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Nebula and BSFA nominations close tomorrow. HAVE YOU NOMINATED? I HAVE! We live in difficult times, but you and your words have made them better. Here’s to the writers!

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Also: Hugo nominations deadline is only a week away. Some more recs in-thread

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This is NOT the last time I will beg you to read “Inside the House of Wisdom” because I am not capable of such temperance and restraint. But also, read “Inside the House of Wisdom,” it’s the most honest and heart-healing short story I’ve ever read.

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Ok this is the last time I will beg you to read "Inside the House of Wisdom" and nominate it for a Nebula Award if you're as blown away by its heart and pain and light as I am!!! Do your soul a favor, @sfwa.bsky.social folk! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/insi...

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Hey AWP attendees (and LA locals)! You should totally swing by this scary cool trans horror reading on Friday 3/28! I'll be reading some brand new fiction alongside other talented creepy queers like @cavar.bsky.social, @cdeskilson.bsky.social, @mariahdarling6.bsky.social, and more!

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Plastivore editorial illustration, the discovery of multiple fungi species that can break down common plastics. Experimenting with molecular shapes breaking down & plastic to soil colours Charcoal + Digital colour #SciArt #editorialillustration #environment

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ABC No Rio embodied the magic of NYC when I moved here in 2001: a squat/radical anti-racist collective/zine library/all-ages punk show space/more. Heaven! Demolished in 2016 but the collective retains ownership, & reconstruction is now underway; kick em some change? www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundra...

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THE RIVER HAS ROOTS, my next book, comes out on March 4! That's in 11 days! I'm going on a five-city US tour for it! All tour stops & ticket-booking deets here: us.macmillan.com/tours/amal-e...

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Merc is one of the best short fiction writers in SFF today. Definitely check out this collection.

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Today's fuel for resistance and joy: Audre Lorde's iconic essay "Uses of the Erotic" - "For not only do we touch our most profoundly creative source, but we do that which is female & self-affirming in the face of a racist, patriarchal, & anti-erotic society." www.centraleurasia.org/wp-content/u...

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I have finally submitted my application for @banffcentre.bsky.social 's SF residency program facilitated by @amalelmohtar.com , @premeemohamed.com , and @aijiang.bsky.social . What a stellar line-up! Wish me luck! www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

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Good for them!

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Posters. Stickers. Flyers. “Handbills” although lol nobody says handbills except in academic text. Marking the public space as the home of the public and not the property of the guys who bought up the buildings

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"... still searching this sea, still facing this same silent horizon, I ask again: Who am I? What should I do? The answer, as always: Everything." Richard Blanco, "Once Upon a Time: Surfside, Miami " www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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Trying to re-root myself in 90s punk rock resistance practices... Any zinesters out there who know of great online archives /resources/etc? Both for accessing digitized historic zines but also for connecting with what's new and now!

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You might have missed it, but Amazon warehouse workers in Raleigh, NC are voting this week on whether to form a union. If they win, they'll be the first unionized Amazon facility in the South. Remember that we can always find hope in the labor movement.

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Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off

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Today is National Self-Love Day, & I'm so happy the Poetry Foundation shared the splendiferous "Summer" by @chenchenwrites.bsky.social "Your powers are great, are growing. One day you will create an online personality quiz that also freshens the breath." www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” —James Baldwin . My favorite books by Black authors. Thank you for all the hours and hours of provocative, unrestrained, eye-opening learning through fictional stories about real life ❤️‍🔥

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We're down to our final 2 days of the Kickstarter campaign for Hand-Drawn Game Guides: Mega Man! It's our official, fully hand-drawn strategy guide for the original Mega Man game. No screenshots! If you want to learn more, read below! Thanks everyone for the incredible support.

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“Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy” by @sentencebender.bsky.social and “Someone in Time”, edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social are both only 99p on ebook in the Solaris ebook sale: rebellionpublishing.com/sale/ They are both awesome and you should buy them straightaway.

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Found this as I was going through my boos to donate, purge, store. Soooo many of yall need this book, my god.

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HARSH CRAVINGS now restocked @villageworksnyc.bsky.social @polari.press #queer #queerlit #homo #homoerotic #vintagehomo #queerart #queerartist #queerwriter #supportqueerartists #independentbookstore #indiepublishing #queerpublisher

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Trying to get better educated and practice better data security in light of... everything. What are your favorite security tips and practices? My fave new tactic is restarting my phone every morning, since lots of malware does not persist past a reset.

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Me: So this ex KGB guy is dictator of Russia. He puts decades into fomenting fascism around the world. In America, his tool is a game show host, who allies with an apartheid failson and a billionaire who takes the blood of young men for immortality. 80s sci-fi authors: Yep, that’s every cliché.

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Sometimes feels like shouting into the void when I bring up stuff I wrote to nominate, but I ALWAYS yell about the brilliant stuff at @erewhonbooks.bsky.social! Please keep our incredible 2024 list in mind, @dianapho.bsky.social & @viengsamai.bsky.social brought some GAMECHANGERS into the world! <3

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Tonight there's millions of queer kids sitting down to watch The Big Game with their families and despising every second of it but having to smile and pretend so no one sees how menaced they feel.

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@amalelmohtar.com @maxgladstone.bsky.social I saw some This Is How You Lose The Time War cosplayers in the park after last night's snowstorm

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