Ryn
@rynrichmond.bsky.social
Editor, writer, poet, science communicator, former teacher. Passionate about language retention and revitalization, space, seahorses, dragonflies, disability, reproductive health. 🇺🇸 to 🇳🇿. 🏳🌈. Board game geek. Fibro+endo. https://ko-fi.com/rynrwrites
Love following citations.
Not for academics it isn’t. You learn by reading and by following citation chains and talking to other people in the field. Letting the AI do the summary is abdicating your job.
December 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Love following citations.
Me, submerged headfirst in Brie: Shu’ up, ’s medishinal.
abcnews.go.com/Health/high-...
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
I feel like I have friends on here who need this information, immediately.
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The lobster card is ADORABLE and I love book recs. I am a salty sea hat, tyvm. The heartfelt ornament is already on the tree and I can't wait to taste the tea. I might use it to make tea soup (from a vegan Vietnamese cookbook I have).
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The lobster card is ADORABLE and I love book recs. I am a salty sea hat, tyvm. The heartfelt ornament is already on the tree and I can't wait to taste the tea. I might use it to make tea soup (from a vegan Vietnamese cookbook I have).
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I wrote this in a fugue state immediately after handing in my MFA and somehow it actually got published, so please enjoy this piece of flash fiction entitled: Bev Eats His Entire Wife
turbinekapohau.org.nz/2025-content...
turbinekapohau.org.nz/2025-content...
Alexandra Stronach 2025 - TURBINE | KAPOHAU
ALEXANDRA STRONACH Bev Eats His Entire Wife The grimoire had to construct the simulacra from meat, bone, gristle, but Bev knew Nora would’ve had no truck with that; she was a committed vegetarian, eve...
turbinekapohau.org.nz
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I wrote this in a fugue state immediately after handing in my MFA and somehow it actually got published, so please enjoy this piece of flash fiction entitled: Bev Eats His Entire Wife
turbinekapohau.org.nz/2025-content...
turbinekapohau.org.nz/2025-content...
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Last call NZ. I'm sending the order off tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Last call NZ. I'm sending the order off tonight.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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Pre-orders for signed paperback copies of HedgeWitch and Concert & Consequence in paperback go live today too. These will be limited to NZ delivery to begin with. (Exception for overseas friends and whanau who can contact me directly)
GET EXCITED!
jaidedee.com/the-magic-be...
GET EXCITED!
jaidedee.com/the-magic-be...
The Magic Begins! - Jaide Dee
It’s finally time! 2025 has been, well, not the year that most of us were hoping for. But I have […]
jaidedee.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Pre-orders for signed paperback copies of HedgeWitch and Concert & Consequence in paperback go live today too. These will be limited to NZ delivery to begin with. (Exception for overseas friends and whanau who can contact me directly)
GET EXCITED!
jaidedee.com/the-magic-be...
GET EXCITED!
jaidedee.com/the-magic-be...
I have a bunch of food allergies and restrictions, but I'd never turn down plain dark chocolate or tea. However, I'd hope if gifted any, it wouldn't be from a company supporting genocide or modern slavery or war.
Time for another question #SecretSantaAoNZ
What are your favourite foods? Least favourite? What can't you eat? What are your go to foods FOR MORALE?
Quote or reply with your answers.
What are your favourite foods? Least favourite? What can't you eat? What are your go to foods FOR MORALE?
Quote or reply with your answers.
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I have a bunch of food allergies and restrictions, but I'd never turn down plain dark chocolate or tea. However, I'd hope if gifted any, it wouldn't be from a company supporting genocide or modern slavery or war.
I read. A lot. Coming close to 100 books this year. I write poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. I play board games. Movies are fun, especially three kinds of scary that's just the suspense, but i also enjoy for stress release watching formulaic hallmark holiday movies. Going to the aquarium is fun
New question #SecretSantaAoNZ
Remember, sign-ups close today.
Remember, sign-ups close today.
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I read. A lot. Coming close to 100 books this year. I write poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. I play board games. Movies are fun, especially three kinds of scary that's just the suspense, but i also enjoy for stress release watching formulaic hallmark holiday movies. Going to the aquarium is fun
Some of my favorite things include
- seahorses and seadragons
- carcinization
- hairy stone (stoner?) Crabs. I write poems about them
- old Irish and Norse myths in Faroe Islands
- decolonization
- books
- dragonflies
- books with telepathic animals, usually dragons, horses, and cats
- repro right
- seahorses and seadragons
- carcinization
- hairy stone (stoner?) Crabs. I write poems about them
- old Irish and Norse myths in Faroe Islands
- decolonization
- books
- dragonflies
- books with telepathic animals, usually dragons, horses, and cats
- repro right
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Some of my favorite things include
- seahorses and seadragons
- carcinization
- hairy stone (stoner?) Crabs. I write poems about them
- old Irish and Norse myths in Faroe Islands
- decolonization
- books
- dragonflies
- books with telepathic animals, usually dragons, horses, and cats
- repro right
- seahorses and seadragons
- carcinization
- hairy stone (stoner?) Crabs. I write poems about them
- old Irish and Norse myths in Faroe Islands
- decolonization
- books
- dragonflies
- books with telepathic animals, usually dragons, horses, and cats
- repro right
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God drop all the new dlc’s off in Australia
‘Lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns discovered in Australia
‘Lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns discovered in Australia
‘Lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns discovered in Australia
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
God drop all the new dlc’s off in Australia
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Come along for a good science discussion.
October 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Come along for a good science discussion.
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In my forthcoming book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," I show that what happens in space matters on Earth—and what happens on Earth increasingly matters in space. In this interview with Harvard University Press, I reflect on the implications of that idea. #EnvHist www.hup.harvard.edu/features/the...
The Final Frontier is Closer Than You Think — Harvard University Press
How cosmic forces have shaped—and continue to shape—our world. We are creatures of the cosmos, whether we realize it or not, argues environmental historian Dagomar Degroot. His captivating new book “R...
www.hup.harvard.edu
August 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
In my forthcoming book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," I show that what happens in space matters on Earth—and what happens on Earth increasingly matters in space. In this interview with Harvard University Press, I reflect on the implications of that idea. #EnvHist www.hup.harvard.edu/features/the...
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Wow... 75% funded in less than a day!! Help us push our sapphic adventure anthology over the finish line!! 🏳️🌈😍🦄
Another three chapters of Intent Magic edited! Getting close to the climax...
But even more important, the campaign for Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back started today and we're almost 60% funded in 6 hours!
#amediting #amwriting
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
But even more important, the campaign for Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back started today and we're almost 60% funded in 6 hours!
#amediting #amwriting
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Lesbians in Space 2: The Sapphics Strike Back
Enjoy the followup to our bestselling anthology, Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before! Can't get enough? This time we've got another 20 great stories for you in Lesbians in Space: The Sapph...
www.backerkit.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Wow... 75% funded in less than a day!! Help us push our sapphic adventure anthology over the finish line!! 🏳️🌈😍🦄
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So glad to see @jordanscarroll.bsky.social get the Hugo Award.
Have spent the past year screaming at people and demanding that they read it. Deserves to be read. So relevant.
Have spent the past year screaming at people and demanding that they read it. Deserves to be read. So relevant.
Some may claim racism has no place in science fiction, but sadly SF has a long history of enabling fascist worldbuilding
That's why you need to read @jordanscarroll.bsky.social's "Speculative Whiteness," a first-rate takedown of racist subtext in sci-fi
Blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
That's why you need to read @jordanscarroll.bsky.social's "Speculative Whiteness," a first-rate takedown of racist subtext in sci-fi
Blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The Nerd Reich
Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.
hugoclub.blogspot.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
So glad to see @jordanscarroll.bsky.social get the Hugo Award.
Have spent the past year screaming at people and demanding that they read it. Deserves to be read. So relevant.
Have spent the past year screaming at people and demanding that they read it. Deserves to be read. So relevant.
I absolutely am so sorry that I misspoke. It is indeed Marie Brennan! And she gave a great acceptance speech. (Mari also had an amazing poem up for the award). I am hopeful this will be the first of many poetry awards.
@mariness.bsky.social just won the first ever Hugo award for poetry! As a former ELL teacher, one of the things I have learned to care deeply about is the ways colonialism damaged generations to come via language death and the ways we can revitalize language. I'm excited for this win.
August 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I absolutely am so sorry that I misspoke. It is indeed Marie Brennan! And she gave a great acceptance speech. (Mari also had an amazing poem up for the award). I am hopeful this will be the first of many poetry awards.
@mariness.bsky.social just won the first ever Hugo award for poetry! As a former ELL teacher, one of the things I have learned to care deeply about is the ways colonialism damaged generations to come via language death and the ways we can revitalize language. I'm excited for this win.
August 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
@mariness.bsky.social just won the first ever Hugo award for poetry! As a former ELL teacher, one of the things I have learned to care deeply about is the ways colonialism damaged generations to come via language death and the ways we can revitalize language. I'm excited for this win.
Really enjoying the panels at #SeattleWorldCon2025
August 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Really enjoying the panels at #SeattleWorldCon2025
Ai and copyright arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
arstechnica.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ai and copyright arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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From editors Annalee Newitz, Karen Lord, and Malka Older: WE WILL RISE AGAIN, Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope. It's never been more relevant. @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social Preorder now!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
From editors Annalee Newitz, Karen Lord, and Malka Older: WE WILL RISE AGAIN, Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope. It's never been more relevant. @older.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social Preorder now!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
I was lucky enough to go through the Publishing Diploma in 2019. it was an amazing experience. I was able to see Lift education, PANZ, and Upstart Press up close as part of the program. It’s also opened up some amazing opportunities for me.
July 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I was lucky enough to go through the Publishing Diploma in 2019. it was an amazing experience. I was able to see Lift education, PANZ, and Upstart Press up close as part of the program. It’s also opened up some amazing opportunities for me.
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Incredibly important report on AI training & copyright released today by the European Commission. It gets lots right, slamming the idea that creators should be required to opt-out of having their works used for free by AI companies.
It says:
- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent
🧵 1/n
It says:
- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent
🧵 1/n
July 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Incredibly important report on AI training & copyright released today by the European Commission. It gets lots right, slamming the idea that creators should be required to opt-out of having their works used for free by AI companies.
It says:
- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent
🧵 1/n
It says:
- Generative AI must be based on opt-in consent
🧵 1/n