Annalee Newitz
@annaleen.bsky.social
bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
latest books: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
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Annalee Newitz
@annaleen.bsky.social
· Aug 13
Holy crap -- Automatic Noodle is an instant USA Today and Indie bestseller! Thank you so much, humans and robots, for reading this li'l book and making it soar. Now go eat something! Or get your noodle swag at automaticnoodle.website
Want to cozy up with some tasty books this season? I cooked up two new ones for you in 2025! Automatic Noodle (instant bestseller!) and the anthology We Will Rise Again co-edited with @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social (out 12/2!). Have a feast! #booksky #blackfriday
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Want to cozy up with some tasty books this season? I cooked up two new ones for you in 2025! Automatic Noodle (instant bestseller!) and the anthology We Will Rise Again co-edited with @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social (out 12/2!). Have a feast! #booksky #blackfriday
AI generated content of any kind undermines the credibility of whatever is being communicated
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
AI generated content of any kind undermines the credibility of whatever is being communicated
Reposted by Annalee Newitz
this feels like a good time to remind people about @annaleen.bsky.social’s Four Lost Cities.
We (humans) have abandoned cities before because of climate change - we’re going to have to do it again. Read up and be prepared for this future.
www.thriftbooks.com/w/four-lost-...
We (humans) have abandoned cities before because of climate change - we’re going to have to do it again. Read up and be prepared for this future.
www.thriftbooks.com/w/four-lost-...
As taps run dry, Iran’s president raises the unthinkable: abandoning the capital
As taps run dry, Iran’s president raises the unthinkable: abandoning the capital
Decades of mismanagement, climate extremes and vanishing rainfall have pushed the capital to the brink
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
this feels like a good time to remind people about @annaleen.bsky.social’s Four Lost Cities.
We (humans) have abandoned cities before because of climate change - we’re going to have to do it again. Read up and be prepared for this future.
www.thriftbooks.com/w/four-lost-...
We (humans) have abandoned cities before because of climate change - we’re going to have to do it again. Read up and be prepared for this future.
www.thriftbooks.com/w/four-lost-...
I can't believe we've completed 7 years of this glorious pod. It's been amazing to share our opinions with all of you!! @charliejane.bsky.social and I are slowly dreaming up our next project, which we will share with you sometime in 2026!!! For now, farewell and thanks for all the fish.
It's our last episode! We're so grateful to everyone who's listened to us for the past 7 years.
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
We're using this occasion to talk about the state of science fiction and fantasy in the 21st century — and what has shaped the stories we've loved.
www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/20...
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I can't believe we've completed 7 years of this glorious pod. It's been amazing to share our opinions with all of you!! @charliejane.bsky.social and I are slowly dreaming up our next project, which we will share with you sometime in 2026!!! For now, farewell and thanks for all the fish.
There are a few FREE seats left for this amazing event, next Tuesday in San Francisco @booksmith.bsky.social! Grab 'em quick!
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There are a few FREE seats left for this amazing event, next Tuesday in San Francisco @booksmith.bsky.social! Grab 'em quick!
This is the energy I am taking with me into the holidays
okay, hear me out: Planet of the Apes x Beachcombers.
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This is the energy I am taking with me into the holidays
And they say that pop culture isn't political ...
Rush Hour 4 is reportedly a go at Paramount – after Trump intervened on behalf of the movie.
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring the franchise back to the big screen
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring the franchise back to the big screen
Rush Hour 4 in the works at Paramount after reports of Trump intervening
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring his hit franchise back to the big screen
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And they say that pop culture isn't political ...
Reposted by Annalee Newitz
wrapping up edits on my review of this cool new anthology that comes out a week from today! shoutout to editors @annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
bookshop.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
wrapping up edits on my review of this cool new anthology that comes out a week from today! shoutout to editors @annaleen.bsky.social @older.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social
Make some noodle-loving robots happy and vote for Automatic Noodle in the FINAL ROUND of the Reader's Choice Awards on Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Make some noodle-loving robots happy and vote for Automatic Noodle in the FINAL ROUND of the Reader's Choice Awards on Goodreads! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Still proud that I published this important essay by Steve Robles (writing under one of his many pseudonyms) for Thanksgiving at my very first job, working as an editor for GettingIt.com back in the year 1999 gettingit.com/article/488
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Still proud that I published this important essay by Steve Robles (writing under one of his many pseudonyms) for Thanksgiving at my very first job, working as an editor for GettingIt.com back in the year 1999 gettingit.com/article/488
If you live in San Francisco and eat meat, you need to have the duck at Go Duck Yourself. And then order the sesame balls for dessert. Honestly the best meal I've had in quite a while. A small luxury in dark times. www.go-duck-yourself.com
Go DUCK Yourself | Chinese BBQ in San Francisco | 439 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Go DUCK Yourself proudly continues to serve Hing Lung Company's famous Cantonese style barbecue in San Francisco's Bernal Heights, consisting of
honey-glazed char siu (BBQ pork), crispy roast pork bel...
www.go-duck-yourself.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If you live in San Francisco and eat meat, you need to have the duck at Go Duck Yourself. And then order the sesame balls for dessert. Honestly the best meal I've had in quite a while. A small luxury in dark times. www.go-duck-yourself.com
This is next week, 12/2! For the release of the amazing anthology "We Will Rise Again," come hang out with activists and authors @booksmith.bsky.social to talk about hope, storytelling, and resistance.
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is next week, 12/2! For the release of the amazing anthology "We Will Rise Again," come hang out with activists and authors @booksmith.bsky.social to talk about hope, storytelling, and resistance.
Hooray! Automatic Noodle is in excellent company as a "Books We Love 2025" pick from @npr.org
Books We Love @npr.org
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
I espy @tnfalpha.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @tashasuri.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social
@edenroyce.bsky.social
@emilytesh.net
@alixeharrow.bsky.social
@nnedi.bsky.social
@annaleen.bsky.social
AND MORE!
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
I espy @tnfalpha.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @tashasuri.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @mcflycahill90.bsky.social
@edenroyce.bsky.social
@emilytesh.net
@alixeharrow.bsky.social
@nnedi.bsky.social
@annaleen.bsky.social
AND MORE!
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hooray! Automatic Noodle is in excellent company as a "Books We Love 2025" pick from @npr.org
Incredible story of tracking down the real human behind AI slop stories, by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social
"I was embarrassed. I had been naively operating with a pre-ChatGPT mindset, still assuming a pitch’s ideas and prose were actually connected to the person who sent it"
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
Stunning investigation of how slop merchants are getting work into established media outlets
thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Incredible story of tracking down the real human behind AI slop stories, by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social
Reposted by Annalee Newitz
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
Great article from @felipedlh.bsky.social about a rarely-acknowledged vibe among recent immigrants: disappointment in the United States. Especially among people who believed they could succeed here by working hard. Only on Flaming Hydra!
TODAY: @felipedlh.bsky.social tracks a sad trend; “a deep-seated regret, among immigrants, for having come to the United States at all.” flaminghydra.com/r/fc898c29?m... r
Bill of goods / Feline fame
Felipe De La Hoz on immigrants’ regrets; Ace and Jack on Hollywood cats
flaminghydra.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Great article from @felipedlh.bsky.social about a rarely-acknowledged vibe among recent immigrants: disappointment in the United States. Especially among people who believed they could succeed here by working hard. Only on Flaming Hydra!
Reposted by Annalee Newitz
So excited to see Automatic Noodle on @bookriot.bsky.social's best books of 2025, along with great new work from @charliejane.bsky.social, @aeosworth.bsky.social, Lee Lai, @khanwong.bsky.social, @kimberlylemming.bsky.social and more!! bookriot.com/best-books-o...
Best Books of 2025
Picking the best books of the year was no easy task, but we sure had a lot of fun doing it. We present you with our picks for the best books of 2025!
bookriot.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
So excited to see Automatic Noodle on @bookriot.bsky.social's best books of 2025, along with great new work from @charliejane.bsky.social, @aeosworth.bsky.social, Lee Lai, @khanwong.bsky.social, @kimberlylemming.bsky.social and more!! bookriot.com/best-books-o...
Reposted by Annalee Newitz
If folks haven't read it, I recommend @annaleen.bsky.social's Stories are Weapons, which is unfortunately more and more relevant during this administration. When I started it, I thought, "yeah yeah, I know this." But each chapter was 🤯; well researched analysis of these tactics, recent & historical.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If folks haven't read it, I recommend @annaleen.bsky.social's Stories are Weapons, which is unfortunately more and more relevant during this administration. When I started it, I thought, "yeah yeah, I know this." But each chapter was 🤯; well researched analysis of these tactics, recent & historical.
If you're in the Bay Area and want to chat about Automatic Noodle, I'll be visiting the first-ever meeting of the Noe Valley Books Book Club to talk about it! 12/4! noevalleybooks.com/event/2025-1...
Noe Valley Books Book Club - Automatic Noodle
3957 24TH STREET . 415-590-2961 . EVERY DAY 10AM-7PM .
noevalleybooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
If you're in the Bay Area and want to chat about Automatic Noodle, I'll be visiting the first-ever meeting of the Noe Valley Books Book Club to talk about it! 12/4! noevalleybooks.com/event/2025-1...
The Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT genuinely changed my life. I learned a ton, witnessed how science is done firsthand, and took my writing career in a new direction. If you write about science/tech, you should apply!! ksj.mit.edu/fellowships/...
The bookshelf in our beautiful seminar room @ksjatmit.bsky.social is filled with books by former fellows. Want to be next? Applications to our fellowship are open and on our website. @annaleen.bsky.social @ferrisjabr.bsky.social @tomzellerjr.com @s-r-m.bsky.social and Melanie Kaplan. Please share.
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT genuinely changed my life. I learned a ton, witnessed how science is done firsthand, and took my writing career in a new direction. If you write about science/tech, you should apply!! ksj.mit.edu/fellowships/...
Reposted by Annalee Newitz
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
Fascism is a form of intergenerational trauma. In my latest newsletter, I talk about how this played out in the life of sexologist Wilhelm Reich, whose career as an anti-fascist activist took a dark, grifty turn. buttondown.com/thehypothesi...
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Fascism is a form of intergenerational trauma. In my latest newsletter, I talk about how this played out in the life of sexologist Wilhelm Reich, whose career as an anti-fascist activist took a dark, grifty turn. buttondown.com/thehypothesi...
Reposted by Annalee Newitz
Join EFF at The Booksmith on Dec 2 at 7 PM in San Francisco to celebrate We Will Rise Again, a new collection of speculative stories exploring progressive social change from writers around the world. www.eff.org/event/we-wi...
We Will Rise Again at The Booksmith
The Booksmith is proud to be celebrating the release of We Will Rise Again with Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Reo Eveleth, Cindy Cohn, Andrea Dehlendorf, and Vida James.When:Tuesday, December
www.eff.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Join EFF at The Booksmith on Dec 2 at 7 PM in San Francisco to celebrate We Will Rise Again, a new collection of speculative stories exploring progressive social change from writers around the world. www.eff.org/event/we-wi...