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Reposting this from last year. It's become pretty clear that Dave McCarty is once again inveigling his way back into scifi conventions using his network of fan/industry connections That's bad for cons & it is bad for McCarty

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This will be great. Join @premeemohamed.com and myself as we chat about her fantastic new collection. Free event. Books for sale! Snacks? Please RSVP at psychopomp.com/launch/

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Last minute reading for the Nebula Awards? Try the novelette "Another Girl Under the Iron Bell" by Angela Liu! @angelaliu.bsky.social It came in 3rd place in the Uncanny Readers' Poll & is on the Locus Recommended Reading List! You can read it here! https://buff.ly/41nmfps

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9 days left in our Kickstarter, so let's highlight some of the amazing content we'll have in 2025! Bandits of Dream City is a poem by @sharangbiswas.bsky.social that you can read in our March issue! To get it, just subscribe through our Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...

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CFA"include contributions from multiple disciplines including (but not limited to) genetics, history, #anthropology, psychology and #biology; and to include lived experiences to illustrate the many negative impacts of scientific racism." #HPS #STS

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An exemplar of academics caring more about collegiality than substance just this morning: an Exeter philosopher says his colleague running an anti-trans right-wing pressure group barely concealed under ‘free speech’ rhetoric will probably be fine and not like FSU because his colleague is nice to him

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I'll be in Urbino at the end of August for this amazing summer school, and in good company 😊 @lisabortolotti.bsky.social

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When the autocratic past becomes frighteningly relevant: Vera Kempe, one our panelists at today's workshop on Science under Autocracy www.scibeh.org/events/works... has recorded her experiences in USSR and East Germany here: substack.com/home/post/p-.... She offers some recommendations, too.

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At London bus stops... So I've been told...

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Another in my series of libraries Athenaeum, Liverpool #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

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Octavia E Butler sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/butler... died on this day, so here are some of her book covers (artist: John Blanche,[couldn't identify], Philippe Adamov & Yvon Cayrel and Three Lions):

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Philosophy in the Wild 2025 July 25-27, Sideling Hill Creek State Park, MD, USA Submit 500-word anonymized abstracts on environmental philosophy to: [email protected] Deadline: March 16 #philsci msidzinska.wixsite.com/philwild2025

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"The Scythe does not need to be tested to its limit, constantly pushing the boundaries of scytheness. It only needs to reap the crop." TODAY, beloveds! our final story of issue 37! read it here: 💀 The Scythe and Other Simple Mechanisms by T.E.Z. Moore psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

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Space Unicorns! Behold the Galen Dara cover and Table of Contents of Uncanny Magazine Issue 63!!! https://buff.ly/3D3g5S9

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Our award packet. We’d love it if you listened to some of our very favourite stories from last year! pseudopod.org/2025-award-v...

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Scrolling down my timeline, thinking 'Good to see all this Roberta Flack love', then realisation dawns... Ah, shit. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_f...

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Solidarity with our members on strike today at @ducuuo.bsky.social 👇 Fighting back against proposed job cuts. Three weeks of strike action start today ✊ The whole union is behind you. We can win this 🔥

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happy twin peaks day to all who celebrate

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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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Pick this up, for real. @alanbaxter.bsky.social is one of the BEST newer horror writers even if he is a godless Australio-man.

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The BSA's annual conference is accepting submissions. Come along and find out whether we're all still wearing clothes from circa 2004, or whether we've all updated our wardrobes... british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/an...

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Looking forward to the Nature of Knowledge lecture this Wed with Hasok Chang and @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social on active knowledge and pragmatism. If you are in Edinburgh, this event is open and everyone is welcome!

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Ackshually... "remotely competent" historians recognize how much of progress and "major events" (e.g. abolishment of slavery, civil rights, women's voting & reproductive rights) are the result of ordinary people organizing and relentlessly demanding their governments to form a more perfect union.

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"Science fiction lends itself readily to imaginative subversion of any status quo. Bureaucrats and politicians, who can't afford to cultivate their imaginations, tend to assume it's all ray-guns and nonsense, good for children." - Ursula K. Le Guin (2012) [Anthology idea: Ray-guns and Nonsense]

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SF Caledonia Anthology One - available for pre-order. Our first published release of stories, poems and articles by Scottish writers. www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/sf-c...

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London, please join us for a reading group on The Commune Form by Kristin Ross on Wed, February 26 at 7 pm at the Total Refreshment Centre, Stoke Newington.

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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I'm sure you've already seen, but just in case: Waterstones in the UK are running a special discount this weekend! Enter “PREORDER25” at the checkout to redeem the offer! 00:01 Saturday 22nd February until 23.59 Monday 24th February! CITY OF ALL SEASONS is included!

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I was at a punk show in 83 where a skinhead jumped up on stage and gave a Nazi salute. The bass player hit him with his bass, knocking him into the crowd and 150 people collectively hauled his ass out of the venue and threw him in the mud. This was the right and only appropriate response.

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Delighted to announce that you can preorder signed US hardcovers of The Devils, along with holy relics based on the internal art from Joel Daniel Phillips, at Lit Escalates. joeabercrombie.com/more-weapons/

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Final CFP for a special issue of @jgps.bsky.social "Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science" philevents.org/event/show/1... Submission deadline: March 31 for #philsci approaches comparing scientific disciplines.

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I'm speaking at this workshop on John Wheeler's adage, "it from bit", in Munich in July! I'll propose a transcendental interpretation, drawing on the work of Ernst Cassirer (a neglected figure in the philosophy of physics). Can't wait!! @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social #philsci

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This timely reminder from Carole Cadwalladr. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Excellent column by Robert P. Crease in this week's Physics World: physicsworld.com/a/how-should... "while politicians can create legislation, they cannot legislate creation"

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The Execution of the Doge, by Delacroix, 1825. He was beheaded for attempting a coup d'etat. Apropos of, you know, absolutely nothing at all.

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The bonus will be that all the Mars-goers die of space cancer www.shesabeast.co/mars-radiati...

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With the world seemingly falling apart with <waves hands at everything> some good news: it won't literally be falling apart in 2032. The latest data from Asteroid #2024YR4 ☄️ has reduced the chances of impact to 1-in-370. Bruce Willis, you can stand down. 🧪🔭 ℹ️: cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/detai...

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Just been reminded of one of my favourite stories from the old days of television. Dag Hammarskjöld, UN secretary general, was due in for a Panorama. Before he arrived, they needed to line up the cameras, so floor manager Albert Stevenson, later a distinguished LE producer was asked to step in.

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‘The truth’ was her declaring that all LGBT+ people want to sexually assault children, something never once mentioned in this glowing profile and a belief that the tribunal directly refused to take prima facie as the common meaning of what she said, considering it mere hyperbole

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Contents of the March 2025 issue of @isisjournal.bsky.social: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/202... #histsci #HPS

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Spectregraph HC A ghost story unlike any other from @jamesthefourth.bsky.social & me. Out next week from @dstlry.bsky.social

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Few novels have shaped the digital age like Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. Now, Subterranean Press and Conversation Tree Press are proud to announce their joint edition of this seminal novel, coming in 2026! subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...

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AVALON RISING UMBRELLA ACADEMY x BATTLE OF THE PLANETS + ARTHURIAN LEGEND ( YA / Coming-of-Age / Female protagonist / Fantasy Cyberpunk ) 👪 Found Family is literally magic ✨ ⚔️ Sword + Sorcery + Technology 💾 🌈 Retro anime vibes 🏙️ bsky.app/profile/aval... ~ COMING SOON ~

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Happy The Power Fantasy #6 day!

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