Sandstone
@quartzen.bsky.social
Programmer and SFF reader. Sega fan. Asexual and otherwise queer. She/her. 📚
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Opening up for subs at midnight tonight assuming that I have set up Submittable correctly....
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Opening up for subs at midnight tonight assuming that I have set up Submittable correctly....
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starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
is there a NaNoWriMo but for December and academic/ nonfiction? Should we start it?
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
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Celebrate the release of We Will Rise Again with EFF! Cindy Cohn joins the event at The Booksmith on Dec 2. Don’t forget to RSVP! www.eff.org/event/we-wi...
We Will Rise Again at The Booksmith
The Booksmith is proud to be celebrating the release of We Will Rise Again with Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Reo Eveleth, Cindy Cohn, Andrea Dehlendorf, and Vida James.When:Tuesday, December
www.eff.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Celebrate the release of We Will Rise Again with EFF! Cindy Cohn joins the event at The Booksmith on Dec 2. Don’t forget to RSVP! www.eff.org/event/we-wi...
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This includes an early piece of mine in dialog with a folktale told by Sonia Nimr. I did a queerplatonic spin on the story. Is in the FOLK issue of Arab Lit Quarterly: arablit.gumroad.com/l/qcuql?layo...
ArabLit Quarterly Winter 2021: FOLK (PDF) - FREE FOR READ PALESTINE WEEK
This special DOUBLE ISSUE of ArabLit Quarterly centers on FOLK stories, songs, and poetry from the last millennium, from Andalusia to Yemen, with stops across the cities in between. It features folk-t...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This includes an early piece of mine in dialog with a folktale told by Sonia Nimr. I did a queerplatonic spin on the story. Is in the FOLK issue of Arab Lit Quarterly: arablit.gumroad.com/l/qcuql?layo...
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Arab Lit Quarterly is making all of their pdfs of works with Palestinian authors free for #ReadPalestine week. arablit.gumroad.com
Subscribe to ArabLit Store on Gumroad
Scroll down for buyable items related to ArabLit (Arabic Literature and Translation) and the Bulaq podcast.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Arab Lit Quarterly is making all of their pdfs of works with Palestinian authors free for #ReadPalestine week. arablit.gumroad.com
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - OCTOBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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Some Queer Short SFF - October 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
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November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - OCTOBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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I round up over 30 stories by @sentencebender.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @mimulus.bsky.social @jennahanchey.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @thesuiway.bsky.social @straith.ca & MANY MORE!!!!
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This is a scandal.
Public universities should be banned from paying these insane buyouts for college coaches.
No pro sports teams are paying $33 million to fire their incompetent coach, so why are colleges paying this kind of money?!?
Public universities should be banned from paying these insane buyouts for college coaches.
No pro sports teams are paying $33 million to fire their incompetent coach, so why are colleges paying this kind of money?!?
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
November 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is a scandal.
Public universities should be banned from paying these insane buyouts for college coaches.
No pro sports teams are paying $33 million to fire their incompetent coach, so why are colleges paying this kind of money?!?
Public universities should be banned from paying these insane buyouts for college coaches.
No pro sports teams are paying $33 million to fire their incompetent coach, so why are colleges paying this kind of money?!?
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I have subscribed to this patreon for ages and can attest that it is wonderful. Jane is wonderful.
Please please join and contribute if you can 💝
Please please join and contribute if you can 💝
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
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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
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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 11:03 PM
I have subscribed to this patreon for ages and can attest that it is wonderful. Jane is wonderful.
Please please join and contribute if you can 💝
Please please join and contribute if you can 💝
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New: If you're queer, you know that the holidays can be rough. Maybe you have a bad relationship with your family and holidays carry painful memories. I spoke to LGBTQ+ Texans across the state about how they find community this time of year: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Where can LGBTQ+ Texans go for Thanksgiving when home is off-limits?
"I just couldn't deal with knowing that I have people that have nowhere to go."
www.chron.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New: If you're queer, you know that the holidays can be rough. Maybe you have a bad relationship with your family and holidays carry painful memories. I spoke to LGBTQ+ Texans across the state about how they find community this time of year: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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First Blood by Amélie Northomb
translated by Alison Anderson
Sometimes feels too wild to be true, except this book is based on the life of the author's father. From childhood bullying to an improbable romance to an impossible hostage negotiation. Will be talking about this one for a while!
translated by Alison Anderson
Sometimes feels too wild to be true, except this book is based on the life of the author's father. From childhood bullying to an improbable romance to an impossible hostage negotiation. Will be talking about this one for a while!
First Blood - Amélie Nothomb
A moving fictionalized account of Nothomb’s own father, who died of Covid related symptoms in early 2020, this is the acclaimed author’s most personal and heartfelt novel.
www.europaeditions.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
First Blood by Amélie Northomb
translated by Alison Anderson
Sometimes feels too wild to be true, except this book is based on the life of the author's father. From childhood bullying to an improbable romance to an impossible hostage negotiation. Will be talking about this one for a while!
translated by Alison Anderson
Sometimes feels too wild to be true, except this book is based on the life of the author's father. From childhood bullying to an improbable romance to an impossible hostage negotiation. Will be talking about this one for a while!
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Atoms Never Touch by micha cárdenas is so EXTREMELY my shit I am genuinely embarrassed it took me so long to get around to reading it.
trans femmes! t4t! Multi-verse quantum weirdness! Anti-fascist hacking! I loved the tenderness of this, even in the face of brutality.
trans femmes! t4t! Multi-verse quantum weirdness! Anti-fascist hacking! I loved the tenderness of this, even in the face of brutality.
Atoms Never Touch
Fierce, poignant sci-fi, about hacking, love, and resistance.
www.akpress.org
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Atoms Never Touch by micha cárdenas is so EXTREMELY my shit I am genuinely embarrassed it took me so long to get around to reading it.
trans femmes! t4t! Multi-verse quantum weirdness! Anti-fascist hacking! I loved the tenderness of this, even in the face of brutality.
trans femmes! t4t! Multi-verse quantum weirdness! Anti-fascist hacking! I loved the tenderness of this, even in the face of brutality.
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Final reads for #Novellavember were both library books and both excellent!
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Final reads for #Novellavember were both library books and both excellent!
I think one consequence of algorithm-driven browsing that everyone underestimates is that your _first_ encounter with any piece of media- books, streaming shows, music, anything- comes along with both a crowdsourced quality rating and likely also a direct or indirect (# reviews) popularity rating
Now "browsing" means Netflix compiles your recent watch history and feeds you more of the exact same thing. Or Amazon analyzes your buy history and gives you a list of 15 books with basically the same title. You rarely stumble upon something new or different by chance. It's eroding our curiosity.
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I think one consequence of algorithm-driven browsing that everyone underestimates is that your _first_ encounter with any piece of media- books, streaming shows, music, anything- comes along with both a crowdsourced quality rating and likely also a direct or indirect (# reviews) popularity rating
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Hey, friends and colleagues: I’m hearing that comics Kickstarters are a steep climb right now.
If you’ve got one running right now, drop a link here and tell us a little bit about it! I want to help you get the word out… and show people a better place to spend money than any Black Friday sale!
If you’ve got one running right now, drop a link here and tell us a little bit about it! I want to help you get the word out… and show people a better place to spend money than any Black Friday sale!
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hey, friends and colleagues: I’m hearing that comics Kickstarters are a steep climb right now.
If you’ve got one running right now, drop a link here and tell us a little bit about it! I want to help you get the word out… and show people a better place to spend money than any Black Friday sale!
If you’ve got one running right now, drop a link here and tell us a little bit about it! I want to help you get the word out… and show people a better place to spend money than any Black Friday sale!
