Nos
@peppersteaks.bsky.social
sci-fi writer • RS-25 • a scientist or whatever
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Names of more advanced polyhedra are bloated, confusing and unmemorable. We don't call it a "hexahedron", we call it a "cube", so why should we stand for "icosidodecahedron" when we can call it like a "vlex"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosido...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosido...
Icosidodecahedron - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Names of more advanced polyhedra are bloated, confusing and unmemorable. We don't call it a "hexahedron", we call it a "cube", so why should we stand for "icosidodecahedron" when we can call it like a "vlex"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosido...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosido...
@qntm.org happy release day! I was lucky enough to get a digital ARC, and I’m very happy to add this edition next to my og copy on the shelf
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@qntm.org happy release day! I was lucky enough to get a digital ARC, and I’m very happy to add this edition next to my og copy on the shelf
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if you’re a writer and have an idea but you’re thinking “idk how to stretch this into a novel” and that discourages you from finishing…
consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading
consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading
August 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
if you’re a writer and have an idea but you’re thinking “idk how to stretch this into a novel” and that discourages you from finishing…
consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading
consider just writing a short story or a novella. you don’t actually need to write a novel for a story to be worth reading
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i love writing, so the surprise isnt about that, its just that this was NOT the life trot i expected. a very strange place to be, reaching the sort of 'worldwide corporate distribution' level in two unrelated art fields with no crossover at all. and then to get to compare them. i like books the best
August 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
i love writing, so the surprise isnt about that, its just that this was NOT the life trot i expected. a very strange place to be, reaching the sort of 'worldwide corporate distribution' level in two unrelated art fields with no crossover at all. and then to get to compare them. i like books the best
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A SPECIAL BUCKAROO MESSAGE. lucky day is out AUGUST 12TH @torbooks.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A SPECIAL BUCKAROO MESSAGE. lucky day is out AUGUST 12TH @torbooks.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Wait, it’s Gundam day! How could I have almost forgotten 🫣
(if you didn’t know, dates are ordered YMD in Japan, so today is 2025.7.8 - 78 representing, well, RX-78-2)
(if you didn’t know, dates are ordered YMD in Japan, so today is 2025.7.8 - 78 representing, well, RX-78-2)
July 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Wait, it’s Gundam day! How could I have almost forgotten 🫣
(if you didn’t know, dates are ordered YMD in Japan, so today is 2025.7.8 - 78 representing, well, RX-78-2)
(if you didn’t know, dates are ordered YMD in Japan, so today is 2025.7.8 - 78 representing, well, RX-78-2)
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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This is a new Murderbot short story, coming out later this week on Reactor Magazine. It’s about ART and its crew, set before Network Effect, and how ART finally decided to tell them about meeting a rogue SecUnit.
July 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is a new Murderbot short story, coming out later this week on Reactor Magazine. It’s about ART and its crew, set before Network Effect, and how ART finally decided to tell them about meeting a rogue SecUnit.
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A recent cover for @jdrhodesman.bsky.social, for a series described as "The Boys + Neon Genesis Evangelion." It lives up to the hype, but is more philosophical / self-aware (in some ways, all the caveats, etc. etc.) and is more like "The Girls + Getting Goosebumps from the Awesomeness." #booksky
July 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A recent cover for @jdrhodesman.bsky.social, for a series described as "The Boys + Neon Genesis Evangelion." It lives up to the hype, but is more philosophical / self-aware (in some ways, all the caveats, etc. etc.) and is more like "The Girls + Getting Goosebumps from the Awesomeness." #booksky
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How about we keep public libraries open 24 hours?
July 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
How about we keep public libraries open 24 hours?
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hey folks!
this piece was recently featured on the album covers for the new twin albums by jazingsen, "a grain of blown dust" and "a grain of blown dust into oblivion"! if you're at all a fan of ambient/classical crossover, definitely give them a spin!
links for both below ↓
this piece was recently featured on the album covers for the new twin albums by jazingsen, "a grain of blown dust" and "a grain of blown dust into oblivion"! if you're at all a fan of ambient/classical crossover, definitely give them a spin!
links for both below ↓
July 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
hey folks!
this piece was recently featured on the album covers for the new twin albums by jazingsen, "a grain of blown dust" and "a grain of blown dust into oblivion"! if you're at all a fan of ambient/classical crossover, definitely give them a spin!
links for both below ↓
this piece was recently featured on the album covers for the new twin albums by jazingsen, "a grain of blown dust" and "a grain of blown dust into oblivion"! if you're at all a fan of ambient/classical crossover, definitely give them a spin!
links for both below ↓
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Feel💦🥬💚
#mothernature #naturephoto #amazing #naturescolours #wildlife #naturescape #naturemood #naturephotographers #naturephotoshoot #nature #watercourse #mountains
#mothernature #naturephoto #amazing #naturescolours #wildlife #naturescape #naturemood #naturephotographers #naturephotoshoot #nature #watercourse #mountains
July 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I think one of my biggest issues is when reading sci-fi premises having the thought of ‘well that’s just not realistic’ like!! That’s the point dumbass! It’s fiction!
July 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I think one of my biggest issues is when reading sci-fi premises having the thought of ‘well that’s just not realistic’ like!! That’s the point dumbass! It’s fiction!
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July 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
July 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
this is the time for scifi fans to exercise the ultimate depth and breadth of their creativity
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
make them shut down the hotline
use all your best Borg jokes
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queer scifi has always been important
July 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
queer scifi has always been important