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T. K. Rex

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Science fiction and fantasy author from the western states. Podcast co-host @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social. Debut solarpunk collection THE WILDCRAFT DRONES drops May 21, 2026 @stelliform.press. Stories & newsletter signup at tkrex.wtf.

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! I am in this! Go get it 💕🐬💕

Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 9d

A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is out today! Edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, with artwork by @abistevensart.bsky.social, this special issue celebrates neurodiverse creators with reprinted work from Reckoning's first 10 years. Check out the full ToC and read CG's editorial here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...

Cover art by Abi Stevens for Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent, featuring an eight-winged moth framed in pink and orange moons and rainbow colored clouds

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 2h

I never thought I’d be so happy to hear sports news, but wow is it ever better than everything else that was in my feed leading up to that. Fun fact: the first baseball game I ever went to was a Mariner’s game in Seattle. I was 15. If I was a sports fan this would be the fandom probably

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 13h

Thinking about some lesser known Steve Kirk dinosaur artwork today. His work shaped my childhood perception of prehistoric life more than any other artist and I have an endless appreciation for his ability to decorate his animals in eye-catchingly beautiful patterns that look painted from life.

The dome-nosed head of Giraffatitan, a huge sauropod dinosaur, looms into frame. The scaly, lightly wrinkled skin is splotched with a blend of greens, grey, and yellows in a pattern reminiscent of crocodylians.

A group of vibrantly patterned "hypsilophodonts" forage amid the misty fern-coated floor of a Jurassic prairie. A herd of massive Diplodocus, sporting crests of iguana-like spines, pass in the middle distance. Far off, a brachiosaurid browses from towering conifers.

A sandy-toned, subtly striped Allosaurus with blue crests charges through a dusty clearing, jaws agape and hands flexing.

Portraits of Corythosaurus, Lambeosaurus, and Parasaurolophus, shown with earthy green, brown, and reddish tones in complex mottled patterns. Their keratin-sheathed crests are richly detailed, as are their scaly hides.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 12h

You get to read the book, *other* people get to read the book, and every interaction like this that you have with your local library sends a message that it is valued and supported by the community.

Apart from everything else, now is a great time to support civic institutions!

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 24d

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 12h

Hell yeah. You too!

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 12h

Hey Seán, just want you to know how much this completely one sided parasocial relationship actually surprisingly means to me. I have argued with you about Star Trek so many times and enjoyed every minute of it. 🖖

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 14h

Announcing our first open call for 2026 - "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" which will ask for hard SF stories with tea or coffee, stars, and gravity all playing a prominent narrative role. Info here - aanpress.com/submissions.... Important: Be sure to read the cover page to the PDF.

Cover image to the book, showing the back of an astronaut in a space suit as he steps off into a psychedelic swirl of cosmic colors and stars. The title circles around the figure.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 13h

If you've been curious about When the Earth Was Green, you can read a sample over at Smithsonian. It's about an unlucky bug caught in goop and how oozing trees helped make the fossil record.

How a Fragile Insect Living 100 Million Years Ago Becomes a Fossil

A bug, a dinosaur and a tree intersect, creating the perfect conditions for resin to capture a moment in time

www.smithsonianmag.com

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck that guy and whoever the fuck sainted him. If the hell they believed in is real, they are burning in it.

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Now change the fucking freeway name

www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

26-foot-tall Bay Area freeway icon removed after 50 years

The statue of Junipero Serra was made of concrete and steel.

www.sfgate.com

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 1d

@khanwong.bsky.social 🍵

Shouty person @clacksee.bsky.social · Sep 2

New month, new book thread! My first read of September was Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong.

Wong writes stories that explore the darkest depths of the human soul and somehow he leaves the reader with warm, uplifting, hopeful vibes.

Review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a1e0...

