Renay⁷
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U.S. Southerner. Mouthy, but soft. Does stuff online: https://heyheyrenay.carrd.co/
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It’s Saturday and you deserve a treat so sit back with a cuppa and catch up on this week’s Wombling Along gathering reviews and more I saw online this week www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
Wombling Along — Runalong The Shelves
Hellloooo! Hope you’re all ok? Welcome to the blog’s weekend supplement where I gather up reviews and articles that caught my eye this week. Not much to update on this week. I have a new team member...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:16 AM
It’s Saturday and you deserve a treat so sit back with a cuppa and catch up on this week’s Wombling Along gathering reviews and more I saw online this week www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
I’ve now reminded myself why I stopped following ice skating: I hate when they fall and I hate all the interviewers who are a bunch of butt munching busybodies with a fetish for humiliating people in public.
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I’ve now reminded myself why I stopped following ice skating: I hate when they fall and I hate all the interviewers who are a bunch of butt munching busybodies with a fetish for humiliating people in public.
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Valentines Day is tomorrow
Placing romantic love above all others,
Placing romantic love above all others,
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
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February 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Valentines Day is tomorrow
Placing romantic love above all others,
Placing romantic love above all others,
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"The speed at which Everything Happens So Much has been actively detrimental to creative communities, and I decided that although I am only one person, I can simply stop participating."
@renay.bsky.social gets it: buttondown.com/intergalacti...
@renay.bsky.social gets it: buttondown.com/intergalacti...
Intergalactic Mixtape #40
Hey! This week, award season continues, plus everyone is beginning to emerge from their holiday cocoons. Reviews of 2026 books are ramping up and I’m excited...
buttondown.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
"The speed at which Everything Happens So Much has been actively detrimental to creative communities, and I decided that although I am only one person, I can simply stop participating."
@renay.bsky.social gets it: buttondown.com/intergalacti...
@renay.bsky.social gets it: buttondown.com/intergalacti...
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Hugo Noms have opened and I want to get in quick with this: there is a fabulous and vibrant contemporary SFF novella scene and the quality is *not* disproportionately located at tordotcom, which puts out brilliant work but does not have a monopoly on it.
5 titles for your consideration follow:
5 titles for your consideration follow:
February 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Hugo Noms have opened and I want to get in quick with this: there is a fabulous and vibrant contemporary SFF novella scene and the quality is *not* disproportionately located at tordotcom, which puts out brilliant work but does not have a monopoly on it.
5 titles for your consideration follow:
5 titles for your consideration follow:
soon I will be unbearable
BTS IS BACK… and ready to take over 2026.
Nearly four years since BTS went on hiatus for mandatory military service in South Korea, the biggest band in the world is returning with a fifth studio album and a massive global tour gq.visitlink.me/GnvmXK
Nearly four years since BTS went on hiatus for mandatory military service in South Korea, the biggest band in the world is returning with a fifth studio album and a massive global tour gq.visitlink.me/GnvmXK
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
soon I will be unbearable
Intergalactic Mixtape is live!
Intergalactic Mixtape #40
Hey! This week, award season continues, plus everyone is beginning to emerge from their holiday cocoons. Reviews of 2026 books are ramping up and I’m excited...
buttondown.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Intergalactic Mixtape is live!
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Relax, bread department
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Relax, bread department
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The monthly liveshow I co-host with @kalanadi.bsky.social, @bookfinch.bsky.social, @thefancyhatlady.bsky.social, and @breereadsbooks.bsky.social, Stitch & Bitch, is eligible for Best Fancast this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The monthly liveshow I co-host with @kalanadi.bsky.social, @bookfinch.bsky.social, @thefancyhatlady.bsky.social, and @breereadsbooks.bsky.social, Stitch & Bitch, is eligible for Best Fancast this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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this is my hugo eligibility post i guess as it’s my first thing eligible since about 2017 so it’s a novelty: i published this poem last year! and it’s eligible!
my copy of Ragged Band of Travellers: writing from the threshold of dungeons & dragons is here!
I have a poem in this one about that mysterious figure, a fantasy of long, long life twice over — an elfin vampire.
I have a poem in this one about that mysterious figure, a fantasy of long, long life twice over — an elfin vampire.
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
this is my hugo eligibility post i guess as it’s my first thing eligible since about 2017 so it’s a novelty: i published this poem last year! and it’s eligible!
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This is an example of why I no longer stress about every Hugo category. There are plenty of people out there who know the niche facts I don’t!
On Spec @onspecmag.bsky.social ceased regular publication in late 2025. It's a magazine that's launched careers, served as an incubator for talent, and has done enormous good for SFF. Publisehed Doctorow, Czerneda, Peter Watts
Deserves semiprozine nod and short-form editor nod for Diane Walton
9/X
Deserves semiprozine nod and short-form editor nod for Diane Walton
9/X
February 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is an example of why I no longer stress about every Hugo category. There are plenty of people out there who know the niche facts I don’t!
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I'd love to see big numbers on the Fan categories in particular! Give them some love - it's a great way to boost interesting people in science fiction and fantasy spaces.
Okay, nomination eligible folks. I want to see NUMBERS. I want us to beat the record of the most ever Hugo nominations. I don't actually know what the record is, but I believe we can fly past it!
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 12, 2026 at 6:37 AM
I'd love to see big numbers on the Fan categories in particular! Give them some love - it's a great way to boost interesting people in science fiction and fantasy spaces.
Okay, nomination eligible folks. I want to see NUMBERS. I want us to beat the record of the most ever Hugo nominations. I don't actually know what the record is, but I believe we can fly past it!
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Okay, nomination eligible folks. I want to see NUMBERS. I want us to beat the record of the most ever Hugo nominations. I don't actually know what the record is, but I believe we can fly past it!
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Intergalactic Mixtape is live! 📚🪐💙
Intergalactic Mixtape #39
Hey! This week there’s award news, lots of book promotion as we arrive fully in Winter 2026, and I’ve been catching up on my podcast feed. I’m also trying to...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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I remember when I loved Zeroboxer (we all deserved more, PUBLISHING) and was like "this author is going to be a star when publishing stops being silly." Now whenever someone goes "the Green Bone Saga is a certified banger" I get a frission of pleasure even though I have not yet READ the series.
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I remember when I loved Zeroboxer (we all deserved more, PUBLISHING) and was like "this author is going to be a star when publishing stops being silly." Now whenever someone goes "the Green Bone Saga is a certified banger" I get a frission of pleasure even though I have not yet READ the series.
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hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Any time a company has to "make a statement", it means they're sweating. Cook them
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Any time a company has to "make a statement", it means they're sweating. Cook them
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Post a banger that isn't in English
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Post a banger that isn't in English
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Don't get defeatist, write support tickets, feedback, emails, let them know this shit sucks. Cancel your nitro until they reverse this.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Don't get defeatist, write support tickets, feedback, emails, let them know this shit sucks. Cancel your nitro until they reverse this.
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Wonton mao
(admittedly not as good as Xiao long mao but I tried)
(admittedly not as good as Xiao long mao but I tried)
February 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Wonton mao
(admittedly not as good as Xiao long mao but I tried)
(admittedly not as good as Xiao long mao but I tried)
I hate this. This isn't about protecting anyone, this is about slurping up our data for free and disrupting political, queer, and fandom communities.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I hate this. This isn't about protecting anyone, this is about slurping up our data for free and disrupting political, queer, and fandom communities.
I've been feeling sick/tired the last two weeks (boo dry air), so I spent them the best way I knew how: reading books 1 - 15 of the October Daye series. 15 books in 23 days....sure. But now I need to read ANYTHING else for a bit. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
I've been feeling sick/tired the last two weeks (boo dry air), so I spent them the best way I knew how: reading books 1 - 15 of the October Daye series. 15 books in 23 days....sure. But now I need to read ANYTHING else for a bit. 😂
I feel it is time for a reread.
Exploration. Discovery. Danger. A Steerswoman goes where she must.
The Steerswoman book series doesn't have a TV show or movies (yet?) so I put this together from other sources! Highly recommend the books - they're a lot of fun!
Details: archiveofourown.org/works/78622921
Happy #Festivids2025!
The Steerswoman book series doesn't have a TV show or movies (yet?) so I put this together from other sources! Highly recommend the books - they're a lot of fun!
Details: archiveofourown.org/works/78622921
Happy #Festivids2025!
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I feel it is time for a reread.