Pauline Barmby
@pbarmby.bsky.social
Science: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-0090. Fiction: https://www.galacticwords.com Words in Year’s Best Cdn F&SF Vols 2&3, Nature:Futures, Analog, Utopia SF, MNRAS, ApJ, etc. Runner, knitter, curler. 🇨🇦 & minor planet 281067. She/her.
Pinned
The Apparatus Almanac: Gizmology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com
Time for the round-up of my 2025 published stories!
(1) What if there was a government office that dealt with unhinged amateur scientists?
“GENIUS Act Response” in @jayhengepub.bsky.social’s The Apparatus Almanac: Gismology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2J9L6BH
(1) What if there was a government office that dealt with unhinged amateur scientists?
“GENIUS Act Response” in @jayhengepub.bsky.social’s The Apparatus Almanac: Gismology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2J9L6BH
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This perceptive Cory Doctorow essay about the landscape of AI and speculation about its future is absolutely worth a read. pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This perceptive Cory Doctorow essay about the landscape of AI and speculation about its future is absolutely worth a read. pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
One of my colleagues introduces a PhD student public lecture with ‘two truth and a lie’ about the candidate and I think that is awesome.
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of my colleagues introduces a PhD student public lecture with ‘two truth and a lie’ about the candidate and I think that is awesome.
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Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
Looking forward to one day being able to buy pomegranates again.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Looking forward to one day being able to buy pomegranates again.
The “author’s copies” problem: I have a couple bound copies of my PhD thesis which made their way back to me after the deaths of the relatives to whom I gave them. What do you do with copies of your own nearly-25-year-old PhD thesis??
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The “author’s copies” problem: I have a couple bound copies of my PhD thesis which made their way back to me after the deaths of the relatives to whom I gave them. What do you do with copies of your own nearly-25-year-old PhD thesis??
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We remember them always.
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We remember them always.
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
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Do I know anyone on here who might be able to get me a digital image of a page (or a few) of a manuscript in the Library of Ahmed III (in Istanbul)? The library doesn’t appear to have digitized much (or any) of the collection?
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December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Do I know anyone on here who might be able to get me a digital image of a page (or a few) of a manuscript in the Library of Ahmed III (in Istanbul)? The library doesn’t appear to have digitized much (or any) of the collection?
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Preparing to teach a 4th-year undergrad course next term and realizing that the last time I taught it was not one, but two LMSs ago.
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Preparing to teach a 4th-year undergrad course next term and realizing that the last time I taught it was not one, but two LMSs ago.
What if Canada bailed on hosting the World Cup and stuck the US with the bill?
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What if Canada bailed on hosting the World Cup and stuck the US with the bill?
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By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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PSSST...Wanna see a portal to a beautiful place that has nothing but art made by real humans.
Left click or press & hold this > #ArtAdventCalendar and choose "See #ArtAdventCalendar posts"
The biggest art event on Bluesky. Last year we had 1500 participants from 25 countries posting +20,000 images
Left click or press & hold this > #ArtAdventCalendar and choose "See #ArtAdventCalendar posts"
The biggest art event on Bluesky. Last year we had 1500 participants from 25 countries posting +20,000 images
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
PSSST...Wanna see a portal to a beautiful place that has nothing but art made by real humans.
Left click or press & hold this > #ArtAdventCalendar and choose "See #ArtAdventCalendar posts"
The biggest art event on Bluesky. Last year we had 1500 participants from 25 countries posting +20,000 images
Left click or press & hold this > #ArtAdventCalendar and choose "See #ArtAdventCalendar posts"
The biggest art event on Bluesky. Last year we had 1500 participants from 25 countries posting +20,000 images
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I am super excited to reveal the cover and table of contents for the forthcoming SuperCanucks: An anthology of Canadian small-town superheroes, edited by Andy Taylor and Matthew Del Papa, to be published March 21, 2026, by Latitude 46 Publishing!
open.substack.com/pub/melaniem...
open.substack.com/pub/melaniem...
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I am super excited to reveal the cover and table of contents for the forthcoming SuperCanucks: An anthology of Canadian small-town superheroes, edited by Andy Taylor and Matthew Del Papa, to be published March 21, 2026, by Latitude 46 Publishing!
open.substack.com/pub/melaniem...
open.substack.com/pub/melaniem...
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It's Cyber Monday, and the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers is rolling out some sales! Check them out and spread the word if you know someone who would be interested. #writersky
www.catrambo.com/2025/12/01/c...
www.catrambo.com/2025/12/01/c...
www.catrambo.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's Cyber Monday, and the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers is rolling out some sales! Check them out and spread the word if you know someone who would be interested. #writersky
www.catrambo.com/2025/12/01/c...
www.catrambo.com/2025/12/01/c...
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Join us tomorrow from 2-3pm ET for a special fireside chat on the art of storytelling within space sciences! This is a free event featuring a chat and Q&A with Joy Jones and Tim Fielder. As always, the link to register can be found on our website, we hope to see you there 🌟
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Join us tomorrow from 2-3pm ET for a special fireside chat on the art of storytelling within space sciences! This is a free event featuring a chat and Q&A with Joy Jones and Tim Fielder. As always, the link to register can be found on our website, we hope to see you there 🌟
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Oh hey look, is that the latest issue of @smallwondersmag.com with not one, not two, but THREE members of the mighty FF reading team sharing the TOC?!?! Grab a copy to read shorts by @elijah.mea.rs @speculativekane.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social and more!
smallwondersmag.com/issue/30/
smallwondersmag.com/issue/30/
Issue 30 - Small Wonders
smallwondersmag.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Oh hey look, is that the latest issue of @smallwondersmag.com with not one, not two, but THREE members of the mighty FF reading team sharing the TOC?!?! Grab a copy to read shorts by @elijah.mea.rs @speculativekane.bsky.social @bethgoder.bsky.social and more!
smallwondersmag.com/issue/30/
smallwondersmag.com/issue/30/
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BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
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I HAVE A PATREON NOW! 🎉
Hello everyone. It's official: you can now support me and my comedy, if you are able to and wish to. Link to the Patreon will be below, and is also in this video's YouTube description.
I'm so excited! It's going to be really fun. Unless you hate jokes.
youtu.be/_DFgW0Q_H2E
Hello everyone. It's official: you can now support me and my comedy, if you are able to and wish to. Link to the Patreon will be below, and is also in this video's YouTube description.
I'm so excited! It's going to be really fun. Unless you hate jokes.
youtu.be/_DFgW0Q_H2E
I Have A Patreon Now!
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I HAVE A PATREON NOW! 🎉
Hello everyone. It's official: you can now support me and my comedy, if you are able to and wish to. Link to the Patreon will be below, and is also in this video's YouTube description.
I'm so excited! It's going to be really fun. Unless you hate jokes.
youtu.be/_DFgW0Q_H2E
Hello everyone. It's official: you can now support me and my comedy, if you are able to and wish to. Link to the Patreon will be below, and is also in this video's YouTube description.
I'm so excited! It's going to be really fun. Unless you hate jokes.
youtu.be/_DFgW0Q_H2E
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It’s #SmallBusinessSaturday, thank you so much for supporting artists like me! It keeps my space shop in orbit 💫
Wearing my new #moon #bootprint hoodie that launched yesterday. Already 60% funded!
Would appreciate any shares to keep going! 🚀
🔗 bit.ly/bootprint-hoodie
🔭🐡🧪🎨
Wearing my new #moon #bootprint hoodie that launched yesterday. Already 60% funded!
Would appreciate any shares to keep going! 🚀
🔗 bit.ly/bootprint-hoodie
🔭🐡🧪🎨
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It’s #SmallBusinessSaturday, thank you so much for supporting artists like me! It keeps my space shop in orbit 💫
Wearing my new #moon #bootprint hoodie that launched yesterday. Already 60% funded!
Would appreciate any shares to keep going! 🚀
🔗 bit.ly/bootprint-hoodie
🔭🐡🧪🎨
Wearing my new #moon #bootprint hoodie that launched yesterday. Already 60% funded!
Would appreciate any shares to keep going! 🚀
🔗 bit.ly/bootprint-hoodie
🔭🐡🧪🎨
Slightly disheartening that, 7 weeks into the season, my curling team has yet to win a single game.
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Slightly disheartening that, 7 weeks into the season, my curling team has yet to win a single game.
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I'm still £509 short for rent and it's due tomorrow so I'm getting desperate.
If you subscribe to my patreon you get something back in return but if you can support me in any way at all I would be extraordinarily grateful.
paypal.me/fightingpride
ko-fi.com/fightingpride
If you subscribe to my patreon you get something back in return but if you can support me in any way at all I would be extraordinarily grateful.
paypal.me/fightingpride
ko-fi.com/fightingpride
I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness.
To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5.
Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it.
http://patreon.com/fightingpride93
To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5.
Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it.
http://patreon.com/fightingpride93
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I'm still £509 short for rent and it's due tomorrow so I'm getting desperate.
If you subscribe to my patreon you get something back in return but if you can support me in any way at all I would be extraordinarily grateful.
paypal.me/fightingpride
ko-fi.com/fightingpride
If you subscribe to my patreon you get something back in return but if you can support me in any way at all I would be extraordinarily grateful.
paypal.me/fightingpride
ko-fi.com/fightingpride
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Despite the shit weather, I'm here at the Stanley Park Community Centre till 2! Books make great gifts! #KitchenerWaterloo #ExploreWR #SupportLocal
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Despite the shit weather, I'm here at the Stanley Park Community Centre till 2! Books make great gifts! #KitchenerWaterloo #ExploreWR #SupportLocal
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I think life would be better if more people read books and spent time looking up at the stars
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I think life would be better if more people read books and spent time looking up at the stars
New excuse for why my pushups are so bad: the cat insists on standing between my face and the floor.
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New excuse for why my pushups are so bad: the cat insists on standing between my face and the floor.
Heartbreaking, in all the best ways. You have 5 minutes, go and read it.
New story day! I’m SO proud of this one. “The Cold Burning Light of Her” is a flash fantasy released in this month’s issue of Lightspeed! Click below! 👇 🌙
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
The Cold Burning Light of Her - Lightspeed Magazine
Tilda stands at a crossroads just outside of town. It’s a place where worlds meet, and the perfect place to create a new person. The crescent moon glimmers through the oaks bent thick along the roadsi...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Heartbreaking, in all the best ways. You have 5 minutes, go and read it.