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David D. Levine

@daviddlevine.com
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Hugo- and Nebula-winning writer of THE KUIPER BELT JOB, the ARABELLA OF MARS trilogy, and over 60 science fiction and fantasy stories. He/him.

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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 18h
Japan day 6: Bullet train to Kyoto
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19h
Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (5): Sayonara!
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19h
Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (4): Splash Mountain & Country Bear Jamboree (which still exist in Tokyo!)
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19h
Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (3): villains in the rain
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19h
Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (2): guests in costume (it's permitted during Halloween time)
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19h
Japan day 5: Tokyo Disneyland (1)
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19h
Japan day 5: Tsukiji Peppers Cafe (a spice importer in the Tsukiji Fish Market which also sells pizza and cheese toast made with FRESH BLACK PEPPER omg so good) maps.app.goo.gl/JEdbPwgwHmJyce…
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19h
Japan day 4: Tokyo Night Food Tour
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Japan day 4: Harajuku & Shibuya
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 20h
Japan day 4: Meiji Shrine
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 28/09/2026
Japan day 3: teamLab Borderless
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 28/09/2026
Japan day 3: Ghibli Museum
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 28/09/2026
Japan day 2: Yanaka Old Town
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 28/09/2026
Japan day 2: Asakusa Kannon Temple
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 28/09/2026
Japan day 2: Imperial Palace Gardens
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 28/09/2026
Japan day 2: Tsukiji Market
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 28/09/2026
Japan day 1: Ginza by night
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 24/09/2026
At PDX heading to Japan!!!
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 24/09/2026
Very pleased to announce that my story "Rust" (originally published in the September/October 2025 issue of Analog) will be reprinted in the 2026 edition of anthology "Think Weirder: The Year's Best Science Fiction Ideas" edited by Joe Stech.
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 23/09/2026
We really need a "yuk" emoji to express the concept "I hate this." The existing "barf" and "nauseous" emojis don't express the sentiment I'm looking for.
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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'll be at the inaugural Massacre on the Mountain convention at Timberline, Oregon this weekend (9/26-9/27) so hope to see some of you there! It's in the hotel where they filmed the exterior shots for The Shining, so you know you want to see that!
bitter karella will be at the inaugural Massacre on the Mountain convention at Timberline, Oregon this weekend (9/26-9/27)
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 23/09/2026
Paxson Yoga Center, which I love and where I've been going for almost 2 decades now, is open to new students! First class is free! Check out Services > Yoga > Workshops in the menu for special focus classes such as Upper Body Strength and Hip Stability and Mobility. www.paxsonyogacenter.com
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 21/09/2026
Thoughtful essay about why we impute personhood to chatbots, why we shouldn't, and why they are both uncanny and, eventually, pathetic. pluralistic.net/2026/09/21/sun…
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 21/09/2026
The ebook of Arabella of Mars (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby Book 1) is on sale at Amazon for just $1.99 today (Sep 21) in the US and Canada! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C…
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends cashed in.
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Darth Vader Alter The Deal
Alt: Darth Vader Alter The Deal
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
opb.org
Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 19/09/2026
This Talk Like A Pirate Day, please keep in mind that pirates say "Arr," not "Argh."
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips.
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 18/09/2026
I recently came across this poem, which I had forgotten writing! It appeared in Flying Higher: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry (2013), edited by Michael Damian Thomas and Shira Lipkin.
Green in Gold and Silver
by David D. Levine
In brightest day, in blackest night
I summon fists of greenish light
Hands and hammers, fish and saucers
Things from tales that rival Chaucer's
I fly, I glow, my ring extrudes
Wrenches, crowbars, green Quaaludes
I am the man who knows no fear
Except when something yellow's near
It could be worse, my weakness could
Be objects made of common wood
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404 Media @404media.co · 18/09/2026
It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My “Doctor Who” idea is that the Doctor is a frog and his companion is a bear and every week they put on a variety show with the help of a very special guest star.
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 17/09/2026
20-year-old me's freaking head would explode, for so many reasons (all good!)
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 17/09/2026
Would you like to attend a historical LARP in the Pacific Northwest? The Magna Carta LARP (Oct 15-18) has several open characters! See cascadiarising.net/magna-carta-20… or email info@cascadiarising.net for more info.
cascadiarising.net
Cascadia Rising EVENTS
Immersive experiences in the Pacific Northwest
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It also covers multi-generational households. I'll bet a lot of race/ethnic based discrimination was using that excuse to get around the law.
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Chris Dashiell @cdashiell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Campaign statements and arguments from Republican candidates are meaningless. Once they’re elected, they all march in lockstep with fascism.
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's National Voter Registration Day — so don't be like Ambush Bug!
A comic book panel of the character Ambush Bug standing in front of a background which is a waving American flag, shouting to the skies, "I will vote! I swear it, by all I hold dear! It is time to stand up and be counted!" In the lower right of the panel is an arrow pointing at him which reads "Will forget to register." Ambush Bug is wearing blue pants, a yellow shirt, an orange overcoat ... and has green gloves and a green bug mask with tall antennae.
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 15/09/2026
On the hunt for Sasquatches in the "Sneaky Squatch PDX Art Hunt"! www.geekweekpdx.com/sneaky-squatch…
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Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey @beamjockey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Halfway through, I'm enjoying every paper page of JESTER PRINCE: HOW THE FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS REINVENTED THEATRE & SAVED THE WORLD, ALMOST by Howard Jay "Ivan" Patterson. And have just learned that an e-book version's borrowable from my local library's Hoopla collection. Your library's, too?
hoopladigital.com
Jester Prince Ebook by Howard Jay Patterson | hoopla
Read Jester Prince book by Howard Jay Patterson online for free with your library card on Hoopla's website or library app.
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Fred McNamara - ALL SECTIONS ALPHA is out NOW! 🌔 @commandermac.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
For every like this gets, I'll give you a fact about Space: 1999. Have the first one for free! 1) Sylvia Anderson supposedly wanted a more vulnerable commander of Moonbase Alpha who didn't always have the answers to every situation. Robert Culp was a preferred choice of actor.
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Fred McNamara - ALL SECTIONS ALPHA is out NOW! 🌔 @commandermac.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Happy Breakaway Day to all who celebrate.
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Space1999 Breakawayday
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Endeavour Award @endeavouraward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oct. 10th, Milwaukie OR, the 1st Endeavour Writers Conference with programming for writers & the Endeavour Award presentation to an author for a 2025 SF or fantasy novel or collection written when living & working in the Pacific NW. (OR, WA, ID, AK & BC, YT). endeavour-writers-conference.beehiiv.com
endeavour-writers-conference.beehiiv.com
Home | Endeavour Writers Conference Updates
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Endeavour Award @endeavouraward.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
2025 finalists The Antidote, by Karen Russell (Alfred A. Knopf) Blind Date with a Werewolf, by Patricia Briggs (Penguin Random House) Hole in the Sky, by Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday) Making Amends, by Nisi Shawl (Aqueduct Press) When We Were Real, by Daryl Gregory (Saga Press / Simon & Schuster)
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 13/09/2026
I've decided to eat just one meal a day and call it #blunchnerssert
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 13/09/2026
This delightful local artist is having a show at Lunaria Gallery in Silverton, Oregon. jwkinsey.com
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 13/09/2026
LARP is an art form and everyone involved, even the players, are artists.
mooneybinentertainment.com
La Vie Bohème: Yes, dumb dumb, you’re an artist
From the Satanic Panic of the 90’s, to the modern workplace’s assumption that anything containing the words “role play” must be a sex thing, RPGs have fought an uphill battle in gaining acceptance in mainstream culture. While D&D (especially the D&D movie) has provided a gateway to normalize tabletop RPGs, LARP is still an incredibly fringe artform.Now, while lying to my co-workers about if I have any weekend plans, or covering with “a camping trip” or “improv theater group” or “event management
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David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · 11/09/2026
"A Cretaceous turducken": unique fossilized feather offers hints about why certain birds survived mass extinction
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A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
An extremely well preserved fossil feather could reveal why some birds survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid, and others did not.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Is it newsworthy that the President of the United States publicly led his supporters in a pledge to cheat like hell in an upcoming election?
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