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 just reviewed 50+ applications for an arts award and most of them were written by chatgpt. And then the other reviewers said they put them into Gemini to rank them. At a certain point, if everyone is giving their thinking entirely over to AI, why are we even bothering with any of this anymore?
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
i just reviewed 50+ applications for an arts award and most of them were written by chatgpt. And then the other reviewers said they put them into Gemini to rank them. At a certain point, if everyone is giving their thinking entirely over to AI, why are we even bothering with any of this anymore?
Hey Bluesky do you have recs for general maths books that would be friendly towards neurodivergent kids, preferably with illustrations?
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hey Bluesky do you have recs for general maths books that would be friendly towards neurodivergent kids, preferably with illustrations?
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
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Scarleteen is raising $40,000 to support the healthcare needs of staff and volunteers who do this vulnerable, crucial, intimate work. 204 people have donated $23k; please join them today and share. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Scarleteen is raising $40,000 to support the healthcare needs of staff and volunteers who do this vulnerable, crucial, intimate work. 204 people have donated $23k; please join them today and share. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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Aliette de Bodard, Ray Nayler, Lavie Tidhar..... this just got added to the buy list!!
#booksky 📚🪐 #SciFisky
#booksky 📚🪐 #SciFisky
Alexandra Pierce reviews THE YEAR’S TOP TALES OF SPACE AND TIME 5 edited by @infinivoxsf.bsky.social and calls it: “some of the best stories exploring aspects of space and time, as science fiction has always done.”
The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time 5 edited by Allan Kaster: Review by Alexandra Pierce
The Year’s Top Tales of Space and Time 5, Allan Kaster, ed. (Infinivox $19.99, 297pp, tp). September 2025. Cover by Maurizio Manzieri. As with Infinivox and Allan Kaster’s other anthologies, the …
locusmag.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Good news we have hot water, bad news this shit was expensive
Please buy my books? Definitely need to sell a few dozen (hundred sob) copies
Please buy my books? Definitely need to sell a few dozen (hundred sob) copies
Plumber confirmed that the fuses blowing yesterday was due to the water heater and we need a new water heater. I did find the fuse for the water heater itself so we're good heating wise
(last night we had no light or heating in half the flat, which is less fun).
Wheee
Please buy my books?
(last night we had no light or heating in half the flat, which is less fun).
Wheee
Please buy my books?
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Good news we have hot water, bad news this shit was expensive
Please buy my books? Definitely need to sell a few dozen (hundred sob) copies
Please buy my books? Definitely need to sell a few dozen (hundred sob) copies
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I wish I had something exciting but it was mostly "loved books a lot, moved to London at a key point in my life which means I started writing in my second language"
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I wish I had something exciting but it was mostly "loved books a lot, moved to London at a key point in my life which means I started writing in my second language"
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Very proud that THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY was picked as one of the SFF books to look out for in 2026 by The Bookseller (alongside some other bangers!). While you wait, there are already a few Arabfuturist books available in English that you should check out (1/4)
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very proud that THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY was picked as one of the SFF books to look out for in 2026 by The Bookseller (alongside some other bangers!). While you wait, there are already a few Arabfuturist books available in English that you should check out (1/4)
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
I did think that was going to be the case, yeah
(Not that I trust companies but this isn't my first rodeo on people misinterpreting conditions of service providing)
(Not that I trust companies but this isn't my first rodeo on people misinterpreting conditions of service providing)
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I did think that was going to be the case, yeah
(Not that I trust companies but this isn't my first rodeo on people misinterpreting conditions of service providing)
(Not that I trust companies but this isn't my first rodeo on people misinterpreting conditions of service providing)
Sorry, these are the characters (as animals) from this series
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Queer gothic comedies of manners and murders
Tried to write cozy, failed at the "no murders" part (well, there are cozy detective stories. This is... not one of them lol)
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Queer gothic comedies of manners and murders
Tried to write cozy, failed at the "no murders" part (well, there are cozy detective stories. This is... not one of them lol)
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Sorry, these are the characters (as animals) from this series
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Queer gothic comedies of manners and murders
Tried to write cozy, failed at the "no murders" part (well, there are cozy detective stories. This is... not one of them lol)
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Queer gothic comedies of manners and murders
Tried to write cozy, failed at the "no murders" part (well, there are cozy detective stories. This is... not one of them lol)
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The low-angel Frieren meme is genuinely inspiring. Someone braver than the troops shares a picture they know turned out weird. Thousands start sharing their own art, offering advice and laughing together at something that is genuinely hard.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The low-angel Frieren meme is genuinely inspiring. Someone braver than the troops shares a picture they know turned out weird. Thousands start sharing their own art, offering advice and laughing together at something that is genuinely hard.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
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bravo, @rianjohnson.bsky.social !!!
