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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Are any of you going to do that one-chapter-a-day with Roger Zelazny's A Night in the Lonesome October this month? Did it once, and it was fun, but not something I picked up as an annual tradition. 💙📚🪐

Cover of A Night In The Lonesome October (1stEd) with art by James Warhola

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Para 🌵 @paracactus.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

So, me, @sarareads.bsky.social and @dianthaa.bsky.social will be doing a thing over at r/fantasy. Please come join us! I AM VERY EXCITED AND VERY NERVOUS. #booksky

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StephenCox Wiz-4 "funny raunchy romantic, satisfyingly twisted" @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I am invested in the argument that authors ruin series by not finishing them. The #1 current reason series die is because publishers drop promo so much on books 2, 3 etc. #2 readers not buying because the series hasn't all been written yet - kills far more series than authors do. #booksky #books

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Very well put. I'd also love to help with updating the Runner's Guide (I don't have much experience with WorldCon, but some with other kinds of events and volunteering), if you end up wanting more hands at any point.

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

My head sounds like that too! On days I feel super productive and/or (usually and) over-people'd Usually need about 3 days to recover after one of those

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I will vouch for the 10 min YouTube yoga videos to a frankly unfathomable amount of exercise 5 yrs later pipeline.

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

IT'S WEDNESDAY, MY DEERS! 🦌 We have a teaser trailer for @alexwoodroe.com 's messed up fairy tail—er, tale—about a foolish man who tries to capture a fae bride. SHE IS DISPLEASED WITH THIS. He's doe-ing to rue the day he tried this shit... 😈 #TheDeerIsMessedUP www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Very true, not only wrong but unreliably so, exactly what people want from a vetting tool.

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

So. Let’s look at the damn request. The first line? Not too terrible a start. ‘Scandal’ is an umbrella term and thus too vague to be useful, though. The second line includes examples, but you need to list EVERY SINGLE OPTION or stuff gets left out because the llm will miss ones a human won’t.

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

So really curious how having to check hallucinations in press articles in foreign languages is saving that much time for the volunteers? Also not really surprised that this is another one of those things that seems to work out worse for people with non-English names.

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

that would've been in my favor (I haven't, but I'm a finalist part of the r/fantasy bingo team, so I might've if not for the crushing fear of public speaking) Then it said I'd been involved in a sex scandal with my students, different person, same last name, different gender. 2/3

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Curiosity got the better of me and I tried my name in ChatGPT with Worlcon's prompt. It turned out no correct information at all. On the bright side it said I'd edited 2 SF anthologies that another Romanian author with my last name had edited, so if I had applied for panels 1/3

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 04/05/2025

OMG I'm up for a European Science Fiction Society Hall of Fame Award. WOW www.esfs.info/esfs-nominat... Now wondering how I can get to Åland hahahha (I've heard it's amazing)

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ESFS Nominations 2025 – European Science Fiction Society

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Bring back short shorts for men! (long shorts should also be available for any genders, pls, I beg, sometimes I want to be sexy sometimes I do not want to leave my thigh skin behind if I have to sit down on a hot bench)

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I made a printable tracking thingy for myself for reading/ranking of the Hugo nominees, if anyone wants to use them too, they're not all perfectly aligned since I just made it for personal use off a school schedule template I used last year too. www.canva.com/design/DAGKp... Canva template link too

A4 printable design, title is 2025 Hugo Awards, there are 6 boxes on each page, on this page Best Novel, Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Series, Graphic novel or Comic.
The background is white with purple, pink and blue galaxies, and there are two little figures in space suits, ones is dabbing and the other is excitedly riding a rocket.

Same as previous, on this page Best Related Work, Dramatic presentation short and long, Game, Editor short and long. Again two little figures in space suits, ones is sort of flying and the other one pointing upwards.

Same as previous, on this page Fan and Professional Artist, Semiprozine, Fanzine, Fan cast and fan write. Just one little figure in a spacesuit, but they're both dabbing and riding a rocket.

Same as previous, just 3 categories on this page Poem, Lodestar and Astounding, and 2 notes boxes. The previous little figures riding rockets are back.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 23/04/2025

i just googled "even ironic use of generative ai harms the planet meaning" and you would NOT believe what it came up with!!

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Matt Lacey @themattlacey.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

come for the boys kissing, stay for the amazingly wholesome forever friendship one of them forms with his aro/ace intended bride while solving murders and bullying each other 🥰

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Matt Lacey @themattlacey.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

IT IS HERE! today is US publication day for The Gentleman and His Vowsmith!! 🎉🎉 i sat down in late 2020 to write a fun murder romance with idiot boys that i could share chapter by chapter with my friends and now that fun project is a real book!

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I think Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead would be a good fit for this too www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...

