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@mediapathic.bsky.social
Word Guy. Viable Paradise 2017. Fiction, parafiction, and game writer; Chicago Manual of Style enjoyer; sword swinger. Recreational taxonomist.
"Steen, occasionally I forget how extra you are but something always reminds me" -- Elizabeth Bear
#sf
"Steen, occasionally I forget how extra you are but something always reminds me" -- Elizabeth Bear
#sf
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Reckoning X is here! It's our collectively-edited 10th anniversary issue, themed on communication in environmental justice. See @monarobot.bsky.social's cover art and read editorials from @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social, @cgaubrey.bsky.social, and an exquisite corpse (!): reckoning.press/reckoning-x/
January 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Reckoning X is here! It's our collectively-edited 10th anniversary issue, themed on communication in environmental justice. See @monarobot.bsky.social's cover art and read editorials from @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social, @cgaubrey.bsky.social, and an exquisite corpse (!): reckoning.press/reckoning-x/
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So on @withouthistoryband.bsky.social's recommendation, I tracked down the essay "Necessary Golems" by sci-fi critic John Clute this morning.
And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
So on @withouthistoryband.bsky.social's recommendation, I tracked down the essay "Necessary Golems" by sci-fi critic John Clute this morning.
And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
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Waking up in the middle of the night rarely affords such pleasure as seeing so thoughtful & generous a review! A little speechless, & so grateful to Katie for the very kind interview!
I’m interested in what happens when people talk to each other and I’m interested in the ways in which that can open new avenues of story, says @amalelmohtar.com on her new collection, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories (Arcadia)👇 #BookSky
Amal El-Mohtar’s new collection confirms her as one of the most exciting SFF authors
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January 16, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Waking up in the middle of the night rarely affords such pleasure as seeing so thoughtful & generous a review! A little speechless, & so grateful to Katie for the very kind interview!
I have been blowing this particular trumpet for years now, and will continue to do so, even if Nick is too nice to do it himself. Also Gnomon is a master class in memetic self-defense.
I don’t generally blow my own trumpet, but I would like to point out that in Gnomon there’s a whole right wing movement built around the idea that you can deny reality hard enough to make a new one.
January 16, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I have been blowing this particular trumpet for years now, and will continue to do so, even if Nick is too nice to do it himself. Also Gnomon is a master class in memetic self-defense.
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#Booksky Hive Mind: I'm looking for Arabic science fiction & futurist recommendations which contain aspects which could be broadly described as anarchist, autonomist, or libertarian socialist/communist. More broadly, Arabic SF which rejects or is critical of nationalism would also be of interest.
January 16, 2026 at 7:38 AM
#Booksky Hive Mind: I'm looking for Arabic science fiction & futurist recommendations which contain aspects which could be broadly described as anarchist, autonomist, or libertarian socialist/communist. More broadly, Arabic SF which rejects or is critical of nationalism would also be of interest.
I got fired seemingly at random from a programming job. I learned later I was number 2 of 21 axed that day. Two weeks later the company was sold to Google.
With that in mind: if you were working in the tech industry during the dot com bubble bursting, how…was it? How bad?
Yeah, I was right in the middle of it. And yeah, the whole “dark fiber” thing was a wonder to behold. Now we have “dark GPUs” that will be obsolete by the time the data centers are built, which are waiting for the power and water infra. Yeah lots of companies are going to die.
January 16, 2026 at 6:17 AM
I got fired seemingly at random from a programming job. I learned later I was number 2 of 21 axed that day. Two weeks later the company was sold to Google.
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edit by JimboWales :-) reagle.org/joseph/2010/...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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I feel like these numbers are a little aspirational
January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I feel like these numbers are a little aspirational
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Tom puts together some of the most interesting projects in new and multimedia and is generally fascinating, and David is an infuriatingly good writer with a twisted mind and you should absolutely back this if it is in any way your bag.
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Tom puts together some of the most interesting projects in new and multimedia and is generally fascinating, and David is an infuriatingly good writer with a twisted mind and you should absolutely back this if it is in any way your bag.
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I'm reading this right now, and it's so much fun. Mad Max vibes in a world distinct enough from that to be very interesting, delightfully insufferable pov character, and a cheerful murder golem. If you like fast paced action leading fantastic world building, check it out.
Today's my birthday! And I'm launching a new thing, which is a bit scary and I need your help to spread the word.
So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
So! Today THE THIRTEENTH GOD, my new military progression fantasy magitech Mad Max x Final Fantasy x Gurren Lagann serial starts over at Royal Road!
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1472...
The Thirteenth God
Taking down a god isn’t easy…
In order to escape a prison at the edge of the world, con artist Kalsis Chiroptera agrees to do the impossible: overthrow the Princeps, the immortal ruler of all mankind...
www.royalroad.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I'm reading this right now, and it's so much fun. Mad Max vibes in a world distinct enough from that to be very interesting, delightfully insufferable pov character, and a cheerful murder golem. If you like fast paced action leading fantastic world building, check it out.
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live long Blixa - Happy Birthday
January 12, 2026 at 7:54 AM
live long Blixa - Happy Birthday
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stepped outside for a vibe check and saw a beast fuckin hauling ass towards Bethlehem
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 AM
stepped outside for a vibe check and saw a beast fuckin hauling ass towards Bethlehem
So much good stuff here but I’d specifically like to mention THE TINDALOS ASSET by Caitlin R Kiernan: Lovecraft done by a nonbinary paleontologist!
A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
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Humble Book Bundle: Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Open Road Media
Our latest ebook bundle has over 60 of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books written by women! Every purchase supports Active Minds charity!
www.humblebundle.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:59 AM
So much good stuff here but I’d specifically like to mention THE TINDALOS ASSET by Caitlin R Kiernan: Lovecraft done by a nonbinary paleontologist!
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
I am currently playing "two people who have met once and both have degrees of face blindness are sending emails from the same cafe but can't find each other"
January 11, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I am currently playing "two people who have met once and both have degrees of face blindness are sending emails from the same cafe but can't find each other"
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I like studying this list. Just read about an Australian band called Advent Sorrow that apparently broke up over the vocalist's ties to national socialism.
www.metal-archives.com/bands/Advent...
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www.metal-archives.com/bands/Advent...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I like studying this list. Just read about an Australian band called Advent Sorrow that apparently broke up over the vocalist's ties to national socialism.
www.metal-archives.com/bands/Advent...
bsky.app/profile/godf...
www.metal-archives.com/bands/Advent...
bsky.app/profile/godf...
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kids these days don't know how to impress Jodie Foster
January 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM
kids these days don't know how to impress Jodie Foster
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Now that we’re all on the same page with the extemporalized New Weird as a style or method rather than a period, what New Weird books are we looking forward to this year? Weird cities are the style of the time, right
Synesthetic, Uncapturable, Uninterpretable, Irreproducible: Review of Hiron Ennes’s The Works of Vermin
Zachary Gillan Under Review:The Works of Vermin. Hiron Ennes. Tor Books, October 2025. “In the true work of art”, Walter Benjamin once wrote, “pleasure can be fleeting, it can live in the moment, i…
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January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Now that we’re all on the same page with the extemporalized New Weird as a style or method rather than a period, what New Weird books are we looking forward to this year? Weird cities are the style of the time, right
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I chose a girl at the pinnacle of the structure because humanity's reach for the moon will be incomplete until a female crew lands there and explores the surface, representing the other half of our species. 3/4
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I chose a girl at the pinnacle of the structure because humanity's reach for the moon will be incomplete until a female crew lands there and explores the surface, representing the other half of our species. 3/4
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ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)
Acrylic - 40” x 30”
The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/4
Acrylic - 40” x 30”
The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/4
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 PM
ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)
Acrylic - 40” x 30”
The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/4
Acrylic - 40” x 30”
The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/4
A Fine Rant, by One Who Knows
I think the ultimate reason many of us older people feel like everything is broken and terrible is that we remember when we had access to general purpose computing devices
January 8, 2026 at 4:34 AM
A Fine Rant, by One Who Knows
Nine Goblins, the new(ish) book by @tkingfisher.com is out! I was the proofreader on this book, and I have been waiting to yell about it. Barely competent but adorable goblins! An elf veterinarian! A disgusting unicorn birth scene! Truly, something for everyone. locusmag.com/review/nine-...
Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher: Review by Gary K. Wolfe
Nine Goblins, T. Kingfisher (Tordotcom 978-1250400116, $24.99, 160pp, hc) January 2026. With more than a dozen T. Kingfisher novels published in this decade alone, Ursula Vernon seems to be an unst…
locusmag.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Nine Goblins, the new(ish) book by @tkingfisher.com is out! I was the proofreader on this book, and I have been waiting to yell about it. Barely competent but adorable goblins! An elf veterinarian! A disgusting unicorn birth scene! Truly, something for everyone. locusmag.com/review/nine-...