Gio Clairval

Speculative fiction writer and translator tweeting about writing, books, ideas. Psychologist by training. Former strategic management consultant.

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

Here's ze list of my published stories: KOSMOCHLOR https://t.co/e8qgiqbRpL

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

@WinterKrane In my experience, it's okay for the first steps in learning a language. Not all language courses are born equal. Personally, I prefer their approach to Norwegian (a lot of fun) compared to Mandarin.

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

Shameless bragging: Look how much I learned on Duolingo in 2025! How did you do? #Duolingo365

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

See this Instagram post by @nathan.toronto https://t.co/9m1lUYEQrS

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

See this Instagram video by @jayneconverse3 https://t.co/RNOoO4p04h

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

The Anatomy of “Othering”:, by @RachelBitecofer https://t.co/o9zbzYiBnd

[Cat Rambo @Catrambo]

I thought this was a nice piece about the Superman movie (which I frickin' ADORED) - https://t.co/ktZ2PoXnNq

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

@Catrambo Wonderful article. I was thrilled when my two adult sons both said that Gunn’s Superman felt like the real Superman to them—it made me feel like I must’ve done something right as a mother.

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

The city is MAZAN, near Avignon

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

This article is a comment on the French omertà regarding sexual harassment of women (and children). Only the extraordinary level of violence displayed in the Avignon case is rattling the public opinion, although the city mayor said: "Nobody was killed"...
https://t.co/8TTugPQsQw

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

I've written genre and I've written literary. Genre is like rock an' roll: precise, the instruments louder than the voice. Literary is like jazz, long solos, improvisations, liberating when inspired, très bad when bad, so fucking exciting whenever.

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

Three-legged Nando claiming the golden mountain as his own

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

A new virus threatens humankind: the virus of novel revision—its main effect is the transformation of the revising writer into a cloud of ink dots (keyboards notwithstanding)

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

I remember. when I lived in Edinburgh, that little old lady who committed suicide over Cameron’s law taxing an unoccupied room in a house. And the gutting of health services. And the rise of rickets and poverty. And BREXIT! Deliriously happy about the trouncing of the #Tories

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

An organic emoji! “This smiling face is made from living human skin cells anchored to a robotic ‘skeleton’ with ligament-like structures.” (Nature Briefing)

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

A great article: “ Submissions: The Harsh Reality and How to Improve Your Odds” https://t.co/uzJrijDuyc

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

@alessandrabava @cmkempe @lallamerlin @Laura_Wat @JaneOdiwe @FiorDiDee @FabiolaMosca @ByronBallard Y’all, I’m over at BlueSky, which is why I haven’t been reZeding (Twitter is no more), but I miss you, Great Ladies!

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

@Catrambo Beautiful colours!

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Most of the universe is missing. The atoms and light you see—from people to planets, stars and galaxies—make up just 5% of the universe. The rest is a two-part mystery.

Physicists are now gravitating towards a theory involving a hidden universe https://t.co/wGNr4qrKcO 👇

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

Adieu, Flaco.

[Gio Clairval @gioclair]

Because in our democracies there is a growing number of useful idiots who believe Putin’s propaganda and oppose helping Ukraine (just like across the pond).

[JD Vance @JDVance]

If Putin is such an existential threat to Europe why isn’t every European country emptying it armories and its treasury to help Ukraine?