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SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein and Rhetorics of Fantasy. Publishing a book on Joanna Russ's The Female Man with Luna Press in 2026. Pre Order now! Supporter of 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 Pronouns: Farah/they
He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.
What I learned from Our Bodies, Ourselves, is why I got a super early diagnosis of uterine cancer before it could spread to my ovaries. Thank you Penelope Green.
Brisbane will be hybrid.
Or Australia in 2028 would be in an 18 year gap for the continent and Germany would be in a 4 year gap for the continent.
#Brisbanein2028WorldconBid!
Addressing the getting there issue. I was surprised to find lower air prices than I had expected.
And the Antipodeans lost the 2020 convention to Covid so it's a very long time since there has been a Worldcon actually Down Under.
Montréal 2027 Worldcon is pleased to welcome web comic creator Jeff Jacques (@ass.golf). You can find his long-running comic “Questionable Content” at www.questionablecontent.net Check it out (if you haven’t already). Consider it very enjoyable homework.
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📅#OTD 1644. Oxford.
With a Scottish army invading Northumberland in support of Parliament, Henrietta Maria writes to the Marquess of Newcastle.
She is pleased that the Royalists of Newcastle are not yet driven to eating rats & jokingly adds .... 1 of 2
Happy Mothering Sunday!
I think that only works for white men?
Very cool new exhibition at The MET "Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930"
"We have already destroyed 100% of the Normans’ military capability, but it’s easy for them to shoot a close-range arrow somewhere along, or in, this Battlefield, no matter how badly defeated they are.”
This is my "Year in Review" piece at Locus, where I talk about some of the titles I enjoyed.
locusmag.com/feature/the-...
Also - By the Numbers 10, from F&SF, for folks who haven't seen it yet: "What are the experiences of authors of color in publishing?"
arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...
I analyzed the Proud Boys donor list. The most common occupation was real estate (realtor, mortgage broker) — the same parasitic class that was over-represented among Jan 6th rioters.
I had one of those. Feisty to the very end (she had a stroke in her last week: I called the vet. 'My cat's just died!' At which point she lifted her head and *mewed* with great force. She made it to 20. I hope you have lots of time with your Grande Dame.
There's a hauntingly beautiful irony in these morons thinking that carefully crafted American hegemony was actually weak and woke, and they would be the ones who would do Power and Dominance properly, and immediately bringing everything crashing down
It brings me some solace to know that whatever's happening down here, there are still some absolutely incredible human-made and human-driven robots wandering around Mars, looking at cool rocks and dirt and sending us pictures just because we're curious about planets and our own origins in the cosmos
I was wondering how long after “the death of the paperback” was announced that we would see someone trying to reinvent the concept of pocket-sized books. Took about 5 minutes. #LivingBookHistory
Yes, I agree. It's like saying that we deserved drive-by shootings as children because a few Detroiters were drug dealers. And, f*ck that.
Collective guilt is a nonstarter. And children NEVER "deserve it." Not Jewish children. Not Muslim children. Not Black children. Not ANY child on this planet.
If you want to grasp the true depth of contempt that politicians have for people who claim benefits, any benefits, and the cruel incompetence they casually accept from their officials in dealing with them…
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.
Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.
But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.
I put a relative in the ground today. All I could think about while looking at the casket was all the people crying and in pain.
Then I see the US President post how "honored" he is to be killing Iranians. Iranian children.
I have lost a child so I understand that pain.
Hell is too good for them.
"Cindy Hyde-Smith has had the seat, the platform, and the power to act for Mississippi families — but she’s been too busy serving herself and her big-money donors. That ends in November," says Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Scott Colom.
Usually different editors.
Ages back I read about Cicely Berry's voice teaching at the RSC by Anthony Sher in Year of the King. Amazing teacher.
Loud is not projection. The shouty you describe is not projection. You can project a whisper if you are good enough.
TOMORROW: Immigration history is more than Ellis Island. Join Dr. Sarah McNamara to discover the diverse communities who entered through the South, and how to bring their stories to your classroom.
March 15 | 7 PM EST
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