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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1h

For the past week, I've heard a lot of people say "provincial and municipal elections happening at the same time is confusing, especially since I don't fully understand what a city is in control of." So, I did a four minute explainer piece to try and help www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqlh...

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What municipalities can and can’t do in B.C.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 47m

Been there

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Andrew Liptak @andrewliptak.com · 4h

I've updated the September Table of Contents list over on Transfer Orbit. It's a rundown of a ton of SF/F stories that have been released this past month: www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-con...

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Table of Contents, September 2026

A new crop of stories to start the fall off with

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 16h

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 14h

As someone who used to work in a letterpress shop printing broadsides (yes! People still do this!): yes.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 6h

Today's #DailySFFPoem: "I Can't Decide What to Feel About This Life" by Manuela Amiouny in @radonjournal.bsky.social. Written in an interesting format, which I seem to be a bit of a sucker for.

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I Can't Decide What to Feel About This Life | Issue 12

Radon Journal Issue 12 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 6h

Just finished Ray Nayler's The Mountain In the Sea and really, really enjoyed it. And look at this cover! 💙📚

Blue cover of The Mountain in the Sea. Has a stylized octopus with symbols drawn along the tentacles where suckers would be. (This is a hint about some of the content of the novel).

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 16h

Today I’ve been reading Ray Nayler’s The Mountain and the Sea, which is also fantastic.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 29/09/2026

My whole day has been eaten by fiction. First, I had to finish What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed (which is GREAT) and then I started Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (which I am also loving). I have done v little but read today.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I remember a really frustrating conversation with a generally decent cishet white guy about a news story where a woman was roofied. he went off about wishing he could beat that guy up to avenge her, and I was like "how about start with calling out your friends' sexist tweets?" and he was like 😳

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 28/09/2026

Today's #DailyShortSFF: "The Profitable Sentience of Household Goods" by Louis Inglis Hall in @clarkesworldmagazine.com. A sentient household object tries to guide a newly 'born' object; it hopes one day to become a person.

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The Profitable Sentience of Household Goods by Louis Inglis Hall

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 28/09/2026

I have had a full day and I’m now in bed at 8pm.

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should let people dream of something besides labor

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 28/09/2026

I am listening to 'Choosin' Texas' for the first time. (I wasn't trying to avoid it; I like country music!; I am not looking for 'cultural cache' for not having heard of it.)

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Having written a TV show built on "deep dives on one bad rich guy per week" with one version 2008-2012 and another 2021-2025, I'll say that the OG evil rich guys were evil greedy assholes, and the new rich guys are mentally disordered perverts, and so do evil. And not the good kind of perverts.

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anyway, tis the season.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 27/09/2026

Is there a reason why vape stores are always covered in neon, bright colors, and the tackiest signs?

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Matt Morhockey-Morbooks @drakesmitha12.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Boops and log rolls all day long.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 26/09/2026

Today's #DailyShortSFF: Alien Boy by Fawaz Al-Matrouk in @reactorsff.bsky.social. Refugee boy trying to get used to living in Canada, seeing alien abductors in the sky. Went a different direction than I was expecting. Did well with evoking feelings.

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Alien Boy - Reactor

A refugee boy and his father are changed by the appearance of a mysterious object in the night sky.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 25/09/2026

Well, you get a second #DailySFFPoem from me today. "AITA for Killing All the Humans?" by Jenna Hanchey in @asimovssfmag.bsky.social. Right now, this one requires reaching out to the author for a review copy (which she's happy to share!). I am too online, so that title was catnip for me. :)

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Jenna Hanchey

Visit the post for more.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 25/09/2026

I miss teaching, so I am channelling it into youtube (and podcasting). In this, I try to explain Iran's current attitudes about being pushed around by outside powers by exploring some of the long historical context for that.

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 25/09/2026

I've missed a few days, but today's #DailyShortSFF: Raja by Moh Afdhaal in @flashpointsf.bsky.social. Interesting SF elements in a Sri Lankan context. Evokes feeling and tells a whole story in 1000 words, which I always find a bit impressive just on its own.

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Issue #2 2026

Featuring “Grandfather’s Pond” by Aeryn Rudel

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As ever, if you want something to keep existing, you have to pay your share.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They're also almost always about women and queer people in left-leaning spaces, which says whom we reflexively think of as toxic or annoying. I guarantee some fantasy football league is falling apart over some petty asshole, but he doesn't become a symbol for the annoying left. He can just be Jeff.

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The queer bar story and the bad art friend story and any number of other "toxic person in a small community" stories succeed because they're inherently compelling narratives about people who transgress boundaries in ways we can recognize from our own lives. (FOR FUCK'S SAKE CONTINUED KEEP READING.)

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 25/09/2026

Tell me what I need to do to get you driving off the lot in a brand-new @theflytrapmedia.com subscription tonight.

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“But trans issues don’t poll well” There’s a decline in support for trans rights because a Nazi billionaire is funding a hate campaign since he can’t accept his daughter’s transition. No prominent Democrats counter this messaging so all people get is negativity and hate 24/7

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yall spent a lot of time sharing Bret Stephens today. Please consider spending as much time tomorrow sharing something you like?

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Even kids who are mostly gender-conforming benefit from a society that doesn’t police gender roles

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚨 SNAP ELECTION OFFICIALLY CALLED FOR OCTOBER 24 🚨 Conservatives and CentreBC will be holding a joint press conference soon Other further right members of the Conservative caucus have been told they won’t be able to run with them. THE POLITICS ARE POLITICKING MORE THAN THEY’VE EVER POLITICKED

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 22/09/2026

My second foray into Youtube video making for the masses: a historical discussion of why Iran is 'stubborn' -- looking at foreign interference, focusing on Russian attempts to capture the Caucasus:

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Why are the Iranians so "stubborn"? Well, there are some historical reasons for that!

YouTube video by History Klaxon

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 22/09/2026

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social hoping this one isn’t so powerful that it knocks your socks off.

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Honestly that’s how I read this result

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 22/09/2026

My second foray into Youtube video making for the masses: a historical discussion of why Iran is 'stubborn' -- looking at foreign interference, focusing on Russian attempts to capture the Caucasus:

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Why are the Iranians so "stubborn"? Well, there are some historical reasons for that!

YouTube video by History Klaxon

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 21/09/2026

Also, cats are fantastic little dudes (gender inclusive) that everyone should be able to enjoy!

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 21/09/2026

Today's #DailySFFPoem: Another fairy-tale inspired poem -- BeCause by Y.M. Pang in @heartlines-spec.com. This one focused on revenge. www.heartlines-spec.com/because-by-y...

Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 21/09/2026

Today's #DailyShortSFF: "Person, Place, Thing" by Marissa Lingen in @clarkesworldmagazine.com. Short story focued on alien communication (and human misunderstanding). I really enjoyed this one! clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_03_26/

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Person, Place, Thing by Marissa Lingen

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Gold, ugly, and poorly thought out: the Donald Trump story

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