Never trust plants. botany.one/2025/10/bait...

Vetnamese mossy tree frog Theloderma corticale

Liquid Sand/Arena Líquida marks a major moment for Mexican poetry in translation, the first substantial bilingual selection of work by Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélez, translated by Sue Burke and Christian Law-Palacín. @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation

But you knew this. www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guide...

My translation of the short story “Trees at Night” by Ramiro Sanchiz is at Clarkesworld Magazine. A hospital librarian befriends a young patient. They’re not on Earth, but they don’t know where they are or when. clarkesworldmagazine.com/sanchiz_11_25/

What truth and art can do. writerunboxed.com/2025/10/31/l...

Just as the panda became a symbol for wildlife conservation, monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation, a reminder that biodiversity isn’t only about animals. theconversation.com/famous-monke...

Halloween is especially scary in Chicago this year. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/h...

Do you trust your houseplants? | Monstrum - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Kw...

Protesting, canvassing, patrolling schools, delivering groceries... are just some of the ways we can help our communities be safer places for everyone in Chicago.

So thematically, narratively, intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally rich. I guess you could call me a @sueburke.bsky.social stan. Some of my favorite sci-fi ever. Big thanks to the person who first recommended these books to me. #JustRead

Carnivorous plants get what they need from meat, not fungus. botany.one/2025/10/carn...

Deep Dish Reading at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at After-Words Bookstore, 23 E. Illinois St., Chicago, organized by the Speculative Literature Foundation. Featuring Devi Bhaduri, Tina Jens, Philip Janowski, Brendan Detzner, Harold Holt, Katherine Ervin, Winifred Burton, and Sue Burke.

Satire ... until it isn't. replacement.ai

Trade paperback available today! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Cockroaches pollinate this parasite -- proof that the world is weird. botany.one/2025/10/ecce...

🤖 "You don't want a #translation that makes a good guess - which is really all you get from AI - when your money or your life is on the line. You want a #translation that understands the nuances that vary between the languages" feat. @andybenzo.bsky.social cnet.com/tech/service... via @cnet.com

North Side Business Owners Stand Together on Vimeo. Stand up to ICE. vimeo.com/1127301974

This is useful - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Bright wings don't fit into dull environments, and all our lives get more drab. | Butterflies | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I’ll be one of the readers at this month’s Gumbo Fiction Salon, 7 p.m. Monday, October 13, upstairs at the Galway Arms Irish Bar and Restaurant, 2442 N. Clark Street, Chicago. Free Admission. This edition is a special goodbye to Tina Jens, founder of the event, who is moving to New Orleans.

More on #Anthropic: @sfwa.bsky.social has created a special section of the SFWA website devoted to the settlement, with a FAQ, links to resources, & a survey for authors impacted by Anthropic's illegal downloads. Will be regularly updated www.sfwa.org/anthropic-faq/

I can't get over how smart and humane (maybe not the right word due to many characters being nonhuman) this series by @sueburke.bsky.social is. Beautiful stuff. #JustRead

Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of climate change misinformation. Are you surprised? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Tsundoku is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in a home without reading them.There's a word for what I do! - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundok...

Poetry open mic 8 p.m. Friday, September 26, at Esquina, 4602 N. Western Ave., Chicago. I’ll be there.

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

They're saying, "I got your back." EL PAÍS English english.elpais.com/science-tech...

It happens every year. It's always glorious. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15482...

Feral honeybees outcompete native bees. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We went to the library! It's been way too long since I last browsed the stacks and checked out a physical book. What fun! (I have to finish the other @sueburke.bsky.social book I'm reading before I start this one)

What this research also showed is that butterflies aren't afraid of ants. botany.one/2025/09/when...

Small acts of resistance.

Plants move, sometimes on their own power, sometimes empowered by humans. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...

Guerilla gardening! blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/17/l...

You might think you know, but there's a lot you probably never thought of. mythcreants.com/blog/creatin...

This is a good discussion of moral issues regarding food in science fiction, but only about eating animals. Eating plants is assumed to be okay. vector-bsfa.com/2025/09/12/t...

New ECO24 blurb from the fantastic @sueburke.bsky.social! 🖤👽 Want to snag this natural wonder of a book? Preorder ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction and get 30% OFF HERE: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco... 🌿🍄💸

There is an English translation by @sueburke.bsky.social of AMADIS OF GAUL. She was serializing it online at one point: amadisofgaul.blogspot.com More background at her website: sueburke.site/articles/fro...

Usurpation @sueburke.bsky.social Conclusion to the excellent Semiosis trilogy examining first contact with a plant-based intelligence. The writing and themes are brilliantly delivered, managing an optimistic tone without ignoring the darker sides of humanity and nature. Highly recommended

It's complicated. The Endangered Species List has successes, failures, and possibilities. Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...

Experiments with abiotic chemical gardens blur the boundary between nonliving chemistry and systems with lifelike properties. This work suggests that life may be best understood as an emerging process rather than a fixed state. www.seti.org/news/can-we-...

The magic is happening underground. botany.one/2025/08/grac...

"Productive stupidity means being ignorant by choice. Focusing on important questions puts us in the awkward position of being ignorant." journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Orchid seeds and I have something in common, I just found out: We both eat fungus. botany.one/2025/08/the-...

Last Fridays Poetry, August 29, 8 p.m., at Esquina Event Space, 4602 N. Western Ave., Chicago (corner of Western and Wilson Avenues). This is a small, very supportive event, and you’re welcome to come and enjoy or to read, even if you’ve never read in public before.

Also-- Writers, unite! You do not need to be SFWA to be eligible for a lawsuit under the LibGen & PiLiMi Pirated Books Class - but you do need to act soon! Deadline: September 1, 2025. Read more about it here, and spread the word widely: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Weeds (wild plants) make everything better. Let them grow! botany.one/2025/08/a-pa...

Small, very hungry plant. botany.one/2025/08/a-ti...

Fun and educational! The Biology of Plants Coloring Textbook | OER Commons oercommons.org/courses/the-...