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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The fabulous folks of Neon Hemlock are having an AMA! Come talk about Queer SFF.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The fabulous folks of Neon Hemlock are having an AMA! Come talk about Queer SFF.
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just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
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Saw a video last night of neighbors setting of their car alarms with their key fobs from inside their houses as ICE was walking around. One car started, then soon the whole block was honking. ICE left.
Keep the pedal to the metal.
Keep the pedal to the metal.
January 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Saw a video last night of neighbors setting of their car alarms with their key fobs from inside their houses as ICE was walking around. One car started, then soon the whole block was honking. ICE left.
Keep the pedal to the metal.
Keep the pedal to the metal.
Hello, please enjoy A Piece of Excellent News - NEW @nassos.bsky.social novel!!!! The future glimmers. We will see a better now.
📣 New novel announcement:
ANNA DREAMS OF A DEAD REVOLUTIONARY is coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social in 2028. When people ask what it's about, I say it's like SOUR CHERRY, except the haunted house is Greece, and Bluebeard is fascism. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊
Keep writing your queer, trans, antifascist books, friends.
ANNA DREAMS OF A DEAD REVOLUTIONARY is coming from @tinhouse.bsky.social in 2028. When people ask what it's about, I say it's like SOUR CHERRY, except the haunted house is Greece, and Bluebeard is fascism. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊
Keep writing your queer, trans, antifascist books, friends.
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Hello, please enjoy A Piece of Excellent News - NEW @nassos.bsky.social novel!!!! The future glimmers. We will see a better now.
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One small thing you can do today: ICE is ramping up in Maine. Food For All is delivering meals to 300 families that can't leave their homes. They need $7k a day to continue operations. The Culture Study community is raising enough to cover a day—join us?
Donate directly: givebutter.com/Scx87A
or
Donate directly: givebutter.com/Scx87A
or
Food Delivered With Dignity
In the current environment we need to raise a $7,000 a day to sustain our operations
givebutter.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
One small thing you can do today: ICE is ramping up in Maine. Food For All is delivering meals to 300 families that can't leave their homes. They need $7k a day to continue operations. The Culture Study community is raising enough to cover a day—join us?
Donate directly: givebutter.com/Scx87A
or
Donate directly: givebutter.com/Scx87A
or
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You don’t need to watch execution videos to remain informed
Guard your spirit for the fight ahead
Guard your spirit for the fight ahead
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
You don’t need to watch execution videos to remain informed
Guard your spirit for the fight ahead
Guard your spirit for the fight ahead
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We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
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Okay sorry one more shot:
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Okay sorry one more shot:
WELL SHIVER ME TIMBERS! This MAGNIFICENT BSFA list! So many people whose work I love - @voidcricket.bsky.social !!!! @nassos.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social and not one but TWO @stelliform.press writers... the brilliant Rebecca Campbell and the other is, err, me? www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
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January 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
WELL SHIVER ME TIMBERS! This MAGNIFICENT BSFA list! So many people whose work I love - @voidcricket.bsky.social !!!! @nassos.bsky.social @kristinaten.bsky.social and not one but TWO @stelliform.press writers... the brilliant Rebecca Campbell and the other is, err, me? www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
I don't quite know what to do with the information of the brilliance that is @redfernjon.bsky.social engaging so incisively with my book in @reckoningmag.bsky.social . I may never get over it. I am so very honored. Thank you, and thank you always @stelliform.press, now excuse me so I can go (!!!!)
New today, @redfernjon.bsky.social reviews @syr.bsky.social's @stelliform.press "novella in fairytale retellings", What a Fish Looks Like: reckoning.press/review-what-...
January 21, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I don't quite know what to do with the information of the brilliance that is @redfernjon.bsky.social engaging so incisively with my book in @reckoningmag.bsky.social . I may never get over it. I am so very honored. Thank you, and thank you always @stelliform.press, now excuse me so I can go (!!!!)
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"Of all the books I’ve had the opportunity to review, 'What a Fish Looks Like' is one of my absolute favourites."
When a reviewer as thoughtful and cogent as @redfernjon.bsky.social writes that, I pay attention.
Check out the review we just published of @syr.bsky.social's debut novella!
When a reviewer as thoughtful and cogent as @redfernjon.bsky.social writes that, I pay attention.
Check out the review we just published of @syr.bsky.social's debut novella!
New today, @redfernjon.bsky.social reviews @syr.bsky.social's @stelliform.press "novella in fairytale retellings", What a Fish Looks Like: reckoning.press/review-what-...
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"Of all the books I’ve had the opportunity to review, 'What a Fish Looks Like' is one of my absolute favourites."
