Simon Bisson
@sbisson.com
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Simon Bisson
@sbisson.com
· Jun 19
Come for the developer journalism, stay for the long running SFF review series, photographs of inner London birding, and well, the randomness of a crapaud in the big city.
All this from an ex-engineer who found one of his cancelled projects in For All Mankind.
And if you want to chat try Signal.
All this from an ex-engineer who found one of his cancelled projects in For All Mankind.
And if you want to chat try Signal.
It appears to be Chelsea boot season.
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It appears to be Chelsea boot season.
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Good news! We have successfully created the glider from the classic manga/anime This Glider Is Fucking Awesome You Should Totally Create One!
Someone has built a working full-scale version of the glider from Miyazaki's Nausicaa!
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
Sekiyado testflight 2025/11/08_2
YouTube video by kazuhiko hachiya
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Good news! We have successfully created the glider from the classic manga/anime This Glider Is Fucking Awesome You Should Totally Create One!
Someone has built a working full-scale version of the glider from Miyazaki's Nausicaa!
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
Sekiyado testflight 2025/11/08_2
YouTube video by kazuhiko hachiya
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Someone has built a working full-scale version of the glider from Miyazaki's Nausicaa!
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
youtu.be/DXUuExL8Cac?...
Not sure what Adobe is using for the Acrobat AI summary, but it's really prone to making stuff up...
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Not sure what Adobe is using for the Acrobat AI summary, but it's really prone to making stuff up...
Clearly Rothko's Basset Hound.
Musk: i reada da Watchers
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Clearly Rothko's Basset Hound.
Recent Reads: The Casebook Of Stamford Hawksmoor. Bryan Talbot's prequel to his Grandville books is a political thriller hidden in an anthropomorphic Holmesian mystery. After 200 years of French rule London is soon to be free, but someone aims to profit from chaos and murder. Conspiracies run free.
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Recent Reads: The Casebook Of Stamford Hawksmoor. Bryan Talbot's prequel to his Grandville books is a political thriller hidden in an anthropomorphic Holmesian mystery. After 200 years of French rule London is soon to be free, but someone aims to profit from chaos and murder. Conspiracies run free.
Like many Gen X SFF readers I knew about the exploding whale long before the Internet, as it was repurposed as part of the back story of one of the characters in Oregon SF writer Julian May’s epic 1981 novel, The Many-Coloured Land.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
The History of Exploding Whales Is the History of the Internet Itself
My first whale video came in the form of a VHS tape mailed to me by a stranger from the internet.
www.vice.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Like many Gen X SFF readers I knew about the exploding whale long before the Internet, as it was repurposed as part of the back story of one of the characters in Oregon SF writer Julian May’s epic 1981 novel, The Many-Coloured Land.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
It was seventy years ago today. And that clock still doesn’t work..
Nov 12th - The Hill Valley clock tower was struck by lightning, George decked Biff and saved Lorraine, Marty travelled Back to the Future.
📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
📽️📅 Back to the Future (1985)
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It was seventy years ago today. And that clock still doesn’t work..
If you made up past 2am you were able to see a mere smattering of an #aurora from London, as the rain stopped and the clouds thinned for a few minutes.
#northernlights
#northernlights
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If you made up past 2am you were able to see a mere smattering of an #aurora from London, as the rain stopped and the clouds thinned for a few minutes.
#northernlights
#northernlights
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
1176nT of flux. But the sky is too cloudy.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
1176nT of flux. But the sky is too cloudy.
Recent Reads: Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees. Patrick Horvath's cozy horror anthropomorphic graphic novel takes us to where serial killer bear Sam has to find out who's now killing in her quiet hometown, the place she hides her crimes. To keep her secret she has to solve the crime. Darkly cute.
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Recent Reads: Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees. Patrick Horvath's cozy horror anthropomorphic graphic novel takes us to where serial killer bear Sam has to find out who's now killing in her quiet hometown, the place she hides her crimes. To keep her secret she has to solve the crime. Darkly cute.
Ian Fleming came up with the idea of putting false intelligence and identies in the pockets of corpses and throwing them in the Channel to be found by the Nazi forces in Europe.
