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Kaia

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Reader (esp SFF), information literacy librarian, teacher, parent, loves music, cooking, cats, and Alaska (she/her)

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Has your school connected with a scientist yet this year? Skype a Scientist offers free connections with scientists for virtual Q&As with classrooms, libraries, clubs, and more! Sign up for a match at www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html 🖼️ by @hanfranstudio.bsky.social
A goofy school of fish in a science class swim while dropping green liquid that says let’s talk science in school
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 16h
It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.
Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.
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Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A large salmon cloud swims above Woronofski island. #Alaska #wrangell #AlaskaSky
Giant cloud shaped like a salmon swims over top of an island. Ocean is calm and tid is low. Gray skies.
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Kaia @kbhenrickson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yay, it's countdown season again!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Attention Philadelphia! 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 this weekend, Sept 25-27. Please sign up here if you can take a shift! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Help Save the Academy: Volunteer to talk with visitors and hand out flyers at the Academy.
Sign up for a shift outside the Academy of Natural Sciences during its last open days: Fridays to Sundays, Sept 18 to 20 and 25 to 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers will be on the ground outside the Ac...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!!
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
americana (complimentary)
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Aw shucks: Dolly Parton corn mazes crop up in fields nationwide
Dolly Parton’s megawatt smile and big wavy locks are gracing cornfields across the U.S. and in Canada this fall
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Episode 2 is up! Beforecast, my new podcast about history and our present, starting with a deep dive into Machiavelli. Beforecast.fm has links to all the podcast sites, and the YouTube link is below.
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Beforecast — Now Live
Historian Ada Palmer on the real Machiavelli. Episode 1 is out now. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube and more.
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 10/09/2026
Oh, and its time for the Barnes & Noble preorder sale! Get 25% off purchases of my new novel THE FIST OF MEMORY if you preorder now. If you're interested in my unique first contact novel (Aliens! Assasins! Ancestors!), there's no better time to get a copy. Preorders are love ❤️ 🚀🌍
Preorder sale graphic for THE FIST OF MEMORY. B&N Reward members will get 25% off preorders, and B&N Premium members will get 25% off plus an additional 10% discount. Becoming a B&N Reward member is free and can be done online. The coupon code will once again be PREORDER25.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?”
In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”.
In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure.
In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2
A dinosaur on a white background with the text SAve the academy of Natural sciences museum rally Tuesday Sept 8 10am in front of the academy 1900 ben Franklin Parkway. "Tell Drexel University "Keep the museum open!" with the logos for Philly Science Action, Skype a Scientist, and Green Philly
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts” - Wendell Berry
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thank you for so many strong essays, poems, ideas, stands, principles, examples, Wendell Berry. Thank you for loving the land, the country, the language. Thank you for living your principles. Quoted you in my talk yesterday, pulled these from my quotes collections.
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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 26/08/2026
I want a security perimeter around LeVar Burton, stat
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Kaia @kbhenrickson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Driving to work, listening to @wxpnfm.bsky.social and crying. Thanks for all of the Dolly Parton songs and memories today, and for the impromptu tribute to Tim Curry. This week is the worst.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 25/08/2026
IT’S DAGGERBOUND DAY! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Daggerbound
DELUXE EDITION—a beautiful hardcover featuring bright pink sprayed edges, a foil case stamp and endpapers.New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher r...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We will always love you.
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Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Dolly Parton
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We need YOU to spread the word about @skypeascientist.bsky.social - our *free* program that matches scientists w/classrooms & more! When educators sign up, they can tell us who told them about us. We'll hold a monthly drawing for $150 of science supplies* from the referrers! SkypeAScientist.com
a praying mantis is on the telephone and excited to hear someone on the phone say "Skype a Scientist has a new referral program"
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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 23/08/2026
Premera, the insurer that covers more than 18,000 Alaskans through the individual marketplace, has asked to raise its rates by 26.6% in 2027. Overall, its rates have nearly doubled in a five-year period. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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After years of increases, thousands of Alaskans will again see a sharp spike in health insurance rates
The coming rate increases are driven in part by the expiration of federal tax credits.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 20/08/2026
There's a new anthology of stories inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin. I have a story in there about a group of humans who form an extremely dysfunctional club to study an alien language. And now there's a lovely review in Publishers Weekly! www.publishersweekly.com/9781835412749
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Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin by Charlie Jane Anders (et al.)
Fifteen big-name genre writers draw inspiration from Le Guin to create stories of “humanity and urgency and clarity,” as editor ...
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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 18/08/2026
Polls open at 7 a.m. on Alaska’s pick-one, top-four statewide primary election day, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/08/17/p...
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Polls open at 7 a.m. on Alaska’s pick-one, top-four statewide primary election day | Alaska Beacon
Statewide, there are 17 governor candidates, five competitive legislative seats, one ballot measure and many federal candidates.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Clip Art > Science > Failure > Cute My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
Title:
Clip art > science > failure > cute 

Image: 
A series of science-related items (glassware, robots, fires, scientists) with smiley faces labelled this:

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graph_error.jpg
cracked_glassware.jpg
sad_at_desk.jpg
fire_medium.jpg
broken_robot.jpg 
disproved_theory.jpg
fire_huge.jpg
sad_on_floor
toxic_cloud.jpg
rejected_paper.jpg
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There has definitely been some damage. So far, I’ve received reports of at least a few homes flooding – I’m going to head there soon," said KTOO Climate and Environment Reporter Alix Soliman. "But there have also been success stories."
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Reporter Alix Soliman was in the Mendenhall Valley during the glacial outburst flood. Here’s what she saw.
KTOO's Alix Soliman biked around Mendenhall Valley this week as the glacial outburst flood rose and talked to people after it crested.
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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great to work with the fantastic KTOO team today - so connected with affected residents, hard-working and thorough
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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Juneau is now in a “moderate” flood stage. The lake level is at over 12.4 feet and rising as of 8 a.m. The next flood stage is “major” at 14 ft and is expected around 9 a.m. Alaska Electric Light and Power, or AEL&P, will also consider cutting power to potentially flooded areas at that stage.
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LIVE UPDATES: Juneau's 2026 glacial outburst flood
The National Weather Service in Juneau is now forecasting the flood will crest between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Thursday, still between 16.1 and 16.6 feet.
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Kaia @kbhenrickson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Here we go again. Mendenhall Valley friends, sending hugs. If you're in the evacuation zone, please strongly consider evacuating. I'm looking forward to a time when we don't have to go through this every year.
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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
KTOO does amazing coverage throughout the annual Glacial Outburst Flooding in Juneau. Please donate if you can: www.ktoo.org/support/ #AlaskaSky
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Support - KTOO
Support trusted news, powerful insights, interesting conversations, connections, and entertainment with your contribution.
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 09/08/2026
Alaska Neighbors Party Endorsements for the 2026 Primary Election: ✅ Ballot Measure 1 - (9.3) Strong Endorsement 🚫 Ballot Measure 2 - (0) Strong Opposition 🚫 Ballot Measure 3 - (1.7) Strong Opposition (1/6) #akleg #aklect
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 07/08/2026
Eugenia has already said here everything I was going to say about this. One thing I will add is that the lasting thing I gained following this project was a deep hatred for AI slop and LLMs as anyone who has heard me speak on ths subject since knows. I saw how the sausage was made and rejected it.
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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In 2022, before Chatgpt and everything that came next, I participated in this study. It was framed as a research on a new tool that I could try and offer my opinion on. I didn't know that it was trained on copyrighted material.
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Wordcraft Writers Workshop
The Wordcraft Writers Workshop is a collaboration between Google's PAIR and Magenta teams, and 13 professional writers. Together we explore the limits of co-writing with AI.
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Kaia @kbhenrickson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I still own - and sometimes even use - a bunch of these things (CD zip-up case, boom box, address book, road atlas, photo album, slides in a plastic sheet, books & DVDs...). I guess this means I'm old now. 😂
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/08/2026
I am absolutely thrilled to present to you: How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking) available for pre-order now, wherever you buy your books! www.simonandschuster.ca/books/How-to...
Cover of the book "How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking)" by Katie Mack. The top right corner says "Author of The End of Everything" and the bottom left says "Brilliant and thrilling! - John Green". The cover motif is a space image made of puzzle pieces.
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WXPN @wxpnfm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
You want your MTV? We got it for you - all day this Thursday for #TBTXPN. Starting at 6am w/ @kristenkurtis.bsky.social xpn.org/tbt-2026/
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Still want your MTV? For Throwback Thursday, we're going back to the Golden Age of Music Television - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
MTV used to be more than reality shows and a skateboarder showing internet videos. When the channel launched in 1981—when it was only broadcast to New Jersey households—the debut music video was &#822...
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Kaia @kbhenrickson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My @romancingthevote.com bee plushie arrived today with his own flowers! ❤️
A yellow and black bee plushie with white wings sits on a wood windowsill next to two fake flowers, one white and one pink.
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Carrie Nash @carrieinfbx.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is quite a story!!
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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 05/08/2026
#akleg The Lt. Gov is taking testimony on Alaska Ballot Measure 1 and you can call anytime 9-11am. Please vote YES to reinstate campaign contribution limits! aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublic...
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2026 Primary Election - Ballot Measure No. 1 - 23RCF2 - Initiative Hearings
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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
With just over a week to go, we still need to raise ~9k to get Year 13 of @uncannymagazine.bsky.social fully funded. And beyond that are stretch goals like original cover art and bonus flash stories. Love the magazine? Subscribe and spread the word! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
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Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 03/08/2026
this post is so good and necessary and everyone should read it
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My Favorite Thing: The Cat That Hates Me + That One SFF Author Who Hates Everyone (Thoughts on Exile) | Micaiah Johnson
The first time I fed Sasha she sliced open my hand and bit my leg so hard it bruised. The second time I fed Sasha she hissed and swiped, but
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Kaia @kbhenrickson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My favorite version of this story is the one read by Leonard Nimoy, which I found out today was published the year I was born. archive.org/details/brad...
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Ray Bradbury read by Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy reads two of Ray Bradbury's classic stories from THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.1. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS2. USHER IIThese recordings were originally released on Caedmon Records (TC 1466).
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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you click on a race and then scroll past the candidate profiles, there is a great grouping of questions and each of their responses.
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kay taylor rea @kaytaylorrea.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thread of ways to help Spokane fire victims. As someone who grew up and also still has family living there, this is so heartbreaking. For those who want to or need help, check out the city's official resource list, which includes a handful of places for donations: my.spokanecity.org/news/release...
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Community Resources Available to Those Impacted by Fires
Local organizations and services are ready to assist those impacted by fires.
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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#AlaskaSky this year, sitka came together and organized a cultural art project for mt. edgecumbe high school we’re planning workshops for students from every region of alaska and could use your help! any advice, funding, or supplies are greatly appreciated www.sitkawild.org/mehs_student...
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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Good morning, Alaska! In-person voting is now open at a handful of locations for the Aug. 18 statewide primary. Locations are posted online: www.elections.alaska.gov/avo/?e_id=26...
Sign-wavers celebrating the start of early voting in Alaska stand next to a puppet Statue of Liberty in Juneau, Alaska on Monday, August 3, 2026
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dr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
ANYWAY hey here's something more pleasant: a Baltimore architectural art piece. Available for purchase, $275 + shipping or free local delivery The backing is reclaimed matboard so the dimensions are a little janky; if it looks slightly crooked to you, that's why
Photo of a cut-paper art piece depicting a historic white cast-iron-front building in downtown Baltimore, at night. The interior windows of the building are many different colors of paper. The art piece is photographed in the artist's hand to show the scale of it (pretty small), against a plain grey wall.Photo of a cut-paper art piece depicting a historic white cast-iron-front building in downtown Baltimore, at night. The interior windows of the building are many different colors of paper. The art piece is photographed on a black fabric background.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
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🖤♡Amanda♡🖤 @zephyrsky.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Baltimore and Philly vowels remain undefeated
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Kaia @kbhenrickson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
While visiting, my kid & I brought my mom a hedgehog stuffed animal for her to take along when she has cancer surgery next week. She also has dementia & my sister, who is there now, said Mom has already forgotten who gave her the hedgehog (though she likes it a lot). I hate this situation so much.
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Kaia @kbhenrickson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Really great thread about how to vote in the poem category for the Hugo Awards, and below is the essential part. The Hugos are fan awards, so read the poems and vote for the one you liked the most - everyone is qualified! Poetry is for *you*, and you can like what you like, no questions asked.
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