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Greg van Eekhout
20 days ago
Spend five minutes watching a tree and your day will be better.
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Pretty sure many of our problems in the US be traced to the fact that we donât take the elves into consideration. Before any more data centers are built, we should ask, what would the elves want?
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20 days ago
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Guy Gavriel Kay
27 days ago
âShe wants to be flowers but they keep making her owls.â
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S. J. Tucker, Song Shaper
about 1 month ago
My first online solo show of the year is next Saturday May 9! Plz get your ticket & join me at the link- just $5 to help me keep the lights on between festivals + 48 hours to watch/rewatch if u canât be there at showtime + gift song download from me
#MusicSky
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Music, Magic, May from S. J. Tucker
Live Stream from S. J. Tucker.
https://sjtucker.bandcamp.com/merch/music-magic-may
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Rabih Alameddine
7 months ago
Joseph Decker. Green Plums, ca. 1885
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a skylit ocean
about 1 month ago
a handmade embroidery artwork titled "Manually embroidered cats" created by artist @ladyserebrennikova.
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Tatiana Fajardo
about 1 month ago
Marjorie Miller, 'Queen of the Night,'1931
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Same to you, Mari! :)
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about 1 month ago
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Likewise. :)
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I'm thrilled that my poem "How to Become a Sea Witch," published in The Orange & Bee, is a finalist for a Hugo Award. đ If you'd like to read it (and maybe vote for it, if you're a Hugo voter!), you can read it here:
theorangebee.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...
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How to become a sea witch
Issue five: poem by Theodora Goss
https://theorangebee.substack.com/p/how-to-become-a-sea-witch
about 1 month ago
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Tom Gauld
about 1 month ago
my latest books cartoon for
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Fantasy-Faction
about 1 month ago
Today
@kitvaria.bsky.social
reviews
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's European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman! -JI "Mixing reimagined monsters, found family warmth, and darker historical realities into a story that is still full of charm and heart."
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Beautiful. :)
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about 2 months ago
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I'm very happy to have a short story, "The Woman Who Stole Flowers," in the most recent issue of Ucanny Magazine. :) You can read or listen to it here:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
(The image is KĂĄroly Kert in Budapest, where some of the story takes place.)
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New blog post. :) "In marble, Hosmer seems to be carving her own history, her own mythology â she is creating her own ancestresses, or perhaps all of ours."
theodoragoss.com/2026/04/11/f...
about 2 months ago
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Neil Ottenstein
about 2 months ago
And
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interviews
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in
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
podcast 69B where we hear the shocking origin of the story. :)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...
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Uncanny Magazine Podcast 69B - Uncanny Magazine
Welcome to Episode 69B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 69B you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: âThe Woman Who Stole Flowersâ by Theodora Goss, as read by Erika Ensign Poem: âThe Truth About Wolvesâ by Marissa Lingen, as read by Matt Peters Interview: Michael Damian Thomas interviews Theodora Goss This podcast was produced [âŠ]
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/uncanny-magazine-podcast-69b/
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Neil Ottenstein
about 2 months ago
Listened to
@theodoragoss.bsky.social
's "The Woman Who Stole Flowers" from
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69 today. A wonderful quirky story with some possible mythological answers.
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The Woman Who Stole Flowers - Uncanny Magazine
She just tore it right up out of the planter. It was not a violent tearing. The soil was loose enough to release the plant, some of it coming up with the roots so that as she held the green clumpâsome sort of hosta in bloom, with its purple trumpets waving on green stalks above [âŠ]
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-woman-who-stole-flowers/
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Another poem for April. :) It was spring. All the birds were building their nests and I had no nest.
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Spring Poem
Spring Poem by Theodora Goss It was spring. All the birds were building their nests and I had no nest. They were settling down and finding a place to rest and I had no place to rest, or to lay my hâŠ
https://theodoragosspoems.com/2022/08/05/spring-poem/
about 2 months ago
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Uncanny Magazine
about 2 months ago
New Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 69B features âThe Woman Who Stole Flowersâ by Theodora Goss, as read by Erika Ensign; âThe Truth About Wolvesâ by Marissa Lingen, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Theodora Goss!
