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My own 'Return of the Martians' is in there, and the rest of the books take this theme in a myriad of directions, no two the same.

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Mark Hood Dec 29

@geerlingguy I really like Hugo, even hacked together my own theme (I’m old enough to have hand-coded HTML before CSS was a thing). Haven’t worked out ActivityPub or comments yet though!

Mark Hood Nov 22

Adam Nov 22

My short One Star is Ours (a story of friendship and love all the way to the end of the universe) is being published in the anthology Winter of Sci-fi and Fantasy (vol 1). These anthologies feature a great variety of stories from authors around the world, and I'm honoured to be a part of it.

If you'd like to grab a copy (and support a Canadian publishing company), check out this kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scifiandfantasy/a-winter-of-sci-fi-and-fantasy-vol-1-short-story-anthology/post/3m6ae3rmxoc2c

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Mark Hood Oct 3

@MicroSFF I misread it as dropped… and thought he was despairing his assassination was going to be a failure.

Mark Hood Sep 24

A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes) https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/real-thursday-murder-club-dectection-club-crime-fiction-writers/

#Murder #Mystery #Writer #Crime #TrueCrime

A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes)

Led by figures such as Agatha Christie, this is how a group of the world's most celebrated writers of crime fiction formed a clandestine group to collectively improve their field while taking inspiration from real crimes

HistoryExtra

Mark Hood Sep 24

The first rule of Stone Club is tell everyone about Stone Club

https://stoneclub.rocks/

#StandingStones #Mythology #Folklore

Stone Club

Welcome to Stone Club. Recreating Prehistory since 2021 A place for all Stone enthusiasts to congregate, to muse and most importantly to stomp to stones.

Stone Club

Mark Hood Sep 23

Have we got statistical evidence of psychic abilities?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwIKKBL4ldQ

(Hint: No. But the reason why is very interesting.)

#Psychic #Math #Maths #Zener #ESP

We have statistical evidence that people are mildly psychic

YouTube

Mark Hood Sep 23

NASA makes a lot of data from the ISS publically available. People have used it to make copies of control panels, models of the station that track the deployment of solar panels, and... a pee tank status bot.

@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social

#Space #ISS #NASA #Pee

ISS Piss Tracker (@iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social)

Tracks the level of the piss tank on the International Space Station in real time. Not affiliated with NASA. Please don't follow me unless you want your feed filled with percentage changes. (It is not as fun as it sounds) FAQ thread is pinned.

Bluesky Social

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Mark Hood Sep 17, 2025

@geerlingguy I overthought it and didn’t click like. I have YouTube Premium and disabled my adblocker for the site just in case it triggered their ban-hammer. So I watched it, liked it, but didn’t ‘like’ it.
FWIW I’ve seen non-tech channels hit too - one crafter said their last video had the lowest view count in two years!

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Mark Hood Aug 18, 2025

@feliciaday wait til you’re editing one, it’s like sorting it into different coloured piles.

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