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If there's a creepier seastar novelette out there, I want to read it. Please consider that a challenge! If it doesn't exist, write it yourself, because I want more creepy sea creature stories.

My author copy of this has just arrived! It looks so good, I can't wait to read the rest of the stories.

Alexander Pyles reviews Octavia Cade's 'You Are My Sunshine and Other Stories': takahe.org.nz/you-are-my-sun…

I got an abstract acceptance today for a conference later in the year on science fiction from the 1990s. How many of you here in NZ remember Typhon's People? Because that's what I'll be speaking on... should be fun!

I've read this - got an early copy, lucky me - and it's amazing! The end gave me shivers...

Good evening ACT New Zealand and David Seymour. I'm wondering, please, if I can possibly get an answer as to whether taxpayer money will go to teaching intelligent design in charter school science classes?

Feeding the neighbour's cat while he's in hospital. I brought over a toy mouse for moggie today, and it was roundly ignored in favour of chewing on string. To be fair, kitty still hasn't grasped the cat door so she's not the brightest. (It has to be propped open for her.)

We're still at $188/month, just $12 shy of our peak level of funding back in fall of 2022. I still hate fundraising. And we can survive at this rate. So maybe I'll quit bothering you about this. Incredibly grateful to those of you who signed on even at $2 or $3/month. Thank you!

Abstract acceptance, yay! For a last minute replacement chapter, so I better get on with writing it.

Went to the movies today and saw the Royal Opera's Carmen, and the lead was absolutely incredible. Her name's Aigul Akhmetshina. Just outstanding. What a great show! I'm so glad they film them now, so that people living outside places like London and New York can see them too.

It's absolutely fantastic!! You should really read it.

Query: if a regional council doesn't consider climate change when granting resource consent, do those of us living outside their region have to bail them out when the obvious consequences occur?

I don't know who they think they're fooling, but this cough syrup does not taste like blackberries and vanilla. Not even close.