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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The first move for Skydance after the merger announcement: fire the studio executives who brought in One Battle After Another and Sinners.

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Michael De Luca, Pamela Abdy Out at Warner Bros.

The news comes as Paramount Skydance is readying to finalize its deal for the legacy studio.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In the rainforest of Cameroon, a chimpanzee asked French photographer JC Pieri for his hands to help it drink water and, in gratitude, washed them afterward

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Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nobody is cheering for the Dodgers to win the World Series this year. Fuck the Dodgers.

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 23h

That's it! This year's trophy art will be revealed later this month. Until then, thanks to all of our winners and finalists for their outstanding contributions to genre literature. View the full list here: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2026-results/ Happy Saturday! #2026IgnyteAwards

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2026 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience Cursed Daughters – Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday) Harmattan Season – Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor Books) Mothea...

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 23h

Finally, the #2026IgnyteAwards Community Award recognizes Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre Congratulations @strangehorizons.bsky.social who also won the inaugural award in this category in 2020.

2026 Ignyte Community Award winner: Strange Horizons

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 23h

The #2026IgnyteAwards Ember Award is given to acknowledge a writer, organization, or entity who has made unsung contributions to the field of genre literature through authorship, patronage, initiatives, and all the quiet ways that make our spaces stronger. Congratulations @marthawells.com

2026 Ignyte Ember Award winner: Martha Wells

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 23h

The #2026IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works goes to WE WILL RISE AGAIN: SPECULATIVE STORIES AND ESSAYS ON PROTEST, RESISTANCE, AND HOPE edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social (Saga Press) See the contributor list in the alt text

2026 Ignyte Award winner in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works:

We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope: EDs. Dr. Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, Malka Older

CONTRIBUTORS: Charlie Jane Anders, Samit Basu, Tobias S. Buckell, Reo Eveleth, Jaymee Goh, Nicola Griffith, Alejandro Heredia, Vida James, N.K. Jemisin, R.B. Lemberg, Sam J. Miller, Abdulla Moaswes, Laia Asieo Odo, Kelly Robson, Nisi Shawl, Ursula Vernon, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Izzy Wasserstein. Interviewees: adrienne maree brown, Andrea Dehlendorf, Walidah Imarisha, L.A. Kauffman, Scott Gabriel Knowles, Kendra Pierre-Louis (Saga Press)

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 23h

The #2026IgnyteAwards Critics Award recognizes contributions to reviews and analysis of the field of speculative literature Congratulations again, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social

2026 Ignyte Critics Award winner: Alex Brown

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 23h

The #2026IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Speculative Poetry goes to THE LANGUAGE OF FIREFLIES by Angela Liu (The Deadlands)

2026 Ignyte Award winner in Outstanding Speculative Poetry: The Language of Fireflies by Angela Liu

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 23h

The Outstanding Short Story category recognizes speculative works ranging from 2,000-7,499 words. Congratulations to COMMENSALISM, OR THE LABYRINTH'S VESSELS by Albert Nkereuwem (Will This Be a Problem) #2026IgnyteAwards

2026 Ignyte Award Winner for Outstanding Short Story: Commensalism, or The Labyrinth's Vessels by Albert Nkereuwem

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 23h

The Outstanding Novelette category recognizes speculative works ranging from 7,500-17,499 words. Congratulations to WE BEGIN WHERE INFINITY ENDS by @somtoihezue.bsky.social #2026IgnyteAwards

2026 Ignyte Award winner for Outstanding Novelette: We Begin Where Infinity Ends by Somto Ihezue

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Outstanding Novella category recognizes for speculative works ranging from 17,500-39,999 words Congratulations to THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by @amalelmohtar.com #2026IgnyteAwards

2026 Ignyte Award Winner in Outstanding Novella: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The #2026IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Middle Grade goes to THE GLADE by @jamsternazzy.bsky.social (Bittersweet Books)

2026 Ignyte Award Winner in Outstanding Middle Grade: The Glade by Naseem Jamnia

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our next category, Outstanding Novel: Young Adult highlights novel-length (40k+ words) works intended for the young adult audience Congratulations to THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT by Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury YA) #2026IgnyteAwards

2026 Ignyte Award Winner for Outstanding Novel - Young Adult: They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As ever, we begin with the #2026IgnyteAwards winner in Outstanding Novel - Adult for novel-length (40k words+) works intended for an adult audience Congratulations to THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER (Saga Press/Titan Books) by Stephen Graham Jones!

2026 Ignyte Award Winner: Outstanding Novel - Adult - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter x Stephen Graham Jones

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Somehow this has snuck up on me! If you're in Kitchener-Waterloo today come see us down on Gaukel Block. My booth is the first tent closest to Charles Street. Discounts on ALL the Year's Best Canadian F&SF volumes! Get caught up before Volume 4 drops later this month!

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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 02/10/2026

"An alliance once existed between the Catholic church and art. We have come to honor that allegiance." www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqIM...

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Haldir Arrives at Helm's Deep

YouTube video by Igros Kookli

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I fixed the headline: "OpenAI Says People Linked to China's Moonshot Tried to Steal The Thing OpenAI Built By Stealing Stuff"

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Lesley Conner @lesleyconner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's time! The @apexmag.bsky.social 2027 Kickstarter is live! Help us fund another year of strange, shocking, beautiful, and surreal speculative fiction! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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Apex Magazine 2027

An award-winning digital literary journal of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Submissions are open! We're seeking short stories from writers living in the North of England for our anthology of cosmic horror. Find out more and submit: carnyxpress.co.uk/anthology-3-...

Submissions are open for short stories on the theme of cosmic horror, from writers living in the North of England, from the 1st October to the 30th November.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

cant.stop.laughing

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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Pope's Own Chicago White Sox!

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 30/09/2026

Your 3rd dose today of Anthropic settlement madness (at least from me). Authors, CHECK YOUR CLAIMS! Your situation may have changed, per this email from the settlement administrator that some authors are receiving (subject heading: Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Allocation Updates)

We made updates that may affect your claim.
What Changed?
Wed, Sep 30,
2026 at 5:35 AM
Based on feedback from claimants, we updated how certain works are categorized.
In particular, where multiple claimants submitted default claims for the same
ownership interest in a work, we changed those works from agreement to
disagreement.
In addition, the portal is updated to reflect that some claimants changed their sole
ownership claims to default claims, and some claimants withdrew their claims.
What This Means for You
As a result of these updates, some works on your claim may now be categorized
differently. We encourage you to review the current allocations for your works.
How to Review and Update Your Allocations
Please use your claim number and PIN above to log into the portal below.
Claim Summary and Allocation Portal
For help making updates, please visit the allocation portal instructions.
If You Already Submitted Updates
If you already updated the allocation for a work, then you do not need to
submit those updates again. Any changes you submitted previously
through the online portal are recorded, but the portal is not being
updated in real time. If you submit multiple updates for the same
copyright number, your most recent submission will replace any earlier
submissions

What’s Next?
We will continue to work with claimants to help resolve disputes.
For works where all rightsholders are in agreement and where all necessary
payment information is provided, we expect to send a first round of payments in
November 2026.
If You Have Questions
Please contact us at 1-877-206-2314 or info@AnthropicCopyrightSettlement.com.
Regards,
Settlement Administrator

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

a map company has the opportunity to perform the greatest bit in cartographic history

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 30/09/2026

I think we can assume that Hegseth doesn't like bearded generals is because of who they win against and how

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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It was AFTER Confederation, took 10 years of stop-and-start planning first, and the 1881-1885 construction phase went HALFWAY across Canada—just Ontario to B.C.—without labour standards or consideration of Indigenous people. This mythologizing of the CPR is in itself a mark of unseriousness.

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David William Sheridan @dwsheridan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This explains it: Carlo Cipolla’s theory of stupidity says that elections provide an effective method to ensure a steady supply of stupid people among the ruling class.

newrepublic.com

Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

How a 50-year-old treatise by an Italian economic historian makes sense of our utterly senseless moment

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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cartoon by Hergé. CAPTAIN HADDOCK: Wat een week, he? TINTIN: Kapitein, het is woensdag."

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Jamie Ontario @jroberts548.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

if you’re an ambitious corsican general, the time has never been more ripe

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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is 2:23 in the morning in Vatican City and it might be the coolest thing ever that you KNOW the Pope was up watching the White Sox win that game.

A screengrab showing the time in Vatican City is 2:23:47 AM as the White Sox defeat the Astros

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Never actually talked to a parent. I know this post is about America. I don't fucking care. When the small one hit three and was finally eligible for the three-hours-a-day five-days-a-week 2/3 of the year government-funded playschool here in Ireland? I stopped slowly dying of exhaustion.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just bought my Baby's First WorldCon discount membership for @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social. So excite! Prices go up October 1st, so grab yours while they're cheap!

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NEW from me: Over the last 4 years, America has lost more than 200k jobs in creative fields like publishing, film, TV, or graphic design. It's the worst stretch for arts jobs outside of recessions. How much is AI to blame? And can the arts' business model survive?🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/ai-and-the...

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AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class

America is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame?

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Dr. Luanne Metz @drluannemetz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tonight in Calgary-Varsity! Join me for a referendum town hall to learn more about the 10 questions Albertans will vote on October 19, ask questions, and share your thoughts. 📍 Parkdale United Church 🕖 7:00 PM Sign up at www.drmetz.ca. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For the first time ever, when I emailed an author this year to invite them into Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vol 4, I had that author demand I prove I was who I claimed to be. I found this both hilarious, sad, and was also super proud of this author for protecting themself.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you've been freaked out by all the recent talk of "rogue AI" hacking into servers and a 10% chance that AI will kill us all in the next decade...take a deep breath, keep calm and, as always, listen to Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/g...

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Pluralistic: LLMs are real, AI is fake (12 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A remarkably unnuanced understanding of the word "love." She's a classicist, so perhaps it would be easier for her in Latin: it is possible to amare, amicare, carere, cupere, diligere, libere, and even piare reading. The modern English word "love" encompasses them all. Blame the Norman conquest.

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