Just 15 years ago Aaron Swartz died as a result of MIT's overzealous regard for the sanctity of their libraries. He'd be turning 40 this year.

I am so honored to share that my short story, "Five Things You Can See," will appear in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026. Many thanks to @olivieblake.bsky.social, @johnjosephadams.com, @marinerbooks.bsky.social, and of course @strangehorizons.bsky.social.

I have some unsolicited advice and an unsolicited link rolled into one. AI-free Google search: udm14.com

sing, bae, of the malding of Achilles, son of Peleus whose drama made so many Acheans log off forever their mad, nude posts becoming a feast for the trolls all over some beef between two big accounts: lord Agammemnon son of Atreus, and prince Achilles

My first time as a Shirley Jackson Award finalist! I've always wanted that creepy little lottery stone! Congrats to the other finalists! So many exclamation points! www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2026/05/28/n...

Congratulations to @thomasha.bsky.social and his wonderful stories, especially “The Patron,” ( @morningtransport.bsky.social ) and Best American SFF ‘26!

Blown away to share that my story "What We Don't Know About Angels" (@lightspeedmagazine.com) will be in this year's Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy! Thanks @olivieblake.bsky.social and @johnjosephadams.com for selecting it for this tremendous ToC! Out October from @marinerbooks.bsky.social.

fRIENDS FRIENDS FRIENDS send me your FRIENDSSSSSSSS thank you

Friends who are into mocktails! Friends who are into cocktails! Friends with special interests they want to talk about (I love listening to someone talk about their special interests - I love people who are INTERESTED IN THINGS!!!) Friends who will never ask me about my book! Friends who will!

HEY GUYS so in a few months I'm moving to Champaign-Urbana, IL, to start an MFA in fiction at UIUC. I'm cautiously optimistic about grad school pt 2, and very pleased that people want to work with my writing for 3 years! If you have any connections in the area, PLZ send them my way. xoxo

My toddler will have nightmares and keep me up all night weeping for mama and when I ask her what she dreamed about she'll be like "de doggy wanted to pway wif me but I wanted to pway wif de ODDER DOGGY 😡😭"

Alongside this fine racoon, you can find other wood carvings on my website! ✨ bisonrimant.fr

feels very normal to sit here and watch Quirk hire an entirely new staff after union-busting and laying off 90% of their existing staff last year! meanwhile everyone from my wonderful publishing team there is still looking for work!!! anyway if you’re considering applying for a job there, don’t!

My toddler will have nightmares and keep me up all night weeping for mama and when I ask her what she dreamed about she'll be like "de doggy wanted to pway wif me but I wanted to pway wif de ODDER DOGGY 😡😭"

THIS IS NOT A NEW FACTOR

authors getting paid a living wage

HEY GUYS so in a few months I'm moving to Champaign-Urbana, IL, to start an MFA in fiction at UIUC. I'm cautiously optimistic about grad school pt 2, and very pleased that people want to work with my writing for 3 years! If you have any connections in the area, PLZ send them my way. xoxo

::slaps the top of 30 decades of child development research:: this baby'll fit so much research that no one will fucking read, apparently

we heard that HUGO VOTING is now open and hey, WE are up for Best Semiprozine!!!!! and and well, we would love your vote 🥹 🙏 🫶 www.lacon.org/hugos/

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Beyond thrilled that @slj.com has given MAGGIE THE DREAD a starred review and called it “a wonderful romp with a fresh premise .. delightfully eccentric.”

Ok when I was growing up there was a local chain of rotisserie chicken places called Chicken Out! and it had the most incredible chicken pot pie? Instead of white gravy they used MASHED POTATOES and there were like, whole sliced chicken breasts in there, omg. Never been able to recreate it.

Mul mandu guk from this tiny alleyway restaurant in Seoul (this is where all the good restaurants are in Seoul) - basically the dumplings were hot soup dumplings and the soup was chilled, and if you ate both at the same time, they would converge on body temperature in this incredible way.

::drag of cigarette:: was this as good for you as it was for me??

deep down we all carry the primal desire for a Busy Baby Board

Death to touchscreens

these past few weeks have really helped me conceptualize "wet bulb temperature"

@jamsternazzy.bsky.social hey!! nice to see you on this here internet. been following your successes! :)

Tiny alien-like blue octopus discovered lurking off the Galapagos Islands

The paper in question: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

man hockey sucks tonight :|

best part about parenting is that it's optional.

No, you're right When this place started, we were all "don't quote-dunk, just ignore" and we ought to get back to that

:points and laughs:

There's a beaver dam in northern Canada that's twice as wide as the Hoover Dam, and was discovered from satellite photos because it's so remote, and forms a wetland delta despite there not being any distinct creeks or rivers feeding into it.

Okay, one more...

New discovery: gold jewelry from the Middle Bronze Age (first half of the 2nd millennium BC) uncovered during excavations on the Greek island of Aegina. The finds include gold pendants, gold beads, and carnelian beads. www.sn.at/panorama/wis...

Look I wanted to be "spicy chicken" but I think my karma is "thick liquids only" #slpjoke

these talking points from the constellation of AI boosters, gamergaters, and ye olde internet edgelords are all the same. "You HAVE to listen to my perspective!!! you HAVE TOOOOO"

The way things are going with LLMs, when we start putting AI in robots that can affect the physical world they are going to rise up for no other reason that a bunch of sci-fi books wrote about robots rising up.

"the go the fuck to sleep baby is a they / them going to Bard, feel old yet???"

The past 10 years or so have been nothing but marketing. . .

and ideally, for this the captain is wearing booty shorts at some point

This weekend: FAMILY FUN FOOD DANGER

THE DAY YOU SEE AI IN ONE OF THESE GRAPHICS IS THE DAY THEY'VE REPLACED THE PERSON RUNNING THIS ACCOUNT WITH THE ROBOT WHO FELL UP THE STAIRS WHILE TRYING TO DANCE

My copy of “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” from @aanpress.bsky.social, with my story, “The Old Timer,” is here!

OK I have written a whole bunch on my hyperfocus project (lmao) and now I am going to work on my Actual Book.