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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Spotlight on THE INVISIBLE PARADE, #LeighBardugo, and me in this month’s @locusmag.bsky.social. (Cover art by me as well!)

Thank you to the great @mizfrancesca.bsky.social for creating beautiful magazine layouts every month. And to @ltrombi.bsky.social for making LOCUS better than it’s ever been.

31 seconds of zen from California (Bothe-Napa State Park). Sound up!

A bundle of of small white mushrooms with thin stalks peeking out above brown pine leaves.

A clump of white and light brown amorphous fungi surrounded by dark forest soil.

Side view of a clump of white and light brown amorphous fungi surrounded by dark forest soil.

Found some nice mushrooms on a hike in Calistoga (Bothe-Napa State Park) #fungifriends #fungi #mycology

San Francisco showing up! #NoKings

My opinion on Tylenol causing autism is that they should release the Epstein files.
#StayFocused

Autism does not need to be cured

Ableism does

The end

Vaccines cause adults
Tylenol causes pain relief
Neurodiversity is good

Whew. That was an earthquake #Oakland #eartuquake

It’s time for the white community to stop playing the victim & have an uncomfortable conversation about violence, parental responsibility & the families raising the thugs causing all the white-on-white violence in Republican-controlled cities.

Maybe it’s their culture

Did I do it right?

CA Leg is trying to rush through a bill, AB 715, which would establish surveillance of K-12 teaching in the name of antisemitism. Take 60 seconds today to call Pro Tem McGuire (916) 319-4002, and Assembly Speaker Rivas (916) 319-2029, and state that you OPPOSE AB 715.

this is not hyperbole. if you're cis you may not see it.

when you are in a position of authority and disapprove of trans kids transitioning, what you are doing is increasing their likelihood of suicide.

it sounds stark. it is. that is reality.

I don’t consider myself a defender of AI literacy by any stretch, but I also cannot ignore that LLMs and gen AI have changed my classroom. There’s a smart podcast that I highly recommend called My Robot Teacher calearninglab.org/myrobotteach...

#academicsky #medsky, please sign this. It is a plea to the UC system to "Do not sacrifice our strengths & our community, deeply nurtured & protected for over 100 years, to a deeply callous &unfair federal administration that will only ask for more". tinyurl.com/ucstandup

Stand up, fight back.

I feel attacked.

Calm and cool!

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We are proud to present official Featured Local Author for the 2025 Locus Awards! We will be celebrating #KemiAshingGiwa and so many other amazing creators in Oakland June 18-21.
Buy tickets here: locusmag.com/2025-lo... (in bio) 📚💙

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

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Locus is a magazine built for & by readers AND writers. Get insider news about which magazines are publishing what kind of story, as well as our reviewers' favorite books of the year. Immerse yourself in our community, we would love to have you. linktr.ee/locusmagazine

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The SFFH community is vast—but it gets cozy at the Locus Awards Weekend.
Come hang out with readers, writers, and everyone in between.
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the people who make this country unsafe aren’t immigrants. the people who make this country unsafe are cops.

Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Keep up the fight.

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The Locus Awards are where legends are crowned—and you’re invited!
June 18–21 in Oakland: panels, readings, writing workshop, conversation & more.

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#SFFCommunity

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We think this year's #LocusAwards will be really fun, and we want to see you all there! Here are some of the amazing creators and visionaries we will be welcoming to speak from all corners of the field. Come connect!
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The thing that bothers me most about the Trump and Musk row is atmospheric concentrations of CO2 just passed 430 parts per million for the first time in human history leading to more intense temperatures that threaten to trigger climatic feedback loops that could destroy civilisation itself.

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To wrap up things at the fundraiser, we have the talented Aliette de Bodard's reading from The Red Scholar's Wake! We have a bunch of other readings there for you, too, and your last chance to get a reward for donating! Thank you!

Linked below & in bio

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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱

Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

YouTube video by More Perfect Union We Went to the Town Elon Musk Is Poisoning

Essential reporting on the xAI facility in Memphis: the idea to use thermal cameras was genius www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT...

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#FundraiserPerk Rep Locus on your battle jacket, hat, or book bag!! We have patches available for you on the IndieGoGo!

Linked in bio and here: igg.me/at/locusmag20...

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The Locus Awards are so much more than a ceremony! We will have books for sale, a workshop led by the amazing #HenryLien, dinner, and all of the swag you could possibly want.
Buy your tickets now to reserve seating to specific program items!!
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