Straith🍉
@straith.ca
D.A. Straith (they/them) - Toronto-adjacent fiction person and friend of kaiju - nonbinary trans & queer settler - work in Augur, Fusion Fragment, On Spec - Clarion West Novel Workshop '25 - straith.carrd.co
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Straith🍉
@straith.ca
· Nov 15
It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
tool use in cows
tool use in cephalopods
Tool listening in cephalopods
do cuttlefish enjoy Tool
tool use in cephalopods
Tool listening in cephalopods
do cuttlefish enjoy Tool
January 20, 2026 at 1:15 AM
tool use in cows
tool use in cephalopods
Tool listening in cephalopods
do cuttlefish enjoy Tool
tool use in cephalopods
Tool listening in cephalopods
do cuttlefish enjoy Tool
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Hey friends! We're bringing back one of our wishlists specifically looking for hand & foot warmers for the folks who have to be outside to protect the community! With temps plummeting in the Twin Cities, this is a quick & easy way to help!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Hey friends! We're bringing back one of our wishlists specifically looking for hand & foot warmers for the folks who have to be outside to protect the community! With temps plummeting in the Twin Cities, this is a quick & easy way to help!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
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The #SmallPitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
#SmallPitch Submission Form
Please use this form to submit your pitch.
A few reminders:
You can pitch up to three manuscripts, with a limit of one pitch per manuscript.
Finished manuscripts only. No WIPs allowed!
One pitch per ...
docs.google.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 AM
The #SmallPitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
Reminders:
- Underrep writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are ok
Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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I am dangerously close to starting a “Joke Corrector” label.
The scarlet letter to end all. A possible Bluesky killer.
The scarlet letter to end all. A possible Bluesky killer.
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I am dangerously close to starting a “Joke Corrector” label.
The scarlet letter to end all. A possible Bluesky killer.
The scarlet letter to end all. A possible Bluesky killer.
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Truly one of the greatest scientific images I have ever seen
Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 19, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Truly one of the greatest scientific images I have ever seen
watching THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI (1920)... I am not super captivated by most of the oeuvre of Tim Burton but now I can certainly appreciate where he's coming from
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
watching THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI (1920)... I am not super captivated by most of the oeuvre of Tim Burton but now I can certainly appreciate where he's coming from
(picture of NFL sideline reporters inadequately dressed for freezing conditions in chicago) if you're cold, they're cold. bring them inside
January 19, 2026 at 12:55 AM
(picture of NFL sideline reporters inadequately dressed for freezing conditions in chicago) if you're cold, they're cold. bring them inside
looking forward to the next big fad diet. yes that’s right it’s the Hildegard of Bingen diet of spelt, chestnuts and fennel
January 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM
looking forward to the next big fad diet. yes that’s right it’s the Hildegard of Bingen diet of spelt, chestnuts and fennel
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January 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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How to Make a Good Movie:
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
January 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM
How to Make a Good Movie:
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
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Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
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my husband’s latest psychic damage sortie:
“How about a TV show where two hockey players are too busy banging to notice that aliens have landed. Heated Arrivalry.”
“How about a TV show where two hockey players are too busy banging to notice that aliens have landed. Heated Arrivalry.”
January 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
my husband’s latest psychic damage sortie:
“How about a TV show where two hockey players are too busy banging to notice that aliens have landed. Heated Arrivalry.”
“How about a TV show where two hockey players are too busy banging to notice that aliens have landed. Heated Arrivalry.”
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If you are wondering if i ever get tired of drawing grotzillas, the answer is no :-)
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
If you are wondering if i ever get tired of drawing grotzillas, the answer is no :-)
are there horse places I can go to just befriend and hang out with horses
January 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
are there horse places I can go to just befriend and hang out with horses
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I am HOWLING
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I am HOWLING
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The UK team is still in the red by £900 🥲 US/Canada/UK links in the Chuffed description. The best way to help is by making it recurring.
Crips for eSIMs is still sending and topping up eSIMs for people in Gaza - the project is in the red right now (including our UK team).
Please share widely - US / Canada / UK specific links in the description: chuffed.org/project/crip...
Please share widely - US / Canada / UK specific links in the description: chuffed.org/project/crip...