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𝑪. 𝑫𝒂𝒂𝒆́ @christinedaae.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

GASP. The Polish National Ballet has posted their gorgeous adaptation of Dracula online! It’s currently playing in Warsaw, but for those of us who can’t magically attend before the 19th of April:

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DRACULA Wojciech Kilar / Krzysztof Pastor | Polish National Ballet

YouTube video by Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa

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Susy's Cozy World @susy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

MY R/FANTASY BINGO TBR! 2025 Hello everybody! I hope you all are happy and that a good book keeps you company! This week, "being tired" is my whole personality, so I went into hibernation for a bit, but it seems like I am slowly coming out of it, and so today I am excited because I can share with…

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MY R/FANTASY BINGO TBR! 2025

Hello everybody! I hope you all are happy and that a good book keeps you company! This week, "being tired" is my whole personality, so I went into hibernation for a bit, but it seems like I am slowly coming out of it, and so today I am excited because I can share with you my TBR for the r/fantasy Bingo…

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Here's @camestrosf.bsky.social‬'s post about what's going on with the Locus Awards. The good news is that the more people who vote in the awards, the less likely the slate will work. Plus the votes of Locus subscribers count double. 2/2 camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/n...

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New Right Wing Slate Shenanigans

Once again we’ve got attempts at using slates to boost the culture war ambitions of the far right. This time it is Jon Del Arroz again via the “Fandom Pulse” substack but the targ…

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

‪As @camestrosf.bsky.social‬ stated in a recent post, it appears some people on the far right are trying to slate the Locus Award, similar to what happened to the Hugos over a decade ago. Anybody can vote in the awards, so consider doing so before the April 15 deadline. 1/2 poll.voting.locusmag.com

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

"I'm not doomscrolling. I'm just scrolling and doom keeps happening."

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 09/04/2025

One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

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Matt Lacey @themattlacey.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

SOMEHOW ITS ONLY A WEEK UNTIL THIS BOOK IS OUT IN THE US??? The Gentleman and his Vowsmith intro vid where i try out genres for it and settle on… romurdasy?

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Para 🌵 @paracactus.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

THAT'S US THAT'S US THAT'S US AAAAAAAAA HOLY SHIT

r/Fantasy's 2024 Bingo Challenge nominated for a Hugo Award as Best Related Work. Presented by the r/Fantasy Bingo team: Alexandra Forrest (happy_book_bee), Lisa Richardson, Amanda E. (Lyrrael), Arka (RuinEleint), Ashley Rollins (oboist73), Christine Sandquist (eriophora), David H. (FarragutCircle), Diana Hufnagl, Pia Matei (Dianthaa), Dylan H. (RAAAImmaSunGod), Dylan Kilby (an_altar_of_plagues), Elsa (ullsi), Emma Surridge (PlantLady32), Gillian Gray (thequeensownfool), Kahlia (cubansombrero), Kevin James, Kopratic, Kristina (Cassandra_sanguine), Lauren Mulcahy (Valkhyrie), Megan, Megan Creemers (Megan_Dawn), Melissa S. (wishforagiraffe), Mike De Palatis (MikeOfThePalace), Para (improperly_paranoid), Sham, The_Real_JS, Abdellah L. (messi1045), AnnTickwittee, Chad Z. (shift_shaper), Emma Smiley (Merle), Rebecca (toughschmidt22), smartflutist661

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Seattle Worldcon 2025 @seattlein2025.org · 06/04/2025

✨ 2025 Hugo, Lodestar, & Astounding Awards Finalists (🧵 7/10) ✨ 🚀 2025 Hugo Awards Finalists for: - Best Related Work - Best Graphic Story or Comic Congratulations to all of the finalists! #HugoAwards #HugoAwards2025 #Worldcon #Worldcon2025 #SeattleWorldcon2025

BEST RELATED WORK "CHARTING THE CLIFF: AN INVESTIGATION INTO
THE 2023 HUGO NOMINATION STATISTICS"
by Camestros Felapton and
Heather Rose Jones
(File 770, February 22, 2024)
R/FANTASY'S 2024 BINGO READING CHALLENGE
(r/Fantasy on Reddit), presented by the r/Fantasy Bingo team:
Alexandra Forrest (happy_book_bee), Lisa Richardson, Amanda E. (Lyrrael), Arka (RuinEleint), Ashley Rollins (oboist73), Christine Sandquist (eriophora), David H. (FarragutCircle), Diana Hufnagl, Pia Matei (Dianthaa), Dylan H. (RAAAImmaSunGod), Dylan Kilby (an_altar_of_plagues), Elsa (ullsi), Emma Surridge (PlantLady32), Gil- lian Gray (thequeensownfool), Kahlia (cubansombrero), Kevin James, Kopratic, Kristina (Cassandra_sanguine), Lauren Mulcahy (Valkhyrie), Megan, Megan Creemers (Megan_Dawn), Melissa S. (wishforagiraffe), Mike De Palatis (MikeOfThePalace), Para (improperly_paranoid), Sham, The_Real_JS, Abdellah L. (messi1045), AnnTickwittee, (and more)
431 ballots cast for 209 nominees
Finalists range 28 to 95

