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Science fiction, fantasy, horror. Writer network with 180+ members. Follow us for SFF news, resources, and writing prompts. RTs ≠ endorsements. Join us on Meetup. Not just for Brooklyn anymore.
Since 2021, EFF has been advocating against the use of armed robots or drones by law enforcement. This call has only become more urgent. Lawmakers need to act now. Learn more: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
My story of monstrous transformation "When I First Heard Calypso" is out now in Apex Magazine Issue 154 – Apex Book Company share.google/rdqtj88H5AoU... @apexmag.bsky.social #Caribbean #folklore #horror
Apex Magazine Issue 154
EDITORIAL"Musings from Maryland" by Lesley Conner ORIGINAL FICTION"Cervidae, New and Sharp" by Anj Baker"When I Heard Calypso" by Rob Cameron"Dispatch From My Ex-Girlfriend's Lower Intestine" by A.M. ...
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Alex Segura@alexsegura.com · 2d agoWe are seeing an increased ICE presence in NYC - making it imperative that NYers KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. I wrote a comic with @mayor.nyc.gov @nycimmigrants.bsky.social @davidhahn.bsky.social @elllewrightart.bsky.social @tayloresposito.bsky.social to do that! DOWNLOAD: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/co...
NEW: Over the last few months, Meta has run dozens of paid ads that included AI-generated CSAM. The ads, some of which were linking out to “nudify” apps, targeted men in the US, UK, and a dozen European countries. Some were running in the last few days
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
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1. There are far fewer resources thanks to waste like AI. 2. Other crimes don't make your crimes okay. 3. Burning a quart of gas to get to the ER is better than burning 1000 gallons to make deepfakes. 4. Let Indigenous folks speak for themselves. 5. We have the right to resist what harms us.
Tiffany Morris@tiffmorris.bsky.social · 16h agoSo apparently that HWA pro-AI newsletter also uses Indigenous water rights issues as a prop, trivializing the activism by Indigenous peoples to protect our water including specific anti-data centre actions. I guess they figured why not alienate Indigenous horror writers while they’re at it?
Captured by photographer masa5901, Moon and Venus on the Sea of Blue Velvet presents a serene nocturnal landscape along Japan’s rugged coastline.
A classic 1973 Bruce Pennington cover to ‘Children of Tomorrow,’ by A. E. van Vogt.
Hahahahahaha I wanted to type something here but I'm laughing too hard "could you still get through an entire workday" what the fuck, man, you just sharpied "I am incompetent" on your forehead.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 11h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
And if you prefer to listen to a story instead of read the text? Here you go, together with @jrdawson.bsky.social's awesome (and also nominated!) "6 People To Revise You". www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T5W...
April 8, 2026 Story Hour: Effie Seiberg and J.R. Dawson read their Hugo/Nebula-nominated stories!
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Effie Seiberg@effies.bsky.social · last wk.There's still a little over a week to read and vote! If you haven't already, I'd love it if you read my ragey satire, "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", which has been nominated for Best Short Story! www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1... bsky.app/profile/lawo...
Data centres here in Ireland accounted for nearly a quarter of all electricity usage last year (a FIVE-fold increase in ten years)! AND these companies get a discounted electricity rate which is subsidised by us ordinary domestic users 😡 www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Data centres account for 23% of electricity usage - CSO
The percentage share of total metered electricity consumption used by data centres rose to 23% in 2025 up from 22% in 2024 and just 5% in 2015.
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An #IceAge masterpiece: This small carving (4.7cm) of a water #bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a #diver, #cormorant, or #duck. Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura. It's the oldest known representation of a bird. 🧵1/2
BSFW EVENTS [Online unless noted otherwise. Eastern Time Zone] On-the-Spot Workshop - Wed 8/5 7:30PM Rad Files Novel Group - Mon 8/10 7:30PM Last Keybard's Novel Critique - Mon 8/10 7:30PM Sam's Short Story Workshop - Tue 8/11 7PM www.meetup.com/brooklyn-spe...
Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers | Meetup
We are a speculative fiction writers group based in Brooklyn. Together, we help one another hone our craft to a more professional level. This group is open to serious writers of fantasy, science ficti...
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Don’t forget to cast your vote for the 2026 Hugo Awards! Did you know that voting on the entire Hugo Awards ballot is NOT required? Do you know films and video games, but not novels? Do you love art and graphic stories, but haven't read the novellas?
Hugo Award Finalists – LAcon V
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This week on Planetside… Our series Writing from Science continues with “How to Fact-Check Your Science and Gain Inspiration Along the Way” by @marleewith2es.bsky.social, read by the author: sfwa.org/2026/07/21/h...
This week on Planetside… Pocket‑sized tools like notebooks, crayons, and scraps of paper can keep ideas alive through unpredictable parenting hours. Learn more from “Writing Tips and Tricks for Time-Poor Parents” by @julieleblancwrites.bsky.social, read by the author: sfwa.org/2026/07/28/w...
Writing Tips and Tricks for Time-Poor Parents - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Julie Le Blanc. Here are a few simple and flexible ways to keep writing as a new parent—from voice memos to notebooks to mnemonics—all meant to help you nurture creativity amid the chaos of your…
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Millions of people rely on anonymous access to lawful online speech. This week, the Senate is looking at four bills that could vastly expand age verification and make anonymous internet use much harder. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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Blue Guldal on Instagram: "What a beautiful anthology! The @lambdaliterary 2025 Emerge Anthology is out! It is full of amazing pieces from the 2025 fellows, be it poetry, plays, nonfiction, fiction, s...
60 likes, 14 comments - fugazulero on August 3, 2026: "What a beautiful anthology! The @lambdaliterary 2025 Emerge Anthology is out! It is full of amazing pieces from the 2025 fellows, be it poetry, p...
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Radix Printing & Publishing Cooperative on Instagram: "We’re thrilled to share the SIX selected stories for the second volume of FUTURES: A SCIENCE FICTION SERIES. Incredibly clever, beautifully writ...
159 likes, 33 comments - radix.coop on July 31, 2026: "We’re thrilled to share the SIX selected stories for the second volume of FUTURES: A SCIENCE FICTION SERIES. Incredibly clever, beautifully writ...
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The symposium schedule for PSA26 San Diego is now live! Preview it here (and check back later for the contributed paper schedule) ☀️🌴https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/e/PSA2026/program
You've already dealt with "The Nightmare Delivery Service" - even if you weren't the one contracting them for delivery. They meet everyone, eventually. Why not send them to someone else? Angela Liu's story is a quick read that lingers, like a bad dream:
The Nightmare Delivery Service - Small Wonders
We know your name and what time you sleep. You know us only by sound, the tapping in the radiator at night, a voice like old bells.
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New essay! "Middle-Aged Love: Rereading in Your Forties and Beyond" by Marissa Lingen! buff.ly/7nvUGM9
Honored to be selected for publication for @radixcoop.bsky.social's Futures Vol. 2. Congratulations to the fellow finalists: Cavar (@cavar.bsky.social), Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes, Andrew Hudson (@solarshades.club), Amina Washington, and Mariah Gese.
Dear fiction editors across the land, Every author you work with shall henceforth be given free rein to give our wildly cartoonish villains absolutely ridiculous names, because THAT IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN NOW. Please update your records and adjust your expectations. Warmly, Your Beloved Novelists
Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer@ashafferwx.bsky.social · yesterdayYou can't make this up - private prison reopening to partner with ICE in MN, and the CEO has "swindle" as his literal last name. www.startribune.com/appleton-pri...
