Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette
@pennyvixen.bsky.social
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
She/her
Breast cancer survivor '23
OCD since '01
Horror/fantasy writer best known for THE GOBLIN EMPEROR (Tor, 2014)
Geek about everything
Books out in '25: THE ORB OF CAIRADO (Subterranean) & THE TOMB OF DRAGONS (Tor)
She/her
Breast cancer survivor '23
OCD since '01
Horror/fantasy writer best known for THE GOBLIN EMPEROR (Tor, 2014)
Geek about everything
Books out in '25: THE ORB OF CAIRADO (Subterranean) & THE TOMB OF DRAGONS (Tor)
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of the new media organizations that are absolutely worthy of your support, i think the unpopulist should be on your list
Help Us Stand Up to Authoritarianism: Become a Paid Subscriber This Holiday Season
Right-wing extremism is well funded. That means liberals can't afford to hold back if they want to win.
www.theunpopulist.net
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
of the new media organizations that are absolutely worthy of your support, i think the unpopulist should be on your list
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this just has me thinking about how so much of this government and the movement around it is purely a matter of aesthetics. is there a strategic reason for produce a new warship? maybe. but my hunch is that this is happening because the president thinks it will look cool.
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this just has me thinking about how so much of this government and the movement around it is purely a matter of aesthetics. is there a strategic reason for produce a new warship? maybe. but my hunch is that this is happening because the president thinks it will look cool.
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Petfinder has been Broken AF but you can still view these guys and send an app here:
www.petfinder.com/member/us/md...
Please give these beautiful cats a chance at a home for the holidays. They have been waiting so so long.
www.petfinder.com/member/us/md...
Please give these beautiful cats a chance at a home for the holidays. They have been waiting so so long.
December 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Petfinder has been Broken AF but you can still view these guys and send an app here:
www.petfinder.com/member/us/md...
Please give these beautiful cats a chance at a home for the holidays. They have been waiting so so long.
www.petfinder.com/member/us/md...
Please give these beautiful cats a chance at a home for the holidays. They have been waiting so so long.
I have no original fiction slated for '26. I am TRYING to work on a novel hypothetically for '27, but that's going about as well as anything else in this dumpster fire of a year.
I know it IS a novel, which is more than I had for all of 2024. I don't talk about WIPs, but it will be something new.
I know it IS a novel, which is more than I had for all of 2024. I don't talk about WIPs, but it will be something new.
They are both great!! Any hints as to what you might be releasing/working on for next year and beyond?
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I have no original fiction slated for '26. I am TRYING to work on a novel hypothetically for '27, but that's going about as well as anything else in this dumpster fire of a year.
I know it IS a novel, which is more than I had for all of 2024. I don't talk about WIPs, but it will be something new.
I know it IS a novel, which is more than I had for all of 2024. I don't talk about WIPs, but it will be something new.
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The best place to find an ancient labyrinth? It’s India, not Crete. “A classical 15-circuit labyrinth — the largest such circular maze-like structure discovered in India… — has been found” dating to ca. the 1st century & revealing the many trade & cultural links w/ Ancient Rome #GlobalAntiquity
Rome to Solapur: India’s largest circular labyrinth discovered in Boramani grasslands | Kolhapur News - The Times of India
KOLHAPUR: A classical 15-circuit labyrinth — the largest such circular maze-like structure discovered in India to date — has been found in Boramani gr.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The best place to find an ancient labyrinth? It’s India, not Crete. “A classical 15-circuit labyrinth — the largest such circular maze-like structure discovered in India… — has been found” dating to ca. the 1st century & revealing the many trade & cultural links w/ Ancient Rome #GlobalAntiquity
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legitimately love this guy.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
legitimately love this guy.
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This is just gutter white nationalist agitprop from Stephen Miller. A good time to read our deep dive into Miller's ideological fanaticism (see below)
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is just gutter white nationalist agitprop from Stephen Miller. A good time to read our deep dive into Miller's ideological fanaticism (see below)
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Happy solstice.
Here's my gift to you: a meditation on harpies and Florence and the need to be the witch you want to see in the world.
www.patreon.com/posts/146361...
Here's my gift to you: a meditation on harpies and Florence and the need to be the witch you want to see in the world.
www.patreon.com/posts/146361...
Harpy stories | Elizabeth Bear
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December 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Happy solstice.
Here's my gift to you: a meditation on harpies and Florence and the need to be the witch you want to see in the world.
www.patreon.com/posts/146361...
Here's my gift to you: a meditation on harpies and Florence and the need to be the witch you want to see in the world.
www.patreon.com/posts/146361...
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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[Just to painfully spell it out for those not paying attention...What they're "sometimes disagreeing" on that Jew-controlled drones have no tolerance for is e.g. whether the Holocaust happened]
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
[Just to painfully spell it out for those not paying attention...What they're "sometimes disagreeing" on that Jew-controlled drones have no tolerance for is e.g. whether the Holocaust happened]
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In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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“In that same court document, it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump. According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.”
Met in Michigan: New Epstein files reveal where he met his first victim
The first known victim of Jeffrey Epstein was a 13-year-old girl in Michigan in the 1990s, according to files recently released by the Department of Justice.
www.fox2detroit.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“In that same court document, it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump. According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.”
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My recommendations for short SFF and speculative poetry, 2025! By no means comprehensive, even I can't read everything, but gosh there's been good stuff: marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4317
2025 short stuff rec list – Novel Gazing Redux
marissalingen.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My recommendations for short SFF and speculative poetry, 2025! By no means comprehensive, even I can't read everything, but gosh there's been good stuff: marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4317
What I published in 2025:
1. The Orb of Cairado @subpress.bsky.social standalone Osreth novella
2. The Tomb of Dragons @torbooks.bsky.social 3rd (& final!) book in The Cemeteries of Amalo. It follows The Witness for the Dead and The Grief of Stones (both still in print!)
1. The Orb of Cairado @subpress.bsky.social standalone Osreth novella
2. The Tomb of Dragons @torbooks.bsky.social 3rd (& final!) book in The Cemeteries of Amalo. It follows The Witness for the Dead and The Grief of Stones (both still in print!)
December 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What I published in 2025:
1. The Orb of Cairado @subpress.bsky.social standalone Osreth novella
2. The Tomb of Dragons @torbooks.bsky.social 3rd (& final!) book in The Cemeteries of Amalo. It follows The Witness for the Dead and The Grief of Stones (both still in print!)
1. The Orb of Cairado @subpress.bsky.social standalone Osreth novella
2. The Tomb of Dragons @torbooks.bsky.social 3rd (& final!) book in The Cemeteries of Amalo. It follows The Witness for the Dead and The Grief of Stones (both still in print!)
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In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social
🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social
💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social
...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!
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“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
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Merc is absolutely the best, please help if you are flush.
blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful
ko-fi.com/mercwolfmoor
Support Merc Wolfmoor
I appreciate you! (And the kitties do, too!)
ko-fi.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Merc is absolutely the best, please help if you are flush.
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Wolfie is also a 20-year-old resident at #twilightcats. He is a semi-feral boy who likes the goodl life! To help us continue our #catrescue next year, please consider donating to our #Christmas2025 gofund.me/6b0a7dc07 this #Caturday. Many purrs and thanks. #superseniorcats #catsofBluSky
December 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wolfie is also a 20-year-old resident at #twilightcats. He is a semi-feral boy who likes the goodl life! To help us continue our #catrescue next year, please consider donating to our #Christmas2025 gofund.me/6b0a7dc07 this #Caturday. Many purrs and thanks. #superseniorcats #catsofBluSky
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The Alpha Writer's Workshop for Teens is a wonderful part of our community, and a good candidate for your year-end gift-giving!
alphawritersworkshop.org/donate/
alphawritersworkshop.org/donate/
Donate - Alpha Young Writers Workshop - Pittsburgh USA
alphawritersworkshop.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Alpha Writer's Workshop for Teens is a wonderful part of our community, and a good candidate for your year-end gift-giving!
alphawritersworkshop.org/donate/
alphawritersworkshop.org/donate/
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
PRIVATIZATION. DOES. NOT. WORK.
Why has my entire life been lived on an endless loop of the GOP going, "Gosh, that was a disaster. We'll have to try harder next time!" ?
The next post on my feed is more disaster from RFK Jr.
BRB, rage-screaming into the night. Again.
Why has my entire life been lived on an endless loop of the GOP going, "Gosh, that was a disaster. We'll have to try harder next time!" ?
The next post on my feed is more disaster from RFK Jr.
BRB, rage-screaming into the night. Again.
Great piece from Paul Musgrave on how Trump is, in essence, taking America private:
Taking America Private
The political-economic consequences of Mr. Trump
musgrave.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
PRIVATIZATION. DOES. NOT. WORK.
Why has my entire life been lived on an endless loop of the GOP going, "Gosh, that was a disaster. We'll have to try harder next time!" ?
The next post on my feed is more disaster from RFK Jr.
BRB, rage-screaming into the night. Again.
Why has my entire life been lived on an endless loop of the GOP going, "Gosh, that was a disaster. We'll have to try harder next time!" ?
The next post on my feed is more disaster from RFK Jr.
BRB, rage-screaming into the night. Again.
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Turns out most Americans aren’t fans of Donald Trump jacking up costs on families in the midst of an affordability crisis.
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Turns out most Americans aren’t fans of Donald Trump jacking up costs on families in the midst of an affordability crisis.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM