Syr Beker
@syr.bsky.social
Art/Stories/Immersive at the End of the Anthropocene * Horror Queer * they/them * Author of What A Fish Looks Like (Stelliform Press!)
New social platform, same cat-laddie/ free 🍉/ ACAB/ punnery-before-dignity/ neurofabulous energy. Oceans > AI.
New social platform, same cat-laddie/ free 🍉/ ACAB/ punnery-before-dignity/ neurofabulous energy. Oceans > AI.
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Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
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#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
We need your recommendations of works for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider. If you’ve read a recently published work of science fiction or fantasy that explores or expands our understanding of…
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September 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Please recommend works of #SpeculativeFiction published in 2025 that explore or expand our understanding of gender! Nominate for the Otherwise Award:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
#sff #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #horror #genre #awards
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
In other news this is TONIGHT at A Room of One's Own Bookstore! @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Come see me and the incredible @bpladek.bsky.social and special guests!!
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In other news this is TONIGHT at A Room of One's Own Bookstore! @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Come see me and the incredible @bpladek.bsky.social and special guests!!
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
I LOVE Chicago. The whole city, as a spirit/entity feels ready to fight fascism. I was given a whistle within an hour of arriving. We paused our literary reading to cheer Mamdani victory. Coffee shops are like "morning, comrade, you want an extra shot of espresso in there to help you punch nazis?"
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I LOVE Chicago. The whole city, as a spirit/entity feels ready to fight fascism. I was given a whistle within an hour of arriving. We paused our literary reading to cheer Mamdani victory. Coffee shops are like "morning, comrade, you want an extra shot of espresso in there to help you punch nazis?"
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The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The victory of progressive candidates is a byproduct of our work caring for one another and building a better world, not the goal of our work.
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California passes proposition 50, which will mean multiple anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congress people will likely lose their seat.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
California passes proposition 50, which will mean multiple anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congress people will likely lose their seat.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
A continual bloodbath for anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans tonight.
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Mamdani speaks.
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I say his name, as we turn the page that abandons the many in favor of the few."
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I say his name, as we turn the page that abandons the many in favor of the few."
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Mamdani speaks.
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I say his name, as we turn the page that abandons the many in favor of the few."
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I say his name, as we turn the page that abandons the many in favor of the few."
This Wednesday in Madison! I get to read with one of my very favorite writers, B. Pladek, @bpladek.bsky.social, at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social!!!! We're having a queer/trans open mic! COME ON BY! I'll be reading from What A Fish Looks Like out now from @stelliform.press!
November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This Wednesday in Madison! I get to read with one of my very favorite writers, B. Pladek, @bpladek.bsky.social, at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social!!!! We're having a queer/trans open mic! COME ON BY! I'll be reading from What A Fish Looks Like out now from @stelliform.press!
I GET TO READ WITH @bpladek.bsky.social at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social !!!!!! This Wednesday, 6pm!
WI/Madison folks: come out to @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social next Wed, Nov 5 at 6 pm to celebrate the magnificent new short story collection from @syr.bsky.social, WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE, out now with @stelliform.press!
It includes an OPEN MIC, so come read! <3
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It includes an OPEN MIC, so come read! <3
roomofonesown.com/event/2025-1...
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I GET TO READ WITH @bpladek.bsky.social at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social !!!!!! This Wednesday, 6pm!
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I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street.
October 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I am never ever fucking EVER getting over these fuckers just driving around snatching our neighbors off the street.
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even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment
Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment
OK LISTEN. Every story in this book is a banger. This book has had me in tears multiple times. Highly likely this is going to be my favorite collection of the year. Get it now, thank me later!
Le Guin Prize winner Rebecca Campbell's debut collection is out this week!
Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”
Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
OK LISTEN. Every story in this book is a banger. This book has had me in tears multiple times. Highly likely this is going to be my favorite collection of the year. Get it now, thank me later!
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Hire me to do grotty black and white drawings in your novel/book/ttrpg sometime maybe :-D i promise maximum GROT and DRAMA
Me! I've been making art inspired by old bookplates and grotty art in adventure books and rpg mags.
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Hire me to do grotty black and white drawings in your novel/book/ttrpg sometime maybe :-D i promise maximum GROT and DRAMA
I got my first cat review!!! This is Mandy, and Mandy thinks "What A Fish Looks Like," - from @stelliform.press - is good for faceplanting! Mandy, like all cats, is perfect, so there you go.
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I got my first cat review!!! This is Mandy, and Mandy thinks "What A Fish Looks Like," - from @stelliform.press - is good for faceplanting! Mandy, like all cats, is perfect, so there you go.
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ICYMI, we're open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds for this entire month!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
ICYMI, we're open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds for this entire month!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
!!!! THIS IN THE WORLD NOW PLEASE! Let's make it so!
WE FUNDED YEAR ONE! Now let’s smash some stretch goals and fund year two so we can stick around!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
September 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
!!!! THIS IN THE WORLD NOW PLEASE! Let's make it so!
Ahhhhh I’m so excited!!!
San Francisco! I’m hosting a reading and discussion with four wonderful local authors:
📚 Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social
📚 Syr Beker @syr.bsky.social
📚 Charlie Getter
📚 Lehua Taitano
& my co-host @fabulistmag.bsky.social
OCTOBER 2 - 1246 FOLSOM
Details: cafesuspiro.com/pages/stir-a...
📚 Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane.bsky.social
📚 Syr Beker @syr.bsky.social
📚 Charlie Getter
📚 Lehua Taitano
& my co-host @fabulistmag.bsky.social
OCTOBER 2 - 1246 FOLSOM
Details: cafesuspiro.com/pages/stir-a...
September 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Ahhhhh I’m so excited!!!
@neonhemlock.bsky.social makes the most beautiful books. OPENS SOON!
whoa october is around the corner!
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.
more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions
September 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
@neonhemlock.bsky.social makes the most beautiful books. OPENS SOON!
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Sama'a's family is struggling. They have two little girls to feed and clothe, one still an infant, and every dollar counts. Please join me in digging deep for them.
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sama'a's family is struggling. They have two little girls to feed and clothe, one still an infant, and every dollar counts. Please join me in digging deep for them.
I could NOT be more excited for a sequel. FRIENDS you have just enough time to order @boriscrito.bsky.social EG Condé's Sordidez from @stelliform.press. You won't be **ready for this greatness, but you can at least prepare.
Thanks to your support for Taínofuturism, @stelliform.press is publishing TWO standalone sequels to SORDIDEZ in 2026! 📕The first is called CACIQUES. Set in Borikén, our heroes learn how to live without the Empires that have long defined them. Can they vanquish the lingering ghosts of coloniality? 9/
September 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I could NOT be more excited for a sequel. FRIENDS you have just enough time to order @boriscrito.bsky.social EG Condé's Sordidez from @stelliform.press. You won't be **ready for this greatness, but you can at least prepare.
You are GOING to want to go to this! @kristinaten.bsky.social is a genius storyteller and every story she writes is an absolute banger.
Midweek story time! Tomorrow evening, come sit criss-cross applesauce, or however's comfortable, for an hour of livestream stories told by @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social and me 🖤📚
September 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You are GOING to want to go to this! @kristinaten.bsky.social is a genius storyteller and every story she writes is an absolute banger.
So proud of my brilliant wife Kadet, who after decades of being a first/only queer/woman game audio designer in so many places, is the audio lead of Civilization 7 so we can have queer/femme warriors like god intended. Awesome article in @asoundeffect.bsky.social www.asoundeffect.com/civilization...
Designing Sound for the Centuries in 'Civilization VII' – with the Firaxis Sound Team | A Sound Effect
The sound team on Firaxis Games 'Sid Meier's Civilization VII' discuss their approach to taking the game's sound to new heights by honoring the past and embracing the new, designing new sounds for bio...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
So proud of my brilliant wife Kadet, who after decades of being a first/only queer/woman game audio designer in so many places, is the audio lead of Civilization 7 so we can have queer/femme warriors like god intended. Awesome article in @asoundeffect.bsky.social www.asoundeffect.com/civilization...
"Drugs are not expensive because they're made of platinum or something."
May we continue work towards a society that puts the care of its people and the place we live at the heart of its mission (because seriously WTF else is the priority).
May we continue work towards a society that puts the care of its people and the place we live at the heart of its mission (because seriously WTF else is the priority).
As we see ANOTHER huge drop in the cost of curing tuberculosis, I am reminded that 1. drugs are not expensive because they're made of platinum or something, and 2. the fruits of activism are often harvested over many years. Thanks to all the folks who made this happen. www.stoptb.org/news/breakin...
Breaking News: Historical Drop of DR-TB Treatment Cost Below $300 After Third Major Cut in 2025 by Stop TB’s Global Drug Facility | Stop TB Partnership
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September 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Drugs are not expensive because they're made of platinum or something."
May we continue work towards a society that puts the care of its people and the place we live at the heart of its mission (because seriously WTF else is the priority).
May we continue work towards a society that puts the care of its people and the place we live at the heart of its mission (because seriously WTF else is the priority).
Kristina Ten's @kristinaten.bsky.social's story BUNNY EARS in @nightmare-magazine.com is SUCH a banger. I can't remember the last time a horror story hit me on so many levels. LISTEN NOW! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/bunn...
Bunny Ears - Nightmare Magazine
Hannah’s first impression of Colden Hills Music Camp is that, for a place with “hills” and “music” right in the name, it’s too flat and way, way too quiet, and the one thing she initially thinks must ...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Kristina Ten's @kristinaten.bsky.social's story BUNNY EARS in @nightmare-magazine.com is SUCH a banger. I can't remember the last time a horror story hit me on so many levels. LISTEN NOW! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/bunn...