In case you didn't see it yet, the first episode of my new podcast Beforecast has launched! Check it out here:

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Beforecast Episode 1 with historian @adapalmer.bsky.social, is up on YouTube and Spotify! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEt5... open.spotify.com/show/39PkpVT...

Released today! Special edition! I love it!

Total Lunar Eclipse - 26 May 2021 - From Ángel López-Sánchez - https://flic.kr/p/2m1PLyZ

ICYMI Thanks @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social for hosting the exclusive cover reveal of Chinese #sff anthology China + 100, in which we ask 10 of China's top #scifi and other genre writers to imagine the world 100 years after covid19. #books. fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2026/08/excl...

Exclusive Cover Reveal: China + 100 Edited by Xueting C. Ni

Speculative fiction book reviews.

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If ye exist in Minneapolis, mark ye thy calendar and attend the hootenanny at Moon Palace Books! If ye do not exist in Minneapolis, call ye the store and order signed copies from @marissalingen.bsky.social and @naomikritzer.bsky.social!

After years of successful grassroots battles to pull these cameras from local streets, bipartisan momentum is sweeping the country. We hope other states and local governments will take notice and initiate steps to curb this technology. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Texas and Florida Step Back from ALPRs

Within the last few days, two important state actions have dealt a big blow to automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks. This is just the latest proof of the growing tide of public opposition

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See this article about the struggle to get Warner Bros to release it. www.theringer.com/2026/08/27/m...

Keep Chasing That Bird: The Oral History of ‘Coyote vs. Acme’

The ‘Looney Tunes’ movie is finally hitting theaters after its controversial shelving three years ago—this is the story of how it got out from under the anvil

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Hubble Explores the Hidden Dark Side of a Spiral Galaxy - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/MBQuvn

Hey, just hit 20k followers on this here azure horizon. HI GUYS.

Vintage Munson Portable Typewriter Digital Painting 36"x36" #digitalart #eastcoastkin #artshare #typewriters #munson #history #culture #authors #poets #artists #photographers #science #nature #machines

#NationalReadABookDay 📚 #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

2026 Hugo Awards! Nominations - www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history... Results - www.thehugoawards.org/.../2026-hug...

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

The Bestselling Author and Her Cat Digital Painting 42"x42" #digitalart #eastcoastkin #artshare #community #women #science #nature #history #culture #authors #poets #artists #photographers #HumansOfBluesky #cats #caturday #typewriters

Today, 5-Sept, 4pm MnStF Party at Dreampark bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

Sept - Oct Events Sat 5-Sep, 4pm MnStF Party at Dreampark Sat 12-Sep, 3pm M60 ConCom at RadiShTree Sat 3-Oct, 4pm MnStF Party hosted by Scott and Irene Sat 17-Oct, 4pm MnStF Party hosted by Crystal Sat 31-Oct, 4pm, MnStF Halloween Party at Dreampark bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

Alison Sommer Book Release Party tonight in Hopkins! creamandamber.com/event/2026-0...

MnStF Picnic Today! 22-Aug at 2:30pm at Hidden Falls! bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.

Saturday 17-Oct 4:00pm - MnStF Party hosted by Crystal Saturday 31-Oct 4:00pm - Halloween Party at Dreampark Then a dearth of events in November bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

Next weekend, Sat 22-Aug - MnStF Picnic, 2:30pm at Hidden Falls Saturday 5-Sept 4:00pm - MnStF Party at Dreampark Saturday 12-Sept 3:00pm - First ConCom for Minicon 60! At the Con hotel Saturday 3-Oct 4:00pm - MnStF Party hosted by Scott and Irene bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

MnStF Picnic! Next weekend! August 22 at 2:30pm at Hidden Falls! bit.ly/MnStF_Calendar

Got to see "Your Name" on the big screen again today for its anniversary rerelease. Such a gorgeous film, on top of being very well-written.

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Thank you, Space Unicorns! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU! FUNDED!!! Good news! We are still open to LATE PLEDGES!! We can still fund that final stretch goal!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

Lessons in Magic and Disaster is out in paperback TODAY. "You will always be loved. You cannot mess up so badly that you will not be loved." A story of mother-daughter magic lessons, queer families, and healing. Get it wherever you get books!

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Would you like some mysticism in your sci-fi? How about stories where “rationality brushes up against the unknowable and observation yields no certainty, only awe”? Here's Wole Talabi (@wtalabi.com) with 5 books that mix science and the supernatural! reactormag.com/five-science...

Five Science Fiction Novels That Flirt With the Supernatural - Reactor

Some of genre fictions most interesting stories live in the space where the scientific meets the supernatural...

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