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it's that time of the year again!
this award season, i want to highlight a story that was very difficult for me to write, but i am glad is out there. you can read or listen to Mavka by following the link below. thank you @yelenacrane.bsky.social for the narration!
this award season, i want to highlight a story that was very difficult for me to write, but i am glad is out there. you can read or listen to Mavka by following the link below. thank you @yelenacrane.bsky.social for the narration!
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This is what you're supposed to do in our system when you fundamentally disagree with your own party/government on a matter of policy or principle. There's been too much blind water-carrying for your party in the last 20 yrs. Bravo, Monsieur Guilbeault, bravo.
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is what you're supposed to do in our system when you fundamentally disagree with your own party/government on a matter of policy or principle. There's been too much blind water-carrying for your party in the last 20 yrs. Bravo, Monsieur Guilbeault, bravo.
I don’t know much about autism diagnosis but I’m pretty sure this ain’t right.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I don’t know much about autism diagnosis but I’m pretty sure this ain’t right.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Dark Matter INK Black Friday sale📉📚🔥 Up to 45pct off paperbacks by @renanbernardo.com, @aijiang.bsky.social, @angelasylvaine.bsky.social, @jelenawrites.bsky.social, @mariadongwrites.bsky.social @mariecroke.bsky.social and more. (Images by Dark Matter INK)
be the bigolas dickolas you wish to see in the world.
FWIW: Mention books you like or you think others might like. You never know what'll happen:
I saw The Sad Bastard Cookbook here so I mentioned it on Masto (in a "in case you need this" sense). It kinda went viral (1K shares). It jumped to a high ranking on Amazon and then they got media attention.
I saw The Sad Bastard Cookbook here so I mentioned it on Masto (in a "in case you need this" sense). It kinda went viral (1K shares). It jumped to a high ranking on Amazon and then they got media attention.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
be the bigolas dickolas you wish to see in the world.
Ukraine is clearly being punished for having survived this long.
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Ukraine is clearly being punished for having survived this long.
it's that time of the year again!
this award season, i want to highlight a story that was very difficult for me to write, but i am glad is out there. you can read or listen to Mavka by following the link below. thank you @yelenacrane.bsky.social for the narration!
this award season, i want to highlight a story that was very difficult for me to write, but i am glad is out there. you can read or listen to Mavka by following the link below. thank you @yelenacrane.bsky.social for the narration!
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
it's that time of the year again!
this award season, i want to highlight a story that was very difficult for me to write, but i am glad is out there. you can read or listen to Mavka by following the link below. thank you @yelenacrane.bsky.social for the narration!
this award season, i want to highlight a story that was very difficult for me to write, but i am glad is out there. you can read or listen to Mavka by following the link below. thank you @yelenacrane.bsky.social for the narration!
most modern Slavic words would give an anglophone an aneurysm.
Why in fantasy movies are ancient secret languages always m relatively easy to pronounce for anglophones? I have trouble saying shitsureeshimasu or smaoineachadh, but a gormless teenager can open any old grimoire and rattle off a whole sentence in forgotten tongue made to suit inhuman mouths?
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
most modern Slavic words would give an anglophone an aneurysm.
maybe i have an entire space opera i've been sitting on for years that takes place across Saturn's moons, Jupiter's moons, and Mars? maybe there are no aliens, and it's just people grasping for power? maybe there's a lot about hydroponics in it?
Consider Setting Your Space Operas on Saturn - Reactor
...or more precisely, on one of its many, many moons!
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November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
maybe i have an entire space opera i've been sitting on for years that takes place across Saturn's moons, Jupiter's moons, and Mars? maybe there are no aliens, and it's just people grasping for power? maybe there's a lot about hydroponics in it?
had one of those dreams again that will probably haunt me for the next decade, so get ready for another depressing, sapphic short story, friends.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
had one of those dreams again that will probably haunt me for the next decade, so get ready for another depressing, sapphic short story, friends.
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Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
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Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
will sell my soul to keep working with Diana Pho.
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
will sell my soul to keep working with Diana Pho.
just use the fucking library.
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
just use the fucking library.
the reverse Sunshine.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
the reverse Sunshine.
Look, am I thrilled that a pigeon just went head-first into a restaurant window? No. Was it worth it to ruin a dinner of about 20 sorority girls? You decide.
November 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Look, am I thrilled that a pigeon just went head-first into a restaurant window? No. Was it worth it to ruin a dinner of about 20 sorority girls? You decide.
can someone throw me a rave for my birthday?
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
can someone throw me a rave for my birthday?
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I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
convinced men have great skin because of the ✨audacity✨.
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
convinced men have great skin because of the ✨audacity✨.
but seriously, the thing I want to bring up above everything else is that holyyyy is it a lot of work to just find out if I have murder boobs!!!
bored. gonna live-post my mammogram. Incoming CW: breast cancer scare.
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
but seriously, the thing I want to bring up above everything else is that holyyyy is it a lot of work to just find out if I have murder boobs!!!
bored. gonna live-post my mammogram. Incoming CW: breast cancer scare.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
bored. gonna live-post my mammogram. Incoming CW: breast cancer scare.
fuck right off.
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
fuck right off.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
a new thing with some thoughts.
Let's Talk About "The List"
*sigh* I had a whole thing written out about a different topic, but fine, let's go.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
a new thing with some thoughts.
most of the time, the idea isn't even *the* idea halfway through drafting the thing because the idea has sprouted its own wings and is now telling you to go into a different direction, and all the plotting and planning has to start all over again.
the idea is not all that counts. the idea is nothing at all until it has been lassooed, corralled, mutated, shuffled, blended with other ideas, and then expressed over the medium of however many thousand words that you have selected and arranged as best you can. the idea is a promise, not a book.
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
most of the time, the idea isn't even *the* idea halfway through drafting the thing because the idea has sprouted its own wings and is now telling you to go into a different direction, and all the plotting and planning has to start all over again.