Tom Doyle
@tomdoyle.bsky.social
science fiction and fantasy writer, author of the American Craftsmen trilogy, Border Crosser, and the Agent of Exiles audio adventure series.
@hotgpod.bsky.social Thanks for the Christmas gift podcast--nice to hear both about places I've seen and those I haven't.
December 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@hotgpod.bsky.social Thanks for the Christmas gift podcast--nice to hear both about places I've seen and those I haven't.
Around 2000 years ago, all sorts of folks were wondering how to just exist under the shadow of a powerful military dictatorship. And some in different ways found a common solution--while we live, they can't stop us from loving one another. So happy holidays to all the children of that revolution.
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Around 2000 years ago, all sorts of folks were wondering how to just exist under the shadow of a powerful military dictatorship. And some in different ways found a common solution--while we live, they can't stop us from loving one another. So happy holidays to all the children of that revolution.
Ar-Pharazon is working on his golden fleet. That story always ends well.
December 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Ar-Pharazon is working on his golden fleet. That story always ends well.
Does anyone (particularly those who know Hebrew) know what the negative of Emmanuel (from Immanu'el) might look like? Asking for my country.
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Does anyone (particularly those who know Hebrew) know what the negative of Emmanuel (from Immanu'el) might look like? Asking for my country.
@kierongillen.bsky.social Enjoyed Power Fantasy #14, but a question--assuming I'm reading re: the right problem, I'm not sure I get how infinite-dollar problem connects to Eliza's situation (even with the nice illustration). Is this link the correct problem? xorshammer.com/2008/08/22/s... Thanks!
Making Money Disappear Through Infinite Iteration
In Joel David Hamkin’s paper Supertasks and Computation, he relates the following puzzle: Suppose that you have a countable infinity of dollar bills, and one day you meet the devil, who offer…
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December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
@kierongillen.bsky.social Enjoyed Power Fantasy #14, but a question--assuming I'm reading re: the right problem, I'm not sure I get how infinite-dollar problem connects to Eliza's situation (even with the nice illustration). Is this link the correct problem? xorshammer.com/2008/08/22/s... Thanks!
A weeks-old note, so not a spoiler: in #Pluribus, the hive mind has no knowledge of (relative) good & evil, just the biological imperative of be fruitful & multiply throughout the galaxy. If the story is tracking its biblical predecessor, then Carol (or another?) has a clear place in the narrative.
December 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A weeks-old note, so not a spoiler: in #Pluribus, the hive mind has no knowledge of (relative) good & evil, just the biological imperative of be fruitful & multiply throughout the galaxy. If the story is tracking its biblical predecessor, then Carol (or another?) has a clear place in the narrative.
In a sign of declining judgment, I'm going to take another run at Joyce's Finnegans Wake. To add insult to self-injury, the start of my path to understanding leads through my nemesis, Joseph Campbell, and his Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake. This is my idea of fun before the thunderclap.
December 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
In a sign of declining judgment, I'm going to take another run at Joyce's Finnegans Wake. To add insult to self-injury, the start of my path to understanding leads through my nemesis, Joseph Campbell, and his Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake. This is my idea of fun before the thunderclap.
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It's THE POWER FANTASY #14 and DIE: LOADED #2 week!
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's THE POWER FANTASY #14 and DIE: LOADED #2 week!
I have an internal protocol (rule seems too strong for something so arbitrary): to be one of the cool nerds, I have to read the SF/F book before a big adaptation comes out. So listening to Project Hail Mary now.
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I have an internal protocol (rule seems too strong for something so arbitrary): to be one of the cool nerds, I have to read the SF/F book before a big adaptation comes out. So listening to Project Hail Mary now.
@hotgpod.bsky.social enjoying your Barbarossa guest appearances on @historyofvenicepod.bsky.social!
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@hotgpod.bsky.social enjoying your Barbarossa guest appearances on @historyofvenicepod.bsky.social!
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Re-upping this, since it's only available for two days:
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Re-upping this, since it's only available for two days:
@hotgpod.bsky.social Hey, did you know about the Maximillian and Marie TV show? x.com/MedievalScho...
The Medieval Scholar on X: "Now watching. I’m on my Maximilian pill again https://t.co/fku2P6cdRH" / X
Now watching. I’m on my Maximilian pill again https://t.co/fku2P6cdRH
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December 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@hotgpod.bsky.social Hey, did you know about the Maximillian and Marie TV show? x.com/MedievalScho...
For the print half of my reading, I'm enjoying Alan Smale's Burning Night--the final book in his alternate history of the space race trilogy that began with Hot Moon. If you haven't read the trilogy yet, you should.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For the print half of my reading, I'm enjoying Alan Smale's Burning Night--the final book in his alternate history of the space race trilogy that began with Hot Moon. If you haven't read the trilogy yet, you should.
Listening to #RayNayler's latest, #WhereTheAxeIsBuried. This is important science fiction for the current moment--it's also really good and (despite its realistic dystopian themes) a joy to read.
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Listening to #RayNayler's latest, #WhereTheAxeIsBuried. This is important science fiction for the current moment--it's also really good and (despite its realistic dystopian themes) a joy to read.
MILD #PLURIBUS SPOILER
In the recent ep: two actors do an excellent job of showing (not telling) what it's like to see some small daylight of hope after living in fear, and by the contrast show they were in fear, and what scared them most.
In the recent ep: two actors do an excellent job of showing (not telling) what it's like to see some small daylight of hope after living in fear, and by the contrast show they were in fear, and what scared them most.
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
MILD #PLURIBUS SPOILER
In the recent ep: two actors do an excellent job of showing (not telling) what it's like to see some small daylight of hope after living in fear, and by the contrast show they were in fear, and what scared them most.
In the recent ep: two actors do an excellent job of showing (not telling) what it's like to see some small daylight of hope after living in fear, and by the contrast show they were in fear, and what scared them most.
Some folk&mythy excerpts from my Agent of Exiles series: www.tomdoyleauthor.com/2025/11/30/a...
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Agent of Exiles excerpt–the secret of Eleusis | Tom Doyle, Writer
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November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some folk&mythy excerpts from my Agent of Exiles series: www.tomdoyleauthor.com/2025/11/30/a...
www.tomdoyleauthor.com/2025/11/30/a...
www.tomdoyleauthor.com/2025/11/30/a...
Watching the American Revolution documentary, does anyone else think about Peter in the Brady Bunch whining about playing Benedict Arnold in the school play?
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Watching the American Revolution documentary, does anyone else think about Peter in the Brady Bunch whining about playing Benedict Arnold in the school play?
In ep. 1 of The American Revolution documentary, Burns et al. highlight the pre-revolution outrage of the colonials to a military force occupying a city--they see the act as pure tyranny.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
In ep. 1 of The American Revolution documentary, Burns et al. highlight the pre-revolution outrage of the colonials to a military force occupying a city--they see the act as pure tyranny.
Reached the Brooklyn Heights part of the American Revolution doc, and no mention of poor old Philip "Foggy" Morton! #AmericanCraftsmen.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Reached the Brooklyn Heights part of the American Revolution doc, and no mention of poor old Philip "Foggy" Morton! #AmericanCraftsmen.
I'm wondering if Vince Gilligan likes Wagner.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm wondering if Vince Gilligan likes Wagner.
@charliejane.bsky.social Welp, it happened (sorta)! Something you might enjoy (and many have thought of): www.tiktok.com/@mcluvs2laug...
Had to be done, Derry Girls in Welcome to Derry #derrygirls #pennywise #derry #welcometoderry #impressions #sketch #ireland #irishtiktok #trending
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November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@charliejane.bsky.social Welp, it happened (sorta)! Something you might enjoy (and many have thought of): www.tiktok.com/@mcluvs2laug...
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Cat’s out of the bag! 📡🎥🎬 The NSF NRAO is thrilled to officially share that the Very Large Array appears in Vince Gilligan’s new AppleTV+ series #Pluribus.
We’re honored to have served as a filming site and for the chance to work with such a talented team!
📸 Credit: Matt Credle
#VLA #Astronomy
We’re honored to have served as a filming site and for the chance to work with such a talented team!
📸 Credit: Matt Credle
#VLA #Astronomy
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Cat’s out of the bag! 📡🎥🎬 The NSF NRAO is thrilled to officially share that the Very Large Array appears in Vince Gilligan’s new AppleTV+ series #Pluribus.
We’re honored to have served as a filming site and for the chance to work with such a talented team!
📸 Credit: Matt Credle
#VLA #Astronomy
We’re honored to have served as a filming site and for the chance to work with such a talented team!
📸 Credit: Matt Credle
#VLA #Astronomy
@astrokatie.com Over on the other place, Eric Idle is saying nice things about you!
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
@astrokatie.com Over on the other place, Eric Idle is saying nice things about you!
For those needed a response to being dissed by the regime, Miller's Crossing has got you covered: "Tell [him] he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains."
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For those needed a response to being dissed by the regime, Miller's Crossing has got you covered: "Tell [him] he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains."
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a word to comics people - I have been loving The Power Fantasy by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @casparw.bsky.social - it's very smart and fun and fast paced and issue #13 is a massive payoff that ends with a crazy "uhh now what???" scenario. Get on board if you're not already
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
a word to comics people - I have been loving The Power Fantasy by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @casparw.bsky.social - it's very smart and fun and fast paced and issue #13 is a massive payoff that ends with a crazy "uhh now what???" scenario. Get on board if you're not already