Steve Wheat
@virtualpowerpoet.bsky.social
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Americans got air and water pollution (coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel). And those living in Indiana also got higher utility bills (it's expensive to keep old coal plants running): www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/c... (gift). 🌎
Trump Tosses Lifelines to the Struggling Coal Industry
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Americans got air and water pollution (coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel). And those living in Indiana also got higher utility bills (it's expensive to keep old coal plants running): www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/c... (gift). 🌎
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Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st!
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
othersidespec.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! There’s only one week left in the year—which means we are ONE WEEK away from opening to fiction and poetry submissions on January 1st!
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
Get your original fiction and poetry ready ✨
othersidespec.com/guidelines/
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Haven’t mentioned it in a bit but if you’re compiling a list of 2026 releases to check out, reminder that my SFF collection, THE ASTRONAUT AMONG THE FLOWERS comes out in August. More info at @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as...
www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as...
The Astronaut Among the Flowers – Stars and Sabers
The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by Nebula finalist author P.A. Cornell.
www.starsandsabers.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Haven’t mentioned it in a bit but if you’re compiling a list of 2026 releases to check out, reminder that my SFF collection, THE ASTRONAUT AMONG THE FLOWERS comes out in August. More info at @starsandsabers.bsky.social.
www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as...
www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-as...
After hearing @oliverklangmead.bsky.social read from his book at an Electric Sheep reading I had his book in my cart before he was even finished.
I inhaled Calypso bookshop.org/p/books/caly... in one sitting yesterday. One of the most amazing books of speculative poetry I will ever encounter.
I inhaled Calypso bookshop.org/p/books/caly... in one sitting yesterday. One of the most amazing books of speculative poetry I will ever encounter.
Calypso
Check out Calypso - <b>"Ambitious and immersive...an elegantly told meditation on how we can’t leave ourselves behind." -Esquire Magazine - The Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024<br><br>A ground-br...
bookshop.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
After hearing @oliverklangmead.bsky.social read from his book at an Electric Sheep reading I had his book in my cart before he was even finished.
I inhaled Calypso bookshop.org/p/books/caly... in one sitting yesterday. One of the most amazing books of speculative poetry I will ever encounter.
I inhaled Calypso bookshop.org/p/books/caly... in one sitting yesterday. One of the most amazing books of speculative poetry I will ever encounter.
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This is a great piece by @leahstokes.bsky.social with practical ideas to lower electricity prices…
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is a great piece by @leahstokes.bsky.social with practical ideas to lower electricity prices…
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Solar panel areas can be designed to be better for bird diversity than cropland: Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #solarpanels #birds #energy #greenenergy #jernmarker
Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities
Our findings suggest that properly sited and developed ecovoltaic solar facilities in human altered landscapes can improve habitat for birds and other wildlife, but further research is needed to unde...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Solar panel areas can be designed to be better for bird diversity than cropland: Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #solarpanels #birds #energy #greenenergy #jernmarker
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Extreme heat doesn’t just feel exhausting — it ages your body.
A new study shows repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking.
Climate change is literally speeding up our biological clock.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A new study shows repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking.
Climate change is literally speeding up our biological clock.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking
Long-term study suggests that the more heatwaves people are exposed to, the more it accelerates body ageing.
www.nature.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Extreme heat doesn’t just feel exhausting — it ages your body.
A new study shows repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking.
Climate change is literally speeding up our biological clock.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A new study shows repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking.
Climate change is literally speeding up our biological clock.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p... - Another great, thought out, nuanced critique and plan to fight against the AI bubble and damage its causing
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p... - Another great, thought out, nuanced critique and plan to fight against the AI bubble and damage its causing
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Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.
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Timely and transcendent. I've had a marvelous time recently with ECO24, collecting some of the finest ecofiction of the last year. A chance to reflect on the anxieties of a changing world, and to consider possibilities for transformation and alternative paths. A critical collection for our time!!
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Timely and transcendent. I've had a marvelous time recently with ECO24, collecting some of the finest ecofiction of the last year. A chance to reflect on the anxieties of a changing world, and to consider possibilities for transformation and alternative paths. A critical collection for our time!!
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NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS
If you published speculative ecofiction this year, we'd love to consider it for ECO25 💚🌿🐾🐚🦋🌿💚
If you published speculative ecofiction this year, we'd love to consider it for ECO25 💚🌿🐾🐚🦋🌿💚
Nominations for ECO25 are OPEN 🌍🌱✨ We look forward to reading your best 2025 ecofiction!
Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️
Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️
Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Nominations for ECO25 Now Open!
ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction is an annual showcase of some of the most compelling and thought-provoking ecofiction published every year. If you published speculative ecofiction in 2025 ...
www.apexbookcompany.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS
If you published speculative ecofiction this year, we'd love to consider it for ECO25 💚🌿🐾🐚🦋🌿💚
If you published speculative ecofiction this year, we'd love to consider it for ECO25 💚🌿🐾🐚🦋🌿💚
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On this Giving Tuesday, please consider a direct donation to Strange Horizons (or ask people to donate on your behalf as a gift!) It's tax deductible, and we're certified through Benevity if your employer does matching donations.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
On this Giving Tuesday, please consider a direct donation to Strange Horizons (or ask people to donate on your behalf as a gift!) It's tax deductible, and we're certified through Benevity if your employer does matching donations.
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In the old days you could defend a publication that had a grossly inadequate, corporate enabled, fascist coddling opinion section because the real journalism was still of the highest quality. But today the New York Times is part of the algorithmic stew and their problems seem insurmountable.
"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
In the old days you could defend a publication that had a grossly inadequate, corporate enabled, fascist coddling opinion section because the real journalism was still of the highest quality. But today the New York Times is part of the algorithmic stew and their problems seem insurmountable.
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Early-career professionals are increasingly unsettled — I see it daily — about their prospects for bear skull mentorship. About to enter my forties, I admit I'm insecure about my own magic sword planning and the frequency of my malevolent fog vanishings. My moss layer, however, is ahead of schedule.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Early-career professionals are increasingly unsettled — I see it daily — about their prospects for bear skull mentorship. About to enter my forties, I admit I'm insecure about my own magic sword planning and the frequency of my malevolent fog vanishings. My moss layer, however, is ahead of schedule.
Another banger from Cory Doctorow: What ifs Trump’s boneheaded tariffs are an opportunity to fix enshittified tech products in Canada? pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
Pluralistic: (Digital) Elbows Up (28 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Another banger from Cory Doctorow: What ifs Trump’s boneheaded tariffs are an opportunity to fix enshittified tech products in Canada? pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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@shortwavebooks.bsky.social for books across the speculative genres;
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
@shortwavebooks.bsky.social for books across the speculative genres;
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
@chmmagazine.bsky.social for the best Weird Horror/Sword & Sorcery magazines;
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social who force us all to be smarter & more literary;
I'll never remember everyone.
THE FUCKING POINT IS, SUPPORT INDIE PUBLISHING.
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Where’s Dickens when you need him?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Where’s Dickens when you need him?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I will write more about this later, for now just to say our paper has been published today. 10 years after Paris Agreement we can conclusively say we have failed to limit warming to well below 2°C. What next?
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Humanity has pushed Earth’s life-supporting systems to the brink, accelerated by our
failures over the past decade. Our only way to limit the duration and magnitude of
temperature overshoot is rapid, ...
www.cell.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I will write more about this later, for now just to say our paper has been published today. 10 years after Paris Agreement we can conclusively say we have failed to limit warming to well below 2°C. What next?
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
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fun fact: @radonjournal.bsky.social only needs $80 more per month to be fully funded for their amazing authors and artists. help support anti-establishment art! cool perks including exclusive discord access.
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
Support | Radon Journal
Ways to support Radon Journal. Patreon tiers, social media, and anon donations through Ko-fi. Support independent publishing!
www.radonjournal.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
fun fact: @radonjournal.bsky.social only needs $80 more per month to be fully funded for their amazing authors and artists. help support anti-establishment art! cool perks including exclusive discord access.
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
www.radonjournal.com/support
#litmag #scifi #anarchist #writing #art #joinus #wedontbite
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
How Much It Costs to Run a Literary Journal – 2025
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
Radon Journal is a not-for-profit science fiction publisher committed to transparency. This is our yearly public financial thread. We also want to show aspiring editors the true costs of running a semi-pro journal. #writingcommunity (1/10)
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for the paperback readers 👀‼️
*links for preorder in my bio*
A PALACE NEAR THE WIND paperback forthcoming April 2026 🌬️🍃🎐🏰
@titanbooks.bsky.social
*links for preorder in my bio*
A PALACE NEAR THE WIND paperback forthcoming April 2026 🌬️🍃🎐🏰
@titanbooks.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
for the paperback readers 👀‼️
*links for preorder in my bio*
A PALACE NEAR THE WIND paperback forthcoming April 2026 🌬️🍃🎐🏰
@titanbooks.bsky.social
*links for preorder in my bio*
A PALACE NEAR THE WIND paperback forthcoming April 2026 🌬️🍃🎐🏰
@titanbooks.bsky.social
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"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."