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Harry Turtledove

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Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · Jan 19

I didn't mean to be topical.
I didn't mean to be topical.
I didn't mean to be topical.
I didn't mean to be topical.
I didn't mean to be topical.
I didn't mean to be topical.
I didn't mean to be topical.
I didn't mean to be topical.
I didn't mean to be topical.

I say that a lot.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h

I made a little tool to answer the trickiest question in American politics. pbump.net/who/

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 11h

Every single "I voted for Trump but I didn't expect this" person is a goddamned idiot.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 19h

"His family is also affected. His wife is likely to pay about $1,200 or more each month, up from about $500 in 2024, he said.

'I voted for Trump,' Reynolds said. 'I didn’t expect this'...”

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Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring

The White House and some Republicans are growing nervous that Democrats’ demand to boost Obamacare as part of a government funding bill has salience with voters.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h

How many scripts are floating around Hollywood right now with "criminals posing as ICE" as the basic premise?

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 18h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 11h

I was already in my thirties when it came out.

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 12h

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 12h

"Musk has set a new standard for being washed. Let us not forget that he bought and tanked a beloved website as part of a years-long campaign to get people to think he's cool and funny."

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 11h

I have zero control over this. Sorry. It's a publisher's decision.

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 11h

Good book.

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12h

You can read it here for free.

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The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging - Reactor

Some people will tell you that world-class fame is better than living to a contented old age. Other people disagree. One of those other people might possibly be the protagonist of this tale by Harry T...

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12h

Especially since there are cell phones in novels as early as the '40s; Heinlein's Between Planets comes to mind.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12h

Customs vary, that's all.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12h

Books aren't just what the writer puts in. They're what the reader puts in, too. And some readers are assholes.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 13h

I wish everyone could watch a Northern Harrier hunt over a marsh or open field. They fly low, weaving back and forth and sometimes hovering in one spot. Amazing! #birds

Dark brown raptor with face like an owl is coursing over a grassy field next to a lake. Wings are up over the body and its face is turned to look at the camera as it flies.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12h

I had an aunt-by-marriage and an uncle-by-marriage. I called them aunt and uncle. They felt like part of the family, same as their-related-by-blood-to-me spouses were.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 25d

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12h

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 12h

Laura and I saw it in the theater. It was fine as long as it stuck with Bradbury. When it didn't, the screenwriters weren't up to improving on Ray or even matching him.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14h

I’m part of the problem because I completely forgot about this

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 20h

oh. right.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 13h

It can be done. Sometimes you even stay sane doing it. Sometimes.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 13h

Worked for Theodore Sturgeon, no matter how much he hated it.

Theodore Sturgeon describes his writing process: procrastination, despaiir, caffeine, and Benzedrine

Theodore Sturgeon, still talking about frustration with only being able to write against desperate deadlines

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 13h

He didn't make it to 50, poor bastard.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

ICYMI — with electricity rates already skyrocketing, Trump just canceled the largest solar project in North America.

Utah’s Republican governor seems to understand this is probably not the best idea: “This is how we lose the AI/energy race with China” 👇🏽