seven “swans a swimming” rasmussen
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humanoid astrobiologist 🌌 author (largely oxygen by mass) 📚 transhumanist 🤖 star trek autism character 🖖 she/they 🏳️🌈 antifascist educator ✒️ CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STARSHIPS out Aug 4, 2026
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the day is finally here: you can order my debut non-fiction, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF STARSHIPS: HOW THE DRAKE EQUATION REVEALS THE ODDS OF LIFE IN THE COSMOS from B&N!!
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mostly toastmas to all who celebrate:
December 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
mostly toastmas to all who celebrate:
i know that this is generally considered to be the worst idea ever but does anyone local want to brave a times square NYE with me? you can sleep on my couch if we ever make it back to brooklyn
December 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
i know that this is generally considered to be the worst idea ever but does anyone local want to brave a times square NYE with me? you can sleep on my couch if we ever make it back to brooklyn
added 3700 words to my lesbian dark academia novelette today and zero to my actual work manuscript 👍
December 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
added 3700 words to my lesbian dark academia novelette today and zero to my actual work manuscript 👍
this christmas eve check the JWST User Docs (and then check them twice) to find out if your FOV constraints are naughty or nice
December 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
this christmas eve check the JWST User Docs (and then check them twice) to find out if your FOV constraints are naughty or nice
i didn’t read many books this year but here’s what i saw people reading around NYC:
![Books I See Strangers
Reading In Public
People We Meet On Vacation — Emily Henry
Complete Stories — Clarice Lispector
His Dark Materials — Phillip Pullman
all about love - bell hooks
The Safekeep - Yale van der Woudem
Blink — Malcolm Gladwell
The End of the World As We Know It: Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
Amadoka — Sofia Andrukhovych [NOT
PUBLISHED YET]
Random Acts of Senseless Violence — Jack
Womack
A Memory Called Empire — Arkady Martine
The Exorcist — William Peter Blatty
The Trauma of Birth - Otto Rank
Taipei - Tao Lin
Our Missing Hearts — Celeste Ng
All The Colors of the Dark - Chris Whittaker
You, Again — Kate Goldbeck Traction — Gino Whitman Circe - Madeleine Miller
Mona Lisa Overdrive — William Gibson
Unsex Me Here — Aurora Mattie](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qofqpqau42nmrqgtcqpr4o7w/bafkreie7e6jwxpbw3kcmfctuwhmevvbzs5neoypxcnm7nx3esugvw2dd2m@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
i didn’t read many books this year but here’s what i saw people reading around NYC:
submitted my proof of employment as an adjunct to get state health insurance and was immediately approved for medicaid
December 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
submitted my proof of employment as an adjunct to get state health insurance and was immediately approved for medicaid
you can just do stuff
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
you can just do stuff
i think i have to make my wildest dreams come true… i think im gonna start a spec fic writer’s salon that meets every week at a coffee shop to discuss short stories and do writing sprints… entering my Gertrude Stein era…
a black and white photo of a window with a cup on the sill
ALT: a black and white photo of a window with a cup on the sill
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December 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
i think i have to make my wildest dreams come true… i think im gonna start a spec fic writer’s salon that meets every week at a coffee shop to discuss short stories and do writing sprints… entering my Gertrude Stein era…
LOVE IS STORED IN THE CHRISTMAS CARD
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
LOVE IS STORED IN THE CHRISTMAS CARD
unfortunately or fortunately for my christmas card recipients these are the only stickers we have in the house
December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
unfortunately or fortunately for my christmas card recipients these are the only stickers we have in the house
they should invent a modern facade that isn’t ugly
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
they should invent a modern facade that isn’t ugly
yaoi everywhere for those with eyes to see
December 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
yaoi everywhere for those with eyes to see
Mostly is an extremely emotionally intelligent and empathetic cat. he knows when you’re sick or depressed or need to pet a cat. that being said. it’s extremely funny that he perfectly understands human emotions and chooses, every day, to be the biggest jerk that ever lived
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Mostly is an extremely emotionally intelligent and empathetic cat. he knows when you’re sick or depressed or need to pet a cat. that being said. it’s extremely funny that he perfectly understands human emotions and chooses, every day, to be the biggest jerk that ever lived
me (foolish) i’ve been struggling with chapter 7 forever. i don’t know what to do with it. it’s been like 2 weeks. genuinely what do i do
my agent (extremely wise): have you tried just skipping it
me:
my agent (extremely wise): have you tried just skipping it
me:
a man in a plaid shirt and tie is standing in front of a fridge .
ALT: a man in a plaid shirt and tie is standing in front of a fridge .
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
me (foolish) i’ve been struggling with chapter 7 forever. i don’t know what to do with it. it’s been like 2 weeks. genuinely what do i do
my agent (extremely wise): have you tried just skipping it
me:
my agent (extremely wise): have you tried just skipping it
me:
never kill yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
never kill yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET’S go
![Dear Seven Rasmussen,
Thank you again for the submission of your short story "Crown Shyness" to [REDACTED]
Magazine. This is just a quick note to say that it has been held for further consideration. You should hear from us again in the next couple months](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qofqpqau42nmrqgtcqpr4o7w/bafkreie47yc625srpqvg6ks62ssv3ugr3dxel27wf5r3g6t65qmuu27pbi@jpeg)
December 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
LET’S go
get the RAW TRUTH that the MAINSTREAM MEDIA doesn’t want YOU to know about the BERMUDA TRIANGLE and UNDERPLATED BATHYMETRIC SWELLS OF MODIFIED LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE
December 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
get the RAW TRUTH that the MAINSTREAM MEDIA doesn’t want YOU to know about the BERMUDA TRIANGLE and UNDERPLATED BATHYMETRIC SWELLS OF MODIFIED LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE
well that was at least a fast 180
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
well that was at least a fast 180
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I agree with this entire thread. I am deeply disappointed by @sfwa.org 's decision, especially considering how many of its members (including me) had our work stolen for the creation of that generative AI. There is NO way anyone should be eligible for a Nebula without doing ALL the writing themself.
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I agree with this entire thread. I am deeply disappointed by @sfwa.org 's decision, especially considering how many of its members (including me) had our work stolen for the creation of that generative AI. There is NO way anyone should be eligible for a Nebula without doing ALL the writing themself.
Reposted by seven “swans a swimming” rasmussen
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
love to receive an email from the Nebulas saying AI slop will be allowed as long as it’s not 100% slop and labeled as such… SFWA are you literate because you definitely can’t read a room
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
love to receive an email from the Nebulas saying AI slop will be allowed as long as it’s not 100% slop and labeled as such… SFWA are you literate because you definitely can’t read a room
palpable sense of relief at the bookstore i treat as my office as the bookseller produces a dozen copies of HEATED RIVALRY from the mail
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
palpable sense of relief at the bookstore i treat as my office as the bookseller produces a dozen copies of HEATED RIVALRY from the mail
for $20 i will come to your holiday work gathering and loudly mock ChatGPT users
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
for $20 i will come to your holiday work gathering and loudly mock ChatGPT users
Art™️ Obtained
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Art™️ Obtained
if gender is a binary why can’t it run doom
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
if gender is a binary why can’t it run doom