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And most likely the last 😂

An illustration of Sean Connery's character from Zardoz done in the style of a Judy Blume novel cover. The title is "Are You There God? It's Us, An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog" In the upper left corner is "A Hugo Voter Pack" done in the style of a book publisher imprint. There is a catch phrase up top "Irreverent, incoherent opinions about SFF."

Now we get to work on our Hugo Voter packet submission for @thehugoawards.bsky.social ...

(Cover by our friend, the incredible and talented @dntlz.bsky.social)

You know when you read a sentence and you completely understand what it's referencing at the same time you are gobsmacked that all those words are in conjunction with each other? Yeah, that's this 😂😂😂

Okay. Let's take a moment to talk about How To Be A Hugo Nominee And Come Out Of It Happy About the Honor. I realize this is relevant to like, twelve people. I don't care, those twelve people deserve my time. (You may have seen a version of this thread before. I do it every year.)

we all know I have no life, so:

Across five prose fiction categories, there are 30 different authors shortlisted.

That means no author was shortlisted more than once for a novel, short story, novelette, novella, or series.

Awesome to note there are 10 authors who appear on the ballot in those five categories for the first time.

Conversely, I, a single woman, have zero human nurturing instincts.

I mean, I wouldn't leave a baby in a ditch, but I don't go all gooey when I encounter one.

Puppies on the other hand.....

My feed today is half birds and half Hugo finalists.

And I'm perfectly okay with that 😁

You can follow all the finalists (or at least all the ones who have Bsky accounts) for the 2026 Hugo Awards right here with this starter pack.

go.bsky.app/mR4XaC

Best Novel A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz) Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK) The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape) 1,153 ballots cast for 555 nominees. Finalists range 126-210.

Best Novel
A Drop of Corruption by @robertjbennett.bsky.social (Del Rey; Hodderscape)

Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social (William Morrow; Gollancz)

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This one, too! Putting together my "oh no, he dead?" playlist has put me in the best mood in months.
youtu.be/3GwjfUFyY6M

If cormorants aren't actually bad for the ecosystem, can we bear to let them exist? Cormorants are called greedy fish thieves and tree-killers—but are they really bad for ecosystems, or just misunderstood native birds?

If cormorants aren’t actually bad for the ecosystem, can we bear to let them exist?
BY ANDREA CURTIS cottagelife.com/general/if-c...
#birds

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There are some important things to remember in terms of Awards-shortlist day etiquette. A short thread.

Even folks I really like and respect make some blunders on this stuff.

1) Allow people to enjoy the shortlist. Avoid dismissing the finalists (whomever they are) for at least a month.

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Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

The Frogs Sing Loudly in Spring
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
2021

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Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

EXACTLY!

I gave a talk at conference a couple of years ago, and to my everlasting disappointment, the organizers wouldn't let me call it "Don't Screw This Up Because Killing People Is Bad For Business", which I thought was much catchier than what I ended up calling it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Dammit, autocarrot, LOON. It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Also! Managed to see a common loan, which is a relatively rare site on the Niagara River! Also heard a Northern House Wren, so spring is here! #birds 🪶

Photograph of a song sparrow sitting on a leafless branch in front of the river

Photograph of an 8-month-old schnauzer puppy, looking adorably cute, sitting on the grass in front of the river. No, she is not mine, I'm merely puppy sitting for a friend

For someone blurry photograph of a male red-breasted merganser floating on the river

A photograph of a very tired out puppy sleeping on a red blanket on the backseat of a car. No really, she is not mine.

Good morning along the river with a furry friend, looking at #birds 🪶

First terns of the year (Common and Caspian) and lots of red breasted mergansers and Bonaparte's gulls

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Until the day she died (which was only 7 years ago), my aunt was CONVINCED hummingbirds migrated on the backs of Canada geese 🤷🏼‍♀️

An advertisement showing 2 sets of ChiaoGoo square interchangeable needle tips in red and silver packaging, with the "Quads" logo on the right side and a picture of the Adapter Swivels on the left side. The title claims that "It's hip to be square", from the title of a Huey Lewis song old enough that some folks aren't going to get it (oh my stars, I just checked and it was 1986).

The new ChiaoGoo square interchangeables you've been waiting for - available in 4" and 5"!

Les nouveaux embouts carrés interchangeables ChiaoGoo que vous attendiez tous - disponibles en 10cm et 13cm!

Me: [idly looking up info on popes]

Wikipedia: This list is incomplete; you can help expand it.

Me: wut?

Wikipedia: [lifts eyebrows suggestively]