Kyra Freestar
@kyrafreestar.bsky.social
Editing social science and social science fiction since 2005.
Following dragons, dictionaries, and disability justice.
Hope is a decision.
Find me at Bridge Creek Editing | Academic Editing Circle | Mightier (she/they)
Following dragons, dictionaries, and disability justice.
Hope is a decision.
Find me at Bridge Creek Editing | Academic Editing Circle | Mightier (she/they)
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While at Worldcon in Seattle in August, I saw a woman walk by wearing a gray T-shirt with just four words on it:
"I have friends everywhere."
It's something I'd been thinking about for a while. We—all—have friends everywhere. So let’s talk about THAT.
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"I have friends everywhere."
It's something I'd been thinking about for a while. We—all—have friends everywhere. So let’s talk about THAT.
bridgecreekediting.com/we-have-frie...
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In bookstores today! It's "We Will Rise Again," a book of hard-won hope in this dark season. I co-edited it with the wondrous @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social -- it's an anthology of speculative stories and essays about protest and resistance! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In bookstores today! It's "We Will Rise Again," a book of hard-won hope in this dark season. I co-edited it with the wondrous @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social -- it's an anthology of speculative stories and essays about protest and resistance! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
I copyedited all @kwakjessie.bsky.social's SF novels (so far). I bought a few sets in paperback to send out for holiday gifts this year. And the one that's always been my secret favorite—if I admit to having a favorite—is free to download right now ... so.
#SFFLove dl.bookfunnel.com/c388r7r1ck
#SFFLove dl.bookfunnel.com/c388r7r1ck
He's in over his head. And the one man he needs to trust the most is the one he's been contracted to kill.
Manu Juric's quick wit and knack for creating unexpected explosions has taken him a long way in the hit man business. At least, until he signs on to a job that might just be out of his league: taking ...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I copyedited all @kwakjessie.bsky.social's SF novels (so far). I bought a few sets in paperback to send out for holiday gifts this year. And the one that's always been my secret favorite—if I admit to having a favorite—is free to download right now ... so.
#SFFLove dl.bookfunnel.com/c388r7r1ck
#SFFLove dl.bookfunnel.com/c388r7r1ck
Started the morning reading poetry from my friend's new collection. One stanza for my day:
Wood is light being a tree.
Till something gives
In the wood — the fire gets out.
(By S.J. Hodson in "New Songs of Innocence")
Wood is light being a tree.
Till something gives
In the wood — the fire gets out.
(By S.J. Hodson in "New Songs of Innocence")
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Started the morning reading poetry from my friend's new collection. One stanza for my day:
Wood is light being a tree.
Till something gives
In the wood — the fire gets out.
(By S.J. Hodson in "New Songs of Innocence")
Wood is light being a tree.
Till something gives
In the wood — the fire gets out.
(By S.J. Hodson in "New Songs of Innocence")
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HUUUUGE Black bear caught on our garden cam in our backyard in Jersey the other night.
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
HUUUUGE Black bear caught on our garden cam in our backyard in Jersey the other night.
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This week Trump's ICE fascists illegally kidnapped & deported a 19-year-old girl to Honduras despite a court order to keep her in the USA—while Trump himself pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez, convicted of running Honduras "like a narco-state" & accepted millions in bribes from drug traffickers. smh.
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This week Trump's ICE fascists illegally kidnapped & deported a 19-year-old girl to Honduras despite a court order to keep her in the USA—while Trump himself pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez, convicted of running Honduras "like a narco-state" & accepted millions in bribes from drug traffickers. smh.
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ICE fascists:
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ICE fascists:
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
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November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or characters.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or characters.
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This is next week, 12/2! For the release of the amazing anthology "We Will Rise Again," come hang out with activists and authors @booksmith.bsky.social to talk about hope, storytelling, and resistance.
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is next week, 12/2! For the release of the amazing anthology "We Will Rise Again," come hang out with activists and authors @booksmith.bsky.social to talk about hope, storytelling, and resistance.
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"Federal agents busted into an East Elmhurst apartment early last Thursday morning and pointed guns at a woman and her four children, according to video."
"[D]ragged Jennifer by her hair and pointed an assault rifle at her 13-year-old daughter."
#NewYork #USA #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[D]ragged Jennifer by her hair and pointed an assault rifle at her 13-year-old daughter."
#NewYork #USA #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
On Camera, Fed Agents Point Guns at Mother and Four Kids in Queens
The agents came looking for a relative who no longer lived in the apartment, the shellshocked mother told THE CITY. Days later, her children are terrified to leave their parents' sides.
www.thecity.nyc
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Federal agents busted into an East Elmhurst apartment early last Thursday morning and pointed guns at a woman and her four children, according to video."
"[D]ragged Jennifer by her hair and pointed an assault rifle at her 13-year-old daughter."
#NewYork #USA #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[D]ragged Jennifer by her hair and pointed an assault rifle at her 13-year-old daughter."
#NewYork #USA #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Yesssssssssss.
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Yesssssssssss.
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Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
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Every American must read this. Every one of us. To remind us to fight harder against this evil, criminal, corrupt administration.
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Every American must read this. Every one of us. To remind us to fight harder against this evil, criminal, corrupt administration.
This is someone who was reading fantasy when I was reading fantasy. Great thread.
The thread *does* say, but I want to highlight:
I read A LOT of fantasy and science fiction written by women in the 1980s and 1990s. Let's not forget this exists. You can still find it — and you should! #SFFLove
The thread *does* say, but I want to highlight:
I read A LOT of fantasy and science fiction written by women in the 1980s and 1990s. Let's not forget this exists. You can still find it — and you should! #SFFLove
5) We are due for a critical reassessment of the 1970s-1990s sword & sorcery boom.
There was a ton of S&S that was published during the peak paperback fantasy period which has been almost forgotten today. Who remembers Jean Lorrah's SAVAGE EMPIRE?
There was a ton of S&S that was published during the peak paperback fantasy period which has been almost forgotten today. Who remembers Jean Lorrah's SAVAGE EMPIRE?
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is someone who was reading fantasy when I was reading fantasy. Great thread.
The thread *does* say, but I want to highlight:
I read A LOT of fantasy and science fiction written by women in the 1980s and 1990s. Let's not forget this exists. You can still find it — and you should! #SFFLove
The thread *does* say, but I want to highlight:
I read A LOT of fantasy and science fiction written by women in the 1980s and 1990s. Let's not forget this exists. You can still find it — and you should! #SFFLove
Excellent use of a red pen.
There — I fixed the analysis so it is actually accurate to what happened when 8 Senate Dems caved instead of keeping up the righteous fight to deliver lower health care costs for Americans.
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Excellent use of a red pen.
#Seattle, check that your vote is counted.
I checked mine and my dad's to be sure they were accepted. Easy to do.
I checked mine and my dad's to be sure they were accepted. Easy to do.
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
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Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
#Seattle, check that your vote is counted.
I checked mine and my dad's to be sure they were accepted. Easy to do.
I checked mine and my dad's to be sure they were accepted. Easy to do.
We are just about to begin week 1 of Writing in Good Company, for the last cycle of 2025. I am so grateful to have had this rhythm of checking in and writing once a week with brilliant, generous women throughout this year.
#AcademicWriting #WritingCommunity
#AcademicWriting #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We are just about to begin week 1 of Writing in Good Company, for the last cycle of 2025. I am so grateful to have had this rhythm of checking in and writing once a week with brilliant, generous women throughout this year.
#AcademicWriting #WritingCommunity
#AcademicWriting #WritingCommunity
I'm signing this petition because I believe in that skills in clear communication serve students and the rest of us.
When science is understandable, we all win. I've started a national petition calling on all institutions of higher education, and their accreditors, to require science communication and public engagement training for all STEM degrees. Share and sign today, it only takes a few seconds: bit.ly/3LbnfHB
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm signing this petition because I believe in that skills in clear communication serve students and the rest of us.
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“We do not want any secondary Americans. We do not want a weak and imperfect democracy. We do not want poverty and hunger and prejudice and fear on the part of any portion of our population. We want America to really be America for everybody.” - Langston Hughes, Good Morning, Revolution
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“We do not want any secondary Americans. We do not want a weak and imperfect democracy. We do not want poverty and hunger and prejudice and fear on the part of any portion of our population. We want America to really be America for everybody.” - Langston Hughes, Good Morning, Revolution
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Greg is telling the important truths
Never forget: every time you turn out to protest, you have a chance to see a cool dog.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Greg is telling the important truths
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This one is fresh off the easel, inspired by the early #evening light this time of year.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Low Autumn Evening, oil on gessobord, 8"x6"
Original is available (ships when dry, approx 2 weeks):
tishamark.com/product/low-...
#BlueSkyArtShow #art #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm #painting
Tisha Mark ©2025, Low Autumn Evening, oil on gessobord, 8"x6"
Original is available (ships when dry, approx 2 weeks):
tishamark.com/product/low-...
#BlueSkyArtShow #art #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm #painting
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This one is fresh off the easel, inspired by the early #evening light this time of year.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Low Autumn Evening, oil on gessobord, 8"x6"
Original is available (ships when dry, approx 2 weeks):
tishamark.com/product/low-...
#BlueSkyArtShow #art #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm #painting
Tisha Mark ©2025, Low Autumn Evening, oil on gessobord, 8"x6"
Original is available (ships when dry, approx 2 weeks):
tishamark.com/product/low-...
#BlueSkyArtShow #art #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm #painting
I love this.
Session 1 of #EdsGuild2025 Building Bridges: Networking for Freelance Editors, presented by Linda Ruggeri. My takeaways: share positivity and grace in building trust, bring yourself wholly to collaborations, create bridges for and within the community. It takes one conversation step to start.
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I love this.
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Thread.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Thread.
So when the American people, together, spend years researching and building and funding a campaign to save people's lives ... what we do matters.
And when a couple rich guys say, "Nah, in my personal opinion that's all a joke and a waste of money, we'll cancel it" — then 400,000 children die.
And when a couple rich guys say, "Nah, in my personal opinion that's all a joke and a waste of money, we'll cancel it" — then 400,000 children die.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
So when the American people, together, spend years researching and building and funding a campaign to save people's lives ... what we do matters.
And when a couple rich guys say, "Nah, in my personal opinion that's all a joke and a waste of money, we'll cancel it" — then 400,000 children die.
And when a couple rich guys say, "Nah, in my personal opinion that's all a joke and a waste of money, we'll cancel it" — then 400,000 children die.