When a reviewer as thoughtful and cogent as @redfernjon.bsky.social writes that, I pay attention.
Check out the review we just published of @syr.bsky.social's debut novella!
When a reviewer as thoughtful and cogent as @redfernjon.bsky.social writes that, I pay attention.
Check out the review we just published of @syr.bsky.social's debut novella!
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I loved this queer speculative retelling of fairy tales! Check my review of Syr Hayati Beker's novel over at Reckoning! 📚🌈
New today, @redfernjon.bsky.social reviews @syr.bsky.social's @stelliform.press "novella in fairytale retellings", What a Fish Looks Like: reckoning.press/review-what-...
January 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I loved this queer speculative retelling of fairy tales! Check my review of Syr Hayati Beker's novel over at Reckoning! 📚🌈
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Preorder THE WILDCRAFT DRONES, where T.K. Rex imagines the co-evolution of AI, climate collapse and rewilding in fourteen bold stories http://www.stellifor...
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Preorder THE WILDCRAFT DRONES, where T.K. Rex imagines the co-evolution of AI, climate collapse and rewilding in fourteen bold stories http://www.stellifor...
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Fiction submissions are open now!
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
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The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Fiction submissions are open now!
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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I've read most of the scholarship about US policing since the early 20th century. What you learn from this is that violence is inherent. You cannot "separate" out violence from policing. Police in the U.S. are violence workers.
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I've read most of the scholarship about US policing since the early 20th century. What you learn from this is that violence is inherent. You cannot "separate" out violence from policing. Police in the U.S. are violence workers.
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For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here's a list of members of congress co-sponsoring impeachment of Kristi Noem so you see if your reps are on it and call accordingly. robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly introduces articles of impeachment against Secretary Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) formally introduced articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. So far, 70 Members of Congress have cosponsored Rep. Kell...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Here's a list of members of congress co-sponsoring impeachment of Kristi Noem so you see if your reps are on it and call accordingly. robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
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Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.
If you need a good thing, here is Erin Reed's list of trans/nonbinary members of Girl Scouts you can order cookies from.
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
If you need a good thing, here is Erin Reed's list of trans/nonbinary members of Girl Scouts you can order cookies from.
Just did this. It took one minute. Or it would've except that when I got there, I wrote an impassioned essay.
I love Libby, but I want to read content from human beings not generative AI.
If you feel the same, take their survey and tell them what you think.
#BookSky 📚
#libraries
#books
#reading
If you feel the same, take their survey and tell them what you think.
#BookSky 📚
#libraries
#books
#reading
Hey y’all: if you use Libby and you hate them allowing generative AI content and incorporating it in other ways you can go to your profile, scroll down to “help and support”, and take a survey to tell them that you hate it
January 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Just did this. It took one minute. Or it would've except that when I got there, I wrote an impassioned essay.
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I'm not going to stop being so negative about AI
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I'm not going to stop being so negative about AI
Seriously considering just telling everyone I'm OOO so I can read this magnificent list.
2025 was a nightmare... & an amazing year for short fiction.
On my newsletter, I rounded up the stories I think you need - for your soul, & your award ballots
(mine are there, but it's mostly from others)
I'll shout them out here, as well!
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-life-in-f...
On my newsletter, I rounded up the stories I think you need - for your soul, & your award ballots
(mine are there, but it's mostly from others)
I'll shout them out here, as well!
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io/my-life-in-f...
January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Seriously considering just telling everyone I'm OOO so I can read this magnificent list.
Came back from social media hiatus to find this honestly magnificently written and brilliant review by @octavia-cade.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social and this pull quote meant the world.
The reviews are in!
What A Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker
reviewed by Octavia Cade
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#speculativefiction #specfic #sff #bookreviews
What A Fish Looks Like by Syr Hayati Beker
reviewed by Octavia Cade
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
#speculativefiction #specfic #sff #bookreviews
January 8, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Came back from social media hiatus to find this honestly magnificently written and brilliant review by @octavia-cade.bsky.social in @strangehorizons.bsky.social and this pull quote meant the world.
Well, nothing really prepares you for the gift of wonderful brilliant people spending time with your words.
crying (in a good way!) after finishing this gorgeous, heartbreaking, devastating (& also hopeful!) piece of supremely queer speculative fiction from @syr.bsky.social
my heart *ached* for these characters. such an inventive & emotionally resonant story: poetic, imaginative, bursting with love 💙📚
my heart *ached* for these characters. such an inventive & emotionally resonant story: poetic, imaginative, bursting with love 💙📚
January 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Well, nothing really prepares you for the gift of wonderful brilliant people spending time with your words.
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