Dominica Phetteplace
@fetaplace.bsky.social
writer, futurist, math tutor
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clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit
"Just as I come to know a thing it's gone again."
I can't stop thinking about this new poem by @dapowell.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I can't stop thinking about this new poem by @dapowell.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Senescence”
“Just as I come to know a thing it’s gone again.”
www.newyorker.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Just as I come to know a thing it's gone again."
I can't stop thinking about this new poem by @dapowell.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I can't stop thinking about this new poem by @dapowell.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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This is at least the fourth story I've seen of an author having to exchange multiple emails (over 20) with this publisher to get the contract language to not be rights grabby and it's one of three where the writer walked away.
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is at least the fourth story I've seen of an author having to exchange multiple emails (over 20) with this publisher to get the contract language to not be rights grabby and it's one of three where the writer walked away.
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
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Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Thank you, Charlie Jane! This post inspired me to donate to the SF Marin Food Bank as well, where every $1 donated purchases two meals:
www.sfmfoodbank.org
www.sfmfoodbank.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thank you, Charlie Jane! This post inspired me to donate to the SF Marin Food Bank as well, where every $1 donated purchases two meals:
www.sfmfoodbank.org
www.sfmfoodbank.org
Though we live in a degraded world, beauty still exists. Case in point, the luminous debut collection from @seraph76.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Though we live in a degraded world, beauty still exists. Case in point, the luminous debut collection from @seraph76.bsky.social
My friend @effies.bsky.social is back with another op-ed banger
I wrote about how RFK Jr is making health worse for millions of Americans. He's slashed research and healthcare, and replaced them with "hAvE yOu TrIeD YoGa?"
Link & free link in thread. There are impeachment/removal proposals in both the House and Senate. Tell your electeds to boot this guy out!
Link & free link in thread. There are impeachment/removal proposals in both the House and Senate. Tell your electeds to boot this guy out!
San Francisco Chronicle: 'RFK Jr. has betrayed millions of Americans like me who suffer from chronic illness'
'Like millions of Americans, I live with a virally triggered chronic illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis...'
By Effie Seiberg
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
'Like millions of Americans, I live with a virally triggered chronic illness called myalgic encephalomyelitis...'
By Effie Seiberg
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My friend @effies.bsky.social is back with another op-ed banger
Not for the first time, a dark chapter in history results in a pretty good Miami Vice episode
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Not for the first time, a dark chapter in history results in a pretty good Miami Vice episode
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Did you catch the Fiction Science Podcast this weekend? @b0yle.bsky.social's Fiction Science Podcast featured Hole in the Sky by @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social this week and the two discuss the burning question, "What would we do if the aliens arrived?"
Catch it here: cosmiclog.com/2025/10/13/n...
Catch it here: cosmiclog.com/2025/10/13/n...
Native American legends get woven into an alien tale
Centuries before the Roswell UFO Incident, Native Americans had their own stories to tell about alien visitations — for example, about the “Sky People” who traveled from the Pleiades st…
cosmiclog.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Did you catch the Fiction Science Podcast this weekend? @b0yle.bsky.social's Fiction Science Podcast featured Hole in the Sky by @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social this week and the two discuss the burning question, "What would we do if the aliens arrived?"
Catch it here: cosmiclog.com/2025/10/13/n...
Catch it here: cosmiclog.com/2025/10/13/n...
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even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment
Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment
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Writing novels is very hard, and everyone who finishes writing one deserves praise and accolades purely for that accomplishment.
Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Writing novels is very hard, and everyone who finishes writing one deserves praise and accolades purely for that accomplishment.
What a tremendous loss.
October 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What a tremendous loss.
Found this at the Little Free Library!
October 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Found this at the Little Free Library!
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a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall
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Hi, do you like gay whalers? Gay bank robbers? Muscular lesbian artisans? With a side of magic and weirdness? All of this and more is in Call and Response, my collection of short stories out from Neon Hemlock next week! Available to pre-order from the publisher: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock
A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....
www.neonhemlock.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hi, do you like gay whalers? Gay bank robbers? Muscular lesbian artisans? With a side of magic and weirdness? All of this and more is in Call and Response, my collection of short stories out from Neon Hemlock next week! Available to pre-order from the publisher: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
He can't stand to be laughed at. Everyone still making jokes about him is doing God's work.
September 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
He can't stand to be laughed at. Everyone still making jokes about him is doing God's work.
Nisi Shawl is one of the most brilliant writers out there. I'm so glad to be able to fund her literal dream project. Please consider doing the same?
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
@nisishawl.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
@nisishawl.bsky.social
Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn
Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!
www.gofundme.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Nisi Shawl is one of the most brilliant writers out there. I'm so glad to be able to fund her literal dream project. Please consider doing the same?
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
@nisishawl.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...
@nisishawl.bsky.social
My high school too! (though I graduated much later than them)
Your occasional reminder that Ursula K. Le Guin and Philip K. Dick were in the same year in the same high school, liked each other’s writing, but never met in person.
September 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My high school too! (though I graduated much later than them)
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"Each time I align the jump ignition sequence, I feel the shipsuit respond to my intention, its answer a thrum of power I can hardly comprehend. It opens a rift in space, and I slip through."
Read 'In The Vanguard' by @chloehsmith.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/in-the-vangu...
#SFF #SciFi
Read 'In The Vanguard' by @chloehsmith.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/in-the-vangu...
#SFF #SciFi
In The Vanguard by Chloe Smith
When I’m back from a vanguard run, they all say they can’t understand me. My neighbors, my family, my lover, they all ask, how do you do it?
inner-worlds.ghost.io
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"Each time I align the jump ignition sequence, I feel the shipsuit respond to my intention, its answer a thrum of power I can hardly comprehend. It opens a rift in space, and I slip through."
Read 'In The Vanguard' by @chloehsmith.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/in-the-vangu...
#SFF #SciFi
Read 'In The Vanguard' by @chloehsmith.bsky.social
inner-worlds.ghost.io/in-the-vangu...
#SFF #SciFi
weekend reading
September 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
weekend reading
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You don't actually know what will or will not make a difference which is why it matters to try to do things.
August 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
You don't actually know what will or will not make a difference which is why it matters to try to do things.
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I was excited to see @fetaplace.bsky.social’s name on the cover in Barnes & Noble this week!
July 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I was excited to see @fetaplace.bsky.social’s name on the cover in Barnes & Noble this week!
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Contributor's copies have arrived! @zanzjan.bsky.social @richarddlarson.bsky.social @fetaplace.bsky.social @savantefolle.bsky.social @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social @derekkunsken.bsky.social @williampreston.bsky.social @lavietidhar.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Went to the art book fair and found the room with vintage paperbacks. This was my haul, which one should I read first?
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Went to the art book fair and found the room with vintage paperbacks. This was my haul, which one should I read first?