K.G. Anderson
@kganderson.bsky.social
Seattle-based SF author, humor columnist, cat-herder, practitioner of uncommon sense. SFWA, Codex, VP, Two Hour Transport, B Cubed Press. Author of Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future
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these people need to all be forcibly sat down and made to watch 15 minutes of footage of a person or animal with rabies
help, how do I unlearn the term “pawtism”
(if you don’t plan to vaccinate or properly care for your pets, you shouldn’t have any)
(if you don’t plan to vaccinate or properly care for your pets, you shouldn’t have any)
Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
these people need to all be forcibly sat down and made to watch 15 minutes of footage of a person or animal with rabies
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The problem, from our perspective, is that the evil billionaires have put themselves in a can’t-lose situation: either people buy into the lies they spin, or the new outlets they’re ruining will go out of business entirely. No news, period.
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The problem, from our perspective, is that the evil billionaires have put themselves in a can’t-lose situation: either people buy into the lies they spin, or the new outlets they’re ruining will go out of business entirely. No news, period.
An excellent history of the plural society/civil society we’re seeing slip away. open.substack.com/pub/programm...?
What is civil society, and why should we care?
Ernest Gellner on the conditions of liberty.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An excellent history of the plural society/civil society we’re seeing slip away. open.substack.com/pub/programm...?
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
If you aren't following economist Paul Krugman on Substack, today might be the day to start. His summary of recent findings on the growth of renewable energy (statistics, not opinions) is excellent, and a glimmer of hope. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Rise of Renewable Energy
Anatomy of a technological miracle
substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If you aren't following economist Paul Krugman on Substack, today might be the day to start. His summary of recent findings on the growth of renewable energy (statistics, not opinions) is excellent, and a glimmer of hope. substack.com/home/post/p-...
If the Mariners don’t score in the 16th with bases loaded…everyone is going to collapse from exhaustion.
October 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
If the Mariners don’t score in the 16th with bases loaded…everyone is going to collapse from exhaustion.
Shipping to/from overseas? Be aware:
Heyyyyy finally some reporting on this www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems
Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.
www.nbcnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Shipping to/from overseas? Be aware:
As we prepare for the arrival of the thinkpol:
With Trump's pal Ellison taking over media, you may as well learn these terms, so you can stay up to date in the new reality.
Thought Police is an important one to know.
Thought Police is an important one to know.
Big Brother and Other Terms from "1984"
cfa.gmu.edu
October 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
As we prepare for the arrival of the thinkpol:
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My newest novel is OUT! Available in print and ebook in all the usual online haunts. nancysmwaldman.com/book-liminalis
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My newest novel is OUT! Available in print and ebook in all the usual online haunts. nancysmwaldman.com/book-liminalis
A bill set for debate in Congress would allow the government to revoke U.S. passports based solely on political speech—speech sympathetic to countries or organizations the U.S. government doesn't like. (Like maybe the Democrats? It's a leap, but a very small one.) demstate.com/article/bill...
Bill introduced in Congress to allow Rubio to revoke U.S. passports
"Breaking: A new bill in Congress allows Senator Rubio to revoke U.S. passports for citizens criticizing Israel as terrorism support. Explore the civil rights implications now."
demstate.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A bill set for debate in Congress would allow the government to revoke U.S. passports based solely on political speech—speech sympathetic to countries or organizations the U.S. government doesn't like. (Like maybe the Democrats? It's a leap, but a very small one.) demstate.com/article/bill...
This new release from Courtney Floyd looks to be absolutely charming!
Hey! It’s a full moon. It’s a lunar eclipse. It’s a giveaway! Win an annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC and some moon-themed stickers! 🌚 Details in thread.
September 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This new release from Courtney Floyd looks to be absolutely charming!
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“The state will be much better off if we just say private equity companies shouldn’t own our hospitals,” Murphy said.
Chris Murphy slams Prospect Medical, private equity in hospitals
Ahead of a bankruptcy auction to sell Prospect Medical Holdings' CT facilities, Murphy called for CT to ban private equity-owned hospitals.
ctmirror.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“The state will be much better off if we just say private equity companies shouldn’t own our hospitals,” Murphy said.
First night at Worldcon includes the Broad Universe fiction readings. Join us for fiction, a book giveaway, and chocolate!
August 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
First night at Worldcon includes the Broad Universe fiction readings. Join us for fiction, a book giveaway, and chocolate!
