iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 20h

I really dislike submission calls that tell me all the guidelines I must follow up front otherwise my submission will be set on fire but then hide or don't tell me how much they are paying. Excuse you.

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 17h

Every time they point to something impressive that generative AI has done, one of three things is invariably true: 1. It didn’t do it. 2. It’s not very impressive. 3. The real effort was actually done by one or more humans.

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 20h

Tell me SOMEBODY has written a fantasy Casablanca homage about events in and around a "djinn joint." I will be terribly disappointed if they haven't (and then eagerly await someone filling that gap).

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Nico Martinez Nocito 🏳️‍⚧️ @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My favorite work is my poem "The Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice from the Bathtub," a weird fantasy exploration of complicity in societal injustice published by @strangehorizons.bsky.social! You can read it here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

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The Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice from the Bathtub

Change requires examination of the initial errors

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wanna try before you buy? Check out The Scarlet Ball here, and if you dig it, pre-order it before release on OCT 6! Reactor not only gave us a fun selection to read, but also an audiobook sample as well, which, incredible because the audiobook is read by the incredible @natalienaudus.bsky.social!

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

moralguillotines.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/a... Some thoughts on the plausibility of a utopic AI future and how we interact differently with different epistemic agents depending on what they are telling us.

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Authority, Autonomy, and Why AI Won’t Save Us

One argument from proponents of AI that I find particularly silly is the idea that AI will somehow magically solve all our other problems for us. The proponents argue that if we can just get to an …

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Justin Joque @jjoque.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is exactly why I think, especially building on the anti-data center and anti-flock politics of the moment, there is significant political potential in "the right to an analog life," that is that all necessities of daily life should be equally available w/o the internet at all

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Changelings have always had a special place in my heart, so of course I jumped at the chance to write about them for Reactor! Featuring fabulous changeling stories by @franceshardinge.bsky.social, @hgparry.bsky.social, @kimberlybea.bsky.social, Ivelisse Houseman, and @macarrick.bsky.social!

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Leave me to rot and decay. I do not revered your sterile soulless ozone-flavoured future. Deoptimize my OS. Befuddled me with delightful inconveniences. I shall write my own typoed email and DARE TO EAT A PEACH.

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We need the language and the labels and the experiential frames of reference because those things are tools. Imagine trying to discuss, say, wage gap while only describing people as "people." No gender, no race, no disability, nothing but "people." It can't be done—you *need* the words.

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Last re-skeet: I have a hard time concretizing for other people how often that's the case in so many spheres of identity and disability and queerness, etc.—one of the reasons people actively weaponize "I wish we had no labels!" is to rob us of the language and concepts we use to functionally exist.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is your friendly reminder that I have a witchy, tarot-filled, feminist, myth/fairytale-laden poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods, from @clashbooks.bsky.social ! You can snag it here: www.alitrotta.com/recent-works @reactorsff.bsky.social review: reactormag.com/book-review-...

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It’s In the Cards: Ali Trotta’s Offerings for Ordinary Gods - Reactor

Myths, legends, and arcana are the materials with which Trotta reflects our lives, showing readers how close they might be to the stuff of legends.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 27/09/2026

Pls send authors nice emails about their work Otherwise it's a wasteland of slopscammers and "Were is the addiobook I want addio" "Wy is ur book not for sale in my nation no one has ever herd of" "I live on Enceladus & I cannot find ur bok"

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AJ Odasso @ajodasso.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I need to clarify something here: this is a physical, print collection that I’m looking to get back in actual physical print. If all an imprint is going to do with my book to give it second life is make it entirely digital and distribute it for free, that…sadly isn’t what I’m looking for, I’m sorry.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

your land is one of play we layer you, heroines and fiddles there's something about the combination the flavour of purple and the sky I would carry you in my pocket; what a pleasure has the earth

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's your fragrance that enchants the only forgivable part of forgetting that not every bloom is made for every biome demand the conditions that humid cloud that best transmits remind us we love you on the air only because of all your roots bring up from acidic soil.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Remember, the love is real the not may be disregarded firsts and losts and unrequited confessions say the truth slantwise :you are always there petals the softest lesson the sweetest comfort to unkissed lips

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A species of one, and still the hummingbirds come it is no shame to be singular twirl in your red dress even when it marks death, especially.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sweet nectar, divine tea I'm sure your pistils know all secrets adorning fences only to welcome make bright our parties and our lips showy petals & delectable calyces filling cups until they overflow so the next guest may always join our table.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If only we were all so popular as to require disambiguation; even multitudes must originate ease and versatility a too-oft forgotten virtue -- unlike the shine of your crown.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

a reminder that roots can be delicious, even as you guard transitions unfurling in the threshhold that twilight between the land and the mirror below

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

To grow up and bloom in a reflection of that which nourishes to take that which might burn and make it something even a dog can hold a wand, symbolizing only goodness, only warmth, even as the days turn cool.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's like they made courtyards just for you, to decorate paths planted in supplication just so you might rule them all of us subject if only to the awe of you

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Made for moths but not the closet, bloom adjacent to that awakening elixir fill the night with your fragrance tall though you might be we could do with remembering no beauty is too much.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The fact that they have taken your delicious beauty and termed it insult shows only they did not care to learn your thoughtful lessons hardy through winter, multiply named; revel in the rumination; you do not have to choose.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Star-headedness is no risk, reclassification changes understanding but not essence revel in your purple the fact that discovery is a field always in bloom

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A grandmother spritzes her sheets with essence, d[i/e]stilled then lays the quilt back down scent like memory pressed ; the syrup still on the stovetop made for sweetening.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today is my birthday and as is tradition, I will write a tiny poem for anyone who replies to this! This year, please share a flower you love and I'll write in response to that and at the end of the day, we shall have a collective bouquet! 🎉🏵️🎉

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mosquito, pressed between pages, now it's your turn to bleed for the words // it feels very appropriate that a bloodsucker tried to attack me while reading this collection in the hot tub and got caught in the turning pages. (One of his comrades did inflict a bite on my hand though)

a copy of The Repoetic: After Saint- Pol Roux by Benjamin C Dugdaie

A picture of a page of weird prose poetry. A smushed mosquito sits above the line "there are vicious needy things among us."

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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.com · 24/09/2026

The fact that "AI" bros call their product "a tool" when that's most convenient, and "a person" when that's most convenient, only proves it's just a means for THEM to escape any accountability.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Green M&M&M's are my favourite.

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In my upcoming Thought Experiment Revolution, I describe Large Language Models as "massive misinformation machines." My copyeditor has petitioned me to put forward this "MMM" acronym as an alternative to the standard LLM. Do with this as you will!

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It should be illegal to set up your system such that a person needs to use some backdoor Konami code recorded on Reddit to access a human for customer service. What the fuck FedEx?!

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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 18/09/2026

On the Occasion of Your Daughter Becoming a Kallikantzaros by @avramargariti.bsky.social is now FREE-TO-READ! It's parenting on hard mode...but also a lovely balm for anyone who grew up a little feral.

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On the Occasion of Your Daughter Becoming a Kallikantzaros

On the Occasion of Your Daughter Becoming a Kallikantzaros by Avra Margariti

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Having editorial oversight is such a humbling gift! I'm learning today that apparently I have been using "might" and "may" wrong my whole life and feeling such feels for my very patient copyeditor 😭

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Getting to tick "solicited story reprint" off my authorial bingo card feels pretty dang great!

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mimi 🐑 pixel artist @yumemimir.art · 17/09/2026

the sentiment of "i want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and i'm not kidding" needs to be made into a billboard with neon lights placed outside of every game company corpo building

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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

DON'T PANIC BUT WE ARE LESS THAN A MONTH OUT FROM CAN*CON (we're panicking a little) If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, do so! If you're thinking about signing up for special events but haven't yet, what are you waiting for??? www.can-con.org

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Can*Con

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Now that I'm done edits on Thought Experiment Revolution, I've had some time to return to my notes and ruminate on some tangentially related things. I hope this gives a sneak peek into the kinds of things I'll be discussing in the book! moralguillotines.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/s...

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Science Fiction as an Epistemic Resource

I’ve written before about how epistemology– the philosophy of how we acquire and categorize knowledge– is intimately related to the practice of ethics. After all, how can we know …

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I don't know why I find it so comforting, but watching PBS Eons and learning about the science around historic mass extinctions and weird geologic/biologic periods really soothes my climate anxiety.

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Elle Grenier @elleoftheball.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

✨Let’s go, girls✨ I’m beyond thrilled to announce my next book, coming out this spring with @harpercollins.bsky.social BOTTLE BLONDE is a YA rom-com love letter to community, high school musical theatre, 2000s chick flicks and the magic of being true to yourself.

A light pink theatre curtain fills the background of the graphic in front of a sparkly bubblegum pink backdrop. In the middle of the screen, in a red marquee sign clipart, is the following deal announcement from Bookshelf:

Aly Day at HarperCollins has acquired BOTTLE BLONDE by Elle Grenier (THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY) at auction. A YA rom-com following a determined theater nerd who is sure the key to living out her picture-perfect senior year is landing her dream part as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde the Musical; obviously she’ll need to nail her audition, but first she needs to come out as a trans girl. Publication is set for May 2027; Alexandra Levick negotiated the two-book six-figure deal for North American rights.

A second marquee sign features the following text:
BOTTLE BLONDE by Elle Grenier
A HarperCollins production
Out May 18th 2027

The same background as the last graphic. This time, the marquee sign features the following summary:

Amelia knows she was born to be a leading lady. But there’s just one thing: only one other person knows she’s a girl.

With only three and a half months until graduation, Amelia is determined to make her senior year dreams come true. And the key to living out her picture-perfect high school fantasy is landing the part of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical. It would give Amelia the chance to play opposite her longtime crush—sensitive, mega-talented basketball star, Travis dos Santos. Travis, who always laughs at her jokes and makes space for her thoughts. Travis, who has started to look at her a bit differently.

But if she wants a real shot at her dream role, she has to come out as a trans girl.

Amelia is closer than ever to turning her main-character daydreams into reality, if only she could prove herself to the rest of the school. But finding her happily-ever-after might be more complicated than she thought—and her vibrant imagination might just carry her away this time.

A take on the meme featuring a dark, gloomy beach house next to a pink, Barbie-like beach house. Above each house are the following titles (left to right): This Wretched Beauty (2026) / Bottle Blonde (2027)

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Rift came *from* me, unfurling from the frayed edge of each un-seamed and unseemly hole in the threadbare and familiar comfort of my clothes. When you tried to smudge away the joy of hard work staining my face, with your finger, you split wide the world the Rift unfurled, a sanctuary even then.

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I told them, I literally don’t have anything left to give you. I know they have rules and a script but it was frustrating. If you’d like to help out, here’s my tip jar. I also have Choosing Heresy, my debut poetry chapbook, there if you’d like to treat yourself. ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman

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Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee

Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

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Lynne Sargent @lynnesargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Science Fiction as an Epistemic Resource

I’ve written before about how epistemology– the philosophy of how we acquire and categorize knowledge– is intimately related to the practice of ethics. After all, how can we know …

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Voting for both the Rhysling and Elgin Awards closes TODAY SFPA Members! The vote is often quite close, so get yours in 🚀 And THANK YOU for reading and voting and helping us to celebrate the best in speculative poetry 🌟

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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"

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Marlow Stern (the interviewer): You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today is the second birthday of that novella I wrote that I won't shut up about. I love that book tho. The promotion of Countess will continue until my next book is bought and published. 😘

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