Such a fun panel to speak on! Thank you to @cometarytales.com for moderating!

My final contribution to @octocon.bsky.social 2025

Be 'there' (in my case, with comfy socks and in my desk chair, online). My schedule:

11th
8 am PDT: The Many Shades of Villainy #character #villains
11 am: Adapted or Stolen? #anime #appropriation

12th
8 am PDT: Control Your Fears #horror
9:30 am: Protect Your Author Rights #workshop #contracts

Yayyyyyyy!!!!

Ah, the subtext: "I have all the money in the world. New clothes, shoes, on spur of the moment in a strange city? Here's my black Amex, give me whatever looks cool with this jewelry. Oh, and take this dirty underwear and those boots I had to buy yesterday and airmail it all to my house."

Do you need a connection to goodness? Here you go.

Free. Accessible anywhere with internet. Awesome people to meet.

Technically, it's a writers' conference, but you can choose to listen to people read you stories while you chat with new friends.
#writing #friendship #publishing #craft #reading

Could someone with a bigger following than mine repost this? It seems to me that most people are less than aware of the depths and consequences of the ongoing cuts at NASA. If you are in the DC area, now is your chance to speak up for #science

#space #budget

With conflicts Saturday evening, we couldn't watch the livestream. Finally watching the recording.
That ramp is The Best Thing Ever.
Smooth walks up and along to the podium let recipients gather their thoughts. No stumbles, dropped notes, or wandering backstage. No net effect on time. Maybe faster.

Quiz.
Did 3 things after the Nebulas: said fond goodnight to new and old friends online, walked out to the kitchen for a late dinner, turned on the news.

Which thing should I not have done if I meant to sleep tonight?

When you put poetic people in a room together, magic happens. So many memorable words...poetry is invocation and evocation....poetry is like food: it has mouth feel...read everything aloud, sometimes you write a narrative poem and think "is this flash fiction?" But, no, it's a poem.

The 2025 Nebula Awards Conference schedule - Nebula Awards Conference Online The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is looking forward to marking this year’s diamond-year 60th Annual Nebula Awards Conference with you in Kansas City, Missouri. From June 5 to...

Fellow #scifi #fantasy #horror #writer?
Just so y'all know:
💻 the Nebula Conference is also online (AND year-long)
🎟️ it does NOT require SFWA membership
✒️ it IS your genre's writers conference--building craft and working connections

You can register anytime. events.sfwa.org/our-2025-con...

Petition to Reinstate Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights - The Authors Guild Last Saturday, the White House abruptly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, a renowned expert with deep knowledge of the importance of copyright for authors’ livelihoods. In her place, the ...

Readers and writers. Please support the Authors Guild and add your voice to stand up for responsible, knowledgeable copyright administration and protection.. authorsguild.org/petition-to-...

You Can Still Read NASA's Deleted "First Woman" Graphic Novels (Update) in 2021 NASA issued the first of two interactive comic books/graphic novels] depicting young women dreaming of - and then training for - a future that would comprise the so-called "Artemis Generation....

For more on the shenanigans behind silencing this project, see Keith Cowling's frustrated postings on the topic, recently updated. In fact, if you want to know what's going on at NASA, follow NASA Watch.
nasawatch.com/education/yo...

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

per true comic-book style, the story continues!

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

Hurrah for Wikimedia Commons preserving these public domain treasures. Note that the "interactive" elements use apps that exist but that access NASA site materials that have been purged.

Two book covers featuring young women of color wearing space suits and accompanied by a friendly little robot with stars, the Earth, and the moon in the background. First Woman: Issue 1: Dream to Reality and First Woman: Issue 2 Expanding our Universe.

While NASA has disavowed this inspiring project, you can still access the funny, colorful, and accurate First Woman graphic novels. Download them and share with aspiring future astronauts. This time of silencing will end one day. Links in comments, + more on the purge. Image via NASA Watch.

The Only Thing Abandoned is the Truth Preserving NASA’s Legacy Amidst a Vortex of Misinformation

A long time ago, in a galaxy not far away, I used to post about books. Nowadays, I'm reading more ... widely, because it's getting hard to keep a firm grasp on the truth.
amikokelly.substack.com/p/the-only-t...

Sorry, dogs and dog lovers, hashtag typo thanks to autocorrect.
#DOGE

Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

If you are or someone you know is a doge-fired federal employee who works (worked) in a science-related field, the people really in charge of allocating federal funds to science would like to hear about it.

democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

#DOGS #firings #science

Action Center Take action today - use the resources below to learn who your elected officials are, what opportunities we have to advocate from the comfort of your own home, federal and state legislation, and more! For a mobile friendly experience, please download the VoterVoice app

Science is at risk. Here is a startup guide on taking action against recent and imminent attacks on science. aas.org/advocacy/get...

This is fom the American Astronomical Society, but they're not just talking about astronomy.

NASA Fires 1,000 Probationary Employees Mass firings of probationary workers could be the start of larger force reductions at the world’s largest space agency.

NASA management: "We're just following orders."

Where have we heard that one before?
www.flyingmag.com/nasa-fires-1...

The one thing billionaires want is money. That's how they get to be billionaires.

Neil Young - Fork In The Road YouTube video by neilyoungchannel

Yay, our family got that "quit or we gonna fire ya" email from the Orange One yesterday.

Confess I don't usually listen to Neil Young that much, but this one fits so well, right down to the title track of the email.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W61o...

Irish and Scots crows can keep the grudge alive over so many (crow) generations they almost match the power of humans to nurse anger beyond all reason.

Just asked for help from friends in Australia and Japan. They are either having me on or it's Monday. This seems like a good reason to go take a nap until Tuesday turns up.

Noooooooooooo!

Larry Hogan freaking out because he saw Orion is exactly what I expected.

A bunch of people who don't usually look up at the night sky discovering stars.

Historically, a ton of UFO reports are just people seeing Venus.

As soon as you see the phrase 'venture capital' you know you're dealing with scavengers. They are in it for nothing more than the money.

Strong Women - Strange Worlds Strong Women - Strange Worlds

The link:s in the alt text, or you can go right to Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...

I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) | The Nib What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future.

On Luddites and technological "progress"

thenib.com/im-a-luddite/

Strong Women-Strange Worlds Holiday Extravaganza December 14, 2024 (All times US/Canada Eastern) Live on Zoom 10:00-11:00am • MadLibs (This is your chance to participate in the creation of a new... masterpiece?) 11:00-12:00 • Improv Storytelling (We’re making it up as we go along.) 12:00-1:00 • Holiday-Themed QuickReads (After all, QuickReads are what we do best!) 1:00-2:00pm • Speed-Date a Book (Which books will win your heart in these zany, high-speed pitches from authors?) 2:00-3:00 • More Improv Storytelling 3:00-4:00 • More MadLibs But Wait! There’s More! • Brand New Round Robin Stories by SW-SW Authors! • Digital Giveaways! • Unique Collection of Flash Fiction, Poetry, Art, and Recipes! Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com

So this cool group of variously underrepresented authors who have let me play in their house are having a fabulous party online next Saturday (Dec 14th) and everybody in the known universe who can log on to zoom is invited.