It stands to reason then that James Bond is a fake identity that comes with the 007 role.
It stands to reason then that James Bond is a fake identity that comes with the 007 role.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ian Fleming came up with the idea of putting false intelligence and identies in the pockets of corpses and throwing them in the Channel to be found by the Nazi forces in Europe.
It stands to reason then that James Bond is a fake identity that comes with the 007 role.
It stands to reason then that James Bond is a fake identity that comes with the 007 role.
Started reading Patrick Horvath's Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees. Is there such a genre as cozy horror? Because this is that - a serial killer in a world of anthropomorphic animals has to track down another killer as it's brought her secret life to the small town where she lives. Recommended.
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Started reading Patrick Horvath's Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees. Is there such a genre as cozy horror? Because this is that - a serial killer in a world of anthropomorphic animals has to track down another killer as it's brought her secret life to the small town where she lives. Recommended.
Reposted by Simon Bisson
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Simon Bisson
Join us LIVE at #dotNetConf as we launch .NET 10 and VS2026! We are live with demos and details for the next three days! www.dotnetconf.net
.NET Conf 2025
Join the .NET Conf 2025 free virtual event November 11-13 2025 to learn about the newest developments across the .NET platform, open source, and dev tools. Mark your calendar!
www.dotnetconf.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Join us LIVE at #dotNetConf as we launch .NET 10 and VS2026! We are live with demos and details for the next three days! www.dotnetconf.net
There is… A PIGEON.
Outside THE WINDOW.
ON THE HOUSE!
This cannot stand.
Wonder Maine Twin Calico Powers Enhance!
Outside THE WINDOW.
ON THE HOUSE!
This cannot stand.
Wonder Maine Twin Calico Powers Enhance!
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
There is… A PIGEON.
Outside THE WINDOW.
ON THE HOUSE!
This cannot stand.
Wonder Maine Twin Calico Powers Enhance!
Outside THE WINDOW.
ON THE HOUSE!
This cannot stand.
Wonder Maine Twin Calico Powers Enhance!
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TODAY ONLY the publisher of the #ebook edition of this antifascist cyberpunk #sf trilogy is offering ALL THREE BOOKS for $3.99. This promotion is to try and interest libraries in the books for their #ebooks stacks but also is today available to anyone. The 3 books are normally 30 dollars!
The Eclipse Trilogy: Eclipse, Eclipse: Penumbra, and Eclipse: Corona
The Eclipse Trilogy: Eclipse, Eclipse: Penumbra, and Eclipse: Corona - Kindle edition by Shirley, John. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Eclipse Trilogy: Eclipse, Eclipse: Penumbra, and Eclipse: Corona.
www.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A juvenile common gull takes off from one of the old pier pilings at Point Pleasant, on the Wandle delta.
#birds #birding #gulls #wandle #wandsworth #photography
#birds #birding #gulls #wandle #wandsworth #photography
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A juvenile common gull takes off from one of the old pier pilings at Point Pleasant, on the Wandle delta.
#birds #birding #gulls #wandle #wandsworth #photography
#birds #birding #gulls #wandle #wandsworth #photography
Well this is tiny…
My Planck 2TB SSD arrived this morning.
My Planck 2TB SSD arrived this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Well this is tiny…
My Planck 2TB SSD arrived this morning.
My Planck 2TB SSD arrived this morning.
Happy "There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen" Day to everyone who celebrates it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy "There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen" Day to everyone who celebrates it.
The Hurlingham Club fireworks were quite spectacular tonight, with added lasers.
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Hurlingham Club fireworks were quite spectacular tonight, with added lasers.
Recent Reads: The Butcher's Masquerade. The 5th of Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series continues the mayhem. As the crawlers are hunted by outside factions, Carl learns more about the system he's going to bring down. The result: a bittersweet level victory. Late-stage capitalism is a bitch.
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Recent Reads: The Butcher's Masquerade. The 5th of Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series continues the mayhem. As the crawlers are hunted by outside factions, Carl learns more about the system he's going to bring down. The result: a bittersweet level victory. Late-stage capitalism is a bitch.