Janni Lee Simner
@jannileesimner.bsky.social
Writer and struggling idealist. Author of the Bones of Faerie trilogy. www.simner.com
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"The dragons are not all dead, as we thought. Maybe the wizards are not all dead, either." --Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
Morning Tucson!
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Morning Tucson!
I often forget just how good it feels to get into the mountains, even for just a little while.
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I often forget just how good it feels to get into the mountains, even for just a little while.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
I’ve walked away twice from unacceptable short story contract terms, and not regretted it at all either time. Not being afraid to walk away when we need to is so, so important.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’ve walked away twice from unacceptable short story contract terms, and not regretted it at all either time. Not being afraid to walk away when we need to is so, so important.
Just playing another round of “is it light pollution or is it the aurora?”
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Just playing another round of “is it light pollution or is it the aurora?”
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People say wolves are intelligent, but a third of our staff was able to beat them in head-to-head Chutes and Ladders.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
People say wolves are intelligent, but a third of our staff was able to beat them in head-to-head Chutes and Ladders.
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As someone who -has- voted blue for centrist and conservative dems for decades because yes, the alternative was always worse, I feel betrayed and lied to by so much of my party for not being willing to do the same thing they repeatedly asked of me when -they- became the ones uneasy with a candidate.
And of course, this comes after spending decades lecturing progressives on how they have to vote for centrist democrats because the republican alternative is worse. But the moment a progressive is the nominated candidate, “Vote blue no matter who” goes out the window.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As someone who -has- voted blue for centrist and conservative dems for decades because yes, the alternative was always worse, I feel betrayed and lied to by so much of my party for not being willing to do the same thing they repeatedly asked of me when -they- became the ones uneasy with a candidate.
City Council and school funding here. It all matters. Vote, even if the races and propositions on your ballot aren’t making headlines.
Tomorrow I will only be voting for township trustees and local board of education members, but I will be voting. I will say that if I were voting in California, I'd be voting for Prop 50, and if I were voting in New York City, I'd be voting for Mamdani for mayor. Wherever you are, vote!
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
City Council and school funding here. It all matters. Vote, even if the races and propositions on your ballot aren’t making headlines.
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I hope that romance novels will be written about people who meet each other on neighborhood ICE monitoring patrols. They will see each other regularly on the streets, be drawn to each other by the visible whistles around their necks, get to know one another, fall in love, and end fascism.
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I hope that romance novels will be written about people who meet each other on neighborhood ICE monitoring patrols. They will see each other regularly on the streets, be drawn to each other by the visible whistles around their necks, get to know one another, fall in love, and end fascism.
I love this entire series so much.
This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I love this entire series so much.
Arizona and Hawaii welcome the rest of the country back to standard time.
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Arizona and Hawaii welcome the rest of the country back to standard time.
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This needs to be shared and seen.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This needs to be shared and seen.
This needs to be shared and seen.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This needs to be shared and seen.
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona main page has links both for seeking food assistance and for donating to support food assistance. www.communityfoodbank.org
Find Food & Donate to the Community Food Bank
The Community Food Bank provides food assistance, resources, and support to families in need. Donate or volunteer today and help us fight hunger together!
www.communityfoodbank.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona main page has links both for seeking food assistance and for donating to support food assistance. www.communityfoodbank.org
In which my alma mater, Washington University, comes as close as they can to supporting Trump’s compact while remaining able to say that they didn’t sign it. 😞
andrewdmartin.washu.edu/washu-to-joi...
andrewdmartin.washu.edu/washu-to-joi...
WashU to join conversation about the future of higher education - Office of the Chancellor
WashU has been invited by the federal administration to participate in a conversation about the future of higher education, and that we have accepted the invitation.
andrewdmartin.washu.edu
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In which my alma mater, Washington University, comes as close as they can to supporting Trump’s compact while remaining able to say that they didn’t sign it. 😞
andrewdmartin.washu.edu/washu-to-joi...
andrewdmartin.washu.edu/washu-to-joi...
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
These are … things I have actually been thinking/wondering about the past few years. (Heads off to get book.)
it is a short (under 200 pages!) book about the current information crisis that we're living through and comparing it to what happened after the invention of printing and after the invention of writing.
tl;dr, it feels like everyone's going bananas! and we lose respect for other humans!
#dontburn
tl;dr, it feels like everyone's going bananas! and we lose respect for other humans!
#dontburn
my new book is out ONE MONTH TODAY. like all authors I am going to be going on & on about it, & encouraging you to pre-order
I do actually think this topic is genuinely important, I want to grab everyone by the lapels to tell them
but, you can mute: #dontburn
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
I do actually think this topic is genuinely important, I want to grab everyone by the lapels to tell them
but, you can mute: #dontburn
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
These are … things I have actually been thinking/wondering about the past few years. (Heads off to get book.)
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Well, Arizona’s monsoon season was a disappointment, but our hurricane season’s looking promising.
October 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Well, Arizona’s monsoon season was a disappointment, but our hurricane season’s looking promising.
Well, Arizona’s monsoon season was a disappointment, but our hurricane season’s looking promising.
October 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Well, Arizona’s monsoon season was a disappointment, but our hurricane season’s looking promising.
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Happy book birthday to WEIWEI’S WINTER SOLSTICE, my author-illustrator debut!! 🥳
www.michellejingchan.com/weiweis-wint...
www.michellejingchan.com/weiweis-wint...
October 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Happy book birthday to WEIWEI’S WINTER SOLSTICE, my author-illustrator debut!! 🥳
www.michellejingchan.com/weiweis-wint...
www.michellejingchan.com/weiweis-wint...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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This exactly.
2/4 It is wrong to say every pro-Palestine protester is antisemitic, in fact it's a malicious lie
It's also a malicious lie to say there are no antisemitic elements at these protests - I've seen them week after week after week
I was president of the CUSU BME campaign at university...
It's also a malicious lie to say there are no antisemitic elements at these protests - I've seen them week after week after week
I was president of the CUSU BME campaign at university...
October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This exactly.
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You can say, "I support the Democratic party’s nominee for mayor of New York City.” That would work, @schumer.senate.gov
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You can say, "I support the Democratic party’s nominee for mayor of New York City.” That would work, @schumer.senate.gov
You can say, "I support the Democratic party’s nominee for mayor of New York City.” That would work, @schumer.senate.gov
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
You can say, "I support the Democratic party’s nominee for mayor of New York City.” That would work, @schumer.senate.gov