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PSA for American SFF fans wondering what the fuss is about over The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction publishing a story by David A. Riley just because he's a member of an obscure British political group called the National Front:
The NF in the 1970s was the British Nazi Party. This guy was a *parliamentary candidate* for the NF. Your reaction to F&SF's decision should be the same as if they were fooled by the leaders of Atomwaffen or the Proud Boys.
That is all.
@cstross Uggghhhh what the hell.
Add that to the list of places I won't be submitting stories anytime soon...
@johnbierce @cstross F&SF is the most radically left-wing print science fiction magazine left.
The editor is a woman of color who publishes all sorts of non-binary people, people from developing countries, and that sort of thing.
I've been reading F&SF for over 40 years, and I like these new changes.
I suspect it's simply that the American editor has no idea who the British writer was.
@TomSwirly @johnbierce @cstross I mean, is it really that difficult to use a search engine?
@aral @TomSwirly @johnbierce It might be—have you tried using one recently? (The results from Google has taken a steep nose-dive in the past year, and it hasn't been terribly good for a decade: others are no better.)
@cstross @TomSwirly @johnbierce This is true. Here’s hoping DuckDuckGo doesn’t have its exit anytime soon.
@aral @cstross @TomSwirly @johnbierce Back in 2010, when DDG was just beginning, founder Gabriel Weinberg said he knew how to keep its burn rate very low. He seemed intent on building a frugal, yet viable, business.
@wendyg @cstross @TomSwirly @johnbierce Then he shouldn’t have taken millions in venture capital. Because he won’t be able to avoid the eventual exit.