Writes fiction about science, scientists, and scientific ethics. Sometimes writes other things in an attempt to be more commercial.
http://tangentrine.com
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Manda Benson
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In The Bookseller trade magazine. Coming in September from @sparsilebooks.bsky.social
(currently on line edit stage and they are lovely to work with)
Happy New Year. A 20yo laptop has risen! New Year's resolution is to cross the event horizon between 64 bit and 32 bit. Perhaps it's a myth and there's not one? CMOS battery may need replacing. #vintagetech #linux
Manda Benson
My fantasy short story, The Ash Covenant, was published in the April Flame Tree Fiction newsletter. It's now on their website and free to read! Please have a look. www.flametreepress.com/newsletters/...
@variolator.bsky.social is an immunologist who has written a book about the common cold. And it has pictures in it! Please have a look:
www.amazon.co.uk/Sneeze-Histo...
Delighted to announce that my new mystery novel will be published next year by Scottish independent publisher Sparsile Books!
Posting this because the news today says stop using bird feeders, they spread disease, without including much in the way of better advice on how to make habitats in gardens to support and feed wild birds.
growwild.kew.org/native-plant...
Please don't send me messages on here. It says I have to 'verify my age' in order to see messages and 'adult content'. I don't want to have to see 'adult content' in order to receive messages on social media, so I shall choose to remain a child. :-)
Manda Benson
A supernormal stimulus is an exaggeration that trips a brain circuit for instinctive behaviour. When people claim 'AI' improves their lives, I can't help thinking of a bird tending a beloved cuckoo chick and that chatbots exploit human social instincts as the cuckoo does bird parenting instincts.
Manda Benson
www.flametreepress.com
Eighty-eighth Issue! Forbidden Flame Welcome to April, a month of quiet ignition and restless bloom. The air softens, the light lingers, and the world
