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P. Kanngiesser/P. K. Hoffmann
@patkanngiesser.bsky.social
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Assoc. Prof, University of Plymouth, researching cooperation, norms, ethical behaviour, and cultural learning across the world. Sci-fi & fantasy. Board games. Martial arts. Pen name: P. K. Hoffmann.
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P. Kanngiesser/P. K. Hoffmann @patkanngiesser.bsky.social · Jun 25
My (very) short story "Family Recipe" about food--past, present, and future--is out today in Nature Futures.
naturefutures.bsky.social Nature Futures @naturefutures.bsky.social · Jun 25
Food. It’s one of the great pleasures of life. And one of its necessities. Which means that, no matter where you look in time — the distant past, the far-flung future —one question will always resonate.

What’s for dinner?

#scifi by @patkanngiesser.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Coloured cubes of futuristic food sit on a square glass plate next to a fork
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kerstinhall.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my ~preceding~ novel, because I need the sales in order to get this one contracted. 😬

Share yours if you want!
Text: Chapter One Karys Eska did not like the dark.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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davidrvetter.bsky.social
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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gautambhatia88.bsky.social
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.

“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —

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The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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scottedelman.bsky.social
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
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November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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rainewilson.bsky.social
New post up! This one on why publication days are both lovely and strange.

Please share, I'm still struggling to find my readers after shifting platforms 😬

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Book launches - survival, celebration and chocolate | Lorraine Wilson
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November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
"Thank Heavens Reeves froze the thresholds," says the median voter in 2029 as they walk past the derelict sports centre and down the empty high street to cast their vote.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!

So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale

Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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HEARTBREAK INCORPORATED Alex de Campi GOTHIKANA Runyx BLESS YOUR HEART and ANOTHER FINE MESS Lindy Ryan THE HACIENDA, VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE and THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ Isabel Canas IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL and THE DEATH I GAVE HIM Em X. Liu SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER and SAINT DEATH'S HERALD C. S. E. Cooney THE IMMORTALITY THIEF Taran Hunt WANDERERS Chuck Wendig SINOPHAGIA edited Xueting C. Ni GORSE and RAGWORT Sam K. Horton WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE Lorraine Wilson THE NEEDFORE MK Hardy RED RABBIT Alex Grecian THE DARK BETWEEN THE TREES by Fiona Benson THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, THE TOMB OF DRAGONS and A THEORY OF HAUNTING Katherine Addison THE LIAR OF RED VALLEY Walter Goodwater THE VENGEANCE Emma Newman SIGN HERE Claudia Lux BENEATH THE RISING, A BROKEN DARKNESS, THE VOID ASCENDANT and THESE LIFELESS THINGS Premee Mohamed NORDIC VISION ed. by Margret THE RITUAL CRIME UNIT THE HIDDEN LEGION and THE SILENT EMPEROR by Snorri Kristjansson
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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sarahebond.bsky.social
November 14, 1152 BCE: the first recorded workers' strike occurred in ancient Egypt under Pharaoh Ramses III. Artisans and laborers working on the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina stopped working in protest of delayed and insufficient rations, a form of wages. collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi...
The so-called “Strike Papyrus” written by Amunnakht The scribe Amennakht is the author of this papyrus in the hieratic script. It is a report concerning a strike held during the reign of King Ramesses III in the village of Deir el-Medina. The workers protested because they had not received their regular food rations, which constituted payment for their work in the Valley of the kings. “Year 29, secondo month of the Inundation, day 10. Today the work squadron passed the control post shouting “we are hungry!” It is 18 days this month that (the men) go and sit at the back of the funerary temple of Tuthmosis III”. Despite various attempt at conciliation, the protest lasted a number of days. To the officials who tried to persuade them to return to work, the workers replied: “We are here because of the famine and thirst. We are not accustomed to not having unguents, fish, and greens. Write to the pharaoh our perfect lord, take note of our words, and write to the vizier, our superior, because we are in need of our provisions”. Inv. no. : Cat. 1880 TPOP Material: Plant fiber / Papyurs Date: 1187–1157 BCE Period: New Kingdom Dynasty: Twentieth Dynasty Reign: Ramesses III Provenance: Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Deir el-Medina Acquisition: Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824 Museum location: Museum / Floor 1 / Room 06 DEM / Central wall Selected bibliography: Andreu, Guillemette (a cura di)-Andreu, Guillemette, Gli artisti del faraone: Deir el-Medina e le Valli dei Re e delle Regine, Milano 2003, p. 187. Cline, Eric H.-O'Connor, David (ed.)-Cline H., Eric-O'Connor, David, Ramesses III: the life and times of Egypt's last hero, Ann Arbor 2012, pp. 67, 112, 118, 120–122, 136, 141, 352. Edgerton, William F., “The strikes in Ramses III's twenty-ninth year”, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 10 (1951), pp. 137–145. Gabler, Kathrin, “Methods of identification among the Deir el-Medina workmen and their service personnel: the use of names, titles, patronyms and identity marks in administrativ…
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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syeducation.bsky.social
A quick (1000 words) read to enjoy with your morning coffee or afternoon tea:

"Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD"

Why hasn't psychology diversified it samples, methods, theories, etc.? Because it doesn't want to. osf.io/preprints/ps...
Screenshot of the article, "Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD"
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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christophvoelter.bsky.social
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.

All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
Once upon a time in a university near you, in-person teaching was a thing, as you can see in this image of 1612. Young people with hats came together, regularly and voluntarily, prepared for classes, and enjoying a lively learning situation of *checks notes*, a 90 minutes monolog of someone else ...
The image of 1612 shows an academic scene of early modern Europe: a lecture hall with a professor on a professorial chair at the upper centre, a large groups of students present. This is one from a series of eighteen plates by the workshop of Crispijn van de Passe, depicting scenes of academic life, more here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1972-0722-6-3
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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theguardian.com
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
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November 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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stevecooke.org
Our Vice Chancellor reassures us that planned redundancies won't decimate the university. Since the leadership is cutting 4% rather than 10% of staff he's technically correct, so that's fine 🤷‍♂️.
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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lswisnom.bsky.social
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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hannahkateboast.bsky.social
“This is an extremely serious and troubling case that raises wider concerns about the academic freedom of staff and students at universities across the UK.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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stevewaycott.bsky.social
One of my favourite images of a Grey Seal this year. The ocean water is crashing in the background against a small rocky outcropping far out in the bay.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

📸 #mammals #marinelife #seal #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
The head of a grey seal (which describes both the species and the colour) is popping up through the surface of rough ocean water in the morning sunlight, with a wave crashing against an unseen rocky outcropping in the background.
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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nickkapur.bsky.social
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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faineg.bsky.social
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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emilymsanford.bsky.social
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
Genuinely laughing to keep from crying at this instant classic from @mcsweeneys.net
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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nataliebrito.bsky.social
Judy DeLoache passed away yesterday. She was a brilliant scientist and giant in the field of developmental psychology. She will be missed dearly.
October 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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rainewilson.bsky.social
I went shelf diving for the stories, research and folklore that formed the landscape (seascape) from which I built THE SALT ORACLE.

Random? Yes. Interesting? I hope so.

A book recommendation post with a difference 🌊📚🐋

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The books behind the book - diving into the stories & history that inspired The Salt Oracle | Lorraine Wilson
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October 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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scientits.bsky.social
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM