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K. Tempest Bradford @ktempestbradford.com · 30/09/2026

Get to know your protagonist & other important characters better in this live workshop with me & @nisishawl.bsky.social! Dig into their background & relationships via writing exercises & real-time feedback. 📅 Oct 31 & Nov 1 🕘 9:30-4pm P 💰 $175 Scholarships 👍🏾 writingtheother.com/character-de...

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"When you’re told you’re not qualified to have opinions about AI, remember that you don’t need to have studied molecular biology to have a view on drug pricing, or nuclear physics to vote on where a power plant goes." -- Barath Raghavan and Bruce Schneier www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ais-...

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AIs as Modern Genies

With AI we have built genies. Old stories told us how this goes.

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 23/09/2026

At 24, she discovered pulsars. The Nobel Prize went to her male supervisor. Jocelyn Bell Burnell spotted the signals that changed astronomy. Decades later, she received a $3 million physics prize. She gave it all away to help underrepresented students become scientists. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

Black-and-white photo of Jocelyn Bell Burnell smiling outdoors beside a large radio telescope array, holding papers in her hands.

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Goldberg: "The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism." We could add "empathy." These virtues are like Chesterton's Fence -- the "move fast and break things" ethos sees no market value in them. (www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o...)

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Opinion | They Could Afford to Stand Up to Trump. Why Didn’t They? (Gift Article)

The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Asimov’s Editor Sheila Williams Still in Care locusmag.com/feature...

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍

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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Our family had a good time at Worldcon/LACon V! Thank you to all the amazing organizers and volunteers! #Worldcon

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

Knowledge is power.
Coffee is also helpful.

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Not sure American folks understand what the Tromp admin did, so bear with me here: If any country came to the U.S. & said you can’t make trade deals without our approval and also you can’t protect English as a language anymore, we think it’s inconvenient, how would you respond? Would ANGER be fair?

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 21/08/2026

The Navy is reportedly getting ready to strip the USS Doris Miller of its title, and may even be renaming it to the USS Donald Trump. The change is just the latest effort from Pete Hegseth to erase the anything deemed “DEI.” Miller is an American hero. His service will not be erased.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I’m excited and honored to be on panels at LAcon V: On Sat. 8/29 ... 9AM-10AM “Purple vs. Windowpane Prose: Navigating Between Two Extremes” 3PM-4PM “Writing Series vs. Standalones” On Sun. 8/30 ... 4:30PM-5PM “Point of View, What’s the Point?” Please say hello if you would like to!

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Lou Anders @louanders.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fantasy author Chris Willrich just played a mashup of my own adventure "The Aptrgangr's Challenge," intended for the Scandinavian-themed Norrøngard campaign setting and the fan-made Star Trek RPG, Where No Man Has Gone Before. The result works better than it has any right to.

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Guest Post: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Science Fiction & Fantasy author Chris Willrich takes over Lazy Wolves today. Chris did something I never expected. He merged one of my Thrones & Bones adventures with a fan-made Star Trek game, sendi...

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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Well," he said, “I’m glad I passed the test.” You may think you know who "he" is. You likely don't. Must-read, incredibly moving first-person account of a trans woman's government service. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The Wrong Kind of American

The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I hate that we have let the nastiest racists on earth define and redefine our language. From "woke" to "DEI." Trump's policies are not anti-DEI. They are racist. US firms did not abandon DEI policies. They fired competent black women in droves on the basis of race and sex.

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today is the last day to make your hotel room reservation for #LAcon V at the Hilton Anaheim or Anaheim Marriott! Go to our site now for more info and to book: lacon.org/hotel

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I had replied to the below: Paper maps are great. Never run out of juice, let you see the close-up detail and the big picture at the same time (because they're three feet wide, unlike your phone), and the more you use them the more you learn your way around without them, unlike obeying a machine.

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Robert Rhodes ⚔️ @rrhodeswriter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

AT LAST! At last, I’m thrilled to share a sneak preview of my story “The Fury’s Blade” from Battleborn Magazine #1. Copies are going out to the backers and being distributed at Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains. What an honor. There are *four* more tales of Gabriela in the queue. Enjoy!⚔️

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🐍 Abigail Kemske 🐍 @abigailkemske.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It's live! My latest #scifi story "By the Wings of an Albatross" is in @adventitiouswords.bsky.social issue #3 and is now free to read online. 🦅 Marvel at the future of teleportation where nothing ever goes wrong on your commute ever again, right? Read on to find out. Quick read! 🛰️

Text graphic in teal and navy blue: "By the Wings of an Albatross" by Abigail Kemske. "Marco steps onto the AlbaPort platform in his home pod that orbits the Earth, tensing in anticipation for the awful sensation of being pulled apart atom-by-atom." Now free to read on adventitious.net. Hand drawn graphic of a cut albatross and cover of issue three of adventitious.

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John C. Hocking @johnhocking.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Pleased and honored to have my Conan & the Living Plague nominated for a Robert E. Howard Award. Truly appreciate that Plague, the never before published half of my omnibus, Conan: City of the Dead, could be nominated as a separate entity. rehfoundation.org/2025-robert-...

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2025 Robert E. Howard Awards Final Nomination List

Here is the ballot with the final nominees for the 2024 Robert E. Howard Awards.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 09/06/2026

Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

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Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

In a stunning House vote, lawmakers began an attempt to end the war without presidential approval — creating conditions for a potentially historic legal showdown. www.levernews.com/the-first-re...

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The First Real Legal Challenge To Trump’s Iran War

In a stunning House vote, lawmakers began an attempt to end the war without presidential approval — creating conditions for a potentially historic legal showdown.

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Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The FCC is floating the idea of making shows put up a warning if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph objecting to this would be helpful! The deadline for comments is May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

In a Public Notice released on April 22, 2026, the FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to “transgender and gender non-binary programming” and “the discussion or promotion of gender identity themes.”

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

@piperjdrake.bsky.social has passed away. In lieu of sending flowers, she requested donations be made in her honor. These are the organizations she worked with and specified should be shared: writingtheother.com/donate/ coralgardeners.org/pages/donate... www.clarionwest.org/get-involved...

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Donate to Help Writing the Other - Writing the Other

Writing the Other offers in-person and online writing classes for creators who want to include characters whose gender, sexual preference, race, or other

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Robert Rhodes ⚔️ @rrhodeswriter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

My new story “Huntress of the High Trails” is up at Heroic Fantasy Quarterly!

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HUNTRESS OF THE HIGH TRAILS | Heroic Fantasy Quarterly

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 31/03/2026

I did write a little thing about today, because I couldn't help myself, and you can read it on my webblog www.anxietyshark.ca/any-light-in...

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Any light in any storm

The veneer of visibility as a performance is nice, and it is also nothing.

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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Day of Visibilty 🏳️‍⚧️ means you have to look at my art again, sorry I don't make the rules I'm Chloé, an artist who happens to be a trans woman, working in comics & video games ✨🌸 #tdov #transdayofvisibility

a pic of me surrounded by several artworks done last year, in 2025, including fanarts and comic covers

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/03/2026

Good lord. Pure evil.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

When you tell a black artist that he is not wanted, he does not stop creating. Artists would die if they could not create. He will create in secret and then take his creations to a place where he is wanted. And then sell his wares without a racist censor or a bigoted and condescending middleman.

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Cielo-Soule @cielo-soule.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Warmish day, but good turnout along El Camino Real in the political dead-zone of Silicon Valley.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/03/2026

Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

"'Despair, or folly?' said Gandalf. 'It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt... Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy... the only measure that he knows is desire, desire for power; and so he judges all hearts...'" J.R.R. Tolkien

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/03/2026

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

No more kings. Vimes had difficulty in articulating why this should be so, why the concept resonated in his very bones. After all, a good many of the patricians had been as bad as any king. But they were...sort of...bad on equal terms. What set Vimes's teeth on edge was the idea that kings were a different kind of human being. A higher lifeform. Somehow magical.

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Stina Leicht @stinaleicht.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

protesting is a postive thing

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Reposting -- "No Kings" protests across the U.S. tomorrow! Here's one in our corner of California:

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

A drunk former fox news host refused to promote two Black and two female officers because a convicted felon and 5x draft dodger does not want to stand next to a Black woman at military events. Think about that for a second.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 27/03/2026

You have to be fucking deranged to believe that the configuration of basically *anyone else’s* genitals are any of your fucking business, but particularly those of a total stranger. These people are just perverts, right?

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Michelle Goldberg: "For the first time I can remember, both major parties have significant, influential antiwar contingents." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

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Opinion | Republicans Know This War Is Going Badly

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Chris Willrich @librariangoblin.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Reposting: A little over a day until the next "No Kings" protests. Here's one in our area:

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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A Texas school district has banned HOW LONG TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH, along with over 1500 other books. Mine was kicked bc it's labeled for adults, which is true. But so are every one of my books, which are available in most schools. That's the only one with "Black" in the title, tho.

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