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Lavie Tidhar
about 2 months ago
It's the 2026 giant World SF bundle! 15 books for $30! With
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Poem for today: Once upon a time, you knew the language of birds. Donât you remember?
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The Language of Birds
The Language of Birds by Theodora Goss Once upon a time, you knew the language of birds. Donât you remember? They spoke to you in the morning and in the evening, and you could respond in their own âŠ
https://theodoragosspoems.com/2024/10/31/the-language-of-birds/
about 2 months ago
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY
about 2 months ago
Great visual reminder that despite all the noise and chaos, we're all in this together. All on this earth living our fragile interconnected lives. And we have to keep finding better ways to coexist, as hard as it may seem sometimes.
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Katie Mack
about 2 months ago
More context on this
#Artemis
II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: âïžđđđ
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Poem for today. :) and underneath I could see the pale cream buds of what, eventually, would become flowers like bowls of milk
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The Hellebore
The Hellebore by Theodora Goss It was January, and yet the green leaves of the hellebore still stuck out of last yearâs leaf mold, mostly oak and maple, edged with frost (there was frost all âŠ
https://theodoragosspoems.com/2020/02/06/the-hellebore/
about 2 months ago
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Tachyon Publications
about 2 months ago
The 2026 World SF Bundle is now LIVE!
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My April project . . . I will try to post a spring poem every day this month. :) . . . And then I think, would I rather have rabbits or tulips?
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Rabbits or Tulips
Rabbits or Tulips by Theodora Goss I told the tulips that itâs not spring yet, but theyâre not listening to me. Instead, theyâre poking green leaves out of the ground, like the eaâŠ
https://theodoragosspoems.com/2023/02/18/rabbits-or-tulips/
about 2 months ago
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Elliott Blackwell
2 months ago
Henri Matisse
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New blog post: Small Moments of Joy This morning I woke up, opened the back door to breath in some (very cold) fresh air. On the fence was sitting a robin, with brown feathers on its back and a plump red chest, singing. There it was, joy!
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Small Moments of Joy
To be honest, I have not been feeling much joy lately. Iâve been sick for about two weeks. Over the spring break, I went to London and Bath, and I think I picked up something â I came bâŠ
https://theodoragoss.com/2026/03/29/small-moments-of-joy/
2 months ago
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Dear lovely folks, this is quick reminder that I'll be doing a reading and Q&A session for The Pixel Project TONIGHT at 8:30 pm Eastern Time. Here is the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pOV...
2 months ago
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I'll be doing a live reading and Q&A for The Pixel Project TOMORROW, March 27th, at 8:30 Eastern Time. Here is the YouTube link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pOV...
Come join me for this conversation and support a good cause! :) Also please share!!!
2 months ago
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Tachyon Publications
2 months ago
The 2026 World SF Bundle is now LIVE!
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15 books from the likes of
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@theodoragoss.bsky.social
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For
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2. PELLARGONIA Since we focused on Borges last week, I had you read a story from
@theodoragoss.bsky.social
that has heavy Borges influences â "Pellargonia: A Letter to the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology." 53/
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Chuck Wendig
2 months ago
Went ahead and talked about AI in writing and publishing (aka, that Shy Girl shit), and the perhaps unseen perniciousness of how AI can utterly fuck up the fidelity of our information environment --
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Shy Girl, AI In Writing, And A New Perniciousness
I wanna talk about Cameronâs The Terminator and Carpenterâs The Thing, but first, letâs get it out of the way â If you know anything at all about me in this Current Era, it âŠ
https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2026/03/20/shy-girl-ai-in-writing-and-a-new-perniciousness/
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Wil McMillen
2 months ago
So wonderful to find a fun and exciting book that you can just rip through and
@theodoragoss.bsky.social
The Strange Case Of The Alchemist's Daughter is it! So much fun to read! Can't wait to read European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman next!
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New poem. :) Lucy Strange went up to town wearing a raincoat over her nightgown, carrying a lantern, leading a goat â
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Lucy Strange
Lucy Strange by Theodora Goss Lucy Strange went up to town wearing a raincoat over her nightgown, carrying a lantern, leading a goat â she went first by train and then by boat. She put the laâŠ
https://theodoragosspoems.com/2026/03/12/lucy-strange/
3 months ago
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Summer Brennan
3 months ago
The two best things to do when you are sad: Learn something. Make yourself of use.
