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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 13h

FINISHED (166 YTD): Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny).

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Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

"Funny, wise, and infused with a sense of wonder and knowledge....Nobody else made myths real and...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20h

DOE's public statements about this say that all the ad hoc committees, including HEPAP, will be replaced by a single committee. As an STS researcher, I am compelled to point out that this overlaps with the Nazi playbook for taking over German physics. My slides about how they did that:🧪⚛️🔭

APS April 2017.pdf

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20h

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS:

During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭

Why that matters 🧵

DOE Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees

Six long-standing committees advising the Department of Energy’s Office of Science have been rolled into one.

www.aip.org

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 21h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 21h

Presidents have the right to fire general officers and have done so in the past. But there is no precedent for the rapid dismissal of so many senior officers without any real explanation, evidence of failings, or misconduct. This looks like an attempt to install compliant leaders. bit.ly/47aHw7J

The Dilemma of Duty Under Trump

What his assault on the U.S. military means for America.

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Shane Ivey of the delta-green.com Iveys @shaneivey.bsky.social · 22h

Find @darkerhue.bsky.social at #GameHoleCon and he’ll show off the Black Company RPG. It heads to playtesters next month. #grimdark #grimmerdarker

Chris Spivey (Author) ➡️ Gamehole Con @darkerhue.bsky.social · 3d

I’m gearing up for #TheBlackCompany playtest & it’s almost go time! ⚔️💀 We’re aiming to kick things off next month, & I’m putting together a crew of folks ready to dive into the grit, the shadows, and the moral gray of Glen Cook’s world.

Want to get in on the ground floor? #ArcDream

The Black Company playtest with character sheets near a large Delta Green coffee mug that is filled.

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 1d

Then on to the classics.

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 1d

Currently on the work displays… @biomassart.bsky.social

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David Dickinson @astrodave.bsky.social · 1d

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study - via @us.theconversation.com - space tornadoes and the secrets of space weather - theconversation.com/space-tornad...

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study

Unprecedented simulations show the formation of space tornadoes capable of causing strong geomagnetic storms around Earth, calling for earlier and more accurate warnings.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the birthday one of the most talented creators in TTRPGs, Jennell Jaquays, who passed away last year. Jennell was one of our company's earliest artists, and played an prominent role in Chaosium's success over many years, as an illustrator and writer.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

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Legacy Expo @legacy-expo.bsky.social · 1d

Drew Struzan was probably best known for his movie posters, but we will always cherish his many, many contributions to our bookshelves - a master, and an inspiration. ✨

#DrewStruzan #starwarslegends

A pile of about a dozen Star Wars books with cover art by Drew Struzan.

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 2d

FINISHED (165 YTD): Doorways in the Sand (Roger Zelazny).

app.thestorygraph.com/books/514708...

Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny

Fred Cassidy leads an idyllic life. As long as he remains a full time college student without a d...

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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social · 3d

Canadian SF magazine On Spec to close:

onspec.ca/2025/10/09/t...

Thirty-Five Years

Editorial In On Spec VOL 35 No 3, Issue #133 Earlier this year, I announced that I’d be retiring and leaving On Spec at the end of December, and my final issue as Managing Editor would be VOL 35 No…

onspec.ca

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 3d

They were in the drugstore “spinner racks” for me. Weirdly published in a random order, bounced around. In college I found a second hand store with the Target editions, so I was able to fill in the gaps. And acquire the aace editions of Perry Rhodan. But that’s another w!

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 3d

1800. Phah. That’s no ASL. 😂

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 3d

A couple of covers…

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Orcusdorkus - Prepping Impossible Landscapes @orcusdorkus.bsky.social · 3d

It is so good. I was fortunate to receive an advance copy after an excellent playtest at KamCon and have gathered a great group of Black Company fans ready to let slip the dogs of war in a couple of weeks. 😊

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Chris Spivey (Author) ➡️ Gamehole Con @darkerhue.bsky.social · 3d

I’m gearing up for #TheBlackCompany playtest & it’s almost go time! ⚔️💀 We’re aiming to kick things off next month, & I’m putting together a crew of folks ready to dive into the grit, the shadows, and the moral gray of Glen Cook’s world.

Want to get in on the ground floor? #ArcDream

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 3d

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S. John Ross @sjohnross.bsky.social · 3d

A million years ago I made this very silly wordfill puzzle by way of Paranoia RPG fan-document.

All so you could download and play it, for The Computer, friend to all.

#ParanoiaRPG #TTRPG #WordFill #PencilPuzzle
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Computer Games

Sandra and I are back in Denver for a couple of days for work purposes, which means I've been here in the hotel room, wide awake on my usual...

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Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social · 3d

Did the lake’s mother write this

Public art at waterfront with text that reads
Cultivate a Practice of Unnumbing
To See and Feel the Invisible
Labour and Violence
Water Endures For Us

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Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social · 3d

I hope they blow up the rocks from the other side so they don’t see it coming

Nova Scotia's painted 'eyeball rocks' will soon be no more | CBC News

Jason Smith, one of the original artists, says he's sad to see them go, but he hopes they made people smile over the years.

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

Lizard I drew on the train.

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Chris Spivey (Author) ➡️ Gamehole Con @darkerhue.bsky.social · 4d

Ever wanted to hear me run #HauntedWest? Well, saddle up, partner! 🤠 For Genreless’s 200th episode, I wrangled a posse, gave a quick 101, & took them deep into the Weird West. A place where history, horror, and heroics collide. 💀✨

🎲 Let's ride! #WeirdWest #ActualPlay

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