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Wonderful news! I'm glad things are moving again after the delay.

A *starred review* in Foreword said, "Set in a post-capitalist society wherein better does not yet mean great, and wherein some still wait to forgive and be forgiven, The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human is an enthralling speculative novel."

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Review of The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human

The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human: Suffused with supreme empathy, M. Darusha Wehm’s "The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human" is a probing speculative novel about the s...

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 1h

Good news, everyone! After a change in distributor, my near-future post-capitalist, post-climate change mystery, The Department of What It (Really) Means to be Human, is again available in ebook and paperback!

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The Department of What It (Really) Means to be Human - M. Darusha Wehm

The Department of What It (Really) Means to be Human is told with a consistent gentleness, and generosity, that gives [its] philosophical questions room to breathe.— Niall Harrison, LOCUS February 202...

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Andi @andiwrites.bsky.social · 5h

I wrote a book-full of words on dyspraxia in adults, full of ideas, tips and tricks, and rants about transport. Now I'm serialising it on Patreon. You can read and support here: patreon.com/untanglingli...

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Untangling Life by Andi C. Buchanan — words!

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 28/09/2026

I've been on the internet a very long time, and I've had more "what on god's green earth are you even talking about" moments in the last 2 years than in the previous 20. Just absolutely baffling non sequiturs, straw men, logical fallacies, malicious misconstructions, you name it. We are unwell.

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 25/09/2026

Lucky for you, the weather *is* political! Seriously, the next time someone moans about the storms or drought, you can agree with them and talk about climate change.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 25/09/2026

Glorious! Also, the shirt/tie/overalls combo is pure 🔥

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Strange Currencies @strangecurrencies.org · 24/09/2026

If i had a million dollars I wouldn't have to drink Kraft Dinner

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 24/09/2026

You'd just drink more.

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 24/09/2026

The first one totally reads as an Expanse prequel.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

an timely #nzpol reminder: if your David be Farrier, you couldn't be merrier if your David be Farrar: AAH, dude AAH

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 22/09/2026

In theory we do different ones, but lately it's joy all the time!

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 22/09/2026

At the start of each meeting of the political group I volunteer for, we go around and share what's bringing us joy these days. It's a great calibration.

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 22/09/2026

Congratulations again! And the Great Bunny Council is adorable.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

HUGE recommend from me. One of my favorite TV shows ever, full stop. And not just because it features a character nicknamed Angry Ginger. It just rocks. Anyway -- I love Killjoys, love it a lot. Team Awesome Force 4eva!!!

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 20/09/2026

Sometimes you see something that reminds you that people are great, actually.

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Niamh Hollis-Locke @niamhvh-l.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Simply dumbfounded that the PRIME MINISTER said "cry me a river" in response to the damage his government has done to this country's quality of living. What a rancid excuse for a human

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 17/09/2026

"I recently came across..." 🤮

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As a kid, I thought Statler and Waldorf were critics who had to watch The Muppet Show for their job. Realizing that they were there by choice fundamentally altered my understanding of human nature. Anyway, hi-ho, social media!

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Cadwell Turnbull @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So deeply honored I got to read an entry of Le Guin's blog. Baby-writer me with a copy of The Lathe of Heaven would be in disbelief (like I am currently)...

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 15/09/2026

Today: squeak squeak squeaky squeaksqueak SQUEAK squeaksqueaksqueak *ominous silence* ... And the cycle begins anew.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Iconic part of my childhood was watching the Carol Burnett show every week and watching the cast try not to break during moments like this. THIS moment? My entire family was on the floor, dying laughing. RIP Bob Mackie, who always understood the diva assignment.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Ben Allan @benallan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The timing on this

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 14/09/2026

When your human is sewing up all the toys you worked so hard on.

A brindle dog with a white chest and white socks lies on a blue rug next to a well-mended elephant toy. She looks up at the camera with an attentive expression.

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 13/09/2026

I mean, my particular nuclear bomb fear was that I'd be far enough away to live, but close enough to see the explosion and my eyeballs would melt. ... Were we all weird kids??

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 13/09/2026

Oh, yeah, serial killers! I wasn't scared of them exactly, but I certainly thought they were about as common as quicksand. By which I mean extremely.

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 13/09/2026

Sounds right. Unlike The Muppet Show with their very special guest star, Alice Cooper, I've not revisited that one.

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 13/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child: Something (??) in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The way flies look under a microscope Nuclear annihilation Alice Cooper in The Muppet Show

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Workers First Union @workersfirstunion.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Living Wage is now $29.90 per hour. The Living Wage is calculated using the latest data and is the income that enables workers and their families to live with dignity, afford the basic essentials and participate as citizens in society. The new rate applies from 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2027. #nzpol

text reading "Did you know:
The Living Wage is now $29.90."
small text reading "www.livingwage.org.nz"

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 10/09/2026

🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Through three rom-com quoting characters, Audition explores carceral politics & the psychology of violence, & what healing from the harm of those systems might require in a world where embodiment & identity have lost all familiar forms.

A copy of Audition by Pip Adam stands on a black shelf next to a small glass vase holding a pinkish-yellow flower and some greenery with yellowy berries.

A quote from Audition: "It was a seamless balancing act between not wanting to be hurt anymore and being told nothing was hurting them. No one asked questions. But also, after a while there didn't seem to be a right question to ask. What was a question anyway? Everything felt off but that was the nature of things."

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(Most) NZ’ers take this for granted, but from perspective of someone who has only ever known democratic deficit, backsliding, & decay - this is v. special, and so wonderful. There’s something sacred about elections, & exercise of franchise only those who have suffered loss of both appreciate. #nzpol

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Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca · 09/09/2026