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I loved writing these show-rec essays! So many series to choose from
Also it’s maybe my ongoing mission to give people some options for investing in and engaging with queer art/media in a more transnational way,
Also it’s maybe my ongoing mission to give people some options for investing in and engaging with queer art/media in a more transnational way,
If you're looking for clever, imaginative, often heartfelt and deeply horny queer drama, the most-excellent @leemandelo.bsky.social has put together *two* lists of Thai dramas for @reactorsff.bsky.social many of which I've watched and adored. So, yeah.
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Five Vibrantly Queer Thai TV Shows - Reactor
Welcome back for the second installment of Queering SFF’s Big Gay Pride Month Recommendation List(s), for getting our vibes right via arts and entertainment. Last week I gathered four weird and sexy b...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I loved writing these show-rec essays! So many series to choose from
Also it’s maybe my ongoing mission to give people some options for investing in and engaging with queer art/media in a more transnational way,
Also it’s maybe my ongoing mission to give people some options for investing in and engaging with queer art/media in a more transnational way,
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LAST DAY COME GET BUGS
The shop is back & the sale is on! ✨
15% off shopwide with "CROWN15" this whole weekend! EVERYTHING! Get some delightful buggy treats and support a tiny artist, win-win!
shop.mothmonar.ch 🐛
[#sciart #bsnm #shopsmall #insectart]
15% off shopwide with "CROWN15" this whole weekend! EVERYTHING! Get some delightful buggy treats and support a tiny artist, win-win!
shop.mothmonar.ch 🐛
[#sciart #bsnm #shopsmall #insectart]
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
LAST DAY COME GET BUGS
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Hey, just got word that there's someone out there emailing people from annleckie05 at gmail, pretending to be me "reaching out" to people.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hey, just got word that there's someone out there emailing people from annleckie05 at gmail, pretending to be me "reaching out" to people.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
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Updated the post with a verified Venmo link! It's in the blog post, or you can go directly to it here: linktr.ee/sinijay8#230...
Sri Lanka is hit hard by Cyclone Ditwah with severe flooding across the island. Over a hundred and fifty are dead, and tens of thousands are displaced. Some ways you can help:
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Cyclone Ditwah Flood Relief Sri Lanka
How to donate to Sri Lankan flood relief initiatives in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Updated the post with a verified Venmo link! It's in the blog post, or you can go directly to it here: linktr.ee/sinijay8#230...
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November newsletter is out, featuring a reflection on this year's garden, upcoming books I want to read, and two cool Native artists I learned about this month: buttondown.com/singinglight...
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
November newsletter is out, featuring a reflection on this year's garden, upcoming books I want to read, and two cool Native artists I learned about this month: buttondown.com/singinglight...
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🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE! 🎉 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!
Inside you'll find...
🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest
🧜♀️ the price of revenge from sirens
🫐 a berry world of grief and awe
& so much more!
🔗 Link in bio!
More details below 👀⬇️
Inside you'll find...
🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest
🧜♀️ the price of revenge from sirens
🫐 a berry world of grief and awe
& so much more!
🔗 Link in bio!
More details below 👀⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE! 🎉 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!
Inside you'll find...
🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest
🧜♀️ the price of revenge from sirens
🫐 a berry world of grief and awe
& so much more!
🔗 Link in bio!
More details below 👀⬇️
Inside you'll find...
🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest
🧜♀️ the price of revenge from sirens
🫐 a berry world of grief and awe
& so much more!
🔗 Link in bio!
More details below 👀⬇️
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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...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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
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i have a book about the Death of Mountains visiting a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. it's a short little book, and on sale from my publisher (@lethepress.bsky.social)!
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
i have a book about the Death of Mountains visiting a middling hill in the Appalachians who doesn't want to die. it's a short little book, and on sale from my publisher (@lethepress.bsky.social)!
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
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it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
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2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