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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 2h

North Side Business Owners Stand Together on Vimeo. Stand up to ICE. vimeo.com/1127301974

North Side Business Owners Stand Together

we met with North Side business leaders to express our solidarity with the small business community and to stand up to ICE. Many in our community are feeling uncertain…

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 13h

Are any of your answers going to yield a clue to one of your passwords? That's why I never answer these questionnaires.

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 13h

This is useful - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 1d

Bright wings don't fit into dull environments, and all our lives get more drab. | Butterflies | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll be one of the readers at this month’s Gumbo Fiction Salon, 7 p.m. Monday, October 13, upstairs at the Galway Arms Irish Bar and Restaurant, 2442 N. Clark Street, Chicago. Free Admission. This edition is a special goodbye to Tina Jens, founder of the event, who is moving to New Orleans.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 12d

More on #Anthropic: @sfwa.bsky.social has created a special section of the SFWA website devoted to the settlement, with a FAQ, links to resources, & a survey for authors impacted by Anthropic's illegal downloads. Will be regularly updated www.sfwa.org/anthropic-faq/

Anthropic FAQ - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

Frequently Asked Questions about the Anthropic/AI Settlement Please note that all answers are based on the settlement documents as of […]

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Mike Baehr (he/him) @mikebaehr.bsky.social · 15d

I can't get over how smart and humane (maybe not the right word due to many characters being nonhuman) this series by @sueburke.bsky.social is. Beautiful stuff. #JustRead

Screenshot of the Libby app showing Interference by Sue Burke

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 15d

Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of climate change misinformation. Are you surprised? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation

OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 19d

Tsundoku is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in a home without reading them.There's a word for what I do! - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundok...

Tsundoku - Wikipedia

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 20d

Poetry open mic 8 p.m. Friday, September 26, at Esquina, 4602 N. Western Ave., Chicago. I’ll be there.

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Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 22d

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 22d

They're saying, "I got your back." EL PAÍS English english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Closely sown corn plants communicate to defend themselves

By releasing an alcohol into the air that causes neighbors’ roots to exude pesticides, they can even protect subsequent generations of crops

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 22d

It happens every year. It's always glorious. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15482...

A Golden Moment for Boreal Forests

Hillsides in Alaska’s interior showed their changing colors ahead of the autumnal equinox.

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 23d

Feral honeybees outcompete native bees. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?

On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to decline

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Mike Baehr (he/him) @mikebaehr.bsky.social · 25d

We went to the library! It's been way too long since I last browsed the stacks and checked out a physical book. What fun! (I have to finish the other @sueburke.bsky.social book I'm reading before I start this one)

The book Dual Memory by Sue Burke, borrowed from the King County Library branch in Burien

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 24d

What this research also showed is that butterflies aren't afraid of ants. botany.one/2025/09/when...

When your bodyguard keeps lovers away

New research reveals how ant bodyguards can scare off pollinators yet still sustain plant reproduction.

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 27d

Small acts of resistance.

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 28d

Plants move, sometimes on their own power, sometimes empowered by humans. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...

Watch a 100-foot-tall Giant Sequoia Get Transplanted in Boise

A gift from John Muir, the beloved tree was transferred to a local park by St. Luke's Medical Center so the facility can expand

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 28d

Guerilla gardening! blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/l...

Logan Square Family Turns Run-Down Spot Under The 'L' Into A Community Garden

A local civil engineer hopes his guerrilla gardening inspires others to feel ownership of their neighborhoods.

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · Sep 14

You might think you know, but there's a lot you probably never thought of. mythcreants.com/blog/creatin...

How to Write a Matriarchy

Matriarchies are a great way to set your world apart, but they come with pitfalls.

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is a good discussion of moral issues regarding food in science fiction, but only about eating animals. Eating plants is assumed to be okay. vector-bsfa.com/2025/09/12/t...

Torque Control 301

The organism is relentless Calorie demanding, perpetually in need of hydration, oxygen, and a cocktail of other vitamins and minerals, requiring 4-8 hours sleep a night to repair itself from the ra…

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · Sep 10

New ECO24 blurb from the fantastic @sueburke.bsky.social! 🖤👽

Want to snag this natural wonder of a book? Preorder ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction and get 30% OFF HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco... 🌿🍄💸

“Each author offers us a unique ecological niche to reveal what our present and future could be, ranging from wrenching disasters to elating possibilities of recovery. These stories are personal and lyrical, and the breadth of imagination and styles make this anthology dazzling. Every story is a gem.”

-Sue Burke, author of Semiosis

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · Sep 8

There is an English translation by @sueburke.bsky.social of AMADIS OF GAUL.

She was serializing it online at one point:
amadisofgaul.blogspot.com

More background at her website:

sueburke.site/articles/fro...

Amadis of Gaul

This book drove Don Quixote mad. What will it do to you?

amadisofgaul.blogspot.com

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The Herocracy @the-herocracy.bsky.social · Sep 5

Usurpation @sueburke.bsky.social Conclusion to the excellent Semiosis trilogy examining first contact with a plant-based intelligence. The writing and themes are brilliantly delivered, managing an optimistic tone without ignoring the darker sides of humanity and nature. Highly recommended

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's complicated. The Endangered Species List has successes, failures, and possibilities. Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...

The Trump Administration Dismisses the Endangered Species List as ‘Hotel California.’ But There’s Far More to the Story - Inside Climate News

A small percentage of species protected by the law have ever recovered, but an even smaller fraction have gone extinct. With all the threats they face, including long-shrinking federal support, that’s...

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