Reading at Seattle WorldCon
You can hear me read "Wishbone," from my new collection Patti 209, at 3 p.m. Saturday (August 16) in Room 428 of the Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center (WorldCon membership required). I could freak out about the fact that my reading is in competition with…
You can hear me read "Wishbone," from my new collection Patti 209, at 3 p.m. Saturday (August 16) in Room 428 of the Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center (WorldCon membership required). I could freak out about the fact that my reading is in competition with…
Reading at Seattle WorldCon
You can hear me read "Wishbone," from my new collection Patti 209, at 3 p.m. Saturday (August 16) in Room 428 of the Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center (WorldCon membership required). I could freak out about the fact that my reading is in competition with readings by two of the biggest names in science fiction (Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal) or I could breath a sigh of relief that I didn't get relegated to a late-afternoon reading on the final day of the convention or an early-morning reading on the opening weekday.
writerway.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Reading at Seattle WorldCon
You can hear me read "Wishbone," from my new collection Patti 209, at 3 p.m. Saturday (August 16) in Room 428 of the Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center (WorldCon membership required). I could freak out about the fact that my reading is in competition with…
You can hear me read "Wishbone," from my new collection Patti 209, at 3 p.m. Saturday (August 16) in Room 428 of the Summit building at the Seattle Convention Center (WorldCon membership required). I could freak out about the fact that my reading is in competition with…
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My review of Patti 209 by @kganderson.bsky.social
In these 15 sharp stories, older MCs fight back against corrupt government, uncaring systems, and unappreciative youngsters in devious ways born of years of experience.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
In these 15 sharp stories, older MCs fight back against corrupt government, uncaring systems, and unappreciative youngsters in devious ways born of years of experience.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Karen Eisenbrey's review of Patti 209
5/5: This collection of fifteen tales of the very near future is a tonic for right now. Each one is a piece of speculative political fiction mostly featuring protagonists who are middle-aged or older,...
www.goodreads.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My review of Patti 209 by @kganderson.bsky.social
In these 15 sharp stories, older MCs fight back against corrupt government, uncaring systems, and unappreciative youngsters in devious ways born of years of experience.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
In these 15 sharp stories, older MCs fight back against corrupt government, uncaring systems, and unappreciative youngsters in devious ways born of years of experience.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Everything is Wrong Now
Blame it on DOGE, massive layoffs of humans, outsourcing overseas, or whatever you want, but everything is wrong now. Today was the final straw. I didn't take to social media last week when I spent four hours on the phone with Century Link and Quantum Fiber (their sister…
Blame it on DOGE, massive layoffs of humans, outsourcing overseas, or whatever you want, but everything is wrong now. Today was the final straw. I didn't take to social media last week when I spent four hours on the phone with Century Link and Quantum Fiber (their sister…
Everything is Wrong Now
Blame it on DOGE, massive layoffs of humans, outsourcing overseas, or whatever you want, but everything is wrong now. Today was the final straw. I didn't take to social media last week when I spent four hours on the phone with Century Link and Quantum Fiber (their sister company) and Century Link and Quantum Fiber and Century Link and Quantum Fiber.
writerway.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Everything is Wrong Now
Blame it on DOGE, massive layoffs of humans, outsourcing overseas, or whatever you want, but everything is wrong now. Today was the final straw. I didn't take to social media last week when I spent four hours on the phone with Century Link and Quantum Fiber (their sister…
Blame it on DOGE, massive layoffs of humans, outsourcing overseas, or whatever you want, but everything is wrong now. Today was the final straw. I didn't take to social media last week when I spent four hours on the phone with Century Link and Quantum Fiber (their sister…
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Do you like a side of witty banter and romantic tension with your adventure stories? Do you like beautiful illustrations and other deluxe additions to your books? Check out the Special Edition Kickstarter of my novel TIME TRAITORS.
July 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Do you like a side of witty banter and romantic tension with your adventure stories? Do you like beautiful illustrations and other deluxe additions to your books? Check out the Special Edition Kickstarter of my novel TIME TRAITORS.
How (and Why) to Review a Book
Want to delight an author whose work you enjoy? Post a three-sentence review of their book (or story) on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Goodreads. I had coffee this week with a fellow author and we noted that while we're both selling books, we're not getting the online…
Want to delight an author whose work you enjoy? Post a three-sentence review of their book (or story) on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Goodreads. I had coffee this week with a fellow author and we noted that while we're both selling books, we're not getting the online…
How (and Why) to Review a Book
Want to delight an author whose work you enjoy? Post a three-sentence review of their book (or story) on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Goodreads. I had coffee this week with a fellow author and we noted that while we're both selling books, we're not getting the online reviews that are essential for building reputation and getting the next book (or story) published.
writerway.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
How (and Why) to Review a Book
Want to delight an author whose work you enjoy? Post a three-sentence review of their book (or story) on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Goodreads. I had coffee this week with a fellow author and we noted that while we're both selling books, we're not getting the online…
Want to delight an author whose work you enjoy? Post a three-sentence review of their book (or story) on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Goodreads. I had coffee this week with a fellow author and we noted that while we're both selling books, we're not getting the online…
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Due to the massive cuts in Medicaid healthcare coverage, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania estimate an additional 51,000 Americans would die each year. [Hopium newsletter] #BillionaireBailoutBill
June 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Due to the massive cuts in Medicaid healthcare coverage, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania estimate an additional 51,000 Americans would die each year. [Hopium newsletter] #BillionaireBailoutBill
So...now it's OK for individuals at the VA to refuse to treat—or hire—unmarried women. Sadly, I remember this hiring discrimination from the 1970s. Unmarried women were considered "a distraction" for male bosses; and married women couldn't be hired because they'd "just get pregnant."
