You still have four days to vote on the Hugo Awards. If you don't have a $50 WSFS membership and want to vote, you can register here: www.lacon.org/register If you have a membership, vote at this link: portal.lacon.org We would love your support this year: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wall3... 1/2

Friday, 7pm on the podcast live, We talk to Suyi Davies Okungbowa! ( @suyidavies.com) Come watch and hang out live! 7pm Friday Central Http://www.twitch.tv...

"It’s that same sickness that turned North American cities into sprawling miles of roads and parking lots and big box stores with no real center to gather in, no social or cultural or spiritual purpose but to sell you stupid shit and then shove you out..."

Hostile Architecture: Late Capitalism and Backrooms

The scariest thing about Backrooms is that we already live there.

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You still have four days to vote on the Hugo Awards. If you don't have a $50 WSFS membership and want to vote, you can register here: www.lacon.org/register If you have a membership, vote at this link: portal.lacon.org We would love your support this year: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wall3... 1/2

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

#EventsDearBoy 4. AGE OF APOCALYPSE (1995, Marvel) Stuck in the diminishing returns of imitating Chris Claremont's labyrinthine subplotting without his flair, the 90s X-Office does the one thing he never tried: a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 2d ago

#EventsDearBoy 5. DC ONE MILLION (1998, DC) This is the Grant Morrison event where they play nicely with others, crafting a fantastical future for the DC Universe and opening its gates for other creators to have fun with. And they do - no other event has such an excellent tie-in hit-rate

Libraries pay millions to rent ebooks they never own. So maybe it's no surprise Penguin Random House is sponsoring arguments against stronger library ebook rights. www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/m...

Moving Beyond the Publisher Playbook: Why State-Level Contract Law is Essential to the Future of Digital Library Rights

The era of mere “firefighting” and polite, incremental negotiation is over. The library sector is asking for relief from ebook pricing schemes that consume tremendous amounts of public dollars while p...

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Hey! Latest story, "Our Revels Now Are Ended," now out at @clarkesworldmagazine.com. In a library connected to other libraries, a man with redacted memories exchanges ideas with a state interrogator. As always, if you enjoy, feel free to drop a line.

Our Revels Now Are Ended by Thomas Ha

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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The @theguardian.com has the type of journalism that @premeemohamed.com is looking for.

Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year

At last! It’s time for our invertebrate of the year competition as voted for by you. Today, the common woodlouse – come back on Tuesday to find out who else made the top 10

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I have long wanted to write for the excellent Bay Area publishing collective COYOTE...and they let me write something that honestly no other publication would. All hail independent media!!

Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 2d ago

Early on @coyotemedia.org made a list of dream bylines we'd LOVE to have on the site and @annaleen.bsky.social was one of the first on it for me. So stoked to see this piece about ~~speculative transit~~ and big dreams for the Bay Area. www.coyotemedia.org/funding-bay-...

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

New for this post, though not new at all, is “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop, which won awards 40 years ago and has been on my list to check out. The tale of an ornithologist seeking dodos has a wonderful voice that’s fun but also poignant www.drabblecast.org/2014/01/16/d...

Drabblecast 310 – The Ugly Chickens

My car was broken, and I had a class to teach at eleven. So I took the city bus, something I rarely do. I spent last summer crawling through The Big Thicket with cameras and tape recorder, photogra…

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Five SF Works About Building a New Nation Sure, societal collapse is inherently dramatic — but nation-founding can be exciting too! reactormag.com/five-sf-work...

Five SF Works About Building a New Nation - Reactor

Sure, societal collapse is inherently dramatic — but nation-founding can be exciting too!

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I read an early copy of this and it is absolute dynamite, beautiful and ingenious.

Big Green Books@biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 3d ago

SIGNED BOOK NEWS! "As We Fall Through Time" by Claire North. A new epic tale of time travel, betrayal and a love that echoes through the centuries. It's published in October. Pre-order a SIGNED copy HERE! biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

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Vast majority of Canadians no longer trust the United States

Vast majority of Canadians no longer trust the United States

A new study by the Angus Reid Institute has found that the vast majority of Canadians no longer trust the United States.

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Got an important question that I'm sure @princejvstin.com will want to hear your answers on. When you look at guide.lacon.org and www.lacon.org/events-overv... what do you want to see photos of? Not just the obvious things (Masquerade, Hugos, etc.) Specific panels? Other events? Exhibits?

Being on an award jury has been a dream of mine for years, and in 2026 I am getting my wish, as a member of the jury for the Otherwise Award, which recognizes work in the fantastic genres that explores and expands our understanding of gender. wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...

The 2026 Otherwise Award: Jury Announcement

Being on an award jury has been a dream of mine for years. I suppose it's only to be expected; I spend so much time telling people which boo...

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Did you know that Mur Lafferty @mightymur.bsky.social will be joining us for #LAconV? An inaugural inductee of the Podcast Academy’s Hall of Fame, Mur Lafferty began podcasting in 2004 and used the new medium to build a writing career from her work as a science fiction podcaster.

We’re down to the wire… the hotel reservations deadline for #LAconV is August 4, 2026. If you want to be close to all of the action we suggest you act now and book your room. Wonderful options are still available at the Anaheim Marriott with our reduced rate: www.lacon.org/venue/marriott

If you can't think of anything to draw, just make marks. Your brain likes it when you do that.

We conducted more than two dozen focus groups, and the consultants ended up quite adamant that there was a significant overlap between the shower-curtain demographic and our target audience.

ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030@edmontonin2030.bsky.social · 7d ago

We've had so many people asking for an #Edmontontonin2030 branded shower curtain, and it's available now on our website. Get yours today! www.edmontonin2030.org/support/p/sh...

@fozmeadows.bsky.social will be joining us at LAcon V! He is a queer Australian SFF author and essayist currently based in California. His most recent works include A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, All the Hidden Paths and Finding Echoes, and in 2019, he won the Hugo Award for Best Fanwriter.

Toxic Fandom: No one can match us for sheer pettiness! Academia:

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Very much looking forward to this book.

Kameron Hurley@kameronhurley.com · 4d ago

Ok! It's my last full day at #gencon, and here's where you can find me. It's signing day as well, so if you've grabbed books from the Symposium bookstore, come see me at 3pm at back of exhibit hall in Author/Artist Alley. I will have free pins and chapbooks!

If you haven't caught me yet at #gencon, come and visit me at my signing at 3pm today at the back of Artists'/Author Alley, where I'll be signing books and swag (also the best place to grab a Lesbians in Space pin)!!

The LAcon Worldcon Film Festival is proud to announce the award-winning films of our 2026 festival. The film festival, held as part of LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention takes place from August 27–31, 2026, at the Anaheim Convention Center.

*singing to the tune of Kumbaya* 🎵Funk soul brother, my lord 🎶 🎵Check it out 🎶 🎵Funk soul brother, my lord 🎶 🎵Right about now 🎶

Ink sketch of a waffle yaga. Seagull feet bc dumpstercore. Sketch w inks

In a different timeline, Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social might not be making the trek to Anaheim. But don't worry, we live in a version of history where he's going to be at #LAconV.