The largest U.S. civil rights group on Tuesday sued xAI and a subsidiary, claiming they illegally operated more than two dozen gas turbines in Mississippi to power its Colossus 2 data center, posing a health risk to local residents.
"Woman in Water"
🎨 George F. Kerr (1902)
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Several author photos are set against a purple-tinged galaxy background. Text in white and light purple reads: Strong Women Strange Worlds presents Third Thursday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by Renee Coloman, Tara Campbell, Larissa N.N. Davila, E.A. Noble, Jacquelyn Stolos, Caroline Shea. May 21, 7:30 PM EDT Free on Zoom. Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com.
So excited to be part of @swsworlds.bsky.social's stellar line-up of SFF and horror authors next month. Preregister for the virtual reading on May 21st to join us for the reading, Q&A, and special giveaways. #SWSWQR
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For sale. First edited draft of chapter 1 of The Shadow of the Torturer.
The title is The Feast of St. Catherine. Seems to start with the exposition that was finally placed in chapter 3. historical.ha.com/itm/books/sc...
me seeing an article about the 25 Hottest and Most Popular Celebrities: haha who are any of these people?
me seeing a screenshot of a horrible post by CeleriusAvignon8888, Based Viscount of the New Bayesian Duchy of Pure Reason: oh it's this fuckin guy again
Several author photos are set against a purple-tinged galaxy background. Text in white and light purple reads: Strong Women Strange Worlds presents Third Thursday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by Renee Coloman, Tara Campbell, Larissa N.N. Davila, E.A. Noble, Jacquelyn Stolos, Caroline Shea. May 21, 7:30 PM EDT Free on Zoom. Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com.
So excited to be part of @swsworlds.bsky.social's stellar line-up of SFF and horror authors next month. Preregister for the virtual reading on May 21st to join us for the reading, Q&A, and special giveaways. #SWSWQR
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Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration calling on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of U.S. bombs to Israel.
temporarily unlocked, if you'd like to check it out!
beyond delighted to share my new story "Even After You're Gone," fresh now with the lovely @bulbregion.bsky.social! check it out 🦇⚡
this is an absolutely nuts deal on one of the greatest books of the decade; don't miss it!
Jac Jemc talked to me about historical research, writing multiple POVS, and the kinship between speculative and historical fiction. bsky.app/profile/ther...
KJ Charles talked to me about her process, writing Romance, and kitchen hedgehogs. bsky.app/profile/ther...
John Clute and David Langford gave me a glimpse into the making (and maintaining) of one of my favorite speculative resources, the Science Fiction Encyclopedia. bsky.app/profile/ther...
This conversation with Dan Dwyer opened up the world of rare books for me. bsky.app/profile/ther...
This story--my first piece of published fiction--that I'm still so grateful I was able to share. bsky.app/profile/ther...
This story about siblings and portals. bsky.app/profile/ther...
This essay on the agency of nature and nationalism in fantasy.
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Environmental Research Communications LETTER Political elites' partisan beliefs about climate change OPEN ACCESS Alexander C Furnas'*®, Timothy M LaPira? O and Salil D Benegal' © Addressing climate change requires political elites to share a basic set of facts about climate science, yet political elites in the United States are divided in their views about climate change. We document this using the first large-scale survey of over 3,500 U.S. political elites-including elected officials, staffers, regulators, lobbyists, and policy professionals—to assess the partisan divide in beliefs about climate change held by political elites. We show near-unanimous agreement among the Democratic elite on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring, primarily caused by humans, and widely recognized by scientists. In contrast, substantial minorities of Republican elites reject these scientific facts, with fewer than half affirming anthropogenic climate change and nearly one-third endorsing a climate-related conspiracy theory. Comparing elites to the general public, we find that political elites are more aligned with climate science, but partisan gaps among elites are as wide as those observed in mass opinion. Regression analyses show partisan identity explains far more variation in elite climate beliefs than ideology, trust in science, or broader conspiratorial predispositions. These findings suggest that partisan polarization among elites reflects not only strategic electoral behavior but also privately held attitudes.
I've got a new paper out today with @timlapira.bsky.social and @salilb.bsky.social in ERC showing that party ID strongly structures political elites' beliefs about climate change. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
*slides a massive reading list of Palestinian fantasy, sci-fi, and horror across the table* soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
and modern idiom and manages to make this feel cohesive; on the other side Nicola Griffith aims for a very historically grounded/possible voice in Hild but her characters still aren't speaking the way they actually would've in the 5th century)
if a text seems to be aiming for a semblance of a "historical" voice and then breaks that, it might distract me. But there are plenty of books that manage to pull off a mixture of the two by grounding it firmly in the character's voice (Jo Harkin's The Pretender has moments of both historical
Agree with all of this thread. Tbh I've enjoyed both stories with anachronism/idiom and efforts to be more "faithful." Stuff that takes me out of fantasy or hist fic tends to be when it feels like the logic or texture of the world-building is inconsistent:
It's been a year somehow. Here's some of what I've written and published.
House Democratic leaders' joint statement on Trump "threatening to eradicate an entire civilization":
"The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East before Donald Trump plunges our country into World War III."
Tbh, every interview is a highlight to me, so I could keep going, and I may add more later. I'm grateful to everyone who was so generous with their time & knowledge. But I have writing I should be doing, so I'll stop there for now. I hope you'll give some of them a read!
Jac Jemc talked to me about historical research, writing multiple POVS, and the kinship between speculative and historical fiction. bsky.app/profile/ther...
Alix Harrow let me ramble about the ecogothic and told me more about the process of writing her great reworking of the genre, Starling House. bsky.app/profile/ther...
KJ Charles talked to me about her process, writing Romance, and kitchen hedgehogs. bsky.app/profile/ther...