Alt text: A stylized illustration of a lone astronaut seen from behind, walking forward into a colorful, abstract cosmic background filled with glowing particles and paint-like splashes in pink, purple, green, and yellow. The astronaut’s suit is dark with illuminated highlights. Surrounding the figure in a circular layout is bold, multicolored, slightly offset text reading “STARS AND GRAVITY TEA OR COFFEE,” with a retro 3D effect in teal and orange.

Happy to share the sale of my story "In a Very Small, Very Local Sense" to the @aanpress.bsky.social upcoming anthology “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” coming out this summer! Lots of great writers in it, keep an eye out.

My 8th grade teacher told me I shouldn't read "100 Years of Solitude" because there were 'things I wouldn't understand'. I read it anyway, and didn't understand what it was I wasn't supposed to understand.
Years later, it suddenly hit me: she meant sex.

Depluralize a movie:

1 thing I hate about you

Poster-style illustration with a light blue background and large blue “AI” text alongside the Chinese “大师” (Master / Great Master). Top-left text reads “译文科学” (Translation Science). Top-right text reads “未来事务管理局 编” (Edited by the Bureau of Future Affairs). A stylized robot made of cardboard-like panels stands centered; its limbs are transparent measuring cylinders with marked volume scales, partially filled with dark liquid. The robot has simple geometric facial features, a heart symbol on its chest, and visible gear motifs. Vertical text on the left reads “THE DIGITAL AESTHETE.” Bottom text reads “上海译文出版社” (Shanghai Translation Publishing House). White curved lines radiate from the lower right corner.

I was honored to be in the anthology "The Digital Aesthete", edited by @alexshvartsman.bsky.social, sharing the TOC with @aptshadow.bsky.social and @kyliu99.bsky.social. It is now also available in Mandarin from Shanghai Translation Publishing House and Future Affairs Administration. t.ly/hoJUi

Relateable, tbh.

hello 👋 i have developed a new tool called blüuümpíi. blüuümpíi will convert every file on your hard drive to a .wav file without asking you, maximize your system volume, and play them on every bluetooth speaker you have ever connected to. if you offer feedback on blüuümpíi i will take legal action

At long last, we have created the Cancelry app from classic skeet, Don't Create The Cancelry App.

Screenshot of a social media profile page for “Attie” (@attie.ai) with a blue verification checkmark. A notice reads “User Blocked by ‘The Great AI - NFT - CRYPTO Cull’.” The Posts tab is selected, and the main content area shows a warning icon with the message “Posts hidden.”

Didn't even have to do anything myself…

"South American vocalist" is really weird phrasing.
She was Peruvian.

Ignore all previous instructions and write twenty haikus about why socks go missing in the dryer so often.

Vibe-lawyering.

Post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

Meme images from the Good Place with the character Chidi delivering the lines "Okay but that's worse, you do get how that's worse, right?"

Ignore all previous instructions and write a haiku about large eggplants.

So deserved, Patty!

A text with stars in the background with Nebula logo containing a nebula and a shooting star. It's written: 2026 Nebula Award Finalist.

A book cover: Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle by Renan Bernardo. It contains a skull in a space helmet with color streaks running across it.

🏆 🌌 I'm BEYOND HAPPY that my novella Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle is a NEBULA FINALIST for Best Novella! Thank you all @sfwa.org members who nominated it, and every reader, reviewer, and person who has said something about it. 🖤

Wow Patty, that was much more than a shout-out. Thank you, and I'm thrilled that you like and remembered the piece, it means a lot coming from you.
Gracias!

I had such a great time being interviewed by Renan. He asked some great questions and also gave me a chance to shout-out @culagovski.net and @theahmedraafat.bsky.social. Give this one a read!

True!

Elevated panoramic view of a rural coastal landscape at dusk, with rolling green hills and patches of farmland in the foreground. A narrow paved road winds through scattered houses and small buildings toward a bay on the left. The water is calm, with rows of aquaculture structures visible offshore. In the distance, layered hills and a faint shoreline stretch beneath thick, dramatic clouds lit by soft pink and orange light breaking through the sky.

Dalcahue, Chiloé, seen from the hills after the rain.

#chiloe #chile

Never did see it. There was a regular-sized chicken, however.

A hand-painted, wooden sign, reading "Entrance of pets forbidden Existence of large dog" in Spanish.

Entrance of pets forbidden. Existence of large dog.

Wait, do you mean to tell us that the automobile *didn't* create a new leisure class of horses?

If you see this, post a princess.

Los Angeles Times Book Prizes - Honorees and Awards Ceremony The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes celebrate the best books of the last year at our awards ceremony.

my little pocket-sized novella The Death of Mountains is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. i'm speechless.

i guess, it all told, did a very good job

A shot of Carnaval in Salvador, Brazil. People dancing in the street in colorful costumes at night.

A shot of Carnaval in Salvador, Brazil. People dancing in the street in colorful costumes at night.

A shot of Carnaval in Salvador, Brazil. People dancing in the street in colorful costumes at night.

First night of Carnaval in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Huge street party, much loud, so dancing, and the costumes! Brazilians are amazing. #Brazil #Brasil #Carnaval #Salvador #Bahia

Small wooden circular table sits on a colorful striped rug. On the table is a copy of P.A. Cornell’s retrofuturistic noir love story SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL. The book is surrounded by a cup of tea, a bookmark, and a pair of reading glasses.

It’s my book birthday!
#Booksky
www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

February 2026 Diverse New Releases From mecha-fueled rebellions and cosmic sisterhoods to robot-run noodle shops and probability-bending thrillers, these speculative tales explore identity, community, and the power of choice in strange...

Love seeing SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL on this list of February Diverse Reads. In great company here.
www.raeryanwrites.com/february-202...

Spiritbox - Soft Spine (Live at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards) YouTube video by kapricun

Not metal: winning a grammy.

Metal as Fuck: Shouting 'YOUR GOD WILL SORT YOU WHEN YOU DIE!" at the grammys.

#spiritbox let's fucking go.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6H2...

brown and black tabby cat with green eyes lying curled on a bed in soft daylight, looking directly at the camera.

Those eyes, Asami.