Ruthanna Emrys
@r-emrys.bsky.social
Author of A Half-Built Garden, Winter Tide, and Deep Roots. Freelance consultant on science policy, policy science, and the future of democracy, governance, and networks. Queer Jewish parent, foodie, cognitive science nerd, collective decision-making wonk.
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@r-emrys.bsky.social
· Jun 19
My new consulting company now has a website! www.tikanuconsulting.com
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I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction!
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I'm offering up a signed ARC of Enchanting the Fae Queen in the Bid4Sudan auction!
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
Bid now to raise money for a vital cause AND get early enemies-to-lovers fae mischief: app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#romancelandia
Coming next week! I'm grateful that I can finally share this very personal story of grief and swamps.
Transformed by a fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most...
December 3rd. "All That Means or Mourns," by @r-emrys.bsky.social
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
December 3rd. "All That Means or Mourns," by @r-emrys.bsky.social
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Coming next week! I'm grateful that I can finally share this very personal story of grief and swamps.
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Finished reading @r-emrys.bsky.social's novella "The Sheltering Flame" recently. I loved it; it's about a found family who found a Family.
There's a real sense of menace in the story's threat, one that the protagonists are determined to face down despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
There's a real sense of menace in the story's threat, one that the protagonists are determined to face down despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Finished reading @r-emrys.bsky.social's novella "The Sheltering Flame" recently. I loved it; it's about a found family who found a Family.
There's a real sense of menace in the story's threat, one that the protagonists are determined to face down despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
There's a real sense of menace in the story's threat, one that the protagonists are determined to face down despite seemingly overwhelming odds.
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Mariages homosexuels : la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne impose la reconnaissance entre Etats membres
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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Mariages homosexuels : la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne impose la reconnaissance entre Etats membres
« Les Etats membres sont donc obligés de reconnaître, aux fins de l’exercice des droits conférés par le droit de l’Union, le statut marital acquis légalement dans un autre Etat membre », énonce la CJU...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Mariages homosexuels : la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne impose la reconnaissance entre Etats membres
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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WHAT STALKS THE DEEP by @tkingfisher.com
- enby MC
- we've had scary fungus and scary ghosts
- now it's time to investigate an abandoned coal mine that's probably haunted
- do you like claustrophobia, b/c we've got claustrophobia
- 3rd in SWORN SOLDIER series
- enby MC
- we've had scary fungus and scary ghosts
- now it's time to investigate an abandoned coal mine that's probably haunted
- do you like claustrophobia, b/c we've got claustrophobia
- 3rd in SWORN SOLDIER series
What Stalks the Deep
Check out What Stalks the Deep - <p><b>An instant <i>New York Times</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, and Indie bestseller!</b><br><b><br>The next </b><b>installment</b><b> in the <i>New York Times</i> bestselli...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
WHAT STALKS THE DEEP by @tkingfisher.com
- enby MC
- we've had scary fungus and scary ghosts
- now it's time to investigate an abandoned coal mine that's probably haunted
- do you like claustrophobia, b/c we've got claustrophobia
- 3rd in SWORN SOLDIER series
- enby MC
- we've had scary fungus and scary ghosts
- now it's time to investigate an abandoned coal mine that's probably haunted
- do you like claustrophobia, b/c we've got claustrophobia
- 3rd in SWORN SOLDIER series
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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“If there had been stronger and more intentional connections between delivery teams and Congressional staff, many programs could have achieved their goals more effectively.” -former 18F employee
Learn more about Departure Dialogues and add your insights: popvox.org/departure
Learn more about Departure Dialogues and add your insights: popvox.org/departure
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“If there had been stronger and more intentional connections between delivery teams and Congressional staff, many programs could have achieved their goals more effectively.” -former 18F employee
Learn more about Departure Dialogues and add your insights: popvox.org/departure
Learn more about Departure Dialogues and add your insights: popvox.org/departure
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Books We Love @npr.org
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I espy @tnfalpha.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @tashasuri.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social
@edenroyce.bsky.social
@emilytesh.net
@alixeharrow.bsky.social
@nnedi.bsky.social
@annaleen.bsky.social
AND MORE!
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I espy @tnfalpha.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @tashasuri.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social
@edenroyce.bsky.social
@emilytesh.net
@alixeharrow.bsky.social
@nnedi.bsky.social
@annaleen.bsky.social
AND MORE!
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Having a fun time today writing about why it's useful to predict the future, even though we're bad at predicting the future. Modeling how we might be wrong, planning for the certainty of change, giving ourselves directions to aim... but it's only useful if we remember how to use it.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Having a fun time today writing about why it's useful to predict the future, even though we're bad at predicting the future. Modeling how we might be wrong, planning for the certainty of change, giving ourselves directions to aim... but it's only useful if we remember how to use it.
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Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
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Federal employees who left government service have insights about how Congress can write laws that agencies can implement more effectively.
POPVOX Foundation + partners’ Departure Dialogues released its 1st round of findings:
www.popvox.org/departure-di...
POPVOX Foundation + partners’ Departure Dialogues released its 1st round of findings:
www.popvox.org/departure-di...
Departure Dialogues Project — POPVOX Foundation
Departure Dialogues captures insights from former federal employees to help Congress strengthen agency performance and close gaps between policy and practice.
www.popvox.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Federal employees who left government service have insights about how Congress can write laws that agencies can implement more effectively.
POPVOX Foundation + partners’ Departure Dialogues released its 1st round of findings:
www.popvox.org/departure-di...
POPVOX Foundation + partners’ Departure Dialogues released its 1st round of findings:
www.popvox.org/departure-di...
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It's believed we've lost the true name for bear in Germanic languages - "bear" roughly means "brown one," a euphemism used instead of the true name because it was believed that saying their true name would summon the bear.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
It's believed we've lost the true name for bear in Germanic languages - "bear" roughly means "brown one," a euphemism used instead of the true name because it was believed that saying their true name would summon the bear.
Bookmate @aknighton.bsky.social shares his experience with the publication of Wiz Duo 3 with @wtpress.bsky.social. Much like mine - the WT folks have been great, and the launch was terrific (and tasty, when I finally got a chance at the cake)! britishfantasysociety.org/launching-wi...
Launching Wiz Duos 3: A Writer’s Perspective – The British Fantasy Society
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November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Bookmate @aknighton.bsky.social shares his experience with the publication of Wiz Duo 3 with @wtpress.bsky.social. Much like mine - the WT folks have been great, and the launch was terrific (and tasty, when I finally got a chance at the cake)! britishfantasysociety.org/launching-wi...
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the full illustration made in procreate for YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social ! matt and alex are a dream to work with 🖤 thanks for letting me go buck wild on this one, haha
weird horror writers, consider submitting to this anthology. it's gonna be awesome, i promise.
weird horror writers, consider submitting to this anthology. it's gonna be awesome, i promise.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
the full illustration made in procreate for YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social ! matt and alex are a dream to work with 🖤 thanks for letting me go buck wild on this one, haha
weird horror writers, consider submitting to this anthology. it's gonna be awesome, i promise.
weird horror writers, consider submitting to this anthology. it's gonna be awesome, i promise.
This week on Reading the Weird, secrets lie beneath the Martian soil... but they don't stay there: reactormag.com/quirky-quixo...
Quirky, Quixotic, and Inspired by Dark Dreams of Madness: Caitlin Kiernan’s “Our Lady of Arsia Mons” - Reactor
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we cover...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This week on Reading the Weird, secrets lie beneath the Martian soil... but they don't stay there: reactormag.com/quirky-quixo...
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1) An administrative burden party is a brilliant idea.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
1) An administrative burden party is a brilliant idea.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
2) This mundane crap is the stuff AI *should* be helping us with for a happier and more productive society, but capital prefers to weaponize it against us, including to make bureaucratic mazes more confusing and impenetrable.
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Physicist Carlo Rovelli's "The Order of Time" will change the way you think about the nature of time and human perception; @r-emrys.bsky.social discusses the book and how it might inspire new speculative stories
There Is No “Now”: Carlo Rovelli’s The Order of Time - Reactor
Are you ready to rethink everything you know about time?
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November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Physicist Carlo Rovelli's "The Order of Time" will change the way you think about the nature of time and human perception; @r-emrys.bsky.social discusses the book and how it might inspire new speculative stories
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
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It’s Jewish Book Month! Here are 8 Jewish Sci Fi books that changed my life!
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope
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The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope
(continues in comments)
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It’s Jewish Book Month! Here are 8 Jewish Sci Fi books that changed my life!
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope
(continues in comments)
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope
(continues in comments)
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New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
I used it while writing a report on its limits for my at-the-time employer. Asked it to come up with Ruthanna Emrys story ideas because it didn't seem ethical to mulch anyone else. It wasn't particularly good at it.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I used it while writing a report on its limits for my at-the-time employer. Asked it to come up with Ruthanna Emrys story ideas because it didn't seem ethical to mulch anyone else. It wasn't particularly good at it.
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Youyou Tu's work on anti-malarial compounds that saved millions of lives (w/Nobel+Lasker recognition) wins the low citation/huge impact cell. The original paper has 87 citations as of today: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11721477/ Hopefully she can get to 100.
What for huge citations and moderate impact?
What for huge citations and moderate impact?
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Youyou Tu's work on anti-malarial compounds that saved millions of lives (w/Nobel+Lasker recognition) wins the low citation/huge impact cell. The original paper has 87 citations as of today: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11721477/ Hopefully she can get to 100.
What for huge citations and moderate impact?
What for huge citations and moderate impact?
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Holy shit. THIS IS HOW AN ANTI-BOOK BAN LAW WORKS, Y'ALL.
Maryland's school board overturned a Harford County Schools ban on FLAMER.
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
Maryland's school board overturned a Harford County Schools ban on FLAMER.
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
In a first for the state, Maryland’s school board reverses Harford County’s book ban
Maryland’s school board is reversing Harford County’s decision to remove a book from public school libraries — the first time the state has intervened in a local decision about what’s appropriate for ...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Holy shit. THIS IS HOW AN ANTI-BOOK BAN LAW WORKS, Y'ALL.
Maryland's school board overturned a Harford County Schools ban on FLAMER.
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
Maryland's school board overturned a Harford County Schools ban on FLAMER.
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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With 2508 citations in 127 years, Student (1908) introducing the t-test wins for huge actual impact with moderate citation impact: www.jstor.org/stable/23315...
Now, how about huge actual impact and minimal citation impact?
Now, how about huge actual impact and minimal citation impact?
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
With 2508 citations in 127 years, Student (1908) introducing the t-test wins for huge actual impact with moderate citation impact: www.jstor.org/stable/23315...
Now, how about huge actual impact and minimal citation impact?
Now, how about huge actual impact and minimal citation impact?
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Solidarity with British Public Library staff currently on strike under a Labour government that keeps fucking labour.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Solidarity with British Public Library staff currently on strike under a Labour government that keeps fucking labour.