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Sian M. Jones

@serennical.bsky.social
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Writer of things speculative and literary (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 jonessian.com

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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Boost! Send your work in, friends and strangers. Love this mag!
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ShanRattie @shanrattie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A picture of olives in a wooden bowl. Around the olives is text. 

Off work late? Hungry but too tired to cook? Try 30 to 40 olives. 

30 to 40 olives: an easy weeknight dinner.

Eat them directly out of the jar with your fingers.

You will certainly not regret eating 30 to 40 olives.
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Shout out to my day-job boss who literally sent me that GIF as her reaction!
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Interesting difference in reactions to my latest story. Some men are like, "I'm not sure I get her panic???" And every woman is like: therumpus.net/2026/08/21/s...
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Whoopi Goldberg: You In Danger, Girl
Alt: Whoopi Goldberg: You In Danger, Girl
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 22/08/2026
"When he smiled, it was more than just the broken tooth; there was something lupine about it, a display of gum, a protrusion of dental arch." From "Split," new fiction by @serennical.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/DUvb0bM
The cited quote and information written in black against a white background. The full Rumpus logo is at the top.
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Kind of (little bit) in awe that my story is now up at The Rumpus: therumpus.net/2026/08/21/s... Literary fiction, this time, but trading in my usual fav of dread and more dread. Content warning for some references to (but no actual) sexual violence.
The Rumpus landing page showing, as the #1 listing, "Split" by Sian M. Jones
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 21/08/2026
"International assassin" always implies the existence of national assassins, or possibly local assassins. Every midsized town has a minor assassin working out of a storefront at the mall between the Cinnabon and the UBreakIFix guy
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“If writing is thinking, then any part of the struggle that is outsourced to technology amounts to relinquishing some freedom to perceive. How will students ever know what they really think of anything if they ask a machine to spit out an answer for them?” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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SarcasmKid @barrycarson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
www.climate.us
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Climate.us Home
independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
An achievement of western capitalism, folks.
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🧑🏻‍🦽‍➡️🦄 Eva Roslin (they/them) ⚨ 🍁 @evavroslin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Boosting for the wonderful and kind @rsagarcia.bsky.social who has been having more difficulties with $ for essential medications, glasses, and other medical needs! If you are in a position to send coins, please do so, and remember that boosting the signal also helps!
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
to have your men eaten on one island may be regarded as a misfortune; to have them eaten on two looks like carelessness.
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
this sounds politically boring but it is just standard New Deal thought and it was the benchmark for rational (mainstream) political economy until the Reagan era rebooted the previously-failed project of laissez faire (and subsequent Dems acquiesced to it)
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.”
We’ve spoken about capitalism versus socialism.

Do you want to talk about capitalism? Let’s talk about capitalism. Are you recording? Capitalism is about leveraging the laws of supply and demand to efficiently allocate capital expenditure to maximize value. When capitalism works, it’s because you have free entry and exit into markets. So if you believe in capitalism, you have to believe in government regulation to protect markets. In fact, right now, we have exactly the opposite. You don’t have to be a socialist to believe that you should be taxing billionaires their wealth. In fact, if you are a capitalist, you should believe in that. So, I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.
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El Squigg @psychicsquirrel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Paint me like one of your French squirrels
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So, that's real. <lies down on ground> www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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Kelly Thompson @kellythompson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is a huge bummer as Wonder Man S1 was terrific. Innovative, funny, smart, strange in the best way. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE)
"Wonder Man" has been canceled at Disney+, Variety has learned.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026
For #BlackWomenEqualPayDay, @ayannapressley.bsky.social and I in @bostonglobe.com discussing why the attacks against workers begin and end with Black women. There is no world where workers are valued, and Black women workers are not. Either the economy serves us all, or it serves no one. #blacksky
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The attack on workers begins and ends with Black women - The Boston Globe
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is about more than wage gaps. Job losses and stalled pay for Black women are an early warning sign for every American worker.
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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
New cryptid
An illustration of Jimothy, a new cryptid (or possibly a raccoon with short spine syndrom), done in a woodcut style. Text below it reads "Behold, Jimothy"
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 18/07/2026
buy @rsagarcia.bsky.social's book! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Nightward: Book One of the Waters of Lethe
Sturgeon, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte awards finalist R.S.A. Garcia’s epic fantasy debut novel—the first in a duology—in which Caribbean mythology meets The Witcher, introduces a world where women warri...
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Latest health update: I'm slowly getting better - too slow for my deadlines :sigh: - but my latest health issues have been expensive. I especially need to buy my cancer meds next week. I'd appreciate any donations. Please boost & share to spread the word. Thanks! www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...
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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar
Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses
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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
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sjvn @sjvn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My first search engine.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For a lot of these food recalls and outbreaks, we’re still in the first year of what deregulation looks like. All of DOGE’s cuts led us here—and fast. There was a level of basic health and safety we took for granted that unregulated corporations will never provide for us on their own.
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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
If you want to reduce crime rates, don’t invest in policing. Invest in libraries.
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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:
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Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books
The Queer Torments of the AI-sphere
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/07/2026
what they learned from minneapolis was not “don’t do this again” but “keep it quiet next time”
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Fact check that! It was founded by Israelis, but they sold to Google in 2013. I’m not sure that changes the recommendation to delete, tho? 🤣
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Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Bang on from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social here! 👇
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Stella Cheeks @stellacheeks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Fireworks are the perfect metaphor for America. It’s something that could be beautiful and cool and communal that is absolutely ruined by selfish individual assholes who want to feel powerful.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
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Sliced Up Press @sliceduppress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Are you a queer author? Could you use $100 to help you with your writing journey? Apply for our LGBT+ Writer's Grant today! Or, y'know, anytime this month. 🏳️‍🌈 Full details here: sliceduppress.com/lgbtwritingg...
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LGBT+ Writers Grant
Since 2023, Sliced Up Press have offered a small grant to encourage horror writing from queer authors & poets. There are no set requirements for what you can & can’t use the grant for…
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
It’s important on Juneteenth to remain aware that we live in a country driven by various degrees of unjust human exploitation & our economy that we call American capitalism relies on legal loopholes that permit slavery & the threat of homelessness, which can be punished with enslavement, to function
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Woot!!
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It's possible to derive joy from other people's joy.
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Well, this is glorious. Poetic, narrative, rich with an alien consciousness. Like "Watership Down" but with ants and in only 1500 words? Amazing. @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2026/06/01/p...
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Pop-Tart Crumb - The Rumpus
“All my life is telling obstacle from sweetness and i must smell to know – i smell everything for its scents – i smell rock most often – wet wood – i smell linoleum, hair of dog, ...
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
guy has a trillion dollars, 0 friends, and has never landed a joke. I know a pact with the devil when I see one.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 03/06/2026
Excellent excellent, got some fantasy in the sci-fi, got some sci-fi in the fantasy, carry on
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 03/06/2026
He may be a cranky old man, but his take has merit? Set of vocabulary we use on our teams: "Creative works" - A movie like Sinners is a creative work. "Content" - The interviews, trailers, reviews, are content about the creative work. "Conversation" - fans and critics talking about the above two
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 31/05/2026
Folks, it's really about being selective in your rage. Find what's important to be angry about. Especially as we're all hanging out online. There's plenty of stuff to be legitimately angry about, & folks be wasting their rage going after some bullshit. Be productive with your rage. Don't waste rage.
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I'm pretty much breathless with the absolute CRAFT of this story by @audreyzhou.bsky.social. Astonishing!
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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 17/05/2026
Emotionally and financially difficult day. Anything helps ko-fi.com/weredawgz
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Support Danny Lore
Support Danny Lore
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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
If there’s anything chronic illness has taught me it’s how to keep going when everything is bleak. And by “keep going” I mean keep making art because that’s what proves to me I’m alive. ✌️
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Qua blinks its yellow eyes at this
Text reads: The company calls the robot the Familiar, a reference to the supernatural companions associated with witches.
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
You can read my story here: www.lunastationquarterly.com
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Luna Station Quarterly
Stellar short fiction by women-identified writers since 2010
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Sian M. Jones @serennical.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Great to see the dystopia I imagined in my story “Prelude” is getting started. www.businessinsider.com/familiar-mac...
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Roomba inventor Colin Angle made robots useful. Now he wants to make them lovable.
Roomba creator Colin Angle's Familiar Machines debuted a cuddly, pet-like robot for companionship, focusing on AI-driven emotional support.
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