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Martha Wells

@marthawells.com
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SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, Queen Demon, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 1h
Goodnight from the phantoms stuck in the cells below Coreham Crown Court, bemoaning their contemptible state of waiting upon judgement. Goodnight from Eleanor Merril, looking for tide-gifted Blood Lace blooms in the moonlit rock pools of Clinker Cove. Goodnight from Hookland.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1h
Hey all, an hour left to virtual discussion of me and Neil Newbon talking Astarion, with Rotem Rusak! Listen to much mutual fanning at one another! Thrill to the discussion of why we both love Rooftop Henry! mystgalaxy.com/93026Kingfis...
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TICKETED Virtual Event- T. Kingfisher and Neil Newbon discussing BALDUR'S GATE 3: ASTARION with Rotem Rusak
An independent bookstore specializing in sci-fi, fantasy, horror, mystery, and romance.
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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · 5h
22 hours remaining! Our first stretch goal adds another issue next year. Let’s read all the stories together! kck.st/4x4r1oz
headshots of Gemma Amor, Gemma Files, A.T. Greenblatt, Shane Hawk, Jordan Kurella, Arkady Martine, Sam J. Miller, Suzan Palumbo, Sarah Read, Eden Royce, A.D. Sui, Michael Wehunt, Kelsea Yu, along with the 3LBE masthead
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Janny Wurts @jannywurts.bsky.social · 6h
Attention: I got an email today offering for sale the CONTACT INFORMATION, PHONE, ADDRESS, BUSINESS INFO - everything for the entire LIST of attendees for the 2026 World Fantasy Convention. Very ugly - did that list get hacked from the convention? I did fwd the email to writerbeware.
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Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social · 6h
Bruce Krajewski reviewed THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS for the Ancillary Review of Books, and he was picking up what I was putting down. You can read the full review here: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/06/16/d... Bruce, thank you for such a thoughtful review.
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 8h
Coming in October — five Fridays means it will be a three-episode Eating the Fantastic month! Join @wiswell.bsky.social, @marthawells.com, and @thomasha.bsky.social as we chat and chew. Subscribe for your seat at their tables wherever you prefer to pick up your podcasts. pod.link/1083737796
My three guests across the table from me during our meals: John holding up a chicken sandwich, Martha a soup dumpling, and Thomas a crunchy pork bao.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 8h
I have a very close friend in Gaza, a mother of three children, who has lost everything and is in dire need of donations for her family. 

 Please give if you can, and help others. No amount of donation is too small. There are many Gazans in need. 🙏💜 chuffed.org/project/1981...
My friend's three children.
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 8h
#Booksky Today is a great day to buy werewolf books! Catherine Lundoff’s Wolves of Wolf’s Point books are available in print, ebook and audiobook everywhere and SILVER MOON is out in German translation from @ylva-publishing.bsky.social! queenofswordspress.com/product-cate...
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Werewolves
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 8h
UPDATE: After our investigation into that company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, it has halted publication -- at least for now futurism.com/artificial-i...
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That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation
Brown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least.
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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Heck yeah.
Human-made over 5 years

No AI has been used to generate any code or content in or about the game, and never will be. Slow Roads has been a labour of love since the project began in 2021, and has been built with a decade of experience in 3D graphics and creative software development. Textures are hand-drawn, sounds are recorded locally, and all systems are designed and engineered specifically for the unique context of the game. This is a solo-developed project that I take great care over, and I believe AI simply doesn't belong in creative projects like these.

Please note that procedural generation is not a form of generative AI; the procedures used to generate the world in the game are mathematical functions that have been derived and defined by hand, with direct creative intent.
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Kirsty Isla Thomas @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social · 10h
Great source of more information here and info on how to lodge a planning objection against the latest AI data centre proposal in Scotland.
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Chapelcross Data Centre - Action to Protect Rural Scotland
This proposed 1GW (1000MW) data centre development, covering 57 hectares, is planned for land just north of the former Chapelcross nuclear site near Annan, Dumfries and Galloway. It is still in the ea...
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 21h
I finally found a clip of the whole thing, which is serving "original UK 'The Office'" levels of cringe, though the one in The Daily Beast that zooms in on his horrified chief of staff like she is Jim Halpert is the best version
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WATCH: Schmitt suggested Jack Smith perjured himself about a basketball game, but mixed up 2 teams
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 21h
Christin's wrong about almost everything, but right about this: This committee hearing matters & real Texas parents need to let lawmakers know the effects of SB12 & SB13. @txfreedomread.bsky.social will be there with a TON of data about the damage these laws have done. Bring your stories!
Tweet from book burner Texas Republican official Christin Bentley that reads: 

“The Texas Senate Committee on Education will convene on Wednesday, October 7, at 8:00 a.m. to address several interim charges, including monitoring the implementation of legislation passed last session. The hearing specifically includes SB 571, SB 12, and SB 13, all of which contain important protections for Texas children and parental rights.

