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tits andronicus @tambourine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this is near my work and every day has me feeling more and more blackpilled. cyclists refuse to just exist in a society with pedestrians

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures:

An image of Elizabeth Holmes talking to Nathan Fielder, from the upcoming documentary. Holmes' face is in full view and she is wide eyed with a strained looking smile. Nathan Fielder is facing away from us. The two are uncomfortably close to each other for two people having a documentary conversation.

Lauren Layfield (a human woman) and Hacker T. dog (a canine puppet) from the show CBBC HQ. They are inches away from each other, staring into each others' eyes. Hacker is in the middle of delivering the iconic, nonsensical, improvised endlessly memeable line "we're just normal men... we're just innocent men" - which is going to cause both of them to crack up and corpse for the rest of the segment on live TV.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Full Lid!! Alasdair asked me to say a bit about that fucking wizard school story in 2026, and I was VERY happy to oblige. A lot of people - especially but not just creatives - need to stop tricking themselves into believing their little nostalgia habit is forgiveable and harmless.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

over 500 transmissions in, it's ridiculous how emotionally affecting this game is

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Recommendation: I'm currently playing The Message from Deep Space and LOVING it. I don't know who this game is for in general (people who really enjoyed Chants of Sennaar and think back fondly on school maths/science worksheets) but specifically it feels like it was MADE for me!

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This all looks delicioussss (and ❤️ thank you Alasdair!!)

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Not sure anyone here will be able to help with this, but I'll try anyway: does anyone have any recommendations for Lego news/reviews from people who DON'T cover the TERF wizard sets? Specifically Youtube since that's where I waste most of my time. But I'll take any fan media if it has principles.

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Speculative Insight has been publishing 2 essays/month about SFF since January 2024. That means there's 31 free essays available to read right now! Pratchett's Men, the politics of translation, ethnicity is SEAsian SFF, Tolkien and myth-making... and so much more... www.speculativeinsight.com

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Speculative Insight

A journal for exploring the ideas and themes that stand behind, inform, and develop out of, speculative fiction.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My first creative project in 2-ish years is here! Joyreads is a 1-page zine featuring 8 tiny pages of reviews, analysis and traced dog pictures, and a longer back page review. It can be read digitally or printed onto A4 for the intended tactile experience! Download here: arifel.itch.io/joyreads

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sweet, strange uncitizens: ONCE I WAS MADE OF EARTH is here, an epic fantasy that's been ratling in my brain for years now and that I'm putting out into the world serially outside of the capitalist publishing apparatus. Share, and read, and comment. archiveofourown.org/works/91618061

The painting "The Moment" by James Warden, with the text "Once I Was Made of Earth" on it by Rivers Solomon. The painting is in the romantic style, quite dramatic and dark in tone if not colour, with a horse rearing with fear in its eyes as a snake launches to bite it, against a back drop of pink and blue mountains.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Heyyyy @clarkeaward.bsky.social! Are there any good solar eclipse viewing points near the award ceremony venue?

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think to claim any aesthetic or thematic niche is immune from detectable generative AI works is misguided, automated scraping isn't a human curating only the most successful and average work to reproduce- weird niche works were scraped too, broad and indiscriminate, and they can be spat out again

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Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The flip side of 'let people enjoy things' is also 'let people hate things'. I don't actually care what any of you like, and if you do like something that should be able to withstand an article saying it's bad.

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Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

man it sucks to see people blaming small SFF magazines and their volunteer staff for getting got by AI submissions. this is like those smug jerks who think they're too clever to get taken in by phone scams. I get it, man. I'd like to be unfoolable also. but unfortunately none of us are.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

As mainstream publishing steers itself away from even the thinnest veneer of diversity towards conservative propaganda disguised as sexy empowerment... the real problem is small magazine editors and micropresses not publishing exclusively glittering prose that arrives fully formed in the slush pile?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 03/07/2026

#TheFullLid -3rd July - Happy Friday! This week @brandtandstein.com introduce us to the Worst Man, the ALA tell us to read, Twiglet is adorable and @ibuiltthesky.bsky.social plays us into the weekend! mailchi.mp/59c2027ab412...

On top of a basically exploded wedding cake, Chris Kafka sits. He is a very large man with long ish scruffy black hair, stubble and a white shirt and purple tie and jacket. He's not wearing socks but is in leather loafers. It looks good. In his arms, leaning backwards and toasting us with an enormous shiteating grin is Rad Raleigh. Slender, red haired, red suited, black shirted, yellow tied and entirely without filter, Rad is clearly having a ball. Chris is not. Written over them on a wedding invite style title card is BRANDT & STEIN-WORST MAN

Miss Piggy in a super cute kicky denim skirt and blouse picks books from the top of a shelf as Kermit reads next to her.

Twiglet the white cat with pink ears sits neatly on a dark blue carpet, tail kinked, looking up at the camera.

A smiling be-suited man with red hair and a beard holds a hand up to a bird, which lands on it. He, the bird and the desk he's leaning against are all on fire. He doesn't care and neither should you. At the top is the title I BUILT THE SKY - PROMISE ME YOU'LL THRIVE.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I don't really Go Here at the moment but want to have on the record that I think "Hugo dilution" is just a gross, disrespectful thing to be throwing around. I'd rather see the Hugos lose every fan category altogether than keep talking about fan effort this way.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I finished Project Hanuman yesterday and it is SO GOOD! At once an expansive galaxy full of incomprehensible but believable life, and a really quite claustrophobic and tense main plot with characters I enjoyed watching. Excellent science fiction! Get it for Stew's birthday!

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Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Strange Horizons annual fund-drive is now live! Support us to continue publishing free, weekly, online SFFH fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction for our 27th year! www.backerkit.com/c/users/3516... For new supporters - welcome aboard. For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵

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Strange Horizons - BackerKit

Back projects you want to see in the world.

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This is a reminder that we exist! Monthly free essays about cool SFF-related topics! And monthly subscriber-only essays about the same! If you want BOTH, get it for AUD30/year! That's about GBP16 or USD22 (... forex depending...). 28 free essays to read already! www.speculativeinsight.com

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Speculative Insight

A journal for exploring the ideas and themes that stand behind, inform, and develop out of, speculative fiction.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I know I should let people have their fun but a piece of my soul crumbles to ash every time I see an American relate a non-US political event back to JD fucking Vance

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Anathema Magazine @anathemamagazine.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Fundraiser Announcement! Next Wednesday April 1st, Anathema will launch a Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds for one or more years of operation. We plan to offer a few incentives (merch, services, subscriptions) to people who support the campaign. Stay tuned! Our Editors are [drumroll]... (1/2)

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 20/03/2026

#TheFullLid - 20th March - Happy Friday! We're back with a @mygoditsraining.bsky.social 's brilliant The Survivor, Nancy Blum's amazing subway flowers from @thisiscolossal.com , @brendonconnelly.bsky.social 'snew newsletter and Sonic Youth takes us out to the weekend. mailchi.mp/8b1e48dbc800...

A New York subway train hurtles past a deserted platform, motion blurring as it goes. At the top of the image is the quote 'An absolute delight to read a thriller this damn good.' by Mark Greaney. Below that is the title THE SURVIVOR. Below that are the words A NOVEL and below that is the name ANDREW REID

A green background with an image of an ink well in black and the words 'invisible ink' written in white lower case text

Pink flowers and curved dark green leaves in mosaic form on a white background in a New York subway station

A kneeling woman in a dress snarls on a concrete floor. Above her the words SONIC YOUTH are written in the air. Below her in the bottom left corner is the word EVOL.

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Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

As it's Hugo time, I wanted to talk about a category I care about, and which I think could do with a bit of extra love when it comes to nomination time - it's best fan writer! (this is gonna be a thread of me doing hype, which I'm bad at, but that is much deserved by all here linked, pls be nice)

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Eligibility post: I’m Hugo-eligible for Best Fan Writer for my blogging at Tar Vol On and work facilitating discussion for the Hugo Readalong and Short Fiction Book Club 🧵

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Hugo Noms have opened and I want to get in quick with this: there is a fabulous and vibrant contemporary SFF novella scene and the quality is *not* disproportionately located at tordotcom, which puts out brilliant work but does not have a monopoly on it. 5 titles for your consideration follow:

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🎃 Trip Ghouley 🎃 @trip.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Not enough of you have read Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy by @sentencebender.bsky.social Gay Jewish love story, tattoo magic, (historical!) Jewish lesbian mobster, 1920s New York City, boxing…and really one of the best examples of novella writing I can think of (suiting story to word count). GO READ!

Cover of Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy by Sam J Miller. Babt blue cover with white text, title on top, author name on bottom, a boxing glove and a pistol in three concentric circles in the centre.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Londoners! Londoners who like video games and music! Do I have the event for you: readysingerone.co.uk/sing-gloriou...

A green banner with an Expedition-33 style stone monument on it, a rocky structure with glowing text reading "RS1". The text of the banner reads "Ready Singer One presents SING GLORIOUSLY: a video game concert 30 March, 31 March, 1 April, 7:45pm, Crypt on the Green, Farringdon"

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Londoners! Londoners who like video games and music! Do I have the event for you: readysingerone.co.uk/sing-gloriou...

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I'm not eligible for any Hugos in 2026, so one of you will have to tell Neil Gaiman to fuck off into the sun this year

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The rare double dog pic, to give your timeline and your soul a tiny bit of relief

A large brindle (brown with black stripes) greyhound lying on a carpet next to a small brown dog who is curled up in a small grey bed. Both are staring intently at the human.

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Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 23/01/2026

I read The Everlasting. I did not have a good time. I wrote about why I think it's a deeply, deeply problematic novel here. I'm pretty nervous about posting this because my response is very emotional and quite specifically mine but there it is.

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A review of the deeply problematic, The Everlasting

I wrote this review because I feel like I live in a time where we have to draw attention to narratives that abuse our sentiments about right and wrong, that use sleight of hand to have us accept da…

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Introducing Styx! She is a rescued ex-racing greyhound, switching to a new career of sofa stealer, ear model and minor sff pet celebrity. She was in foster for a little while before joining me but home life is still a bit confusing for her. Still, she's determined to cuddle her way through it ❤️

A brindle greyhound in a blue fleece, lounging on a sofa and staring at the camera. One of her ears is flopping the wrong way, giving her a combover look.

The same greyhound, without clothes, standing around in a living room with a big fluffy white bed in the background. Her ears are both pointing the wrong way up on her head.

Same greyhound, back on the sofa, lying on a blanket and staring at the human like "oh was this your spot?"

Same greyhound, lying on the lap of a human who is mostly out of frame except for part of her body and an arm which is draped lightly on the dog's neck. The dog has her eyes almost closed in sleep.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/01/2026

I just want everyone to step back and realize how often it's a trans woman getting bullied off social media.

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Adri Joy @adrijjy.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

It's my birthday, go out on a little walk if you need one

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/12/2025

2) when deciding if a clear rule is a GOOD rule, the absolute last thing you should be doing is crafting a rule and then looking to see if it excludes people you like and respect and frantically redrafting it if it does so that those people are eligible for your contest

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Lily Lachance 🏳️‍⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com · 17/12/2025

If you enjoyed this essay of mine back in August, and if you're filling out your Hugo Awards ballot... I believe this is eligible for "Best Related Work." 😌

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

For your general consideration....we published eight novellas this year. Three issues of Baffling. And a short story collection by Christopher Caldwell. (Plus we are sneaking out AT LEAST two more anthologies, an issue of Baffling, and a chapbook by Izzy Wasserstein before the end of the year.)

Books covers on a spooky gold and black trippy background:

THE OBLIVION BRIDE
THE COSMIC COLOR
REDUNDANCIES AND POTEMTIALS
DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS
THE DREAMING OF MAN
THE DEAD WITHHELD
THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS
NO SUCH THING AS DUTY

CALL AND RESPONSE

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Labour are just completely committed to this, they are simply all in on becoming repulsive racists on the grounds of some admixture of sincere belief and that Reform would be worse (the latter of which I guess is true, but is true in part because they are shifting the permissibility window outward).

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⳽ⳑⲇⳕⲛⲉ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 06/12/2025

this sounds like a joke but it's really not. 'gender critical' is a tiny movement but the ppl involved are all in powerful positions and have megaphones.

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