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bitches love my ominous black fog that follows me everywhere
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Move to the woods. Interact with animals. There will be no other reality left.
“Over time, Ancestry says it will utilize artificial intelligence to weave together visuals from iMemories and Ancestry’s own bank of user-uploaded content, as well as AI-created images, to produce short films that can tell family lore stories.”
Ancestry wants your dusty VHS tapes—and here’s why
By acquiring iMemories, Ancestry wants to weave DNA, old home videos, and AI into personalized family films.
www.fastcompany.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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We're at the 'we're very sorry we hired a trans person' stage in the UK's systematic erasure of trans people.
Horrible story. Apologising because a trans employee had the temerity to interact with a customer. What are we becoming?

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
August 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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This is the relevant number if you'd like to call M&S in support of this employee who was just doing their job.
August 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Weird I'm suddenly working on Assimilation and Abdication.
July 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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My monograph is finally here! 🎉 This deep dive explores ecological awareness in the brilliant fiction of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social, drawing insight from deep time, evolutionary biology, Indigenous studies, and more! 🌱

Check it out here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
New Weird Fiction and the Anthropocene
This book explores the development of ecological awareness in Jeff VanderMeer's New Weird novels, specifically on the Southern Reach and Borne series.
link.springer.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Basically, the Southern Reach series contains all things. Absolution could even be considered a kind of cook book. share.google/Nv2tvocDmbbW...
The 10 Best Books For Fans of "The Last of Us"
You'll never look at mushroom pizza the same way again.
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July 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
how????
Currently working on three books and a nonfiction piece at once.
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social I've been collecting your books for a while now, and after receiving this absolute UNIT today, I have to ask: When do you sleep?!

WHEN DO YOU SLEEP???
August 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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... and the SOUTHERN REACH series (ANNIHILATION, AUTHORITY, and ACCEPTANCE). We’re huge fans of Jeff and we love this collection of STRANGE EXPEDITIONS (Gone Wrong/Horror) picks!
August 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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We’re delighted to be featuring a shelf curated by NYT bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer / @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social! Jeff is the author of many excellent novels, including: HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER; the BORNE novels (BORNE, THE STRANGE BIRD, and DEAD ASTRONAUTS)...
August 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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July 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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As a queer Scot who has watched Rowling decimate trans safety and rights in my own country, I personally find it deeply offensive to see people claim that they need to keep HP relevant because some queer people still want to read fanfic and buy Etsy stickers.
July 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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embarrassing myself
July 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
www.openculture.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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After months of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social flogging the @christopherbrown.bsky.social book "A Natural History of Empty Lots" I finally picked up a copy at one of my local bookstores.
Very much enjoying it.
July 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Yes, I am freaking out. I can’t believe I actually have a copy of my own. Today is a great day.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

The Book of Frog (with business card)
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July 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Reading Other Worlds by André Alexis and it's spectacular. The first, long story "Contrition: An Isekai" is a work of genius, I think. Absolutely perfect in its canny uncanniness and also beautiful evocation of an immigrant experience in such a fresh and insightful way. Funny, deep, compassionate.
July 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Not a lot has been said about the inside covers of the new Southern Reach paperbacks, but take a look at the ones for Absolution. Gorgeous morphing of swamp sunflowers. Really, the whole package is so beautiful.
July 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Some great books on this list, and I'm not talking about Annihilation, although happy to see it on there. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...
10 Quick Books Under 200 Pages To Help You Out Of Your Reading Rut
Sometimes, less really is more—especially when a short book can make you spiral, question humanity, or just stay up too late. If you're craving a quick read that still hits deep, these under-200-page ...
www.yahoo.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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July 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed
July 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
that’s reassuring actually - i imagine they’ll become much more popular in the uk soon
AC is SO MUCH EASIER to decarbonize than heating...we're already like halfway to carbon free AC in the US, while heat is like 10% of the way there.
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
July 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Dear lord, that BBC report on the story 🤦‍♀️
This seems to be framed as "look at this unbelievable cost the health board is wasting" instead of "look at the unbelievable cost this woman has created just because she hates trans people"
NHS Fife reveals £220,000 legal bill for Sandie Peggie trans row tribunal
Nurse Sandie Peggie was suspended by NHS Fife after she objected to a trans doctor using a women's changing room.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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I made some fictional tarot cards (and remixed old ones). They're achievements for an unannounced game. 64x64 pixels each

Names in the alt text. #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev
July 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Last bits of preparation for #PixelArtPark !
The little houses are lenticular stickers that flip from a day to night palette! Video in the response :]
July 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM