"White flight" means the space colonies vs. toxic, crumbling, radioactive cities. This world is insanely well thought out. Its not a book of twisty plot. Its a book for when you want to read beautiful writing and think. By @tochitruestory.bsky.social #booksky #bookrecommendations #scifibooks

"where are the protests" is a reflection of how many people's sense of reality is intermediated by billionaire owned social media and billionaire owned news media, both of which have strategically suppressed cover of the scale and frequency of 2025 protests

Thomas Zimmer@thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The “Where are the protests?” lament after Trump’s inauguration was always based on a (willful) misperception. Over the past year, protests have been far more numerous, more geographically widespread, and more sustained than what we saw in 2017, for instance.

That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial... A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country. (Published 2022)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

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Robin Hood is, and always has been, a self-important, anti-tax asshole with a misguided belief in palliative philanthropy and entitlement to eat meat that doesn’t belong to him. His story is different on newly-independent Mars, told by the infamous Sheriff of Nottingham. #Q #A #SF #QuestPit

In 1998, I was arrested for murder after a miscarriage. A plea bargain was my only way out. A world where women can be punished for what goes on with their bodies is a very scary place. It only gets worse. #Questpit #Q #NF #M #OWN

EVERY DOME IS A BUBBLE: Robyn Hood, from the Sheriff’s POV, on Mars. #Q #A #SF #QuestPit

New planet just dropped and it 1) is almost exactly Earth-sized 2) has a year that's almost exactly 1 Earth year. 3) orbits a star that is not a 💢temperamental little shit M-dwarf 💢but is instead a 🧡 good orange boi 🧡 Me for @science.org based on results presented at #RockyWorlds4: 🔭🧪

Earth-size planet spotted with yearlong orbit

Long-overlooked Kepler signal discovered by citizen scientists reveals promising world worth a closer look

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Despite the extreme premise this book is chillingly realistic. It is only more clear today that society will twist anyone to be less than human if it will protect comfort or create profit. A hard read. #booksky #dystopianbooks #bookrecommendations #scifibooks #tenderistheflesh

‼️IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ In solidarity with the general strike happening this Friday, we’re postponing this week’s event by ONE day. The event will now take place January 31st on Saturday. This strike is important to the both of us and we would appreciate you joining us.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover drilled into Mars’s Jezero crater and pulled up a piece of mudstone covered in markings that resemble those left behind by metabolizing microbes on Earth. More investigation is needed but still, the finds are incredibly exciting. buff.ly/Rq90dvU #ShareGoodNewsToo

26 books I want to read in 2026 ... currently reading Goliath by @tochitruestory.bsky.social #booksky #scifibooks #fantasybooks

If a corporation can be a person, a mountain certainty should be. Let's slippery-slope this to a utopian conclusion.

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Taranaki Maunga on New Zealand’s North Island was granted legal personhood. By treating the mountain as a living legal entity, it now holds rights to protection, preservation, and the ability to initiate legal action. buff.ly/gMsVXRW #ShareGoodNewsToo

The structure both fascinated and frustrated me. In the end there is no other way to tell this story. What a debut! By Simon Jimenez #booksky ##scifibooks

For anyone concerned there may be something to the Tylenol-autism BS, I present:

In a discovery that challenges long-held beliefs, scientists from China and the U.S. have found direct evidence of a solid inner core inside Mars. If confirmed, it would mean that Earth, the Moon, and Mars all share the same inner structure buff.ly/XWIGEYI #ShareGoodNewsToo

Mars should not have a solid inner core but it does, China-US study finds

Marsquake data gleaned by Chinese and US researchers could change long-held beliefs about red planet.

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Talk about doing voice RIGHT. Masterclass. This book made me rethink how I name my kids. By @catvalente.bsky.social #scifibooks #bookrecommendations

I feel like I've chanted this to myself at least four times per week since it was posted.

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · last yr.

If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: If you want to believe it, check it twice ::clap clap:: Doesn’t matter if it’s awful Doesn’t matter if it’s nice If it confirms your bias, check it twice! ::clap clap::

The kind of book where you are just going along with the story when suddenly it drops a universal truth. I let this one sit on my shelf far too long! By @gwillow.me #urbanfantasybooks #bookrecommendation

When Forever 21 went under, a ton of young-looking beautiful people suddenly crumbled to dust

Really hope Ray Nayler is wrong about the tech coming our way... but he's pretty smart so I'm concerned 👀 highly recommend #scifibooks #bookrecommendation

Philosopher @petergs.bsky.social (author of Other Minds) shares 3 books by Ray Nayler, @aptshadow.bsky.social & China Miéville that dive into the mystery of #cephalopod consciousness. www.newyorker.com/books/book-c... #ConSci #PhilMind 🐙

Peter Godfrey-Smith on Alien Intelligences in Our Midst

The philosopher discusses three novels about cephalopods’ mysterious forms of consciousness.

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