I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

For Sunday a brief look back at a short story nestling at the end of this review round up; L Chan's The Ocean Remembers The Wave in @strangehorizons.bsky.social in which a poet-warrior seeks lost space fleets - and lost space love. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/12/shor...

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It's December and I have a backlog of stories (and poems) I've read and wanted to review. So here's ten to get us started: 1. Conspiracy Of ...

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While I have your attention, due to the portrait of Turing on them, I have been trying to nickname £50 notes 'an Alan' for a while now. Please help me to get this to catch on. 'They're £20 each,' you could say, 'or, special offer, I can do you three for an Alan.' Thanks in advance.

Hey y’all my birthday is the same day as the deadline for submitting your Hugo Ballot! For my birthday, could you take the time to read the Best Poem works? Even if you’re not sure about poetry—even if you’re not a Hugo voter—just read the Best Poem finalists 🩵

somehow, it’s August, which means I’ve got a story out in the latest issue of @adventitiouswords.bsky.social! “A Hole in My Heart the Shape of the Multiverse” is about a geographer lost in a house full of portals to parallel universes—and the version of herself using those portals to change history

📢 Zaterdag, 12 september, Amsterdam: klimaatmars www.doorbraak.eu/12-september... Vanaf 13:00u @ ... #Amsterdam

12 september, Amsterdam: klimaatmars | Doorbraak.eu

Op 12 september is er weer een klimaatmars, deze keer in Amsterdam. De actie onder het motto “Kies voor onze toekomst. Weg met fossiel!” wordt georganiseerd door de Klimaatcrisis Coalitie, een breed s...

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(Duermevela has posted it on their social media, so I assume it’s fine for me to do the same.) Cover art for the Spanish translation of Asunder!

Thomas is right on. So many creative choices I make run on instinct (which is to say that many aren’t ”choices” per se at all) - instincts can be honed and trained and reconsidered and revised but they are damned hard to explain. “Because it felt right, that’s why.”

Thomas Ha@thomasha.bsky.social · 5d ago

i think people advising that authors are going to be ok because they can explain their creative choices better than a slopper are coming from a good place (and prob mostly right!). but boy do i hate the presumption that writers have to rationally talk through the minutiae of their creative choices.

I KNOW you have the <10 minutes needed to gulp down this delicious, bittersweet cup of @christinehanolsy.com's latest brew:

Gavagai@gavagai.com · 5d ago

In today's featured Editor Pick: She has orchestrated every detail of their final conversation. Except the ache of actually having it. It's Bitter Tea by Christine Hanolsy. read it for free at gavagai.com

not at all (it was the 1985 edition of the Childcraft encyclopedia)

S. Kramer@libraryephemera.bsky.social · 6d ago

Were you a child who read The World Book Encyclopedia for fun?

it's short story dayyy!! do you want a slightly pensive story about change, giant robot bird watching, and a toxic ex that left you behind in the ruins of civilization? read "If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I" over at @lightspeedmagazine.com ✨ 🪶 www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/if-a... 🪶

If a Discarded God Can Change, So Can I - Lightspeed Magazine

Green Plumed Orbital Line A; viridis metamorphos A Common sighting; Flies along the forty-fifth latitude every 12 minutes Traveler’s addendum: Last functional line along a northern latitude; southern ...

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Christ, what next? 13 of my 14 DSF stories are in there and I did not give consent for a single one (nor do I see any contact info where I could tell them to remove it).

Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social · 6d ago

Hey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com

Neon Hemlock's Kickstarter campaign for volume SEVEN of their novella series (!!!) is at $13,132 out of the $14,500 base goal great job everybody! Let's keep it rolling! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven

Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly

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The stories in our inaugural Best Of anthology are all wonderful! Including Somto Ihezue's award-winning "We Begin Where Infinity Ends", and so many more. Back us by visiting http://kck.st/4wtYJ6... or the link in our bio. #SFF #Booksky #backthebook #sciencefiction #fanstasy

what’s in the apothecary’s Female Pills #1? wrong answers only

ICYMI - this is my latest in BCS! It’s a story that is so dear to my heart. I hope folks enjoy it.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine@bcsmagazine.bsky.social · last wk.

Live in BCS #462; podcast 363 "Dreams in Burnished Silver" @christinehanolsy.com "pressed a tiny metal disc into my hand as we passed: a minuscule mirror that captured my image in parts; a freckle here, an eyelash there. In return, I gave you my name." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/drea...

my main professional goal is to become the kind of writer this is said about

Anthony Oliveira@meakoopa.bsky.social · 2w ago

a: no

The one downside of seeing Hadestown is the kids randomly bursting out with WAAA-AAAIT FOR MEEEE. this is fine only so many times. you must learn more lyrics.

I love cheeses of all varieties but for a workaday snacky slab it’s hard to beat the clemont rouge sold at Albert Heijn supermarkets (red rind medium-soft cheese, just a little funky)

Tom & Lorenzo@tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · last wk.

People on Bluesky sigh and talk about The Discourse as if it were something required of them instead of something they opt to partake in, day in and day out. You really don't have to. Post about your favorite cheese

More about this horrible, horrible decision of ending TPS, from a Haitian perspective, here: globalvoices.org/2026/07/04/w...

What the ending of the U.S.’ Temporary Protection Status could mean for Haiti

“Haiti remains gripped by armed violence [...] and a profound humanitarian crisis [and] the Supreme Court has given a green light to treat hundreds of thousands of Haitian families as disposable.”

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Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.

TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...

it is 2035. LLMs have absorbed every common writing practice. Characters and dialogue are seen as AI tells. All remaining human fiction must consist of meditations on a single rock.

We went to see the pro-shot of Hadestown while we’re in the US and while I loved it (Amber Gray is a national treasure) I … really wish I enjoyed Reeve Carney more as a performer but I simply do not.

Neon Hemlock releases some of the best speculative novellas in the biz, and there's plenty of time to not just meet their base funding goal but also their first stretch goal, which unlocks A WHOLE EXTRA NOVELLA! Go check out the Kickstarter now!

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2w ago

For now, you can pre-order THESE HOLLOW BODIES along with the rest of the novella series here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf@eliaseells.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Market and publicize your backlist. Market and publicize your backlist. Market and publicize your backlist. Market and publicize your backlist. Market and publicize your backlist.

For all the replies saying "but public transit is terrible, I have to wait an hour for the bus"... comrade, what you are suffering from is the *absence* of public transit.

Met an amazing hug-shaped friend yesterday. He was like if a barrel had legs and a nervous affect.

Coming soon to an e-reader near you! You do not need to be able to pronounce “Nijmegen” to read my story, I promise.

The Stories and Authors of Issue Four | Adventitious

Troubleshooting Your Leaking Brain Storage Vat A MindVats® Support Document | Version 4.2.7 BEFORE YOU BEGIN MindVats® thanks you for trusti

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"The third week of a planetary exorcism is the hardest—at least if the planet in question has megafauna to deal with." What Any Dead Thing Wants by @aimeeogdenwrites.com #firstlinethursdays www.adventitious.net/stories/what...

What Any Dead Thing Wants

A Nebula-nominated work of literary speculative fiction by Aimee Ogden exploring death, exploitation, and what we owe to those that are gone.

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Preordered this for the twins’ birthday in November (which means I’ll have three months after it comes out to sneakily read it myself first)

Ted (& technically Ro)@brandtandstein.com · last wk.

Hey chums! In honour of it being 30 DAYS until the release of the #WorstManOGN, we’re going to be doing a daily countdown of some of our favourite yelling faces from the book. If you like them and you haven’t preordered yet, just hit this link! titan-comics.com/comics/2401-...

Beautiful new story from @christinehanolsy.com in Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “Dreams in Burnished Silver”!

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Dreams in Burnished Silver by Christine Hanolsy

When the evening bell rang, we filed past each other once more, and this time I kept my chin lifted. You found me right away, pressed a tiny metal disc into my hand as we passed: a minuscule mirror th...

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