Ruthanna Emrys
@r-emrys.bsky.social
Author of A Half-Built Garden, Winter Tide, and Deep Roots. Freelance consultant on science policy, policy science, and the future of democracy, governance, and networks. Queer Jewish parent, foodie, cognitive science nerd, collective decision-making wonk.
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Ruthanna Emrys
@r-emrys.bsky.social
· Jun 19
My new consulting company now has a website! www.tikanuconsulting.com
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It’s Jewish Book Month! Here are 8 Jewish Sci Fi books that changed my life!
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope
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The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It’s Jewish Book Month! Here are 8 Jewish Sci Fi books that changed my life!
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope
(continues in comments)
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, an alternate history by Michael Chabon. Jewish stories can be relevant to everyone!
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick. A future can be so dark, yet so full of hope
(continues in comments)
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New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
I used it while writing a report on its limits for my at-the-time employer. Asked it to come up with Ruthanna Emrys story ideas because it didn't seem ethical to mulch anyone else. It wasn't particularly good at it.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I used it while writing a report on its limits for my at-the-time employer. Asked it to come up with Ruthanna Emrys story ideas because it didn't seem ethical to mulch anyone else. It wasn't particularly good at it.
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Youyou Tu's work on anti-malarial compounds that saved millions of lives (w/Nobel+Lasker recognition) wins the low citation/huge impact cell. The original paper has 87 citations as of today: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11721477/ Hopefully she can get to 100.
What for huge citations and moderate impact?
What for huge citations and moderate impact?
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Youyou Tu's work on anti-malarial compounds that saved millions of lives (w/Nobel+Lasker recognition) wins the low citation/huge impact cell. The original paper has 87 citations as of today: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11721477/ Hopefully she can get to 100.
What for huge citations and moderate impact?
What for huge citations and moderate impact?
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Holy shit. THIS IS HOW AN ANTI-BOOK BAN LAW WORKS, Y'ALL.
Maryland's school board overturned a Harford County Schools ban on FLAMER.
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
Maryland's school board overturned a Harford County Schools ban on FLAMER.
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
In a first for the state, Maryland’s school board reverses Harford County’s book ban
Maryland’s school board is reversing Harford County’s decision to remove a book from public school libraries — the first time the state has intervened in a local decision about what’s appropriate for ...
www.thebanner.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Holy shit. THIS IS HOW AN ANTI-BOOK BAN LAW WORKS, Y'ALL.
Maryland's school board overturned a Harford County Schools ban on FLAMER.
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
Maryland's school board overturned a Harford County Schools ban on FLAMER.
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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With 2508 citations in 127 years, Student (1908) introducing the t-test wins for huge actual impact with moderate citation impact: www.jstor.org/stable/23315...
Now, how about huge actual impact and minimal citation impact?
Now, how about huge actual impact and minimal citation impact?
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
With 2508 citations in 127 years, Student (1908) introducing the t-test wins for huge actual impact with moderate citation impact: www.jstor.org/stable/23315...
Now, how about huge actual impact and minimal citation impact?
Now, how about huge actual impact and minimal citation impact?
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Solidarity with British Public Library staff currently on strike under a Labour government that keeps fucking labour.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Solidarity with British Public Library staff currently on strike under a Labour government that keeps fucking labour.
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How can a microhistory about cooking and kitchen implements inspire speculative fiction? Here's @r-emrys.bsky.social on how "Consider the Fork" may change the way you think about the technological and cultural aspects of food 🍴
Fridge Phobia and the Invention of Boiling: Bee Wilson’s Consider the Fork - Reactor
A surprisingly deep look into the connections between food, technology, and human culture — plus fun facts about spoons!
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November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
How can a microhistory about cooking and kitchen implements inspire speculative fiction? Here's @r-emrys.bsky.social on how "Consider the Fork" may change the way you think about the technological and cultural aspects of food 🍴
Zeno's outline keeps adding chapters. They will be good, important chapters! But I would like... to finish... this book... proposal.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Zeno's outline keeps adding chapters. They will be good, important chapters! But I would like... to finish... this book... proposal.
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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Tversky & Kahneman (1974) wins for huge citation and actual impact: www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Now, what paper had a moderate citation impact but a huge actual impact?
Now, what paper had a moderate citation impact but a huge actual impact?
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Tversky & Kahneman (1974) wins for huge citation and actual impact: www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Now, what paper had a moderate citation impact but a huge actual impact?
Now, what paper had a moderate citation impact but a huge actual impact?
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Please help us to keep publishing brilliant, multilingual, community-driven stories from all over the world! We really do run on a shoestring, but with all the funding cuts even that has become difficult. If you appreciate our articles, please support!
globalvoices.org/donate/
globalvoices.org/donate/
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Please help us to keep publishing brilliant, multilingual, community-driven stories from all over the world! We really do run on a shoestring, but with all the funding cuts even that has become difficult. If you appreciate our articles, please support!
globalvoices.org/donate/
globalvoices.org/donate/
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So there was World Fantasy Convention and there was a room full of lovely books what could I do?
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
So there was World Fantasy Convention and there was a room full of lovely books what could I do?
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Just finished "The Sheltering Flame", the first novella in Wiz Duos volume 3 from @wtpress.bsky.social and it was excellent, a very satisfying contemporary fantasy that reminded me of Peter Beagle or Charles
de Lint - three burnt out academics discover their fixer-upper house is a magical sanctuary.
de Lint - three burnt out academics discover their fixer-upper house is a magical sanctuary.
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Just finished "The Sheltering Flame", the first novella in Wiz Duos volume 3 from @wtpress.bsky.social and it was excellent, a very satisfying contemporary fantasy that reminded me of Peter Beagle or Charles
de Lint - three burnt out academics discover their fixer-upper house is a magical sanctuary.
de Lint - three burnt out academics discover their fixer-upper house is a magical sanctuary.
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😂
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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It is Book Quote Wednesday and thr word is 'colour'. In "Walking a Wounded Land" by Andrew Knighton from Wiz Duo #3, Paul picks a bad place for a meeting. #BookQW
wizardstowerpress.co...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It is Book Quote Wednesday and thr word is 'colour'. In "Walking a Wounded Land" by Andrew Knighton from Wiz Duo #3, Paul picks a bad place for a meeting. #BookQW
wizardstowerpress.co...
wizardstowerpress.co...
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holy shit.
BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate!
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
holy shit.
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The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
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I'm serious. If you're feeling rusty on mind-mapping or would like some tips & tricks for thinking on paper or lateral / non-linear thinking, I would love to share / coach! Individuals / groups / orgs: let me be your anti-AI idea generator & developer! Call me The Pencil.
yentling at iCloud dot com
yentling at iCloud dot com
If anyone wants to pay me $100 for a facilitation session on how to listen to your own notes & enlarge the conversation, i promise I will not scrape your data or generate disinformation. We will have a great time.
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm serious. If you're feeling rusty on mind-mapping or would like some tips & tricks for thinking on paper or lateral / non-linear thinking, I would love to share / coach! Individuals / groups / orgs: let me be your anti-AI idea generator & developer! Call me The Pencil.
yentling at iCloud dot com
yentling at iCloud dot com
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Recruit a Democrat. Every seat. Every state. Waves need someone to ride them. Call your state party, sign up to run, or volunteer. Make the GOP fight for every inch. Let’s go! No seat left empty!
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Recruit a Democrat. Every seat. Every state. Waves need someone to ride them. Call your state party, sign up to run, or volunteer. Make the GOP fight for every inch. Let’s go! No seat left empty!
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
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Be a difference maker!
Today I’m voting for school board. Keep the local MAGA out. Keep the ABA teacher with no real information about her out too (IYKYK).
Your local election for boards and judges and funding and so forth really do matter. Go vote!
Your local election for boards and judges and funding and so forth really do matter. Go vote!
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Be a difference maker!
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Happy election day! Vote!
Key races I'll be tracking:
—Gubernatorial races in NJ & VA
—Mayoral races in NYC, Jersey City, Minneapolis, & Seattle
—Housing funding in Knoxville, Denver, Columbus, OK City
—Housing propositions in NYC
—Transport funding in Charlotte
Many more key races @boltsmag.org ⏬
Key races I'll be tracking:
—Gubernatorial races in NJ & VA
—Mayoral races in NYC, Jersey City, Minneapolis, & Seattle
—Housing funding in Knoxville, Denver, Columbus, OK City
—Housing propositions in NYC
—Transport funding in Charlotte
Many more key races @boltsmag.org ⏬
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy election day! Vote!
Key races I'll be tracking:
—Gubernatorial races in NJ & VA
—Mayoral races in NYC, Jersey City, Minneapolis, & Seattle
—Housing funding in Knoxville, Denver, Columbus, OK City
—Housing propositions in NYC
—Transport funding in Charlotte
Many more key races @boltsmag.org ⏬
Key races I'll be tracking:
—Gubernatorial races in NJ & VA
—Mayoral races in NYC, Jersey City, Minneapolis, & Seattle
—Housing funding in Knoxville, Denver, Columbus, OK City
—Housing propositions in NYC
—Transport funding in Charlotte
Many more key races @boltsmag.org ⏬
My father-in-law started voting Democratic, and hasn't stopped since, because of Cheney's use of torture at Guantanamo. My father-in-law is proof that people can learn and change, and some do. And Cheney is a reminder that you can and should judge people by their deeds.
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My father-in-law started voting Democratic, and hasn't stopped since, because of Cheney's use of torture at Guantanamo. My father-in-law is proof that people can learn and change, and some do. And Cheney is a reminder that you can and should judge people by their deeds.
On my way home from World Fantasy, I stopped by the LeGuin map exhibit at the AA Gallery. Gorgeous and strange, as much meditation space as museum display. I spent a long time contemplating stones and the flows that shape them.
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
On my way home from World Fantasy, I stopped by the LeGuin map exhibit at the AA Gallery. Gorgeous and strange, as much meditation space as museum display. I spent a long time contemplating stones and the flows that shape them.