@simpsonclive.bsky.social
Journalist & Editor (space, environment & climate). Author of FLOOD WATERS DOWN - a grounded climate thriller set in the flooded Fens. Bookshops & online.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flood-Waters-Down-Clive-Simpson/dp/1739737415/ref=sr_1_1
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialSunday morning fast train to Nice from Gare de Lyon. Great onboard service and views!
#NoFilter
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialYes, I hope so!
@roomspacejournal.bsky.socialReposted by @simpsonclive.bsky.socialROOM Space Journal at IAC 2026 in Antalya, Turkiye.
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialEncouraging to see some great new 5* reviews on Amazon for Flood Waters Down, including this one.
"Simpson writes a fluid, gripping narrative which closes the empathy gap around climate change and makes the possibility of apocalyptic flooding all too real."
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialI'm back from an interesting few days at #IAC2026 in Antalya, Turkiye, representing ROOM Space Journal.
Always a good space event & met a lot of interesting people, including Ameca - a humanoid robot who could hold a decent conversation in multiple languages.
Scary, piercing eyes though!
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialCorporate greed, self-interest, insidious AI & the accelerating effects of climate change.
Fast forward a few years and you have the world of Flood Waters Down – a gripping story of people, survival & landscape transformed.
Bookshops & online.
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialCould Sham City be forced to fold and reform, possibly as a non-league club? In the circumstances that probably wouldn't be too severe.
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@pressgazette.co.ukReposted by @simpsonclive.bsky.socialThe NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference: "Political parties should not pick and choose which journalists and publications are able to question and scrutinise them" www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
@cliftop.bsky.socialReposted by @simpsonclive.bsky.socialTaking Flood Waters Down to sea. What could possibly go wrong?
Two reader pics – Norway and the Aegean.
Always great to see where a book ends up. Keep them coming!
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@simpsonclive.bsky.social@simpsonclive.bsky.social'War warning sparks UK space push' - my article from last December takes on new significance by the week as events unfold in the Middle East and Russia/Ukraine.
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialCan fiction help close the climate "empathy gap"?
I'll be at EarthLincs in Lincoln this Saturday talking about #FloodWatersDown, the flooded Fens, climate journalism – and why stories can sometimes make us feel what statistics struggle to convey.
📍 12 Mint Lane LN1 1UD
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@simpsonclive.bsky.socialReposted by @simpsonclive.bsky.socialAI safeguards are only as good as those willing to abide by them.
In #FloodWatersDown, the super-wealthy Baroness Lydia Frampton thinks she's in charge.
But in a near-future ravaged by climate change, can even she retain control?
Fiction – for now.
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialAI safeguards are only as good as those willing to abide by them.
In #FloodWatersDown, the super-wealthy Baroness Lydia Frampton thinks she's in charge.
But in a near-future ravaged by climate change, can even she retain control?
Fiction – for now.
@simpsonclive.bsky.socialOld gods in new machines - our shiny #AI future.
A thought-provoking piece by @authorbnugent.bsky.social in the light of the current febrile super intelligence debate.
@simpsonclive.bsky.social@simpsonclive.bsky.socialMore genuine journalist jobs being cut and lost forever.
Reach and others seem to think the future is click-bait journalism powered by AI.
@cliftop.bsky.socialReposted by @simpsonclive.bsky.socialWith warnings about AI's insidious growth dominating the headlines, the world of Flood Waters Down suddenly feels a lot closer.
Climate collapse. AI control. Human self-interest.
Bookshops & online now.
