Sue Burke
@sueburke.bsky.social
Writer. https://sueburke.site/
Never trust plants. botany.one/2025/10/bait...
Bait and switch: sweet Nepenthes nectar is toxic to the ants it lures
Pitcher plants prove, lethally, that there's no such thing as a free lunch.
botany.one
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Never trust plants. botany.one/2025/10/bait...
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Vetnamese mossy tree frog Theloderma corticale
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Vetnamese mossy tree frog Theloderma corticale
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Liquid Sand/Arena Líquida marks a major moment for Mexican poetry in translation, the first substantial bilingual selection of work by Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélez, translated by Sue Burke and Christian Law-Palacín.
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Liquid Sand/Arena Líquida marks a major moment for Mexican poetry in translation, the first substantial bilingual selection of work by Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélez, translated by Sue Burke and Christian Law-Palacín.
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @sueburke.bsky.social #Mexico #poetry #poesia #translation
But you knew this. www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guide...
Health Benefits of Houseplants
Houseplants that boost your mood, help you breathe easier, and keep away dust? Find out which indoor foliage can deliver health benefits.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
But you knew this. www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guide...
My translation of the short story “Trees at Night” by Ramiro Sanchiz is at Clarkesworld Magazine. A hospital librarian befriends a young patient. They’re not on Earth, but they don’t know where they are or when. clarkesworldmagazine.com/sanchiz_11_25/
Trees at Night by Ramiro Sanchiz, translated by Sue Burke
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My translation of the short story “Trees at Night” by Ramiro Sanchiz is at Clarkesworld Magazine. A hospital librarian befriends a young patient. They’re not on Earth, but they don’t know where they are or when. clarkesworldmagazine.com/sanchiz_11_25/
What truth and art can do. writerunboxed.com/2025/10/31/l...
Lies, Slogans, and Blasphemous Grift
I recognize my handwriting on the flyleaf of Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. At the top, I had written “Summer 2017” and below a long note on Goya and Napole…
writerunboxed.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
What truth and art can do. writerunboxed.com/2025/10/31/l...
Just as the panda became a symbol for wildlife conservation, monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation, a reminder that biodiversity isn’t only about animals. theconversation.com/famous-monke...
Famous monkey-face ‘Dracula’ orchids are vanishing in the wild
How the threatened monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation.
theconversation.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Just as the panda became a symbol for wildlife conservation, monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation, a reminder that biodiversity isn’t only about animals. theconversation.com/famous-monke...
Halloween is especially scary in Chicago this year. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/h...
How Chicagoans Are Helping Kids Have A Safe — And ICE-Free — Halloween This Year
Neighbors are organizing indoor trick-or-treat events, candy drives and candy dropoffs to protect vulnerable families. Two Logan Square blocks that attract thousands of trick-or-treaters may shut down...
blockclubchicago.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Halloween is especially scary in Chicago this year. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/29/h...
Do you trust your houseplants? | Monstrum - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Kw...
Monster Plants and the Humans who Invent Them | Monstrum
YouTube video by Storied
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October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Do you trust your houseplants? | Monstrum - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Kw...
Protesting, canvassing, patrolling schools, delivering groceries... are just some of the ways we can help our communities be safer places for everyone in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Protesting, canvassing, patrolling schools, delivering groceries... are just some of the ways we can help our communities be safer places for everyone in Chicago.
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So thematically, narratively, intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally rich. I guess you could call me a @sueburke.bsky.social stan. Some of my favorite sci-fi ever. Big thanks to the person who first recommended these books to me. #JustRead
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So thematically, narratively, intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally rich. I guess you could call me a @sueburke.bsky.social stan. Some of my favorite sci-fi ever. Big thanks to the person who first recommended these books to me. #JustRead
Carnivorous plants get what they need from meat, not fungus. botany.one/2025/10/carn...
Carnivorous plants lack genes to host arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
When friends abandon them, some plants go on a killing spree.
botany.one
October 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Carnivorous plants get what they need from meat, not fungus. botany.one/2025/10/carn...
Deep Dish Reading at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at After-Words Bookstore, 23 E. Illinois St., Chicago, organized by the Speculative Literature Foundation. Featuring Devi Bhaduri, Tina Jens, Philip Janowski, Brendan Detzner, Harold Holt, Katherine Ervin, Winifred Burton, and Sue Burke.
October 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Deep Dish Reading at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at After-Words Bookstore, 23 E. Illinois St., Chicago, organized by the Speculative Literature Foundation. Featuring Devi Bhaduri, Tina Jens, Philip Janowski, Brendan Detzner, Harold Holt, Katherine Ervin, Winifred Burton, and Sue Burke.
Satire ... until it isn't. replacement.ai
Replacement.AI
Humans are no longer necessary. So we’re getting rid of them.
replacement.ai
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Satire ... until it isn't. replacement.ai
Trade paperback available today! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Usurpation
After her rollicking standalone Dual Memory, Sue Burke returns to her Semiosis series and the world of Pax in Usurpation, which combines the thrill of M. Nig...
us.macmillan.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Trade paperback available today! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Cockroaches pollinate this parasite -- proof that the world is weird. botany.one/2025/10/ecce...
Eccentric Pollinating Mates for An Eccentric Flowering Plant
Science has just proven the most despised bugs in human history to be key pollinators of some of the most bizarre and fascinating plants on Earth.
botany.one
October 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Cockroaches pollinate this parasite -- proof that the world is weird. botany.one/2025/10/ecce...
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🤖 "You don't want a #translation that makes a good guess - which is really all you get from AI - when your money or your life is on the line. You want a #translation that understands the nuances that vary between the languages"
feat. @andybenzo.bsky.social
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AI Can Probably Do Some of Your Work Tasks. That Doesn't Mean It Can Do Your Job
Even for vulnerable jobs like translation and research, that work is more than just the tasks AI may be able to assist with.
cnet.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🤖 "You don't want a #translation that makes a good guess - which is really all you get from AI - when your money or your life is on the line. You want a #translation that understands the nuances that vary between the languages"
feat. @andybenzo.bsky.social
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via @cnet.com
feat. @andybenzo.bsky.social
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via @cnet.com
North Side Business Owners Stand Together on Vimeo. Stand up to ICE. vimeo.com/1127301974
North Side Business Owners Stand Together
we met with North Side business leaders to express our solidarity with the small business community and to stand up to ICE. Many in our community are feeling uncertain…
vimeo.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
North Side Business Owners Stand Together on Vimeo. Stand up to ICE. vimeo.com/1127301974
This is useful - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is useful - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Bright wings don't fit into dull environments, and all our lives get more drab. | Butterflies | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Bright wings don't fit into dull environments, and all our lives get more drab. | Butterflies | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I’ll be one of the readers at this month’s Gumbo Fiction Salon, 7 p.m. Monday, October 13, upstairs at the Galway Arms Irish Bar and Restaurant, 2442 N. Clark Street, Chicago. Free Admission. This edition is a special goodbye to Tina Jens, founder of the event, who is moving to New Orleans.
October 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’ll be one of the readers at this month’s Gumbo Fiction Salon, 7 p.m. Monday, October 13, upstairs at the Galway Arms Irish Bar and Restaurant, 2442 N. Clark Street, Chicago. Free Admission. This edition is a special goodbye to Tina Jens, founder of the event, who is moving to New Orleans.
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More on #Anthropic: @sfwa.bsky.social has created a special section of the SFWA website devoted to the settlement, with a FAQ, links to resources, & a survey for authors impacted by Anthropic's illegal downloads. Will be regularly updated www.sfwa.org/anthropic-faq/
Anthropic FAQ - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Frequently Asked Questions about the Anthropic/AI Settlement Please note that all answers are based on the settlement documents as of […]
www.sfwa.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
More on #Anthropic: @sfwa.bsky.social has created a special section of the SFWA website devoted to the settlement, with a FAQ, links to resources, & a survey for authors impacted by Anthropic's illegal downloads. Will be regularly updated www.sfwa.org/anthropic-faq/
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I can't get over how smart and humane (maybe not the right word due to many characters being nonhuman) this series by @sueburke.bsky.social is. Beautiful stuff. #JustRead
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I can't get over how smart and humane (maybe not the right word due to many characters being nonhuman) this series by @sueburke.bsky.social is. Beautiful stuff. #JustRead
Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of climate change misinformation. Are you surprised? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation
OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of climate change misinformation. Are you surprised? www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Tsundoku is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in a home without reading them.There's a word for what I do! - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundok...
Tsundoku - Wikipedia
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September 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Tsundoku is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in a home without reading them.There's a word for what I do! - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundok...