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@colink.bsky.social
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Disc golfer, programmer, podcaster (find me on 101sf.blogspot.com and Take Me To Your Reader), creator of Chain of Events (tgc.link/coe) and frolfle.com

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colink @colink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Any chance we're going to get some more Ana and Din short fiction, like The Lion's Tusk?
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congratulations on being published! I enjoyed the article.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@rachelcordasco.bsky.social Do you know about this book?
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Science Fiction 101 Podcast @sf101.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Science Fiction 101 Podcast @sf101.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're back . . . in time . . . to 1983 . . . Prompted by a contemporary review that suggested 1983 was a particularly bad year for science fiction film, we review the best and the worst movies from that year. How many of these have you seen lately? 101sf.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-ye...
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A Year Can Do A Lot To A Person (episode 70)
Triumph or disaster? Vintage or trainwreck? These are some of the questions we ask ourselves as we consider the year 1983 in science ficti...
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Seth @ Hugos There Podcast @hugospodcast.com · 26/09/2026
New Episode! Scott Pilgrim vs Everything (book/movie/series) pavementpodcast.com/archives/pod...
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@sfatw.bsky.social Thank you so much for the quiz. Phili administered it to me today during our recording session for @sf101.bsky.social .
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm podcasting tomorrow, and we've mentioned both the Translated Hugo Initiative and Small Planet in the past. I'll take a note to mention that Small Planet v2 is out, and the THI is still in progress.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That's disappointing. At the very least they could have said, "No" instead of ghosting you.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Any updates on the Translated Hugo Initiative?
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
People have been having panics about new tech making us dumber at least since Socrates thought *writing* would weaken people's ability to memorize, but AI may actually be the real deal in this one particular aspect
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Will we get to see it?
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is this for a trade?
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 21/09/2026
A short little video of the Murderbot event by TAMU Libraries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohm5...
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Murderbot screening, panel discussion, and book signing thrill fans
YouTube video by TAMU Libraries
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And Barnes and Noble.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17/09/2026
🧵 1/ Women should not be dying from ectopic pregnancies. With timely diagnosis and treatment, these deaths should be extraordinarily rare. Yet a new ProPublica analysis found nearly 200 deaths from 2020–2025 almost double the previous six years. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, raises questions about the role of abortion bans.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
At first I thought he was violating federal law, but there's no law about lying about giving people money for their votes. Unless that would fall under fraud?
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
No Coke Zero?
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Science Fiction 101 Podcast @sf101.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New episode! We're back in that time machine once again... 101sf.blogspot.com/2026/09/that...
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That's So Dated (episode 69)
Colin and Phil consider the significance of dates in science fiction. ...1984, 1999, 2001... all years that carry heavy connotations for t...
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I did a little searching and came across this: www.hlj.com/1-18-scale-l.... It's a "Road Bot".
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Lamborghini Murcielago Road Bot | HLJ.com
This highly poseable Road Bot stands 24cm tall in robot mode and features flashing lights and sounds at the press of a button! It's capable of transforming into a bright green Lamborghini Murcielago m...
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@tkingfisher.com Do you need more filler material for future hosting gigs? www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36666...
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Civilized caterpillars talk with their butts
Some caterpillars essentially talk with their rear ends, scraping oar-like structures on leaf surfaces to signal turf ownership to intruders. Now researchers have found the butt-talking evolved from c...
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Dennis M Powers @dennismpowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you are using Chrome, you can now turn off the AI features in the settings, as you can with Firefox. If you don't want to search Google with their (horrible) AI search function, you can search just the web. See below: 1/2
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There are only two stories that won a Hugo whose screen adaptation also won a Hugo. “All Systems Red” is the second one. The other is “Dune” Congratulations @marthawells.com.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I wonder which non-profit? ORHF? PNW-NRHC?
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ron Moore cites the adage that the director is king [or queen] in feature films and the writer/producer is king [or queen] in television. The writer is kind of a hired gun for feature films @laworldcon.bsky.social #SFF
A white man with shoulder length gray hair and a beard wearing glasses sits at a table next to a woman with dark red hair. They both speak into microphones
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You know you're at a science fiction convention when you're standing in line at a burrito truck with a person with very artfully applied horns on their head. #laconv
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Who are you doing Forgotten Beasts of Eld with?
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 28/08/2026
The arrangement provides free weekly bouquets to landowners, creates pollinator habitats, builds community connections, and proves you don't need to own property to farm. mrf.lu/2QVKt
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/08/2026
Proud to announce that New York City has registered a record 4,200 New Yorkers in our doula care program.  Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing moments. No one should be forced to navigate them alone.
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Mayor Mamdani Expands Access to Doula Care Across NYC as Citywide Initiative Surpasses 4,000 People Served
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I think they all 3 of those endorsed the current MAGA, anti-science regime. Their campaign donation status is uncertain.
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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#SFinTranslation
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We need to be careful about spreading misinformation, because it hides all the actually bad things that happen.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This graphic needs to be spot checked. There was no recall for Hershey's syrup. There was a recall for an "adult chocolate syrup that contained an ED drug on purpose" called Boner Bears Chocolate Syrup.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Exactly. To quote Senator Wyden, "Follow the money."
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wouldn't this be a prime time to drop a Kiva Lagos quote?
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 17/08/2026
What looks like a mess of fallen trees in a creek could ultimately help protect homes from flooding and improve habitat for native fish. mrf.lu/2RzDx
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The hero always rides in on a white horse, and the villain...
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Are you buying all these translated works or are you giving your local librarian a workout?
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The President cannot even survive a press conference or sporting event without falling asleep. He wouldn't last a day.
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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In a little over two weeks, you will have in your hands the second issue of Small Planet: The #SFinTranslation Magazine! I'm so excited! It will include pieces about the Locus Translated Novel award, Hungarian #sff authors, reading a translation of one's own stories, a vintage SFT review...
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Good ol' Dessert Cart Don.
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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#SFinTranslation out this month: from @tornightfire.bsky.social, @kayapress.bsky.social, and @transitbooks.bsky.social, with reviews by @killerfemme26.bsky.social, @coimeas.bsky.social, and yours truly: www.sfintranslation.com?p=17353
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
SAMMY DAVIS JR. tearing it up on the Drums and Vibraphone in 1963. He was quite simply, a phenomenon.
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It could be a fundraiser, where for a week people donate money based on just that. "Eh, that burrito could be palatable, I'd only pay $1 not to eat it." Versus, "That burrito is an offense to gastronomic science and cultural mores. $15!"
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Do we need to start an Internet petition for a 4 Scamperbeast cat tree emplacement in the Scalzi homestead?
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Six minutes after posting, and you're getting rate limited by CloudFlare? Must be a pretty hot topic!
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colink @colink.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is awesome! Be sure to read down the through the comments for other Bradbury-themed title spins.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026
Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/
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How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net
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