Drove to D.C. being entertained by the latest episode of The Coode Street Podcast, on which @garykwolfe.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social talked Ray Bradbury with @kellylink.bsky.social and @jeffreyford8.bsky.social. Definitely worth your time! jonathanstrahan.podbean.com/e/episode-72...

Episode 727: Ray Bradbury's Million Year Picnic (with Jeffrey Ford and Kelly Link) | The Coode Street Podcast

Can you believe a storyteller? Ray Bradbury was a consummate storyteller who, in the introduction to his 1950 short story collection The Martian Chronicles, offered a possible origin story for the wor...

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Strawberries comin'—

Which visit to Quality Snowcones in Hampden last night. Pretty night for it!

“Sad Aziola! from that moment I Loved thee and thy sad cry.” (Shelley) 🎨 Denise Huddleston #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay

Oh wow. Congrats to the finalists. Honored to be included with these authors. Thanks to World Fantasy Con, the judges, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, and @undertow.bsky.social. And thanks to readers who enjoyed and talked about these stories. Really means a lot.

2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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Congratulations to all the brilliant finalists, and a shout out to @renanbernardo.com , whose story "Prayskin" graces our current issue! locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...

2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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Ray Bradbury read by Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy reads two of Ray Bradbury's classic stories from THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.1. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS2. USHER IIThese recordings were originally released on Caedmon Records (TC 1466).

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This would make a wonderful storyline for a musical

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

Well, duh—

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterday

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

A pretty dead-on article about using AI in a real-world business (gift link):

Opinion | I Helped Run Lululemon. The A.I. Revolution Is a Hot Mess. (Gift Article)

The A.I. revolution is stalling because companies don’t want to admit that integrating the technology is expensive and slow and requires human effort.

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I really question the insistence on calling them 'rogue', since apparently there are apparently so many instances of this—

How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

JEFFERSON, Ga. - Marci Bakely couldn’t understand how her ex-boyfriend always seemed to know where she was. When she went to buy groceries or on a date or to the doctor, he’d text her about it, someti...

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"Heeeyyyy—I'm looking pretty good!"

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul

Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.

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Happy Birthday, James Baldwin.

Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 7mo ago

been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary

Still remember excitedly reading Engines of Creation at the beginning of my career, when I was a wee little nerd:

Engines of Creation at 40: How K. Eric Drexler’s Nanotechnology Vision Is Taking Shape

Nanofactories remain a long-term goal, but molecular machines, DNA origami, atomic-scale fabrication, and AI-designed proteins show how far…

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why are harbingers always of doom why can’t we have harbingers of cake?

OUT THIS MONTH! The 10th Anniversary Edition of spectacular Scifi classic NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee with a new introduction by @annleckie.com ! geni.us/ninefox10th PREACHING TO THE CHOIR the latest standalone TERRIBLE WORLDS novella from SFFH Supremo @aptshadow.bsky.social ! geni.us/preachtc

Rabbit, rabbit—

Maaaaaybe you'd like to give this a read? **gently shoves it toward you**

Ali Trotta@alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 2w ago

Darlings!! Today, I am over at The Big Idea ( @scalzi.com ), talking about poetry and storytelling — who gets a voice and how powerful that voice is! whatever.scalzi.com/2026/07/21/t...

Buddy Guy turned 90 today! He put on a fantastic Tiny Desk Concert earlier this year: youtu.be/m5XxOLdMSS8

Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Happy birthday to the greatest city in America. Love you, Baltimore

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

🚨 Apparently, Barnes and Nobles is running a half-off sale on my book, The Pike Boys. So, you can now get it for $9.99! Good for folks that like historical crime fiction with emotional depth and want a glimpse of life in NOLA in 1920. #booksky www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-pike-b...

The Pike Boys

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)@deecherrywriter.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m gonna go ‘head and leave this here then for all those who want to read a book that has been compared to Sopranos, Peaky blinders, Boardwalk Empire; and the work of Mario Puzo (Godfather) and Dennis Lehane. ☺️ Books2read.com/thepikeboys

Tiernan's work always leaves me gripped, and wow did this bring back a lot of echoes of childhood. Horror, yes, but horror of the familiar, the reinforced world of childhood and the nature of exploitation. It's well worth checking out: a short and haunting read. So fantastic!

Typebar Magazine (Issue 10 Out Now!!)@typebarmagazine.bsky.social · last wk.

FICTION: Pink Plastic by Tiernan Blanchard

I mean, how hard could it be to just go out there and paste a bunch of solar panels to your roof? It's not like it's nuclear physics or anything. Right?

Always in awe of the lyric writing here:

The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon [Official HD Remastered Video]

YouTube video by Chrysalis Records

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Looking for a great plot for a dystopian science fiction, for cheap? I may have the very thing—

Dylan Roth@dylanroth.bsky.social · 7d ago

“We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.” - Sam Altman. I will never stop thinking about how nakedly evil this is, and it has framed every single AI headline I’ve read since.

Willow and I made a new friend this morning—

The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.