Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳
@phoebebarton.bsky.social
Giant queer trans sf/game writer who is NOT AMERICAN, typewriter guardian, mind poisoner. Nebula winner, Aurora winner! Assistant Editor at Escape Pod, CW '19. Hamilton, Ontario. Header by @shargrave.bsky.social. She/her. www.phoebebartonsf.com
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27 Nov 2025
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
27 Nov 2025
sharpen this to "she is an elf sorceress named Mariabelle" and it *still* does not narrow it down to one
i find it interesting that "isekai protagonist returns to Japan from a fantasy world, only to discover a familiar, naked elf woman in his apartment" describes multiple series
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
sharpen this to "she is an elf sorceress named Mariabelle" and it *still* does not narrow it down to one
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it's not that Brianna Wu is a fool because "she also thinks you can just drop things onto earth from the moon." using lunar rocks as mass driver bombardment ammunition is not "just dropping things." she's a fool because it's ineffective compared to earth-based ballistic missiles.
it's not that Brianna Wu is a fool because "she also thinks you can just drop things onto earth from the moon." using lunar rocks as mass driver bombardment ammunition is not "just dropping things." she's a fool because it's ineffective compared to earth-based ballistic missiles.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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it's not that Brianna Wu is a fool because "she also thinks you can just drop things onto earth from the moon." using lunar rocks as mass driver bombardment ammunition is not "just dropping things." she's a fool because it's ineffective compared to earth-based ballistic missiles.
it's not that Brianna Wu is a fool because "she also thinks you can just drop things onto earth from the moon." using lunar rocks as mass driver bombardment ammunition is not "just dropping things." she's a fool because it's ineffective compared to earth-based ballistic missiles.
it's the staggering ordinariness of the sky above ground zero
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
it's the staggering ordinariness of the sky above ground zero
consider: a timeline much like ours, but where vending machines sell Nauga Sweat and cars are upholstered with pocarihyde
November 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
consider: a timeline much like ours, but where vending machines sell Nauga Sweat and cars are upholstered with pocarihyde
i suspect that the problem that's being run into with calling creative workers "petit bourgeoisie" is that assumption that the petit bourgeoisie makes its money through its ownership of production
which is not the case for 99.9% of creatives
if I'd had to survive on my writing earnings I'd be dead
which is not the case for 99.9% of creatives
if I'd had to survive on my writing earnings I'd be dead
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
i suspect that the problem that's being run into with calling creative workers "petit bourgeoisie" is that assumption that the petit bourgeoisie makes its money through its ownership of production
which is not the case for 99.9% of creatives
if I'd had to survive on my writing earnings I'd be dead
which is not the case for 99.9% of creatives
if I'd had to survive on my writing earnings I'd be dead
that "Americanophobia" list is an amazing example of how incredibly fragile residents of the imperial hub can be
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
that "Americanophobia" list is an amazing example of how incredibly fragile residents of the imperial hub can be
the Jimmy's parade
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
the Jimmy's parade
it occurs to me: have we ever considered calling USAmericans "Staters"? it rolls off the tongue, I think
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
it occurs to me: have we ever considered calling USAmericans "Staters"? it rolls off the tongue, I think
i find it interesting that "isekai protagonist returns to Japan from a fantasy world, only to discover a familiar, naked elf woman in his apartment" describes multiple series
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
i find it interesting that "isekai protagonist returns to Japan from a fantasy world, only to discover a familiar, naked elf woman in his apartment" describes multiple series
so with all these isekais about fantasy worlders travelling to Japan and me not having seen all of them, I have to wonder if any of them deal with the fact that the fantasy worlders would have neither a valid passport nor a resident card, and the constant potential for ~fun~ conflict thereby
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
so with all these isekais about fantasy worlders travelling to Japan and me not having seen all of them, I have to wonder if any of them deal with the fact that the fantasy worlders would have neither a valid passport nor a resident card, and the constant potential for ~fun~ conflict thereby
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Help me fund epic poem GULA: A Poem For The End Times on BackerKit! A modernist/post-modernist long-form poem, GULA explores Carrion City, a place where the lost and forsaken end up and rarely leave -- a mirror city to the world of the beloved and treasured.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Help me fund epic poem GULA: A Poem For The End Times on BackerKit! A modernist/post-modernist long-form poem, GULA explores Carrion City, a place where the lost and forsaken end up and rarely leave -- a mirror city to the world of the beloved and treasured.
