Rachel
@sgwordy.bsky.social
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Super attached to my dog, reader, tea drinker, scientist, time dragon.
Super attached to my dog, reader, tea drinker, scientist, time dragon.
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very little brings me as much joy as explaining the plots of romance novels to my husband. no one is more earnestly appalled. "he made a BET to marry her? but that will hurt her feelings when she finds out!" yes beloved
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
very little brings me as much joy as explaining the plots of romance novels to my husband. no one is more earnestly appalled. "he made a BET to marry her? but that will hurt her feelings when she finds out!" yes beloved
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...
Get people in prison the basic supplies they are legally entitled to
The Department of Corrections is failing to provide basic necessities like hygienic bedding, underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a breach of human rights and a failure to care for those in s...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...
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Will incrementalism dismantle the conditions that produced this moment? Will moderation undo the damage?
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Will incrementalism dismantle the conditions that produced this moment? Will moderation undo the damage?
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An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
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With the release today of THE NAMELESS LAND, my grimsweet fantasy road trip w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials + bonus ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt is a complete duology (The Witch Roads).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
With the release today of THE NAMELESS LAND, my grimsweet fantasy road trip w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials + bonus ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt is a complete duology (The Witch Roads).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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The Department of Corrections is failing to provide people basic necessities like hygenic bedding, underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a breach of human rights and a failure to care for those in state care. Sign our petition: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The Department of Corrections is failing to provide people basic necessities like hygenic bedding, underwear, socks, shoes and thermals. This is a breach of human rights and a failure to care for those in state care. Sign our petition: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ge...
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A list of common tropes and narratives people use to marginalise Māori, especially in discussions about Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Treaty settlements.
#Māori #TeTiriti #TreatyOfWaitangi #Aotearoa #NewZealand
#Māori #TeTiriti #TreatyOfWaitangi #Aotearoa #NewZealand
15 Common Tropes And Narratives Uses To Marginalise Māori
The Weekend Spy - @weekendspy@mastodon.nz (Oct 31, 2025) https://mastodon.nz/@weekendspy/115464239518163279 Here’s a list of common tropes a...
blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A list of common tropes and narratives people use to marginalise Māori, especially in discussions about Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Treaty settlements.
#Māori #TeTiriti #TreatyOfWaitangi #Aotearoa #NewZealand
#Māori #TeTiriti #TreatyOfWaitangi #Aotearoa #NewZealand
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I am required to show off this spectacular cover (artist: Juan Bernabeu) for my near future political novelette coming on @reactorsff.bsky.social on Nov 5.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I am required to show off this spectacular cover (artist: Juan Bernabeu) for my near future political novelette coming on @reactorsff.bsky.social on Nov 5.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
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We rely on the volunteer support from everyday people to get this important mahi done - if you can this year, please consider donating to our Holiday Card Drive fundraiser here: givealittle.co.nz/cause/send-p...
Send prisoners some holiday cheer!
Help the Prisoner Correspondence Network send holiday cards to hundreds of prisoners in Aotearoa.
givealittle.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We rely on the volunteer support from everyday people to get this important mahi done - if you can this year, please consider donating to our Holiday Card Drive fundraiser here: givealittle.co.nz/cause/send-p...
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I took a picture of Donna making a silly face, and then she got embarrassed.
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I took a picture of Donna making a silly face, and then she got embarrassed.
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"Maintain a community focus.
Let us keep close together, not wide apart.
A waka which we are ALL IN
with no exception."
Let us keep close together, not wide apart.
A waka which we are ALL IN
with no exception."
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"Maintain a community focus.
Let us keep close together, not wide apart.
A waka which we are ALL IN
with no exception."
Let us keep close together, not wide apart.
A waka which we are ALL IN
with no exception."
"If you are still breathing and trying, it’s not over. It’s not too late, because too late is a fake idea. The people around you will always be worth fighting for, as will your community, as will your humanity."
organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"If you are still breathing and trying, it’s not over. It’s not too late, because too late is a fake idea. The people around you will always be worth fighting for, as will your community, as will your humanity."
organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
organizingmythoughts.org/we-have-to-m...
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Protesters: NZ space launches are enabling genocide
Judith Collins: "Perfectly comfortable" with the ethics and work of the industry, the protesters "live in another world"
1 News: Yeah, actually, we OIAd that shit and the human rights abuse warnings about the launches were there from the start
Judith Collins: "Perfectly comfortable" with the ethics and work of the industry, the protesters "live in another world"
1 News: Yeah, actually, we OIAd that shit and the human rights abuse warnings about the launches were there from the start
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Protesters: NZ space launches are enabling genocide
Judith Collins: "Perfectly comfortable" with the ethics and work of the industry, the protesters "live in another world"
1 News: Yeah, actually, we OIAd that shit and the human rights abuse warnings about the launches were there from the start
Judith Collins: "Perfectly comfortable" with the ethics and work of the industry, the protesters "live in another world"
1 News: Yeah, actually, we OIAd that shit and the human rights abuse warnings about the launches were there from the start
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This story was devastating to write. Imagine what it was like to live it.
'He begged for pain relief': The story of a boy who was failed by his carers before he died
Oranga Tamariki apologises to the family of a teenager: “There were failings in how we cared for you”
www.stuff.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This story was devastating to write. Imagine what it was like to live it.
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Sharing an email from our intake director:
As intake director, I don't typically write these emails, but I am writing today with urgency and clarity: PSAF must raise $50,000 immediately to stay open through the rest of the month into November.
www.donorbox.org/support-the-fund
As intake director, I don't typically write these emails, but I am writing today with urgency and clarity: PSAF must raise $50,000 immediately to stay open through the rest of the month into November.
www.donorbox.org/support-the-fund
Donate to Palmetto State Abortion Fund | Palmetto State Abortion Fund (Powered by Donorbox)
*While we assist abortion seekers from other Southern states as well, the information below pertains to South Carolina.* Since launching in late 2021, PSAF has supported over 1,500 people in accessing...
www.donorbox.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Sharing an email from our intake director:
As intake director, I don't typically write these emails, but I am writing today with urgency and clarity: PSAF must raise $50,000 immediately to stay open through the rest of the month into November.
www.donorbox.org/support-the-fund
As intake director, I don't typically write these emails, but I am writing today with urgency and clarity: PSAF must raise $50,000 immediately to stay open through the rest of the month into November.
www.donorbox.org/support-the-fund
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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As ever... the vast, vast majority of people don't want the hellscape the right is forcing on us. they really are the minority viewpoint. vocal? yes. powerful? unfortunately, yes. But there are so many more people who don't want to live in the world they're trying to make.
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
As ever... the vast, vast majority of people don't want the hellscape the right is forcing on us. they really are the minority viewpoint. vocal? yes. powerful? unfortunately, yes. But there are so many more people who don't want to live in the world they're trying to make.
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Folks, Israel is not letting aid in which means Palestinians continue to have to buy food on the black market from Israel sponsored gangs. If you can donate a little money to the fundraisers we're posting, you can keep someone alive. Palestinians wouldn't beg if they didn't have to.
UNRWA has enough food outside #Gaza to supply people there for 3 months, amid desperate need. Our teams stand ready to deliver it.
But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.
Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.
But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.
Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Folks, Israel is not letting aid in which means Palestinians continue to have to buy food on the black market from Israel sponsored gangs. If you can donate a little money to the fundraisers we're posting, you can keep someone alive. Palestinians wouldn't beg if they didn't have to.
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I’m being watched.
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I’m being watched.