Aliette de Bodard
@aliettedebodard.com
Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile:
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I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
ICYMI: new covers for Dominion of the Fallen in the US!
New editions with introductions by @aptshadow.bsky.social and @kateelliottsff.bsky.social, plus bonus short stories
Preorder now and save your receipt, there will be a preorder bonus.
New editions with introductions by @aptshadow.bsky.social and @kateelliottsff.bsky.social, plus bonus short stories
Preorder now and save your receipt, there will be a preorder bonus.
K1 definitely has a fine career ahead of him as publicist
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
K1 definitely has a fine career ahead of him as publicist
(I was doing my best to crochet while hiding behind a pillar. Pretty sure they can't find me on the internet without a name. Well. If k1 didn't provide my full name.
🥶)
🥶)
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
(I was doing my best to crochet while hiding behind a pillar. Pretty sure they can't find me on the internet without a name. Well. If k1 didn't provide my full name.
🥶)
🥶)
K1 got an opportunity to introduce me to one of the organisers as "my mom is famous, she has her own wikipedia page"
Next thing I know, said organiser told the whole class: "and we have people like k1's mother who is a famous writer"
Me: "wait what no"
That was not what I signed up for. At all.
Next thing I know, said organiser told the whole class: "and we have people like k1's mother who is a famous writer"
Me: "wait what no"
That was not what I signed up for. At all.
Currently accompanying a class of middle schoolers (relatively well behaved) and wow the noise 👀
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
K1 got an opportunity to introduce me to one of the organisers as "my mom is famous, she has her own wikipedia page"
Next thing I know, said organiser told the whole class: "and we have people like k1's mother who is a famous writer"
Me: "wait what no"
That was not what I signed up for. At all.
Next thing I know, said organiser told the whole class: "and we have people like k1's mother who is a famous writer"
Me: "wait what no"
That was not what I signed up for. At all.
Ok 2026 please suck less
January 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Ok 2026 please suck less
Sympathy and solidarity
January 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Sympathy and solidarity
Yeahh same here, sadly. I can understand kiddo doesn't like that answer
January 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Yeahh same here, sadly. I can understand kiddo doesn't like that answer
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After the chaos of the One Star Quiz, we return to the normal Writeopolis format with the wonderful Aliette de Bodard!
@aliettedebodard.com writes speculative fiction: she has won three Nebula Awards, an Ignyte Award, a Locus Award and six British Science Fiction Association Awards!
@aliettedebodard.com writes speculative fiction: she has won three Nebula Awards, an Ignyte Award, a Locus Award and six British Science Fiction Association Awards!
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM
After the chaos of the One Star Quiz, we return to the normal Writeopolis format with the wonderful Aliette de Bodard!
@aliettedebodard.com writes speculative fiction: she has won three Nebula Awards, an Ignyte Award, a Locus Award and six British Science Fiction Association Awards!
@aliettedebodard.com writes speculative fiction: she has won three Nebula Awards, an Ignyte Award, a Locus Award and six British Science Fiction Association Awards!
😂
Perhaps the surest sign of AI not being super intelligent is the amount of tailored scams targeting the finances of authors, which is as rewarding as trying to mug a seagull.
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
😂
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Suite à ce thread il y a des questions pertinente et lasse : Partout où il y a des enfants il y a des prédateurs et des microtransactions alors quelle différence ?
Et bien il y en a beaucoup, à beaucoup de niveaux. Explorons ça dans un exemple concret.
1/23
Et bien il y en a beaucoup, à beaucoup de niveaux. Explorons ça dans un exemple concret.
1/23
Les gens découvrent que Roblox est une antichambre des enfers.
Oui oui oui.
Surveillez ce que vos enfants font sur Internet. L’estampe « jeu » et le « mes copains y jouent aussi » ne sont pas des balises de sécurité.
Mes recommandations pour eux :
• jeux hors ligne
Oui oui oui.
Surveillez ce que vos enfants font sur Internet. L’estampe « jeu » et le « mes copains y jouent aussi » ne sont pas des balises de sécurité.
Mes recommandations pour eux :
• jeux hors ligne
December 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Suite à ce thread il y a des questions pertinente et lasse : Partout où il y a des enfants il y a des prédateurs et des microtransactions alors quelle différence ?
Et bien il y en a beaucoup, à beaucoup de niveaux. Explorons ça dans un exemple concret.
1/23
Et bien il y en a beaucoup, à beaucoup de niveaux. Explorons ça dans un exemple concret.
1/23
Roblox est banni ici
Les gens découvrent que Roblox est une antichambre des enfers.
Oui oui oui.
Surveillez ce que vos enfants font sur Internet. L’estampe « jeu » et le « mes copains y jouent aussi » ne sont pas des balises de sécurité.
Mes recommandations pour eux :
• jeux hors ligne
Oui oui oui.
Surveillez ce que vos enfants font sur Internet. L’estampe « jeu » et le « mes copains y jouent aussi » ne sont pas des balises de sécurité.
Mes recommandations pour eux :
• jeux hors ligne
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Roblox est banni ici
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plus que 400€ à payer ! j'vous jure, on va en voir le bout cette année ? vous pouvez m'aider en envoyant des sous sur mon adresse PayPal : [email protected]
je suis passée chez les vétos cette aprèm et il me reste plus que 800,13€ à payer sur les 1800€ et quelques de la facture originelle, si vous pouviez m'aider à réduire voire finir de la payer 🙏🙏🙏
still have at least 1300€ to pay for the vet bill, it would be very kind of you if you could help me, thanks!
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January 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
plus que 400€ à payer ! j'vous jure, on va en voir le bout cette année ? vous pouvez m'aider en envoyant des sous sur mon adresse PayPal : [email protected]
Ha oh dear
Sympathies (I know that's a job I could never do. I enjoy the teaching aspect but the noise volumes are just too much)
Sympathies (I know that's a job I could never do. I enjoy the teaching aspect but the noise volumes are just too much)
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Ha oh dear
Sympathies (I know that's a job I could never do. I enjoy the teaching aspect but the noise volumes are just too much)
Sympathies (I know that's a job I could never do. I enjoy the teaching aspect but the noise volumes are just too much)
Currently accompanying a class of middle schoolers (relatively well behaved) and wow the noise 👀
January 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Currently accompanying a class of middle schoolers (relatively well behaved) and wow the noise 👀
Euh wow
Mais c'est l'histoire et la mémoire ca, c'est complètement normal
Mais c'est l'histoire et la mémoire ca, c'est complètement normal
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Euh wow
Mais c'est l'histoire et la mémoire ca, c'est complètement normal
Mais c'est l'histoire et la mémoire ca, c'est complètement normal
They're visual alas!
January 12, 2026 at 8:51 AM
They're visual alas!
Thank you! I've found super helpful books but kiddo takes in info better with videos (which I personally find bewildering at best)
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Thank you! I've found super helpful books but kiddo takes in info better with videos (which I personally find bewildering at best)
Une grosse partie du souci c'est societal: on a créé un système pour "le plus grand nombre" (qui aime moyen mais qui est capable de s'adapter) et toute variation (qui crée du travail supplémentaire donc) est vue comme une charge ou une déviance qu'il est tentant d'exclure.
Encore un truc à propos de l'inclusion scolaire.
À lire les réticences des enseignants, j'ai l'impression que quand ils parlent de "l'école inclusive", ils voient ça comme une réforme à la con qui viendrait de bureaucrates, se sentent persécutés par le pouvoir.
Spoiler : ça existe depuis TOUJOURS.
À lire les réticences des enseignants, j'ai l'impression que quand ils parlent de "l'école inclusive", ils voient ça comme une réforme à la con qui viendrait de bureaucrates, se sentent persécutés par le pouvoir.
Spoiler : ça existe depuis TOUJOURS.
