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Mari Ness, writer of things

@mariness.bsky.social

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I write things. Occasionally they get published. Also occasionally on other sites, including marikness.wordpress.com, https://medium.com/@marikness, https://www.patreon.com/mari_ness. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mari_ness

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · Apr 6

So yes, delighted to say that I am one of the inaugural finalists for the Hugo Award for Best Poem, alongside @angelaliu.bsky.social, @aijiang.bsky.social,
@swantower.bsky.social, @devanbarlow.bsky.social
& Oliver K. Langmead!

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · Apr 6

So, this happened!!!

List of the three finalists for the Hugo Award for Best Poem: Calypso, by Oliver K. Langmead (Titan), "Ever Noir," by Mari Ness (Haven Spec Magazine, Issue 16, July 2024), "There Are No Taxis for the Dead," by Angela Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 58), 219 ballots cast for 266 nominees, Finalists range 11 to 26.

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 4h

Trump is surely sundowning and being fed misinformation but it is also true that any President that thought a city was in flames and all commerce had stopped would send more than a couple hundred member of some National Guard there. He knows he's bullshitting.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 9h

Happy birthday, @lynnemthomas.com !

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think this is a representative group of Americans.

But it is an angry group. And a group where even the people actively avoiding the news for health reasons are still listening, still focused on the news.

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

Another writer has confessed that post heart attack, watching the news has become something to be actively avoided.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile as these political/news readings are continuing, a screen on the wall is showing us a bear taking cocaine.

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight's readers are discussing the news directly, without the mediation of transformative fiction or poetry.

I don't know what this means. Just mentioning it.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

....so this event is supposed to focus on fictional and poetic responses to the news. And that definitely used to happen, with people pulling from the news for inspiration to create something new.

Tonight.....

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

Also yes I downed that rum and coke wayyyyyyy too quickly but uh have you seen the news?

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

....a much needed session, I should say.

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

I like rhe way this event has sorta (yes, autocorrect, sorta and not aorta) become a group therapy session for a slice of Orlando progressives.

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

Starting up the Orlando Loose Lips event!

I am not reading tonight, but looking forward to hearing the readings!

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Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 1d

There's a lot of stupid shit happening in the world but we still decided to start a small press. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Homeward Books: The home for books without a home

Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

www.kickstarter.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if history has any lessons about what happens when large concentrations of armed soldiery stop getting paid.

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

Okay so you have the National Guard deployed to several American cities and plan on sending them to more, so is the plan to actually not pay these people and just find out what happens?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

US House Speaker Johnson: Some legal analysts don't believe in shutdown backpay.

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Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 1d

Huh - got an AI spam email so lazy that the spammer didn't even bother to take their prompt out of the email.

A screenshot of an AI generated spam email with the prompt left in

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, life* has demanded that I stop everything else and pay attention to a small cat.

* life = small extremely neglected cat

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 1d

Today's cheery email from the Washington Post, with the subject heading "Start a conversation with Ask The Post AI" is not, repeat not, encouraging me to get a subscription.

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 2d

And in cat news from a few days ago, surveying the chaos

Orange cat perched on the top of a cat tree looking down on the floor. Not pictured: the chaos, taking the form of an overexcited black kitten.

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 2d

Look, stealing the couch away from the human owner is absolutely exhausting, ok?

Four pounds of an exhausted black kitten, stretched across a blue-grew knitted throw. Cat's nose is buried in the blankets, and his position suggests that he just flopped there after running around and chasing toys and then going to flop right where the human was which is pretty much exactly what happened

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 2d

(grins) It was a memorable episode.

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 2d

Episode 1 was not very good, even leaving aside what they did with Hawkgirl.

Start with season 2. It too has a slightly rocky start - but trust me.

Season 3 is just amazing TV.

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 2d

....probably, but I won't spoil things.

Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 2d

It was!

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 2d

You heard it here first! Unlock our tiers, unlock your MIND 🧠🔓💡💥🧬🔢⚡📈🤯

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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 2d

"Guest Starring John Noble" is one of my all time favorite episodes of television, hands down.

Possibly my number one episode.

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