Farah Mendlesohn
@effjayem.bsky.social
SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein and Rhetorics of Fantasy. Publishing a book on Joanna Russ's The Female Man with Luna Press in 2026. Pre Order now! Supporter of 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 Pronouns: Farah/they
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Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.
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"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
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Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
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but got one back: just found, while preparing for @davidveevers.bsky.social session, to my utter amazement that July's UN report on 'Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied territories' cited reference article of mine, britainpalestineproject.org/from-the-eco...
‘From the economy of occupation to the economy of genocide’ - Britain Palestine Project: Recognition is the Beginning
Human Rights Council, 59th session 16 June–11 July 2025 The human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories ‘From the economy of occupation to the economy of genocide’ Report o...
britainpalestineproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
but got one back: just found, while preparing for @davidveevers.bsky.social session, to my utter amazement that July's UN report on 'Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied territories' cited reference article of mine, britainpalestineproject.org/from-the-eco...
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Last year, 3 IDF reps spoke at SUNY New Paltz at invite of unrecognized entity. Ensuing protests on the day 'earned' campus an 'F' on 'anti-Semitism' from ADL causing admins to soil trousers and order mandatory (additional) Title VI training for all employees 😑
The problem wasn't that universities were indifferent to antisemitism, but that they allowed trustees, advocacy groups, demagogues, etc to pressure them into treating as "antisemitism" all kinds of political expression and advocacy that was entirely legitimate.
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Last year, 3 IDF reps spoke at SUNY New Paltz at invite of unrecognized entity. Ensuing protests on the day 'earned' campus an 'F' on 'anti-Semitism' from ADL causing admins to soil trousers and order mandatory (additional) Title VI training for all employees 😑
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Snap! Criticism time: @danhartland.bsky.social is back, this time reading Tochi Onyebuchi's HARMATTAN SEASON (@torbooks.bsky.social) with Joy Sanchez-Taylor's DISPELLING FANTASIES (@ohiostatepress.bsky.social)
Snap! Criticism: Sanchez-Taylor and Onyebuchi
Dan Hartland What should you read if you want to understand what you’re reading? Gang, this column would of course advise that you read criticism. But there are other, and less eccentric, answers. …
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Snap! Criticism time: @danhartland.bsky.social is back, this time reading Tochi Onyebuchi's HARMATTAN SEASON (@torbooks.bsky.social) with Joy Sanchez-Taylor's DISPELLING FANTASIES (@ohiostatepress.bsky.social)
It's up to 37 tickets sold so far. Can we manage 50 by Monday when I have to pay the deposit?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It's up to 37 tickets sold so far. Can we manage 50 by Monday when I have to pay the deposit?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
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We will have a pop-up shop in Florence Wood on Carmarthen Street on Saturday for the Llandeilo Festival of the Senses. Come along and say hello if you are in town.
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We will have a pop-up shop in Florence Wood on Carmarthen Street on Saturday for the Llandeilo Festival of the Senses. Come along and say hello if you are in town.
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Given America’s culture, I am increasingly surprised that more these thugs aren’t being shot. And yes, I’m aware that gun owners are more likely to be Republican, but people get shot over there for spilling somebody’s coffee. They HAVE to be running into psycho gun nuts sometimes.
ICE sprays large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1 year old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said man who took video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16 year old sister sat."
Cicero, Illinois
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Given America’s culture, I am increasingly surprised that more these thugs aren’t being shot. And yes, I’m aware that gun owners are more likely to be Republican, but people get shot over there for spilling somebody’s coffee. They HAVE to be running into psycho gun nuts sometimes.
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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We've sold 26 tickets for PictCon2! I would love to sell 24 more before I pay the deposit next week.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We've sold 26 tickets for PictCon2! I would love to sell 24 more before I pay the deposit next week.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
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Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
Neil Williamson
Neil Williamson is a multiple award shortlisted writer, editor and musician from Glasgow. His books include The Moon King, Queen Of Clouds and Charlie Says. He writes and records music as The Disap…
neilwilliamson.blog
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
I have just had a brilliant time launching a new science fiction convention in Scotland. PictCon1 in Perth, with guest of Honour Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social was a blast. Join us next year in October 2026. Link below. And do follow the new account!
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I have just had a brilliant time launching a new science fiction convention in Scotland. PictCon1 in Perth, with guest of Honour Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social was a blast. Join us next year in October 2026. Link below. And do follow the new account!