January 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Une grosse partie du souci c'est societal: on a créé un système pour "le plus grand nombre" (qui aime moyen mais qui est capable de s'adapter) et toute variation (qui crée du travail supplémentaire donc) est vue comme une charge ou une déviance qu'il est tentant d'exclure.
Oh hey Bluesky: does anyone have YouTube videos that simply explain how to be a friend/how to be with people ? Target age would be middle school or tween.
Kiddo finds other middle schoolers to be bewildering and would prefer video to a book.
Kiddo finds other middle schoolers to be bewildering and would prefer video to a book.
January 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Oh hey Bluesky: does anyone have YouTube videos that simply explain how to be a friend/how to be with people ? Target age would be middle school or tween.
Kiddo finds other middle schoolers to be bewildering and would prefer video to a book.
Kiddo finds other middle schoolers to be bewildering and would prefer video to a book.
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Encore un truc à propos de l'inclusion scolaire.
À lire les réticences des enseignants, j'ai l'impression que quand ils parlent de "l'école inclusive", ils voient ça comme une réforme à la con qui viendrait de bureaucrates, se sentent persécutés par le pouvoir.
Spoiler : ça existe depuis TOUJOURS.
À lire les réticences des enseignants, j'ai l'impression que quand ils parlent de "l'école inclusive", ils voient ça comme une réforme à la con qui viendrait de bureaucrates, se sentent persécutés par le pouvoir.
Spoiler : ça existe depuis TOUJOURS.
January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Encore un truc à propos de l'inclusion scolaire.
À lire les réticences des enseignants, j'ai l'impression que quand ils parlent de "l'école inclusive", ils voient ça comme une réforme à la con qui viendrait de bureaucrates, se sentent persécutés par le pouvoir.
Spoiler : ça existe depuis TOUJOURS.
À lire les réticences des enseignants, j'ai l'impression que quand ils parlent de "l'école inclusive", ils voient ça comme une réforme à la con qui viendrait de bureaucrates, se sentent persécutés par le pouvoir.
Spoiler : ça existe depuis TOUJOURS.
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Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.
Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.
Watching doc about resilience that reaffirms many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books). Brains are hallucination engines. If the story is the world is shit, everything is fucked, brain reframes every interaction this way. It impacts behavior; shuts us down
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Read this. Save it as a favourite. Read it.
Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.
Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.
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In DMs we're posting screenshots of the sharp sales drop-off we've all had the last few months so basically if you're still out there buying books, you might be the difference between some folks still having a career or going back to being considered a hobbyist. It's bad out there in the arts.
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
In DMs we're posting screenshots of the sharp sales drop-off we've all had the last few months so basically if you're still out there buying books, you might be the difference between some folks still having a career or going back to being considered a hobbyist. It's bad out there in the arts.
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For the record, we saw this shit early in romance, too. There’s a reason @devinharnois.bsky.social had to make a button saying something like “M/M is for gay men, too.”
The latest HR nonsense: A gay man in Utah attends a watch party for the gay hockey show wearing a “Gay AF” t-shirt & is forced to leave the bar because multiple women complained to management about the presence of a man who they feared might get turned on by the TV show.
January 11, 2026 at 9:31 PM
For the record, we saw this shit early in romance, too. There’s a reason @devinharnois.bsky.social had to make a button saying something like “M/M is for gay men, too.”
This is Mr hippo. Not quite happy with the proportions and he's missing some eyes and a tail. But hey he's done at least
(Me: done is better than perfect, done is better than perfect
K1: you're not happy with him
Me: kiddo, I'm never happy with what I make alas)
(Me: done is better than perfect, done is better than perfect
K1: you're not happy with him
Me: kiddo, I'm never happy with what I make alas)
January 11, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is Mr hippo. Not quite happy with the proportions and he's missing some eyes and a tail. But hey he's done at least
(Me: done is better than perfect, done is better than perfect
K1: you're not happy with him
Me: kiddo, I'm never happy with what I make alas)
(Me: done is better than perfect, done is better than perfect
K1: you're not happy with him
Me: kiddo, I'm never happy with what I make alas)