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Annalee Newitz
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bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com .. more

Annalee Newitz is an American journalist, editor, and author of both fiction and nonfiction. From 1999 to 2008, Newitz wrote a syndicated weekly column called Techsploitation, and from 2000 to 2004 was the culture editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian. In 2004, Newitz became a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. With Charlie Jane Anders, they also co-founded Other magazine, a periodical that ran from 2002 to 2007. From 2008 to 2015, Newitz was editor-in-chief of Gawker-owned media venture io9, and subsequently its direct descendant Gizmodo, Gawker's design and technology blog. They have written for the periodicals Popular Science, Film Quarterly and Wired. As of 2019, Newitz is a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times. .. more

Communication & Media Studies 20%
Political science 19%
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Holy crap -- Automatic Noodle is an instant USA Today and Indie bestseller! Thank you so much, humans and robots, for reading this li'l book and making it soar. Now go eat something! Or get your noodle swag at automaticnoodle.website

Stay tuned!

Thanks for listening!

We will!! Thanks for coming out to say hi when we were in town!

Glad you liked it!

exquisite texture; perfect cheese pull. you win.

it's so true

Thank YOU!!! Also we should hang out soon :)

I can't believe we've completed 7 years of this glorious pod. It's been amazing to share our opinions with all of you!! @charliejane.bsky.social and I are slowly dreaming up our next project, which we will share with you sometime in 2026!!! For now, farewell and thanks for all the fish.
It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.

We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.

www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...

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It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.

We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.

www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...

There are a few FREE seats left for this amazing event, next Tuesday in San Francisco @booksmith.bsky.social! Grab 'em quick!
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125

Yay!!! 🤖💓

Thanks!!!

Correct. True CanCon

Also, Lost Girl x The Matrix

This is the energy I am taking with me into the holidays
okay, hear me out: Planet of the Apes x Beachcombers.

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okay, hear me out: Planet of the Apes x Beachcombers.

And they say that pop culture isn't political ...
Rush Hour 4 is reportedly a go at Paramount – after Trump intervened on behalf of the movie.

Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring the franchise back to the big screen
Rush Hour 4 in the works at Paramount after reports of Trump intervening
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring his hit franchise back to the big screen
www.theguardian.com
Rush Hour 4 is reportedly a go at Paramount – after Trump intervened on behalf of the movie.

Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring the franchise back to the big screen
Rush Hour 4 in the works at Paramount after reports of Trump intervening
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring his hit franchise back to the big screen
www.theguardian.com

Yay! Thanks for reading and reviewing!

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wrapping up edits on my review of this cool new anthology that comes out a week from today! shoutout to editors @annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
bookshop.org

It was genuinely my pleasure

Make some noodle-loving robots happy and vote for Automatic Noodle in the FINAL ROUND of the Reader's Choice Awards on Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

Now I need duck for our next DnD game

You should thank @andy.baio.net -- he's the guy who has kept the website archive available all this time.

Still proud that I published this important essay by Steve Robles (writing under one of his many pseudonyms) for Thanksgiving at my very first job, working as an editor for GettingIt.com back in the year 1999 gettingit.com/article/488

Haha I do love the north for biang biang noodles tho

I love them

It's right on the 24 line.

I love that they basically have an FAQ about why this is not Peking Duck.

You will not go wrong with this place.