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Kathryn Jepsen (she/her)

@grimkat.bsky.social
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Physics editor; EFA, Club Ed, URMA, NASW; reader for @smallwondersmag.com; speculative fiction editing at strange-visitor.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey Philly! We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences! The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum Sept 25-27. It’s the museum’s last weekend (for now!) Sign up here to help docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A flyer with dinosaur bones and beetles and butterflies that says help save the academy volunteer this weekend. Help us hand out flyers the Museum to get more people involved in the fight and save the Academy of natural sciences volunteer at.  Save-the-academy.org
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Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) @grimkat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm teaching my 6-week, asynchronous @efafreelancers.bsky.social class again from Oct. 7-Nov. 17! The class takes lessons from journalism, fiction editing, and academic editing and applies them to editing science writing. Register here: courses.the-efa.org/courses/231141 (coupon code KJ-BiZT9h026Y)
Editors! Level up your science communication skills with lessons drawn from journalism, fiction, and academia.
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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 25/08/2026
Ever wanted to know what goes on behind the curtain at Small Wonders? We are looking for more first readers! If you're interested to help make the magic happen, fill out this form: airtable.com/applzdlHLTpe...
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Kermit the Frog Peeks from Curtains
Alt: Kermit the Frog Peeks from behind the stage curtain on the Muppet Show, and encourages folks to fill out the first reader form for Small Wonders.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Lucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The delightful team at Blue Robotics filmed an interview with me last October at @caseaweedfestival.bsky.social while I was there promoting our educational classroom poster on kelp farming. www.youtube.com/shorts/lEprV...
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Lucy Bellwood: An Adventure Cartoonist
YouTube video by Blue Robotics
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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“I hope this book will find its way into your hands, and that you’ll soon be scribbling your own notes in the margins, adding to—maybe even arguing with—the annotations already there.” Read more from @siricarpenter.bsky.social in today's post: www.theopennotebook.com/2026/07/14/a...
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This can help you get started if it all seems intimidating.
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khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
6 days left and we are 70% funded—toss a coin, spread the word, help us reach the finish line!
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).
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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:
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Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books
The Queer Torments of the AI-sphere
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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 14/06/2026
We are open for reprints now! Send us your lovely flash stories that would benefit from being out in the world again: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/
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Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders
Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.
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J.E. Skeets @jeskeets.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Dude.
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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Free submissions for reprint flash fiction are open at @smallwondersmag.com - don't miss the submission window: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/ #WritingCommunity #LitMag
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Submission Guidelines - Small Wonders
Small Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Whenever a person delegates a decision to an LLM, they are trying to off-load accountability for that decision, and if a company that sells an LLM portrays the product as having a moral center, it is offering a way for its customers to abdicate their responsibilities."
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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
And my own take on some of the key points in what OMB/Vought is trying to do here: "If you wanted to cripple science research and were disappointed that Congress continued to fund it, this is the sort of document you would produce."
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Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Reviewers in two groups were given identical resumes for Emily Clarke and James Clarke and told they had used AI. Emily's was 2x as likely to raise doubts about competence. "She can't even write a CV herself." But James "just needed a bit of help." fortune.com/2026/05/10/i...
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AI generated identical resumes for a man and a woman: Hers was more likely to be labeled 'weak,' while his got a 97% approval rating | Fortune
“If people believe they will be judged more harshly for using AI, they are less likely to adopt it—regardless of their capability."
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Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) @grimkat.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Last chance! Registration closes Tuesday. Come practice considering things we don’t always talk about in science writing classes, like how the writer establishes ethos, how to respect the voice of the writer & the voice of the publication, or how to write a joke: courses.the-efa.org/courses/155765
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Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) @grimkat.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My next science editing class starts this week! Register here: courses.the-efa.org/courses/155765
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Last week the bioGraphic team learned that, owing to an ongoing financial deficit, the California Academy of Sciences—where we’ve made our home for the past decade—will no longer be able to provide us with financial support, including support we were expecting this year.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵
Someone on Threads writes: "The Met Gala feels like real dystopian shit.

People can’t afford groceries or gas. But we’re going to celebrate this event which is nothing more than wealth porn."
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I've decided there is one more Omelas take I would read and it's one in the form of an Isaac Chotiner interview.
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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 11/04/2026
One thing to think about is that this is the astronauts' first smell of Earth. Sea air and burning hydrocarbons. There's a breeze that they'll be feeling after days in a capsule. There are fans there, because without fans CO2 will build up around you. But not a breeze like off the ocean.
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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
One key skill for developmental editors is the ability to identify a draft's emerging themes. In our Mar. 31 webinar with Kathryn Jepsen, learn how to search for themes and better align a text with its theme to help a writer create a stronger, more cohesive story: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...
Megaphone, notebook and laptop with Editors Canada logo on its screen, below text "Editors Canada webinar, Tuesday, March 31, 1 PM ET. Developmental Editing Skills: Clues to Help You Unearth a Story’s Theme. Learn to identify a text’s themes and better align the writing with them to produce more cohesive stories"
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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 20/03/2026
@dianapho.bsky.social on developing a critical reading mindset: "Learn to read both within and outside yourself. Even as I'm sitting in discomfort, what does the text say? If I'm feeling great joy, why am I joyous? If I'm confused, what don't I fully understand? #Sirens26
A photo of Diana M. Pho presenting at #Sirens26
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James Goetsch @profjrg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Prof. Palmer's essay had me in tears, particularly for the account of her students. It reminded me of talking with my students about my disabilities, their concern, and how we would laugh together about the wonder and terror of being alive. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no... @adapalmer.bsky.social
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Writing/Realizing Disability + Power
I chose the photo where I’m with Dad outside the Hugo Losers Party, with my bright blue jacket and my squidgy-handled cane—Dad’s injured hand is in his pocket, not visible, but I know.  So there it…
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
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C.W. Allen 📚 @cwallenbooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Nerdy special interests save the day! Fascinating article on solving a mystery using specialized knowledge of social security number prefixes, and how generative AI is leading to publishers getting overwhelmed with slop proposals
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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 02/02/2026
Go to the mead-hall. Go again. The heron of forgetfulness is there, and you don't want to miss your chance. "Drinking the Heron" by RJ Aurand is our story today, and we think you'll want to read it again. And again. smallwondersmag.com/...
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
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Ellsey @ellsey.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating
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Brian Coulter @philabcoulter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
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The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 17/12/2025
@mcbride.house.gov is right. It’s hard enough being a kid — and politicians don’t need to make it harder. Thank you, Congresswoman, for speaking out against the cruel Republican attacks on health care for trans youth.
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 10/12/2025
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/
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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 01/12/2025
Superb. One edit particularly drops out to me as a bit of truly sparkling dialogue: the left is the first draft, the second the shooting script by Stoppard
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Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) @grimkat.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Hey Charlotte area folks! Come see me on a panel with @johnamen.bsky.social, founder of Pedestal Magazine; Ken Harmon, founder of @westtradereview.bsky.social; and Kathie Collins, co-founder of @charlottelit.bsky.social, on Dec. 4: charlottelit.configio.com/pd/615/panel...
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Panel Discussion: Lessons from the Slush Pile: Advice on Journal Submissions from Editors and Readers
Panel discussion with Paul Reali, moderator
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grudgey mcgrudgerson @honkifyouareantifa.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
the world is a bit smaller tonight with the death of Alice Wong. if you aren't familiar with who she was please pick up any of her books.
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Disability Visibility anthology
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century (Vintage Books, 2020) Click here for more about the anthology adapted for young people.     Order paperback, e-bo…
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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
One last bite at the apple for 2025! A Little Weird Goes a Long Way Wed, Dec 3 #onlineclass w/ @charlottelit.bsky.social Member discounts & some need-based scholarships available Generate new ideas from unusual sources to #write 4 strange new stories! charlottelit.configio.com/pd/605/a-lit...
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A Little Weird Goes a Long Way
Write compelling speculative fiction without the creation of a whole new world.
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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 07/11/2025
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread! Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy stylized as cover text.
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Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) @grimkat.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Hey, this is great! Thanks for sharing, @theopennotebook.bsky.social!
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Blythe Terrell @blytheterrell.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Reposting myself, which is a very cool thing to do, trust me. If you'll be at #SciWri25 next weekend in Chicago, come see this fun panel I'm on!
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Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) @grimkat.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Someone (this company) didn’t read Little Eyes bookshop.org/p/books/litt...
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Little Eyes: A Novel
A Novel
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
300 cc's of weapons-grade serotonin straight to the frontal cortex I have ASCENDED
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Apparently Bluesky is seeing an influx of new users. Welcome! If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following. go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
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M.R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
TWO YEARS OF OTHERSIDE! Thank you, everyone, for all your support (and for bearing with all of the posts, sorry, we’re just so excited!). The last four days have been… surreal. Not to sound like a hopeless sap, but it means a lot to see all this support for queer art right now. Thank you, thank you.
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Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) @grimkat.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Starting next week! I’m teaching a six-week asynchronous class on editing science writing for the public: community.the-efa.org/event/effect...
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Editorial Freelancers Association
Science communication must attract the reader’s attention, hold that attention while conveying important information, and deliver on its promises to come to a satisfying conclusion. In this six-week course, we’ll look to the worlds of journalistic editing, fiction editing, and academic editing for essential tools to ensure that a piece of science writing works from beginning to end. ($350 for guests, $280 for members. Early bird discount: Register before July 29 and get 10% off!)
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Rolling Stone [Unofficial] @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy · 20/09/2025
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They Tried to Snuff Out Hawaii’s Native Board Game. Meet the Man Keeping It Alive
Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike. Now John Kaʻohelauliʻi has made it his mission to bring it back
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kobayashi ḫamṭu @mattboot.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
spotted at Logan airport. i hope they are equally enthusiastic about fermions
waist high sculpture of letters BOS ON
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