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
chuffed.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The UK team is still in the red by £900 🥲 US/Canada/UK links in the Chuffed description. The best way to help is by making it recurring.
my little $2 rescue cuetlaxóchitl is responding really well to its recent haircut! new growth!! I’m proud both of the plant and of myself for taking on my first rescue 🌱
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
my little $2 rescue cuetlaxóchitl is responding really well to its recent haircut! new growth!! I’m proud both of the plant and of myself for taking on my first rescue 🌱
please world I just need the weekend to not have any responsibilities in it so that I can instead direct my attention at my book. PLEASE
January 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
please world I just need the weekend to not have any responsibilities in it so that I can instead direct my attention at my book. PLEASE
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This call is now open 🚀
Looking forward to your queer space opera fashions!
Looking forward to your queer space opera fashions!
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
This call is now open 🚀
Looking forward to your queer space opera fashions!
Looking forward to your queer space opera fashions!
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✨ Announcing...our FIRST NOVELLA ✨
Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.
This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.
Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.
This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.
Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
![An announcement card for Augur's first novella acquisition, CREST. A mountain peak is featured in the background, with a pink gradient below.
Text reads:
ANNOUNCING AUGUR SOCIETY'S FIRST NOVELLA
CREST by A.D. Sui
After more than a decade no-contact, two former friends keep their promise from undergrad and meet up to hike the Pacific Crest Trail together.
But urban legends haunt the trails; secrets hang between them; and an eerie otherside pulls at them both, threatening to keep them from ever going home.
CREST weaves a story about complex friendships, love, and regret, told as an atmospheric contemporary fantasy travelogue by the Nebula-winning author of The Dragonfly Gambit (Neon Hemlock).
Coming Fall 2027
Tags: Contemporary Fantasy, Queer MC
For lovers of [When Marnie Was There, Love Death and Robots, Wild] as images](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lamjrufb4kabavnm4jojmbre/bafkreidlmhp2jdgite5bcvhxp4xwiah6hymfxxpcxlny7fu6im2atnfln4@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
✨ Announcing...our FIRST NOVELLA ✨
Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.
This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.
Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
Publisher @kercoby.bsky.social has acquired CREST by @thesuiway.bsky.social for our 2027 debut book line up.
This haunting, ethereal contemporary fantasy captured us from first glimpse, and we're so excited to share it next year.
Read on in the 🧵 for more deets!
My partner 3d-printed this soil scoop for me and I think in honour of all you poetry people out there I MUST call it my Golden Shovel
January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
My partner 3d-printed this soil scoop for me and I think in honour of all you poetry people out there I MUST call it my Golden Shovel
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hey Bluesky I hear you like sports
I have a science fiction sports story for you
it only contains a MODERATE amount of sports-induced hallucination
I have a science fiction sports story for you
it only contains a MODERATE amount of sports-induced hallucination
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
hey Bluesky I hear you like sports
I have a science fiction sports story for you
it only contains a MODERATE amount of sports-induced hallucination
I have a science fiction sports story for you
it only contains a MODERATE amount of sports-induced hallucination
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The secrets are knowing: a) magic is real & b) everyone throughout history has always made it up 👍
![that one homie who shares strange esoteric knowledge that you don't quite understand [image of Dale Cooper giving a thumbs up]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tcvpjkdcsdotgvcgdf6epyoe/bafkreiaq64dlgfson62rpw7xywbmiazfbatcvsytfqolhkjcpyexqhyvcy@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The secrets are knowing: a) magic is real & b) everyone throughout history has always made it up 👍
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Oh hey, it's the cover art for issue 8! Painted by @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social!
✍️ Sign up to be alerted when NESS 2026 launches,
👨🏫 Learn about our crowdfund exclusives,
and
👁️ See teases, with reveal dates, for all kinds of surprises all at...
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✍️ Sign up to be alerted when NESS 2026 launches,
👨🏫 Learn about our crowdfund exclusives,
and
👁️ See teases, with reveal dates, for all kinds of surprises all at...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Oh hey, it's the cover art for issue 8! Painted by @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social!
✍️ Sign up to be alerted when NESS 2026 launches,
👨🏫 Learn about our crowdfund exclusives,
and
👁️ See teases, with reveal dates, for all kinds of surprises all at...
⚔️THIS LINK⚔️: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
✍️ Sign up to be alerted when NESS 2026 launches,
👨🏫 Learn about our crowdfund exclusives,
and
👁️ See teases, with reveal dates, for all kinds of surprises all at...
⚔️THIS LINK⚔️: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...