Charlotte Henley Babb
@charlottebabb.bsky.social
Writer, Artist, Fairy Godmother (she/her cishetwhtoldfat)
From fractured fairy tales to space opera to steampunk, I am creating my own worlds because reality sucks.
From fractured fairy tales to space opera to steampunk, I am creating my own worlds because reality sucks.
Queenie's Christmas
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Debbie’s breath made small mists in the frosty moonlight. Snuggled in Granny's quilt that Mommy had warmed by the fire and wrapped her in at bedtime, Debbie held her breath and wished again that she had Queenie to hold.
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Debbie’s breath made small mists in the frosty moonlight. Snuggled in Granny's quilt that Mommy had warmed by the fire and wrapped her in at bedtime, Debbie held her breath and wished again that she had Queenie to hold.
Queenie's Christmas
A Mom's Gotta Do What a Mom's Gotta Do.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Queenie's Christmas
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Debbie’s breath made small mists in the frosty moonlight. Snuggled in Granny's quilt that Mommy had warmed by the fire and wrapped her in at bedtime, Debbie held her breath and wished again that she had Queenie to hold.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/queenies-c...
Debbie’s breath made small mists in the frosty moonlight. Snuggled in Granny's quilt that Mommy had warmed by the fire and wrapped her in at bedtime, Debbie held her breath and wished again that she had Queenie to hold.
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It's me on the Coode Street Podcast Advent Calendar!
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 4 - Martha Wells
Martha Wells joins Gary and Jonathan to discuss favourite books, seasonal favourites and what she's been working on.
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Martha Wells joins Gary and Jonathan to discuss favourite books, seasonal favourites and what she's been working on.
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Episode 692: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 4 - Martha Wells
The end of the year is fast approaching, we're behind on episodes and we're keen to end the year on a high note. So this year we're going back to something we did in 2022. We’ve invited 24 creators of...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's me on the Coode Street Podcast Advent Calendar!
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Known fascist supports fascism, film at 11
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Known fascist supports fascism, film at 11
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Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
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My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
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"Take My Hand" #mural of Harriette Tubman, in Dorset Maryland - Michael Rosato #artist
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Take My Hand" #mural of Harriette Tubman, in Dorset Maryland - Michael Rosato #artist
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #art #HarrietteTubman #CivilRights #BlackSky #BlackHistory
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Friends, vikings, countrymen: lend me your eyes. May I present what just happened an hour ago in Iceland?
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Friends, vikings, countrymen: lend me your eyes. May I present what just happened an hour ago in Iceland?
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora
With apologies to real chelonians
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
With apologies to real chelonians
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The "Freedom Wall" Buffalo, N.Y. - African-American Heritage Corridor.
28 portraits of notable #CivilRights leaders, including: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass ...
#BlackSky #BlackHistory #StreetArt #art #murals
#WallMural #AfricanAmericanHeritage
28 portraits of notable #CivilRights leaders, including: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass ...
#BlackSky #BlackHistory #StreetArt #art #murals
#WallMural #AfricanAmericanHeritage
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The "Freedom Wall" Buffalo, N.Y. - African-American Heritage Corridor.
28 portraits of notable #CivilRights leaders, including: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass ...
#BlackSky #BlackHistory #StreetArt #art #murals
#WallMural #AfricanAmericanHeritage
28 portraits of notable #CivilRights leaders, including: Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Angela Davis, Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass ...
#BlackSky #BlackHistory #StreetArt #art #murals
#WallMural #AfricanAmericanHeritage
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Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
Episode 40: Bardwhistle and Chamberlain
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Lord Bruce had wasted money with these young wastrels to learn if they knew anything of Miss Beetlestone. That left Mr. Chamberlain, whom he had finally convinced to allow him to tour the factory.
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Lord Bruce had wasted money with these young wastrels to learn if they knew anything of Miss Beetlestone. That left Mr. Chamberlain, whom he had finally convinced to allow him to tour the factory.
Episode 40: Bardwhistle and Chamberlain
When socializing brings him no leads, Lord Bruce tries something else.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Episode 40: Bardwhistle and Chamberlain
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Lord Bruce had wasted money with these young wastrels to learn if they knew anything of Miss Beetlestone. That left Mr. Chamberlain, whom he had finally convinced to allow him to tour the factory.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-40...
Lord Bruce had wasted money with these young wastrels to learn if they knew anything of Miss Beetlestone. That left Mr. Chamberlain, whom he had finally convinced to allow him to tour the factory.
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Oh dear!! When I see an R- in front.. of a few certain Dems, I need to take a close look.
#Bill H.R.4476 "SPEED Act
Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act"
Just say NO, to speeding through Environmental Bills!!
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#Bill H.R.4476 "SPEED Act
Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act"
Just say NO, to speeding through Environmental Bills!!
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Oh dear!! When I see an R- in front.. of a few certain Dems, I need to take a close look.
#Bill H.R.4476 "SPEED Act
Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act"
Just say NO, to speeding through Environmental Bills!!
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
#Bill H.R.4476 "SPEED Act
Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act"
Just say NO, to speeding through Environmental Bills!!
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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It isnt too late to push this stuff back.. Say No to data centers! Say No to robots killing and cutting up animals... people could be next. 😒
America’s largest meat company, Tyson Foods, became an early commercial adopter of Palantir in 2020, causing concern for the U.S. food industry’s particularly vulnerable workforce.
How America’s Largest Meat Company Leverages Palantir's Surveillance Tech
Palantir’s controversial software platform is capable of integrating vast amounts of data — but at what risk?
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It isnt too late to push this stuff back.. Say No to data centers! Say No to robots killing and cutting up animals... people could be next. 😒
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Thank your trophy hunters for this. They started off chasing foxes on horseback with hounds 150yrs ago.. Now all over America claiming it's their Right!
Catastrophic 73% decline in the average size of global wildlife populations in just 50 years reveals a ‘system in peril’
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Catastrophic 73% decline in the average size of global wildlife populations in just 50 years reveals a ‘system in peril’ | Focusing on Wildlife
Major threats to wildlife populations include the wildlife trade, hunting, invasive species, pollution, climate change, habitat loss and the declining state
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December 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Thank your trophy hunters for this. They started off chasing foxes on horseback with hounds 150yrs ago.. Now all over America claiming it's their Right!
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1/4 🧵
We’ve posted a lot lately about CDC denying reasonable accommodations to disabled employees -- e.g., telling a paraplegic person who normally teleworks to report to the office immediately or use leave.
Yes, that’s really happening.
Let’s talk a bit about why everyone should care.
We’ve posted a lot lately about CDC denying reasonable accommodations to disabled employees -- e.g., telling a paraplegic person who normally teleworks to report to the office immediately or use leave.
Yes, that’s really happening.
Let’s talk a bit about why everyone should care.
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
1/4 🧵
We’ve posted a lot lately about CDC denying reasonable accommodations to disabled employees -- e.g., telling a paraplegic person who normally teleworks to report to the office immediately or use leave.
Yes, that’s really happening.
Let’s talk a bit about why everyone should care.
We’ve posted a lot lately about CDC denying reasonable accommodations to disabled employees -- e.g., telling a paraplegic person who normally teleworks to report to the office immediately or use leave.
Yes, that’s really happening.
Let’s talk a bit about why everyone should care.
Of Knights, Kings & Diplomats: part 1
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Of Knights, Kings & Diplomats: Shadow of Downtown Ch. 6 Pt. 1
The orphan zombie defends her found family from the village leader's intervention. They must follow the alien's directions, opening a portal to the shadow world ...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Of Knights, Kings & Diplomats: part 1
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Episode 39: Threats and Promises
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“You are hardly out of leading strings.” Felix Chamberlain snorted. “And not even finished with your degree. How could you begin to aspire to director of engineering?”
