Congrats to all the Hugo Finalists today and shoutout to the Hugo voters who took the time to vote on poems! It’s a special Hugo this year but the poetry community deserves having it be a permanent Hugo!

If you like to get your updates directly here, this is the start of the finalists thread. The press release version is here: www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/

You can follow all the finalists (or at least all the ones who have Bsky accounts) for the 2026 Hugo Awards right here with this starter pack. go.bsky.app/mR4XaC

Fabulous news, Space Unicorns! "Five Uncanny Stories, Two Uncanny Poems, Uncanny Magazine, and Michael Damian Thomas Are 2026 Hugo Award Finalists!" buff.ly/1K10weZ

Congratulations to Scott Lynch! “Kaiju Agonistes” is a finalist for the Best Novelette Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/KkAlCLD

Congratulations to J.R. Dawson! “Six People to Revise You” is a finalist for the Best Short Story Hugo Award! You can read it here! buff.ly/hbwq504

Ahh, my poem is a Hugo Finalist!!!!!!!!!!! 😱 Thank you to everyone who read “The Mourning Robot” and to @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for giving it a home! Huge congrats to all the nominees! Honored to be sharing this wonderful ballot with so many writers I adore 🙏

happy Orban lost and the Pope is weak on crime day to all who celebrate, this could be a top 10 social media day because the night is still young

Woooeee every time I get on here —- it’s the content I didn’t even know I came on here for, shows itself!

If you yearn for something positive to do, today is also National Black Bookstore Day! The National Association of Black Bookstores has a directory so you can find a Black-owned bookstore near you! Buy a book, help a community, do something good for the world. #booksky #romancelandia

Hi all, its your friendly neighborhood retired therapist here to remind you that the horrors persist and so do we! Have you: -had a glass of water or something liquid that is not caffeinated recently? -used any calming or grounding techniques you like? -eaten a food? If not, do that now. 💜

called my rep and then like five minutes later he posted basically what I told him so I've decided it was my call that really pushed him over the edge. this is the power of Phone Call

Donald Trump threatening the destruction of an entire civilization is madness. He is completely unfit to serve as President of the United States. Invoke the 25th Amendment. Or Republicans must stand up with us to impeach him. We cannot allow him to set fire to the world.

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Hmmmm … yes I know I selected this one but dang the timing of pub day :p

New Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 69B features “The Woman Who Stole Flowers” by Theodora Goss, as read by Erika Ensign; “The Truth About Wolves” by Marissa Lingen, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Theodora Goss! buff.ly/tPXub21

If anyone’s wondering how my day is going… I ended up escorting them across four lanes of traffic as college students filmed me. Can’t wait for the video to end up on TikTok 🤣💀

I mean there it is.

This is your reminder that if you are a class member and have NOT yet filed a claim in Anthropic v. Bartz, the AI copyright lawsuit, you have 9 days to do so.

Since we are in last bit of Hugo nom period... and poems are a category.. “Futakuchi Onna Speaks of the Kamaitachi” – Nightmare Magazine (www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/futak...) “The landscape of your heartbeats, more than 1,000 beats per minute” – The Margins (aaww.org/the-landscap...)

Hard to overstate how bad this is. This would be *national legislation to aid book banning*. The time to call your reps and say you are against HR 7661 is NOW.

Terrified of the nationwide book ban, please call your reps. This website makes it easy and gives you all the resources you need. I love you. 5calls.org/issue/federa...

Hey folks, author extraordinaire Piper Drake needs your help and support to finish her novel. Even if you can't donate, could you please help spread the word? Also? F&*K CANCER! www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho...

*Absolutely* read the magazine's GLs. Last year, 15% (!!) of subs to BCS did not follow the GLs. Not little things like SMF but some major thing that meant we were not able to consider those subs unless they were resubbed following the GLs. Don't be that person.

Final front door/possibly entire facade fix/replacement quote happening tomorrow afternoon. Someone hold our hands, we're so frickin anxious about the final price tag on this break-in. 😰🫣 All for a measly little safe with under $200 inside. Ugh.

So honoured by this! Huge congratulations to my fellow Novella finalists @renanbernardo.com, @jordankurella.com, @annaleen.bsky.social, @hachepueyo.bsky.social, & @wtalabi.com! As well as the finalists in all the other categories!

i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this

When beans are criminalized, only criminals will grow beans. *adjusts pole*

If you have information on what Solly and other DOGE members were working on at SSA, please reach out. You can remain anonymous. Contact me via Signal using a non-work device: makenakelly.32 www.wired.com/story/john-s...

Now that the Shahed drone threat has arrived in the Middle East, the U.S. and Arab allies have formally requested Ukraine's help. https://to.pbs.org/46Z83Wi

You do not need the robots to creatively prompt you! Just try to take the most violent bite of yourself possible. Try to swallow yourself whole

"i think he bought the wrong size"

Just got @dim0kq.bsky.social ’s signed memoir, Ordinary Guy at War … will read more deeply on the train this weekend, but since I deleted my X acct, good to have this history in print. History of his charity @dzygaspaw.com and how Dzyga came to be named, included!

THIS. This is why representation matters 💜

So anyway, I hope during GDC week in March you participate in #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! It's been a tough year, and we deserve some joy and a bright spark for our industry. Also, to make it easier, we have a feed on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/drjc...

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

I need to go eat dinner but KB‘s thread Is eternal

Thank you @algreen.house.gov for your good trouble.

President Trump just said, “We lifted 2.4 million Americans off of food stamps.” A reminder of what happened to those 2.4 million Americans:

”Stay angry little Meg. You will need all your shitposting tonight!” — A Wrinkle in Time, bluesky version

Also, if you don't want my simple country shitposter nonsense, these people are doing some excellent highfalutin' nonsense for good causes!

ACLU MN reported yesterday that the federal government filed sworn statements that there are 970 agents in Minnesota for Operation Metro Surge & that 407 agents will remain here in March. It’s important to note this is on top of the 190 agents that were already assigned before this surge started.

The Uncanny Issue 69 Proof is with the contributors. @montelin.bsky.social, @archistratego.bsky.social, @hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy, @betsyaoki.bsky.social, @legopolis.bsky.social, @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social, & @mrmightyink.bsky.social are still the GREATEST STAFF IN THE UNIVERSE!!

Ok I saw this thanks to @rimrunner.bsky.social and you need this. Esp. If you recognize Southgate Roller Rink. Even if you don’t. Even if you don’t know this band. I didn’t. ( @catacalypto.bsky.social hope this repays other cool vids you have shared) m.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKj...

As the Hugos have opened up, I will mention ( then scurry back to weekend shenanigans and chores)…

New US edition of Dominion of the Fallen! Deliciously gothic atmosphere & queer characters from around the world in a ruined Paris Out March 10 2026 awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h... Preorder (or buy UK edition) & get EXCLUSIVE ebook www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d... Covers @fringe-element.net

ICYMI, I'm at 79% of my goal, and I'd appreciate any donation, no matter how small. Please keep sharing. I'm planning to have a small giveaway as a token of my appreciation, and anyone who donated since the start of Feb will be eligible. Details to come soon! Watch this space.

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

@catacalypto.bsky.social thank you for reposting the ice car thing. I feel it embodies my state of mind rn. :)

Amidst the mayhem, gotta poemm. See the LACon's info on Special Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2026 www.lacon.org/2025/12/01/p...