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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Time to ask for a little help. My partner has been looking for a job in his field for over a year now and the incomes we’ve cobbled together without it aren’t quite adding up. It looks like I will have to start looking for copywriting/content design work again as well gofund.me/6755c4d8b

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Donate to Help Gary and Thea keep our home while looking for work, organized by TK Rex

Like so many others right now, my best friend and life partner Gary B… TK Rex needs your support for Help Gary and Thea keep our home while looking for work

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm looking forward to this - my first Mozfest *and* my first time in Barcelona!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happening in less than an hour!

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association @sfwa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Emerging Tech's "Humanizing Assignments" panel is today! Join @r-emrys.bsky.social in great company for an excellent discussion of relevance to writers, readers, educators, and students trying to navigate a world that makes it easy to forget the value of putting human efforts first. 1pm PT!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Such a mood! I covered Becker's book for Seeds of Story a while back - highly recommended if you too need to learn some things you'll regret knowing (but need to know if you ever use computers): reactormag.com/the-tech-bil...

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The Tech Billionaires Who Want to Pave Over the Universe: Adam Becker’s More Everything Forever - Reactor

Let's take a long, hard look at the cultish ideologies threatening our future (and present).

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join the @sfwa.bsky.social Emerging Tech committee tomorrow, 4pm EST, for Humanizing Assignments, a discussion of how AI pressures are impacting teachers and what we can do to push back: sfwa.org/events/?even...

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In the latest Seeds of Story column, @r-emrys.bsky.social looks at Ursula M. Franklin’s The Real World of Technology, an under-appreciated gem about the ways tech actually interacts with human society and nature. reactormag.com/artisanal-te...

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Artisanal Technology and Mechanical Brides: Ursula M. Franklin’s The Real World of Technology - Reactor

Exploring how tech and engineering interact with power, belief, and structures of freedom and control.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026

Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣

a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach

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Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When I saw this sweet baby bat on Instagram I sent them to Papacito (I'm always sending him cute animals, including bats). ❤️ Look at the baby, so tiny! 🥰

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Look at this. Isn't it gorgeous! (Art by @rozc.bsky.social )

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👻ZH00000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

THE FISH ARE BACK REPEAT THE FISH ARE BACK

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@sfwa.bsky.social Emerging Technology's tool comparison matrix, which I've been working on for months, is finally up in beta! See how your favorite word processors, browsers, and search engines compare to alternatives on intrusive AI and user data collection: sfwa.org/emerging-tech/

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Emerging Tech Resources On Saturday, September 24 at 1pm Pacific Time, we are honored to present “Humanizing Assignments” to SFWA […]

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 02/09/2026

Just two weeks until the glorious release of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social! Have ye preordered it yet from your favourite bookmonger? @r-emrys.bsky.social thinks you’ll love “a delightfully grown-up book about building makeshift nests with your weird friends,” and we do too!

We see a cup of tea and a cookie on a red saucer, bookmarks, stickers, and a copy of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by Marissa Lingen.

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm bad sick with some bug and, despite my best efforts, I fell asleep before I could watch the ceremony. Just woke up to this amazing news! Wow! I'm blown away and humbled by this news. Many thanks to my friend @cmzhang42.bsky.social for accepting on my behalf. 1/

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

THIS IS VERY GOOD !! Good job voters!

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

SO EXTREMELY HYPED FOR THIS!!!

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

In case you missed it on the weekend, some happy publishing news!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Here is my terrible picture of a glorious total eclipse!

Fuzzy picture of the eye of aurora over hills.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In the latest Seeds of Story column, @r-emrys.bsky.social looks at Alice Roberts’ Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History—and how this book humanity's collaboration with nature could inspire speculative fiction. reactormag.com/from-collabo...

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From Collaborative Wolves to GMO Chickens: Alice Roberts’ Tamed Explores the History of Domestication - Reactor

Welcome to Seeds of Story, where I explore the non-fiction that inspires—or should inspire—speculative fiction. Every couple weeks, we’ll dive into a book, article, or other source of ideas that are s...

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For Reading the Weird's next longread, we're traveling to the past and off the coast... Join @r-emrys.bsky.social and Anne M. Pillsworth for H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau!

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Inner Beasts and Outer Humans: H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau (Part 1) - Reactor

For our next long-read, we're revisiting a classic that explores the line between human and animal

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day to all those who celebrate!

A panel from the EC Comics adaptation of the classic Ray Bradbury short story "There Will Come Soft Rains." It was adapted by Al Feldstein, with art by Wally Wood. The panels depicts a futuristic living room, with not a human in sight.
CAPTION: Somewhere in the walls, relays clicked ... memory tapes glided under electric eyes ...
WORD BALLOON COMING FROM A WALL SPEAKER: "Today is August 4, 2026! Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday! Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage! Insurance is payable ... as are the water, gas, and light bills ... "

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Good morning, California!

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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It’s impossible to know the impact our stories have, but I honestly believe this story is some small part of the reason we have not yet had a nuclear apocalypse. Hope is a hell of a thing to fuel a lifestyle with, but it’s why I will always be a science fiction writer.

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Nadia Bulkin @nadiabulkin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Have always appreciated Ruthanna Emrys (@r-emrys.bsky.social) and Anne M. Pillsworth's take on my stories. I based this one on a) my experience as a half-Indonesian in college/grad school, and b) mysterious trail disappearances (Trenny Lynn Gibson, Paula Jean Welden). reactormag.com/a-little-kno...

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A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing: Nadia Bulkin’s “Things to Know Before You Go” - Reactor

This vacation carries a terrible curse...

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Today is the last day to submit a piece of #fiction #writing to our Protopian Prize fiction contest! 🕊️ Send us your visions from a future democracy or public AI-powered #society 🔮 We’re so excited to read about the futures you are dreaming up! ☁️

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

2 days left to submit a fiction story to our Protopian Prize writing contest! 🕊️ (You do NOT need to be a writer to submit your piece!) We’re looking for optimistic yet realistic visions of the future...

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Spaceweft @spaceweft.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here is where I plug "A Half-Built Garden" (www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...) by @r-emrys.bsky.social ! This is the first book I've read which envisions *knowing exactly where every thing you consume or use* is simply part of everyday life.

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A Half-Built Garden

On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wak…

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Our ebooks are now available through Bookshop.org. Go ye forth and support your local, independent bookshop! uk.bookshop.org/p/bo...

The cover of The Green Man's Heir by Juliet E McKenna. Art by Ben Baldwin.

The image is of a golden Green Man face against a dark green forest background.

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I'm enjoying the expert reviews of The Odyssey, positive and negative and mixed, in much the same way that I enjoyed reviews of the Cats movie. Some things you want to see on the screen; some you want to enjoy via learning weird facts about ancient Greek Armor and CGI failure modes.

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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The ecofiction season is upon us! 🌸🐛🌟 The next installment in our annual ECO anthology series is available for preorder NOW! Click the link below and grab your copy of ECO25: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION today! 🌱📚🌙 www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...

"A New Generation of Stories
ECO25
The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction
PREORDERS NOW OPEN"

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Gideon Lichfield is now live at Tractor Beam, part 2 of our discussion of the Protopian Prize! open.substack.com/live-stream/...?

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We went live with Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social and @r-emrys.bsky.social to talk about the Protopian Prize, and the overlaps in the speculative futures across soilpunk & protopian democratic futures fiction. Watch or listen to the episode on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/tractorb...

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Book Worms: Ruthanna Emrys and Val Elefante on Imagining Democratic Futures into Reality

We discuss the Protopian Fiction Prize, democracy as a technology, and why reachable solutions matter with judge and author Ruthanna Emrys and organizer Val Elefante

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

My recording with @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social and Val Elefante, on @metagov.bsky.social's Protopian Prize and hopeful speculation, is up: ruthannaemrys760529.substack.com/publish/post...

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I can't wait to start reading for the democracy prize!

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

REMINDER that if you have ANY REASON not to fast on Tisha B'Av, Yom Kippur or any other fast day, your reason is good enough and that mental health is health (and that if you are planning to fast, for pete's sake HYDRATE NOW) (And if you're not planning to fast, for pete's sake HYDRATE NOW)

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At A Mitzvah to Eat, we empower Jews needing ritual accommodations to safely connect to sacred Jewish practice and community. We provide resources, support, and advocacy for these Jews, as well as the...

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Defeating me doesn't result in a loot drop, but instead in a transfer of quest obligations. Take on exciting adventures like "Call back plumber," "Find paperwork for accountant," and "Make kids practice meditation!" Sorry, no skip option.

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Reminding everyone that I have a Patreon - the more people sign up there, the more time I can spend writing books instead of looking for other paid work! This week, a paleolithic living prehistory museum and the wild technological swings of the stone and bronze ages: www.patreon.com/RuthannaEmry...

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Paleolithic Technology | Ruthanna Emrys

Yesterday I went to Archeon, a living history/prehistory place in Alphen aan de Rijn. It has three sections - Prehistory, Medieval, and Roma

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is great news. I'm hopeful that it will make them do something about the wait times, and even more hopeful that it will mean 90% less doctors wittering about non-existent side effects for puberty blockers.

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"Navigating by Aliveness" gets at some of the things I've been trying to say about tools serving humans rather than the other way around. Values, yes, but also richness of experience. We should be able to both bake bread and smell roses for ourselves. ckarchive.com/b/zlughnhk87...?

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The Imperfectionist: Navigating by aliveness

I’m amazed and very pleased to say that the UK paperback of Meditations for Mortals entered the Sunday Times bestsellers at number 9 this week, after being selected as a Waterst...

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The recording of Understanding AI: A Hype-Free Overview is now up! We talked tech 101, why it's so hard (and important) to resist modeling chatbots as other minds, legal and moral issues with training, and cognitive impacts of LLM usage. sfwa.org/sfwa-events-...

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SFWA Events Theater - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Sending a clear "no" to the big tech barons. Or as they might put it, a clear "maybe later".

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

About to hit the road to Washington D.C. for tonight's event at Solid State Books! Have dragon, will travel. I can't wait to be in conversation with @restingdinoface.bsky.social about big chompy things.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Look look LOOK what @macey.bsky.social made for me with the ARC of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR! It's so special and tiny and perfect. You can't have one like this, but you can have the book inside it: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

A tiny book with musical notes on its cover sits on a piano

The back of a tiny book with a blue floral print binding, featuring a gold foil sword in an umbrella stand

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Regards is my default (I am a tad formal and old-fashioned). But I will mirror whatever the other person is using unless it feels *very* un-me. And I will second-guess everything whenever I see a thread like this!

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The SFWA Emerging Technology committee is proud to share our new resource page! Basic background on AI in writing tools, current industry policies, and guidance links for common software. Still to come in August: a database on AI and data collection in writing tools. sfwa.org/emerging-tech/

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Emerging Tech Committee - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

Emerging Tech Resources On Saturday, July 18 at 1pm Pacific Time, we are honored to present “Understanding AI: A Hype-Free […]

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Metagov @metagov.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Submissions to our Protopian Prize Fiction Contest are open for a little over two more weeks (until July 31st)! Submission details here: protopianprize.com/how-to-enter #fiction #fictionwriter #fictioncontest #tech #technology #future #impact #dreamers #artists #writers #writingcontest #nyc

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