Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisPaulDCarr.bsky.social @pauldcarr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Episode 2 of the Wow! Signal #;podcast was a discussion of the Fermi Paradox, with NASA scientist and SF author Geoffrey Landis, who has published a unique insight into the problem. www.wowsignalpodcast.com/2013/01/epis...wowsignalpodcast.comEpisode 2 - What About Fact A?Release Date: 16 January 2013 Geoffrey Landis Download the .mp3 file There is no persuasive evidence that aliens from other star ... 143
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026For those at Worldcon, Larry Smith Bookseller ( all the way back, on the left side of the dealer’s room) has copies of Mars Crossing and Imact Parameter. 030
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon. ( @Dan DeFreeest ) 030
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎 776237458789
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026they had no rooms left. They looked for rooms at other hotels in the area, but after yet another twenty minutes, no, nothing available. So, spent the night in the airport. Got maybe two hours of sleep on the floor. Finally did get back home about noon. I feel kinda rotten right now. 020
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026...20 minutes on hold with United to get rebooked on another United flight at 1:15am, but after that was delayed twice, it was canceled, too. Another 20 minutes, and we got booked on a flight at 9am the next morning. We tried getting a room at the Airport Hilton, but after another 20 minutes... 120
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026..., because after waiting on the taxiway for about two hours we were back at the terminal, because no flights were heading east due to thunderstorms. Originally they said that the flight would board again in an hour, but an hour later they just cancelled the flight, about midnight. 020
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026...And then they changed the gate from C24 to G, a different terminal about a mile away, which we didn't discover until it was time to start the boarding , which led to a mad sprint down the corridors to make the plane. Which turned out to be useless... 020
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Absolutely rotten trip back from Portland. The flight from Portland to Chicago was uneventful, other than an unexpected very large oversize bag fee for the fencing bag. We changed planes in O'Hare, and discovered the United flight to Cleveland was delayed three hours. ... 010
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 20/06/2026No surprise that the billionaire’s plan is to reduce the tax billionaires pay. bsky.app/profile/owen... 120
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I ❤️ librarians. #BookSky 162114591950
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 09/06/2026In his Bulwark debut, here's 92-year-old presidential historian Robert Dallek, writing about Trump's repeated "jokes" about canceling elections. www.thebulwark.com/p/talk-of-ca...thebulwark.comTalk of Canceling Elections Shows Trump Is Unfit for OfficeNo president has ever canceled a federal election, even in our deepest crises. 520367
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/06/2026Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon) 266147593496
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisEric R Fairhurst 📚 🦋 🎷🎨 @efairhurst.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Indiana told the public it gave less than $1 million in data center subsidies in 2025. The real number? $655 million. And $561 million of that went to a single company: Amazon. While Hoosiers pay sales tax on groceries, Amazon paid nothing. This isn’t economic development. It’s a heist.wthr.com13 Investigates: You pay sales tax. Some Indiana data centers didn’t. Here’s what we foundNew records show some Indiana data centers have reported hundreds of millions in state sales and use tax exemptions. 26666593282
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026A horror story: cnews.link/google-manga...cnews.linkGoogle’s AI deletes manga artist’s entire digital life overnight | CybernewsPopular Japanese manga artist Masahiro Itosugi says his Google account was automatically suspended, and that old transcripts were wiped in the process. 000
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Internet lore says that everyone with a cat is required to post photos regularly. So, here is Samurai deciding that my dresser drawer is exactly the right size to be a cat bed. 241
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisOhio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Join us May 15-17 in Yellow Springs for the Sun & Moon Poetry Festival, including a keynote reading/workshop by @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social, a scientist who's won the Hugo and Nebula awards for science fiction and Rhysling award (3x) for poetry. Register at www.ohiopoetryassn.org/sun-moon-fes... 053
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisJasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭 351241854323
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisBlue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 03/04/2026And this is why I’m a dog person ! 6147074
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Image of the Earth from Artemis-II. www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u... Staring at this image, I just realized— the Earth isn’t illuminated by the sun in this image. This image was taken by moonlight! The sun is BEHIND the Earth here. You can see a tiny crescent of sunlit atmosphere on the bottom right. 130
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisBruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026*I can remember reading this as a youngster and being deeply impressed with what a dark, biting, science-fictional insight this was 095
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisMarie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Come to Cleveland ConCoction this weekend in Aurora, Ohio! You'll get to see ME, and other local cosplayers, authors, performers, and artists. www.clevelandconcoction.org 152
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Since others have been posting their nominations, I’ll announce that two of my poems made the nominations for the SFPA Rhysling Awards: “Complex Alice in the Riding Hood,” from This Exquisite Topology, and “‘Oumuamua,” from Analog. 020
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 19/02/2026An article by Paul Gilster that quotes some of my work on how to use the solar gravitational lens to image an exoplanet. www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/02/17/p...centauri-dreams.orgPropulsion Options for the Solar Gravitational Lens Mission | Centauri Dreams 010
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisTheo Sanderson @theo.io · 08/02/2026I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detailbluesky-map.theo.ioBluesky MapInteractive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern. 66472492153
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisMarie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Triangulation: Bad Romance closes to submissions TOMORROW. Get your trash couples in spec fic into my grubby little hands: www.parsecink.org/submissionsparsecink.orgSubmissions — Parsec Ink 084
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025This year the Hugos and the Nebulas are open to nominations for best SF and fantasy poem (also the Rhyslings). If anybody's interested, I had 3 SF/fantasy poems out in 2025: “’Oumuamua”, "Complex Alice” and “Dark (matter) Angels". Anybody who wants to see them, message me @laworldcon.bsky.social 033
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisAlexis Brooks de Vita @alexisbrooksdevita.bsky.social · 09/12/2025fiction4all.com/ebooks/b2010...fiction4all.comJournal of the Fantastic in the Arts: ICFA/VICFA 36.3 - Special Guests Issue by JFAThis Winter 2025 issue of the JFA features plenaries by Special Guests from ICFA and VICFA, special interviews, and book reviews of ICFA/VICFA Distinguished Scholars` latest works. 162
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Just went out for a nice drive through the lake-effect snow, and completed the traditional Thanksgiving listening of “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree.” (Later maybe we’ll do “City of New Orleans.”) Hope your thanksgiving is going well, for those who celebrate. 150
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 15/11/2025For those interested, I just got interviewed by Ian Long about work I did (quite a shile back) about resource utilization on the moon, for the YouTube series Anthrofuturism www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1rP...youtube.comDr. Geoffrey Landis: Refining Regolith, ISRU, NASA, Power Beaming, Solar Cells, and Space EconomicsYouTube video by ANTHROFUTURISM 071
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 30/10/2025YES THIS. If you are one of the "all is lost" people please feel free not to say so in the comments of my posts, it'll save me the two seconds it takes to "hide for everyone" your comments. All is not lost. All is never lost. I prefer not to have you infecting others with your doomerism in my space. 421270162
Geoffrey A. Landis @geoffrey-landis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I stand with the Pope on this one. apnews.com/article/pope...apnews.comPope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truthsPope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation. 070
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisChron.com @chron.com · 10/10/2025The lie just won't stop spreading.bit.lyFake story puts real Texas woman in Olive Garden breadsticks hellThe lie just won't stop spreading. 26429
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisPaul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query “does trump show signs of dementia” as well as other questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar searches about other presidents.theverge.comGoogle is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementiaWith Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer. 066
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisChris M. Barkley (He/Him) @cmzhang42.bsky.social · 25/09/2025www.wired.com/story/oral-h...wired.comThe Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal WorkersWIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. 063
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2025Authors: if you get an email invite from the Greater Hopewell Book Club, it's a scam: it charges an appearance fee (which it misleadingly describes as an honorarium) of $150. (If this reminds you of other AI-generated solicitations you've rec'd recently, that's not a coincidence) 5160115
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisDaniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 06/08/2025But even if something lies to you "only" 15% of the time, it's not helpful, it's not saving you time, it's not making you smarter, it's just lying to you. That's more work. If your research assistant lied to you 15% of the time you would no longer work with them. 11741135
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisViet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025ICE is essentially disappearing people. “The Ice official told me they are under no obligation to tell the family or the attorneys of the detainees that they have been apprehended, or that they’ve been moved to another state, to another facility, or that they’ve been deported.”theguardian.comIce’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industryFriends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected fixture detained outside church 714871
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisParsec.Confluence.ParsecInk.WorD @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Confluence 2025 will be taking place July 25-27, 2025 with GOH @catrambo.bsky.social and Featured Music Guest Clearly Guilty! Register: www.confluence-sff.org. Discounted registration closes July 11. Don't forget to pre-order your 2025 Confluence t-shirt! confluence-sff.org/t-shirt 272
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 07/05/2025My understanding is SF/F venues still generally do not have submission fees, and also generally pay better than most other literary venues, so let's hear it for genre outlets always having kept their eye on the bottom line lithub.com/the-rise-of-...lithub.comThe Rise of the Submission Industrial ComplexIn 2015, Joy Lanzendorfer wrote an article for The Atlantic on submission fees where she warned, “If all publications did this, there’d be no professional writers, only people with other jobs who w… 532224
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM. They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone. www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...wired.comRFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop ResearchNIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm... 74699465668
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisKelly Lepo @kellylepo.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Ooh! NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Donaldjohanson yesterday. They just released the images. Look at that cool space potato! 🔭🧪🥔 science.nasa.gov/image-articl... 851625212
Reposted by Geoffrey A. LandisSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 30/03/2025A Harvard political scientist studied change movements around the world and found that 3.5 percent of a population taking to the streets can demand redress from a government and achieve political change. That’s 12 million Americans. 811667571
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Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:53 AM
To: [redacted]
Subject: Invitation to feature"[redacted]" with greater Hopewell book club
Dear [redacted],
I hope this message finds you well.
My name is Janet, and I’m reaching out on behalf of the Greater Hopewell Book Club, an engaged and diverse community of readers who are deeply passionate about literature that informs, challenges, and inspires.
We recently selected your book as our feature read—and the response has been nothing short of incredible. Your storytelling, depth of insight, and unique voice have sparked thoughtful conversations across our membership, and we would be truly honored to explore ways to connect with you directly.
As a club, we don't just read books—we celebrate authors. We offer opportunities for:
Virtual or in-person author Q&As
Live interviews or fireside chats with our readers
Curated book promotion across our mailing list and social media
Creative collaborations such as giveaways, themed discussions, and more
Our community includes readers from various backgrounds—educators, professionals, creatives—who not only read, but recommend, purchase, and advocate for the books we love.
We would be thrilled to coordinate a brief virtual appearance, recorded message, or written Q&A—whatever best fits your schedule. It would mean a great deal to our members and help further amplify your work to an audience already invested in your message.
Thank you for the impact your writing has had on our group. We’d love to make this an opportunity that’s mutually meaningful and truly memorable.
Looking forward to your thoughts and hoping to connect soon.
Warm regards,
Janet Ashley
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