Linda Nagata - (working on the final Inverted Frontier novel)
@lindanagata.bsky.social
Grandmother, gardener, hiker, Nebula & Locus Award-winning science fiction author. @home on Maui. Website: https://mythicisland.com/
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Random book promo post...(ok, not entirely random):
THE RED: FIRST LIGHT is a near-future military thriller in which a cynical young army lieutenant finds he must reckon w/the true meaning of his oath to defend the country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. mythicisland.com/the_red_firs...
THE RED: FIRST LIGHT is a near-future military thriller in which a cynical young army lieutenant finds he must reckon w/the true meaning of his oath to defend the country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. mythicisland.com/the_red_firs...
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NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.
Thank you!
This is a really great trilogy that starts off seeming to be straightforward military SF & gets increasingly complex about our complex world. It's got tons of solid action, cyber/nanotech, heists, etc. It is, sadly, very relevant today but also about resistance & resilience. Well worth your time.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thank you!
BTW, if you're someone who's only recently encountered my Red trilogy, you might be interested in a short story prequel, "Codename: Delphi", available to read online at Lightspeed Magazine. @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/code...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/code...
Random book promo post...(ok, not entirely random):
THE RED: FIRST LIGHT is a near-future military thriller in which a cynical young army lieutenant finds he must reckon w/the true meaning of his oath to defend the country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. mythicisland.com/the_red_firs...
THE RED: FIRST LIGHT is a near-future military thriller in which a cynical young army lieutenant finds he must reckon w/the true meaning of his oath to defend the country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. mythicisland.com/the_red_firs...
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
BTW, if you're someone who's only recently encountered my Red trilogy, you might be interested in a short story prequel, "Codename: Delphi", available to read online at Lightspeed Magazine. @lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/code...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/code...
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
(Gift link) An important article on biodiversity, and yet another example of why basic biosecurity—taking care to contain the inadvertent spread of diseases and species between biomes—really matters.
wapo.st/47Slsij
wapo.st/47Slsij
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
(Gift link) An important article on biodiversity, and yet another example of why basic biosecurity—taking care to contain the inadvertent spread of diseases and species between biomes—really matters.
wapo.st/47Slsij
wapo.st/47Slsij
My dog discovered this very fierce baby Jackson chameleon (its body is about one inch long). 😍
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My dog discovered this very fierce baby Jackson chameleon (its body is about one inch long). 😍
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Yesterday I learned USPS Priority Mail can be put on a ship to transit between the west coast and Hawaii, thus explaining why packages disappear from tracking for days/weeks**—never mind the estimated delivery date!
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Yesterday I learned USPS Priority Mail can be put on a ship to transit between the west coast and Hawaii, thus explaining why packages disappear from tracking for days/weeks**—never mind the estimated delivery date!
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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boosting this again because honestly I am proud of this near future and very political sf story, the illustration by Juan Bernabeu is exceptional, and big shout out to the editor Oliver Dougherty for having such a keen eye.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
boosting this again because honestly I am proud of this near future and very political sf story, the illustration by Juan Bernabeu is exceptional, and big shout out to the editor Oliver Dougherty for having such a keen eye.
Another invasive species wreaking havoc on Hawaii’s food supply. We need to emulate Aotearoa’s (New Zealand) bio security procedures.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/anot...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/anot...
Another Destructive Beetle Is Spreading, Killing Hawaiʻi’s Trees
Big Island farmers want the state to tackle the Queensland longhorn beetle before it spreads to the rest of the state and wreaks havoc like the coconut rhinoceros beetle.
www.civilbeat.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Another invasive species wreaking havoc on Hawaii’s food supply. We need to emulate Aotearoa’s (New Zealand) bio security procedures.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/anot...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/anot...
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
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It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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November morning things. Autumn in the garden and poem from two years ago in the hospital.
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
November morning things. Autumn in the garden and poem from two years ago in the hospital.
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Really don’t think it can be emphasized enough what an INSANELY promising technology mRNA vaccination has proved itself to be and it’s beyond infuriating that it is under active and sustained attack by the most powerful people on earth
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Really don’t think it can be emphasized enough what an INSANELY promising technology mRNA vaccination has proved itself to be and it’s beyond infuriating that it is under active and sustained attack by the most powerful people on earth
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Seeing increasing media coverage about unpaid feds who are still working, so resharing my post detailing how NOAA's #Melissa forecasting relied on recent retirees working as volunteers and scientists working through trying conditions with no idea when they will be paid.
tinyurl.com/3e8bf9d6
tinyurl.com/3e8bf9d6
Federal weather enterprise rises to the occasion again with Melissa - thanks to volunteers and unpaid employees
When a federal government "shutdown" is not really a shutdown. And also looking at the continued longer term impacts of ongoing and threatened budget cuts.
tinyurl.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Seeing increasing media coverage about unpaid feds who are still working, so resharing my post detailing how NOAA's #Melissa forecasting relied on recent retirees working as volunteers and scientists working through trying conditions with no idea when they will be paid.
tinyurl.com/3e8bf9d6
tinyurl.com/3e8bf9d6
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
Gift link: "Here’s How the AI Crash Happens"
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Gift link: "Here’s How the AI Crash Happens"
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
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Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public
Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.
www.kuow.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
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So preposterously unconstitutional, but also: active duty military payroll is more than $3b **per week.** This is a pittance of that. It has nothing to do with helping out the troops- they want to establish the precedent that Trump can bypass Congress and fund the government with anonymous bribes.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So preposterously unconstitutional, but also: active duty military payroll is more than $3b **per week.** This is a pittance of that. It has nothing to do with helping out the troops- they want to establish the precedent that Trump can bypass Congress and fund the government with anonymous bribes.
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Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
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Some more details:
-a 1-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires currently living in the state
-affects around 200 people
-moving won't matter; based on 2025 residency
-billionaires earn 7.5%/yr, they'd still come out ahead
-yields enough to cover the Medicaid gap for 5 years & have some $ left for K-12
-a 1-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires currently living in the state
-affects around 200 people
-moving won't matter; based on 2025 residency
-billionaires earn 7.5%/yr, they'd still come out ahead
-yields enough to cover the Medicaid gap for 5 years & have some $ left for K-12
California is readying a one-time 5% tax on billionaires for the 2026 ballot that would go toward compensating for Trump's Medicaid cuts. The architects see it as a national model.
It will be announced today.
It will be announced today.
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Some more details:
-a 1-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires currently living in the state
-affects around 200 people
-moving won't matter; based on 2025 residency
-billionaires earn 7.5%/yr, they'd still come out ahead
-yields enough to cover the Medicaid gap for 5 years & have some $ left for K-12
-a 1-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires currently living in the state
-affects around 200 people
-moving won't matter; based on 2025 residency
-billionaires earn 7.5%/yr, they'd still come out ahead
-yields enough to cover the Medicaid gap for 5 years & have some $ left for K-12