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José Jiménez
@josejimenez.bsky.social
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I like cooking, taking pictures of food, looking at pictures of food, and eating food. I read science fiction. I am a web developer and IT leader but views reflected here are personal.
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@cafenowhere.bsky.social and I went out last night to see the auroras and I captured this one second loop of them. Streaks of red are in the background and a ribbon of green dances in front. The auroras are framed by dark trees on the left and bottom of the video.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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cafenowhere.bsky.social
My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
In the Zone - Lightspeed Magazine
As her head hit the pillow, Yadira felt exhausted and relieved. Exhausted, because she’d worked on a very large collage almost the whole day straight. Her shoulder blades ached from hunching over her ...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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bogiperson.bsky.social
You might, uh, commemorate this event by ordering the Rosalind Franklin memorial anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories for your local library.

www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
josejimenez.bsky.social
Birria tacos for dinner served with black bean and sweet potato soup. Cilantro and onions for topping. A bit of the birria caldo (broth) for dipping. 🍽️ 🍜
On a white dinner plate, three corn tortilla tacos filled with beef and cheese next to a small dish of broth. A paper plate of cilantro, diced onions, and chopped tomatoes. A bowl of soup is to the right of the plate.
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
josejimenez.bsky.social
Lisa made this delicious and pretty chocolate bourbon pecan pie today! Sorry, folks, I don't think we have any extra to share ... There's two of us and only one pie, so...
In a glass pie pan is a one-crust pie made with pecans, chocolate chips, and bourbon plus all the other pecan pie ingredients. There is a large wedge missing because two slices have been cut out and served. On a paper plate that has a large graphic of a skull and other images of black cats and crows sits a slice of the pecan pie and a scoop of ice cream. The skull is mostly covered by the pie. The yummy pie....
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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For Halloween I tried to make a giant hand and learned some things along the way. First, get started early. Don't put it off because you don't know how to do it. Start, if you fail early, you have more time to work. Second, stop while ahead. I liked the paint job until I grabbed the chrome paint.
Blocky looking fingers have been shaped out of cardboard and built up to have depth. Each finger is about 2 feet long and attached to a flat cardboard "palm" that is only partially in frame. The fingers have been painted with spay paint and have a dark background with splotches of other colors. Blue masking tape lines the edges of the palm. The part of the palm visible is not painted. A view of the "hand" with the palm facing up. The segments of the cardboard fingers can be seen as discrete pieces of cardboard that have been curved and attached to a flat piece of cardboard. Everything looks flatter because the cardboard has spent time out in the elements. A downspout from a home's gutters is in the corner of the picture and looks small in comparison.
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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bogiperson.bsky.social
Song of Spores is launching TODAY, read the many fun quotes from the book in this thread and enjoy!

The preorders link is already down, you can buy here -

From publisher:
www.brokeneyebooks.com/catalog/p/so...
Amzn US: amzn.to/3LkmdJC
Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/14302/9781... (associate links)
bogiperson.bsky.social Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES out NOW! @bogiperson.bsky.social · Sep 22
Okay let's do something trans, autistic and FUN, because I need it... and you might need it too 😮

Give me a page number and I give you a quote from my upcoming book SONG OF SPORES!

My e-ARC has pages from 3 to 202.

(Preorders here: www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c62/So... )
The cover of Song of Spores by Bogi Takács, with art by Galen Dara and design by Scott Gable. It has a strange organic spaceship-like creature in a sphere of... things, and the color scheme has a lot of blues, purples and oranges.
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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victoriajanssen.bsky.social
Please repost! The newbie's going to have to learn fast and not die.

Former telepath Talia struggles with trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission, and working to trust her new compatriots.

#spaceopera #specfic #sf #sapphic #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#Booksky

books2read.com/b/rattri
Awesome cover by Augusta Scarlett features a black woman in winter gear holding a futuristic rifle, pointed at the ground; she's looking down at a snowy landscape featuring mountains, distant spaceships, and an orbital elevator. The whole thing is in shades of blue, with purple in the title.
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Best Novella: #WorldFantasyAwards2025
Winner: Yoke of Stars, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)
November 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
josejimenez.bsky.social
Sheet pan dinner tonight. Can someone tell me what the natural predators are for acorn squash? I could barely cut it open to make this dish of squash, brussel sprouts, and sausage. 🍽️ 🍜
On a sheet pan are chunks of squash, halved brussel sprouts, and chunks of Italian sausage. A few sprigs of rosemary are strewn over the food. The food, now served on a white dinner plate. Behind the plate is a bottle of crane's winery white merlot 2024. It isn't the best bottle of wine you can find, but Crane's in Fennville Michigan has a special significance for us.
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I know the weather has turned colder, but there is still time for dinner salads like this one. Blackened steak over spinach and arugula. Cucumbers, tomatoes, and blue cheese dressing. Some fried shallots and crispy jalapenos for garnish. 🍽️ 🍜 🥗
On a white dinner plate against a background of a sugar skull themed tablecloth: the sliced steak is stacked on top of the fresh greens. Vegetables drizzled with some dressing are on the greens spilling out from under the steak. Ready to eat?
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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ritabriar.bsky.social
I took this cat friend to the vet yesterday, and they helped her out a bunch!

If you can (only if it's comfy for you!) could you help her person cover the cost?
karidru.bsky.social Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 15d
Ok! So!

Puca is not being TERRIBLE but she needs to be sedated for a proper exam. That, vaccinations, some labs, some antibiotics, and a steroid shot came to 495.

I know we're all strained, but if you like Puca, you can help us help her.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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theferocity.bsky.social
No one is coming to save us but us.
theferocity.bsky.social Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16d
I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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cafenowhere.bsky.social
Had our son and his fiancee come over this afternoon to help make vegan tamales. Just dropped them off at home. We made enough to eat tonight and to freeze for the holidays. Soooo many dishes to wash, even though we cleaned as we worked.
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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nnedi.bsky.social
This was published in 2019.
Feels like it was yesterday.
The cover of the LaGuardia graphic novel
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
josejimenez.bsky.social
The hardest part of making a pizza is waiting for it to cool before eating it. 🍽️ 🍕 🍜
On a cooling rack a rectangular pizza is waiting to be sliced. The edges are wavy. The pizza is topped with full tomato slices and bits of fresh basil. Cheese has melted and browned. Below the cooling rack is a sheet pan with a silicone mat that were used to cook the pizza. Thanks for helping me wait.
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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cafenowhere.bsky.social
Archita is in a really desperate, heartrending situation and working so hard to keep her household afloat. Please donate if you can or boost the signal. gofund.me/a06f68a15
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October 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
We can participate in democracy and be flawed while also having non-negotiable. No nazis. No racists. We aren’t abandoning trans people. Triple the minimum wage. Universal healthcare. Reproductive freedom. Etc etc etc. Stand for something! Appeasement accomplishes very little.
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
josejimenez.bsky.social
Tonight we had the beef stew I made last night. Mixed baby potatoes, beef, carrots, onion, garlic, wine, beef broth, and spices. Strayed just a bit from the recipe, especially since I was using about half the beef the recipe calls for. 🍽️ 🍜
In a dinner bowl, the food as described in a glossy gravy. A spoon rests in the bowl, ready to be put to use. The baby potatoes in the bowl, of different colors, say, "tell me I'm pretty"
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
In some ways, the regime half-assedly tearing off part of the White House without regard for construction protocols might have more of an impact on the offline folks than the past ten months.
October 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
josejimenez.bsky.social
We picked up some Peri Peri seasoning and today I used it for the first time to make this dish: Peri Peri chicken thighs over basmati rice. Garnished with cilantro, fried jalapenos, and chili lime dried cranberries. A slice of lemon on the side. This was tasty. 🍽️ 🍜
The food as described on a white dinner plate. The boneless, skinless chicken thighs are browned and spicy.
October 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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hanmarin.bsky.social
Heads up for any writers considering this market: the fairly new publication Neon and Smoke openly uses & attempts to justify using AI art.
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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anotheraspirin.bsky.social
This is a problem.
September 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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I made this blackened salmon with shrimp. Over sliced baby potatoes and a side of broccoli. All of this was cooked in the same pan in different stages. Potatoes first, then out of the pan, then broccoli, and out it comes. Salmon and shrimp. Shrimp came out first. Garlic butter sauce then combine 🍽️ 🍜
On a white dinner plate: blackened salmon and shrimp over the little sliced potatoes. Broccoli florets and sliced stems at the back of the plate. All of it drizzled with a garlic butter sauce that is colored by the blackened seasoning.
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I cooked this beef stew a couple of nights ago because I knew I wouldn't have the time to do it tonight. It is a Moroccan beef stew with dates served with an instant couscous. Rosemary and sea salt crackers to help push things around. So tasty. 🍽️ 🍜
On a white dinner plate: a mound of couscous sits next to a mound of thick beef stew. The gravy is made of dates, tomato paste, onions, spices, and beef stock. Some long crackers are also on the plate.
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM