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beecycling, 6 hours ago to random

I'm reading The Ministry for the Future right now, a near-future novel which starts with a horrific heatwave in India that kills 20 million people.

Meanwhile here in the real world, it may have hit 52°C in Delhi yesterday (they are literally checking out the machine that recorded that one reading, in case it's faulty, because that temperature is so shockingly high.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c166xxd4y36o

GambaJo, 1 day ago to Cat German

When your #cat has a drinking problem... 🙀

#netzfundstück #MastoCats #caturday

beecycling, 1 day ago to random

Don't save good things for a mythical future "special occasion" that may never come. Don't leave pretty journals blank for fear of ruining them with your words. Don't leave the nice wine on the rack to get corked.

Use the good things to make today the special occasion. When they come to clear your house when you're dead, let them find full journals and empty bottles. Not the other way around.

(The bottles can be from fancy olive oil or something if booze isn't your thing. 😉)

beecycling, 1 day ago to random

Rain is proper lashing down out there, but no sign of a thunderstorm, which we're under an alert for.

beecycling, 1 day ago to random

@hypnogoria What happened to Black Dog? Got the Green Room in my feed but no sign of the main show. Did the wheels come off so hard it crashed?

ScientistRebellion, 2 days ago to random

Ban private jets.

It's not the only solution but it is a good start.

#ClimateBreakdown
#FossilFuels

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/29/wealthy-white-men-uk-biggest-transport-polluters

beecycling, 2 days ago to random

Looking forward to this new book from the writers of the Expanse series - coming out just in time for my birthday. 🎁

It's got a lead character called Dafyd. Is this a space Welshman? We don't see many of those. I wonder if back home they call him Dai Space.

https://www.polygon.com/24164196/expanse-james-s-a-corey-new-book-mercy-gods

beecycling, 5 days ago to random

Jodi Picolt speaking at the Hay Festival: Having books banned in US schools is "not a badge of honour" and writers “whose livelihood is writing for middle grade and young adult readers. They are suffering greatly”

On one of her banned books:
"She said the reason Nineteen Minutes, which is about a US school shooting, was banned, was not because of the shooting scenes: “They have no problem with that. The problem is that on page 313, I use the term ‘erection’.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0vv17r20lro

beecycling, 6 days ago to random

It's new book release day for me. Check out my new Western/Historical F/F romance short novella. Three Times Elspeth Harris Rode to Town. Perfect for a quick weekend read. Just sayin'

So far it's up on JMS Books and Amazon. It will pop up on more stores over the next few days.
#sapphicbooks #ffromance

https://beecyclingblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/release-day-three-times-elspeth-harris.html

beecycling, 7 days ago to random

I said it previously, but now the election campaign is actually starting, if I happen to talk to a candidate, or their campaign team, the first thing I'm asking them is their policies on mitigating climate change. I don't care if they're the Monster Raving Loony Party, or "Save Our Weekly Bin Collection and Fill in Potholes" party. (Filling in potholes is a good policy on that score, because it's better for cycling.)

beecycling, 8 days ago to random

Re photo ID for voting. Just a note that they don't seem to accept the Post Office Easy ID app as an ID (even though that's based on legit ID like driving licence or passport.)

I don't know for certain if it's officially not accepted, but the polling station staff I asked the first time we had to use ID said no, so if you have that, don't rely on it for the election. Take along the actual ID.
#UKPol #GE2024

beecycling, 8 days ago to random

Who's gonna pull an all nighter on July 4th for #GE2024?

I live in a constituency that could potentially be the first to declare, being in Newcastle, where we go in for competitive election night counting, trying to beat the old enemy, Sunderland. Newcastle has won that race the last two elections, so Sunderland will be trying extra hard this time around. But there's always the new challenger, Blyth.

beecycling, 8 days ago to UKpolitics

Okay, UK folks, it's on. Few of the choices are great, but the Tories have to go. Make sure you're registered to vote. Set up a postal vote if you'll be on holiday on July 4th. Make sure students are registered in the place where they'll be then, as uni terms will be over. Make sure you've got suitable ID. Especially make sure to do all of this if you are in a marginal constituency, cos that's where the election is decided. #UKPolitics #GE2024
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/photo-id-youll-need

beecycling, 8 days ago to random

Ovation for MP returning to parliament after losing hands and feet to sepsis. Speaker says he doesn't normally allow applause in the chamber, but made an exception.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-69048172

futurebird, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to random

The bald eagle could have easily gone extinct. But we did all sorts of "woke" things protecting it legally, ran conservation and study programs, banned DDT (that was good for other reasons too) and in 2007 they were removed from the endangered species list.

Likewise pine forests could be dead from acid rain.

The ozone could have a huge hole.

We CAN take care of nature when we want to. And the successes have been worth it.

I feel like we forget this, you know?

beecycling, 12 days ago to random

Oh lawd, I've got to bite the bullet and start rewatching Star Trek Enterprise, now Greatest Generation podcast has finished Voyager and is about to start on Trek's red-headed stepchild. I mean I don't have to watch, but the pod is better if you've seen the episode they're discussing. The things I do for @GreatestTrek

beecycling, 14 days ago to random

Today I learned that the famed landscape gardener "Capability" Brown was given his nickname not as a description of him being very capable, but because he often told clients their grounds had "great capabilities." I also learned that his actual first name was Lancelot.

::record scratch::

Yes, Lancelot. A grand name for a lad of fairly humble origins.

beecycling, 16 days ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 14: Do you have a sense of how much plot you need for how long a manuscript?

What works for me is seeing how many scenes I've got. If I'm trying to reach a specific word count, like 50k for NaNoWriMo, 60k for a paperback release with my publisher, then at some point I'll just make a big list of all the scenes/events. The magic number is 30, (assuming an average of 2k words per scene) where I think, yeah, that's enough material to start building an outline on.

beecycling, 20 days ago to random

My next release is available for pre-order on JMS Books now. And there's a Mother's Day sale this weekend, with 45% off all ebooks. Just sayin'
#lesfic #ffromance #sapphicbooks

It's called Three Times Elspeth Harris Rode to Town. It's a historical Western Sapphic novella, which is not my usual wheelhouse, but came from a prompt for a submission call and once the idea grabbed me, it wasn't letting go.

https://www.jms-books.com/becky-black-c-224_306/three-times-elspeth-harris-rode-to-town-p-5092.html

dickrubin716, 21 days ago to bookstodon

I would love to get your thoughts and feedback on my #BookCover from my latest book, The Challenges of Being Me. Do you like it? Does it capture your attention? Without knowing anything about the book, what genre would you say this cover best fits? #writingcommunity #bookstodon #authors @bookstodon