Laura Rueckert
@laurarueckert.bsky.social
Award-winning author of A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN. American in Germany. Proud 🏳️⚧️ mom. Probably eating European chocolate right now. she/her
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Laura Rueckert
@laurarueckert.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hi, new followers! 👋I grew up in the US but immigrated to Germany and have lived here over half my life. I write scifi & fantasy, love to travel, am passionate about trans rights, and have a cuddly, fluffy reading buddy who helps me shout about awesome books! #booksky #travelsky
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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A *million* people.
Lawn darts were banned forever in Canada after like 50 people got injured.
Any company not run by absolute ghouls would shut this thing down. Governments should be banning the fuck out of it.
Lawn darts were banned forever in Canada after like 50 people got injured.
Any company not run by absolute ghouls would shut this thing down. Governments should be banning the fuck out of it.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A *million* people.
Lawn darts were banned forever in Canada after like 50 people got injured.
Any company not run by absolute ghouls would shut this thing down. Governments should be banning the fuck out of it.
Lawn darts were banned forever in Canada after like 50 people got injured.
Any company not run by absolute ghouls would shut this thing down. Governments should be banning the fuck out of it.
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“Roem…says targeting trans children is a losing proposition.
“’The Republican Party is simply wrong about this. People don’t want their politicians signaling out and stigmatizing the very people they’re elected to serve.’”
@nbcwashington.com #Virginia #vagov
www.nbcwashington.com/news/politic...
“’The Republican Party is simply wrong about this. People don’t want their politicians signaling out and stigmatizing the very people they’re elected to serve.’”
@nbcwashington.com #Virginia #vagov
www.nbcwashington.com/news/politic...
Virginia's blue wave proves targeting trans students doesn't win, Democrats say
Democratic leaders say the results of Tuesday’s election in Virginia prove attacking transgender student policies isn’t a winning strategy issue. Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears...
www.nbcwashington.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“Roem…says targeting trans children is a losing proposition.
“’The Republican Party is simply wrong about this. People don’t want their politicians signaling out and stigmatizing the very people they’re elected to serve.’”
@nbcwashington.com #Virginia #vagov
www.nbcwashington.com/news/politic...
“’The Republican Party is simply wrong about this. People don’t want their politicians signaling out and stigmatizing the very people they’re elected to serve.’”
@nbcwashington.com #Virginia #vagov
www.nbcwashington.com/news/politic...
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This one for me, just because I believe so strongly that AI does nothing good for the arts and harms creatives. (Not to mention those who aren’t creatives but whose livelihood is directly affected by the arts)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This one for me, just because I believe so strongly that AI does nothing good for the arts and harms creatives. (Not to mention those who aren’t creatives but whose livelihood is directly affected by the arts)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
🏺
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
🏺
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
🏺
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
🏺
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HOPESCROLLING IS BACK ON THE MENU, BOIS
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
HOPESCROLLING IS BACK ON THE MENU, BOIS
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listen, if you're ever despairing about your art or whatever, just ask yourself "is anything i ever make going to be as stupid as a cybertruck?" ✨
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
listen, if you're ever despairing about your art or whatever, just ask yourself "is anything i ever make going to be as stupid as a cybertruck?" ✨
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posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
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how the hell did these hackers get in? they must be good...
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
how the hell did these hackers get in? they must be good...
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“...an animal that lives for centuries, in our own world, not in a fantasy novel, really is amazing.”
This week's SFF Bestiary celebrates an ancient wonder, as Judith Tarr discusses the Greenland Shark!
reactormag.com/oldest-of-th...
This week's SFF Bestiary celebrates an ancient wonder, as Judith Tarr discusses the Greenland Shark!
reactormag.com/oldest-of-th...
Oldest of the Old: The Greenland Shark - Reactor
Sharks are creatures of near-myth, and this one can live for centuries...
reactormag.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“...an animal that lives for centuries, in our own world, not in a fantasy novel, really is amazing.”
This week's SFF Bestiary celebrates an ancient wonder, as Judith Tarr discusses the Greenland Shark!
reactormag.com/oldest-of-th...
This week's SFF Bestiary celebrates an ancient wonder, as Judith Tarr discusses the Greenland Shark!
reactormag.com/oldest-of-th...
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Anthropic PBC AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers
www.cfmlawyers.ca
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
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If your newspaper is giving Donald Trump softer headlines and gauzier coverage than People Magazine, that should be a bit of a wake up call.
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If your newspaper is giving Donald Trump softer headlines and gauzier coverage than People Magazine, that should be a bit of a wake up call.
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Vote From Abroad can help!
👉 Email VFA for help
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👉 Schedule a Zoom call for help
Go to votefromabroad.org/Voter-Support
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Are you a US Voter Abroad?
Need help voting in the November 4 election?
Vote From Abroad can help!
👉 Email VFA for help
OR
👉 Schedule a Zoom call for help
Go to votefromabroad.org/Voter-Support
Need help voting in the November 4 election?
Vote From Abroad can help!
👉 Email VFA for help
OR
👉 Schedule a Zoom call for help
Go to votefromabroad.org/Voter-Support
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“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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Sometimes i get sad at those “I wanted to look up what kind of horse pulled medieval wagons It’s three hours later and playtex bra sewers made spacesuits i have a problem” no. No, you don’t. Hydrate and get back in there
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Sometimes i get sad at those “I wanted to look up what kind of horse pulled medieval wagons It’s three hours later and playtex bra sewers made spacesuits i have a problem” no. No, you don’t. Hydrate and get back in there
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Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
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#TimeTravelAuthors Day 31
Is the month over already? I need more coffee before Guy & Raoul get back from the 15th century. Let me tell you that our #TimeTravel adventure is one of 12 short stories in this cool anthology. Great for quick reads between missions.
www.maykenbruenings.com/time-travel/...
Is the month over already? I need more coffee before Guy & Raoul get back from the 15th century. Let me tell you that our #TimeTravel adventure is one of 12 short stories in this cool anthology. Great for quick reads between missions.
www.maykenbruenings.com/time-travel/...
Status Green
The ACCIDENTAL TIME TRAVELERS ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME 2, includes my short story STATUS GREEN!
www.maykenbruenings.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors Day 31
Is the month over already? I need more coffee before Guy & Raoul get back from the 15th century. Let me tell you that our #TimeTravel adventure is one of 12 short stories in this cool anthology. Great for quick reads between missions.
www.maykenbruenings.com/time-travel/...
Is the month over already? I need more coffee before Guy & Raoul get back from the 15th century. Let me tell you that our #TimeTravel adventure is one of 12 short stories in this cool anthology. Great for quick reads between missions.
www.maykenbruenings.com/time-travel/...
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#TimeTravelAuthors Day 31
Maddy 🐶 says I should tell you where you can read the story that started with Theo throwing a book at her that contained tomatoes 🍅 at the royal table.
There are 12 more #TimeTravel stories in there by other cool authors besides ours!
www.maykenbruenings.com/time-travel/...
Maddy 🐶 says I should tell you where you can read the story that started with Theo throwing a book at her that contained tomatoes 🍅 at the royal table.
There are 12 more #TimeTravel stories in there by other cool authors besides ours!
www.maykenbruenings.com/time-travel/...
A Sweet Deal
A SWEET DEAL - my time travel short story featured in THE ACCIDENTAL TIME TRAVELERS COLLECTIVE, volume 3
www.maykenbruenings.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors Day 31
Maddy 🐶 says I should tell you where you can read the story that started with Theo throwing a book at her that contained tomatoes 🍅 at the royal table.
There are 12 more #TimeTravel stories in there by other cool authors besides ours!
www.maykenbruenings.com/time-travel/...
Maddy 🐶 says I should tell you where you can read the story that started with Theo throwing a book at her that contained tomatoes 🍅 at the royal table.
There are 12 more #TimeTravel stories in there by other cool authors besides ours!
www.maykenbruenings.com/time-travel/...
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Technically, this is a book of spells.
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Technically, this is a book of spells.
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If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
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I expect the number of troops with beards will rise sharply if it gets you out of meeting this berk. Women once more disadvantaged though
Hegseth refuses to meet US troops with beards during South Korea trip: report
Hegseth refuses to meet US troops with beards during South Korea trip: report
Hegseth refuses to meet US troops with beards during South Korea trip: report
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I expect the number of troops with beards will rise sharply if it gets you out of meeting this berk. Women once more disadvantaged though