Today you should read Ray Bradbury's eerie and prescient short story THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS, as it takes place on August 4th, 2026...
K.L. Noone
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writer, professor, medievalist, lgbtq romance author, happily married bisexual, she/they pronouns, fan of craft beer & board games
Thanks to @zloch1.bsky.social for finding this amazing audio recording of Ray Bradbury's THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS, read by Leonard Nimoy! youtu.be/nmcURKn2sf8?...
August 4, 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains | Ray Bradbury & Leonard Nimoy | OEW Institute
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"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d agoEvery now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
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Academics and scoleres are not gate-keeperes. Thei will talke to you about their topiques. For dayes. Thei will sende lynkes. Thei will order bookes. Thys ys why thei lyve. Thei are the route bitwene past knowledge and future knowledge.
This is a very specific post, for folks of any gender who, like me, have *hideously* heavy periods & will understand my emotions: Awesome Husband discovered, in a closet we don’t use much, 1 box of the *old* #kotex super+ (before the present awful inadequacies!) tampons. Reader, the JOY I felt.
"Raise your hopeful voice. You have a choice." RIP Glen Hansard www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mt...
Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (Official Video)
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Glen Hansard, the Frames frontman and 'Once' star who won an Oscar for Best Original Song, has died at 56 following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Glen Hansard, Oscar-Winning 'Once' Musician, Dead at 56
Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who achieved international fame in the 2007 drama 'Once,' has died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 56.
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#LOTR friends! Got an undergrad interested in research on #Tolkien & representations of mechanization / industrialization - I can give him some directions to start, but any suggestions for specific scholarship? @banzailibrarian.bsky.social @effjayem.bsky.social @dimitrafimi.bsky.social ? #BookSky
While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screen
The actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zones
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True innovation ys yn the HEART. For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of language, bold dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye. Fund higher educacioun yn the HEART disciplines: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eachinge
It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society
I loved the movie and am already making plans to see it again. However, as I’m a messy bitch who lives for the drama, I am LIVING for this review of the film by Emily Wilson. She eats him UP! Hehehe!
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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🧀 SUBMISSIONS OPEN: It's about to get cozy & cheesy at Epona Muse Publishing. We're looking for #cozy #fantasy stories which have cheese as a main plot point. More details at publishing.eponaauthorsolutions.com 📚💙🪐
OMGGGG -- I'm not applying for this (because my body is a sad sugarcube dissolving in a cup of tea, among other reasons) but if you can apply you should apply and if you get in you SHOULD GO www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
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You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
Today's (July 25, Eastern time) Daily Deal at @jms-books.com is the book that was my first-ever published novel - only 99c! "A Demon for Midwinter" has....well, Midwinter, plus a tired rock star, a music-loving half-demon, & MM romance! #BookSky #romantasy #romance www.jms-books.com/a-demon-for-...
Today's (July 25, Eastern time) Daily Deal at @jms-books.com is the book that was my first-ever published novel - only 99c! "A Demon for Midwinter" has....well, Midwinter, plus a tired rock star, a music-loving half-demon, & MM romance! #BookSky #romantasy #romance www.jms-books.com/a-demon-for-...
So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.
This is what they admitted to to avoid discovery, BTW. So I’m going to want any Dem running to promise to release and declassify EVERYTHING.
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
So many excellent authors - and @mererain.bsky.social is of course fabulous 💕
mere rain@mererain.bsky.social · 2w ago1 week left for the Smashwords sale! Most of my romance pubs are included, except the new Labyrinth-but-gay novella - that's also 25% off but only from @jms-books.com. Other authors to seek: @klnoone.bsky.social @elliethomas.bsky.social @meganaderr.bsky.social www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Speculative Insight has been publishing 2 essays/month about SFF since January 2024. That means there's 31 free essays available to read right now! Pratchett's Men, the politics of translation, ethnicity is SEAsian SFF, Tolkien and myth-making... and so much more... www.speculativeinsight.com
Speculative Insight
A journal for exploring the ideas and themes that stand behind, inform, and develop out of, speculative fiction.
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Everye projectioun of the future ys a storye. And so the fate of the worlde doth depende on the study of storyes: how thei are made, how thei worke, what thei do, & how thei connect to cultures and ydeas. Let everyone learne these skills. Funde educacioun yn the humanityes & the HEART disciplines.
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