Nicole Baugh
@eneffbee.bsky.social
Desert-living inveterate rereader. Drives a spaceship.
As an Arizonan who is often frustrated at his "moderate" positions, I'm pleasantly surprised to see Gallego speak so bluntly about this.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
As an Arizonan who is often frustrated at his "moderate" positions, I'm pleasantly surprised to see Gallego speak so bluntly about this.
Despair, inc's Mistakes, but with Snail.
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Despair, inc's Mistakes, but with Snail.
Excited to see that there are now some (all?) events posted for the Tucson Festival of Books (click on an author's name to see their events.): tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?id=67
There are a lot of great authors coming to Tucson in its loveliest month.
There are a lot of great authors coming to Tucson in its loveliest month.
Tucson Festival of Books | 2026 Festival Presenting Authors (A-Z)
tucsonfestivalofbooks.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Excited to see that there are now some (all?) events posted for the Tucson Festival of Books (click on an author's name to see their events.): tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?id=67
There are a lot of great authors coming to Tucson in its loveliest month.
There are a lot of great authors coming to Tucson in its loveliest month.
Just finished Fever House by @keithrosson.bsky.social , and now I'm itching to read the sequel. Bloody, beautiful language, and great fun to read. Thanks, @richardleis.com for the recommendation!
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Just finished Fever House by @keithrosson.bsky.social , and now I'm itching to read the sequel. Bloody, beautiful language, and great fun to read. Thanks, @richardleis.com for the recommendation!
I loved this book - it was one of my favorite reads from the last year. The characters are well-drawn, the setting feels lived-in, and the story gripped me. Out in the UK today, but available in the US as well.
✨Asunder is out in the UK today!✨
Shortlisted for the Nebula and Locus Awards, it’s a fantasy about a woman hellbent on survival…and the talkative man she accidentally binds to her shadow.*
*She was trying to extort him, one thing led to another.
Shortlisted for the Nebula and Locus Awards, it’s a fantasy about a woman hellbent on survival…and the talkative man she accidentally binds to her shadow.*
*She was trying to extort him, one thing led to another.
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I loved this book - it was one of my favorite reads from the last year. The characters are well-drawn, the setting feels lived-in, and the story gripped me. Out in the UK today, but available in the US as well.
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I'm struck by how the media, especially print media, sticks to enforced neutral language even as it is obviously being gamed by fascists.
We need a wave of 1890s muckracker journalists.
::old timey radio voice:: Horrifying scenes in Minneapolis today as federal agents brutalize the citizenry!
We need a wave of 1890s muckracker journalists.
::old timey radio voice:: Horrifying scenes in Minneapolis today as federal agents brutalize the citizenry!
January 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I'm struck by how the media, especially print media, sticks to enforced neutral language even as it is obviously being gamed by fascists.
We need a wave of 1890s muckracker journalists.
::old timey radio voice:: Horrifying scenes in Minneapolis today as federal agents brutalize the citizenry!
We need a wave of 1890s muckracker journalists.
::old timey radio voice:: Horrifying scenes in Minneapolis today as federal agents brutalize the citizenry!
@hicommander.bsky.social , @asrivkin.bsky.social , equivalent band post yesterday was fun, so back at ya:
C&C
C&C
slightly diminish a game:
Ping
Ping
Slightly diminish a game:
Draft Fantasy
Draft Fantasy
January 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
@hicommander.bsky.social , @asrivkin.bsky.social , equivalent band post yesterday was fun, so back at ya:
C&C
C&C
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Authorities *should* be afraid to escalate.
Authorities *should* hesitate in crucial moments.
Authorities *should* be in more danger than civilians.
If they don't want to be in more danger than civilians, they need to see if the Post Office is hiring.
Authorities *should* hesitate in crucial moments.
Authorities *should* be in more danger than civilians.
If they don't want to be in more danger than civilians, they need to see if the Post Office is hiring.
