Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Let it be known that on Father's Day weekend, before he attained even two years of age, my son kicked a soccer ball into the neighbor's hedge and shouted "GOAL!!!". My work on this Earth is finished. 010
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Oh hey so, I'm moving to Minnesota. That'll be a change. Happy to have landed on my feet though after a long period of uncertainty. Looking forward to leaning into all four seasons! And definitely finding a house with a fireplace. 030
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Here’s my attempt to follow @cricklewoodnature.bsky.social’s Wonder-Filled Wednesday #4, teaching about shadow using a pinecone! I used to consider myself a pretty terrible artist, but it’s amazing. What a few videos and a little practice can do. #nature #naturejournal #drawing 0110
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Damn, something in this draft seems off too! The characters keep swerving toward emotional confrontation and deeper human truths. That would involve a lot of difficult self-work to sort out. It can't be right. Surely, this calls for another round of worldbuilding avoidance behaviors! #amwriting 040
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 29/04/2025So, this caught my eye, not least because fish farming on Mars appears as a concept in the first chapter of my novel Red Soil Through Our Fingers (2016). www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSea bass in space: why fish farms on the moon may be closer than you thinkThe Lunar Hatch project aims to blast eggs into space, hoping that aquaculture will provide protein for astronauts on missions 010
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 28/04/2025arstechnica.com/culture/2025... "I say this as an ardent science fiction fan. I am not saying that science fiction is the problem. I'm saying that taking science fiction seriously as a vision of the future is the problem."arstechnica.comSilicon Valley billionaires literally want the impossibleArs chats with physicist and science journalist Adam Becker about his new book, More Everything Forever. 030
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 28/04/2025This interview with Steve Almond on London Writers Salon led me to his book “Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow”. Honestly, it has been exactly what I’ve needed to hear for the past year of being stuck with this novel project. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...podcasts.apple.com#139: Steve Almond – The Truth About Creative Failure, Overcoming Ego, and Writing Stories That Actually MatterPodcast Episode · London Writers' Salon · 04/05/2025 · 1h 1m 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Actual conversation: "So, are we being consistent about this?" "I mean, sometimes." 020
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakePhantasmagoria @jamielnathan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Earthsea > Harry Potter 💙📚 141
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 15/04/2025[Spends almost two months fuming about where such and such clothes could have gone, annoyed that favorite dress shirt is not available.] [Opens go-to business travel suitcase to discover he never unpacked it after last trip.] 🤦♂️ 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 13/04/2025I’ve been messing around with ink sketching in my regular journal. I think I’m ready to level up a little bit and try my hand at some #nature #journaling and sketching using charcoal as well, and warranting its own sketchbook. 040
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 08/04/2025First in-person interview since 2013 tomorrow. I'm not wearing a tie because I don't remember how they work. 100
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Alas, another D&D Campaign cut down in its prime. 020
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I will be immediately proposing to my writer group that we incorporate this comic into our process somehow. 010
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Oh man, RIP Val Kilmermedia.tenor.coma man says " you can be my wingman anytime " while wearing a helmetALT: a man says " you can be my wingman anytime " while wearing a helmet 000
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakeCarmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social · 01/04/2025“Inspiration does exist but it must find you working.” —Pablo Picassomedia.tenor.coma colorful painting of a woman sitting in a chair with a hand on her chinALT: a colorful painting of a woman sitting in a chair with a hand on her chin 19116
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 30/03/2025@rosesandwf.bsky.social I noticed that your submission form *requires* a Google account to use and does not permit the submitter to specify a different (non-GMail) email address on the form. Any chance you could at least add a field for us to type in an alternate, preferred email? 200
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Today is the first day of 2025 that I am able to set aside time to write new prose. Officially calling the novel project back on track. #amwriting #fantasy 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 30/03/2025My new year's resolutions of rekindling my literary life and exploring spiritual growth were mysteriously derailed starting on January 21st. However, now that work has at least stabilized to a manageable dumpster fire and not 100% of my discretionary time is job searching, I may be back in action. 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Really, one of the best parts of the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference is the prevalence of nerdy puns and wordplay. I see talks like “Venus: Earth’s Hotter Twin” and “For the Crater Good”. Gotta love #science #nerds. 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 03/03/2025TIL that dandelion comes from the French "dent de lion", or "tooth of the lion" for its jagged leaf shape. I think of lions as majestic and fearsome and dandelions as happy and fluffy! The crash of connotations carries an interesting dissonance with me, but now I can't un-know the etymology...media.tenor.coma bunch of yellow dandelions with white dandelions in the backgroundALT: a bunch of yellow dandelions with white dandelions in the background 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Oh, this is so cool! So that’s why everyone so hyped up about March madness. I wish someone would’ve told me it’s actually about cheese, all this time I thought it was about some kind of sport ball thing. 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The Sacramento River is very high right now. So much rain lately. 050
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakeJoe Renaud @spacetides.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Working at NASA is a dream for many around the country and even the world. Positions don't just get created. They are extremely rare and highly competitive. The folks that get them are _the_ best at what they do. What do they do? 1/6 430278
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Long before all this hit, we booked a couples retreat this weekend in San Diego. It’s been not only a wonderful set of tools for our marriage, but a much needed pocket of escape from all the crazy of the world right now. I feel better prepared for the changes ahead with my life partner by my side! 010
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakeRapunzel Reads #booksky 🌈 @rapunzelreads.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Libraries are essential. Support your local library, speak up for your local library, love your local library 💙📚 We can never express enough support for libraries! 293235582
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Latest newsletter issue is out! Holiday updates, our status in the current upheaval of government, novel project WIP underway, short stories in circulation, and a long list of reading reviews. Subscribe and I'll send you the latest! www.naratnayake.com/newsletter/naratnayake.comNewsletter – N.A. RatnayakeNewsletter – N.A. RatnayakeBlueskyInstagramRSS 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Last night, I attended my first play in years: the opening night of English at Capital Stage: capstage.org/the-plays/en.... While I don't think the cast was quite up to delivering the full power and nuance of what I heard in the (Pulitzer) script, it was a wonderful and thought-provoking experience.capstage.orgEnglish | Capital StageCapital Stage Presents the 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama: "English" by Sanaz Toossi. Directed by Torange Yeghiazarian. January 29 – March 2, 2025. 100
Reposted by Nalin Ratnayakencmema.bsky.social @ncmema.bsky.social · 27/01/2025This is what we all should remember. 268262515315
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 12/01/2025This is amazing. I'm going to say Lawful Plantser, and moving in the Chaotic direction towards True Plantser over the course of my current WIP. 010
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakeJT Atkinson @jtatkinson666.bsky.social · 12/01/2025"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley. #photographer #photography #art #writer #music #gothic #church 04013
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 05/01/2025This evening I will attempt to watch a sportball. My neighbors inform me a band of local quality known as the "Kings" will be waging combat against some warriors from a state apparently made of gold, one that exists down I-80 and is populated by snobby Bay Area yuppies. 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 05/01/2025A little late off the starting block, but I've finally converged on some goals for the year: 1. Perform 200 instances of spiritual practice, defined as an action with no other useful purpose but to instantiate non-directed, open awareness (e.g. meditation, poetry, etc) 2. Finish my damn novel. 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Peaceful foggy winter morning at Shaw #Nature Reserve, a part of Missouri Botanical Gardens that is out in Franklin County near Labadie. Part first run back out there since the marathon, part slow thinkwalk through the woods and prairie. 021
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakeC.M. Rosens @cmrosens.com · 22/12/2024If you want to give your fave authors a gift this holiday season that won't cost <you> anything, one amazing thing you could do is post a wee review for readers saying what you liked about the book. bonus: cross-post to multiple sites! Reviews help with visibility! 👀 4480176
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Oh hey! My mother-in-law apparently bought a copy of my latest anthology publication! Reminds me I need to re-pub this one as a free ebook and on the site with the rest of them. Soon as I find a cover artist to commission… 110
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 22/12/2024And now… let Midwestern Cozywintermas… begin. 010
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Holiday air travel with a toddler. Thoughts and prayers accepted. 020
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I have never used a backflow incense burner before. This is strangely fascinating and I kinda love it. 000
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakeRob @robertferry.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I’m starting to think that a solar + battery “space race” between the USA and China could be the exact thing the climate needs right now. As each builds out domestic supply chains and competes on efficiency we could see $200/kWp utility solar and $50/kWh storage by 2030. 63912
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakeTosin Fadeyi @tosinfadeyi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Reach out to me if you have any questions about your project, or want some guidance for your application! Looking forward to working with you! #scipol #sciencepolicy #science #scienceadvocacy #scienceforpublicgood #environmentaljustice 044
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 15/12/2024You know it’s real parenting when the toddler craps himself on a walk at the same time the dog corners a skunk in the park and gets hit full in the face and you’re already late for family Christmas brunch. Two hours later and in pajamas rather than nice sweaters, here we are. 000
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Ran the Cali International Marathon last weekend here in Sac! Didn’t quite hit my A-Goal, but can’t complain about a PR… with PRs for my half and 10k along the way this season. 7 marathons in 4 years - I need a break! Won’t do one in 2025 but hope to return year after next. #running 🏃🏾💨 040
Nalin Ratnayake @naratnayake.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Life achievement unlocked: got pulled into a back room discussion on quantum computing at a conference ✅ 000
Reposted by Nalin RatnayakeJohn Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Is there a doctor on the flight? Specifically an English PhD? A passenger is attributing the views of the first-person narrator to the biographical author 938574