Pauline Barmby
@pbarmby.bsky.social
Science: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-0090. Fiction: https://www.galacticwords.com Words in Year’s Best Cdn F&SF Vols 2&3, Nature:Futures, Analog, Utopia SF, MNRAS, ApJ, etc. Runner, knitter, curler. 🇨🇦 & minor planet 281067. She/her.
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Pauline Barmby
@pbarmby.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Here’s the promised retrospective of my 2024 published SFF stories: buckle up (or, mute this thread if you’re tired of my going on about this).
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Oh. Wrote. WROTE. Yes, I published one:
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh. Wrote. WROTE. Yes, I published one:
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Please Listen Carefully Because Our Menu Options Have Recently Changed," in @naturefutures.bsky.social:
(I'm afraid the publisher wants you to pay for access, though)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I became a regular customer of @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social during the pandemic. Little did I imagine that I’d get to read my own work there a few years later. Thanks BPB and @ourmankoto.bsky.social!
Today's the day! Join us at 3:00pm to celebrate the release of YEAR'S BEST CANADIAN FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION VOL. 3! There'll be readings, signings, and snacks!
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I became a regular customer of @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social during the pandemic. Little did I imagine that I’d get to read my own work there a few years later. Thanks BPB and @ourmankoto.bsky.social!
Oh look, a “proprietary story crafting tool” that Postmedia is hawking to “Preserve a life story in a beautiful biography.” Only $350.
If you want to spend money on this, let me suggest that your local post-secondary institution likely has a writing program with students you could hire instead.
If you want to spend money on this, let me suggest that your local post-secondary institution likely has a writing program with students you could hire instead.
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Oh look, a “proprietary story crafting tool” that Postmedia is hawking to “Preserve a life story in a beautiful biography.” Only $350.
If you want to spend money on this, let me suggest that your local post-secondary institution likely has a writing program with students you could hire instead.
If you want to spend money on this, let me suggest that your local post-secondary institution likely has a writing program with students you could hire instead.
Today! I am hurtling, train-fashion, to Toronto right this minute!
One more sleep! See you at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon!
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today! I am hurtling, train-fashion, to Toronto right this minute!
There is simultaneously too much and not enough November remaining.
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
There is simultaneously too much and not enough November remaining.
I am older and likely less patient than Dr Scudder, so let me emphasize: don’t *fucking* do this.
![Snippet of an email which reads, “Your quick wit and retorts to [redacted name]’s odd questions and your "alluring" voice were not what one expects from an astrophysicist. Very impressive! As a retired environmental scientist I…”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxk63kha5mnmwkyoq5zq35w5/bafkreigec2b55l424smy3cpgsogolxmknw6tnsoywfeykmfcntmopj5bnm@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I am older and likely less patient than Dr Scudder, so let me emphasize: don’t *fucking* do this.
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75 physical ARCs of THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA are up for grabs in my #goodreadsgiveaway!
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
Book giveaway for The Iron Garden Sutra (The Cosmic Wheel, #1) by A.D. Sui Nov 01-Nov 15, 2025
Enter to win one of 75 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 01-Nov 15, 2025. Richly layered and intensely compelling from start to finish.” —K...
www.goodreads.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
75 physical ARCs of THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA are up for grabs in my #goodreadsgiveaway!
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
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You might, uh, commemorate this event by ordering the Rosalind Franklin memorial anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories for your local library.
www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
You might, uh, commemorate this event by ordering the Rosalind Franklin memorial anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories for your local library.
www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
www.atthisarts.com/product/rosa...
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And this kids is what we call “over-fitting”.
The chart most certainly visualizes the range of AI predictions accurately.
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And this kids is what we call “over-fitting”.
One more sleep! See you at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon!
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
One more sleep! See you at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon!
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Well, glad to share good news! Vol3 is trending at #17 in its category -- that is AWESOME news.
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three ebook by Stephen Kotowych - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three" by Stephen Kotowych available from Rakuten Kobo. “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reade...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Well, glad to share good news! Vol3 is trending at #17 in its category -- that is AWESOME news.
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
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Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Astrophysics Data System (ADS) User Feedback Survey
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) digital library. Your insights will help us improve the platform and better serve the scientific community. All ...
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hey, astronomers. Can you imagine astronomy research without ADS?!?!? No? So, have you filled out the ADS survey yet?
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Help archives help you!
(Help archives keep funding!)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
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It’s insulting to tell 🇨🇦 scientists we need international scientists to run to our rescue & ensure innovation.
🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End
🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It’s insulting to tell 🇨🇦 scientists we need international scientists to run to our rescue & ensure innovation.
🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End
🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End
It’s hard not to feel insulted by the Canadian federal budget’s implication that researchers currently working in Canada aren’t good enough, so they’ll spend a bunch of taxpayer money to bring in “top talent” from elsewhere.
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It’s hard not to feel insulted by the Canadian federal budget’s implication that researchers currently working in Canada aren’t good enough, so they’ll spend a bunch of taxpayer money to bring in “top talent” from elsewhere.
Yes, but could we please use some term other than “soft skills”? Both “non-technical” and “professional” are more descriptive.
How can a physics graduate get a job outside of academia? To understand what companies look for when hiring, Physics Today's Alex Lopatka recently spoke to scientists in the private sector. The big takeaway: soft skills like communication are often just as important as technical skills. #physics
Landing a job in the private sector
Technical knowledge and skills are only some of the considerations that managers have when hiring physical scientists. Soft skills, in particular communication, are also high on the list.
physicstoday.aip.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Yes, but could we please use some term other than “soft skills”? Both “non-technical” and “professional” are more descriptive.
Canadian federal budget, p456. Men like crypto and women like trains, apparently.
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Canadian federal budget, p456. Men like crypto and women like trains, apparently.
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
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Today's community drabble is, "Interlunar Confidential" by Pauline Barmby. The theme was "conspiracy."
Find Pauline Barmby at @pbarmby.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Pauline Barmby at @pbarmby.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today's community drabble is, "Interlunar Confidential" by Pauline Barmby. The theme was "conspiracy."
Find Pauline Barmby at @pbarmby.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Find Pauline Barmby at @pbarmby.bsky.social
Care to drabble with us? Join the fun at reachyourapex.com/drbl
#authors #drabbles #writingprompts
Surely the members of the Standing Committee on Science and Research have better things to do than sift through the personal details on every researcher who has applied for or reviewed a grant in the past five years.
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Surely the members of the Standing Committee on Science and Research have better things to do than sift through the personal details on every researcher who has applied for or reviewed a grant in the past five years.
Still unclear on why I have to reset our car’s clock for daylight savings time *separately* for each driver profile. Are there households where only one member observes DST?
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Still unclear on why I have to reset our car’s clock for daylight savings time *separately* for each driver profile. Are there households where only one member observes DST?
GTA friends! Now you know what you’re doing on Saturday afternoon!
Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
GTA friends! Now you know what you’re doing on Saturday afternoon!
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Research funds are scarce & competition is fierce. A recent paper by @andreasdeblock.bsky.social & colleagues explores how this competition shapes science—its practices, risks & ethics—and proposes ways to make funding fairer & more effective👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #AcademicSky #HPS #scipol 🧪
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Research funds are scarce & competition is fierce. A recent paper by @andreasdeblock.bsky.social & colleagues explores how this competition shapes science—its practices, risks & ethics—and proposes ways to make funding fairer & more effective👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #AcademicSky #HPS #scipol 🧪