January 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Authorities *should* be afraid to escalate.
Authorities *should* hesitate in crucial moments.
Authorities *should* be in more danger than civilians.
If they don't want to be in more danger than civilians, they need to see if the Post Office is hiring.
Authorities *should* hesitate in crucial moments.
Authorities *should* be in more danger than civilians.
If they don't want to be in more danger than civilians, they need to see if the Post Office is hiring.
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For the same reason techbros love Iain M Banks: they read badly and understand nothing.
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
www.independent.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:17 AM
For the same reason techbros love Iain M Banks: they read badly and understand nothing.
I mean, maybe. I bet it's just lightcurve analysis.
NASA Discovers Distant Planet With Conditions That Could Sustain Rocks https://theonion.com/nasa-discovers-distant-planet-with-conditions-that-could-sustain-rocks/
January 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I mean, maybe. I bet it's just lightcurve analysis.
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I'll be reading at the event at the end of the month, along with several other horror writers. It has been a rainy, mild winter so far; maybe our words can conjure up some snow for February. ❄️☃️
We have several events scheduled in January 2026, including our chapter meeting, book club, and a cold-themed reading at Beaverton City Library at the end of the month:
oregonhorror.com/news/coming-...
oregonhorror.com/news/coming-...
Coming Up: January 2026 Events & Meetings – HWA Oregon
oregonhorror.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:51 AM
I'll be reading at the event at the end of the month, along with several other horror writers. It has been a rainy, mild winter so far; maybe our words can conjure up some snow for February. ❄️☃️
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My son put it best when he was a young kid: "Cats are great because you get happy every time you encounter them. You turn a corner, and there's a cat there, and it's like there's a cat, and that's great."
I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.
I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.
January 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
My son put it best when he was a young kid: "Cats are great because you get happy every time you encounter them. You turn a corner, and there's a cat there, and it's like there's a cat, and that's great."
I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.
I always think about it whenever I turn a corner and encounter a cat.
Hearing about this (for equivalent planetary science grant programs) was at least 25% of the reason I chose not to get a PhD.
When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Hearing about this (for equivalent planetary science grant programs) was at least 25% of the reason I chose not to get a PhD.
Top 5 favorite reads of 2025, reverse chronological order:
The Works of Vermin, @hironennes.bsky.social
The Locked Tomb trilogy , Tamsyn Muir
White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link
The City in Glass, @nghivo.bsky.social
Asunder, @kerstinhall.bsky.social
The Works of Vermin, @hironennes.bsky.social
The Locked Tomb trilogy , Tamsyn Muir
White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link
The City in Glass, @nghivo.bsky.social
Asunder, @kerstinhall.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Top 5 favorite reads of 2025, reverse chronological order:
The Works of Vermin, @hironennes.bsky.social
The Locked Tomb trilogy , Tamsyn Muir
White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link
The City in Glass, @nghivo.bsky.social
Asunder, @kerstinhall.bsky.social
The Works of Vermin, @hironennes.bsky.social
The Locked Tomb trilogy , Tamsyn Muir
White Cat, Black Dog, Kelly Link
The City in Glass, @nghivo.bsky.social
Asunder, @kerstinhall.bsky.social
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
I don't Instagram, but I suspect he's right.
Stop whatever the fuck you’re doing. I just found the best Instagram account of all time.
www.instagram.com/catsandmetal...
www.instagram.com/catsandmetal...
December 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I don't Instagram, but I suspect he's right.
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Because lemmie tell you, when I am firing all of my weapons, I want to make absolutely sure that means the guy driving the ship cannot see where he is going.
December 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Because lemmie tell you, when I am firing all of my weapons, I want to make absolutely sure that means the guy driving the ship cannot see where he is going.
