Rajiv Moté
@rajivmote.bsky.social
Chicago. SFFH writer (Codex, ex-SFWA), software professional, Dragonmount contributor, shiftless dreamer. Views expressed are my own and do not reflect my employers or anybody else.
https://rajivmote.wordpress.com/published/
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They've always known, and they said nothing.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
They've always known, and they said nothing.
Socialism but just for bad ideas
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Socialism but just for bad ideas
That's exactly my origin story.
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
That's exactly my origin story.
Hopefully this will stop all the complaining about better-tasting choices than turkey.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hopefully this will stop all the complaining about better-tasting choices than turkey.
Friendsgiving time is upon us, a time to offer up friends to our Maker.
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Friendsgiving time is upon us, a time to offer up friends to our Maker.
[Image: an enormous Woodstock standing by a telephone pole, watching]
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
[Image: an enormous Woodstock standing by a telephone pole, watching]
It’d always be there, whether you were inside or out, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It’d always be there, whether you were inside or out, Charlie Brown
If those soldiers in Welcome To Derry brought Vasquez into the sewers, things would have gone differently.
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If those soldiers in Welcome To Derry brought Vasquez into the sewers, things would have gone differently.
And in 2026, you'll be some different, unrevealed thing. Stay tuned!
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And in 2026, you'll be some different, unrevealed thing. Stay tuned!
THE ROSE FIELD introduces an intriguing new villain, Dr. Tamar Sharadze, who embodies the finance wizards who create systems disconnected from reality that somehow end up controlling everything and shifting the notion of value. @philippullmanreal.bsky.social, I would read the hell out of that book.
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
THE ROSE FIELD introduces an intriguing new villain, Dr. Tamar Sharadze, who embodies the finance wizards who create systems disconnected from reality that somehow end up controlling everything and shifting the notion of value. @philippullmanreal.bsky.social, I would read the hell out of that book.
This, too, is plot: disillusionment that may not change what we do, but certainly changes who we are. In "Window Boy" Jakey is beyond reproach. The world is too awful. The the pain of innocence lost is palpable. I wonder what "different thinking" Jakey's mother hoped he would learn at school.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This, too, is plot: disillusionment that may not change what we do, but certainly changes who we are. In "Window Boy" Jakey is beyond reproach. The world is too awful. The the pain of innocence lost is palpable. I wonder what "different thinking" Jakey's mother hoped he would learn at school.
I wonder if "Window Boy" ever bounced off a misguided slush reader because "the protagonist doesn't drive the plot." Jakey's journey is subtle but momentous: he's now complicit in the path that was always before him. The world is full of horrors, and the only escape is into luck-granted privilege.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I wonder if "Window Boy" ever bounced off a misguided slush reader because "the protagonist doesn't drive the plot." Jakey's journey is subtle but momentous: he's now complicit in the path that was always before him. The world is full of horrors, and the only escape is into luck-granted privilege.
Raising a child in Chicago, I think about "Window Boy" a lot. There are uncomfortable sights we mustn't curate out of her experience: poverty, homelessness, crime, hunger. We want her to have compassion, but also recognize danger. Her privilege can be a tool, but it mustn't be a retreat.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Raising a child in Chicago, I think about "Window Boy" a lot. There are uncomfortable sights we mustn't curate out of her experience: poverty, homelessness, crime, hunger. We want her to have compassion, but also recognize danger. Her privilege can be a tool, but it mustn't be a retreat.
Even Senator Slotkin, on This Week, couldn't name an illegal order given by Trump except for court rulings about the use of the domestic National Guard, which could be reversed. But rank-and-file military must make legal calls and risk court-martial that their leaders won't make? Doesn't seem right.
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Even Senator Slotkin, on This Week, couldn't name an illegal order given by Trump except for court rulings about the use of the domestic National Guard, which could be reversed. But rank-and-file military must make legal calls and risk court-martial that their leaders won't make? Doesn't seem right.
So if you meet me, have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politeness
Or I'll lay your soul to waste
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politeness
Or I'll lay your soul to waste
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
So if you meet me, have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politeness
Or I'll lay your soul to waste
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politeness
Or I'll lay your soul to waste
Indian parents convinced me to write as a hobby, but pursue gainful employment, like medicine.
I abandoned pre-med for computer science because I liked immediate gratification in my studies.
I happily programmed until the only way up was management. Manager training told me to delegate away fun.
I abandoned pre-med for computer science because I liked immediate gratification in my studies.
I happily programmed until the only way up was management. Manager training told me to delegate away fun.
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Indian parents convinced me to write as a hobby, but pursue gainful employment, like medicine.
I abandoned pre-med for computer science because I liked immediate gratification in my studies.
I happily programmed until the only way up was management. Manager training told me to delegate away fun.
I abandoned pre-med for computer science because I liked immediate gratification in my studies.
I happily programmed until the only way up was management. Manager training told me to delegate away fun.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Theme statement of Welcome To Derry
The Old Powers of earth are not for men to use. They were never given into our hands, and in our hands they work only ruin. Ill means, ill end. I was not drawn here, but driven here, and the force that drove me works to my undoing.
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Theme statement of Welcome To Derry
It felt like this was the theme THE ROSE FIELD (Book of Dust #3) was aiming toward before it sort of became bored with the premise. Which is a shame.
"The real power of imagination is that it helps us envision something better than raw power." ❤️❤️❤️
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It felt like this was the theme THE ROSE FIELD (Book of Dust #3) was aiming toward before it sort of became bored with the premise. Which is a shame.
Zachary Gillan's foreword highlights the "occulting," or obscuring Ha uses on the terrors of the wider world, creating an effect of more localized menace for his characters, who are always the focus. I love lore, but I also love the power of the reader's imagination to furnish empty spaces.
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Zachary Gillan's foreword highlights the "occulting," or obscuring Ha uses on the terrors of the wider world, creating an effect of more localized menace for his characters, who are always the focus. I love lore, but I also love the power of the reader's imagination to furnish empty spaces.
AT LAST! Uncertain Sons by @thomasha.bsky.social has reached the front of my to-read queue! I've already read many of these stories when they came out, but now I get to highlight, annotate, and learn.
I've been asking for some @thomasha.bsky.social on my bookshelf for years now... and at long last, these creepy yet strangely poignant tales are mine!
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
AT LAST! Uncertain Sons by @thomasha.bsky.social has reached the front of my to-read queue! I've already read many of these stories when they came out, but now I get to highlight, annotate, and learn.
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The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
A Lost Planet Created the Moon. Now, We Know Where It Came From.
The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
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(guy living an unexamined life) yay wheeeeeeeee
November 8, 2024 at 2:34 PM
(guy living an unexamined life) yay wheeeeeeeee