BEST RELATED WORK "THE SPECTACULAR FAILURE
OF THE STAR WARS HOTEL" by Jenny Nicholson
(YouTube)
SPECULATIVE WHITENESS:
SCIENCE FICTION AND THE ALT-RIGHT
by Jordan S. Carroll
(University of Minnesota Press) TRACK CHANGES by Abigail Nussbaum
(Briardene Books)
"THE 2023 HUGO AWARDS:
A REPORT ON CENSORSHIP AND EXCIUSION"
by Chris M. Barkley and
Jason Sanford
(Genre Grapevine and File770, post on February 14, 2024)
431 ballots cast for 209 nominees
Finalists range 28 to 95

BEST GRAPHIC STORY
OR COMIC THE DEEP DARK by Molly Knox Ostertag
(Graphix)
THE HUNGER AND THE DUSK: VOL. 1 written by G. Willow Wilson,
art by Chris Wildgoose
(IDW Publishing)
MONSTRESS, VOL. 9: THE POSSESSED written by Marjorie Liu art by Sana Takeda
(Image)
265 ballots cast for 259 nominees
Finalists range 13 to 37

BEST GRAPHIC STORY
OR COMIC MY FAVORITE THING IS
MONSTERS. BooK 2 by Emil Ferris
(Fantagraphics)
STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS:
WARP YOUR OwN WAY written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio
(IDW Publishing)
WE CALLED THEM GIANTS written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles
(Image)
265 ballots cast for 259 nominees
Finalists range 13 to 37

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 30/03/2025

Erdmännchen (meerkat) for #AnimalMarch This has been such a fun challenge. I'm sad the month is almost over. Has anyone heard of any April art challenges?

Art piece of a drawing in white ink of two meerkats standing tall on their hind legs while looking about. The background is brown beneath their feet, transitioning to a deep purple toward the sky. The animals look both cute and alert with expressions that make them look like they are smiling.

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Al Hess @al-distortion.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🚨Calling all indie trans SFF authors!🚨 I'm putting together a co-op bundle on itch.io for Trans Day of Visibility (to run 3/28-3/31) and I would love to have you join. Have a sci-fi, fantasy, horror, paranormal, or other spec book on itch? Drop your link 👇 and I'll invite you to the sale!

a retro clipart graphic of a silhouetted city at night in purples and blues with a full moon and winking stars. the text says: itch.io SFF TRANS BOOK bundle!

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Jessica Stoya @stoya.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Today feels like a really good day to repost Sonja Vitow’s I’M NOT IMPRESSED BY YOUR BIG DICK (with art by @fyodorpavlov.bsky.social)

I’M NOT IMPRESSED BY YOUR BIG DICK
by Sonja Vitow

You didn’t carve

it from stone

You didn’t forge

it from steel

You didn’t grow

it from seed

But maybe if you had,

if you’d sown it unassuming,

watered it, nurtured, and sang

to it, bathed it

with gentle hands

and only then had it grown

well that would be something,

to know you could be tender

with someone,

with yourself.

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Saw this post while scrolling, thought "I know who would love these books", scrolled back up, saw it was in fact you that posted them

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 25/02/2025

(writers if you don't start adding links to your posts about your books currently on sale or free I'm gonna go feral)

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

disturbing uptick in "we post tweets and talk about them." servile behavior tbh. bluesky is not the Greek chorus for the main character action of twitter, that's loser thinking, have some pride. twitter is dead. post bangers. thank you

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I got the book because of this post and started it two nights ago and I'm really enjoying it! The illustrations are so great too! I was wondering if you know the game Return of the Obra Dinn? If not, I think you might like it, similar vibes drew me in (though the game is woefully lacking cats)

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

"a short lesbian necromance " I'm dead I need this in my life

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Hold up a minute what other option? How to unlock?

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

8. Whatever you decided in step 7, cut it by half or spread it over two weeks. You absolutely took too much on yourself. I love how you just threw in such a truth bomb in there, that's me with every to do list

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

this pains me greatly to say, but it is so

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Last year I had to wrestle with the harsh truth that sport does make feel better. This year I'm learning hiding my phone away during bedtime and morning prep does help with my sleep and lets me be on time(ish) for work. Also, putting things away after I'm done with them feels pretty good

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

the pole place does aerial too! I did aerial yoga for half a year and loved it, but then also found a regular yoga teacher i adore and there's only so much yoga i can fit into my schedule

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Dianthaa @dianthaa.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

oh and there's a new climbing gym opening this weekend that i'd really like to have time for

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