! And this was a group of women older than me! Sad librarian!
They definitely seemed to not get reading! And this was a group of women older than me! Sad librarian!
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Just remembered the people behind me in the book shop that said they thought there were too many books now. Books were ok to give as gifts if you could find the right one to match the person.
They definitely seemed to not get reading! And this was a group of women older than me! Sad librarian!
They definitely seemed to not get reading! And this was a group of women older than me! Sad librarian!
Worked from home this morning so I could work on my presentation! Worked on everything else instead!
Also somehow booked 3 plays and NYE!
Multi tasking happens now on meds I guess!
Also somehow booked 3 plays and NYE!
Multi tasking happens now on meds I guess!
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Worked from home this morning so I could work on my presentation! Worked on everything else instead!
Also somehow booked 3 plays and NYE!
Multi tasking happens now on meds I guess!
Also somehow booked 3 plays and NYE!
Multi tasking happens now on meds I guess!
My face is hidden but it’s clearly me 🤣🤣🤣 Miriam is lovely
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My face is hidden but it’s clearly me 🤣🤣🤣 Miriam is lovely
At Waterstones for a signing by Miriam Margoyles and they are having us wait outside and all but one of their books in the main part of the display are by men except for Nobody’s girl. And I just can’t think of a stronger condemnation of mainstream publishing.
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
At Waterstones for a signing by Miriam Margoyles and they are having us wait outside and all but one of their books in the main part of the display are by men except for Nobody’s girl. And I just can’t think of a stronger condemnation of mainstream publishing.
I can’t believe ive not seen anyone do the pope singing même with highway to hell yet!! 😂
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I can’t believe ive not seen anyone do the pope singing même with highway to hell yet!! 😂
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From the days when ancient humans carved animals into cave walls and fashioned flutes from swan-bones, and all the way through the mists of time until we reach the Portland Frog, they can try to cut down the human impulse for creativity in the face of despair and it will just keep coming back again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From the days when ancient humans carved animals into cave walls and fashioned flutes from swan-bones, and all the way through the mists of time until we reach the Portland Frog, they can try to cut down the human impulse for creativity in the face of despair and it will just keep coming back again.
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How much of this moment's awfulness is artificially cultivated top-down to keep people cowed? Arts and humanities keep despair at bay, whether it is top-down or internal, which is why administrators of the moment love to hate it, replace it with AI (good luck), etc etc.
They can't, though
They can't, though
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
How much of this moment's awfulness is artificially cultivated top-down to keep people cowed? Arts and humanities keep despair at bay, whether it is top-down or internal, which is why administrators of the moment love to hate it, replace it with AI (good luck), etc etc.
They can't, though
They can't, though
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My brand new book Song of Spores is just $4.99 on the Kindle!
A fun space opera adventure that's also very trans, queer and intersex (like me). So um, *now* might be a good time to pick it up!
Spread the word! Costs less than an iced matcha latte 😆
amzn.to/47ES674 (Associate link)
A fun space opera adventure that's also very trans, queer and intersex (like me). So um, *now* might be a good time to pick it up!
Spread the word! Costs less than an iced matcha latte 😆
amzn.to/47ES674 (Associate link)
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My brand new book Song of Spores is just $4.99 on the Kindle!
A fun space opera adventure that's also very trans, queer and intersex (like me). So um, *now* might be a good time to pick it up!
Spread the word! Costs less than an iced matcha latte 😆
amzn.to/47ES674 (Associate link)
A fun space opera adventure that's also very trans, queer and intersex (like me). So um, *now* might be a good time to pick it up!
Spread the word! Costs less than an iced matcha latte 😆
amzn.to/47ES674 (Associate link)
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Remember. We know these drugs are safe. There is no need to do any of this.
The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Remember. We know these drugs are safe. There is no need to do any of this.
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2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
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Cis people, how many times have you been asked to describe how you masturbate, and what you think about when you do, to access healthcare on the NHS?
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Cis people, how many times have you been asked to describe how you masturbate, and what you think about when you do, to access healthcare on the NHS?
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Would be great to spread this far and wide so we make as much money as possible in COLCHESTER tomorrow
This SUNDAY - COLCHESTER!!
A solo show for @samaritans.bsky.social
Tickets here
www.redlionbooks.co.uk/product/poet...
Tell your friends
A solo show for @samaritans.bsky.social
Tickets here
www.redlionbooks.co.uk/product/poet...
Tell your friends
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Would be great to spread this far and wide so we make as much money as possible in COLCHESTER tomorrow
Just worked out the broad outline for my story :)
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Just worked out the broad outline for my story :)
Things that are definitely going in my cozy cyberpunk dystopia story!
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Things that are definitely going in my cozy cyberpunk dystopia story!
Two stars to the city and the city by China Mieville, the only reason this is urban fantasy is because it's SO totally unrealistic! 🤣
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Mel's review of The City & the City
2/5: I should *really* know better than to try and read books by straight white dudes. I had the mistake impression that this one would be film noir type book set in two cities that were in different ...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Two stars to the city and the city by China Mieville, the only reason this is urban fantasy is because it's SO totally unrealistic! 🤣
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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I definitely heard from trans people that the reason we use “deadname” is because it’s the name that gets reported when you are dead/murdered or put on your grave before you were legally allowed to change it. But I’ve not found a written source for that. Google is useless now. Anyone help?
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I definitely heard from trans people that the reason we use “deadname” is because it’s the name that gets reported when you are dead/murdered or put on your grave before you were legally allowed to change it. But I’ve not found a written source for that. Google is useless now. Anyone help?