Kat BOO!!beti

Kat BOO!!beti

@darthj.uno

SF/F writer & narrator, Hugo Award-winning senior podcast editor @strangehorizons.bsky.social, host @thewritesong.co.uk. Lapsed film critic; now BSFA's theatre columnist. Team ADHD. Greek! 📍 London, UK ✨ she/her 🏳️‍🌈 🌍💌 darthj.uno 🔗 linktr.ee/darthjuno

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Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

Happy to see this stance from the BFS! 👏🏻

British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social

The British Fantasy Society does not allow the use of generative AI in any of its spaces. For more on this, read the interview with outgoing chair Shona Kinsella from earlier this year. This position has not changed since last week's AGM. ⬇️ britishfantasysociety.org/its-a-cheat-...

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C.L. McCartney
@chrismccartney.bsky.social

But this is an extremely fair, and very good, point.

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com

Basically: the document doesn't have anything tangible to say about historical infringement as part of training, which makes it pretty aggravating, and people are clearly (and rightly) aggravated. (For which read: utterly furious.)

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Apex Magazine and Book Company
@apexmag.bsky.social

We're nearly a week into the Apex Magazine 2027 Kickstarter and have already reached 34% of our goal! Thank you so much to our backers for making this possible 💜👽 If you want to help us publish more strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful fiction next year, you can check out the campaign below! ⬇️

kickstarter.comApex Magazine 2027An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

you know when you're supposed to be working on your fully outlined novel but then this back-burner idea decides to front-burner itself? and what you thought was a cute short story idea is kiiiinda looking like it's maybe another novel?? ... yeah, that 😶‍🌫️ oops send help pls

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reni 🦌
@reniadeb.com

this is just to say i have eaten the moon that was in my orbit and which you were probably wanting to observe forgive me it was delicious so crunchy and so cold

WIRED@wired.com

One of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten. www.wired.com/story/venus-...

wired.comVenus May Have Devoured Its MoonOne of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten.

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Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

Dear short fiction readers/reccers, some Ideas: - seasonal rec lists - themed rec lists (holidays, mushrooms, robots, space, mushrooms, ghosts, timey wimey stuff, mushrooms) - build your own Best Of anthology TOC As always, in the words of @forestofglory.bsky.social, reccing is Critical Practice!

Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

I've had queer (cis) friends say that they "just want to enjoy the new adaptation uncomplicatedly", but the sad truth is that that is not possible—and never has been. I'll shout it from the rooftops once again: Starve her of oxygen. LET 👏 THE 👏 IP 👏 DIE 👏. Grieve it, then let it go COMPLETELY.

Council of Geeks@councilofgeeks.bsky.social

I'll keep saying because too many people continue to not listen. But I'm done being polite about it. youtu.be/xeDMD6ckGRk

youtu.beHarry Potter cannot be engaged with harmlesslyYouTube video by Council of Geeks
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Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

Letting the franchise still live in your head and your conversations, even if you are not actively giving her money, perpetuates this idea that your nostalgia is more important than what's happening to trans folks right now, and it's hard to see that in 2026 and not think it's a deliberate choice.

Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

From Vera's video: "Being a fan of Harry Potter or of anything else [...] does not define you unless you let it. It's always a choice. It's a choice you are continuing to make. And it's a choice that you could stop making." Send this to your HP-pilled friends and family. Let the IP die. [fin]

Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

I've had queer (cis) friends say that they "just want to enjoy the new adaptation uncomplicatedly", but the sad truth is that that is not possible—and never has been. I'll shout it from the rooftops once again: Starve her of oxygen. LET 👏 THE 👏 IP 👏 DIE 👏. Grieve it, then let it go COMPLETELY.

Council of Geeks@councilofgeeks.bsky.social

I'll keep saying because too many people continue to not listen. But I'm done being polite about it. youtu.be/xeDMD6ckGRk

youtu.beHarry Potter cannot be engaged with harmlesslyYouTube video by Council of Geeks
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Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

The discomfort is a sign of your brain resisting change, and it's inevitable, particularly if you're of a certain millennial vintage—but you must sit with it and push through, because only on the other side will this become so abundantly clear that you'll wonder why you resisted in the first place.

Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

Like Vera mentions in the video, this particular franchise DIRECTLY funds harm to trans people—there is no debate on this: it's happening, she's said so herself. Queer fans (in the UK especially!) have no recourse; we MUST stand with our trans siblings, loudly and proudly and without conditions.

Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

I've had queer (cis) friends say that they "just want to enjoy the new adaptation uncomplicatedly", but the sad truth is that that is not possible—and never has been. I'll shout it from the rooftops once again: Starve her of oxygen. LET 👏 THE 👏 IP 👏 DIE 👏. Grieve it, then let it go COMPLETELY.

Council of Geeks@councilofgeeks.bsky.social

I'll keep saying because too many people continue to not listen. But I'm done being polite about it. youtu.be/xeDMD6ckGRk

youtu.beHarry Potter cannot be engaged with harmlesslyYouTube video by Council of Geeks
Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

I've spoken about this at length at various convention panels: how hard it is to entirely excise something that was once deeply important to you, how it might feel like grieving a loved one or even letting go of a part of yourself... The pain is real and indisputable, but it's necessary. Feel it.

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Andrew Knighton
@aknighton.bsky.social

Can't recommend this episode enough if you've been following news about AI. It's a clear-eyed look into the human dynamics around the industry, what motivates the most fear-inducing headlines, & how the AI problem might be tackled (actually enforcing existing regulations, for a start).

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Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

My husband and I both had weird, semi-apocalyptic dreams before waking up today. Different flavours of apocalypse, but both involved explosions, collapsed bridges, and for some reason, Scotland. We've been watching Twin Peaks so I don't see an imminent connection... kinda bizarre though, innit 🤔

Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

Over at #KneelBeforePod we're doing a catch-up podcast series where we review all the Marvel movies we never got to review in real time, starting with the first #XMen movie! This is a massive point of nostalgia for me as it got me into comics + superheroes as a tween. Links to the episode below! ⬇️

Kneel Before Blog@kneelbeforeblog.co.uk

The Road to #AvengersDoomsday #Podcast series begins with #XMen. @nemesis4909.bsky.social, @darthj.uno, @semiprogeek.bsky.social & @msmonsteradams.bsky.social cover adaptation choices, prejudice and the Punch Dimension kneelbeforeblog.co.uk/podcasts/roa... pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9h...

kneelbeforeblog.co.ukKneel Before Pod - Road to Doomsday - X-Men (330)Craig, Kat, Andrew and Izaak begin the road to Doomsday by discussing X-Men. They talk adaptation choices, prejudice and the Punch Dimension.
Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

@ my uni creative writing lecturer whose weekly genre discussions were like "ehh, all these books are the same, genre conventions are dumb, only litfic matters" he literally marked my murder mystery crime novel dissertation project down and said it would work better as a literary novel. 🙄

Joanne Harris@joannechocolat.bsky.social

Your occasional reminder that performative sneering at whole genres of fiction is not a sign of intelligence, nor is performative misery a sign of superior talent. Read what brings you joy. No-one else gets to decide or to control what that means to you.

Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

... the chapters I submitted were an interrogation of a murder suspect and a connective chapter leading to the next clue. the protagonist was a detective. 🤷🏻‍♀️ as a writer mostly drawn to genre work myself, this disdain at the commercial success of non-litfic genres just read as misery and jealousy.

Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

you don't have to read these genres if you don't like them (heck, I don't really read litfic as it's not my jam) but dunking on them at every turn doesn't make you better or smarter than those who enjoy them. it just makes you look weird and sad, and says way more about you than you realise.

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E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds
@emfaulds.com

Alt text is useful for everyone! My sight isn't too bad and I use them all the time for things like: reading the text-heavy screenshot in a comfortable way, understanding a joke pic that I don't have context for, finding out where that beautiful beach actually is, (...continued)

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Juliet E McKenna
@julietemckenna.bsky.social

If anyone is wondering, I don't use generative AI. It offers me nothing useful creatively and nothing trustworthy as research. The environmental impact is appalling and the companies who developed it stole copyright intellectual property knowing that is illegal. GenAI is dishonest at every level.

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Dan Hartland
@danhartland.bsky.social

🎙️CRITICAL FRIENDS RETURNS🎙️ In the latest @strangehorizons.bsky.social criticism podcast, @electrapritchett.bsky.social & @ajodasso.bsky.social talk to me about popular fiction: what is it, what does it do, why - and how - should we read it? Books, films, TV, more: what makes popular lit … popular?

strangehorizons.comCritical Friends Episode 27: Pop FictionIn this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, A. J Odasso and Electra Pritchett join Dan Hartland to talk about popular fiction.

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Blaft Publications
@blaft.bsky.social

Cyberhorror with demons drawn from Khasi mythology. Girl gangs of a post-zombie-apocalypse Chennai. A spectral agrahara where a young woman confronts the descendents of her ancestors' enslavers. 30 stories, including translations from 7 languages www.blaft.com/collections/...

blaft.comThe Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SFAn anthology of weird, fantastic, supernatural, Dalit futurist, & magical realist fiction by writers from South Asia and the diaspora. edited by R.T. Samuel, Rakesh K. and Rashmi R.D. cover art by...
Kat BOO!!beti
@darthj.uno

As an ESL speaker with a convoluted experience of the English language (studied under many Americans from NE states, took the Cambridge language diploma, been in the UK for almost 18 years and am now married to an American), this is fascinating. mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

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OTHERSIDE
@othersidespec.bsky.social

ICYMI: Our 2027 reading schedule is here! Instead of brief quarterly openings, we'll have two longer windows... and you can submit twice in each! 🗡️ December 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027 🪐 June 1, 2027 - July 31, 2027 Same number of subs for authors + a smoother process for our team. We can't wait!