June 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So...now it's OK for individuals at the VA to refuse to treat—or hire—unmarried women. Sadly, I remember this hiring discrimination from the 1970s. Unmarried women were considered "a distraction" for male bosses; and married women couldn't be hired because they'd "just get pregnant."
Isn't the damage already done? Most life sciences experiments require data collection, adjustments, etc., on a daily basis. Research in the process of being shut down cannot now be magically restored—and the foreign grad students doing much of the lab work have already fled the US.
BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.
June 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Isn't the damage already done? Most life sciences experiments require data collection, adjustments, etc., on a daily basis. Research in the process of being shut down cannot now be magically restored—and the foreign grad students doing much of the lab work have already fled the US.
“Unwanted Visitors” (a Seattle story)
In a week when the federal government ordered troops into Los Angeles and Seattle's police chief said that he expects to be arrested for resisting federal bullies, I invite you to read an excerpt from "Unwanted Visitors." Originally published by B Cubed Press,…
In a week when the federal government ordered troops into Los Angeles and Seattle's police chief said that he expects to be arrested for resisting federal bullies, I invite you to read an excerpt from "Unwanted Visitors." Originally published by B Cubed Press,…
“Unwanted Visitors” (a Seattle story)
In a week when the federal government ordered troops into Los Angeles and Seattle's police chief said that he expects to be arrested for resisting federal bullies, I invite you to read an excerpt from "Unwanted Visitors." Originally published by B Cubed Press, it's one of the stories in my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future…
writerway.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:29 AM
“Unwanted Visitors” (a Seattle story)
In a week when the federal government ordered troops into Los Angeles and Seattle's police chief said that he expects to be arrested for resisting federal bullies, I invite you to read an excerpt from "Unwanted Visitors." Originally published by B Cubed Press,…
In a week when the federal government ordered troops into Los Angeles and Seattle's police chief said that he expects to be arrested for resisting federal bullies, I invite you to read an excerpt from "Unwanted Visitors." Originally published by B Cubed Press,…
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Today I Saw 6/6/25
Karen Anderson book reading from her short story collection, Patti 209, at Couth Buzzard.
@kganderson.bsky.social #bookreading #todayisaw #dailyphoto
Karen Anderson book reading from her short story collection, Patti 209, at Couth Buzzard.
@kganderson.bsky.social #bookreading #todayisaw #dailyphoto
June 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Today I Saw 6/6/25
Karen Anderson book reading from her short story collection, Patti 209, at Couth Buzzard.
@kganderson.bsky.social #bookreading #todayisaw #dailyphoto
Karen Anderson book reading from her short story collection, Patti 209, at Couth Buzzard.
@kganderson.bsky.social #bookreading #todayisaw #dailyphoto
Excited to be part of this reading on Friday!
**3 DAYS** until FREE readings from #SpecFic authors.
Event is FREE but you must pre-register.
@kganderson.bsky.social
@ellenbirkettmorris.bsky.social
@tonjakjohnson.bsky.social
@sarahday.org
@ravenbelas.co
@authorterribruce.bsky.social
@swsworlds.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
Event is FREE but you must pre-register.
@kganderson.bsky.social
@ellenbirkettmorris.bsky.social
@tonjakjohnson.bsky.social
@sarahday.org
@ravenbelas.co
@authorterribruce.bsky.social
@swsworlds.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
June 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excited to be part of this reading on Friday!
“The Bodies We Carry” (excerpt)
Here's an excerpt from the short story "The Bodies We Carry" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available now. I'd considered reading "The Bodies We Carry" for the Strong Women, Strange Worlds Zoom event, or at the book launch…
Here's an excerpt from the short story "The Bodies We Carry" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available now. I'd considered reading "The Bodies We Carry" for the Strong Women, Strange Worlds Zoom event, or at the book launch…
“The Bodies We Carry” (excerpt)
Here's an excerpt from the short story "The Bodies We Carry" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available now. I'd considered reading "The Bodies We Carry" for the Strong Women, Strange Worlds Zoom event, or at the book launch at the Couth Buzzard June 6, but the story hits too close to home at the moment.
writerway.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“The Bodies We Carry” (excerpt)
Here's an excerpt from the short story "The Bodies We Carry" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available now. I'd considered reading "The Bodies We Carry" for the Strong Women, Strange Worlds Zoom event, or at the book launch…
Here's an excerpt from the short story "The Bodies We Carry" from my new collection Patti 209: Fifteen Tales of the Very Near Future, available now. I'd considered reading "The Bodies We Carry" for the Strong Women, Strange Worlds Zoom event, or at the book launch…