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my "do not call me, a Canadian, an American" posts are getting a lot of attention from people who want to tell me what name I should be satisfied to call myself
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
my "do not call me, a Canadian, an American" posts are getting a lot of attention from people who want to tell me what name I should be satisfied to call myself
this building is a great inspiration for some authoritarian government or evil megacorporate headquarters. that staircase nails the whole "the individual is meaningless next to the vastness of the system" vibe
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this building is a great inspiration for some authoritarian government or evil megacorporate headquarters. that staircase nails the whole "the individual is meaningless next to the vastness of the system" vibe
i challenge anyone who says "everyone from North and South America are Americans" to extend that logic and call Irish people British, to see the results of words having different meanings in different languages
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
i challenge anyone who says "everyone from North and South America are Americans" to extend that logic and call Irish people British, to see the results of words having different meanings in different languages
i've seen people making the argument that it's a result of everyone being broke now, but like, this round was set off in part by piracy of an indie ebook that was on sale for 99 cents
there is a vast and deep well of genuinely free, no-piracy-needed stuff out there
there is a vast and deep well of genuinely free, no-piracy-needed stuff out there
I imagine most of the people trying to claim that stealing indie ebooks is leftism simply have never had to worry about paying rent or for groceries but sorry, your desire for free luxury goods is outweighed by the material needs of their creators
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
i've seen people making the argument that it's a result of everyone being broke now, but like, this round was set off in part by piracy of an indie ebook that was on sale for 99 cents
there is a vast and deep well of genuinely free, no-piracy-needed stuff out there
there is a vast and deep well of genuinely free, no-piracy-needed stuff out there
this made me wonder: why is it that so many people are intensely radiophobic but those same people tend not to give a shit about covid/flu mitigation, when both involve "invisible things that can hurt or kill you" but people are lackadaisical about the one they're infinitely more likely to meet?
I feel a certain level of [facepalm] at the amount of rad explainer they felt they needed to do rather than discuss the lab/museum itself more, but such is dealing with a radiophobic public.
NOTE: a lot of thick glass covered surfaces in shot
And, man, just can't decon wood. We sure have tried.
NOTE: a lot of thick glass covered surfaces in shot
And, man, just can't decon wood. We sure have tried.
How Radioactive Is Marie Curie’s Lab Today?
YouTube video by SciShow
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November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
this made me wonder: why is it that so many people are intensely radiophobic but those same people tend not to give a shit about covid/flu mitigation, when both involve "invisible things that can hurt or kill you" but people are lackadaisical about the one they're infinitely more likely to meet?
current thought: "I should visit more Japanese cities in search of a definitive answer about whether it's that Tokyo doesn't care about its baseball teams or that Hiroshima cares overwhelmingly about its Carp"
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
current thought: "I should visit more Japanese cities in search of a definitive answer about whether it's that Tokyo doesn't care about its baseball teams or that Hiroshima cares overwhelmingly about its Carp"
the exhausted realization that one of CVN-84, CVN-85, CVN-86, or CVN-87 will probably be named after him
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
the exhausted realization that one of CVN-84, CVN-85, CVN-86, or CVN-87 will probably be named after him
"[People's Liberation Army Navy] nuclear submarines are all named Changzheng (Long March) along with a number. Conventional submarines are all named Changcheng (Great Wall) along with a number."
now that's just uncreative. submarines deserve better
now that's just uncreative. submarines deserve better
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"[People's Liberation Army Navy] nuclear submarines are all named Changzheng (Long March) along with a number. Conventional submarines are all named Changcheng (Great Wall) along with a number."
now that's just uncreative. submarines deserve better
now that's just uncreative. submarines deserve better
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A chatgpt user will *never* experience the experience of finding the task of researching and organizing an essay or program or story, shockingly easier than it used to be.
A genAI user will *never* find an artistic task effortless that was once enormously frustrating.
A genAI user will *never* find an artistic task effortless that was once enormously frustrating.
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A chatgpt user will *never* experience the experience of finding the task of researching and organizing an essay or program or story, shockingly easier than it used to be.
A genAI user will *never* find an artistic task effortless that was once enormously frustrating.
A genAI user will *never* find an artistic task effortless that was once enormously frustrating.
finally posting this now that I've been able to identify all the ships in question, thanks to the sun being in an unfavourable sky spot
it's a lot easier to squint at a barely-readable name on a monitor than on a phone
it's a lot easier to squint at a barely-readable name on a monitor than on a phone
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
finally posting this now that I've been able to identify all the ships in question, thanks to the sun being in an unfavourable sky spot
it's a lot easier to squint at a barely-readable name on a monitor than on a phone
it's a lot easier to squint at a barely-readable name on a monitor than on a phone
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people always stereotype Canadians as being polite, and its not true at all. We are passive-agressive weirdos who live in isolated weird places and the sooner we make peace with that the better
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
people always stereotype Canadians as being polite, and its not true at all. We are passive-agressive weirdos who live in isolated weird places and the sooner we make peace with that the better
one thing that annoys me is how Japanese-style ubiquitous outdoor vending machines would never work in Canada, because people would destroy them for the sheer sake of destroying them
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
one thing that annoys me is how Japanese-style ubiquitous outdoor vending machines would never work in Canada, because people would destroy them for the sheer sake of destroying them
this covers a bunch of reasons why my intrepid space freighter stories are set around Saturn! now if only I could sell the one that's been written so far
Consider Setting Your Space Operas on Saturn - Reactor
...or more precisely, on one of its many, many moons!
reactormag.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
this covers a bunch of reasons why my intrepid space freighter stories are set around Saturn! now if only I could sell the one that's been written so far