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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/10/2026
It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.
Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026
Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).
A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 13/07/2026
Oh, 'don't worry', they say, 'LLMs may produce a lot of slop & cause tremendous harm but in the hands of a brilliant genius like me they work really well. Other people might be creating garbage, but my LLM output is great, because I'm special. Everyone should use LLMs so that I don't feel judged.'
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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I always find it funny when people say "this era will be judged harshly in history books". Like, if we've learned anything from recent world events, it's that nobody reads history books.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
ZELENSKYY: We attack military targets in Russia, or their energy, which they sell to fund war. Russians deliberately target civilian objects: museums, schools, apartments. They destroyed this Chornobyl museum that we built for 40th anniversary just one month ago. Crazy assholes.
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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Do Americans know that their Vice President was in Hungary campaigning for a Putin ally to be reelected, instead of in DC during a war in which Putin is helping Iran target Americans?
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
'Tis probably time to stop prefacing with "I hate to make the 'Dolf comparison" when speaking about the winner of the 'Dolf lookalike contest.
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I know not everyone is down for free trade and open immigration, but separate from the particulars, it's both sad and scary to me that every day Earth's countries seem to be closing the doors. There's plenty to complain about with the post-WWII order, but also so many good things taken for granted.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2025
It Only Tuesday theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-181956…
It Only Tuesday
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
An end to the American century.
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
So many shovel salesmen, so aggressively selling shovels.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Pre-order alert! Essays on genre, pacing, craft of writing, plot structures, history of SFF publishing, and why spec fic is like a juggling routine with a grapefruit!
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
When they shutoff the LLMs some people's emails are gonna be like "me client, me want deliverable, you make good, you incorporate brand strategy"
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JD Random - RandomWhiteGuy @thereelrandom.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
They’ll have to pry the em dash from my cold dead hands. 🩷 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Our Fund Drive is still live! This year's AfroSurrealism Special Issue was funded through a stretch goal during last year's Kickstarter! Here's some more from that issue: luminaries by Adebe DeRango-Adem Let Sleeping Hyenas Lie  by Rutendo Chidzodzo Read at the link in our bio!
POETRY

by Adebe DeRango-Adem
luminaries 

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"a piebald sparrow       on a barbed wire    

wearing its short-lived     freedom thin"

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"The taxidermy head scared her last night when she checked into her presidential suite at the Ritz-Carlton in Johannesburg. Mai Alfred makes a mental note to tell the staff to take it out tomorrow. She cannot imagine spending another night sleeping with the hideous creature."

Let Sleeping Hyenas Lie
by Rutendo Chidzodzo

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Strange Horizons
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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Two more pieces from our Fund Drive issue: The Wild Courage of Despair by Ian Muneshwar View Window by A. T. Greenblatt @atgreenblatt.bsky.social Read both at the link to the Fund Drive issue in our bio! Want to unlock the rest of the content in the Fund Drive issue? Donate to our Kickstarter!
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"What is the function of despair? For me, right now, it is this: Despair demands constant anxious attention. It does not admit space for unthinking hope. At the same time, though, it will not let you turn face away or slide toward numbness and apathy. Despair is an unresolved state."

The Wild Courage of Despair 
by Ian Muneshwar

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"Nikki listened, but didn’t ask what otherworldly person he’d seen in a reflection and what it foretold that spooked him so badly. She was a good friend. When he finished, she said: “Damn, Oliver, you don’t do things in half measures.”

View Window 
by A. T. Greenblatt
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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
It’s the weekend! Looking for something to read (or listen to?), try this one.
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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
2025 has been a hard year so far for Apex. In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽
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Looking into the Future
This year has not gone as planned. On January 14th, 2025, Diamond Comics filed for reorganization under Chapter 11. Years of bad business practices had caught up with Diamond Comics as they owed milli...
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Andor was really awe inspiring.
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Great story by @genedoucette.bsky.social , but I recommend listening to it as narrated by the great @stefansecho.bsky.social & friends, he had me giggling the whole time.
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Rthing It Up: An Oral History - Lightspeed Magazine
In 23762, the Interstellar Community of Planetary Systems began its campaign to add a new member: a distant, isolated planet called Rth. It would be an understatement to say that the annexation of Rth...
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Didn't Americans have, like, a well organized militia or something, to, you know, fend off tyranny and stuff?
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Programs have been passing the Turing test since the 80s, but people really love doing free publicity by repeating nonsense they read somewhere. Nobody who has given the subject any real consideration takes the idea of the Turing test seriously. Also 👇
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This one hits hard. I recommend it highly, though it's not for the faint of heart. "Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep," by Sarah Langan. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/does...
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Does Harlen Lattner Dream of Infected Sheep?, Part I - Lightspeed Magazine
The body opened too easily, like paper wrapping on room temperature butter.  “This isn’t right,” Lattner said, at first to himself, then louder, for the trauma nurse and anesthesiologist to hear. The ...
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It seems that all along I was missunderstanding what "free market" meant.
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A story by yours truly has come out in the marvelous Sci Phi Journal. The cool thing about it? There's a map. If you care to take a look, I hope you'll be entertained, and I submit for your enjoyment "An Image of Worlds".
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An Image Of Worlds - Sci Phi Journal
An invitation to voyage the stars, presented in crisp 2D, by Arturo Sierra.
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Sic Semper Tyrannis.
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Utopia Science Fiction Magazine @utopiascifi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Tremendous thanks to everyone who has supported this Kickstarter. We have now reached our goal (phew) and with donations still coming in, we're thrilled to make Utopia Science Fiction an open home for new and groundbreaking writers! www.kickstarter.com/projects/uto...
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Volume VII: Utopia Science Fiction Magazine
Help us fund another year of Utopia Science Fiction, publishing optimistic stories, poems, science articles and paying our authors.
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Analog, Asimov's, F&SF bought and sold. Scary stuff. locusmag.com/2025/02/anal...
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Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF Under New Ownership
The “big three” digest magazines Analog, Asimov’s, and F&SF are under new ownership, confirming recent rumors, as reported by Jason Sanford and Steve Davidson of Amazing Stori…
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Apparently, it's sooner dead than a marxist, but juche is quite alright.
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Season 2 of Andor has a lot to live up to. S1 was the best TV I ever saw*. I hope to god they don't drop the ball now. The bar is very high. *You may not have liked it. Please don't piss on my circus by posting so.
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The Creature promises that Ukraine won't enter NATO. Might as well, since now that the US are threatening war on other NATO members, the alliance is probably pretty much over.
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
LLMs an example of "technologies that are not done 'for us' but 'to us.'" Geuter.
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Uplifting thought: maybe the Creature will end up being for the better. The world economy will come to such a screeching halt, carbon emissions are bound to go down... at least, it might compensate for all the extra they are looking to burn. I know it's not much of an uplift, but I grasp...
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Arturo Sierra @artsierra.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Cry and cry and cry. www.science.org/content/arti...
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EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
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