Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 13ha treasured childhood memory is of watching a bin chicken grab an entire mcdonald's burger out of a picnicker's hand in the sydney botanical gardens before proceeding to eat it over a bin 0110
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 13hkeep your eyes peeled for the ibis, or as it's more commonly known: the bin chicken! 170
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Being a person is not a fucking broadcast medium!! To quote Bo Burnham, there's OTHER PEOPLE, you selfish asshole!! 0272
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I said it two days ago, but I'll say it again: AI is truly the apex of prioritizing outcome over process. Reading to a child is as much about physical touch, emotional connection, social cuing, visual development and reciprocal engagement as the story itself, but they're too up their ass to see it. 36115
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 07/10/2026absolutely thrilled to see this wonderful review of GODBURNED in Publisher's Weekly! www.publishersweekly.com/9781645663010publishersweekly.comGodburned (The Weight and the Measure #1) by Foz MeadowsIn this breathtaking queer fantasy from Meadows (A Strange and Stubborn Endurance), the search for three missing boys uncovers a... 2298
Reposted by Foz MeadowsDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 7069921911
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Connections Puzzle #1213 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟨 🟦🟨🟦🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟨 000
Reposted by Foz MeadowsVERTICAL📼BLANKING📺INTERVAL @vertiblank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A Hark! A Vagrant classic 101437433
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Using generative AI is like clicking the "reveal all" button on an online crossword and claiming that the resultant filled-out grid represents the same level of achievement as if you'd done the puzzle properly, because using the button is working smarter, not harder. No, Greg: you're just a moron. 0221
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The value of a given outcome is implicitly tied to the process that produced it. The point of completing a university assignment isn't solely to get a good grade; it's to show you've acquired the knowledge that the good grade represents. If you use AI to write the assignment, it's meaningless. 1187
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As pathetic as this is, it's also the perfect example of how AI - both the tool and the industry - is the self-defeating apex of prioritizing outcome over process. A fantasy team exists solely for fun; to outsource your participation is to remove the singular thing that made it meaningful. 26414
Reposted by Foz MeadowsJuno, Sherlock, Cadfael and Pandora @fozcats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026AND IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOOOOOOOOOU 0244
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Connections Puzzle #1210 🟨🟨🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟨🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟨🟪🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 010
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And there is, I think, a similar line to be made about the inherent contradiction of claiming to use AI responsibly to help with things outside your expertise, because if you lack the expertise to fact-check AI, you can't be using it responsibly, but if you have the expertise, you don't need AI. 0258
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There's an old line about the inherent contradiction of keeping guns for self-defense while also claiming to be a responsible gun-owner, because self-defense requires loaded guns be readily accessible, while responsible ownership requires unloaded guns to be locked up separately from their ammo. 1243
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026woe is me, for I have once again been stricken with inspiration for a fanvid that I lack the skill and time to make, but know that the song choice matches the setting *perfectly* 1130
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Connections Puzzle #1208 🟪🟪🟩🟪 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟦🟩🟩 000
Reposted by Foz MeadowsVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 56587198
Reposted by Foz MeadowsNeon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026~two more weeks for this! 43122
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1207 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 010
Reposted by Foz MeadowsLiz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Okay. Forthcoming books to want to read. @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's Flower Court. @fozmeadows.bsky.social's Godburned. @melissacaruso.bsky.social's Last Star In the Void. @stephanieburgis.bsky.social's Melting the Ice Queen. @tkingfisher.com's next several (what? she's prolific). 7377
Reposted by Foz MeadowsMelissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026GODBURNED by @fozmeadows.bsky.social is an immersive, gripping ride on a feelings roller coaster of trauma and healing through a landscape of incredible worldbuilding with characters who stick in your brain. Out in January (pre-order now): bookshop.org/p/books/godb...bookshop.orgGodburned: Deluxe Limited EditionA godtouched arbiter of justice and his prickly new conscript unravel a conspiracy that could bring down everything they stand for in the first of a clever and cutting queer epic fantasy series about ... 5304
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it’s utterly incomprehensible to me that anyone can see this and still claim Israel hasn’t been committing genocide 010141
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026it’s not a tithenai book I’m working on right now, sorry! though I won’t rule out returning to the setting in the future, the series is complete as a duology. my current WIP is the sequel to the new book I have out in january, godburned! 110
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s certainly telling of the fact that I’m trying to convey a reasonably complex concept via a medium that limits how many characters I can use per message 010
Reposted by Foz MeadowsJuno, Sherlock, Cadfael and Pandora @fozcats.bsky.social · 27/09/2026the continuing adventures of pandora, whose growth thus far appears to be going mostly tailwards 2172
Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 27/09/2026what if - and hear me out - I threw this whole manuscript in the sea, and then threw *myself* in the sea, and then I never have to edit or write anything ever again 5341