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James Kinsley
@unclekins.bsky.social
Writer/published author/berk.
It's Hard to Tell You This out now from Deixis Press!
Also self-publish sci-fi as Ray Adams.
https://linktr.ee/unclekins He/him ✝️
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BOOK REVIEW: Don Tassone's story of Catholicism's first female pope may seem far-fetched, but it's the world as-is that falls short, not Tassone's vision.
Francesca by Don Tassone
We open in May 2055. Jessica Simon has just been elected as Head of the Roman Catholic Church, after previous progressive leadership has opened the priesthood first to married men, and then to women. The first female bishop, the first female cardinal and now the first female pope. But while millions welcome her appointment, there are some within the church who most definitely do not.
unclekins.wordpress.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Reading this at the moment, and really really enjoying it.
The second edition of my 2021 novel Francesca, a futuristic story about the first female pope, has just been published. Enjoy.

www.amazon.com/Francesca-No...
Francesca: A Novel
Francesca: A Novel [Tassone, Don] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Francesca: A Novel
www.amazon.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 PM
For reasons I'm not sure of, I appear to be watching the last ten minutes or so of an FA Cup match between Tottenham and Aston Villa and boy, I've never so many grown-ass men fall over in agony. It's an epidemic.
January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Yep. The ability to make porny A.I. fakes of people/celebrities/kids is now a paid feature of X.
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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maybe i'm being dense but seems like you can still create abusive or exploitative sexual content via Grok, but you have to pay for the privilege? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Right, last night's House of Games, Amy Dowden had no idea who Gandalf was, so put the word 'man' as it was all she could tell from the name.

Am I being ignorant? How is Gandalf obviously a man's name?
January 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Reposted by James Kinsley
Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Watching Jaws 2. How the heck is this douchebag still Mayor?
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Letter from Anglian Water this morning selling plumbing and drainage cover, basically saying "They's some nice water pipes you got there, it'd be a shame if anything happened to them..."
a cartoon character from the simpsons is holding a blue cup
ALT: a cartoon character from the simpsons is holding a blue cup
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Star Trek TNG: All Good Things...

😭😭😭
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Star Trek TNG: Preemptive Strike

Good to get a final helping of Ro Laren.
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Star Trek TNG: Emergence

The end is nigh...
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Star Trek TNG: Bloodlines

Yeah, I am trying to finish TNG before it vanishes from Netflix...
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Star Trek TNG: Firstborn

Klingon episodes usually bore me rigid but I actually enjoyed that.
January 6, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Star Trek TNG: Journey's End

Yay. Wesley. 😐
January 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Star Trek TNG: Genesis

Boy, this season's a real rollercoaster of quality, eh...

At least this was fun, though. Ridiculous, but good fun.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Star Trek TNG: Eye of the Beholder

For the love of Pete, stop going on about the fricken' crew evaluations...
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Star Trek TNG: Masks

They needed a weirdly alien name and went with "moussaka"??
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Star Trek TNG: Thine Own Self

Yeah, enjoyed that. Alien forehead redesign getting a little weak, but other than that, decent.
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Star Trek TNG: Lower Decks

This is good stuff.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
"will mess with your head in that great way science fiction can do" - fantastic review for Parallels from readerviews.com

readerviews.com/reviews/para...
“Parallels” by James Kinsley
All these centuries. Man has wrestled with the possibility of life in other parts of the galaxy probably ever since they first looked up and saw stars. All the crazies, all the two-bit scientists…
readerviews.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Used to dread those #Taskmaster non-comic specials but that was awesome.
January 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I find Joel Dommett tiresome.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM