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Rebecca Fraimow

@rebeccafraimow.bsky.social

author of Lady Eve's Last Con, The Iron Children, & various shorts. one half of @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social. writes fiction, archives things, etc. https://rebeccafraimow.com [user icon by mellifics.bsky.social]

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Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · 3d ago

idk that it would help as such, but I do have reading recs for anyone who's interested in Sri Lankan culture, history, and politics. starting from Nira Wickramasinghe's SRI LANKA: A MODERN HISTORY (which is actually mentioned and quoted *in* RAKESFALL, and is a real and excellent book)

tru@tootru.bsky.social · 3d ago

i have what may be an odd question. i enjoyed Rakesfall but while i read it, i had a constant feeling of lacking context. do you think knowing more about Sri Lankan history would help? and tbh, as i type, even if it wouldn't - would you be able to recommend a history book or two?

Ollie Fern@whalefern.bsky.social · last wk.

Respite, 2026. Diptych of a sandpiper resting and preening as the tide rises, originally photographed on the Oregon coast. Cyanotype on translucent gampi paper, hand-colored by gilding with metal leaf on the reverse and painting little details over the image with a tiiiiny brush. 🪶

two blue-toned mixed media artworks of a sandpiper preening its feathers and sleeping blue and gold image of a sandpiper preening its feathersblue and gold image of a sleeping sandpiperanother view of the same two sandpiper images, this one in direct sunlight
Rebecca Fraimow@rebeccafraimow.bsky.social · 3w ago

finally reached the finale of Voyager! is it for sexism reasons that Janeway escapes the uniformly terrible old-age makeup inflicted on everyone else in Star Trek flash forwards? probably yes. but is the fact that Amoral Old Janeway is devastatingly beautiful also good for me? CERTAINLY yes

Rebecca Fraimow@rebeccafraimow.bsky.social · 3w ago

swore to god I wasn't gonna comment as someone who has not seen the film in question but THE LRB CUT THE WATER ICE QUOTE? decades of defending the name of water ice to all my non-Philadelphian nearest and dearest and it could have been at the center of the discourse?? & this was denied me??

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 4w ago

1. It's a fun action movie. A line that got cut but sums up some of my overall feelings: This Odyssey is not a rich, satisfying Homeric banquet, but sometimes in the heat, an ice-cold Philly water ice is all you want - even it's mostly sugar and food coloring, and makes no nutritional sense.

Rebecca Fraimow@rebeccafraimow.bsky.social · last mo.

been participating in a two-chapters-a-week Count of Monte Cristo slow roll book club and this week I'm temporarily switching from the penguin to the Project Gutenberg copy which has some truly incredible illustrations

Edmond Dantes and the Abbe Faria tenderly embrace, rags sliding off their shoulders, their matching huge beards mashed together
Marissa Lingen@marissalingen.bsky.social · last mo.

I came home completely swamped with my to-do list...but still did not forget to back the Uncanny Kickstarter! One of the possible rewards is a critique from Marissa Lingen, if you happen to know who that is....

Uncanny Magazine@uncannymagazine.bsky.social · last mo.

Hello, Space Unicorns! The Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes is YOU! Kickstarter is 43% funded! DON'T STOP US NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME! The sooner we fund, the sooner we can OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS! buff.ly/KUBvYgD

Uncanny Year 12 Covers by Paul Lewin, Katy Shuttleworth, and Galen Dara
Maureen Barr@barrlab.bsky.social · last mo.

341,699 comments as of yesterday. Today is the deadline. Your voice impacts the future of US research & science. Please submit a comment if you haven't already.

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Maureen Barr@barrlab.bsky.social · last mo.

Posted my comments opposing OMBs proposed rule. It was so easy, using this great letter writing tool of @faseborg.bsky.social www.faseb.org/science-poli... Did you submit yours yet? The deadline is soon - July 13. This is essential to save science and research in the US.

I write in my personal capacity as a research-active faculty member, not on behalf of my institution. I am a distinguished professor at a leading state R1 university. I am also a Senior Principal Investigator whose research laboratory is NIH. I submit these comments in strong opposition to OMB's proposed rule revising 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (Docket OMB-2026-0034). I am requesting that OMB withdraw this rule entirely because of the devasting consequences it will have on biomedical research, human health, the economy, and the nation. The proposed pre-issuance review requirement (§ 200.205) eliminates that independence by giving political appointees – who may have no experience or training in the biomedical research field - veto power over peer-reviewed funding decisions. As a Senior PI / Lab director whose research is supported by NIH, I am deeply concerned that the best science will not be funded, instead politicians will decide not based on merit and research quality, but rather ideology. Peer-review is critical for gold-standard science. This proposed discretionary termination provision (§ 200.340) jeopardizes the future and well-being of the researchers in my laboratory, my department, my university, my state, and the United States. My research program has been continuously funded by the NIH for over two decades. My laboratory is like a small business – with NIH funding, I employ eight full-time personnel. These scientists are at all stages of their careers – newly minted bachelors who are working as research technicians or graduate students; postdoctoral researchers who are completing additional training in order to go onto careers in academia, biotech, industry, governments; senior scientists who have devoted their entire careers to biomedical research and training the next generation of scientists, physicians, dentists, teachers, etc. The proposed international collaboration restrictions (§§ 200.202(e), 200.220) will isolate US scientists and lead to the demise…
Strange Horizons@strangehorizons.bsky.social · last mo.

Strange Horizons is fully funded ‼️ As it stands, we will only be able to offer 8c/word for fiction, down from the 10c/word in recent years. We want to keep those rates through our stretch goals: $25,000 - 9c/word $30,000 - 10c/word Link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Strange Horizons 2027 Fundraiser

The annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations!

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Strange Horizons@strangehorizons.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We hope you love what we do! Please donate to keep us publishing in 2027! We literally can't do it without you. You can read more about Strange Horizons' journey into the SFFH sphere over on our BackerKit page! And while you're there, don't forget to donate! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌈Pride Month may be drawing to an end, but here's a compilation graphic of Solaris books & to help you Read Queer All Year! #booksky Inc. Fantasy, Sci Fi, Horror & Spec Fic with a queer main character and/or a strong element of queerness within the plot! Hop downthread to see who is featured 👇

A compilation graphic of Solaris Books to read for pride month and to read queer all year. There's too many books for alt text to facilitate, but if you head downthread they will all be listed there with authors tagged!
Aster Glenn Gray@asterglenngray.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today is my birthday! Time for my annual birthday sale! This year the book on sale is Honeytrap. Cold War m/m spies, Soviet spy assigned to honeytrap Anerican partner, but his partner is so smart and funny and nice and... would it be possible to kiss him, but NOT for blackmail? mybook.to/Honeytrap

Honeytrap - Kindle edition by Gray, Aster Glenn. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Honeytrap - Kindle edition by Gray, Aster Glenn. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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Rebecca Fraimow@rebeccafraimow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

vibes-based worldbuilding absolutely has its place but sometimes i emerge reeling from the depths and have to immediately read some historical nonfiction just to feel like i understand how humans inhabit an environment again. the bookshelf equivalent of touching grass

ariella@agbouskila.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Wait!! God damn it!! Contact info on my portfolio site: www.agbouskila.com And I need to say: you can't really call it an honour to be employed, but it WAS an honour to work alongside such sharp, thoughtful, experienced peers. Bungie team, thank you for everything. I'll really, really miss you.