Christine
@klaxoncomms.com
Posts a lot of cat pictures. Former scholar of medieval Islamic history who now writes and podcasts about SciFi and Fantasy at Hugo History: https://klaxoncomms.com/hugo-history/
Queer/Ace/ADHD. #Vancouver 🇨🇦
Queer/Ace/ADHD. #Vancouver 🇨🇦
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November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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the truly shocking number of people out here just swooning over this man with their whole chest reminds me of how I could never see those magic eye puzzles in the 90s
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
the truly shocking number of people out here just swooning over this man with their whole chest reminds me of how I could never see those magic eye puzzles in the 90s
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
my eyes don’t do that, sorry! I can’t see the handsome man in this picture
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Holiday season remember!
Don't ask strangers questions about their family if you're not prepared to be cool when they cry because they're in mourning, get anxious because they're estranged, or generally find the question invasive and uncomfortable.
If they brush the question off, let them.
Don't ask strangers questions about their family if you're not prepared to be cool when they cry because they're in mourning, get anxious because they're estranged, or generally find the question invasive and uncomfortable.
If they brush the question off, let them.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Holiday season remember!
Don't ask strangers questions about their family if you're not prepared to be cool when they cry because they're in mourning, get anxious because they're estranged, or generally find the question invasive and uncomfortable.
If they brush the question off, let them.
Don't ask strangers questions about their family if you're not prepared to be cool when they cry because they're in mourning, get anxious because they're estranged, or generally find the question invasive and uncomfortable.
If they brush the question off, let them.
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Not a fan of the "You won't believe the insane replies my normal post got on Twitter!" engagement bait I see here.
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Not a fan of the "You won't believe the insane replies my normal post got on Twitter!" engagement bait I see here.
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?
Well, this made me go and buy the book.
We Choose Every Day: Hebe Stanton reviews Claire North's SLOW GODS (@orbitbooks.bsky.social)
We Choose Every Day: Review of Slow Gods by Claire North
Hebe Stanton Under Review:Slow Gods. Claire North. Orbit, November 2025. What does it mean? This oldest of questions is the one Claire North sets out to answer in their newest novel Slow Gods. Our …
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November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well, this made me go and buy the book.
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Writers — the ones you know and love, the ones you think of as successful — have sources of income outside that book you read. Most of us are a half-step ahead of the landlord at best, and struggling to maintain health insurance. We figure out other ways to make a buck.
I wrote 12 novels.
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
Hit #2 on the NYT bestseller list.
Optioned three works for film and TV.
Have close to 20 short fiction works in anthos.
I have 35,000 BSky followers.
Have you seen my jewelry shop that keeps my lights on.
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Writers — the ones you know and love, the ones you think of as successful — have sources of income outside that book you read. Most of us are a half-step ahead of the landlord at best, and struggling to maintain health insurance. We figure out other ways to make a buck.
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I'm so tired of people telling me to have students critique LLM outputs. I'm just going to print this on little cards and hand them out
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm so tired of people telling me to have students critique LLM outputs. I'm just going to print this on little cards and hand them out
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GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
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come say hi? 😀
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Diaspora Dialogues Presents the 2025 Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase - Diaspora Dialogues
The Canadian-Caribbean Literary Showcase is a three-day celebration of Caribbean voices and their influence on Canadian literature, art, and culture. Over the course of the showcase, audiences are inv...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GTA friends I will be at this Canadian-Caribbean showcase on Dec 14 discussing Writing Speculative Fiction with Terese Mason Pierre and Lue Palmer! All of it is free. There are workshops on poetry, self pubbing, non fiction, short stories etc!
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
come say hi? 😀
diasporadialogues.com/diaspora-dia...
A tale of two coffees: first, waiting at the hospital for partner to have cataract surgery; second, with partner at breakfast. Cataract surgery is super fast!
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A tale of two coffees: first, waiting at the hospital for partner to have cataract surgery; second, with partner at breakfast. Cataract surgery is super fast!
Help me out classicists: before Solon's reforms, who got to be an Athenian citizen? I know it was only dudes and restricted by military training. Was military training something that only rich families could afford? 🗃️
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Help me out classicists: before Solon's reforms, who got to be an Athenian citizen? I know it was only dudes and restricted by military training. Was military training something that only rich families could afford? 🗃️
Okay, why are people doing quotes referencing Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Okay, why are people doing quotes referencing Charlie Brown?
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
I'm excited to announce that I'm going to be contributing over at Nerds of a Feather! www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/new-...
New Contributors
We are excited to announce that Nerds of a Feather is growing. Today we welcome five new writers to the flock. You’ll be seeing much more fr...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm excited to announce that I'm going to be contributing over at Nerds of a Feather! www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/new-...
Look at this A+ kitten. No mischief! (Yet!)
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Look at this A+ kitten. No mischief! (Yet!)
I have very haphazardly hung up some lights in my bedroom to cheer myself up. How long until this kitten chooses mischief and chaos?
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I have very haphazardly hung up some lights in my bedroom to cheer myself up. How long until this kitten chooses mischief and chaos?
Ugh. Insomnia has had me up since 3. It’s now 7 and I could sleep until 830 if I wanted (and if I could get to sleep). Try to do that, knowing that I’ll wake exhausted, or just get up?
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Ugh. Insomnia has had me up since 3. It’s now 7 and I could sleep until 830 if I wanted (and if I could get to sleep). Try to do that, knowing that I’ll wake exhausted, or just get up?
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Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
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We have to outlaw wildfire and invasive plant metaphors until someone can figure out what the hell is going on
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
We have to outlaw wildfire and invasive plant metaphors until someone can figure out what the hell is going on
I have read the thing that everyone is shouting about. I am glad to know what people are shouting about but sad about my new knowledge. (I had forgotten that Lizzo had been engaged to Nuzzi.)
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I have read the thing that everyone is shouting about. I am glad to know what people are shouting about but sad about my new knowledge. (I had forgotten that Lizzo had been engaged to Nuzzi.)
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$1,800 to go and the night is young! Come on, internet, we can do this. Scarleteen's sex ed and direct services are essential in an era of misinformation and they require real humans who bring years of experience and compassion to their work. Health educators should have access to health care.
Today is my birthday. I would like many things but from you specifically I want $2,500 for @scarleteen.com's annual fundraiser, which is supporting staff & volunteer healthcare this year. We need $2,500 to unlock a $10,000 match and this would really make my day! Donate to my campaign page here.
Scarleteen Staff and Volunteer Healthcare Fund
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November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
$1,800 to go and the night is young! Come on, internet, we can do this. Scarleteen's sex ed and direct services are essential in an era of misinformation and they require real humans who bring years of experience and compassion to their work. Health educators should have access to health care.
I did too many things this weekend and now I want to do zero things: The Christine Baker story
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I did too many things this weekend and now I want to do zero things: The Christine Baker story
I had another stress dream about the kittens escaping last night. Ugh.
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I had another stress dream about the kittens escaping last night. Ugh.
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your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Partner has decided that they need to learn to play the accordion. So that’s happening now.
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Partner has decided that they need to learn to play the accordion. So that’s happening now.
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I’ve now aged out of this but navigating the pestering attention of older men in my field—which varied from manipulative flattery when they were trying to sleep with you to contemptuous retaliation when they realized they couldn’t—was an exhausting and demoralizing tax of my early professional life.
Keep coming back to Summers’ annoyance that this female mentee he’s trying to sleep with “takes her presentation very seriously.” To men like this—to a lot of men—women’s intellectual or professional ambition is an irritating presumption that they condescend to tolerate.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I’ve now aged out of this but navigating the pestering attention of older men in my field—which varied from manipulative flattery when they were trying to sleep with you to contemptuous retaliation when they realized they couldn’t—was an exhausting and demoralizing tax of my early professional life.