Pauline Barmby
@pbarmby.bsky.social
Science: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-0090. Fiction: https://www.galacticwords.com Words in Year’s Best Cdn F&SF Vols 2&3, Nature:Futures, Analog, Utopia SF, MNRAS, ApJ, etc. Runner, knitter, curler. 🇨🇦 & minor planet 281067. She/her.
Pinned
The Apparatus Almanac: Gizmology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com
Time for the round-up of my 2025 published stories!
(1) What if there was a government office that dealt with unhinged amateur scientists?
“GENIUS Act Response” in @jayhengepub.bsky.social’s The Apparatus Almanac: Gismology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2J9L6BH
(1) What if there was a government office that dealt with unhinged amateur scientists?
“GENIUS Act Response” in @jayhengepub.bsky.social’s The Apparatus Almanac: Gismology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2J9L6BH
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Time for the round-up of my 2025 published stories!
(1) What if there was a government office that dealt with unhinged amateur scientists?
“GENIUS Act Response” in @jayhengepub.bsky.social’s The Apparatus Almanac: Gismology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2J9L6BH
(1) What if there was a government office that dealt with unhinged amateur scientists?
“GENIUS Act Response” in @jayhengepub.bsky.social’s The Apparatus Almanac: Gismology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2J9L6BH
The Apparatus Almanac: Gizmology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Time for the round-up of my 2025 published stories!
(1) What if there was a government office that dealt with unhinged amateur scientists?
“GENIUS Act Response” in @jayhengepub.bsky.social’s The Apparatus Almanac: Gismology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2J9L6BH
(1) What if there was a government office that dealt with unhinged amateur scientists?
“GENIUS Act Response” in @jayhengepub.bsky.social’s The Apparatus Almanac: Gismology & Technomancy
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2J9L6BH
WE DO NOT THINK SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS ARE FINE
In one of my astrophoto groups, a guy posted a photo that shows some non-celestial stuff in it and someone said it’s satellite constellations and another person said that astronomers really hate those and several men have weighed in to say actually astronomers think they’re fine
Me: WE DO NOT
🔭
Me: WE DO NOT
🔭
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
WE DO NOT THINK SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS ARE FINE
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Helpful, but possibly more helpful to those with low vision:
Fewer words, bigger.
Fewer words, bigger.
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Helpful, but possibly more helpful to those with low vision:
Fewer words, bigger.
Fewer words, bigger.
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Biggest sale I've ever had continues.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Biggest sale I've ever had continues.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Pals, I have been cleared to populate the “philosophical speculative fiction” shelf in the mini-library at @rotmanphilosophy.bsky.social — so what do you think should be on it?
Besides “Philosophy Through SF Stories” eds de Cruz (RIP), de Smedt & Schwitzgebel www.bloomsbury.com/ca/philosoph...
Besides “Philosophy Through SF Stories” eds de Cruz (RIP), de Smedt & Schwitzgebel www.bloomsbury.com/ca/philosoph...
Philosophy through Science Fiction Stories
Bringing together short stories by award-winning contemporary science fiction authors and philosophers, this book covers a wide range of philosophical ideas fro…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Pals, I have been cleared to populate the “philosophical speculative fiction” shelf in the mini-library at @rotmanphilosophy.bsky.social — so what do you think should be on it?
Besides “Philosophy Through SF Stories” eds de Cruz (RIP), de Smedt & Schwitzgebel www.bloomsbury.com/ca/philosoph...
Besides “Philosophy Through SF Stories” eds de Cruz (RIP), de Smedt & Schwitzgebel www.bloomsbury.com/ca/philosoph...
Dinner time conversation at my house: (how) should JWST proposal numbers be throttled for next cycle?
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Dinner time conversation at my house: (how) should JWST proposal numbers be throttled for next cycle?
How about NO
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
Disney Channel Star’s AI App That Creates Avatars Of Dead Relatives Sparks Backlash
The app was co-founded by Calum Worthy, a former Disney Channel actor known for starring in “Austin & Ally.”
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
How about NO
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The most insightful discussion I seen on the Loeb and his insertion into the 3I/Atlas apparition:
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The fallacies behind the cult of Loeb
How media hype and misunderstanding fuel pseudoscientific fascination Introduction The word “cult” is used here in the sense given by...
