Tsana Dolichva
@tsana.bsky.social
SFF fan, reads a lot of books. Edited Defying Doomsday and Rebuilding Tomorrow anthologies.
Also an astrophysicist. She/her. 🇦🇺
Also an astrophysicist. She/her. 🇦🇺
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HEADS UP.
BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!
By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:
*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*
BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!
By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:
*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*
July 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
HEADS UP.
BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!
By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:
*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*
BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature!
By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though:
*Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*
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I am pleased to see academics pushing back hard against the unquestioning adoption of AI. This quote captures all of my concerns in a nutshell.
June 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I am pleased to see academics pushing back hard against the unquestioning adoption of AI. This quote captures all of my concerns in a nutshell.
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
The Japanese person who keeps mistyping their email as o e of mine is at it again. Not sure what Weverse is, but I won’t be authenticating my email with them for the confused person.
February 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The Japanese person who keeps mistyping their email as o e of mine is at it again. Not sure what Weverse is, but I won’t be authenticating my email with them for the confused person.
Is there a way to change the date display on Bluesky (default app) to d/m/y instead of the US order?
February 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Is there a way to change the date display on Bluesky (default app) to d/m/y instead of the US order?
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Oh shit guys—I might be an AI and didn’t even know it. 😂
Apparently folks think that writing that contains an em dash is a dead giveaway that it's from ChatGPT, which I guess is a sign that most people have never read anything in their lives.
January 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Oh shit guys—I might be an AI and didn’t even know it. 😂
2024 has come to a close, which means I can safely review my board gaming stats of 2024. Our challenge for the year was to play all the games in our collection, which we succeeded at. Plus we played a lot of new games.
January 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
2024 has come to a close, which means I can safely review my board gaming stats of 2024. Our challenge for the year was to play all the games in our collection, which we succeeded at. Plus we played a lot of new games.
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My last language peeve for the year.
Don, in the clothing sense, is a verb. It doesn’t mean “wearing” it means *putting on*.
If someone is walking down the street “donning” a coat/skirt/suit of armour, they’re still getting dressed
They may have (past tense) “donned” a hat for the outing, though
Don, in the clothing sense, is a verb. It doesn’t mean “wearing” it means *putting on*.
If someone is walking down the street “donning” a coat/skirt/suit of armour, they’re still getting dressed
They may have (past tense) “donned” a hat for the outing, though
December 28, 2024 at 8:56 AM
My last language peeve for the year.
Don, in the clothing sense, is a verb. It doesn’t mean “wearing” it means *putting on*.
If someone is walking down the street “donning” a coat/skirt/suit of armour, they’re still getting dressed
They may have (past tense) “donned” a hat for the outing, though
Don, in the clothing sense, is a verb. It doesn’t mean “wearing” it means *putting on*.
If someone is walking down the street “donning” a coat/skirt/suit of armour, they’re still getting dressed
They may have (past tense) “donned” a hat for the outing, though
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Just a couple days left at this price if you want to never subscribe again …
In one week the price of being a Bedrock Supporter of Speculative Insight will increase. Right now you can pay AUD$150 and never have to subscribe again! Access to subscriber essays and all the ebooks (with more exclusive content), discounts off paper books - forever!
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Speculative Insight
A journal for exploring the ideas and themes that stand behind, inform, and develop out of, speculative fiction.
www.speculativeinsight.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Just a couple days left at this price if you want to never subscribe again …
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If you are part of the follow-back culture that just arrived in the past month from twitter, that's fine. I'm glad it works for you. But it was never part of Bluesky before you got here. Please stop harassing me (and everyone else) to follow you back. We are allowed to have personal boundaries. 🌸
December 14, 2024 at 6:38 AM
If you are part of the follow-back culture that just arrived in the past month from twitter, that's fine. I'm glad it works for you. But it was never part of Bluesky before you got here. Please stop harassing me (and everyone else) to follow you back. We are allowed to have personal boundaries. 🌸
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Custom Tea for One: Milky Way and the Moon
December 10, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Custom Tea for One: Milky Way and the Moon
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A starter pack for Aussie writers of sci fi and fantasy.
#scifi #aussie #australia #fantasy #sciencefiction #writers
#scifi #aussie #australia #fantasy #sciencefiction #writers
If you see this please share it around. I'm sure I've only scratched the surface, and new people are joining every day.
go.bsky.app/Tph1UKe
go.bsky.app/Tph1UKe
December 6, 2024 at 10:21 AM
A starter pack for Aussie writers of sci fi and fantasy.
#scifi #aussie #australia #fantasy #sciencefiction #writers
#scifi #aussie #australia #fantasy #sciencefiction #writers
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December 8, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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Calling all Women Game Designers and Developers - we are only a third of the way through this Starter Pack. There must be more of you/us out there?
Please spread the word, we'd love for you to join and share the amazing work you're doing in #games.
#gamedev #indiedev
go.bsky.app/Bn9UUz2
Please spread the word, we'd love for you to join and share the amazing work you're doing in #games.
#gamedev #indiedev
go.bsky.app/Bn9UUz2
Women Game Designers & Developers
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
December 6, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Calling all Women Game Designers and Developers - we are only a third of the way through this Starter Pack. There must be more of you/us out there?
Please spread the word, we'd love for you to join and share the amazing work you're doing in #games.
#gamedev #indiedev
go.bsky.app/Bn9UUz2
Please spread the word, we'd love for you to join and share the amazing work you're doing in #games.
#gamedev #indiedev
go.bsky.app/Bn9UUz2
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Friends et al, if you see an image of this tree-topper floating around the internet, it is mine and my spouse's creation, and we would simply like credit for it!
December 4, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Friends et al, if you see an image of this tree-topper floating around the internet, it is mine and my spouse's creation, and we would simply like credit for it!
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I was lucky enough to be interviewed for this fun piece, and Tansy used WAY more of my quotes than I'd expected (which is awesome!), so basically: buckle up for a lot of Opinions. ;)
New essay! "Romantasy All Along!" by Tansy Rayner Roberts! @tansyrr.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/roma...
December 5, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I was lucky enough to be interviewed for this fun piece, and Tansy used WAY more of my quotes than I'd expected (which is awesome!), so basically: buckle up for a lot of Opinions. ;)
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I just found out that around 20% of the neanderthal genome still exists today in living people!!
No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.
No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.
December 5, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I just found out that around 20% of the neanderthal genome still exists today in living people!!
No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.
No individual person has more than 3 or 4% but we don't all have the same bits. If you add up all the bits we've found, about a fifth of the Neanderthal genome is still present on earth today.
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At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
December 1, 2024 at 8:42 PM
At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
Recommending Family Pack on Netflix. French movie which is basically One Night Ultimate Werewolf* the movie. Or, what if Jumanji was about One a night Ultimate Werewolf* instead.
*Technically, a similar but legally distinct game.
*Technically, a similar but legally distinct game.
November 30, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Recommending Family Pack on Netflix. French movie which is basically One Night Ultimate Werewolf* the movie. Or, what if Jumanji was about One a night Ultimate Werewolf* instead.
*Technically, a similar but legally distinct game.
*Technically, a similar but legally distinct game.
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell transformed astronomy #OTD in 1967 when she made the first observation of a pulsar.
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. (1/n)
🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. (1/n)
🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
November 28, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Jocelyn Bell Burnell transformed astronomy #OTD in 1967 when she made the first observation of a pulsar.
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. (1/n)
🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star. (1/n)
🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
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Anyway here’s a cheerful piece about how the Sun will eventually destroy all life on Earth (but not by exploding, so, you know, there’s that)
Here’s how the Sun will end all life on Earth
Our home star won't go supernova, but the end of its life will be no less spectacular.
www.sciencefocus.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Anyway here’s a cheerful piece about how the Sun will eventually destroy all life on Earth (but not by exploding, so, you know, there’s that)
Love how Auspost sends the notification that a package is coming today when it has just been delivered. (Not sarcasm, it does amuse me.)
November 26, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Love how Auspost sends the notification that a package is coming today when it has just been delivered. (Not sarcasm, it does amuse me.)