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Keelan Powell
@keelanpowell.bsky.social
Sci-fi and fantasy author and science communicator.
May I interest you in a little experimental creative writing?
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Bloom’s Taxonomy is Crap… Let’s Use It as Character Agency
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December 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Just in case you don't care about the ethical or environmental issues surrounding generative AI, the transparently exploitative business model of GenAI companies might just sway you against them.
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Reliant and Compliant: The GenAI Business Model | Particle
Are you falling into the LLM trap?
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November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I enjoyed writing this piece of speculative journalism on what it might look like and what the challenges will be when humans eventually set foot on Mars.
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The Path to Mars: Small Unsexy Problems | Particle
It’s 2046 and blue sky fades to black as your rocket blasts into space.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Roll 1d4 psychic damage.
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the dumbest, most unhinged thing I've ever created
YouTube video by Keelan Powell
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October 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
With the Nobel Prizes being announced soon, here's your annual reminder that they're a load of elitist crap.
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Why the Nobel Prize Has NEVER Mattered
YouTube video by Keelan Powell
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October 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Hello fellow humans!
I'm writing a story where two people feel each other's emotions. I have documented my own emotions, but the story would suffer if both characters felt things in the same way.
If you want to help, please fill in this form as many times as you like:
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What do your feelings actually feel like?
I am currently working on a novel in which two characters physically experience each other's emotions. I have extensively documented how my own emotions feel, but the story would be lacking if both ch...
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September 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It’s dangerous to science alone. Take this!

One day, we’ll find out how far I can push my luck before the sensible people at Particle stop me.

Today is not that day.

Read my latest article, in which I compare science to three kobolds in a trenchcoat: particle.scitech.org.au/people/never...
Never Science Alone | Particle
Collaboration is the heart of discovery.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Go read my newest article on the intersection between art and science!
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The Speculative Bridge: Spanning Art and Science | Particle
What if you didn’t have to choose one or the other?
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July 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Research be researching.
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Let's Talk About Textual Superposition (Research Presentation)
YouTube video by Keelan Powell
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July 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Do you like worldbuilding? Do you like pretty things? Well now you can worldbuild pretty things! Go read my latest article on Campfire!
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How Writers Can Use Material Culture in Their Worldbuilding
Material culture reflects a culture's identity: values, beliefs, and daily life. It can be a useful aid when worldbuilding fictional societies.
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March 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I was thinking about how the evolution of folklore can be traced phylogenetically, which got me wondering if you could end up with a genre or subgenre so obsessed with retaining the purity of its motifs/tropes that it ends up Habsburging itself. Just an inbred, mutated ball of literary regret.
March 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Tree.

There is definitely no deeper meaning to this tree. How dare you suggest such a thing?
February 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Have a free map of modern literary criticism.
January 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thanks to @gamingmoon42.bsky.social for the art used in this video.
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How to Kill an Author
YouTube video by Keelan Powell
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January 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
How long can someone talk about the definition of the word "storytelling"?

Yes.

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Define "Storytelling"
YouTube video by Keelan Powell
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December 31, 2024 at 12:17 AM
A little video about a systemic problem in the genre of wainscot fantasy.
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What We Can All Learn From Willa the Witch
YouTube video by Keelan Powell
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December 6, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Contrary to popular belief, people are not stupid. As her turtle munched on his crispy leaf of iceberg lettuce, Willa was starting to understand why that belief was so popular.

- Willa the Witch and the Pop Quiz Curse, page 1, paragraph 1
December 3, 2024 at 11:49 AM
One moment, Perth was one of the most isolated cities on Earth.
The next moment, that spot of light at the edge of the world was all that was left.
All alone, how will the people of Perth confront their first day?

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The First Day
One moment, Perth was one of the most isolated cities on Earth. The next moment, that spot of light at the edge of the world was all that was left.
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October 19, 2024 at 10:40 PM