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The most insightful discussion I seen on the Loeb and his insertion into the 3I/Atlas apparition:
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
tinieblasyestrellas.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The creative well has been more than a little brackish these last few months. So I’m happy to have scrabbled my way through the lousy zeroth draft of a new story, the first in quite a while.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The creative well has been more than a little brackish these last few months. So I’m happy to have scrabbled my way through the lousy zeroth draft of a new story, the first in quite a while.
Once again confirming that my most important jobs as department chair are wielding the building master key and approving expense reports.
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Once again confirming that my most important jobs as department chair are wielding the building master key and approving expense reports.
Um, “3D knitted” … describes an awful lot of knitting. Nothing revolutionary here.
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Um, “3D knitted” … describes an awful lot of knitting. Nothing revolutionary here.
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STScI received a total of 2,935 #JWST proposals requesting almost 101,751 hours of observing time for GO, Survey, Pure Parallel, Archival Research, Target of Opportunity, and Joint programs, with an oversubscription rate of 13:1. Get the details: ow.ly/Fmiq50Xqy9Q
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
STScI received a total of 2,935 #JWST proposals requesting almost 101,751 hours of observing time for GO, Survey, Pure Parallel, Archival Research, Target of Opportunity, and Joint programs, with an oversubscription rate of 13:1. Get the details: ow.ly/Fmiq50Xqy9Q
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If you are blessed with halfway clear skies and a latitude north of, like, 40, go look for Aurorae!!
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
If you are blessed with halfway clear skies and a latitude north of, like, 40, go look for Aurorae!!
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Oh. Wrote. WROTE. Yes, I published one:
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh. Wrote. WROTE. Yes, I published one:
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I became a regular customer of @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social during the pandemic. Little did I imagine that I’d get to read my own work there a few years later. Thanks BPB and @ourmankoto.bsky.social!
Today's the day! Join us at 3:00pm to celebrate the release of YEAR'S BEST CANADIAN FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION VOL. 3! There'll be readings, signings, and snacks!
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I became a regular customer of @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social during the pandemic. Little did I imagine that I’d get to read my own work there a few years later. Thanks BPB and @ourmankoto.bsky.social!
Oh look, a “proprietary story crafting tool” that Postmedia is hawking to “Preserve a life story in a beautiful biography.” Only $350.
If you want to spend money on this, let me suggest that your local post-secondary institution likely has a writing program with students you could hire instead.
If you want to spend money on this, let me suggest that your local post-secondary institution likely has a writing program with students you could hire instead.
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Oh look, a “proprietary story crafting tool” that Postmedia is hawking to “Preserve a life story in a beautiful biography.” Only $350.
If you want to spend money on this, let me suggest that your local post-secondary institution likely has a writing program with students you could hire instead.
If you want to spend money on this, let me suggest that your local post-secondary institution likely has a writing program with students you could hire instead.
Today! I am hurtling, train-fashion, to Toronto right this minute!
One more sleep! See you at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon!
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today! I am hurtling, train-fashion, to Toronto right this minute!
There is simultaneously too much and not enough November remaining.
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
There is simultaneously too much and not enough November remaining.
I am older and likely less patient than Dr Scudder, so let me emphasize: don’t *fucking* do this.
![Snippet of an email which reads, “Your quick wit and retorts to [redacted name]’s odd questions and your "alluring" voice were not what one expects from an astrophysicist. Very impressive! As a retired environmental scientist I…”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxk63kha5mnmwkyoq5zq35w5/bafkreigec2b55l424smy3cpgsogolxmknw6tnsoywfeykmfcntmopj5bnm@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I am older and likely less patient than Dr Scudder, so let me emphasize: don’t *fucking* do this.
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75 physical ARCs of THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA are up for grabs in my #goodreadsgiveaway!
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
Book giveaway for The Iron Garden Sutra (The Cosmic Wheel, #1) by A.D. Sui Nov 01-Nov 15, 2025
Enter to win one of 75 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 01-Nov 15, 2025. Richly layered and intensely compelling from start to finish.” —K...
www.goodreads.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
75 physical ARCs of THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA are up for grabs in my #goodreadsgiveaway!
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
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You might, uh, commemorate this event by ordering the Rosalind Franklin memorial anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories for your local library.
www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
You might, uh, commemorate this event by ordering the Rosalind Franklin memorial anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories for your local library.
www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
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And this kids is what we call “over-fitting”.
The chart most certainly visualizes the range of AI predictions accurately.
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And this kids is what we call “over-fitting”.