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JP Goggin
@writerjp.bsky.social
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English faculty, part-time sci-fi writer, retired Naval Aviator, nerd, fully-qualified space cadet. I'm still learning. #neurodiverse #amwriting #scifi Coffee is my fav junk food. (he / him)
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writerjp.bsky.social
An important tone-setter for 2026, well worth a read.
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Awesome short sf! Worth a quick read. ;)
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Nov 10
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
snyder.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
Troubling stat shared during this morning's Convocation. Time to get to work.

#education #communitycollege #communitycollegesrule
August 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
Sounds awesome. Pinning to read later. ;)
smallwondersmag.com Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · Aug 19
Annie is a taxi driver taking people to a place of forgetting in "The Only Way Out" by Louise Hughes. Find this memorable story in our Issue 2:
The Only Way Out - Small Wonders
"This is it. Walk across and everyone'll forget you. I mean everyone. He won't come looking. You can go wherever you like from there."
smallwondersmag.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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neonhemlock.bsky.social
I have found myself on the virtual faculty at the 2026 Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat for SFFH writers! Come hang out?

The event includes 5,000-word critiques, classes, pitching sessions, 1:1 office hours, and plenty of time for writing. Learn more at starforgers.com.
Sandia Starforgers Writers Retreat and Workshop - April 2026 Fri Apr 24, 2026 6:00 PM - Mon Apr 27, 2026 Albequerque! With MRK, CJA, Geoff Habiger and Marie Parks. (The graphic has our faces in cute circles.....I am the only one not smiling and I look quite dour in a respectable way.)
August 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
"...the risk of "emboldened" claimants forcing enormous settlements will chill investments in AI."

Such broken logic. Profiting off stolen intellectual property is and should continue to be illegal, full stop.
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
arstechnica.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
Climate change is a hoax.
August 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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augursociety.bsky.social
📣 Calling all SFF writers...

We're now OPEN for submissions of
🌟 Short fiction
🌟 Flash fiction
🌟 Poetry

for Augur Issues 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3, AND @talesfeathers.bsky.social Vol 5!

Got a sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, slipstream, or a slice of life story that feels like a warm hug? We want it! 🐉🧚
The background is an illustration of three fire glowing celestial characters in robes with an overlay of purple. One of them in the middle holding their hand and behind it are flowers. At the corners of the illustration are the two characters with a book in one hand and a pencil in the other. At the top of the image is the augur logo and below it reads: "Magic. Futures. Dreams" in white text. In the middle, it reads: "Submissions Open Now" in white text. Underneath reads: "$100 CAD per poem. $0.14 CAD per word (fiction, 800+ words). $112 CAD per flash fic (<800 words)" in white text. There is a purple banner that reads submit now and next to it is a graphic of an email. At the bottom of the image is the submissions link: augursociety.org/submissions
August 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
Another troubling example.
July 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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scifansat.bsky.social
Calling all writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and More: Submissions are open for August’s #SciFanSat issue until 08.21.2025 at scifansat.com/landing.html!

Our theme this month is… CREATION!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts
SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! August’s theme is CREATION. The deadline for submissions is August 21st, 2025.
July 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
I expect us to see more stories like this. Tools only help you work more quickly if results are reliable and reproducible. LLMs are still far short of this standard in many cases.
jennelias.bsky.social Jennifer Elias @jennelias.bsky.social · Jul 29
New: Google execs are "urgently" pushing employees to use more AI tools in their day-to-day as the company tries to get more productivity out of everyone amid growing AI $$ spending. cnb.cx/44RB5X8
Google execs say employees have to 'be more AI-savvy' as competition ramps up
Google has fewer employees than it did in early 2023, and the company is pushing AI in part to boost efficiencies.
cnb.cx
July 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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storyhour.bsky.social
This Story Hour, a favorite returns and a new favorite makes her debut! Douglas Gwilym reads for us once more, and we welcome Mar Vincent for the first time. Unmissable! Join us Wednesday, July 30 at 7:00 PDT! #Booksky @douglasgwilym.bsky.social @marofthebooks.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com
Head-and-shoulders color photo of author Douglas Gwilym, a fair-skinned man with graying dark hair, mustache, and neatly trimmed chin beard. He is centered, his shoulders squared to the camera, in front of what appears to be gray unfinished wood with a knot in it. He wears a blue plaid shirt over a brown tee and looks just to the right of the camera, smiling bemusedly. Head-and-shoulders color photo of author Mar Vincent, a fair-skinned woman who wears her straight brown hair shoulder-length and parted on the side. She wears a black V-neck and narrow glasses with black plastic frames. With one shoulder hitched up high, she poses in front of a lightly textured interior wall painted cream color, tilts her head to the side, and regards the camera with an expression that might signify either ruefulness or bemusement.
July 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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papersquared.bsky.social
So many great alternatives! ghost.io, beehiiv, or Buttondown! And they make transferring your old content and subscribers easy.

DROP SUBSTACK.
February 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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elijah.mea.rs
"What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw" is free to read today!!
apexmag.bsky.social Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · Jul 29
"1.8 billion miles from the sun, my roots dig deep into the soil of a small garden." 🌌🍏

New fiction today by @elijah.mea.rs: "What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw"

Read it here: www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...
"What the Crab Apple Tree Near Miranda Spaceport Saw By Elijah J. Mears, Apex Magazine Issue 150"
July 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
Moke sighting in SPI.
July 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Great post on the importance of persistance. 👇👇👇
July 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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asv.bsky.social Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · Jul 28
It's almost like students actually need to learn literacy and critical thinking which then is transferrable to lots of other tasks later on...hmm.....
July 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
🧵 Awesome thread about a joke with a punchline discovered six decades later. Thx @opalescentopal.bsky.social for sharing. 👇👇👇
opalescentopal.bsky.social Opal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · Jul 27
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
We must work collectively to fight corporate overreach wherever we find it. Sign the petition to convince them to end these censorship policies.
trollbreath.com Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · Jul 27
Petition demanding banks end censorship of products based on the lies of Christo-fascist groups and their supporters. The news is picking up on the growing backlash, so please sign it and/or send emails to Mastercard/Visa asking them to end these policies.

www.change.org/p/tell-maste...
Sign the Petition
Tell MasterCard, Visa & Activist Groups: Stop Controlling What We Can Watch, Read, or Play
www.change.org
July 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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smallwondersmag.com
"Sunnyside Daycare Employee's Chat Log, Post Alien Takeover" by Amanda Helms provides exactly what it says on the tin, with perfect comedic timing. Check it out in our first issue:

smallwondersmag.com/...
Sunnyside Daycare Employees’ Chat Log, Post Alien Takeover - Small Wonders
please any humans left where is the syllabus of human learning
smallwondersmag.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
writerjp.bsky.social
Awesome thought for the day. ;)
pronouncedlahra.bsky.social Laura Blackwell @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · Jul 26
Sometimes the craft store gets me.
A plaque rests on a store shelf full of pink Halloween decorations. The plaque is white with a pink frame and says "The horrors persist but so do I" in black. There are also black bats on it.
July 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Nauseating. The sense of privilege and tone deafness demonstrated by a move like this is breathtaking. $$ > authors' rights, I guess.
July 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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July 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM