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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 12h

I am binging like a champ. I watched another 35 minutes of The Matrix tonight. At this rate I will reach the end in another night or two.

Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 1d

Ok. I'm finally watching The Matrix. @arleysorg.bsky.social is helping with encouragement. I got this.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 1d

Wow.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful!

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Marie Bilodeau @mariebilodeau.bsky.social · 1d

We are getting close to @canconsffh.bsky.social and I am taking a moment to say that I have the best crew anyone could ever ask for. Ever. Lemme go on for a bit. You need to know how amazing they are, and they deserve it to be seen.

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Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of sharing the love... @mariebilodeau.bsky.social is awesome and I'm sad I'm missing Can-Con this year and its awesome crew.

Marie Bilodeau @mariebilodeau.bsky.social · 1d

We are getting close to @canconsffh.bsky.social and I am taking a moment to say that I have the best crew anyone could ever ask for. Ever. Lemme go on for a bit. You need to know how amazing they are, and they deserve it to be seen.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 1d

Oh cool! What's the paper about?
(I am unlikely to see all four...lol)

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 1d

I will have to post-read haha

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 1d

Minor correction. I will binge 1/3 of it tonight.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 1d

Ok. I'm finally watching The Matrix. @arleysorg.bsky.social is helping with encouragement. I got this.

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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · 1d

Applications are now open for the 2026 Novel Writing Workshop with @drkarenlord.bsky.social!

Read more & apply before November 13! Link in bio.

#novelwritingworkshop #clarionwest

www.clarionwest.org/clarion-west...

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 5d

On Spec has long deserved recognition for best semiprozine at the Hugo Awards, but has never even made the ballot because it's Canadian and most Hugo voters are U.S.-based.

2026 will be your final opportunity to nominate an institution that has been an incubator for so much talent.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 5d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 12d

Until Oct 21st, get the audiobook of my collection "Flight From the Ages and Other Stories" half price! Narrated by the incredible stage actor T. Ryder Smith. Includes Persephone Descending (the 1st Venus story) among many other stories!

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From the Author of The Quantum Magician and The House of Styx From the clouds of Venus to the origins of the time gates, this collection of novellas and short fiction visits many favourite worlds of ...

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 10d

Facebook has a lot of pretty niche groups so I have to admit some surprise that there's no tribute group the 1983's Manimal TV series.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 11d

Wow. Solid hats off nerd cred to Stephen Colbert for his knowledge of the First Age of Middle Earth...
youtu.be/kmr_CtN1K3g?...

Stephen Colbert Connects Chance the Rapper with "Lord of the Rings"

YouTube video by Rolling Stone

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 12d

Oh sweet!

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 14d

The world is a dark place these days. If you need a few minutes of something soothing, Debbie Harry once performed The Rainbow Connection as a duet with Kermit the Frog.
youtu.be/h0Hd3uWKFKY?...

Debbie Harry & Kermit The Frog - Rainbow Connection

YouTube video by Rich Mullinax

youtu.be

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 12d

Until Oct 21st, get the audiobook of my collection "Flight From the Ages and Other Stories" half price! Narrated by the incredible stage actor T. Ryder Smith. Includes Persephone Descending (the 1st Venus story) among many other stories!

www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

50% OFF Flight From the Ages And Other Stories

From the Author of The Quantum Magician and The House of Styx From the clouds of Venus to the origins of the time gates, this collection of novellas and short fiction visits many favourite worlds of ...

www.audiobooks.com

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 13d

Well, yes.
It was Venus.
But that wasn't my point.

Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 13d

Didn't you once discuss which planetary body would be the best for making chicken on a panel?

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 13d

I didn't mean this kind of food astronomy.

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 14d

He really wanted to sing that song with Debbie. I think it's a tadpole scout troop. It shows up later in the show when she sings again :)

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 14d

The world is a dark place these days. If you need a few minutes of something soothing, Debbie Harry once performed The Rainbow Connection as a duet with Kermit the Frog.
youtu.be/h0Hd3uWKFKY?...

Debbie Harry & Kermit The Frog - Rainbow Connection

YouTube video by Rich Mullinax

youtu.be

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 15d

🎉 Update from me: I've just sent my editor the first draft of my second book, "How to Build a Universe"! ⚛️ ➡️ 🌌

It's probably still about a year from publication, but even just getting this draft together has been a journey. Really looking forward to sharing more with you! #HowToBuildAUniverse
🧪🔭🎢

PublishersMarketplace Deal Report, from January 9, 2023, in the Non-Fiction: Science/Technology category:

"Theoretical astrophysicist and author of THE END OF EVERYTHING Dr. Katie
Mack's HOW TO BUILD A UNIVERSE, an exploration of the quantum realm that explains what the universe is really made of and how physicists have arrived at those discoveries, illuminating the weirdly beautiful workings of the universe and how contemporary scientists are approaching deeply unsettling truths about how it is built, to Christopher Richards at Scribner, by Mollie Glick at CAA (NA)."

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 20d

Interesting analysis on how robust the US democracy is against the authoritarian forces on display.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20d

This brought out a bunch of doomers "...but! but!"-ing with all of the obstacles facing a pro-democracy movement in the USA, but I think it is worth thinking about the question from the other side.

What does MAGA need to do to do (not how, just what) to hold power long-term? Are they doing it?

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 21d

Well, I guess my question for all of the doomers now would be why they think no one can stop Donald Trump from taking our democracy from us?

The guy couldn't even take Jimmy Kimmel.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 20d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Derek Kunsken @derekkunsken.bsky.social · 21d

New #scifi conference in Canada! Halifax. Check it out! I hope to go to the inaugural next year. Follow them! @tricon-hfx.bsky.social

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