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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 2h

I do. Ned Ludd. Smashing the means of subjugation seems right to me. I have an expensive computer science degree and have been living off it since Netscape was cool. I’ll be using tech til I die, but NOT ANY of this current tech industry, or as little as I can help it of AI, the cloud, VR, all of it

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 12h

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · 4h

you will doubtless be delighted to learn that the Le Guin goat-calling charm from a Wizard of Earthsea ("Noth hierth malk man/hiolk han merth han!" may be a livestock counting-rhyme.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan...

Yan tan tethera - Wikipedia

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Ken Coleman @historylivesdet.bsky.social · 6h

On this day in 1984:
Detroit City Council adopts a resolution calling for local “divestment in South Africa.” The declaration is sponsored by Barbara-Rose Collins.The African country practices racial apartheid.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15h

SHOUTS & MURMURS
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NEW YÖRKER

SHOUTS & MURMURS
ICE wants YOU to forget that YOU and nearly everyone YOU have ever KNOWN are descended from IMMIGRANTS. We also want YOU to ignore the FACT that the FIRST LADY worked in the U.S. before ever getting a WORK VISA. ICE reminds YOU that YOU will not arrest MODELS, as they are CRUCIAL to our ECONOMY.
NEW YORKER

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ICE wants YOU to put on a MASK to do your JOB. But NOT like
during COVID when YOU didn't WANT to wear a MASK. This time, it's NOT for protecting OTHERS from HARM—it's for protecting your IDENTITY while YOU harm OTHERS.
THE
NEW YORKER

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Marina Benjamin @marinabenjamin.bsky.social · 7h

The future of UK Independent presses hang by a thread. Supporting the sector is vital: this is where ALL the bravery lies. The big houses are risk averse, but copycat small press successes to revitalise their lists. Small presses are the motor!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 6h

Gutted about On Spec. They were my first publishing venue that wasn't a school magazine/university magazine/teens' writing competition, and the editing there was always friendly, helpful and supportive.

onspec.ca/2025/10/09/t...

Thirty-Five Years

Editorial In On Spec VOL 35 No 3, Issue #133 Earlier this year, I announced that I’d be retiring and leaving On Spec at the end of December, and my final issue as Managing Editor would be VOL 35 No…

onspec.ca

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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 17h

Humans. Watch this and learn about why Line 5 is not good for the Great Lakes 🌊🌊

Oil & Water Don't Mix @owdm.bsky.social · 22h

ICYMI: Troubled Water, a documentary about Line 5, is airing and streaming on PBS across the country right now!

Want to tune in? Head to https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/troubled_water_on_pbs_nationwide.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

*New England intensifies*

A quiet road photographed at a bend with trees on each side

A stone wall with a field beyond it. A tree hangs over the wall

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s bread baking result has a bat shadow on it, because spooky season

Four loaves of bread on cooling racks, and the one in the foreground has a bat shadow falling on it from a window decal

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 2d

This story is a DELIGHT.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 2d

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

kaleidotrope.net

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 2d

TFW you were making bread an hour ago and you find a plaster of congealed sourdough on your nose

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 3d

It's my birthday! I would love if y'all could head over to @reckoningmag.bsky.social today, give them a follow, and maybe check out my recent editorial for A Chorus, Divergent (our special reprint collection of #neurodivergent contributors over the past ten years). reckoning.press/editorial/

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday!

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Briar Ripley Page @flameswallower.bsky.social · 3d

I truly believe articles like this are part of a deliberate effort not just to frame climate change as primarily a matter of individual consumer responsibility, but to encourage the public to blame disabled ppl specifically & view assistive tech as an extravagance humanity can’t afford, while (1/2)

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 3d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 4d

Having a beer while slinging books. How civil.

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 4d

Living the dream!

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 5d

This is an excellent thread.

Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 8d

As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.

However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)

Photo of Jane Goodall in the center, signing a book, with three women standing slightly hunched behind her. A very young Michelle is to the right, smiling.

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 5d

In the marshlands today, the drought and heat are intense but this tamarack is doing ok

Little bursts of needles along a tamarack sapling’s trunk, swamp in the background

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Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social · 5d

Beautiful fermenter!

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 6d

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder: anyone can found and edit a SFF magazine.

There’s no regulatory body or hoops. You create the position for yourself.

Many of these people are amazing—

But mag Editors are just guys who decided to spend a lot of time on something they love.

Just people.

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M. R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 7d

New day, new stretch goal! @othersidespec.bsky.social is only $800 away from unlocking reprints of no-longer-online or out-of-print queer stories. (No solicitations ever, $100 flat fee for reprints.) If you’re as excited about the thought of bringing back lost queer stories as we are, check it out!

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 7d

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

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