@joshspero.ft.com I loved your Heirs and Graces article last Saturday (it takes me a week to read the paper). But Charles I's collection was hardly "heritage". It was the acquisition of a bankrupt monarch spending money he didn't have while asking Parliament for more.
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
@joshspero.ft.com I loved your Heirs and Graces article last Saturday (it takes me a week to read the paper). But Charles I's collection was hardly "heritage". It was the acquisition of a bankrupt monarch spending money he didn't have while asking Parliament for more.
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i’m at damen/belle plaine in chicago’s north center neighborhood for an emergency anti-ice rally.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
i’m at damen/belle plaine in chicago’s north center neighborhood for an emergency anti-ice rally.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
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It's Pictcon this weekend, a one day science fiction convention in Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour is @lunapress.bsky.social's Francesca Barbini. The chair is @effjayem.bsky.social . We're really looking forward to it.
See you there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon1-t...
See you there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon1-t...
PictCon1
A one day, science fiction convention in Perth, Scotland. A chance to talk about books, games, films etc. Emphasis on Scottish writers
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's Pictcon this weekend, a one day science fiction convention in Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour is @lunapress.bsky.social's Francesca Barbini. The chair is @effjayem.bsky.social . We're really looking forward to it.
See you there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon1-t...
See you there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon1-t...
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Buckle up for a thread of insight on Why Old Buildings, And Especially Old Church Buildings, In This Country Are A Bit Of A Challenge.
So this reminds me of one of my favourite WTF moments in heritage bureaucracy, which was the 2018 archaeological excavations just outside the chapel of St Peter at the Tower of London. nobody could decide who, apart from the king, could legally sign off on the project
…so there isn’t some department that is empowered to deal with this stuff that can just override the inevitable objections, I guess? rough, if so
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Buckle up for a thread of insight on Why Old Buildings, And Especially Old Church Buildings, In This Country Are A Bit Of A Challenge.
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"What took place in Rio de Janeiro was not a security operation, it was a massacre."
"Over a hundred people, most of them black and living in poverty, were killed in an operation planned and carried out by the state itself."
#Brazil #Drugs #Policing #Military
"Over a hundred people, most of them black and living in poverty, were killed in an operation planned and carried out by the state itself."
#Brazil #Drugs #Policing #Military
Brazil: Police massacre in Rio de Janeiro is evidence yet again of systemic and racist violence
Amnesty International condemns the massacre in Rio de Janeiro, which left 121 dead and allegations of extrajudicial executions.
www.amnesty.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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The second Jewish day school we tried, told me that they could "not support" my son going into grade 4, which is how we wound up in public school. Outcomes/'performance' for students from day schools are amazing - because the high needs kids are pushed out along the way. thecjn.ca/news/why-don...
‘Why don’t they want me?’ Families say neurodivergent kids are falling through gaps in Jewish day schools
Day schools say they don't have the same resources as public schools to meet the needs of every child.
thecjn.ca
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The second Jewish day school we tried, told me that they could "not support" my son going into grade 4, which is how we wound up in public school. Outcomes/'performance' for students from day schools are amazing - because the high needs kids are pushed out along the way. thecjn.ca/news/why-don...
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Amazing how the leopards just keep eating faces. www.jta.org/2025/11/03/u...
Jewish lawyer quits Heritage Foundation's antisemitism task force over Tucker Carlson defense - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Mark Goldfeder's public resignation comes amid a broad backlash to comments by Heritage President Kevin Roberts.
www.jta.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Amazing how the leopards just keep eating faces. www.jta.org/2025/11/03/u...
Idiot click bait: "If you knew what was in x food you would never want to eat it again!!!"
Mate: this is pretty much why humans invented cooking.
Mate: this is pretty much why humans invented cooking.
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Idiot click bait: "If you knew what was in x food you would never want to eat it again!!!"
Mate: this is pretty much why humans invented cooking.
Mate: this is pretty much why humans invented cooking.
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The far right can win in Europe but it struggles to govern on.ft.com/4orYHZU
The far right can win in Europe but it struggles to govern
The continent’s political future could be defined by a never-ending struggle between the centre and the radical right
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The far right can win in Europe but it struggles to govern on.ft.com/4orYHZU
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I have heard more than one report of Toilet Policing at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social , whether by con attendees, hotel guests or staff is unclear. Just wanna say, if you're pro toilet policing fuck off before I block you.
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I have heard more than one report of Toilet Policing at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social , whether by con attendees, hotel guests or staff is unclear. Just wanna say, if you're pro toilet policing fuck off before I block you.