Jenny Schwartz
@jennyschwartz.bsky.social
Australian author of strangely hopeful fantasy & science fiction.
http://authorjennyschwartz.com/
Creator of Caldryn Parliament https://caldryn.com/
#scifi #fantasy #mystery #booksky
http://authorjennyschwartz.com/
Creator of Caldryn Parliament https://caldryn.com/
#scifi #fantasy #mystery #booksky
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#ComedyPodcastOfTheDay
#YoureDeadToMePod
@gregjenner.bsky.social is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian #DrEleanorBarraclough and comedian #ChloePetts to learn about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#ComedyPodcast
#HistoryPodcast
#YoureDeadToMePod
@gregjenner.bsky.social is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian #DrEleanorBarraclough and comedian #ChloePetts to learn about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#ComedyPodcast
#HistoryPodcast
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#ComedyPodcastOfTheDay
#YoureDeadToMePod
@gregjenner.bsky.social is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian #DrEleanorBarraclough and comedian #ChloePetts to learn about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#ComedyPodcast
#HistoryPodcast
#YoureDeadToMePod
@gregjenner.bsky.social is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian #DrEleanorBarraclough and comedian #ChloePetts to learn about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#ComedyPodcast
#HistoryPodcast
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🧪Science meets fantasy: If we lived in Terry Pratchett's alternate universe, how would physics explain Discworld?
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@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/2...
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@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/2...
Why Does Water Fall Off Discworld? - Little, Big Science
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld (which also appears in mythologies and other stories) is a captivating realm that attracts millions of geeks from all over the world. The structure of this world is familia...
www.lbscience.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🧪Science meets fantasy: If we lived in Terry Pratchett's alternate universe, how would physics explain Discworld?
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@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/2...
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@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/11/2...
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Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have spotted the first hints that they are real
Supermassive dark matter stars may be lurking in the early universe
Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have spotted the first hints that they are real
www.newscientist.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have spotted the first hints that they are real
When Gracie Met the Grump by Mariana Zapata is currently free. I'm not sure how long this will last. Maybe it's a Thanksgiving miracle? Happy reading!
#pnr #romancelandia #booksky
#pnr #romancelandia #booksky
When Gracie Met The Grump
Amazon.com: When Gracie Met The Grump eBook : Zapata, Mariana: Books
www.amazon.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
When Gracie Met the Grump by Mariana Zapata is currently free. I'm not sure how long this will last. Maybe it's a Thanksgiving miracle? Happy reading!
#pnr #romancelandia #booksky
#pnr #romancelandia #booksky
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Cats became our companions way later than you think.
The shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought - and in a different place.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
🧪🐱🐾 #catsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought - and in a different place.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
🧪🐱🐾 #catsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cats became our companions way later than you think
In true feline style, cats took their time in deciding when and where to join us on the sofa.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Cats became our companions way later than you think.
The shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought - and in a different place.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
🧪🐱🐾 #catsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought - and in a different place.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
🧪🐱🐾 #catsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
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Were Ancient Wolves And Bronze Age Humans Each Other’s Friends?
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#wolves🐺 #dogs🐾 #domestication #genomics🧬 #AncientHumans #Sweden🇸🇪
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#wolves🐺 #dogs🐾 #domestication #genomics🧬 #AncientHumans #Sweden🇸🇪
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Were Ancient Wolves And Bronze Age Humans Each Other’s Friends?
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#wolves🐺 #dogs🐾 #domestication #genomics🧬 #AncientHumans #Sweden🇸🇪
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#wolves🐺 #dogs🐾 #domestication #genomics🧬 #AncientHumans #Sweden🇸🇪
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
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I normally don't find news from Mars that interesting (I'd prefer that we focus on understanding #Earth), but even I think that lightning on #Mars is very interesting ⚡🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Sound of lightning captured on Mars — but it's nothing like on Earth
Microphone recordings from NASA's Perseverance rover have turned up more than 50 instances of lightning on the red planet over the past four years, a new study finds.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I normally don't find news from Mars that interesting (I'd prefer that we focus on understanding #Earth), but even I think that lightning on #Mars is very interesting ⚡🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Treating myself to an early read of Jane Friedman's publishing newsletter. Usually I save it as a bribe for completing an #amwriting session.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Treating myself to an early read of Jane Friedman's publishing newsletter. Usually I save it as a bribe for completing an #amwriting session.
My November reads post is up! #booksky
All four recommended reads are fantasy - contemporary, dystopian, gamelit, and cozy.
All four recommended reads are fantasy - contemporary, dystopian, gamelit, and cozy.
Recent Reads - November 2025 - Caldryn Parliament
Hunter by Mercedes Lackey is the first book in a YA urban fantasy trilogy. I enjoyed it, but oddly, I’m satisfied with it as a standalone and don’t feel the need to read the next two. From their blurb...
caldryn.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My November reads post is up! #booksky
All four recommended reads are fantasy - contemporary, dystopian, gamelit, and cozy.
All four recommended reads are fantasy - contemporary, dystopian, gamelit, and cozy.
A different kind of vanilla pod ;)
Inside the Grow Dome: The Technology Putting Australia on the Vanilla Map | growᴬᴳ⋅
Australian Vanilla Plantations (AVP) is leading the development of a commercial vanilla industry in Australia – scalable beyond the tropical regions where...
www.growag.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A different kind of vanilla pod ;)
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Okay but here me out:
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Okay but here me out:
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
A nighttime library in which the only lighting comes from lanterns, an emotional support library ghost leads you to the books you are looking to find, and midnight croissants are served during every full moon.
Getty on luxury trends and visually expressing them.
New Era of Luxury
From value reset and trends fatigue to the joyconomy and longevity, new priorities are shaping visual landscape for premium and luxury brands, redefining their visual identity in a preparation for a n...
www.gettyimages.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Getty on luxury trends and visually expressing them.
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Stopham Bridge in Autumn’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Stopham Bridge in Autumn’
Artist: SR Badmin
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Stopham Bridge in Autumn’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Stopham Bridge in Autumn’
Artist: SR Badmin
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Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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@dennined.bsky.social thanks for reposting 😀
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
@dennined.bsky.social thanks for reposting 😀
Author thrills! I check KM Shea's FB page every now and then to see if she's returned to writing yet (with all hugs and hope that she's healing - that's the priority) and people were talking about books they're anticipating - including mine!!!
::swoons with joy::
We share readers!!!
#booksky
::swoons with joy::
We share readers!!!
#booksky
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Author thrills! I check KM Shea's FB page every now and then to see if she's returned to writing yet (with all hugs and hope that she's healing - that's the priority) and people were talking about books they're anticipating - including mine!!!
::swoons with joy::
We share readers!!!
#booksky
::swoons with joy::
We share readers!!!
#booksky
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LLMs make it much more difficult than in the past to distinguish sincere hard effort from automated boilerplate, so that it is harder to tell a sincere boss committed to helping you work better from one who is lazy and couldn't care less about you. There are similar dynamics for other situations.
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
LLMs make it much more difficult than in the past to distinguish sincere hard effort from automated boilerplate, so that it is harder to tell a sincere boss committed to helping you work better from one who is lazy and couldn't care less about you. There are similar dynamics for other situations.
I love these church interiors that show the buildings being lived in - dogs, kids, a woman reading during the sermon, chairs pulled up wherever
The Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, during a sermon. Love in this one how you can see light from the windows behind-above us making patterns on floor, column, walls. Genius of Emanuel de Witte, whose day is today.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I love these church interiors that show the buildings being lived in - dogs, kids, a woman reading during the sermon, chairs pulled up wherever
If you didn't read my Christmas #scifi novella "Lost" last year, grab it early this year.
"Merry Christmas, son. Don't come home."
Having fought a war to save Earth, cyborg soldiers aren't welcome to return.
#booksky
"Merry Christmas, son. Don't come home."
Having fought a war to save Earth, cyborg soldiers aren't welcome to return.
#booksky
Lost: A Christmas Novella
Amazon.com: Lost: A Christmas Novella eBook : Schwartz, Jenny: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Term was up against a shortlist including Ozempic face, blind box, ate (and left no crumbs) and Roman Empire
AI slop is here, it’s ubiquitous, it’s being used by US president Donald Trump and now, it’s the word of the year.
The Macquarie Dictionary dubbed the term the epitome of 2025 linguistics, with a committee of word experts saying the outcome embodies the word of the year’s general theme of reflecting “a major aspect of society or societal change throughout the year”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
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You're all coming with me down this rabbit hole.
It's a dustache.
It's a dustache.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
You're all coming with me down this rabbit hole.
It's a dustache.
It's a dustache.
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