Martha Wells
@marthawells.com
SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
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PSA: if you get an email out of the blue that is supposedly from me, offering to help you with marketing or other publisher services, or asking for money, it is not me, it is a scammer.
This is a very common scam now, one of the many scams aimed at aspiring and new writers.
This is a very common scam now, one of the many scams aimed at aspiring and new writers.
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San Francisco is going to give families making under $230k free child care for kids under 5. It is nice to see that good things can still happen.
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Mayor Lurie Launches Family Opportunity Agenda to Make San Francisco More Affordable for Families | SF.gov
Under Family Opportunity Agenda, Every Family With Kids Under Five Will Have Access to Child Care, Making San Francisco First City in U.S. to Achieve Goal; New Pilot Program Will Allow SFUSD Students ...
www.sf.gov
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 AM
San Francisco is going to give families making under $230k free child care for kids under 5. It is nice to see that good things can still happen.
www.sf.gov/news-mayor-l...
www.sf.gov/news-mayor-l...
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One tough thing for people who get abducted by ICE is that they have no charges against them, so nobody from the agency is attached to their detainment. They just get held up, roughed up, and robbed of their valuables for no reason until ICE figures that out, and then they get dumped outside.
January 18, 2026 at 10:14 PM
One tough thing for people who get abducted by ICE is that they have no charges against them, so nobody from the agency is attached to their detainment. They just get held up, roughed up, and robbed of their valuables for no reason until ICE figures that out, and then they get dumped outside.
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We published two great conversations last year - this one, and between @celialake.bsky.social and @freyamarske.bsky.social. You might notice there's a fifth Friday (we've moved to Fridays) coming up this month, too...
I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine: in conversation — Speculative Insight
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine have both written novels that focus on empires, imperialism, and colonialism, and how people react to and work within those structures. I asked them to chat with me, a...
www.speculativeinsight.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:14 AM
We published two great conversations last year - this one, and between @celialake.bsky.social and @freyamarske.bsky.social. You might notice there's a fifth Friday (we've moved to Fridays) coming up this month, too...
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The 1930s recording by Geeshie Wiley is on the album, in case you needed another reason to pick up the greatest soundtrack of its generation. #HATM
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The 1930s recording by Geeshie Wiley is on the album, in case you needed another reason to pick up the greatest soundtrack of its generation. #HATM
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I... wow.
I'm late, but this is the first confirmation I've seen of Waymo using foreign-based remote operators. Prior, there was only a rumored podcast ep, immediately cease-and-desisted.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
January 19, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I... wow.
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Hey y’all. So. We are in an urgent and difficult situation. We have a storage locker for our belongings, but we can no longer keep up with the payments and have fallen behind. If we’re unable to cover the full $750 balance, everything in it will be lost in 2 days.
cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
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January 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Hey y’all. So. We are in an urgent and difficult situation. We have a storage locker for our belongings, but we can no longer keep up with the payments and have fallen behind. If we’re unable to cover the full $750 balance, everything in it will be lost in 2 days.
cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
cash.app/$ClarkishaKent
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CBP’s cluster raids are targeting Anaheim today.
January 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
CBP’s cluster raids are targeting Anaheim today.
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Disabled people don’t survive without community care. So for us to be considered worth surviving, that’s building a world where we all survive by supporting each other.
It should click for you how many who ask for mutual aid online are disabled. Disabled people are likely to be in poverty & isolation. Disability makes life under capitalism precarious. That’s why disability justice is intertwined with getting rid of capitalism & why mutual aid is disability justice.
January 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Disabled people don’t survive without community care. So for us to be considered worth surviving, that’s building a world where we all survive by supporting each other.
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This short story is one of my very favorite pieces of political imagination!
I would like to point people to this short story by @naomikritzer.bsky.social it really encapsulates a lot of the attitude we hold dear. I love it. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
January 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This short story is one of my very favorite pieces of political imagination!
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Look for the helpers
Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.
www.artnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Look for the helpers
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La Marseillaise Casablanca
YouTube video by Andrew Barbin
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January 18, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Chicago, looking for a place to stay warm?
-The city's 10 S. Kedzie warming shelter is open 9am-5pm today & 9am-8pm tomorrow
-Cook County opened its courthouses as 24hr warming shelters (food+water provided, pets allowed in carriers) through Wednesday
Full lists of city/county warming locations ⬇️
-The city's 10 S. Kedzie warming shelter is open 9am-5pm today & 9am-8pm tomorrow
-Cook County opened its courthouses as 24hr warming shelters (food+water provided, pets allowed in carriers) through Wednesday
Full lists of city/county warming locations ⬇️
Arctic air to drop wind chill to minus-20, bring snow for Sunday's Bears game ahead of more cold
A slight reprieve from the temperatures will build gradually from Monday’s high of 10, reaching 20 on Tuesday and 30 on Wednesday before dropping back into the 20s.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Chicago, looking for a place to stay warm?
-The city's 10 S. Kedzie warming shelter is open 9am-5pm today & 9am-8pm tomorrow
-Cook County opened its courthouses as 24hr warming shelters (food+water provided, pets allowed in carriers) through Wednesday
Full lists of city/county warming locations ⬇️
-The city's 10 S. Kedzie warming shelter is open 9am-5pm today & 9am-8pm tomorrow
-Cook County opened its courthouses as 24hr warming shelters (food+water provided, pets allowed in carriers) through Wednesday
Full lists of city/county warming locations ⬇️
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This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Springsteen at an unbilled performance at a Parkinson’s benefit Sat. in NJ—
“…send a message to this President. And as the Mayor of that city has said, ‘ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.’ So this one is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good.”
“…send a message to this President. And as the Mayor of that city has said, ‘ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.’ So this one is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good.”
Promised Land - for Renee Good, Bruce Springsteen, Light of Day, 1/17/26, Count Basie Theater
YouTube video by MarcGlenRock
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January 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Springsteen at an unbilled performance at a Parkinson’s benefit Sat. in NJ—
“…send a message to this President. And as the Mayor of that city has said, ‘ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.’ So this one is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good.”
“…send a message to this President. And as the Mayor of that city has said, ‘ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.’ So this one is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good.”
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Today!
Ceramic artists/makers/anyone interested in protest pottery!
I'll be the demo artist this Sunday at the Potters Rise Up meeting. I plan to talk expression via Astronaut Vessels. Links to the IG & FB group - looking forward to it!
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I'll be the demo artist this Sunday at the Potters Rise Up meeting. I plan to talk expression via Astronaut Vessels. Links to the IG & FB group - looking forward to it!
www.instagram.com/potters_rise...
www.facebook.com/share/g/1azs...
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Today!
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Thanks to an EXTREMELY generous donation from author pal Jennifer Armentrout, we get to redirect a lot of the whistle money we've raised over the past week to orgs on the ground in the twin cities who need help!
@ziibiing.com's website is a huge help in finding who, well, needs help!
@ziibiing.com's website is a huge help in finding who, well, needs help!
January 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Thanks to an EXTREMELY generous donation from author pal Jennifer Armentrout, we get to redirect a lot of the whistle money we've raised over the past week to orgs on the ground in the twin cities who need help!
@ziibiing.com's website is a huge help in finding who, well, needs help!
@ziibiing.com's website is a huge help in finding who, well, needs help!
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Hey, #StephenKing fans: These two originals became available this weekend — artwork I created for a proposed limited edition of NEEDFUL THINGS. The one on the right sold fast. 🚀 Still time to score the Chapter One illustration! 👀 cc: @stephenkingcast.bsky.social johnpicacio.com/store/needfu...
January 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Hey, #StephenKing fans: These two originals became available this weekend — artwork I created for a proposed limited edition of NEEDFUL THINGS. The one on the right sold fast. 🚀 Still time to score the Chapter One illustration! 👀 cc: @stephenkingcast.bsky.social johnpicacio.com/store/needfu...
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Goodnight from the Guardian of Çaturday who wishes you to know all is well and it’s safe to lay down your burden and rest.
January 18, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Goodnight from the Guardian of Çaturday who wishes you to know all is well and it’s safe to lay down your burden and rest.
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I find myself angry at Jake Lang for the obvious reasons but also in a municipal servant way.
There was a lot of people who had to work serious hours outside in the cold today for *that*? Sir you can pay people to humiliate you in the comfort of your own home. Spare us the logistics next time.
There was a lot of people who had to work serious hours outside in the cold today for *that*? Sir you can pay people to humiliate you in the comfort of your own home. Spare us the logistics next time.
January 18, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I find myself angry at Jake Lang for the obvious reasons but also in a municipal servant way.
There was a lot of people who had to work serious hours outside in the cold today for *that*? Sir you can pay people to humiliate you in the comfort of your own home. Spare us the logistics next time.
There was a lot of people who had to work serious hours outside in the cold today for *that*? Sir you can pay people to humiliate you in the comfort of your own home. Spare us the logistics next time.
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What you can expect to see from a cult(ure) of abuse.
Child abuse is a central plank in the conservative platform, because physical mastery of the weak is how they establish dominance, their only value. It's not just something a lot of conservatives do, it is part of being a conservative.
About the ICE agent who fatally shot a man on New Year’s Eve while off-duty:
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
January 18, 2026 at 10:16 AM
What you can expect to see from a cult(ure) of abuse.
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One of the joys of collecting folklore is having conversations where lines such as: “When my sister spent some years transformed into a fox …” tumble out quite naturally. – #CLNolan #FolkloreSunday
January 18, 2026 at 11:27 AM
One of the joys of collecting folklore is having conversations where lines such as: “When my sister spent some years transformed into a fox …” tumble out quite naturally. – #CLNolan #FolkloreSunday
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This is going to hurt so many people indirectly because healthcare folks are trying to pivot into telehealth or home visits right now to meet the need.
Once it's been weaponized they'll stop answering the door.
Once it's been weaponized they'll stop answering the door.
For those who don’t know, MaineCare is our Medicaid program, so they’re posing as Healthcare workers for low income people in our community. Truly despicable shit.
January 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
This is going to hurt so many people indirectly because healthcare folks are trying to pivot into telehealth or home visits right now to meet the need.
Once it's been weaponized they'll stop answering the door.
Once it's been weaponized they'll stop answering the door.
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While tidying up a bit yesterday, I came across a copy of the Jan/Feb 2021 issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" that contains my story "Interludes with the Gunwright." I love this story; I got something very right with it and I still reread it for pleasure every now and again.
January 18, 2026 at 12:59 PM
While tidying up a bit yesterday, I came across a copy of the Jan/Feb 2021 issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" that contains my story "Interludes with the Gunwright." I love this story; I got something very right with it and I still reread it for pleasure every now and again.
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Excellent piece, from the reiteration of where we are - necessary as shocking things become normalized - to the reminder to learn from others
January 18, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Excellent piece, from the reiteration of where we are - necessary as shocking things become normalized - to the reminder to learn from others
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Enzymatic structural material (ESM) is a concrete replacement that uses enzymes to convert CO2 into solid mineral particles that are bound together and cured under mild conditions into structural forms within hours. Imagine a world where we sequester carbon with every brick instead of releasing it.
Carbon-Negative Building Material Developed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Published in Matter
The fast-acting, durable substance offers a new alternative to traditional concrete
www.wpi.edu
January 18, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Enzymatic structural material (ESM) is a concrete replacement that uses enzymes to convert CO2 into solid mineral particles that are bound together and cured under mild conditions into structural forms within hours. Imagine a world where we sequester carbon with every brick instead of releasing it.