#booksky

Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong
My listening supports
The Portal Bookshop
Libro.fm

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 2d

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info 🐐
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 2d

holy shit

🌟Their Immaculate Majesty, King Hivemoon🌟 @hivemoon.bsky.social · 2d

Fffine. Fine. Okay. You're mean but. So in hawaii, a genus of moths (Eupithecia) has developed, something sososososo cool. Carnivorous, ambush-predator caterpillarzzzz. There's a bunch of them but they're almost all predatory and that is VERY rare amongst Lepidoptera! Look how cool and cute?!

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 2d

They’re sooooo shiny 😍

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 4d

I would love to go some year! New Mexico is one of my favorite places

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 7d

Oregon coho salmon making major recovery after facing extinction 🦑🌎🧪🐠

Once threatened with extinction, Oregon coho salmon could be removed from federal ESA list

Coho salmon numbers have greatly improved in Oregon's coastal rivers. They may qualify for removal from the Endangered Species Act in coming years.

www.statesmanjournal.com

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 6d

"After only one year, the transformation is dramatic. A colony of 2000 Sooty Terns, where there was previously none, were feeding hundreds of chicks. We also counted 1000’s of native Pisonia grandis tree seedlings across just 60 12m monitored plots on the forest floor—in 2024 we found zero." 🌏

Press Release: Staggering Recovery of Plants and Seabirds on Marshallese Islands Just One Year After Rat Removal - Island Conservation

Astonishing results from our work to restore sites in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, boosting climate resilience and ocean health!

www.islandconservation.org

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 6d

The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars

Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · 21d

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 19d

The general submissions portal is now open for all writers. We are looking for speculative fiction stories, 5000 words or under, and our preference is for something that is, more or less, fun.

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 6d

this sounds awesome!

Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 28d

I’m on the faculty of the 2026 Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat for SFFH writers. 5,000-word critiques, classes, pitching sessions, 1:1 office hours, and plenty of time for writing. It's already 25% sold out, and the Early Bird discount is in effect. There's a scholarship! starforgers.com/2026

Over a backdrop of the Sandia Mountains are the words: "Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop. April 24-27, 2026. Albuquerque, NM. Starforgers.com." Then there are the names and photos of the faculty: Charlie Jane Anders, Mary Robinette Kowal, dave ring, Geoff Habiger, Marie Parks, Darling Heart, Alexandria Valentine

Over a background of the Sandia Mountains are the words, "Scholarship Application Due Nov 30. Sandia Starfogers Writers Retreat and Workshop. April 24-27, 2026. Albuquerque, NM. Charlie Jane Anders, Mary Robinette Kowal, dave ring, Geoff Habiger, Marie Parks, Darling Heart, Alexandria Valentine. Starforgers.com"

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 8d

TONIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO ☕️📚⚡️🖼️🏳️‍🌈

The Fabulist Words & Art @fabulistmag.bsky.social · 8d

Oh heck, did I mention, we have a reading tonight!? @tkrex.bsky.social booked it, @syr.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social and Lehua Taitano and Charlie Getter are at the mic, and Cafe Suspiro is hosting and _hot dang_ this is gonna pop! 6pm-8pm, 1246 Folsom St. in SAN FRANNIE!!!!

Stir: a reading series at Cafe Suspiro

San Francisco Coffee Shop Record Shop Book Shop

cafesuspiro.com

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 8d

It really is. That’s the challenge for me, I think having some way to work on the problem and suggest to others a path forward is, if nothing else, a cattle prod for despair

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 9d

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 9d

I think you and I have very different understandings of human nature, and apparently genetics

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 9d

Very cool to find this review of Metamorphosis ( @grist.org !) mentioning my story "A Holdout in the Northern California Designated Wildcraft Zone" 🥰 🌿

Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · Apr 3

Grist's anthology "Metamophosis" is "essential climate fiction for those of us tired of dystopic literature on climate change." Don't miss our review. @gristnews.bsky.social

Climate Fiction that Changes the Narrative

In Review: Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future

www.earthisland.org

T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 9d

I really thought this was avocado toast for a very long time and it’s not just because I’m a millennial I swear to god

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 9d

Check out my thumbnail specimen of autunite, which is nearly 50% uranium by weight! Radioactive ☢️ and absurdly fluorescent under UV light 🤩