I expect there will be significant testimony regarding SB 13, which strengthened Texas' mandatory school library standards, established local school library advisory councils, and expanded parental oversight of school library materials.

SB 13 was an important step forward in our efforts to stop the sexualization of children and keep inappropriate materials out of school libraries. But passing legislation is only part of the work. Implementation and enforcement matter.”Second part of a tweet from book burning GOP official that reads: 

“We have already seen inconsistencies in implementation across the state, including districts that appear unwilling to fully comply with the law.

If you have been involved in auditing school libraries, filing local book challenges, serving on a library advisory council, or documenting problems with your district's implementation of SB 13, I strongly encourage you to participate in this hearing and share what you have seen.

You can testify in person or provide written testimony to members of the Senate Education Committee. Public testimony at the hearing will be limited to two minutes per person, and those submitting written testimony at the hearing are instructed to bring 10 copies with their name on each copy.

This is an important opportunity for legislators to hear directly from parents and community members about what is actually happening in Texas school libraries and where implementation of SB 13 may need to be strengthened.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
8:00 a.m.
Texas Capitol, E1.028
Senate Committee on Education”
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 20h
Singapore plans to merge several islands into a new “western island” for industrial development. Conservationists warn the mega-project could bury up to 60% of the country’s remaining coral reefs, which serve as ecologically vital “mother” reefs. Robin Hicks reports for #Mongabay.
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Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs
SINGAPORE — “For seven thousand years, Singapore has changed around these reefs,” says Debby Ng, a Singaporean biologist who studies the city-state’s shrinking coastlines of seagrasses, mangroves and…
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 10h
Republican senator's gotcha moment of confrontation against Jack Smith involving a basketball game backfires when it turns out the senator got the wrong game, wrong league and wrong state. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Definitely click through on this story for the quotes from the Third Way spokesperson, who AGREED Democratic candidates should NOT adopt Republican language on trans issues. I was floored - even tried to get Billie to put it in the headline. This is not just analysis, these quotes are news.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 13h
Most TV is just this now.
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 10h
Dropped in a Hookland vinegar cake to all at @treadwells-books.bsky.social as a small thank for hosting such a magical evening last week. They still have plenty of signed copies ‘Hookland Fragments’ with a special insert if you want to order from them.
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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 10h
Cartoon by Hergé. CAPTAIN HADDOCK: Wat een week, he? TINTIN: Kapitein, het is woensdag."
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 10h
Vainglorious of me to say but this audiobook slaps
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 10h
Delightful also to hear real eagle noises. In movies eagles are always dubbed with hawks, since hawks found fierce and eagles sound like adorable squeakers.
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 10h
In Defence of the Delightful: for the latest Small Press Dispatch, @chloroformtea.bsky.social reads Zen Cho's THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO (@homewardbooksco.bsky.social)
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Small Press Dispatch: In Defence of the Delightful
Roseanna Pendlebury There are plenty of ways of talking about books that make me especially happy, and they all bear some baggage. I could say “trash”, which comes with a big side order of judgment…
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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 10h
RUN FOR COVER (1977) Acrylic on illustration board H. Beam Piper is, of course, best remembered for the Fuzzies of Zarathustra. My involvement with those books began in 1976 when Ace, guided by Jerry Pournelle, repackaged the two original novels: LITTLE FUZZY and FUZZY SAPIENS. #art #booksky 🪐📚
A white haired man stares down a horned and tusked alien boar-like creature as it prepares to charge. Pappy Jack cradles a little fuzzy alien creature in one hand while gripping a laser rifle by the stock with his other. The beast turns intense orange eyes towards the pack of fuzzies that are panicked and looking for cover. The beast’s intentions are clearly hostile from the bristling of its mane to the set of its hooves on the flora covered rise.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 18h
Our creators! @stillwintercraft.bsky.social is a competition-level cosplayer, archer, designer, maker and colour artist of 15 years experience on everything from hard SF to Archie. Another multi-talented force, their colour work makes Murderbot’s world bloom. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 18h
LAND OF THE GIANTS, in which a standard suborbital flight (as, you know, we had in 1983) goes through a dimensional barrier and crashes on a planet where everything is twelve times bigger, and the crew and passengers struggle to survive.
Still frame from the credits of LAND OF THE GIANTS, with the title looming large, as if cut from stone, with a giant figure in shadow.
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 18h
This was my favorite show ever.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 22h
Peter Thiel coming home from the office and cracking open a new blood boy with his teeth like an otter pop
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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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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have an #UrgentNeed: i forgot my quarterly insurance payment was due this month and now it's past due for $450. #HelpSky to paypal.me/popelizbet or cashapp $popelizbet #MutualAid #MARequest
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Pay Elizabeth McClellan using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/popelizbet and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Release day is here!!! Help us celebrate all of the incredible authors who contributed to the Forged in FIYAH anthology! Snatch a copy or five for yourself wherever books are sold. Shout out to Matt and the @tordotcompub.bsky.social team for seeing this project through.
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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“These filings reveal shocking disdain for writers and their work through repeated, intentional decisions to steal books rather than pay for them with full knowledge that their products will destroy the careers of authors. +
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Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some more for ya: To Our Untamed Core, Sonido Reyes Tyrant in the Cracks, Hache Pueyo All the Hidden Places, Cadwell Turnbull When They Burned the Butterfly, Wen-Yi Lee The Apprentice Liar, Isabel J. Kim The Upper Tentacle, Amanda Helms The Archaeology of Falling Worlds, Megan Chee Happy reading!❤️‍🔥
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026
It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...
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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....
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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By 40, you should have a shirt you can’t bear to throw out, an animal you over-identify with, a bad 90s movie that makes you weep due to unresolved issues with a parent, an apotropaic charm to ward off The Curse, inexplicable memory lapses, blood on your hands, so much blood, & shoes w/ arch support
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We were pylon pilgrims. Each transmission tower a sacred destination in the electric ley of the land. The Hum called us to walk to them, to move under their steel legs and into our temporary temples. We marched lines of electrical ecstasy. – Tattoo Labyrinth Dave #VOH
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Protest in Democracy spotlight would not be complete without some analysis of climate protests: "The right may remain protected on paper while arrests, prosecution, financial penalties and lengthy legal proceedings gradually raise the price of exercising it."
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When the right to protest remains, but demonstrating comes at a price
Since the 1950s, Europe’s democratic and human rights system has developed through the gradual strengthening of protections for political expression, assembly and dissent.
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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Okay. Forthcoming books to want to read. @kateelliottsff.bsky.social's Flower Court. @fozmeadows.bsky.social's Godburned. @melissacaruso.bsky.social's Last Star In the Void. @stephanieburgis.bsky.social's Melting the Ice Queen. @tkingfisher.com's next several (what? she's prolific).
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 29/09/2026
In this month's edition of Undertones, we dive deep into a narrative used by leaders in the United States and other countries to delegitimize protests. Support our Protest in Democracy #GVSpotlight globalvoices.org/2026/08/24...
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Equating protest with terrorism: A narrative against dissent
In this month's edition, we dive deep into a narrative used by leaders in the United States and other countries to delegitimize protests.
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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
story!
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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow. Really amazing writeup on my collection The Astronaut Among the Flowers in The Horror Review. Check it out: www.horrorreview.com/book-review-... @starsandsabers.bsky.social
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Book Review: THE ASTRONAUT AMONG THE FLOWERS
The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories P.A. Cornell Stars and Sabers Publishing (August 18, 2026) Reviewed by Andrew Byers I ran across P.A. Cornell recently in Of Dread, Decay, and Doom…
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"From Morgan Le Fay to Elaine of Astolat, these Arthurian retellings put female characters from legend center stage." Includes my novel The Cleaving alongside some fascinating-looking reading. (h/t @cherylmorgan.bsky.social) www.jezebel.com/these-female...
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Feminist Retellings of King Arthur You Need for Romantasy Fall
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At this point, I assume any defense of AI was written by it. I’ve not been wrong.
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 29/09/2026
Friday at 7pm central, live on Twitch, we talk to Shane Hawk! Join us! twitch.tv/alphabetst...
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is tomorrow in the Seattle area and it’s free:
AUTHOR VOICES
Nnedi Okorafor
Tuesday, September 29, 6:30pm
Renton Library and Online

Details
Date:
September 29
Time:
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Categories:
Literary, Renton
Venue
Renton Library
WA
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TheAfterwords @theafterwords.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HARDCOVER #DEAL ALERT! Book lovers unite because QUEEN DEMON @marthawells.com is on #sale on amazon US for a limited time only! amzn.to/4hi1CDd #QueenDemon #TheRisingWorld #ad #amazoncom
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Queen Demon (The Rising World, 2)
Dahin, a beloved member of the Witch King's coterie, believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Welcome back to the Martha Wells Book Club! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social dives into The Wizard Hunters, book one of The Fall of Ile-Rien, with everything to love about Wells' writing: "...deep worldbuilding, vivid descriptions, moral quandaries with no easy answers..." And of course, airships!
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Martha Wells Book Club: The Wizard Hunters - Reactor
Ile-Rien is on its last legs, and invasion is a near certainty...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 28/09/2026
Be careful, friends—this scam is everywhere writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/w...
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Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses - Writer Beware
I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whethe...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 28/09/2026
Corpus Christi drew $235M from an agreement with the Texas Water Development Board, in a deal to build a desalination plant that was supposed to produce millions of gallons of fresh water per day from the Gulf. The project was never completed, and the loan is coming due.
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Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant
City leaders hope to revive the twice-rejected project to avoid returning money loaned by the state.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re almost at 1500 sign-ups! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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