this is fucking epic, and i do not use that word lightly. holy shit. @sadqueer4life.bsky.social

I am a pretty firm agnostic. But this sermon against Christian nationalism by Christian is pretty amazing. youtu.be/Blph_2RSBno?...

Normal rabies vaccines need 3-5 doses, but Randolph's shots combine multiple doses into a single shot, and each dose is coated in a timed-release sapphire layer. These shots can be stored in a dry powder form and delivered to parts of the world that lack cold-storage capacity.

Then, the candied particles are coated with a nanoscopic layer of sapphire. Sapphire dissolves slowly once injected into a patient, so it protects the vaccine particles for days to weeks, depending on the thickness of the sapphire layer.

In Randolph's method for making the vaccines, the vaccine particles are sprayed with a hard candy-like substance, which entraps and preserves the proteins so they don't degrade at higher temperatures.

Happy (rainy) Tuesday, #Boulder. I've got a new story for you all about a new temperature-stable, single-injection rabies vaccine developed by @colorado.edu researcher Ted Randolph. www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

The first episode of “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” was broadcast on NBC on September 22, 1964. David Mccallum, Robert Vaughn, Leo G. Carroll starred.

Apropos of nothing--Does anyone know if there will be a Murderbot DVD?

On the phone with AppleTV. I've tried to re-set my password, but I'm not getting the link in my email. Support can't: - unlock my account - send a link directly to my email They can only tell me where on their website I can ask for the account to be unlocked.

A genie appeared and told me I could have 3 wishes but warned me there are 3 rules, wishes that can never be granted: 1. No wishing for more wishes 2. No wishing harm on anyone 3. No time travel I wished for Chuck Schumer to be useful. Genie pauses and says: ok actually there are 4 rules.

Dessert mode (wife mode) ACTIVATE: best pie: Lemon Meringue best ice cream: Butter pecan best donut: Red Jelly best bar: Lemon best cake: Chocolate Mousse best other: Strawberry Shortcake Cookie: Warm Chocolate Chip Pudding: Kheer

Two clicks and I'm having a video conference with someone five timezones and thousands of miles away. Normalization of inexpensive grocery delivery (this, and my incredible Specialty Pharmacy that delivers is saving my executive function!) Thousands of books in my pocket along with pocket friends.

Dessert mode ACTIVATE: best pie: Coconut Custard best ice cream: Peppermint Candy with fudge sauce best donut: Chocolate Éclair best bar: Lemon best cake: Chocolate Mousse best other: Raspberry Fyrstekake - Norwegian version of a Bakewell Tart

This essay is so about what I'm always wrestling with. Terrific piece about paralysis in the face of serious art and the long, vital lineage of the Little Guy. Really really recommend. stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...

New Release: Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven by Heather Rose Jones “...I will not go away and become dead again. I will not give up my skin. But I will not turn away from you. I could not bear to leave you. Give me different choices.” @heatherrosejones thelesbianreview.com/skin-singer-...

👇 This thread omg

This Murderbot + Witch King and more Humble Bundle from @torbooks.bsky.social has raised nearly $80,000 for @wck.org World Central Kitchen -- Can we get that up higher before time runs out? #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast’s September “On the Shelf” episode is out, with new sapphic/lesbian historical releases, news of the blog, and an interview with Cathy Pegau. alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...

Here comes the storm! Horizontal rain and distant thunder rumbles.

Very cheesy biscuits and gravy for breakfast today.

One of the problems of short fiction is *finding* it. There's so much out there, it's hard to know how to find what you'll like. Enter InkFoundry. There are so many ways to search! Search by venue (Small Wonders, for example), by author, by tags... or have the site surprise you ! inkfoundry.net

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A statement from Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford regarding the #HugoAwards Ceremony: docs.google.com/document/d/1... A message from Kathy Bond, the Chair of the Seattle #Worldcon regarding the Hugo Award ceremony: seattlein2025.org/2025/09/02/m...

And the whole point of having a god embodied on earth is that they are down there, on earth, being human! Which means dirt and blood and piss and a host of other bodily fluids. That’s why you HAVE a god like that in the first place.

The places where you actually NEED grace are filthy and bloody and despairing. Grace is the last cigarette shared in the gutter, the hand of the dying being held by the stranger, the kindness done by the broken.

Grace is a thing that happens in the world. It is not confined to churches, and I suspect you find it more often outside them. It is not a pale bloodless thing wrapped up in incense and white altar cloths.

Okay. 38 years ago, an artist named Andres Serrano produced a work of art titled (then) “Immersion.” It was not, as many people who never saw it believe, a sculpture. It was a photograph, one of a series.

Oh god, someone on a thread invoked “Light of the World” aka the Piss Christ and I am really tired and just got off a plane but my impassioned screed on it was on Twitter and as some of you know, I have FEELINGS ON THIS TOPIC.

The Nomination statistics and Long List for the #HugoAwards are up on Seattle's web site. See the links on the right here: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw...

Our library delivers to our apartment building! We check out books and DVDs every month.

One ring to rule them all.

Looks like @tkingfisher.com 's horror books The Twisted Ones and The Hollow Places are on sale for $2 at Amazon. Highly recommend if you want something spooky.

Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Wow. The #HugoAwards ceremony was even worse than I thought. corabuhlert.com/2025/08/18/s... That's very disappointing and is so disrespectful of the Finalists. Not to mention it negates a lot of very hard work by the Hugo Awards team--both current and emeritus. #Worldcon

The Hugo Awards Admins did a video when they announced the Finalists. Names of people and works were correct. Showing that video at the rehearsal would have taken 22.5 minutes. Or the Hugo Ceremony people could have asked presenters to watch it ahead of time. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

This is my thread of Worldcon stuff for Seattle 2025. I'm attending virtually. I tidied my desk, but it was a bit too dark for a photo (I'll sort that later). I'll put panel notes and other thoughts here. Hoping to see a lot of the space stuff! #WorldCon #SeattleWorldcon2025

#HugoAwards winners and nomination and voting statistics! seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw... #Worldcon

So far there are nine reports of Covid at #Worldcon on the self-reporting Discord channel. Much better than the ~100 last year. I know of several people who tested positive and didn't show up at all. Thank you for that. It must have been such a disappointment.

That's the end of the #HugoAwards! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS! And to all the Finalists! Good night, folks (or early morning for me.)

Best Novel The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey, Hodderscape UK) #HugoAwards

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido) (Remember for next year, every book eligible for a Lodestar is *also* eligible for a Hugo Award--thus ends the ULTRAEDITORIAL.) #Hugowards #LodestarAward

Best Novella The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler (Tordotcom) #HugoAwards

Best Novelette “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer (Asimov’s, September/October 2024) #HugoAwards

Best Short Story “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 57) #HugoAwards

Best Poem “A War of Words” by Marie Brennan (Strange Horizons, September 2024) (Brandon O’Brien, the Con's Poet Laureate who presented this award, wrote a poem just for this based on all the Finalists.) #HugoAwards