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
bravo, @rianjohnson.bsky.social !!!
Me: "so when they say grapefruit has averse reactions to meds, does pomelo have the same effects?"
(A quick peek would appear to suggest "some averse effects for some drugs but we don't have enough data for the rest of the drugs")
(A quick peek would appear to suggest "some averse effects for some drugs but we don't have enough data for the rest of the drugs")
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Me: "so when they say grapefruit has averse reactions to meds, does pomelo have the same effects?"
(A quick peek would appear to suggest "some averse effects for some drugs but we don't have enough data for the rest of the drugs")
(A quick peek would appear to suggest "some averse effects for some drugs but we don't have enough data for the rest of the drugs")
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ON REFAIT UN THREAD AVEC VOS BOUTIQUES DE ARTISTES CRÉATEURICES POUR ENCOURAGER LES GENS À VOUS ACHETER DES TRUCS POUR NOËL ?
Filez vos liens vazy.
Filez vos liens vazy.
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
ON REFAIT UN THREAD AVEC VOS BOUTIQUES DE ARTISTES CRÉATEURICES POUR ENCOURAGER LES GENS À VOUS ACHETER DES TRUCS POUR NOËL ?
Filez vos liens vazy.
Filez vos liens vazy.
Current state of the shawl
(Kindle for scale)
(Kindle for scale)
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Current state of the shawl
(Kindle for scale)
(Kindle for scale)
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Maternal mortality came down over history because of specific, measurable interventions.
Human childbirth is difficult and hazardous for both mother and child. Early adaptations to this hazard were to have more children, which worked at a human population level, but didn't change individual risk.
Human childbirth is difficult and hazardous for both mother and child. Early adaptations to this hazard were to have more children, which worked at a human population level, but didn't change individual risk.
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Maternal mortality came down over history because of specific, measurable interventions.
Human childbirth is difficult and hazardous for both mother and child. Early adaptations to this hazard were to have more children, which worked at a human population level, but didn't change individual risk.
Human childbirth is difficult and hazardous for both mother and child. Early adaptations to this hazard were to have more children, which worked at a human population level, but didn't change individual risk.
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Où l'on se contente de relayer les éléments de com et les promesses creuses d'une boîte qui a déjà perdu la confiance de ses employé·es et de son public.
On peut pas prétendre écouter les artistes tout en annonçant qu'on doit "faire de la pédagogie" pour forcer un truc dont iels veulent pas.
On peut pas prétendre écouter les artistes tout en annonçant qu'on doit "faire de la pédagogie" pour forcer un truc dont iels veulent pas.
La mission de l'équipe R&D IA d'Ubisoft Paris n'est pas "chouette, on va générer à la pelle des assets graphiques et virer tous nos artistes!"
Plus d'explications dans ma bafouille sur LinkedIn :
Plus d'explications dans ma bafouille sur LinkedIn :
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Où l'on se contente de relayer les éléments de com et les promesses creuses d'une boîte qui a déjà perdu la confiance de ses employé·es et de son public.
On peut pas prétendre écouter les artistes tout en annonçant qu'on doit "faire de la pédagogie" pour forcer un truc dont iels veulent pas.
On peut pas prétendre écouter les artistes tout en annonçant qu'on doit "faire de la pédagogie" pour forcer un truc dont iels veulent pas.
Morning murderbirds
(Adapted from patterns online and crocheted by me. The asmo owl is missing a knife but I got discouraged by the colour work involved, might give it another try)
(Adapted from patterns online and crocheted by me. The asmo owl is missing a knife but I got discouraged by the colour work involved, might give it another try)
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Morning murderbirds
(Adapted from patterns online and crocheted by me. The asmo owl is missing a knife but I got discouraged by the colour work involved, might give it another try)
(Adapted from patterns online and crocheted by me. The asmo owl is missing a knife but I got discouraged by the colour work involved, might give it another try)
Probably got covid
Not yay
(Nose plugged and gastro intestinal problems. I was vaccinated so at least there's that)
Not yay
(Nose plugged and gastro intestinal problems. I was vaccinated so at least there's that)
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Probably got covid
Not yay
(Nose plugged and gastro intestinal problems. I was vaccinated so at least there's that)
Not yay
(Nose plugged and gastro intestinal problems. I was vaccinated so at least there's that)
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
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eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
this year i published two things:
novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social
short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
🧵
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genuine appeal to feminists who are haven't realised it yet: trans women are on your side. TERFS aren't
No way I’m sharing Stock’s UnHerd article. But I am going to point to this bit which amply demonstrates the anti-trans=>anti-women’s rights pipeline. “Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
genuine appeal to feminists who are haven't realised it yet: trans women are on your side. TERFS aren't
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Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
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Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned