Auston Habershaw
@aahabershaw.bsky.social
Science Fiction/Fantasy author and English professor; shorts in Analog, F&SF, BCS, and elsewhere. Author of The Saga of the Redeemed and If Wishes Were Retail and also Faceless Galaxy; website aahabershaw.com
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A heartwarming comedy about a genie selling wishes in a failing mall! On sale now!
Amazon: a.co/d/7Ft53dI
Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/if-wishes-...
Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...
Tachyon (publisher): tachyonpublications.com/product/if-w...
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Hell yes.
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hell yes.
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Good thing there wasn’t a corrupt Big Ozone able to prevent this recovery from happening, or a corrupt president in the pocket of Big Ozone pretending the problem wasn’t real.
NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992 - NASA Science
The ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century. The hole this year was the fifth smallest since 1992, the year a land...
science.nasa.gov
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Good thing there wasn’t a corrupt Big Ozone able to prevent this recovery from happening, or a corrupt president in the pocket of Big Ozone pretending the problem wasn’t real.
I perfer:
5: Bromance Goes Sour Thanks to Child Murder
4: Teddy Bears Fuck Up Nazis
3: Farmboy Radicalized by Space Garbage
2: There's Only One Bed: Space Edition
1: Everyone Gets an Awesome Death
5: Bromance Goes Sour Thanks to Child Murder
4: Teddy Bears Fuck Up Nazis
3: Farmboy Radicalized by Space Garbage
2: There's Only One Bed: Space Edition
1: Everyone Gets an Awesome Death
Top 5 "Star Wars" Movies, Definitive List:
5. "A New Coma"
4. "The Wisdom of Space Muppet"
3. "Revenge of the Return"
2. "Space Bikini"
1. "I Am Your Father"
5. "A New Coma"
4. "The Wisdom of Space Muppet"
3. "Revenge of the Return"
2. "Space Bikini"
1. "I Am Your Father"
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I perfer:
5: Bromance Goes Sour Thanks to Child Murder
4: Teddy Bears Fuck Up Nazis
3: Farmboy Radicalized by Space Garbage
2: There's Only One Bed: Space Edition
1: Everyone Gets an Awesome Death
5: Bromance Goes Sour Thanks to Child Murder
4: Teddy Bears Fuck Up Nazis
3: Farmboy Radicalized by Space Garbage
2: There's Only One Bed: Space Edition
1: Everyone Gets an Awesome Death
There is something about space opera and its obsession with designing bigger and bigger guns.
You'd almost think it were primarily an American-derived genre...
You'd almost think it were primarily an American-derived genre...
if you don't blow up at least one galaxy is it even space opera
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There is something about space opera and its obsession with designing bigger and bigger guns.
You'd almost think it were primarily an American-derived genre...
You'd almost think it were primarily an American-derived genre...
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Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.
I (m4000) operate a small business selling wishes to the locals, except their wishes are vain and short sighted and I don't want to grant them. My employee (F17) is angry b/c she needs to earn commissions to afford college. AITA?
Get IF WISHES WERE RETAIL!
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I (m4000) operate a small business selling wishes to the locals, except their wishes are vain and short sighted and I don't want to grant them. My employee (F17) is angry b/c she needs to earn commissions to afford college. AITA?
Get IF WISHES WERE RETAIL!
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Get IF WISHES WERE RETAIL!
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I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
My pet peeve are the people who bring their dog to the park but spend the whole entire time talking on the phone so basically you and your dog have to interact with this animal as though they are alone.
Are they friendly? Vicious? Playful? Treat or ball aggressive? WHO KNOWS?
Are they friendly? Vicious? Playful? Treat or ball aggressive? WHO KNOWS?
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My pet peeve are the people who bring their dog to the park but spend the whole entire time talking on the phone so basically you and your dog have to interact with this animal as though they are alone.
Are they friendly? Vicious? Playful? Treat or ball aggressive? WHO KNOWS?
Are they friendly? Vicious? Playful? Treat or ball aggressive? WHO KNOWS?
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Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
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The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
Nero Wolfe is my absolute favorite mystery series.
I also highly recommend the TV series that ran on A&E in the 00s.
I also highly recommend the TV series that ran on A&E in the 00s.
“The #detective in this series is almost a pastiche of #SherlockHolmes, but what makes it so brilliant is that #RexStout merged the classic British #mystery with the American #hard-boiled.” fivebooks.com/best-books/2... #books #BookSky #detectivenovels
The Best 20th-Century American Detective Novels
Five of the best American detective novels, as selected by Dave Zeltserman, author of Small Crimes and The Caretaker of Lorne Field.
fivebooks.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Nero Wolfe is my absolute favorite mystery series.
I also highly recommend the TV series that ran on A&E in the 00s.
I also highly recommend the TV series that ran on A&E in the 00s.
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D&D elves: lol you die?? You die of old age?? After like 70 years? Lmao. You're like vermin to us. You're like a shitty animal
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
D&D elves: lol you die?? You die of old age?? After like 70 years? Lmao. You're like vermin to us. You're like a shitty animal
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
"You can't take the sky from me!"
(Me, plugging in solar panels) "Wanna bet?"
(Me, plugging in solar panels) "Wanna bet?"
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"You can't take the sky from me!"
(Me, plugging in solar panels) "Wanna bet?"
(Me, plugging in solar panels) "Wanna bet?"
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npr doesn’t report on stories until they’re fully cooked. that’s what they do. it’s why they’re often behind social media on breaking stories. so, this morning i saw this and it is not a great sign. my favorite bit was when the google exec says: oh, yeah. we’re fucked.
www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
npr doesn’t report on stories until they’re fully cooked. that’s what they do. it’s why they’re often behind social media on breaking stories. so, this morning i saw this and it is not a great sign. my favorite bit was when the google exec says: oh, yeah. we’re fucked.
www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...
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Once again, I remind you that this woman cannot be allowed anywhere near the strategy or leadership of the Democratic Party:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.
Slotkin: "He's trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, the Epstein files and economy. He's tweeting 'the economy is the best it's ever been' -- amazing considering the public isn't stupid. It reminded me of Joe Biden. Biden tried to tell us for a year that the economy was great."
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Once again, I remind you that this woman cannot be allowed anywhere near the strategy or leadership of the Democratic Party:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.
Grading handwritten assignments is great until you're reading the shy kid's MICROSCOPIC handwriting.
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Grading handwritten assignments is great until you're reading the shy kid's MICROSCOPIC handwriting.
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
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The whole "natural birth natural life no medicine" crowd is actually more unfathomable to me than even nazis, like I understand what drives a nazi, I cannot wrap my head around the thought process that argues that the best plan is to embrace the methods that historically led to a lifespan of 27 yrs
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The whole "natural birth natural life no medicine" crowd is actually more unfathomable to me than even nazis, like I understand what drives a nazi, I cannot wrap my head around the thought process that argues that the best plan is to embrace the methods that historically led to a lifespan of 27 yrs
It's gloomy and raining, so Daisy is sad.
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's gloomy and raining, so Daisy is sad.
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Armed with a Book very kindly interviewed me about Letters from an Imaginary Country. :) Here is a link: armedwithabook.com/theodora-goss/
Theodora Goss, author of Letters from an Imaginary Country - Interview - Armed with A Book
Come chat with Theodora Goss about Letters from an Imaginary Country, one of the best short stories collections I have ever read.
armedwithabook.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Armed with a Book very kindly interviewed me about Letters from an Imaginary Country. :) Here is a link: armedwithabook.com/theodora-goss/