Suzanne Palmer
@zanzjan.bsky.social
Hugo Award-winning SF/F author, occasional artist, professional linux geek (she/her/they; ace) Repped by @awfulagent.bsky.social
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November 15th, 2025
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
November 15th, 2025
TFW you drop a joke in a story where the (one word) punchline is ~2000 words after the (one word) setup and you just hope ONE person out there picks up on it because you know it's an absolute killer. #amwriting
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
TFW you drop a joke in a story where the (one word) punchline is ~2000 words after the (one word) setup and you just hope ONE person out there picks up on it because you know it's an absolute killer. #amwriting
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Feh. All that effort and still no female Salandit. )-:
(4 shroodles, 3 vullaby, 2 sandiles, 1 pancham, 1 varoom, and 1 male salandit. No hundos either.)
(4 shroodles, 3 vullaby, 2 sandiles, 1 pancham, 1 varoom, and 1 male salandit. No hundos either.)
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Feh. All that effort and still no female Salandit. )-:
(4 shroodles, 3 vullaby, 2 sandiles, 1 pancham, 1 varoom, and 1 male salandit. No hundos either.)
(4 shroodles, 3 vullaby, 2 sandiles, 1 pancham, 1 varoom, and 1 male salandit. No hundos either.)
November 13th, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
November 13th, 2025
OMFG the story fodder here...
TIL that a giant TERRIFYING ELEPHANT BUILDING used to dominate the Coney Island landscape in the late 1800s. It started as a hotel, very quickly became a brothel, and eventually burned down under mysterious circumstances. The dude who built it thought animal bldgs were the future of architecture.
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
OMFG the story fodder here...
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It's not uncommon to see weird takes on the internet but sometimes you see something that makes you realize in the flash of an instant that this person needs to be institutionalized immediately
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It's not uncommon to see weird takes on the internet but sometimes you see something that makes you realize in the flash of an instant that this person needs to be institutionalized immediately
Can’t be entirely coincidence that they got rid of the coin featuring the guy who a) ended slavery, b) defeated the confederacy, and c) was known as honest.
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Can’t be entirely coincidence that they got rid of the coin featuring the guy who a) ended slavery, b) defeated the confederacy, and c) was known as honest.
November 12th, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
November 12th, 2025
Ok this may not be true, but it is certainly highly truthy.
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Ok this may not be true, but it is certainly highly truthy.
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I need a 3D-printed model of the Plane Hole
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I need a 3D-printed model of the Plane Hole
🚨Giveaway Alert!🚨Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer is a devourable book that you won’t be able to put down! Enter on Goodreads for a chance to win an advanced copy! Open US only. Ends 12/10.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
So if I’m pretty sure I broke a toe (in what might be the stupidest way I’ve ever hurt myself, which is a high bar indeed) is it worth going to the doc or should I just duct-tape it to its neighbor toe and tough it out?
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So if I’m pretty sure I broke a toe (in what might be the stupidest way I’ve ever hurt myself, which is a high bar indeed) is it worth going to the doc or should I just duct-tape it to its neighbor toe and tough it out?
I intensely dislike that we’re getting rid of pennies. If I have to pay a whole nickel for someone’s thoughts now, they damn well better be having better thoughts.
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I intensely dislike that we’re getting rid of pennies. If I have to pay a whole nickel for someone’s thoughts now, they damn well better be having better thoughts.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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Re-upping this:
I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.
Search: 16 results found for "martha wells"
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Re-upping this:
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November 6th, 2025
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
November 6th, 2025
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I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
@julieczerneda.bsky.social now you went and made *me* cry... <3
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
@julieczerneda.bsky.social now you went and made *me* cry... <3
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THEY DO NOT BREAK US THEY BREAK UPON US
to doom is to die. the right feeds on this. live defiantly in their faces. stand on your beliefs. carry your struggle without shame and people will see themselves. stay true to your beliefs and show people a better world
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
THEY DO NOT BREAK US THEY BREAK UPON US
Uncanny is always full of amazing stuff. But you know that already, yes? (-:
The Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 67A features “The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker, as read by Erika Ensign; “Call Us Boy.” by Somto Ihezue, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Sarah Pinsker! buff.ly/YxaYPx0
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Uncanny is always full of amazing stuff. But you know that already, yes? (-: