Suzanne Palmer
@zanzjan.bsky.social
Hugo Award-winning SF/F author, occasional artist, professional linux geek (she/her/they; ace) Repped by @awfulagent.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
So if I’m pretty sure I broke a toe (in what might be the stupidest way I’ve ever hurt myself, which is a high bar indeed) is it worth going to the doc or should I just duct-tape it to its neighbor toe and tough it out?
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So if I’m pretty sure I broke a toe (in what might be the stupidest way I’ve ever hurt myself, which is a high bar indeed) is it worth going to the doc or should I just duct-tape it to its neighbor toe and tough it out?
I intensely dislike that we’re getting rid of pennies. If I have to pay a whole nickel for someone’s thoughts now, they damn well better be having better thoughts.
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I intensely dislike that we’re getting rid of pennies. If I have to pay a whole nickel for someone’s thoughts now, they damn well better be having better thoughts.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Reposted by Suzanne Palmer
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
Reposted by Suzanne Palmer
Re-upping this:
I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.
Search: 16 results found for "martha wells"
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Re-upping this:
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November 6th, 2025
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
November 6th, 2025
Reposted by Suzanne Palmer
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
@julieczerneda.bsky.social now you went and made *me* cry... <3
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
@julieczerneda.bsky.social now you went and made *me* cry... <3
Uncanny is always full of amazing stuff. But you know that already, yes? (-:
The Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 67A features “The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker, as read by Erika Ensign; “Call Us Boy.” by Somto Ihezue, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Sarah Pinsker! buff.ly/YxaYPx0
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Uncanny is always full of amazing stuff. But you know that already, yes? (-:
A Monday haiku
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A Monday haiku
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
Reposted by Suzanne Palmer
I will venmo any reporter $400 to ask trump "what does SNAP stand for"
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I will venmo any reporter $400 to ask trump "what does SNAP stand for"
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I can't recommend this series enough. The MC goes by Fergus Fergus for a large portion of the series or various other fun pseudonyms. But his problems are bigger than he previously thought. It's a very humourous and enjoyable space adventure series.
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- Adventure serials
- The job never going smooth
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The MC has to repossess the spaceship of a gangster who runs a collection of orbital habitats, so there’s no way it’s going to be that easy...or is it?
Fan of:
- Heists!
- Adventure serials
- The job never going smooth
Try
@zanzjan.bsky.social's
Finder
zanzjan.net/writing/bibl...
The MC has to repossess the spaceship of a gangster who runs a collection of orbital habitats, so there’s no way it’s going to be that easy...or is it?
September 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I can't recommend this series enough. The MC goes by Fergus Fergus for a large portion of the series or various other fun pseudonyms. But his problems are bigger than he previously thought. It's a very humourous and enjoyable space adventure series.
Reposted by Suzanne Palmer
The USDA now threatening grocery stores who offer discounts to SNAP recipients.
People are going hungry. Their benefits were illegally cut off leaving them to starve.
40% of SNAP households have children.
If grocery stores & local business want to step up to help… let them.
People are going hungry. Their benefits were illegally cut off leaving them to starve.
40% of SNAP households have children.
If grocery stores & local business want to step up to help… let them.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The USDA now threatening grocery stores who offer discounts to SNAP recipients.
People are going hungry. Their benefits were illegally cut off leaving them to starve.
40% of SNAP households have children.
If grocery stores & local business want to step up to help… let them.
People are going hungry. Their benefits were illegally cut off leaving them to starve.
40% of SNAP households have children.
If grocery stores & local business want to step up to help… let them.
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I get why it’s confusing, but “everything an LLM says is a lie, including the truth” is, I think, a good frame for dealing with them.
November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I get why it’s confusing, but “everything an LLM says is a lie, including the truth” is, I think, a good frame for dealing with them.
Oh the caucasity
November 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Oh the caucasity
Meanwhile, this is my day today:
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Meanwhile, this is my day today:
Reposted by Suzanne Palmer
every word of this.
We say:
AI is theft
Diversity promotes innovation
If you won't fix this planet, you don't deserve a new one
There is no such thing as a "self-made man"
Extremes of wealth encourage madness
Reject terror
Defy censors
Remember, you are here:
AI is theft
Diversity promotes innovation
If you won't fix this planet, you don't deserve a new one
There is no such thing as a "self-made man"
Extremes of wealth encourage madness
Reject terror
Defy censors
Remember, you are here:
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
every word of this.
Reposted by Suzanne Palmer
Dear Democrats: This should be the easiest possible thing to message between now and midterms. Don’t screw this up.
Hours after SNAP, WIC, Head Start, and other critical benefits expired for millions of Americans, Donald Trump is arriving at his golf club in Florida.
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Dear Democrats: This should be the easiest possible thing to message between now and midterms. Don’t screw this up.
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch