Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳
@phoebebarton.bsky.social
Giant queer trans sf/game writer who is NOT AMERICAN, typewriter guardian, mind poisoner. Nebula winner, Aurora winner! Assistant Editor at Escape Pod, CW '19. Hamilton, Ontario. Header by @shargrave.bsky.social. She/her. www.phoebebartonsf.com
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To all who're new to following and who've been here for a while, hi! I write about the future because I refuse to give up hope, and because giant queer ladies deserve to have their stories told. Check out details of my stories, typewriters, and games at phoebebartonsf.com - thanks for being around!
i seriously need to get myself into the headspace to actually *watch* my S1 DVD set
New trailer for ‘Fallout’ S2 ☢️
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
i seriously need to get myself into the headspace to actually *watch* my S1 DVD set
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Fiasco am... posing for catsitter
Gots to keep in PRACTIS or cannot continue to be HAMSOME
Gots to keep in PRACTIS or cannot continue to be HAMSOME
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fiasco am... posing for catsitter
Gots to keep in PRACTIS or cannot continue to be HAMSOME
Gots to keep in PRACTIS or cannot continue to be HAMSOME
behold my cat and his inherent majesty
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
behold my cat and his inherent majesty
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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And Prison On My Back is an intriguing story by @phoebebarton.bsky.social. Flavors of Murderbot and The Expanse (in the setup), but not derivative. Can we escape the consequences of our actions? I'm interested in a continuation of the story. @ourmankoto.bsky.social #booksky
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
And Prison On My Back is an intriguing story by @phoebebarton.bsky.social. Flavors of Murderbot and The Expanse (in the setup), but not derivative. Can we escape the consequences of our actions? I'm interested in a continuation of the story. @ourmankoto.bsky.social #booksky
lol. lmao
When I interviewed former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, he said that he didn't think Canada's avoidance of travel and alcohol purchases due to the ongoing trade war would be long-term, even though Global News reported Canadians were already cancelling trips to the US for 2027 in April.
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
lol. lmao
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tbh a lot of the LLM marketing makes more sense if you think about them as a technology developed and hyped by people taught to read this way, and who therefore do genuinely struggle to read or write at their email jobs
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
tbh a lot of the LLM marketing makes more sense if you think about them as a technology developed and hyped by people taught to read this way, and who therefore do genuinely struggle to read or write at their email jobs
dang, can you believe it's been seventy years since the clock tower got struck by lightning?
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
dang, can you believe it's been seventy years since the clock tower got struck by lightning?
hot take: "Action Stations" is a superior phrase to "General Quarters"
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
hot take: "Action Stations" is a superior phrase to "General Quarters"
thanks to these dogshit contracts I'm no longer submitting to Analog, Asimov's, or F&SF; it's infuriating that as opportunities for short fiction writers contract, the Big Three are helping make it happen
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
thanks to these dogshit contracts I'm no longer submitting to Analog, Asimov's, or F&SF; it's infuriating that as opportunities for short fiction writers contract, the Big Three are helping make it happen
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so you get FATAL's infamous horrible flavour, where you can be a 10 foot demon with an 8 foot cock and everybody who sees you starts uncontrollably jerking it (Byron) and then women have an intelligence debuff because Socrates says so (James)
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
so you get FATAL's infamous horrible flavour, where you can be a 10 foot demon with an 8 foot cock and everybody who sees you starts uncontrollably jerking it (Byron) and then women have an intelligence debuff because Socrates says so (James)
"Hannibro Crossing the Alps"
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Hannibro Crossing the Alps"
fact: much like socks, you can wear a helmet and still be nude
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
fact: much like socks, you can wear a helmet and still be nude
it's amazing how the full title of Moby Dick consists of a great title and a terrible title within the same title
really, Herman? "The Whale," is it? what, was that as boring and nonspecific as you could get?
really, Herman? "The Whale," is it? what, was that as boring and nonspecific as you could get?
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
it's amazing how the full title of Moby Dick consists of a great title and a terrible title within the same title
really, Herman? "The Whale," is it? what, was that as boring and nonspecific as you could get?
really, Herman? "The Whale," is it? what, was that as boring and nonspecific as you could get?
Back to the Future is an imperfect movie, because of its mispronunciation of "gigawatt"
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Back to the Future is an imperfect movie, because of its mispronunciation of "gigawatt"
there's no way Mamdani could've won in 2008. that's ridiculous. in 2008 he was *seventeen*. that's too young to run for office!
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
there's no way Mamdani could've won in 2008. that's ridiculous. in 2008 he was *seventeen*. that's too young to run for office!
the plural of ox is oxens
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
the plural of ox is oxens
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do you know any Canadians who got boiled to death at work? I bet you don't, because we've all seen this PSA about 400 times
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk2...
WSIB - Top Chef (2007, Canada)
YouTube video by The Hall of Advertising
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
do you know any Canadians who got boiled to death at work? I bet you don't, because we've all seen this PSA about 400 times
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk2...
whenever I see someone recommend THE ORVILLE I can't get past how "Orville" is one of the worst names for a starship I've ever heard in my life
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
whenever I see someone recommend THE ORVILLE I can't get past how "Orville" is one of the worst names for a starship I've ever heard in my life
she'll need two million at least, to feed the cats and trilobites
Reading The Siege of Burning Grass by @premeemohamed.com and honestly it is a crime that publishing hasn't given this woman a million dollars to just write books forever
Her prose is beautiful, her worldbuilding exquisite, her characters fascinating
Her prose is beautiful, her worldbuilding exquisite, her characters fascinating
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
she'll need two million at least, to feed the cats and trilobites
fun falsehood: in the 2001 film Zoolander, the male model Brint is responsible for detonating the gas station as a reference to how in the Danish language, "brint" is the highly flammable element hydrogen
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
fun falsehood: in the 2001 film Zoolander, the male model Brint is responsible for detonating the gas station as a reference to how in the Danish language, "brint" is the highly flammable element hydrogen
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imagine John Wayne Gacy, fully integrated into society, followed awkwardly by a robot that looks like the Greendale Human Being and grabs him whenever he lurches towards a young boy
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
imagine John Wayne Gacy, fully integrated into society, followed awkwardly by a robot that looks like the Greendale Human Being and grabs him whenever he lurches towards a young boy
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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For those of you who haven’t been following this fight, Ana has been leading the charge against censorship by corporations, specifically payment processors.
Recently it seems someone figured this out and has managed to black list them from almost any way of earning a living as an artist.
Recently it seems someone figured this out and has managed to black list them from almost any way of earning a living as an artist.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
For those of you who haven’t been following this fight, Ana has been leading the charge against censorship by corporations, specifically payment processors.
Recently it seems someone figured this out and has managed to black list them from almost any way of earning a living as an artist.
Recently it seems someone figured this out and has managed to black list them from almost any way of earning a living as an artist.
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At the end of every successful mission, Bond's memories are recorded. Whenever a Bond fails to return from a mission, a suitable candidate is imprinted with Bond memories before being sent off on more missions.
Bonds might live long to retire. MI6 settles them in different villages.
(con't)
Bonds might live long to retire. MI6 settles them in different villages.
(con't)
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
At the end of every successful mission, Bond's memories are recorded. Whenever a Bond fails to return from a mission, a suitable candidate is imprinted with Bond memories before being sent off on more missions.
Bonds might live long to retire. MI6 settles them in different villages.
(con't)
Bonds might live long to retire. MI6 settles them in different villages.
(con't)