Martha Wells
@marthawells.com
SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
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Martha Wells
@marthawells.com
· Jul 22
We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells
Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series
www.scientificamerican.com
Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...
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So, Boxing Day, the day when one traditionally thinks about the first 3D movie one ever saw. In my case it was SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE (1983), starring Peter Strauss, first Michael Ironside movie for me, a pre-Brat Pack Molly Ringwald, a pre-GHOSTBUSTERS Ernie Hudson, and...
December 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
So, Boxing Day, the day when one traditionally thinks about the first 3D movie one ever saw. In my case it was SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE (1983), starring Peter Strauss, first Michael Ironside movie for me, a pre-Brat Pack Molly Ringwald, a pre-GHOSTBUSTERS Ernie Hudson, and...
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As a child I wondered a lot about the gates in the boneyard wall at St. Wulfram's. Who used them? Were they for the people in the houses behind the wall to visit relaitves or were they for the dead. I could never quite rid myself they were for the convenience of the latter. – Sarah Buckler #VOH
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As a child I wondered a lot about the gates in the boneyard wall at St. Wulfram's. Who used them? Were they for the people in the houses behind the wall to visit relaitves or were they for the dead. I could never quite rid myself they were for the convenience of the latter. – Sarah Buckler #VOH
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ICYMI, here's my final reading of the year, courtesy Casa Hernandooney (C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez), who brought all the fun I didn't know I needed.
May your future stay full of good words and the comforts of friends!
May your future stay full of good words and the comforts of friends!
Fiction: Impossible, starring Zig Zag Claybourne
YouTube video by CSECooney
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December 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
ICYMI, here's my final reading of the year, courtesy Casa Hernandooney (C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez), who brought all the fun I didn't know I needed.
May your future stay full of good words and the comforts of friends!
May your future stay full of good words and the comforts of friends!
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Barnes & Noble is running a storewide sale today. SAN ANTONIO: You've got freshly signed copies of THE INVISIBLE PARADE waiting for you at the San Pedro / Loop 410 location. And if you're not in SA, and want signed copies, @nowherebookshop.bsky.social & @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social have you covered!
December 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Barnes & Noble is running a storewide sale today. SAN ANTONIO: You've got freshly signed copies of THE INVISIBLE PARADE waiting for you at the San Pedro / Loop 410 location. And if you're not in SA, and want signed copies, @nowherebookshop.bsky.social & @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social have you covered!
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At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
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This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
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It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It could be one more weird anomaly in this unending cycle of what the fuck.
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Pig butchering isn't limited to investment scams: it also exists in the publishing space, and targets writers.
A "pig butchering" scam might open with a simple “Hi” or some good-natured confusion about why your phone number seems to be in the person’s address book.
It's the first step in a process intended to drain your bank account and ruin your life.
(Published Sept. 2022)
It's the first step in a process intended to drain your bank account and ruin your life.
(Published Sept. 2022)
What’s a Pig Butchering Scam? Here’s How to Avoid Falling Victim to One.
Thousands have lost huge sums after being lured into fraudulent online investment schemes by seemingly attractive strangers who strike up online conversations with them. Here’s a guide to spotting the...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Pig butchering isn't limited to investment scams: it also exists in the publishing space, and targets writers.
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Merry wormsmas!
Joy to the Worm
In the tropics, a festive creature turns coral reefs into a year-round wonderland
www.sierraclub.org
December 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Merry wormsmas!
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So, a version of IT"S A WONDERFUL LIFE on Amazon cuts 22 minutes of the movie including the entire Pottersville sequence.(via @pematson.bsky.social )
bleedingfool.com/blogs/buy-ph...
bleedingfool.com/blogs/buy-ph...
Physical Media for the Win: Amazon’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Cuts Pivotal Scenes
One tradition in my household is to watch It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve. There is something about the story of a good man, George Bailey, and his realization that life is worth living and…
bleedingfool.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
So, a version of IT"S A WONDERFUL LIFE on Amazon cuts 22 minutes of the movie including the entire Pottersville sequence.(via @pematson.bsky.social )
bleedingfool.com/blogs/buy-ph...
bleedingfool.com/blogs/buy-ph...
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The plan follows authorization of new border wall segments in the refuge.
Texas wildlife refuge could lose hundreds of acres to SpaceX
The plan follows authorization of new border wall segments in the refuge.
bit.ly
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The plan follows authorization of new border wall segments in the refuge.
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Not a Christmas movie, but achieves the romantic, spiritual, fantastical magic that many Christmas movies aspire to. One of the half-dozen back-to-back masterpieces Powell & Pressburger made during the 1940s.
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1947) — 8:00 pm ET — 1h 44m
(TCM Spotlight: Divine Intervention | Angels Are Everywhere)
David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote; directed by Michael Powell
An injured aviator argues in celestial court for the chance to go on living.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM Spotlight: Divine Intervention | Angels Are Everywhere)
David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote; directed by Michael Powell
An injured aviator argues in celestial court for the chance to go on living.
#TCM #TCMParty
TCM Spotlight: Divine Intervention
Thursdays in December at 8pm ET | 24 Movies
www.tcm.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Not a Christmas movie, but achieves the romantic, spiritual, fantastical magic that many Christmas movies aspire to. One of the half-dozen back-to-back masterpieces Powell & Pressburger made during the 1940s.
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“He also said he was going to get all of his friends to join the team, and he did.”
