Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social Sign up for my newsletter at: https://the-trying-times.ghost.io/ https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlx6jcda522pobsessed with the flavour of The Hound in Blades '68. Getting hurt counts as a successful gather information on the target. Social bonus against anybody who has hurt you. the game seems to have remembered: the typical noir PI is the world's most resilient chew toy16 May 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx6jcda522phttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlx5j3evpc2mthe DEI is one thing, Gibson is desecrating Japan the country as well This is a beach in Okinawa, vs the movie. Gross. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 05:47 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx5j3evpc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlx536yhyk2mthe DEI is one thing, Spielberg is desecrating France the country as well a beach in Normandy, vs the movie. Gross. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx536yhyk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlx3wcmnqs2mgod this is so funny, they're mad at the weather, they're looking at tourist photos of sunny days and going IT'S WOKE THAT IT'S EVER DIFFERENT [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx3wcmnqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlwvr5fp3c23a lot of media I loved during the pandemic was terrible, I think lockdown just fried my brain a bit, but holy shit I'm relistening to The Magnus Archives and it 100% holds up. "There were bodies. Mostly pigs, some human maybe. It's hard to tell the difference when you remove the heads and limbs."16 May 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwvr5fp3c23https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlv6nctsg225hmmm i dunno, are you REALLY gay, you were socialised heterosexual15 May 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv6nctsg225https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mluk3nox2s2vhis lawyer tried to argue the attack wasn't premeditated, and in light of this detail I am just ... I've been spiralling a bit, the audacity, they know they can just say whatever and the system won't protect us [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluk3nox2s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mltxpmnuic2kslang check, because I know this does refer to an extremely NZ-specific thing but also I'm hoping the name is clear enough: what do you think a "candy cigarette" is?14 May 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltxpmnuic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mltscjomes26... oh my god there were no microplastics in our blood, it was contamination from lab gloves https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/scientists-may-be-overestimating-amount-microplastics-environment-and-culprit-lab14 May 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltscjomes26https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlskksl6dk2sgod I have a much bigger platform now, and I've deleted the twitter where I posted it – I think it's probably time to repost the Jermaine Clement Sewer Goblin Incident. This will be a thread.14 May 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlskksl6dk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlsg3efqe222this is the most American post ever written14 May 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsg3efqe222https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlrwqqtvoc2ra lot of the !ROBOTS! stuff is also just presentation/form to make the process look more sci-fi; we already have a robot that makes coffee, you can get them at almost any home goods store, they look like this [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrwqqtvoc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mlrumio72225my ridiculous moment last night was seeing author Ingrid Horrocks get onstage with a friend I studied editing with, and going "WAIT HOLY SHIT SHE'S INGRID'S DAUGHTER?" then finding out halfway through the speech no, she's her editor. That makes way more sense, why did my brain go to 'daughter'.14 May 2026 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrumio72225