SB Divya
@sbdivya.bsky.social
author | editor | engineer
(she/any)
📚 science fiction & fantasy
🎙️ former editor at Escape Pod
💻 machine learning & DSP
🦼 Long COVID / MECFS
sbdivya.com
(she/any)
📚 science fiction & fantasy
🎙️ former editor at Escape Pod
💻 machine learning & DSP
🦼 Long COVID / MECFS
sbdivya.com
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People post so much randomly silly shit, 🤣.
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
People post so much randomly silly shit, 🤣.
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QUASAR starts at the top of the hour--with poetry from yours truly! I hope to see many of you there!
Last boarding call for Quasar! 😱⌛
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific!
membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
QUASAR starts at the top of the hour--with poetry from yours truly! I hope to see many of you there!
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My mom’s working on her Ph.D, and her dissertation is on Super Heroes as modern mythology. If you could take a few minutes to answer questions about your experiences with super hero media, it would help her a lot!
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Linda Mae Superhero Questionnaire
Linda Mae is writing her thesis about superhero archetypes as modern mythology, and she would like your help! Please fill out the questionnaire below to assist with her research.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
My mom’s working on her Ph.D, and her dissertation is on Super Heroes as modern mythology. If you could take a few minutes to answer questions about your experiences with super hero media, it would help her a lot!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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In this week's #FreeFictionFriday pick by @bpladek.bsky.social , Chase, a risk analyst, has built his life around predicting everything that could possibly go wrong. But his partner, a passionate activist, has built hers on the belief that things can go right.
🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...
🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In this week's #FreeFictionFriday pick by @bpladek.bsky.social , Chase, a risk analyst, has built his life around predicting everything that could possibly go wrong. But his partner, a passionate activist, has built hers on the belief that things can go right.
🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...
🔗 issues.org/futuretensef...
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my story 'Birds' is reprinted in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social's special 'Sinners, Saints, and Haints' issue! check it out!
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fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
my story 'Birds' is reprinted in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social's special 'Sinners, Saints, and Haints' issue! check it out!
fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
People nearby who seem sick might cause the autonomic brain to elicit a protective immune response - good to know for all those times I'm around unmasked people who sneeze or cough or blow their noses (scary!)
The brain detects when a potential source of infection enters the immediate surroundings and prepares the body’s immune defenses, says @natneuro.nature.com paper. This may occur even before physical contact is made, in a VR environment: spklr.io/63329BMpq3
#Neuroscience #Neuroskyence 🧪
#Neuroscience #Neuroskyence 🧪
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
People nearby who seem sick might cause the autonomic brain to elicit a protective immune response - good to know for all those times I'm around unmasked people who sneeze or cough or blow their noses (scary!)
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The first sentence/page of Infinite Archive:
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The first sentence/page of Infinite Archive:
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We're kicking off our biggest fundraiser of the year by participating in NewsMatch, a national campaign to support newsrooms across the US run by the Institute for Nonprofit News.
We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We're kicking off our biggest fundraiser of the year by participating in NewsMatch, a national campaign to support newsrooms across the US run by the Institute for Nonprofit News.
We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
We need your help to keep telling #LongCOVID stories. Will you donate today? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
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South Asian writer friends, South Asia Speaks is launching a new fellowship program for non-fiction writers interested in writing an impactful, research-driven piece. Check out the full details on their website and please spread the word!
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
South Asian writer friends, South Asia Speaks is launching a new fellowship program for non-fiction writers interested in writing an impactful, research-driven piece. Check out the full details on their website and please spread the word!
Massive congrats to @vajra.me who continues to do amazing work!!
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Massive congrats to @vajra.me who continues to do amazing work!!
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Hello from Juneau, Alaska! Here you will find alpine-to-ocean illustrations and art by me (Kierstin). I hope to spark interest in the natural world around us, and make science approachable for all ages 🏔️🌲🐋🦀
You can also follow me here:
X @gsstudios907
IG @golden.spiral.studios
You can also follow me here:
X @gsstudios907
IG @golden.spiral.studios
September 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hello from Juneau, Alaska! Here you will find alpine-to-ocean illustrations and art by me (Kierstin). I hope to spark interest in the natural world around us, and make science approachable for all ages 🏔️🌲🐋🦀
You can also follow me here:
X @gsstudios907
IG @golden.spiral.studios
You can also follow me here:
X @gsstudios907
IG @golden.spiral.studios
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Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.
