Anj Baker
@anjbaker.bsky.social
They/them from Appalachia now in suburban Illinois. Clarion 2024. First reader at Fusion Fragment. Writer--supposedly. anjbaker.neocities.org
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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Murderbot is checking the perimeter. Ilya and Shane are going to the cottage. Even in the darkest times, our imaginations create places for love and safety.
December 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Murderbot is checking the perimeter. Ilya and Shane are going to the cottage. Even in the darkest times, our imaginations create places for love and safety.
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"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
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It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
Ayeeee dat's me!
Grapple with the reality of your mortal flesh alongside today's issue 04 spotlight by @anjbaker.bsky.social
READ THE ISSUE: bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
SUBMIT TO ISSUE 05: bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
READ THE ISSUE: bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
SUBMIT TO ISSUE 05: bleatingthingmagazine.com/submit.html
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Ayeeee dat's me!
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
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The numbers tell the story.
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The numbers tell the story.
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!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
Featuring: (see reply)
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
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November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
Featuring: (see reply)
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
Featuring: (see reply)
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a very strange and beautiful issue full of strange and beautiful work!! 🐑
!! ISSUE 04 IS LIVE NOW !! Online or in print
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
Featuring: (see reply)
bleatingthingmagazine.com/current.html
Featuring: (see reply)
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
a very strange and beautiful issue full of strange and beautiful work!! 🐑
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WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
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My dad sent me this
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My dad sent me this
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"I Contain Multitudes"
This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.
The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.
The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"I Contain Multitudes"
This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.
The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today.
The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)
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Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect
September 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect
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need something fun to read, might i suggest my story "the skull" from last month's issue of swords & sorcery magazine?
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/
The Skull – Swords & Sorcery Magazine
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
need something fun to read, might i suggest my story "the skull" from last month's issue of swords & sorcery magazine?
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/
swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/
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The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
September 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
Thank you for sharing, FF 😭🥲
FFer Read (Listen?) of the Day: "Sit Up with Your Dead" by @anjbaker.bsky.social on @thenosleeppodcast.bsky.social
www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s22...
www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s22...
NoSleep Podcast S22E18 - The NoSleep Podcast
It's Episode 18 of Season 22. The voices are calling with tales of teenage terrors. "Hairpuller" written by Gloomara (Story starts around 00:03:15) Produced by: Phil Michalski Cast: Narrator - Mike De...
www.thenosleeppodcast.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thank you for sharing, FF 😭🥲
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I implore folks to learn what necro-politics is, because that's where the global far-right is at ideologically about now.
These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most.
(I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)
These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most.
(I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I implore folks to learn what necro-politics is, because that's where the global far-right is at ideologically about now.
These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most.
(I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)
These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most.
(I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
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Another great short SFF reading list for you--this one contains some recent work by FFer @sydneyficant137.bsky.social!
My latest Short Fiction Treasures column at @strangehorizons.bsky.social !
Here's Maria Haskins' @mariahaskins.com "Short Fiction Treasures: Quarterly Short Fiction Roundup" in this week's issue!
July 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Another great short SFF reading list for you--this one contains some recent work by FFer @sydneyficant137.bsky.social!
Help, I can't keep my guinea pig away from Clarice Lispector and Anaïs Nin!
July 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Help, I can't keep my guinea pig away from Clarice Lispector and Anaïs Nin!
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[ascends to mountain peak, sits in profound contemplation until sunset, rises to feet and cups hands at mouth to shout as the red-yellow circle of the sun gathers its terminal intensity and prepares to vanish into the horizon]
SAME
SAME
Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
July 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
[ascends to mountain peak, sits in profound contemplation until sunset, rises to feet and cups hands at mouth to shout as the red-yellow circle of the sun gathers its terminal intensity and prepares to vanish into the horizon]
SAME
SAME
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When the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reaches 725 Backers, we will publish an exclusive mini-interview with solicited short story writer Sam J. Miller! buff.ly/JkF7S7F
July 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
When the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reaches 725 Backers, we will publish an exclusive mini-interview with solicited short story writer Sam J. Miller! buff.ly/JkF7S7F