So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Hey, you want something good to eat?
Singing Hills #6, A Mouthful of Dust, is up for pre-order and out October 7!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
everyone saying “go birds.” yes exactly birds are wonderful
Love this perspective, from the ever-wise @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social.
This is a great thread about how students in research are impacted.
they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
anyway I’m excited to keep writing increasingly short weird stories with increasingly long weird titles! One day the titles will be longer than the bodies and then it will be truly impossible to post about them
“Calling From the Payphone at the Teleporter Depot” appeared in @fusionfragment.bsky.social : www.fusionfragment.com/issue-22/
“In the Museum of Unseen Places” appeared in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social : kaleidotrope.net/archives-2/s...
a slide with two text boxes describing “In the Museum of Unseen Places” and “Calling from the Payphone at the Teleporter Depot”
I got to share my first two publications this year! They’re very different pieces—worlds, genres, intentions—but equally speculative and moody. (links below)
The story of the Klamath River might just be our favourite things that happened this year. After decades of activism by the Karuk and Yurok tribes, the river was finally freed of four huge dams, ahead of schedule and on budget. https://buff.ly/4gd6E1b
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Stuffed bird labelled SPLENDID WREN
Stuffed bird labelled LOVELY WREN
Stuffed bird labelled SUPERB BLUE WREN
tfw you love your job at the Bird Naming Factory
Picture of an American Kstrel holding something in its talons while perched on a large rectangular wooden sign that reads "HUNTER CHECK STATION" in large yellow letters. The sign also has a yellow arrow pointing up. There is blue sky behind the sign and kestrel at the top of the picture and brown platns / grasses behind the sign in the lower part of the picture. The sigs woos is mostly dark brown with some lighter regions. The sign is held up by two large wooden posts at each end.
Well, this was a bit surprising. First, I have been going to Yolo Bypass near Davis, CA very very often and always dream of getting a good raptor pic with the "Hunter Check Station" sign. And I got one today of a kestrel sitting on that sign. Yes, this is a hunter check station.
aw, same! Always fascinating to see how exhibits have changed over time. Can I ask what museum?
(Last digression before I get to work for the day!)
Yes! Trust that authors are doing things on purpose. :)
From Eco's own notes in the appendix of THE NAME OF THE ROSE: he's testing you with those first hundred pages. If you love it, then continue! If not, then stop!
Naturalists have done this since Darwin's time but gatekeeping in science means that vast collective knowledge is not recognized or dismissed as 'amateur'.
‘How do we get EVEN MORE kids into paleontology?’
The National Museum in Prague: ‘We got this.’
A photo of a large hawk
it's good to get out and meet new people
Ugh this is so sad. Maybe not her most powerful, but to me, her most moving poem is this one
I cohost a podcast with @yvettel.bsky.social & @chineloonwualu.bsky.social on African SFF called Griots & Galaxies --
csi.asu.edu/griots-and-g...
*and* I'm a fan of Just Keep Writing, as well -- www.justkeepwriting.org/podcast
amazing, definitely giving these a listen!
rec request: i’m looking for sff discussion podcasts. specifically review/crit pods, but i’m also down for craft discussions. tell me your faves!
me: i heard you do a terrible owl impression
him: where
me: holy shit that is bad
A roundtable discussion on Thyme Travellers and the important of writing futures for Palestine. November 20th 6pm EST. There is a code for registration. Join the editor Sonia Sulaiman and featured authors in roundtable discussion about Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Speculative Palestinian Fiction and the importance of the Palestinian speculative/ science fiction as an emergent genre.
Next week is this amazing panel with contributors to Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction. Come and join us on November 20th at 6 pm EST!
thinking about the nature of the work, as an ecologist and as a speculative fiction writer. i never want to simply accept a future. my work is about my/our own imagination & survival
FF#22 Story Preview: "Calling from the Payphone at the Teleporter Depot" by @othermarshes.bsky.social. Ever find yourself waiting in the teleportation line and end up having to comfort the crying kid ahead of you? And it makes you really think about your life? Then this one might be your jam.
ALL THE STARS
New piece for @fusionfragment.bsky.social inspired by my favourite line from a beautiful story by @othermarshes.bsky.social
Check it out + a whole galaxy of beautiful stories in the latest issue; & support independent publishing!
fusionfragment.com
Acrylic, pastel, digital paint
thrilled to share “Calling From the Payphone at the Teleporter Depot”!! features bad breakups, fresh starts, folk physics, and the kindness of strangers. also, some early scifi teleporter horror.
A wedge of orange sky glows above the horizon and is reflected in the Still waters of Lake Winnipeg at sunrise. Slate gray clouds fill the rest of the sky at early morning.
One of my favourite things about doing breeding bird surveys is catching the sunrise in June. This was taken just after 4 o’clock this morning and was worth the 3 AM wake up. 🌿