Researchers from the Quadram Institute and University of East Anglia are testing the feasibility of red light therapy for people with ME. This pilot study, called Light ME Up, is being supported by the charity Invest in ME Research @invest_in_me_research
Does anyone remember rents ever coming down? I don't, but I've only been renting for about 20 years, and I know other countries have things like rent control.
@jgkoomey@Nerdfest That's reassuring! Although you're the first person who's ever heard of it happening 😂 we have a real big housing crisis in the UK - absolutely not enough homes being built.
Bookstores should group fantasy with horror instead of scifi. Both fantasy and horror are purely creations of the author's mind; scifi is tethered to factual information.
If you need to group scifi, I'd put it with mysteries and thrillers.
SF and F are grouped together because they are speculative - they answer the question 'what if?' - which horror can also do, and that's why it is already frequently grouped with them. But SF is not fundamentally more rooted in facts than fantasy. That's a mistake along the same lines as supposing fantasy can't be realistic simply because it contains the fantastic. SF's questions are rooted in science, but it's every bit as capable of becoming divorced from facts.>
@Uair@bookstodon >and the idea it's close to mystery is just damn strange.
This is just the weird, gatekeeping idea that SF is somehow 'superior' and shouldn't be sullied by fantasy. It's not just nonsense, it's harmful nonsense.
Meghan Markle looking radiant as she visits Nigeria.🇳🇬♥️
Sometimes I get sad thinking about what could have been, and how many deep wounds could have been healed. I can see a world where we can all say "imperialism was bad, slavery was bad, colonialism was bad, and exploiting smaller countries for their natural resources is bad. Let's choose to do better."
When I think about which royals could bridge our current world with that better world, I think of Harry and Meghan.
@mekkaokereke They're better off out, and (speaking as a citizen of the kingdom) we're better off having royals who choose to leave. I do understand that power of the image, but you can't heal imperialism from within a monarchy. They made the right choice to leave - an important choice. The sad thing is who remains. But it is a chink in the armour. A sign that even those born to royalty can see that it's wrong.
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
@dickrubin716@noodlemaz@willaful@benetnasch@bookstodon I wouldn't go with a hand-writing font as they can be difficult to read. The font is a little plain, but not bad. It does come too close to the edges of cover, though - try to give it more space.
You could also use some blending options on the text layer to give it a little distance from the image, such as an outer glow or a drop shadow.
The image could also use a little more contrast to reduce the washed-out effect.
@dickrubin716@noodlemaz@willaful@benetnasch@bookstodon I think people are getting memoir because of the naturalistic photo and the person standing alone. This says that it's very much about one person's journey, rather than a YA romance. If you want to suggest romance, having more than one person on the cover would help. I can see coming of age, but the person looks a little old for that (hard to tell from the back of course, but the B&W also gives this a more mature feel).
@dickrubin716@noodlemaz@willaful@benetnasch@bookstodon your name also looks a little squashed over to the side. I get that you don't want it to interfere with the image, but there's just not enough space for it to sit comfortably beside the figure. I would have it on one line centred (with an outer glow or stroke effect to make it legible).
@franciscawrites@bookstodon The Shawshank Redemption, and I think it benefits from it. King's longer works rarely adapt in a faithful way that's also good, but being shorter enables the story to be told in full, at a good pace, with all the detail.
I need some new science fiction to read, who has some suggestions? I don't like military sci-fi. For reference, my favorite series is the Expanse, I also enjoyed Scalzi's Collapsing Empire, I love Robert Charles Wilson's books. I mostly enjoy space operas and unique stories about technology, for example I really liked the recent book Mountain in the Sea about AI and intelligent octopus. Suggestions from the awesome Bookstodon community? @bookstodon#Bookstodon#Scifi#ScienceFiction
@weirdwriter@bookstodon that's not how I would put it. I would say that indie publishing is being buried by grifters churning out millions of stolen words, so that it's harder to find genuine indie books.
So-called 'generative-AI' isn't indie publishing - it's scam artists stealing from indie publishers, writers, and artists.
@Laplantgenetics@melanie@compost while they can last that long, they usually don't. The seed packets aren't lying. I know because I have tried to use out of date seeds I stored well.
@mathowie went to see what this guy said, assuming I couldn't see because you blocked him, but no - I already had. Can't remember why, but his response to you confirms it was the right choice.
I had nightmares about failing to do this active standing test correctly, so here I am, first thing after waking, with this th8ng wrapped round my arm, patiently waiting 10mims after scrabbling around to find the stuff before i start.
@grrrr_shark tbh, it's 100% validation. I was getting bummed with the thought of having to explain to the clinic person that i would have had very different results if i'd done this two months ago.