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Martha Wells

@marthawells.com

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SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Jul 22

Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...

We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells

Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 18h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 20h

Happy book birthday to A Mouthful of Dust, standalone novella in the Singing Hlls Cycle, out today!

This time, Cleric Chih and Almost Brilliant the hoopoe memory spirit are investigating the town of Baolin, famous for its pork recipe and its famine.

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A Mouthful of Dust

Hunger makes monsters in this dark new tale in Nghi Vo's Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle."Nghi Vo is so good."―NPR on The Brides of High HillWanderi...

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Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 1h

Thanks for a wonderful launch day, yesterday! Managed to fix the preview, too. Really appreciate the support and signal boosting. Happy writing!

Monica Valentinelli would like a time machine @booksofm.com · 17h

Now available on DriveThruFiction, DriveThruCards, and @drivethrurpg.com! Tarot for Storytellers is a how-to book that teaches writers and game masters all about tarot! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Tarot for Storytellers | A How-To Book by Monica Valentinelli | New Release! Tarot for Storytellers is an eBook inspired by Monica Valentinelli's popular tarot workshop. Perfect for writers and game masters, this "how to" book packed with prompts and writing exercises teaches you about tarot, how to use tarot to create characters and plots, and so much more! Now available in PDF at DriveThruRPG, DriveThruCards, DriveThruFiction

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

Can you believe there is a contingent of people who think this Supernatural Season 7 villain is the future and a bunch of them post on here

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 18h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

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A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 1h

126. Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North by Leszek Gardeła

Quantifying rarity is tricky when more than half your graves are sexed only through grave-goods... The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your…

126. Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North by Leszek Gardeła

Quantifying rarity is tricky when more than half your graves are sexed only through grave-goods... The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to write more of them. (Alternately, you can always drop a penny in the bucket through…

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 1h

Weird how they put all their efforts into using technology to replace human creativity and art and then say creative arts degrees are useless.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Terrifying!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

#WarRavagedPortland

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 6h

doomscroll break

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 2h

For those within traveling distance of #Dartmoor, this #nature & #folklore event is coming up in Chagford soon: a talk with Dartmoor historian & guide Emma Cunis, with art by Gina Hemery. Emma's people have lived on the moor for generations; her knowledge of this land is deep and wise.

Image: The poster for "Magical Myths & Moorland Legends" at Endecott House, Chagford, TQ13 8AJ, on 17 October, 7PM: an evening of Dartmoor tales and enchantment with local historian Emma Cunis, folklorist Terri Windling, and art by Gina Hemery. The evening celebrates the publication of Emma's new book, Dartmoor Myths & Legends. For tickets, visit Emma's Dartmoor's Daughter website: www.dartmoorsdaughter.com. The art on the poster is a Dartmoor landscape by Gina Hemery.

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 5h

sociology and anthropology are dangerous to them, because those fields help us understand the power dynamics, ethics, and human cost of what the industries they like better are doing.
Performing arts is hugely important for the economy, but it doesn't benefit them directly.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 3h

In case you, like me, saw your electric bill more than double.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 11h

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 2h

Some grave guardians are open to being stroked. Some will growl if your hand reaches towards them. It is wise to know which are which before one goes poking at tombs. – #CLNolan

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 14h

Who is an alien? What kind of minds are we meeting? What makes us Other? What makes us the same? @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social and I discuss these matters and his new Cherokee rez-set first contact novel Hole in the Sky on 10/16: www.clarionwest.org/event/hole-i... Streaming or face to face and FREE

Hole in the Sky: A Deep Dives Conversation with Daniel H. Wilson and Nisi Shawl

Join us at this launch event for science-fiction author and roboticist Daniel H. Wilson’s new novel Hole in the Sky, pitched as an alien first contact story set on a Cherokee reservation.

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 13h

GREAT NEWS from Leander ISD. To Kill a Mockingbird, House on Mango St, and Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass will be returned to classrooms after a massive outcry. Thanks to everyone who spoke up!!!

From an email to teachers today:

*An important update regarding the books that
were previously paused from curriculum use as a
result of concerns around Senate Bill 12.
Thirty-six of the forty books are being reinstated
to the secondary curriculum book list, with
revisions made to the curriculum to ensure TEKS
alignment and compliance with SB 12. Four
titles, Stamped, Melissa (George), Gracefully
Grayson, and The 57 Bus, will remain paused for
additional review of curriculum alignment. Please
note that all books, including these four, should
remain available, or be returned if removed, to
classroom libraries for individual student choice
reading.

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SayahBayahBoo @sayahbayahboo.bsky.social · 15h

I have been waiting for this sequel from @marthawells.com since December 2023.

Don’t look at my nails and cuticles. I’ve been going through it.

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer📷🚀 🚀 📸 @princejvstin.com · 18h

My newest review, at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social , tackles the new novel from Ken Liu, ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM.

This was a difficult book to read and review to write. Read on and find out why:

www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/book...

Book Review: All that We See or Seem, by Ken Liu

A challenging novel that fearlessly faces a world full of AI Julia Z is a hacker, and a good one. She has a mysterious past, but now, with t...

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 19h

A lot of the apps on your phone are tracking your physical location and selling that information to other companies. Here's a fantastic explainer from @pcmag.com about 20 of the most common apps that spy on you. Service journalism at its finest. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...