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Keira Perkins
@thatkeira.bsky.social
Scientist by day.
Sometimes i write things at night.

https://keiraperkins.com
The funny thing about being married for forever is that when your spouse asks you if you want to go to “The Pancake House or whatever it’s called” you know immediately he means The Breakfast Company, which used to be called Flapjacks
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
You can also use this feature for evil.

My brother made up a birthday years ago. He has close to 2k friends and he was curious which would know this was a very mild prank and which would think it was actually his birthday

I nearly failed. I had to text my sisters to confirm I wasn’t losing my mind
Facebook reminded me it was my mom’s birthday on monday, which was great because I actually had forgotten, & I got to be all smug when my dad texted me to remind me.

I’m a good daughter is what I’m saying
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Facebook reminded me it was my mom’s birthday on monday, which was great because I actually had forgotten, & I got to be all smug when my dad texted me to remind me.

I’m a good daughter is what I’m saying
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reposted by Keira Perkins
For the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth (December 4), Austrian public radio will present a three-part broadcast and podcast about the poet's life and work, beginning on December 9:
Rilke - Die Wiederverzauberung der Welt (1) | DI | 09 12 2025 | 9:05
Die frühen Jahre
oe1.orf.at
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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good morning, beloveds 🖤

would you like to read some of our deathly beautiful issue 40?

well, here it is!

fully rolled-out and yours to read 💀

psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
The Deadlands - Issue 40 | Psychopomp
Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Malena Salazar Maciá, Belle Biscotti, Testimony Odey, Shana Ross, Erin Ulm, Matthew Wollin, Laila Amado, Jason Pearce, R.B. Lemberg, Kat Sed...
psychopomp.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Not that it matters to the cult, but for context for the rest of us, Somalian refugees began arriving in Minnesota around 1991.

George H.W. Bush, famous leftist, was president
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Hey! Some fun news. "The Sort" (orig. @clarkesworldmagazine.com) was picked up for @wilwheaton.net's podcast. Went live today! Narrated thoughtfully and w/a kind shoutout for SFF mags at the end. And a surprise(!) mention of Uncertain Sons 🙏. Many thanks to Wil and his audio team. What an honor.
It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton
You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand B…
wilwheaton.net
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Excited to have a story in the December issue of @lunastation.bsky.social with this really great cover!
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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We're under $2k now, almost every donation results from someone's post about the project - could you make one?
MOMENTUM. Hit it while it's hot. Let's do this!

Still needed: $1955 (USD)

Last donation/purchase: 10:39a EST / 17:39 SAST ($200)

Grateful shout out to Joyce Chng, E.M. Anderson, Christiane Knight, and Pyro Bloodstone for the reposts.

#CyberMonday #GivingTuesday #BookSky
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
ko-fi.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My friend and amazing author @janeire.bsky.social has a story in this issue - haven’t you always wanted to know more about a weather witch, who really, is just a girl in the end? (No for real, don’t cross her)
The new issue is out! Need a break from the holidays? We've got aging druids, adorable bee-cats, vengeful weather witches & more.

www.lunastationquart...

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Let's fund both translations, get these writers and translators paid, and close up the project!

Still needed: $2260 (USD)

Last donation/purchase: 2:44p EST / 21:44 SAST ($10)

Grateful shout out to Dave Allen, Jen Donohue, Kirsti, and Indrapramit Das for the reposts.

#CyberSunday #BookSky
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Rally Weekend - let's close this up! / please see - please share / After eight months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn'...
ko-fi.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just saying this because I need it out of my head - my mental health diagnoses technically make me disabled.

I have spent $$$ & time to be functional. The disorders STEAL from my personality & self.

So while I understand many disabled folks don’t want to be “fixed”, i am trying to be fixed
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
When I sign up for events, I usually mark myself as a vegetarian even though I’m not - because explaining the specifics of the type of meat I will eat requires a flow chart.

Is it smart? Endangered? Cute? Would it eat me given the chance?
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Raccoons hanging out in the storm drain like Pennywise
Squirrels that yell & throw stuff at me
That possum who really likes using the sidewalk
The fox who politely ignores me
Red-tail hawk, being a cool omen in a tree
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My cat yelled at my husband for kissing me because he was in My Space and she hates when he violates Her Space.

And i had to be like “it’s okay. He’s got consent, but i love that you’re girl’s girl”

And then my husband was like “why are you talking to the cat when I’m kissing you??”
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Oh hey, look! It’s a big blue cock
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Reposted by Keira Perkins
every year at Christmas I find myself begging Christians to find a single wild clue
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My Uber driver, Jose, is blasting Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like a Woman”

I, a white elder millennial woman, ask him if he picked this song just for me

He does not know enough English to understand my question. I don’t speak enough Spanish to communicate it. We smile warmly at each other instead
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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short fic folks should read this post -
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The bartender liked my art, so I gave it to her
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It’s not that I NEED my ADHD meds to be functional, it’s that without them it takes me far too long to realize the reason I can’t find my phone is that I’m holding it my hand and using it as a flashlight.
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My loves, before arguing about the difference in the pedo and ephebo philias, I want you to imagine yourself holding a hammer.

And then imagine yourself interrupting the act of either of those philias.

If someone ends up dead by hammer in both, I don’t think the difference matters
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM