A group of thieves was in and out of an Italian museum in just 3 minutes, stealing paintings worth millions. The theft happened a week ago but is only announced now (which I consistently maintain is a bad strategy as it gives the thieves a chance to fence the goods). www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hugo Awards nominations are closing in a few hours! Still reading for it? I'm eligible for the Astounding Award, and also in the short story category!
Hugo Awards nominations are closing in a few hours! Still reading for it? I'm eligible for the Astounding Award, and also in the short story category!
Late at night, a man broke into the Chihuly museum and started smashing the glass sculptures in the garden. He pled not guilty to charges today. news.artnet.com/art-world/ch...
The Locus Awards close in a couple days! Anyone can vote -- have you?
If you're still thinking to yourself, gee whiz, what should I vote for? I'm happy to tell you that my short story "The Emergency Contact" is eligible! 👽 poll.voting.locusmag.com
Does anyone have any recommendations for books that were published in Taiwan and have been translated into English? Looking for something to read while on a trip. #BookRec
If you need an idea of where to start, my piece “The Emergency Contact” (Analog, March/April) is eligible in the Short Story category! I'm also eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer! 😱👾
You want paintings with alchemists and philosophers? Wright of Derby's your guy. file770.com/alchemy-at-w...
I wrote a piece about Wright of Derby's intricate paintings showcasing 18th-century science and views of the world.
This is beautiful and devastating. As you figure out what's next for you, remember that it doesn't just have to be one thing. Lots of hugs
Poem that reads: A piglet's most precious possession Is the teat that he fattens his flesh on. He fights for his teat with tenacity Against any sibling's audacity. The piglet, to arm for this mission, Is born with a warlike dentition Of eight tiny tusks, sharp as sabres, Which help in impressing the neighbors; But to render these weapons less harrowing, Most farmers remove them at farrowing. We studied pig sisters and brothers When some had their teeth, but not others. We found that when siblings aren't many, The weapons help little if any, But when there are many per litter, The teeth help their owners grow fitter. But how did selection begin To make weapons to use against kin?
Today's gem is the summary of this research paper on sibling rivalry in piglets. The authors wrote it as a POEM. I'm in porcine awe:
A piglet's most precious possession
Is the teat that he fattens his flesh on.
He fights for his teat with tenacity
Against any sibling's audacity...
Fritted ware jug and bowl with decoration cut through and scratched in blaze glaze under transparent, turquoise glaze (Iran, 2nd half of 12th century) Davids Samling (The David Collection), Denmark
Fritted ware jug and bowl with decoration cut through and scratched in blaze glaze under transparent, turquoise glaze (Iran, 2nd half of 12th century)
Davids Samling (The David Collection), Denmark
This sounds phenomenal. What's it called?
*None of THAT nonsense. Oh, well. What can you do.
Science fiction! Fantasy! Horror! Fan Films! Long, short, medium! We love it all and want to see it all!* But we can't do that unless you send it to us! So get in before the deadline! /fin
*We do not love genAI. None of nonsense here.
I had an absolute blast being a judge last year and a bunch of the films we selected are now eligible for the Hugo ballot this year! If you want to see what last year was like, I talked about it here: bsky.app/profile/aren...
Tomorrow is the deadline to submit your film to the WorldCon Film Festival! Last year was a blast and our judging team is hard at work doing it again. We love anything science fiction, fantasy, or horror — submit now! filmfreeway.com/WorldconFilm... @laworldcon.bsky.social @file770.bsky.social
If you need an idea of where to start, my piece “The Emergency Contact” (Analog, March/April) is eligible in the Short Story category! I'm also eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer! 😱👾
Ah, you're the best!
If you're nominating for the Hugo or Locus Awards, I'd love for you to consider this story of mine! I'm also eligible for the Astounding Award this year :)
Raymond Chandler's crotchetiness with publishers and film folks is breathtaking.
(from RAYMOND CHANDLER SPEAKING, collected letters, 1962).
Did you know that ANYONE can nominate a piece for the Locus Awards? That's the beauty of it! Nominate whatever you loved reading in 2025: poll.voting.locusmag.com
If you're nominating for the Hugo or Locus Awards, I'd love for you to consider this story of mine! I'm also eligible for the Astounding Award this year :)
I wrote this piece for @jstordaily.bsky.social about the painter Wayne Thiebaud, who lived to be 101, and was iconic for his paintings of American fair and diner food: daily.jstor.org/wayne-thieba...
Saw the Disney musical Hercules while in London this weekend, except I read Wearing the Lion a couple months ago and so the musical was overlaid with serious @wiswell.bsky.social vibes. (Needless to say, I enjoyed it.)
Three gumball machines filled with brightly colored candies
Admiring Thiebaud’s paintings, abstract expressionist painter Barnett Newman told him that “[t]hose European surrealists are boys compared to what you can do with a gumball machine. That’s a real surreal object in you.” daily.jstor.org/wayne-thieba...
Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021) was fired from Disney for being a union man, went on to create topographical models of Japan in WWII, and was labelled a "Pop Artist" by critics. He outlived all the other Pop Artists, and most of his critics, and thought Warhol was 👎 daily.jstor.org/wayne-thieba...
I wrote this piece for @jstordaily.bsky.social about the painter Wayne Thiebaud, who lived to be 101, and was iconic for his paintings of American fair and diner food: daily.jstor.org/wayne-thieba...
A heavily bundled cyclist pedals through the white landscape
When you've cycled to work and now have to cycle home again too