#BestOf2025, from Brant DeBoer: Traditional Afghan wrestling—known as Pehlwani—helped these students find a home far from where they were born.
#BestOf2025, from Brant DeBoer: Traditional Afghan wrestling—known as Pehlwani—helped these students find a home far from where they were born.
Afghan Refugees Find a Home on a San Antonio High School Wrestling Team
Traditional Afghan wrestling—known as Pehlwani—is a popular pastime for boys in the south-central Asian nation.
www.texasobserver.org
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“He also said he was going to get all of his friends to join the team, and he did.”
#BestOf2025, from Brant DeBoer: Traditional Afghan wrestling—known as Pehlwani—helped these students find a home far from where they were born.
#BestOf2025, from Brant DeBoer: Traditional Afghan wrestling—known as Pehlwani—helped these students find a home far from where they were born.
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Goodnight from Connie Bunning, writing out a new list of who to curse after spending several hours too many with her extended family. Goodnight from Steph Wade, still pondering the meaning of getting the Woodwose’s Staff silver charm in the plum pudding. Goodnight from Hookland.
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Goodnight from Connie Bunning, writing out a new list of who to curse after spending several hours too many with her extended family. Goodnight from Steph Wade, still pondering the meaning of getting the Woodwose’s Staff silver charm in the plum pudding. Goodnight from Hookland.
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It happened again!
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It happened again!
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THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS ebook is currently 99p in Amazon UK and will be for the next twelve days! It will also be $2.99 on Amazon US on Dec 31st, which obviously I will remind you about in a week, but just letting you know early. Happy holidays!
@vajra.me 's multi award-winning THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is part of Amazon UK's 12 days of Kindle deal!
UK readers, prepare to have your minds blown...
"an outstanding, genre-shattering work" - @theguardian.com
Grab it now before the deal ends on 5th January 2026!
UK readers, prepare to have your minds blown...
"an outstanding, genre-shattering work" - @theguardian.com
Grab it now before the deal ends on 5th January 2026!
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS ebook is currently 99p in Amazon UK and will be for the next twelve days! It will also be $2.99 on Amazon US on Dec 31st, which obviously I will remind you about in a week, but just letting you know early. Happy holidays!
Dinner (homemade paprika-crusted leg of lamb, popovers, gravy, roasted beets, pickled cucumber, collard greens, mint sauce, and stuffed mushrooms) is finished and everybody else is cleaning up. Next is chocolate cake, key lime pie, and chocolate pie.
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Dinner (homemade paprika-crusted leg of lamb, popovers, gravy, roasted beets, pickled cucumber, collard greens, mint sauce, and stuffed mushrooms) is finished and everybody else is cleaning up. Next is chocolate cake, key lime pie, and chocolate pie.
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"Alberto" has been harvesting mushrooms at Monterey Mushrooms for almost a decade under a UFW contract. He says the union contracts guarantees workers many important things including paid vacation days and holidays like Christmas and New Years. #WeFeedYou
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Alberto" has been harvesting mushrooms at Monterey Mushrooms for almost a decade under a UFW contract. He says the union contracts guarantees workers many important things including paid vacation days and holidays like Christmas and New Years. #WeFeedYou
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A reminder that THE TIGER’S DAUGHTER and its sequels have all earned out. Any time you pick one up at your favorite bookstore you help me out!
December 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A reminder that THE TIGER’S DAUGHTER and its sequels have all earned out. Any time you pick one up at your favorite bookstore you help me out!
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I'll be spending some time with one of my Christmas presents. Thank you!
December 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I'll be spending some time with one of my Christmas presents. Thank you!
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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WINTER’S GLOW (2012)
Acrylic on Yupo Paper - 12” x 12”
I wasn’t feeling in the holiday spirit, and as usual it took a painting to get me into the mood of the season.
Don Maitz first recommended “Yupo paper” to me, and I was pleased with how the sheet he lent me handled acrylics. 1/13
Acrylic on Yupo Paper - 12” x 12”
I wasn’t feeling in the holiday spirit, and as usual it took a painting to get me into the mood of the season.
Don Maitz first recommended “Yupo paper” to me, and I was pleased with how the sheet he lent me handled acrylics. 1/13
December 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
WINTER’S GLOW (2012)
Acrylic on Yupo Paper - 12” x 12”
I wasn’t feeling in the holiday spirit, and as usual it took a painting to get me into the mood of the season.
Don Maitz first recommended “Yupo paper” to me, and I was pleased with how the sheet he lent me handled acrylics. 1/13
Acrylic on Yupo Paper - 12” x 12”
I wasn’t feeling in the holiday spirit, and as usual it took a painting to get me into the mood of the season.
Don Maitz first recommended “Yupo paper” to me, and I was pleased with how the sheet he lent me handled acrylics. 1/13
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Merry Christmas! ✨
December 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Merry Christmas! ✨
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Ah, we have a new ship on the shores of Bluesky carrying migrants from the Old Country (Twitter). Welcome. Gaze upon the statue of a well endowed Alf in our harbor and know that you have completed your journey.
Now, some tips:
Now, some tips:
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Ah, we have a new ship on the shores of Bluesky carrying migrants from the Old Country (Twitter). Welcome. Gaze upon the statue of a well endowed Alf in our harbor and know that you have completed your journey.
Now, some tips:
Now, some tips:
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*squints at tree skirt*
December 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
*squints at tree skirt*