Keith Stevenson

#LastFourWatched

When you hear people ask
(and you will hear people ask)
if these machines
are conscious,
please try to remember:
that the question is not
if these machines
are conscious,
but why it is that we
treat people
we know are conscious
like they are machines.

Signs on Stone Age objects: Precursor to written language dates back 40,000 years EMBARGO February 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM U.S. Eastern time -  Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by ling...

Writers for the win!

Writing may date back 40,000 years, far earlier than previously thought.

Iran may have lost 4-0 to the #Matildas last night, but their second half goalie won a couple of Oscars 🤣

Serving dinner off boots can only be next.

Lanterns Trailer Confirms DCU Series’ Grim Detective Vibes - Reactor Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan is old and tired, and Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart isn’t enthused

The Lanterns trailer introduces the True Detective-ing of the DC Universe...but is anyone truly as good as Matthew McConaughey chewing a southern accent?

Thoughts & prayers to the EPA :(

A disillusioned bounty hunter A betrayed pirate queen Unlikely romance

Stolen data Political chicanery A desperate race to uncover a cosmic threat A spaceship that thinks it’s a parrot

Wild planetary engineering Literal world building That cover

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Ten reasons you should read JITTERBUG by @garethlpowell.bsky.social, published by @titanbooks.bsky.social

White mycelial hair. Black pin mould eyes.
You burst like a puffball when I touch you, fill the damp autumn air with spores.
I inhale you.
Become food.
Nourish you as you slowly grow inside my lungs.

#HorrorWritersChat

Huh. John Carpenter, naturally. 😁

If, like me, you find yourself in need of a handy tool to define artificial gravity for a range of variables, this is very helpful. #ScienceFiction
www.artificial-gravity.com/sw/SpinCalc/

The choice is stark. Reform are the party of foreign wars and high bills.

The Greens want de-escalation and energy security through renewables. Solar and wind prices don't fluctuate when rogue US presidents launch illegal bombing campaigns.

The cover of JITTERBUG by Gareth L Powell features a stylised rocket silhouette at the centre of an orrery, with a space suited figure dangling in its wake

Finally, the wait is over! Jitterbug hits bookstores today, published by @titanbooks.bsky.social

No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

The majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved in this war.

Keir Starmer of a few years ago wouldn't have supported this war.

The only reason he does now is he will do anything Donald Trump wants - and it makes us all less safe.

a cartoon duck is writing in a notebook with a pencil Alt: Daffy Duck is writing in a notebook with a pencil

As I start into writing my sixth novel, I think the only rule for writing is: trust your instincts. If a chapter doesn't feel right, or you feel it needs more worldbuilding or a different character dynamic or something else, you're most likely right.

Donald Trump has launched more military attacks at more countries than any other president this century. An yet, the simple-minded fool is *obsessed* with getting a shiny Peace Prize.

Why did US and Israel attack Iran? They see opportunity not to be missed Israel and the US believe Iran's regime is vulnerable, dealing with an economic crisis and the aftermath of protests.

"The evidence is that this is not a response to an imminent threat, which the word pre-emption implies. Instead, it is a war of choice."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mini-review Livesuit by James SA Corey - 4 stars - In Livesuit, a Captives' War novella, Corey riffs off works like Starship Troopers, The Forever War, And Old Man's War, and delivers an outcome that is just as dark, if not darker.

Mini-review #ScienceFiction 📚🪐

From the scifi community on Reddit: [oc] Terran omega the ghosts of war ep2 p2 Explore this post and more from the scifi community

Posted the latest Terran omega page over at r/scifI, if you‘re able to I’d love it if you upvoted it! www.reddit.com/r/scifi/s/ru...

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Would appreciate it if the NEXT time China and Russia put their patsy in the WH, they choose one who isn’t going out of his way to get everyone on the planet killed.

This is the "again" of MAGA.

The idea has always been to allow people to be toxic, sexist, racist, homophobic, stalker, rapist, and just plain disgusting. To favor people close to those in power. To kill accountability.

It's not for nothing that they relentlessly attacked equity and inclusion.

Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously threatened to remove the firm from the department's supply chain.

Anthropic refuses to be misanthropic.
"Without proper oversight, fully autonomous weapons cannot be relied upon to exercise the critical judgment that our highly trained, professional troops exhibit every day."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sick. And not in a good way.

Designer ad for zero prompt AI ebook writer. From idea to published in minutes 💩

Yeah, you can fuck right off

The Essence by Dave Hutchinson: Review by Alexandra Pierce The Essence, Dave Hutchinson (NewCon Press 978-1-91773-514-8, £13.99, 276pp, tp) December 2025. Cover by Ben Baldwin. Dave Hutchinson’s new novel The Es­sence has absolutely no business being as go…

“I hope THE ESSENCE doesn’t get lost with its end-of-year publication date; it deserves to be read and appreciated.” Alexandra Pierce reviews new work from Dave Hutchinson

The Year in Review 2025 by Alexandra Pierce locusmag.com/feature...

Loved it!

In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana A forum mod ran high-quality audio through a banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. Nobody could tell the difference.

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