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The Long List Anthology Volume 9: More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List (The Long List Anthology Series)
The Long List Anthology Volume 9: More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List (The Long List Anthology Series) [Steffen, David, Kowal, Mary Robinette, Wiswell, John, Palmer, Suzanne, Triantafyllou, Eugenia, Jiang, Ai, Polk, C.L., Lee, Yoon Ha, Parker, Chelle, Zhang, Hal Y.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Long List Anthology Volume 9: More Stories from the Hugo Award Nomination List (The Long List Anthology Series)
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The Long List Anthology Volume 9 is now available in print!
(Unfortunately the print version is Amazon only at this time)
(Unfortunately the print version is Amazon only at this time)
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The Daily Salem Dispatch is just 20 seconds of her purr box going.
She sits about two feet from me and starts purring even before I start petting.
Very good little motor.
She sits about two feet from me and starts purring even before I start petting.
Very good little motor.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Daily Salem Dispatch is just 20 seconds of her purr box going.
She sits about two feet from me and starts purring even before I start petting.
Very good little motor.
She sits about two feet from me and starts purring even before I start petting.
Very good little motor.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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This story made me so. angry. But like...in a satisfying way? Love!
It's awards season! I have two short stories I'm most proud of this year.
If you only read one thing of mine, make it "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", a piece Locus called a "sharp satire" which should give you lols and catharsis. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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If you only read one thing of mine, make it "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", a piece Locus called a "sharp satire" which should give you lols and catharsis. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots
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November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This story made me so. angry. But like...in a satisfying way? Love!
If we assume all the films are a single Bond continuity wouldn't he have been active as a spy for like 63 years? That's not already seen as a flexible continuity? Its not like the recent movies are set in the 60s, they show cell phones and modern cars etc
Obsessive devotion to continuity is the enemy of epic/mythological storytelling—especially when there are many authors involved. Whether we're talking about Star Wars, superheroes, or Bond, the answer is to nail the essence of the story and care less about making it all "fit."
Or just have him start the next film alive and well and then at some point have someone be like "Bond! I thought you got blown up!" And then have him quip "you know better than to listen to rumors," or "what can I say? That was no time to die" and then absolutely refuse to explain further
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If we assume all the films are a single Bond continuity wouldn't he have been active as a spy for like 63 years? That's not already seen as a flexible continuity? Its not like the recent movies are set in the 60s, they show cell phones and modern cars etc
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Obsessive devotion to continuity is the enemy of epic/mythological storytelling—especially when there are many authors involved. Whether we're talking about Star Wars, superheroes, or Bond, the answer is to nail the essence of the story and care less about making it all "fit."
Or just have him start the next film alive and well and then at some point have someone be like "Bond! I thought you got blown up!" And then have him quip "you know better than to listen to rumors," or "what can I say? That was no time to die" and then absolutely refuse to explain further
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Obsessive devotion to continuity is the enemy of epic/mythological storytelling—especially when there are many authors involved. Whether we're talking about Star Wars, superheroes, or Bond, the answer is to nail the essence of the story and care less about making it all "fit."
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One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
might fuck around and become a Cute Socks Guy
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
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This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
I don't think anything reminds me quite as much that the world has all kinds of neurotypes as waiting for for something in space with a stranger who is uncomfortable with silence.
I hope ya find whatever brings you comfort, but also, it is an experience so foreign to me it is hard to understand.
I hope ya find whatever brings you comfort, but also, it is an experience so foreign to me it is hard to understand.
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I don't think anything reminds me quite as much that the world has all kinds of neurotypes as waiting for for something in space with a stranger who is uncomfortable with silence.
I hope ya find whatever brings you comfort, but also, it is an experience so foreign to me it is hard to understand.
I hope ya find whatever brings you comfort, but also, it is an experience so foreign to me it is hard to understand.
Okay sorry last one, this is too much fun
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Okay sorry last one, this is too much fun
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Please retire dude people are dying bsky.app/profile/dday...
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Please retire dude people are dying bsky.app/profile/dday...
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I'm sure that a "Happiness is Mandatory" policy is indicative of a desirable workplace, yeah?
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'm sure that a "Happiness is Mandatory" policy is indicative of a desirable workplace, yeah?
Look at this beauty
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Look at this beauty
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ANOTHER ONE I LOVED:
“Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by @effies.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com !
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
“Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by @effies.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com !
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ANOTHER ONE I LOVED:
“Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by @effies.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com !
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
“Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by @effies.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com !
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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Mine has to be the satire "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" in @diabolicalplots.com , which combines my rage about disability accessibility (or lack thereof) with snark and superhero puns: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Mine has to be the satire "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" in @diabolicalplots.com , which combines my rage about disability accessibility (or lack thereof) with snark and superhero puns: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...