Get in touch with me!
Get in touch with me!
October 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.
Get in touch with me!
Get in touch with me!
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
Congratulations to all!
October 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Congratulations to all!
TIL that "discombooberate" is a word (an alternative slang for "discombobulate"), and I think it's a moral imperative that I find a way to use in my WIP.
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
TIL that "discombooberate" is a word (an alternative slang for "discombobulate"), and I think it's a moral imperative that I find a way to use in my WIP.
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Highly recommend these great books, one an inventive space opera and the other more of a travelogue of Earth!
US Kindle readers: The Alloy Era duology (Meru + Loka) is on sale for the month of October. Get both for less than $5 and enjoy some “woke as woke can be” #spaceopera and far future #sciencefiction.
(Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)
(Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)
October 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Highly recommend these great books, one an inventive space opera and the other more of a travelogue of Earth!
US Kindle readers: The Alloy Era duology (Meru + Loka) is on sale for the month of October. Get both for less than $5 and enjoy some “woke as woke can be” #spaceopera and far future #sciencefiction.
(Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)
(Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)
October 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
US Kindle readers: The Alloy Era duology (Meru + Loka) is on sale for the month of October. Get both for less than $5 and enjoy some “woke as woke can be” #spaceopera and far future #sciencefiction.
(Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)
(Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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A team of heliophysicists and machine learning experts in academia and industry has come together to develop Surya, the first foundation model for heliophysics, representing a new approach to studying and predicting solar activity. 🧪 🔭
Learn more: www.seti.org/news/surya-a...
Learn more: www.seti.org/news/surya-a...
Surya: A Foundation Model for Understanding Our Sun
www.seti.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A team of heliophysicists and machine learning experts in academia and industry has come together to develop Surya, the first foundation model for heliophysics, representing a new approach to studying and predicting solar activity. 🧪 🔭
Learn more: www.seti.org/news/surya-a...
Learn more: www.seti.org/news/surya-a...
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STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
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A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…
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September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Excited to be at L.A. ComicCon for the first time this weekend! I’ll be discussing how I designed life for a dark matter planet, along with others from the Proxima Kosmos project by the Berggruen Institute.
Our panel is on Saturday, Sep. 27, at 2:30pm in Room 403A. Hope to see you there!
Our panel is on Saturday, Sep. 27, at 2:30pm in Room 403A. Hope to see you there!
September 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Excited to be at L.A. ComicCon for the first time this weekend! I’ll be discussing how I designed life for a dark matter planet, along with others from the Proxima Kosmos project by the Berggruen Institute.
Our panel is on Saturday, Sep. 27, at 2:30pm in Room 403A. Hope to see you there!
Our panel is on Saturday, Sep. 27, at 2:30pm in Room 403A. Hope to see you there!
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🧠 Celebrating #OpenScienceWeek, by highlighting my favorite (and my most used!) open science tools from the Allen Institute 🐭🧠🌐 @alleninstitute.org
#neuroskyence #neuroscience #brain #microscopy
#neuroskyence #neuroscience #brain #microscopy
September 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🧠 Celebrating #OpenScienceWeek, by highlighting my favorite (and my most used!) open science tools from the Allen Institute 🐭🧠🌐 @alleninstitute.org
#neuroskyence #neuroscience #brain #microscopy
#neuroskyence #neuroscience #brain #microscopy
Happy book birthday @thomasha.bsky.social!
We're celebrating @thomasha.bsky.social today. It's pub day for UNCERTAIN SONS. (Yes, I'm posting again. It's exciting.) Please consider grabbing a copy, print or eBook, from us, or elsewhere.
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undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...
September 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Happy book birthday @thomasha.bsky.social!
So glad to see this work going on! I've always felt that prioritizing humans over other species, while an understandable instinct, is fundamentally unjust. We need to find better ways to make progress in biology and medicine.
September 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So glad to see this work going on! I've always felt that prioritizing humans over other species, while an understandable instinct, is fundamentally unjust. We need to find better ways to make progress in biology and medicine.