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Teacup
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Once and future librarian. White immigrant. they/them or xe/xym/xyr/xyrself

Big ol nerd about queer media, spec-fic, cool weird bugs and mushrooms and plants and rocks.
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Whew at least the cornbread I made is beautiful
Round cornbread turned out onto a plate, looking gorgeously brown and crispy on the edge
October 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Here’s a cute lil guy I encountered today

(No idea what kind specifically)
A small brown frog sitting right astride the crack between two sections of sidewalk
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I’m grateful for these socks, because they are at least getting some amusement and comfort out of these grim times
Photo of a red sock printed with the text “Greetings from…” in festive white font, above an image of a dumpster fire. The foot of the sock is covered in large flames.
November 22, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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Without downloading any new pictures, describe your gender in one image.
A still of Venom from the movie version: a huge, muscular, glistening monster alien creature, grinning terrifyingly, teeth slavering.
October 25, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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A peaceful photo of a riverbed covered in rocks and leaves, visible through clear water. Part of the water also reflects evening sunlight and the tops of trees.
May 1, 2024 at 12:38 AM
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And on the Google results summary when you search for 2023 Hugo award winners.
Screenshot from a Google search summary titled “2023 Hugo Awards”. Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills is listed as the winner in the Best Short Story category.
February 18, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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She is also listed as the winner on the Wikipedia page for the 2023 Hugos.
Screenshot from Wikipedia, saying: •ll AT&T S 11:53 AM The winners were: • Best Novel: Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher • Best Novella: Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire • Best Novelette: "The Space-Time Painter," by Hai Ya • Best Short Story: "Rabbit Test," by Samantha Mills • Best Series: Children of Time series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky • Best Graphic Story or Comic: Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski • Best Related Work: Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins • Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Everything Everywhere All at Once, written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert • en.m.wikipedia.org
February 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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You say Samantha Mills has renounced her Hugo. But then why is she still listed as the winner on the Hugos website?
A screenshot from the Hugo Awards website listing “Rabbit Test” by Samantha Mills as the winner in the Best Short Story category
February 18, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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And this. Like.. Mcarty destroyed exactly what these fans found most significant about the occasion.
This time, science fiction works published in Chinese and without English translation were nominated for the Hugo Award for the first time. In view of the fact that many overseas fans don't know Chinese, we need to support them loudly! Only by allowing excellent Chinese science fiction to appear on the Hugo Award shortlisted list will they have the opportunity to further be "seen by the world". (Of course, good works do not know national boundaries, and fans can also use this strategy to vote for their beloved excellent world science fiction~ After all, nominations are not a single choice.)
February 17, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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This part in particular is heartbreaking
At the Hugo Awards in previous years, fantasy novels from the English-speaking world occupied an absolute position. In recent years, with the increase in the number of members of the World Science Fiction Conference in non-English-speaking areas, more and more non-English science fiction have also been given the opportunity to win the championship. The Hugo Award belongs to people who love science fiction all over the world. People who work hard to promote the development of science fiction culture are trying their best to help the Hugo Award become more "worldwide".
February 17, 2024 at 8:44 PM
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This pal who is an animal sometimes demands extremely vigorous scritches seemingly for the explicit purpose of exploding in clouds of fur.
A cat gazes up from a lap. There are clumps of loose fur covering the cat’s back and covering the chest of the human holding her.
September 13, 2023 at 12:54 AM