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Well, it's been a rather extraordinary year for SFF overall.
Got a lot to think about when trying to sort out our nominating ballots for the 2026 Hugo Awards.
Updated our recs list: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...
What's at the top of your list?
What are you excited to nominate for awards?
Got a lot to think about when trying to sort out our nominating ballots for the 2026 Hugo Awards.
Updated our recs list: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...
What's at the top of your list?
What are you excited to nominate for awards?
If Isaac Asimov's family had tried to flee Russia only eighteen months later than they did, the Johnson-Reed Act would have kept them out of the USA.
So here's the thing: If you hate refugees, you don't get to read Asimov. That's the rule.
So here's the thing: If you hate refugees, you don't get to read Asimov. That's the rule.
With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If Isaac Asimov's family had tried to flee Russia only eighteen months later than they did, the Johnson-Reed Act would have kept them out of the USA.
So here's the thing: If you hate refugees, you don't get to read Asimov. That's the rule.
So here's the thing: If you hate refugees, you don't get to read Asimov. That's the rule.
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With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
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Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
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The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
scz.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
Let he who is without hot takes throw the first stone.
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Let he who is without hot takes throw the first stone.
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When I was sailing through the sea,
I asked Pete Hegseth “who shall I slay?”
Will I kill the helpless?
Will I kill the shipwrecked?
Here's what he had to say:
“Kill them all, them all”
“Whomever you slay, you slay”
(With sincere apologies to Doris Day)
I asked Pete Hegseth “who shall I slay?”
Will I kill the helpless?
Will I kill the shipwrecked?
Here's what he had to say:
“Kill them all, them all”
“Whomever you slay, you slay”
(With sincere apologies to Doris Day)
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When I was sailing through the sea,
I asked Pete Hegseth “who shall I slay?”
Will I kill the helpless?
Will I kill the shipwrecked?
Here's what he had to say:
“Kill them all, them all”
“Whomever you slay, you slay”
(With sincere apologies to Doris Day)
I asked Pete Hegseth “who shall I slay?”
Will I kill the helpless?
Will I kill the shipwrecked?
Here's what he had to say:
“Kill them all, them all”
“Whomever you slay, you slay”
(With sincere apologies to Doris Day)
The only silver lining to the existence of AI slop is that now nobody suspects that I’m the one responsible for all that erotic futa Snorks fan art.
December 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The only silver lining to the existence of AI slop is that now nobody suspects that I’m the one responsible for all that erotic futa Snorks fan art.
When I was sailing through the sea,
I asked Pete Hegseth “who shall I slay?”
Will I kill the helpless?
Will I kill the shipwrecked?
Here's what he had to say:
“Kill them all, them all”
“Whomever you slay, you slay”
(With sincere apologies to Doris Day)
I asked Pete Hegseth “who shall I slay?”
Will I kill the helpless?
Will I kill the shipwrecked?
Here's what he had to say:
“Kill them all, them all”
“Whomever you slay, you slay”
(With sincere apologies to Doris Day)
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When I was sailing through the sea,
I asked Pete Hegseth “who shall I slay?”
Will I kill the helpless?
Will I kill the shipwrecked?
Here's what he had to say:
“Kill them all, them all”
“Whomever you slay, you slay”
(With sincere apologies to Doris Day)
I asked Pete Hegseth “who shall I slay?”
Will I kill the helpless?
Will I kill the shipwrecked?
Here's what he had to say:
“Kill them all, them all”
“Whomever you slay, you slay”
(With sincere apologies to Doris Day)
FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE STORY IS SHIT, BUT I ALWAYS EXPECT DAILY MAIL TO BE STUPID ABOUT SCIENCE.
YOU'RE SHIT AT GRAMMAR AS WELL?
FEWER CALLORIES! THE WORD IS FEWER!
CALORIES IS A COUNTABLE NOUN, SO YOU SHOULD NOT SAY "LESS CALLORIES," YOU GIBBERING PSEUDOJOURNALIST GOBSHITES!
LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE STORY IS SHIT, BUT I ALWAYS EXPECT DAILY MAIL TO BE STUPID ABOUT SCIENCE.
YOU'RE SHIT AT GRAMMAR AS WELL?
FEWER CALLORIES! THE WORD IS FEWER!
CALORIES IS A COUNTABLE NOUN, SO YOU SHOULD NOT SAY "LESS CALLORIES," YOU GIBBERING PSEUDOJOURNALIST GOBSHITES!
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE STORY IS SHIT, BUT I ALWAYS EXPECT DAILY MAIL TO BE STUPID ABOUT SCIENCE.
YOU'RE SHIT AT GRAMMAR AS WELL?
FEWER CALLORIES! THE WORD IS FEWER!
CALORIES IS A COUNTABLE NOUN, SO YOU SHOULD NOT SAY "LESS CALLORIES," YOU GIBBERING PSEUDOJOURNALIST GOBSHITES!
LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE STORY IS SHIT, BUT I ALWAYS EXPECT DAILY MAIL TO BE STUPID ABOUT SCIENCE.
YOU'RE SHIT AT GRAMMAR AS WELL?
FEWER CALLORIES! THE WORD IS FEWER!
CALORIES IS A COUNTABLE NOUN, SO YOU SHOULD NOT SAY "LESS CALLORIES," YOU GIBBERING PSEUDOJOURNALIST GOBSHITES!
Somehow had missed the news that #HugoAward finalist Tom Stoppard passed away a couple of weeks ago. Genuinely one of the greats.
Interesting to note that he also wrote the screenplay for Empire of the Sun, which of course is based on the early life of Nebula-finalist SFF author J.G. Ballard.
Interesting to note that he also wrote the screenplay for Empire of the Sun, which of course is based on the early life of Nebula-finalist SFF author J.G. Ballard.
December 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Somehow had missed the news that #HugoAward finalist Tom Stoppard passed away a couple of weeks ago. Genuinely one of the greats.
Interesting to note that he also wrote the screenplay for Empire of the Sun, which of course is based on the early life of Nebula-finalist SFF author J.G. Ballard.
Interesting to note that he also wrote the screenplay for Empire of the Sun, which of course is based on the early life of Nebula-finalist SFF author J.G. Ballard.
Those bird silhouettes.
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Those bird silhouettes.
Good place for the administratively required AGM of a society!
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Good place for the administratively required AGM of a society!
… I would watch that.
Fran Lebowitz in the 25th Century
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
… I would watch that.
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Good morning Womble!! First up this morning, excited to dive into @tadethompson.bsky.social "The Apologists" from Clarkesworld!! Then it's book 5 in a #StarTrek series, "The Empty Chair"
Happy reading!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky
clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_...
Happy reading!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky
clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_...
The Apologists by Tade Thompson
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Good morning Womble!! First up this morning, excited to dive into @tadethompson.bsky.social "The Apologists" from Clarkesworld!! Then it's book 5 in a #StarTrek series, "The Empty Chair"
Happy reading!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky
clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_...
Happy reading!!!
#BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky
clarkesworldmagazine.com/thompson_11_...
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Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading ITCH! By Gemma Amor. What are you reading at the moment?
December 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading ITCH! By Gemma Amor. What are you reading at the moment?
Defying brevity.
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Defying brevity.
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This would be brilliant.
Nantes (in France) would be an absolutely amazing location for the 2032 World Science Fiction Convention.
Nantes (en France) serait un lieu absolument incroyable pour la Convention mondiale de science-fiction en 2032.
Nantes (en France) serait un lieu absolument incroyable pour la Convention mondiale de science-fiction en 2032.
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This would be brilliant.
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(1/5) Los Angeles (December 5, 2025) - The organizing committee for LACon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, today announced the schedule for the annual WSFS Business Meeting, which will be conducted virtually over four sessions this upcoming summer.
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
(1/5) Los Angeles (December 5, 2025) - The organizing committee for LACon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, today announced the schedule for the annual WSFS Business Meeting, which will be conducted virtually over four sessions this upcoming summer.
Nantes (in France) would be an absolutely amazing location for the 2032 World Science Fiction Convention.
Nantes (en France) serait un lieu absolument incroyable pour la Convention mondiale de science-fiction en 2032.
Nantes (en France) serait un lieu absolument incroyable pour la Convention mondiale de science-fiction en 2032.
December 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Nantes (in France) would be an absolutely amazing location for the 2032 World Science Fiction Convention.
Nantes (en France) serait un lieu absolument incroyable pour la Convention mondiale de science-fiction en 2032.
Nantes (en France) serait un lieu absolument incroyable pour la Convention mondiale de science-fiction en 2032.
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Anyway is this the story I had published this year that made the most people claim to have leaked their precious vital essences out of their eyes? MAYBE. Am I thinking about the end of the world a lot? (A lot a lot a lot?) YES.
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
Everyone Keeps Saying Probably - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Publisher's Note: Please enjoy this short story by Premee Mohamed, who, coincidentally(!!), has a book out from Psychopomp on February 11th. It's called One
psychopomp.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Anyway is this the story I had published this year that made the most people claim to have leaked their precious vital essences out of their eyes? MAYBE. Am I thinking about the end of the world a lot? (A lot a lot a lot?) YES.
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
Inaugural FIFA culinary prize awarded to Jeffrey Dahmer.
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Inaugural FIFA culinary prize awarded to Jeffrey Dahmer.
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I hate to be that person from near(ish) Porlock, but THIS DOESN'T SCAN RIGHT! The syllable structure is all wrong!
Our boy didn't spend all his time getting off his face on smack to have his metre done wrong like this! ;-)
Best poem Hugo, that's kinda cool
Our boy didn't spend all his time getting off his face on smack to have his metre done wrong like this! ;-)
Best poem Hugo, that's kinda cool
In Anaheim did Worldcon
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I hate to be that person from near(ish) Porlock, but THIS DOESN'T SCAN RIGHT! The syllable structure is all wrong!
Our boy didn't spend all his time getting off his face on smack to have his metre done wrong like this! ;-)
Best poem Hugo, that's kinda cool
Our boy didn't spend all his time getting off his face on smack to have his metre done wrong like this! ;-)
Best poem Hugo, that's kinda cool
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AWESOME
LAcon V is pleased to announce @teresempierre.bsky.social as a Special Guest.
She is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor whose work has appeared in Uncanny, Fantasy Magazine, & Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Ignite, the Elgin, & the Aurora.
She is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor whose work has appeared in Uncanny, Fantasy Magazine, & Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Ignite, the Elgin, & the Aurora.
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
AWESOME
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I was not planning to attend WorldCon in ANAHEIM! But this is WorldCon Poet Laureate and she is EVERYTHING and I want to celebrate her!
LAcon V is pleased to announce @teresempierre.bsky.social as a Special Guest.
She is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor whose work has appeared in Uncanny, Fantasy Magazine, & Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Ignite, the Elgin, & the Aurora.
She is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor whose work has appeared in Uncanny, Fantasy Magazine, & Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Ignite, the Elgin, & the Aurora.
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I was not planning to attend WorldCon in ANAHEIM! But this is WorldCon Poet Laureate and she is EVERYTHING and I want to celebrate her!
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THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR WILL ANSWER!
This seems to be a good time to note that I'm still hoping that we will have a Special Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2026!
I love that the special award happened and that you were nominated for it!
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR WILL ANSWER!