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This has just been weighing on me for weeks, and especially this week. I loved working at Goddard. People there were great and some of the most dedicated people I know. It's fundamentally non-partisan excellence in science and engineering. Everyone is busy there. And it will save virtually no money.

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Hello Evening Crowd - a tale of clones, assassinations and yet also hopeful exploration of identity

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Come learn everything there is to know about self publishing! (Okay maybe not everything but, you know, quite a lot of things) Swearing included FOR FREE!!

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For any SFFers in Somerset, @starkholborn.bsky.social & I will be in conversation at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social, Bath’s loveliest bookshop, on July 17th. Join us for a glass of wine, a nice sit down, & potentially some vaguely sci-fi discussion @solarisbooks.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social

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One month apart.

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We are now mid-way! Help us hit all the goals and the stretch goals. :D www.kickstarter.com/projects/str...

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This month’s review of Clarkesworld and GigaNotoSaurus is ready to go. All sci-fi this month, lots that’s worth reading www.tarvolon.com/2025/06/17/t...

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It's launch day and we're going to space! The US edition of THE FOLDED SKY is available now in ebook, TPB, and hardcover, and there are wonderful new Stephen Youll covers for ANCESTRAL NIGHT and MACHINE. books2read.com/b/mBB0QZ

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cat for scale

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Heyo, folks. The Skiffy and Fanty Show has an open call for new crew members. Guest hosts, new co-hosts, and a social media helper! Full deets in the link below. If one or more of these things sounds like a "you" thing, reach out! Anywhoodles! skiffyandfanty.com/b...

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Oh hey, it's my huge face, talking about writing while being a full-time caregiver. I don't think we talk about this stuff enough—so here I am talking about it. "How do you create when half the work you do is devoted to seeing someone toward their end?"

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We're running an online workshop tomorrow with the British Fantasy Society, and it's not too late to grab your tickets!

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Haven't seen photos of the actual parade route yet but a local NBC reporter just posted a video showing very few people seem to have shown up for the kickoff.

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🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states. There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this

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Same here.

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I don't post super often here, but I just came by to share this news article with you (published alongside the paper in Nature yesterday). www.nature.com/articles/d41... There are a couple of sentences in the news article that stuck with me more than anything: 1/x

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As someone said prior, the only reason Greta got released is because people were very loud about her specifically. There are still 8 other flotilla members detained, apparently without fresh water in bedbug infested prison. They all deserve to be fought for, too.

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Reform UK’s new Chairman everyone… TV doctor and ex-Brexit Party MEP faces searing backlash for flogging pricey HIV tests. They’re free through the NHS www.thepinknews.com/2021/02/05/d...

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musicians in los angeles, this is your time. professional clowns? mimes? let’s get a whole orchestra down there

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“When people plan vacations, they usually avoid countries with soaring prices, random arrests on the street, and measles outbreaks,” a travel expert said. - Andy Borowitz

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Number of cis women signing the “not in our name” anti-transphobia petition is now approaching 30,000 www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

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A really informative thread on IP writing.

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Now try to imagine the shrieking on the right if Biden had ordered a tank battalion or two into DC for an ego parade.

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I’ve been shouting the same thing since these obvious lies started being pushed by nearly every mainstream news outlet.

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New story up at GNS: Everyone knows that Starter Wives and Starter Babies are just for practice until it’s time to Reclaim them, but Charles Young has never felt right about it. Read “The Starter Family” by Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social giganotosaurus.org/2025/06/01/the-starter-family/

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It would hit global science enormously as many projects are international cooperations.

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"When you remove a lot of old fish, & you know that the herring acts as a collective, then you actually remove the collective memory of the population” 🐟🐟🐟 Thinking of these beautiful fish & their collective acts of survival, hoping they can maintain their collective memory in spite of overfishing🐟🐟

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Devastating blow to science. (For those wondering why it applies to missions in the past, these are just launch dates. The missions are operational and require support and date processing. )

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Only a few hours left to support the annual @locusmag fundraiser. I've made my donation to keep an important part of the SFFH community going, will you please do the same? There are still many cool prizes to be had!

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And even if gay marriage wasn't going to be the next domino to fall, standing up for trans people would still be the right thing to do. You're either for human rights whether it affects you personally, or you're not.

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If you're in the UK, please sign this open letter asking the government to correct the misleading claims they made in the AI & copyright consultation. They said copyright law is currently unclear on this point, which is false. This misled the public. openletter.earth/uk-governmen...

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Know somebody who insists women’s soccer is boring? When researchers disguised the gender of players in game highlight reels, viewers judged female players to be just as entertaining and skilled as male players.

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Earlier this spring, @asimovssf.bsky.social, @analogsf.bsky.social, and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction changed hands and are now owned by a new company, 1 Paragraph. transfer-orbit.ghost.io/asimovs-anal...

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Ahem I have returned. And with news, no less.

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Hey, the Murderbot soundtrack by Amanda Jones is available now on many different online retailers: amandajonessoundtracks.bandcamp.com/album/murder...

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Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island had a massive eruption yesterday

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Teaching a class in just a few days! Come hang out and let's talk about information in story! app.inkedvoices.com/event/webina... arleysorg.com/calendar-con...

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Ooh, this sounds great!

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