iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Pamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade @pfiore8.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nothing to be done, no one held to account This is Republicans not giving a shit

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My cozy mystery Cheddar Luck Next Time is on sale in the UK & US through October 4th! 1.99 for Amazon ebook. Autistic (like me) lead character! Oodles of cheese! Chonky orange cat! Sequel out in February! amzn.to/3ZlFfnR [promo link]

A green book cover is bold against a red background. Amazon Kindle deal for Cheddar Luck Next Time $1.99 limited time offer: 28 September- 4 October 2026.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m looking forward to our joint reading next week. Thanks for this write up Richard!

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Where to find me October 2 and October 6 (in bookstores, of course)! Excited to share the stage with @talkinghyphae.bsky.social, @richardleis.com, and Katherine Quevedo!

Two book events in Portland Oregon: Friday October 2, 6:30pm at BOLD Coffee & Books, and Tuesday October 6, 6:30pm at Parallel Worlds Bookshop

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New small relief print from @monicatrinidad.bsky.social ! May our daily choices, actions, and commitments continue to pollinate just futures for all who demand it. 🦋🐝🌸 justseeds.org/product/poll...

Inspired by the historic groundbreaking ceremony of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial, proceeds from this limited edition print supports future community engagement, programming, and mutual aid projects at the memorial site.

Organizing, largely led by the survivors and their family members, made this happen. This permanent public memorial honoring survivors of police torture is the first of its kind in the U.S. It was also the final, unfulfilled promise of the Reparations Ordinance that Chicago’s City Council passed in 2015—which was also the first time survivors of racially-motivated police torture have been given reparations under international law. This memorial doesn’t undo the harm that was done, but it creates a critical space to collectively remember, heal, and learn. Oppression also thrives on forgetting—so the work doesn’t end once the memorial is constructed.

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

First Reader slot applications have stuffed our mailbox to the brim. But so far no applications for the Marketing or Production Editors who will be working alongside our existing marketing and production editors, which is where we need the most help.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New place to catch reviews of speculative poetry! Here’s your chance to catch the first year.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

People keep searching for the definition of fascism, as if trying ever so sincerely to understand current events.

Top Lookups from Merriam-Webster. Item #1 is "fascism"

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

SFPA members, ONE MORE WEEK to get your Elgin and Rhysling votes in! Check your email inbox for the latest missive for voting links ⭐ Voting closes Sept. 15

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. —Wendell Berry

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

words not yet invented The distance traveled between sleep and dreaming.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I have reached a point in my book hoarding life where I need to have a place for my miscellaneous bookmarks and a place for my good bookmarks.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Find me in LA this weekend Thursday But It's Not Mine: Cover Songs and Parody Legalities (Panel) Friday Table Talk (Solo session) Saturday Chapbook: The Poetry Mixtape (Panel) What Makes a Poem Award Worthy (Panel) Reading (Solo session) more details at the link

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Betsy Aoki (she/her) @betsyaoki.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Opening tomorrow! Please read the guidelines & submit one poem at a time. ( I know literary journals do the opposite, but our way actually forces a closer read of each poem)... see link in skeet for other guidelines.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

WORDS NOT YET INVENTED the tech and systems humans use to fight against futuristic hellscape technology #poetry #poem #dystopia #resist

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

WORDS NOT YET INVENTED post-authoritarian wonderland

a street mural with flowering trees and bright, colorful birds

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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I have updated the "Crowdsourced Award Eligible Speculative Poetry" spreadsheet for 2026, please add your published works: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Crowdsourced Award Eligible Speculative Poetry 2026

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

WORDS NOT YET INVENTED the sinking belief in your own humanity failing the captcha

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn landscape from above. It shows a forest on the right, a line of fire and charred ground with smoke on the left. The smoke is felted wool.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

WORDS NOT YET INVENTED the tipping point when the world is more fire than forest

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My latest poem is in Space & Time Magazine! Here is the observation from the editor in the intro. p.s., the world is burning, let's go back to the sea.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Explore the literary communities of Portland. Come say hello on Friday night! Thanks for hosting @wilwrite.bsky.social

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Today is the day! (Probably, we can't know 100%) but the vote on a Poetry Hugo is scheduled at today's WSFS meeting, 12EDT/9PDT. If you're attending #LAConV you can come and vote! Please do. More info at the link about the business meeting: www.lacon.org/businessmeet...

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WSFS Virtual Business Meetings – LAcon V

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Help us make it a reality! Let’s keep celebrating poetry at the Hugo Awards!

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fuzzy logic is a good descriptive name, but AI isn't. I propose we call word scramblers "the sloppy algorithm."

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Term limits! Ask your senators and representatives what they are doing to build the next generation of leaders. Ask how they plan to say goodbye. How much time in power is enough?

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sarah Mansfield MP has made a little book about The Very Hungry Data Centre

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ErinLindiCairns @erincairns.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'M SO EXCITED! The team has been so passionate and engaged, and I think we're going to have an absolute blast!

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Excited to see what’s next for Jordan! Support her work with ko-fi!

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

If you're looking for a break from the world cup drama, here are some poems! One fresh-and-new and three reprints are showcased in this essay. Published under Marge Simon's column BLOOD & SPADES.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Now would be a lovely time to support my writing and community building. Chip in at my Patreon: ilikethispoem

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I have an anti-prime deal for you. Head to ilikethispoem dot com and subscribe at any paying level, and then download free digital copies of my three chapbooks.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ask your senators and representatives about the Private Prison Information Act. It's time to stop using privatization to dodge constitutional oversight. FOIA needs to apply to prisons that receive federal dollars! Uncover the hidden stories.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The universe exists, sure. Nobody quite knows exactly why. I’m reminded, day by day, that things happen because someone wakes up in the morning and does it. You can make it happen. You can be part of progress.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Why do we send guns after shoplifters? Too many avoidable tragedies come from dangerous, trigger-happy police officers.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

As writers, we tease death. As humans, we meet him. One of my most exciting moments while running Parody was when a submission arrived from Jane Yolen. Her poem "Death Rides USAir At Night" made it into volume 5 issue 1, playing in the ideas of Emily Dickinson. I hope Jane is having a good flight.

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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

My mother, the inimitable Jane Yolen passed away this morning after a blessingly short fight with Alzheimer’s. She did not suffer, and went peacefully into the ether which, I am certain for her, will be filled with words of the most exquisite beauty and meaning.

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Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Perhaps a risky thought to share, but I think about it often: the privilege that white writers have to not have to be concerned with whether their fiction is representative of any community or element of reality is actually an overwhelmingly thick layer of separation in creative spaces.

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Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I want you to read me because you like my words, trust my ideas, trust me to be curious about the world and make (hopefully) a valid universal insight. I don't want you to read me the way a tourist eats doubles--excited to experience something exotic & challenging. I want you to eat to be nourished.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

At the Nebula Ceremony, Ryka Aoki shared my poem and a few others. Shifting celestial winds carried us to the first ever Nebula Award for Best Poem! Comics also joined the crew with their inaugural award. What a night!

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Antifa Lit Journal tosses art at ICE. Watch the video for words and stories from an anthology of resistance. Catch my poems around the 5-minute and 59-minute marks! I was out of town, but glad to have the chance to participate virtually.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

What if California sued Trump for slander as a way to fight the fear mongering about voter fraud? How is it that he can endlessly run his mouth about the same empty rubbish?

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Hotel desk guy: Thank you for your continued loyalty. Me (but not out loud): Yes, I suppose day 1 is an important one for loyalty.

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

It's fine. It doesn't need to be a call. You can email your senator! You can use their online form. Send them a poem. Send them flowers.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 18/05/2026

I love walking into @skeuomorphpress.org & finding amazing things that our students & patrons made!

Black bookmarks with silver white ink reading

WIVES SUBMIT
TO TOP TIER ACADEMIC JOURNALS

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Brian U. Garrison @bugthewriter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

If everybody in the US chips in about $5.25, we can afford to pay one person $1.8billion. Ask yourself if you really need that gallon of gas more than one person needs his ego stroked.

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J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

EVERYBODY STAY CALM OKAY HOLY CRAP THE BALLOT IS OPEN I'M NOT FREAKING OUT YOU ARE

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