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New poem. :) The cries of the wild geese are spring, are returning warmth and growth and light . . .
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Wild Geese
Wild Geese by Theodora Goss The cries of the wild geese are spring, are returning warmth and growth and light, are the promise of apples ripening on the branch and crickets singing in the summer niâŠ
https://theodoragosspoems.com/2026/03/08/wild-geese/
3 months ago
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I'm delighted that "How to Become a Sea Witch"is on the Rhysling Award longlist. In case you need instructions on becoming a sea witch, you can read it here:
theorangebee.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...
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How to become a sea witch
Issue five: poem by Theodora Goss
https://theorangebee.substack.com/p/how-to-become-a-sea-witch
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Alex Turnbull
3 months ago
The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...
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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky
In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operationsâŠ
https://darksky.org/news/two-satellite-proposals-threaten-the-night-sky-the-window-to-act-is-now/
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Holly Lyn Walrath
3 months ago
Working on my Ekphrastic workshop and came across this fantastic post by
@theodoragoss.bsky.social
â...the best way to avoid clichĂ©s is to observe closely, to see things as they are instead of as people say they are. To see what actually is.â
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Writing Lesson: Observation
I thought it might be interesting to put down some of the things Iâve learned from teaching writing. From writing too, of course, but I find that when I teach writing, I tend to make certainâŠ
https://theodoragoss.com/2014/12/29/writing-lesson-observation/
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New blog post: "Itâs hard living in bodies, isnât it?"
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My Eye/My I
Two weeks ago, I went to the symphony with our teaching team â four faculty members and seventy-two students. We heard a modern piece, which happened to be a very good modern piece â I&âŠ
https://theodoragoss.com/2026/02/22/my-eye-my-i/
3 months ago
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Mark Hurst
3 months ago
Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents"
fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...
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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations âscrewed upâ giving students access to so much technology: âI genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.â
https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/
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New poem. What drives dictators? I suspect it's always the fear of mortality.
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The Dictator Fears Death
The Dictator Fears Death by Theodora Goss He tried to put his name on bridges, tunnels, terminals, in gilded letters carved into the stone of monuments, insisted he alone could build the country, câŠ
https://theodoragosspoems.com/2026/02/12/the-dictator-fears-death/
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Puddleglum forever.
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Victor Von Doomscroll
4 months ago
i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
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New poem, in the lovely Uncanny Magazine. :) The parsley girl is trickier than you think . . .
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The Parsley Girl - Uncanny Magazine
I. The parsley girl is trickier than you think. Wouldnât you be, if your own mother sold you to a witch for a bundle of parsley? Winter had come and she was craving anything green, would have eaten gr...
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-parsley-girl/
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Neil Ottenstein
4 months ago
In addition I need to call out "The Parsley Girl" by
@theodoragoss.bsky.social
- the poem in
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
podcast 68B. A really fun story about fairy tales and witches. I had not read the original Persinette fairy tale from 1698.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
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The Parsley Girl - Uncanny Magazine
I. The parsley girl is trickier than you think. Wouldnât you be, if your own mother sold you to a witch for a bundle of parsley? Winter had come and she was craving anything green, would have eaten gr...
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-parsley-girl/
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Elliott Blackwell
4 months ago
I love that Walt Whitman had this cardboard butterfly as something he kept as a treasured possession with his journals.
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I'm absolutely thrilled that my collection Letters from an Imaginary Country, published by the wonderful Tachyon Publications, is on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List. :)
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
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2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List⊠We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus reâŠ
https://locusmag.com/2026/02/2025-recommended-reading/
4 months ago
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Finally, a new blog post:
theodoragoss.com/2026/02/01/h...
"The problem, as I see it, is that the emphasis on AI and AGI seems to be replacing our focus on HI and HGI â on human intelligence."
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Human General Intelligence
At the beginning of the semester, I asked my students, all of whom are freshmen, how many of them had been told in high school not to use AI. Some hands went up. I asked how many of them had been tâŠ
https://theodoragoss.com/2026/02/01/human-general-intelligence/
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