This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"

When people ask how our forebears managed to get by without all these modern pills and injections and doctor visits my fave response is "They died, Becky! Most of them just DIED!"

FWIW: Mention books you like or you think others might like. You never know what'll happen: I saw The Sad Bastard Cookbook here so I mentioned it on Masto (in a "in case you need this" sense). It kinda went viral (1K shares). It jumped to a high ranking on Amazon and then they got media attention.

This T4T story is one of the best I've ever read... Stop scrolling and READ IT NOW!

I know of nothing better than @prisonculture.bsky.social’s living document linked below. (I’ve also been working on and off on a “how to fight fascism when you can’t leave your house” list (with sub-sections for whether you can or can’t speak on the phone) but it’s very much a work in progress.)

This is a wonderful piece. I am also a pen and ink (though haphazard and often inscrutable) diarist. Anyone else?

I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

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22 ghost stories for $4? And they're dark and scary?? And the anthology won a Shirley Jackson Award??? You better believe it! www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/why-...

On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

As we approach the end of the year, it's a great time to record things you love! Not just for the Hugo Awards, but in general. The rec sheet is a handy resource for nomination, but also at its heart a rec resource in a loud, busy media environment.

Check out that line up! Wicked excited to have a story in the latest issue of @3lobedmag.com!!! My story is available on the 18th, but you can read the first 3 stories right now :)

Shopping for gifts? Don't forget we have both Ulla Thynell's Faraway Dreaming and their 2026 calendar available! 💜

NEW: Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn ruling that legalized gay marriage: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

I have a book launch today, and because I like making lists of books and talking about other people's books, here are some OTHER book launches now and coming up! Threading~ 📚😍📚

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a blood-curdling 55% off in the Steam Halloween sale! A perfect time to play our folk horror adventure game inspired by movies such as The Wicker Man & the works of M.R. James, with a little pinch of Twin Peaks and Lovecraft. store.steampowered.com/app/1182310/...

Strange Horizons will be open to fiction submissions from Indigenous authors only on November 3rd at 9am UTC! The window will close after 500 submissions are received. More information: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no... If you sent us a story in April or June, you CANNOT submit in this window.

maybe the author hasn't met women who are into SF because they're avoiding him 🤷

All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!

UFO10 submission window will take place on Dec 5 - 12. We're paying 12 cents per word for original fiction (no reprints.) Guidelines are up: alexshvartsman.com/ufo-unidenti...

Have you read my story "Dybbuk-Draw" over at Kaleidotrope?

This is HUGE! Please share so people with ME/CFS can learn about this incredible medical breakthrough!! It not only helps develop a diagnostic test, but also points to immune and inflammatory changes to aid future treatments. After 80+ years of no treatment, there’s some hope, finally!!

new blog post over at Swordfights and Spaceflights, with excerpts available here! swordfightsandspaceflights.com/2025/10/01/p...

Small farmers are more squeezed than ever. A California grant program offers a lifeline. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Food #Agriculture #Farms #CA #California #Farming

Initiating death roll

HAPPY APEX DAAAAAY! Support short fiction! Support a wonderful magazine! Let’s get Apex funded!

looks like 32 Chunk might take this one after fighting through a jaw injury--go Chunk go!

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep: 1. Jurassic Park and women/femininity 2. metaphors + imagery as heuristics with real-world consequences 3. imagining the Best Ghost for any given location

We love Neon Hemlock in this house. Sharpen thy quills, friends.

Thanks, I love it.

🎵 it's the most wonderful time of the bear 🎶 explore.org/fat-bear-week

holy shit a cure for HIV at $40 per patient

if anyone needs petsitting for the rapture just let me know

turned in the copy edits for the novella 🥳 haunted dollhouses incoming! many thanks to @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social for fixing the errors with my compound adjectives haha

A major perk of being a science illustrator is constantly learning new things. I recently got to delve into the world of North American mastodons while creating this editorial illo to accompany new research from @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social Ancient DNA Centre. 1/2 #SciArt #paleoart #illustration

I am SO delighted they had me make these dancing anniversary skeletons ❥ I colored one in, i'll post it

Thanks for the well wishes. Last one for pub day. Drove to Vroman's to see this on the shelf. Used to hang out here w/my daughter when she was a baby. Older folks would smile at us because she was a cherub and I was a sleepless, unshaven, food-stained wreck. Now I'm a wreck with a book. What a trip.

Try taking the COVID competency exam yourself, and share it around! Great way to bust myths (and the person who wrote it is an epidemiologist, and well-informed, so it really does). seanmullen.com/covidcompete...

Attention, sophonts! We've finished changing the locks and Escape Pod is now OPEN to all your amazing, amazing submissions! Consult our submissions page if you want to refresh your minds on what we're looking for - ignore that "CLOSED" bit at the top - and we hope to see rad work from you all!

Since it’s up on the @locusmag.bsky.social site now, I do wanna shout out this review of ‘Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity’ by @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social—what a joy it was to see the anthology described thusly 🥹🥹 locusmag.com/review/ampli...

MEDLAR KLAXON also toadstools, Ane Moth, a beetle that looks like it’s hauling beetle-butt out of frame, a striped snail, and signature grapes — by Rachel Ruysch.

No tricks. Just a treat. Surprise flash contest! Full info, including submission dates and rules (including word count) @ talestoterrify.com/flashcontest