Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man
@nalohop.bsky.social
Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
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Hey, just got word that there's someone out there emailing people from annleckie05 at gmail, pretending to be me "reaching out" to people.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hey, just got word that there's someone out there emailing people from annleckie05 at gmail, pretending to be me "reaching out" to people.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
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do you or someone you buy gifts for love speculative fiction? activism? HAVE I GOT THE BOOK FOR YOU! Getting fantastic reviews already! Out THIS TUESDAY!
Realistically if you follow me there's probably someone in your circle this would make a great gift for! Possibly that person is you!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
do you or someone you buy gifts for love speculative fiction? activism? HAVE I GOT THE BOOK FOR YOU! Getting fantastic reviews already! Out THIS TUESDAY!
Eyesight 2 poor, hands 2 arthritic to thread my sewing machine needle. But I just figured out a hack: 1) Remove needle fr machine 2) thread machine to just before the needle. Leave a long tail. 3) thread needle outside the machine. Use needle threader if that helps. 4) Re-insert needle into machine.
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Eyesight 2 poor, hands 2 arthritic to thread my sewing machine needle. But I just figured out a hack: 1) Remove needle fr machine 2) thread machine to just before the needle. Leave a long tail. 3) thread needle outside the machine. Use needle threader if that helps. 4) Re-insert needle into machine.
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Welcome to the world of Locus Magazine, where your dreams of being first to know everything about sci-fi come true.
Grab a subscription to be first on the scene for new science fiction, fantasy, & horror books. Reviews, news, interviews, and more!
www.locusmag.com
Grab a subscription to be first on the scene for new science fiction, fantasy, & horror books. Reviews, news, interviews, and more!
www.locusmag.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Welcome to the world of Locus Magazine, where your dreams of being first to know everything about sci-fi come true.
Grab a subscription to be first on the scene for new science fiction, fantasy, & horror books. Reviews, news, interviews, and more!
www.locusmag.com
Grab a subscription to be first on the scene for new science fiction, fantasy, & horror books. Reviews, news, interviews, and more!
www.locusmag.com
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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Charisma is a local trans artist, creator, bookseller and all around wonderful human. I've been so lucky to get to hang out with them, and I've gotten to admire their art and their incredible positivity.
They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
Please share and donate if you can! Much much needed and appreciated ❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I have started an urgent gfm for my partner and friend Charisma and Robin. Please consider supporting them as they face financial hardship and housing insecurity! gofund.me/21cc825a8
@cyberpunk.dog @habariqueenby.bsky.social
@cyberpunk.dog @habariqueenby.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Charisma is a local trans artist, creator, bookseller and all around wonderful human. I've been so lucky to get to hang out with them, and I've gotten to admire their art and their incredible positivity.
They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
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Izolde is a wonderful member of our local trans community who's going through a really rough time right now. Please help if you can!!!
i should have got this up sooner, but i was ashamed; need to try to raise money for rent again this month and i remain (mostly; might have PT work!) unemployed as we approach year end.
please help me keep myself and my partner housed.
#helpsky #MARequest #transcrowdfund
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please help me keep myself and my partner housed.
#helpsky #MARequest #transcrowdfund
ko-fi.com/iafishman/go...
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Izolde is a wonderful member of our local trans community who's going through a really rough time right now. Please help if you can!!!
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Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
Bought a folding indoor-outdoor picnic table manufactured by Enduro. Turns out the plastic of the table top was imbued w strong perfume -- that's really a thing! -- not in the description. Washed it w vinegar, soap, surfactant; nothing got it out. It was making people sick, so I had to toss it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Bought a folding indoor-outdoor picnic table manufactured by Enduro. Turns out the plastic of the table top was imbued w strong perfume -- that's really a thing! -- not in the description. Washed it w vinegar, soap, surfactant; nothing got it out. It was making people sick, so I had to toss it.
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Hey Bluesky do you have recs for general maths books that would be friendly towards neurodivergent kids, preferably with illustrations?
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hey Bluesky do you have recs for general maths books that would be friendly towards neurodivergent kids, preferably with illustrations?
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
We are trying to learn equivalent fractions and the usual metaphors of pies and slices of pies are just not what kiddo needs
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The #aurora action tonight is from the livestream over Finland -- scroll back in the video timeline if you've missed some of it :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccTV...
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The #aurora action tonight is from the livestream over Finland -- scroll back in the video timeline if you've missed some of it :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccTV...
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PLEASE, retail workers
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
PLEASE, retail workers
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
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This week—learning that my book was banned & confronting state-imposed censorship of concepts like “diversity” and “oppression”—have been discouraging. I got a new book coming & don’t know what the future brings. BUT. The more The Powers That Be try to silence me, the louder I’ll become.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This week—learning that my book was banned & confronting state-imposed censorship of concepts like “diversity” and “oppression”—have been discouraging. I got a new book coming & don’t know what the future brings. BUT. The more The Powers That Be try to silence me, the louder I’ll become.
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I was kinda nervous about giving this speech TBH. I don't usually get nervous about public speaking but going to a fancy Washington DC event and talking about fascism and why AI sucks felt like a lot honestly. I was so relieved people seemed to like it.
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I was kinda nervous about giving this speech TBH. I don't usually get nervous about public speaking but going to a fancy Washington DC event and talking about fascism and why AI sucks felt like a lot honestly. I was so relieved people seemed to like it.
Google: People also ask: “Can a 60-year old woman wear leather pants?”
Me: Hold my girly cocktail.
Me: Hold my girly cocktail.
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Google: People also ask: “Can a 60-year old woman wear leather pants?”
Me: Hold my girly cocktail.
Me: Hold my girly cocktail.
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We have some more pizzas to give out today! If you’re in toronto victoria or Montreal order with the pizza password ! Email or dm for more info: transpizzaday@proton.me
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We have some more pizzas to give out today! If you’re in toronto victoria or Montreal order with the pizza password ! Email or dm for more info: transpizzaday@proton.me
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Amal’s audiobook for The River Has Roots, her novel about two sisters who make music together, has *actual music played and sung by her and her sister* and you should listen to it.
I'm so happy more people will be made aware of Gem Carmella's brilliant narration & Steve Wagner & the Macmillan Audio folks' excellent work producing it! & it's honestly amazing to get to share this kind of recognition with my sister, because we sang & played music together on it.
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Amal’s audiobook for The River Has Roots, her novel about two sisters who make music together, has *actual music played and sung by her and her sister* and you should listen to it.
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I am (glacially) working on a game based on the ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY universe and I don't have to talk to Tor about that because I still own my game rights
I can print out tee shirts with the phrase "Space plus bullshit equals death"
(and I will)
I can print out tee shirts with the phrase "Space plus bullshit equals death"
(and I will)
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I am (glacially) working on a game based on the ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY universe and I don't have to talk to Tor about that because I still own my game rights
I can print out tee shirts with the phrase "Space plus bullshit equals death"
(and I will)
I can print out tee shirts with the phrase "Space plus bullshit equals death"
(and I will)
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ARRIVAL was made from a Ted Chiang story that was first published in the Starlight 2 anthology. The movie grossed a worldwide total of over $200 million.
obviously we don't know how much he made licensing it, but the point is: that's Ted's money.
Money flows TOWARDS the writer.
obviously we don't know how much he made licensing it, but the point is: that's Ted's money.
Money flows TOWARDS the writer.
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
ARRIVAL was made from a Ted Chiang story that was first published in the Starlight 2 anthology. The movie grossed a worldwide total of over $200 million.
obviously we don't know how much he made licensing it, but the point is: that's Ted's money.
Money flows TOWARDS the writer.
obviously we don't know how much he made licensing it, but the point is: that's Ted's money.
Money flows TOWARDS the writer.
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New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Made it back to my office for office hours after this morning's not very strenuous class. Yet I'm sitting in my chair in the dark, too tired to stand and walk the five steps to my door to turn on the light. Yay, #fibromyalgia
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Made it back to my office for office hours after this morning's not very strenuous class. Yet I'm sitting in my chair in the dark, too tired to stand and walk the five steps to my door to turn on the light. Yay, #fibromyalgia
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PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
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This looks super cool! #Africanfuturism!
Their kickstarter is in the link. Just sent my contribution, too.
🐊 brittlepaper.com/2025/11/supp...
Their kickstarter is in the link. Just sent my contribution, too.
🐊 brittlepaper.com/2025/11/supp...
Support Crocodile Dance: An Africanfuturist Animated Feature Reimagining the Mami Wata Origin Story
An ambitious Africanfuturist animated feature is gaining momentum on Kickstarter, and it deserves your attention. Crocodile Dance reimagines the Mami Wata origin story through Roukia, a Hausa griot fr...
brittlepaper.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This looks super cool! #Africanfuturism!
Their kickstarter is in the link. Just sent my contribution, too.
🐊 brittlepaper.com/2025/11/supp...
Their kickstarter is in the link. Just sent my contribution, too.
🐊 brittlepaper.com/2025/11/supp...
Scott, you're a warrior. Thank you. @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, I'm so sorry. I know this is not under your control.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Scott, you're a warrior. Thank you. @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, I'm so sorry. I know this is not under your control.
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What will I be doing 25 hours from now? Reading from my new collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded at Brooklyn Books & Booze — along with @yumewrites.bsky.social, @franwilde.bsky.social, and @victorpineiro.bsky.social, who'll be sharing their own glorious words! Hope to see you there!
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What will I be doing 25 hours from now? Reading from my new collection 101 Things to Do Before You're Downloaded at Brooklyn Books & Booze — along with @yumewrites.bsky.social, @franwilde.bsky.social, and @victorpineiro.bsky.social, who'll be sharing their own glorious words! Hope to see you there!