Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳
@phoebebarton.bsky.social
Giant queer trans sf/game writer who is NOT AMERICAN, typewriter guardian, mind poisoner. Nebula winner, Aurora winner! Assistant Editor at Escape Pod, CW '19. Hamilton, Ontario. Header by @shargrave.bsky.social. She/her. www.phoebebartonsf.com
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To all who're new to following and who've been here for a while, hi! I write about the future because I refuse to give up hope, and because giant queer ladies deserve to have their stories told. Check out details of my stories, typewriters, and games at phoebebartonsf.com - thanks for being around!
i watched Die Hard 2 at a young age and the bit where John McClane stabs a guy in the eye with an icicle taught me to be wary of them (icicles)
there's something like a dozen icicle deaths each year, so yeah, it's a thing
January 24, 2026 at 4:19 AM
i watched Die Hard 2 at a young age and the bit where John McClane stabs a guy in the eye with an icicle taught me to be wary of them (icicles)
it galls me that I could have been getting photo quality like this in my youth, if only I'd had $2000 or so to drop on a camera in 1998
January 24, 2026 at 3:25 AM
it galls me that I could have been getting photo quality like this in my youth, if only I'd had $2000 or so to drop on a camera in 1998
looking at the washed-out, frequently blurry photos I took in the '90s with a shitty Minolta Pocket Autopak 430E from the '70s makes me wish I'd been able to afford a decent camera then, like the one I have now from 1994
January 24, 2026 at 3:05 AM
looking at the washed-out, frequently blurry photos I took in the '90s with a shitty Minolta Pocket Autopak 430E from the '70s makes me wish I'd been able to afford a decent camera then, like the one I have now from 1994
we need a return to stuff that's so cheesy it would give a Wisconsinite pause
Ambojitsu - the Ultimate Evolution of martial arts
YouTube video by cashaca
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
we need a return to stuff that's so cheesy it would give a Wisconsinite pause
hot star trek take: one of the worst decisions made by modern live-action Trek is ditching the "streaming stars" warp effect for the "blue tunnel" effect that is indistinguishable from Star Wars hyperspace.
but it makes it really obvious that so many showrunners *actually* want to make Star Wars.
but it makes it really obvious that so many showrunners *actually* want to make Star Wars.
January 23, 2026 at 11:39 PM
hot star trek take: one of the worst decisions made by modern live-action Trek is ditching the "streaming stars" warp effect for the "blue tunnel" effect that is indistinguishable from Star Wars hyperspace.
but it makes it really obvious that so many showrunners *actually* want to make Star Wars.
but it makes it really obvious that so many showrunners *actually* want to make Star Wars.
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Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
January 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
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There is a direct throughline from Andrew Jackson and the 1830s US, to Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens and the CSA, to Nazi Germany, to the rise of the religious right, the "Southern Strategy," and Richard Nixon, to Ronald Reagan, to Donald Trump. It's unfortunately quintessentially American.
January 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
There is a direct throughline from Andrew Jackson and the 1830s US, to Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens and the CSA, to Nazi Germany, to the rise of the religious right, the "Southern Strategy," and Richard Nixon, to Ronald Reagan, to Donald Trump. It's unfortunately quintessentially American.
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As a transsexual I can't tell you how thrilled I am that fascists are feeling unsafe in bathrooms.
January 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM
As a transsexual I can't tell you how thrilled I am that fascists are feeling unsafe in bathrooms.
estrogen is magic, but some unfortunate people have a resistance to magic.
(it's me)
(it's me)
January 23, 2026 at 7:08 PM
estrogen is magic, but some unfortunate people have a resistance to magic.
(it's me)
(it's me)
i'm almost certain that the United States is going to try to make a play for Alberta the same way that Russia made its play for the Donbas in 2014
Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent pans Carney, cheers on Albertan separatism amid growing US-Canada rift
“People are talking,” Bessent said. “People want sovereignty. They want what the U.S. has got.”
www.politico.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:57 PM
i'm almost certain that the United States is going to try to make a play for Alberta the same way that Russia made its play for the Donbas in 2014
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"bluesky is nothing but wokescold leftist politics" idk man my timeline is all my beloved mutuals and artists who draw anime characters with huge breasts, maybe you should try following other people
January 23, 2026 at 1:59 PM
"bluesky is nothing but wokescold leftist politics" idk man my timeline is all my beloved mutuals and artists who draw anime characters with huge breasts, maybe you should try following other people
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neptune and back in six minutes
January 23, 2026 at 4:53 PM
neptune and back in six minutes
feeling more hopeful after my lithobraking yesterday, but fact remains that the sff short fiction market world is smaller than it was ten years ago and that's not ideal
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
feeling more hopeful after my lithobraking yesterday, but fact remains that the sff short fiction market world is smaller than it was ten years ago and that's not ideal
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marcel bucher est un gros con mais surtout ne mérite absolument pas d'être autre chose que chômeur car il utilise chat GPT pour ses cours
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
marcel bucher est un gros con mais surtout ne mérite absolument pas d'être autre chose que chômeur car il utilise chat GPT pour ses cours
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I do!
*ahem*
"lol. lmao"
*ahem*
"lol. lmao"
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I do!
*ahem*
"lol. lmao"
*ahem*
"lol. lmao"
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Don't "strike out" when it comes to resisting drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and the infield fly rule. Let the pros help you in this instructional, inspirational guide to the one simple trick that ended drug addiction everywhere forever - this week at Stupid Comics! misterkitty.net/extras/stupi...
January 23, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Don't "strike out" when it comes to resisting drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and the infield fly rule. Let the pros help you in this instructional, inspirational guide to the one simple trick that ended drug addiction everywhere forever - this week at Stupid Comics! misterkitty.net/extras/stupi...
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“I love you,” Random Generator Bot tells me.
Warmth blossoms inside me and a grin breaks across my lips. “I love you too, Random Gene—“
“Plate tectonics digest cannulas,” Random Generator Bot says.
My smile fades. “Yeah…” I nod at Random Generator Bot. “They sure do, buddy.”
Warmth blossoms inside me and a grin breaks across my lips. “I love you too, Random Gene—“
“Plate tectonics digest cannulas,” Random Generator Bot says.
My smile fades. “Yeah…” I nod at Random Generator Bot. “They sure do, buddy.”
July 2, 2023 at 3:42 PM
“I love you,” Random Generator Bot tells me.
Warmth blossoms inside me and a grin breaks across my lips. “I love you too, Random Gene—“
“Plate tectonics digest cannulas,” Random Generator Bot says.
My smile fades. “Yeah…” I nod at Random Generator Bot. “They sure do, buddy.”
Warmth blossoms inside me and a grin breaks across my lips. “I love you too, Random Gene—“
“Plate tectonics digest cannulas,” Random Generator Bot says.
My smile fades. “Yeah…” I nod at Random Generator Bot. “They sure do, buddy.”
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right, i keep forgetting to not bare my soul on here because it's talking to the wind anyway
January 23, 2026 at 12:20 AM
right, i keep forgetting to not bare my soul on here because it's talking to the wind anyway
one reason I set my stories way far in the future is so that either I never have to see them move into the realm of alternate history, or I survive the tide of centuries to see them move into the realm of alternate history
January 22, 2026 at 11:11 PM
one reason I set my stories way far in the future is so that either I never have to see them move into the realm of alternate history, or I survive the tide of centuries to see them move into the realm of alternate history
the truth is that Pelly annihilates Coalie even in a rigged fight
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
the truth is that Pelly annihilates Coalie even in a rigged fight