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Joshua Justice // Ghost Tropic @ghosttropic.org · 15d

This collection of interconnected short stories by @yarntheory.bsky.social is nominated for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize (for good reason). The final story is easily my favorite. Highly recommended!

Hand holding a book by Ursula Whitcher called North Contient Ribbon. The cover depicts a sprawling green landscape with an elevated railway leading to a tower. There’s a lake next to it and some white birds. In the bottom center is someone in a green cloak with their back turned.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h

When all the culture & fashion magazines start talking about, I dunno, skinny jeans, we should not simply conclude, "oh, skinny jeans are happening," as though it's some natural force. These things don't just happen-- someone chooses. Someone with power or money wants us talking about skinny jeans.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11h

So everyone's *first* question should have been, "why are we talking about this?" Why not other political issues that affect more people? Why not other *trans* issues that affect more people? Why not other *HS sports* issues that affect more people? Why this very particular, specific, rare thing?

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eviŁrooster @evilrooster.bsky.social · 16h

Dante was Catholic and the Inferno is full of Popes.

Patrick Nielsen Hayden @handle.invalid · 17h

This presumes that the essence of Catholicism is the worship and/or veneration of clergy, particularly the Pope, and that’s never been a settled thing within Catholicism.

I mean, yes, these guys are ridiculous, but not because they argue with the pope. Catholics argue with the pope. It’s a thing.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 19h

Worth a friendly reminder that the next set of nation-wide No Kings protests are set for October 18th.

There's probably one in your area.

I am not generally a crowds or protests sort of person, but there's one in my town and I'll be at it on the 18th.

www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday I'm teaching Plot Basics. Come brush up on the ins and outs of constructing satisfying story plots. Scholarships available.

www.catrambo.com/classes/plot...

www.catrambo.com

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 1d

This is about moderation in social media but damn what an evergreen skeet.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

It's Almost Like This Shit Is Hella Fucking Complicated

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 2d

Oh, look, a cover!

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-l...

Radiant Star

Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Locati...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 3d

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 3d

It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 3d

this is what my brain pictures when you tell me that you’re generating AI content

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 3d

Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 5d

Oct 7 Politics and Prose, Washington DC 2/11

politics-prose.com/martha-wells...

Martha Wells — Queen Demon (Rising World #2) - with Dr. Leigha McReynolds — at Union Market

politics-prose.com

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 3d

I'm also recalling the Sister Hazel lyrics: "if I hurt you then I hate myself / don't want to hate myself / don't want to hurt you"

And like just going out on a limb here narrator but that may be why your ex is not forgiving you

Could be because you're a self-centered jerk

Just a thought

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Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 7d

Treat yourself - listen on Bandcamp, and then buy it to keep! Bandcamp waive their commission on Bandcamp Fridays, so Musica Secreta will benefit even more from your purchase.

Musica Secreta @musicasecreta.bsky.social · 7d

Hey hey it's #BandcampFriday everyone and our new album is just right here, right now, celebrating women and music, and you just KNOW you want to order it today!!

musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/ricord...

Ricordanze: a record of love, by Musica Secreta

31 track album

musicasecreta.bandcamp.com

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 8d

Fitness Coach Vanburen says, "A good Seasonal Fitness is Leaf Pile. So versatile! Can sniff leaf pile, dig in leaf pile, roll in leaf pile, pee in leaf pile. And more! Ask your Fitness Coach if Leaf Pile is right for you!"

A black and white dog has his snout buried in a pile of leaves.

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 8d

The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

ANT Homepage | ANT

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 8d

OK, ok, I need to stop being coy and self-effacing. I am DELIGHTED that my work in making lesbian history accessible for authors of historical fiction is being recognized in books that used my work. My ultimate goal is to never again hear an author of a sapphic historical say "There's no sources."

Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 9d

Just finished listening to the audiobook of Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti and had a startling and pleasant surprise in the acknowledgements. IYKYK.

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International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - IAFA @iafa.bsky.social · 8d

The submission portal for ICFA 47 is open!
Submit your proposal here: iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Proposal
The IAFA invites proposals for our 47th annual ICFA meeting on the theme of (Meta)Cognition.
Guests of Honor: Ted Chiang & Ann Leckie
Guest Scholar: Sherryl Vint

#IAFA #FantasticArts #ICFA47

International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - Submit a Proposal

iaftfita.wildapricot.org

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 8d

Don't know yet, but I will definitely let folks know if I do!

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 10d

I read this book and you should too

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 10d

Hi everyone from launch day for A Philosophy of Thieves!

Thieves is my 9th novel & it’s launching close to the10-year birthday of my first book, Updraft. To celebrate, I’ve made my monthly craft essay public, with how-to-writer thoughts I’ve picked up over the past decade.

www.patreon.com/post...

A grid with a book-filled window and author with short brown hair, an author with long, silvering hair sitting with a pile of books, an author signing books.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 10d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

strangehorizons.com

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 10d

I would like everyone to know that I am hoping as hard as all of you that Adjoa Andoh will be available and willing to read the audiobook. I honestly don't know who it will be, but she would be PERFECT.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 10d

I am hoping as hard as I can, it would be so awesome if she would read it!!!!

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P H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · 10d

This one is about the intersection of imperial domination with local religious traditions. (Sorry, I struggle to describe Ann's books without sounding like that.)

But it's also a bunch of fun, flawed, incredibly strange characters making poor life choices at each other. You are going to love them.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 10d

I assume so, but I don't know anything about the audiobook yet! (I'm libro.fming too, so)

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