Berenice stood her ground. “I do so aspire.”
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“You are hardly out of leading strings.” Felix Chamberlain snorted. “And not even finished with your degree. How could you begin to aspire to director of engineering?”
Berenice stood her ground. “I do so aspire.”
Episode 39: Threats and Promises
Berenice speaks her mind, though Felix does not want to hear it.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Episode 39: Threats and Promises
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“You are hardly out of leading strings.” Felix Chamberlain snorted. “And not even finished with your degree. How could you begin to aspire to director of engineering?”
Berenice stood her ground. “I do so aspire.”
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-39...
“You are hardly out of leading strings.” Felix Chamberlain snorted. “And not even finished with your degree. How could you begin to aspire to director of engineering?”
Berenice stood her ground. “I do so aspire.”
Mailerlite SUCKS> That is all.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Mailerlite SUCKS> That is all.
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Loser Mike Johnson is pissed that we’re gaining ground in forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
So let’s get even louder:
So let’s get even louder:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
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December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Loser Mike Johnson is pissed that we’re gaining ground in forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
So let’s get even louder:
So let’s get even louder:
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Fun fact: I was a professional film critic for many years and have written two books on film.
Also fun fact: I frequently refer to myself as "everyone's dad's favorite living science fiction writer."
Also fun fact: I frequently refer to myself as "everyone's dad's favorite living science fiction writer."
Was not expecting one of my father’s favorite sci-fi authors to be talking about one of my new favorite movies, but it is a welcome surprise.
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Fun fact: I was a professional film critic for many years and have written two books on film.
Also fun fact: I frequently refer to myself as "everyone's dad's favorite living science fiction writer."
Also fun fact: I frequently refer to myself as "everyone's dad's favorite living science fiction writer."
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Next time I go to Costco I hope to get a completely oversized tort from their bakery, damages in bulk, an absurdly box of oversized writs crackers, some delicious samples from the exhibits, and a wholesale injunction against these tariffs.
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Next time I go to Costco I hope to get a completely oversized tort from their bakery, damages in bulk, an absurdly box of oversized writs crackers, some delicious samples from the exhibits, and a wholesale injunction against these tariffs.
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The European planemaker said fixes have been delivered to a “vast majority” of the nearly 6,000 A320 planes that were impacted by a technical glitch caused by “intense solar radiation.”
Airbus Stock Nosedives As Planemaker Shares Update On Major A320 Glitch
The European planemaker said fixes have been delivered to a “vast majority” of the nearly 6,000 A320 planes that were impacted by a technical glitch caused by “intense solar radiation.”
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December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The European planemaker said fixes have been delivered to a “vast majority” of the nearly 6,000 A320 planes that were impacted by a technical glitch caused by “intense solar radiation.”
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December 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Episode 38: Berenice Confronts Felix
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You idiot,” Mr. Chamberlain said. “Why didn’t you go to some shonky shop for some rags? Surely someone will notice that her things are missing.”
Stubbing’s voice was quiet. “They can’t be traced to us.”
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You idiot,” Mr. Chamberlain said. “Why didn’t you go to some shonky shop for some rags? Surely someone will notice that her things are missing.”
Stubbing’s voice was quiet. “They can’t be traced to us.”
Episode 38: Berenice Confronts Felix
New information comes from the listening device.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Episode 38: Berenice Confronts Felix
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You idiot,” Mr. Chamberlain said. “Why didn’t you go to some shonky shop for some rags? Surely someone will notice that her things are missing.”
Stubbing’s voice was quiet. “They can’t be traced to us.”
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-38...
You idiot,” Mr. Chamberlain said. “Why didn’t you go to some shonky shop for some rags? Surely someone will notice that her things are missing.”
Stubbing’s voice was quiet. “They can’t be traced to us.”