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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Success! For two weeks I have been sweating after sending in requested revisions to Emily Hockaday at Asimov's. She accepted them today! With this, the majority of my sales are in this millennium, which makes me a modern writer. #writing

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There are few things more gratifying than typing and centering END at the end of a first draft. #writing

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our neighborhood hawk after gobbling up a baby snake in our yard

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If you don't play the NYT Connections game, today would NOT be a good day to start. #NYTconnections

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For #gingercatappreciationday I give you a bonus Squeaky, Dusty and Onyx

A ginger, a gray and a black cat nap in a garden window

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Also from the trip home a double sun dog off the coast of Iceland

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Iceberg spotted off the coast of Greenland on my way home

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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Why do the wrong people keep dying?? 😭😭😭 #Dolly 💙

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

One thing they don’t warn you about old age is being defeated by modern medical packaging.

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The art of fiction is making untrue things sound believable, whereas non-fiction is about making the truth sound unbelievable. #writing

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Most representative photo from my #Scotland jaunt

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The most moving memorial in London “They had no choice.” #dogs #horses

The front of the memorial, with a horse and dog statue

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Dusty discovers the visiting granddog, or at least her tail. #cats #dogs

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

In my 70+ years I cannot remember meeting someone who appeared more comfortable in their own skin than @scalzi.com #congregate12

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Anger over today's Wordle may finally top "homer". #wordle Wordle 1,852 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Maybe I'm not overthinking, maybe I'm just regular thinking about stuff that’s overhappening

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

You are truly retired when you ask what day of the week it is.

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Science Fiction 101 Podcast @sf101.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

New episode! We discuss the new magazine SMALL PLANET (about SF translation), and two great movies: La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962) and Resurrection (Bi Gan, 2025). 101sf.blogspot.com/2026/07/lost...

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Lost in Translation (episode 67)

This episode was intended to be a grab-bag of different topics, but we inadvertently dug up a show with a strong theme: translation! We star...

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Dusty is finally calming down a bit. #cats

A gray kitten sleeps in a garden window surrounded by plants and glass ornaments.

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

After a long dry spell, at last an acceptance! It does not make up for all the rejections, but it makes them bearable. #writing

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Brian D. Hinson 🇵🇸 @travelinbrian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Well said. Fuck AI.

As a writer who doesn't us AI, it's not like there is some temptation I am resisting

I am a writer. I engage in the act of writing.

It's like asking someone who loves to play tennis would prefer to sitting on the sidelines and watching a robot play tennis.

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A 15” screen is more than 2”better than a 13”. Why did I wait so long? #air

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New vaccine study. Fever, headache, sore arm. All those times I got the placebo look good in retrospect.

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

60% of my grammar checker’s corrections invoke the addition or removal of commas. Occasionally it will suggest adding one then immediately suggest I take it out. Glad to know I’m not the only one. #writing

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Wow. Peter Neumann, has died. He edited RISKS digest, the very first internet interest group I ever got into, and still receive decades later. #RISKS

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Three days. Three rejection emails. Ugh. #writing

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Nothing attracts #cats like an open window. The smells!

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The book by JD Walker that I helped edit "BASE 37" got a big endorsement from an unexpected source. shereads.com/the-monthly-...

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The Monthly Musts: What to Read, Watch & Love in April 2026 - She Reads

Need something new to dive into? Each month, BookSparks and [...]

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

@tkingfisher.com, I finished Nine Goblins. This was as much as I have enjoyed fantasy since Terry Pratchett died. Delightful!

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Onyx pauses from grooming the kitten. #cats

A black cat and a grey cat lie together on a bed

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Just a helpful reminder to everyone: Wednesday is April 1st. If you see a news story or something that looks like a news story that makes you think "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??!??" ...the answer is probably yes, yes they are, that's it exactly.

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

People who believe #AI can write #ScienceFiction need to remember Sturgeon’s law: “95% of science fiction is crap,” which means 95% of what AI is trained on is stuff no one wants to read any more.

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Felix Salmon @felixsalmon.com · 21/03/2026

“If you look at the 1868 Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, which invested in emerging markets, all of them are still emerging markets, except America, which is the only one they didn’t invest in.” -Russell Napier

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

All four #cats relax away from the visiting granddog

Three cats lie on a bed, and a fourth on a chair

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

An interesting post from an editor who almost published an AI story. I don't often get a peek at the state of AI #writing, as editors don't like to talk about their detection methods. It's getting closer... dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/no-story-t...

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No Story This Week :(

But A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Tomorrow

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Autobiography of an escapee (barely) from the law of averages. #bookreview www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

A new book I helped edit has come out. It has quite a lot about my late brother. Worth reading. #BASEjumping a.co/d/06IG0pt6

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 20/02/2026

The Supreme Court:

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM.
BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My #bookreview of the hard #SF book "Upended" by P. A. Kramer www.goodreads.com/review/show/... Four stars! An action/science sandwich with "real" scientists as characters, rather than stereotypes.

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Hanlon's razor is my favorite, though it is easier to believe while driving than while watching the news in 2026.

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Bob Morrell @wallet55.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Onyx decides that the only way to deal with the kitten is to hold it down. #cats

A black and a gray cat in a chair. The black cat’s rear leg holds the younger grey cat down

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