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Hi friends, please help me spread the word on the open professor position in #planetaryScience we have in Bern 🔽
Dr. Raphael Marschall (@spacemarschall.net)
Hi #planetaryScience folks, we have an open position for a *Professor in Planetary Sciences* at the Space Research & Planetary Sciences Division of the @unibe.ch. Application deadline: *Jan 31, 2026*…
bsky.app
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hi friends, please help me spread the word on the open professor position in #planetaryScience we have in Bern 🔽
Well, that was unexpected! A trawl through this list (and there are a lot of good ones here!) led me to a note-perfect explanation of why The Last Unicorn is still one of my favorite books. @theredtailwitch.bsky.social, yes. Yes to everything you wrote.
Okay yes we love books at Reactor but we ALSO love movies, TV, and witches. Here are some of our favorite nonfiction articles from 2025, featuring David Lynch, folk horror, Kpop Demon Hunters, and Master & Commander:
Some of Reactor’s Best Articles About TV, Movies, and Pop Culture in 2025 - Reactor
We're looking back at some of our favorite non-fiction articles from the past year, highlighting essays focused on visual media.
reactormag.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Well, that was unexpected! A trawl through this list (and there are a lot of good ones here!) led me to a note-perfect explanation of why The Last Unicorn is still one of my favorite books. @theredtailwitch.bsky.social, yes. Yes to everything you wrote.
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Paperback available today for purchase or order wherever books are sold!
"Los Fantasmas en Su Boca," a poem about my great-grandmother protecting me from ghosts, arrives December 16 in "Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane" from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social. Edited by Wendy Dalrymple and Grace R. Reynolds, the anthology can be pre-ordered now.
December 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Paperback available today for purchase or order wherever books are sold!
(Hi, I'm old! I meant to quote this the first time around, not just repost. Oops.)
I stumbled across "Press Enter" in some secondhand scifi short story anthology, and it knocked me flat. I haven't read many other works of his, but that short story has never left me.
I stumbled across "Press Enter" in some secondhand scifi short story anthology, and it knocked me flat. I haven't read many other works of his, but that short story has never left me.
We mourn the passing of SF great John Varley with a look back at his impressive body of work, from the Eight Worlds series to his brilliant short stories. What was the first Varley story you ever read? Which books are your favorites?
Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025 - Reactor
Where to start reading — or rereading — Varley's many series and stories.
reactormag.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
(Hi, I'm old! I meant to quote this the first time around, not just repost. Oops.)
I stumbled across "Press Enter" in some secondhand scifi short story anthology, and it knocked me flat. I haven't read many other works of his, but that short story has never left me.
I stumbled across "Press Enter" in some secondhand scifi short story anthology, and it knocked me flat. I haven't read many other works of his, but that short story has never left me.
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We mourn the passing of SF great John Varley with a look back at his impressive body of work, from the Eight Worlds series to his brilliant short stories. What was the first Varley story you ever read? Which books are your favorites?
Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025 - Reactor
Where to start reading — or rereading — Varley's many series and stories.
reactormag.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We mourn the passing of SF great John Varley with a look back at his impressive body of work, from the Eight Worlds series to his brilliant short stories. What was the first Varley story you ever read? Which books are your favorites?
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Our first release of 2025 will be @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER!
🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula & Locus Awards,
🖤 A Reactor Reviewer's Choice Best Book of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick
SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy!
Preorder https://geni.us/asunder
🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula & Locus Awards,
🖤 A Reactor Reviewer's Choice Best Book of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick
SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy!
Preorder https://geni.us/asunder
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our first release of 2025 will be @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER!
🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula & Locus Awards,
🖤 A Reactor Reviewer's Choice Best Book of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick
SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy!
Preorder https://geni.us/asunder
🏆 A Finalist for the Nebula & Locus Awards,
🖤 A Reactor Reviewer's Choice Best Book of 2024
📙 A New York Public Library Best-Of Pick
SABRIEL meets WITCH KING in this deliciously dark fantasy!
Preorder https://geni.us/asunder
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Re-upping this, since it's only available for two days:
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Re-upping this, since it's only available for two days: