So anyway, I hope during GDC week in March you participate in #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! It's been a tough year, and we deserve some joy and a bright spark for our industry. Also, to make it easier, we have a feed on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/drjc...
It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.
I played this game about a year ago, it is fun (& you could tell research was done!).
Oh gosh just reading this now :( so sorry for your loss.
I need to go eat dinner but KB‘s thread Is eternal
Thank you @algreen.house.gov for your good trouble.
I will not make it to AWP but hope someday to grace your pages
President Trump just said, “We lifted 2.4 million Americans off of food stamps.”
A reminder of what happened to those 2.4 million Americans:
”Stay angry little Meg. You will need all your shitposting tonight!” — A Wrinkle in Time, bluesky version
Also, if you don't want my simple country shitposter nonsense, these people are doing some excellent highfalutin' nonsense for good causes!
ACLU MN reported yesterday that the federal government filed sworn statements that there are 970 agents in Minnesota for Operation Metro Surge & that 407 agents will remain here in March. It’s important to note this is on top of the 190 agents that were already assigned before this surge started.
definitely @atgreenblatt.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social @marissalingen.bsky.social and @wiswell.bsky.social ’s short stories are ones I study for craft. There’s more but brain not braining at present…
The Uncanny Issue 69 Proof is with the contributors.
@montelin.bsky.social, @archistratego.bsky.social,
@hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy, @betsyaoki.bsky.social, @legopolis.bsky.social, @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social, & @mrmightyink.bsky.social are still the GREATEST STAFF IN THE UNIVERSE!!
Ok I saw this thanks to @rimrunner.bsky.social and you need this. Esp. If you recognize Southgate Roller Rink. Even if you don’t. Even if you don’t know this band. I didn’t. ( @catacalypto.bsky.social hope this repays other cool vids you have shared)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKj...
As the Hugos have opened up, I will mention ( then scurry back to weekend shenanigans and chores)…
Cover of The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard: a banyan tree surrounding a seal with Notre-Dame bisected with a sword. The caption says "Enter a ruined Paris, March 10, 2026"
Cover of The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard: a Vietnamese dragon wrapped around a woodcut style seal featuring a crowned hawthorn tree. The caption says "Ruled by Fallen Angels, March 10 2026"
Cover of The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard: a tiger and smoke over woodcut-style arms featuring a tower and a harrier in flight. The caption says "and dragons of the depths. March 10 2026"
Cover of Of Birthdays, Fungus and Kindness by Aliette de Bodard, featuring shadowed period staircases with ornate decorations. The mood is vaguely sinister.
New US edition of Dominion of the Fallen!
Deliciously gothic atmosphere & queer characters from around the world in a ruined Paris
Out March 10 2026
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Preorder (or buy UK edition) & get EXCLUSIVE ebook www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
Covers @fringe-element.net
Excited for this!
ICYMI, I'm at 79% of my goal, and I'd appreciate any donation, no matter how small.
Please keep sharing. I'm planning to have a small giveaway as a token of my appreciation, and anyone who donated since the start of Feb will be eligible.
Details to come soon! Watch this space.
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
@catacalypto.bsky.social thank you for reposting the ice car thing. I feel it embodies my state of mind rn. :)
Yes!
Thanks Gabino, the horror is and was always real
Amidst the mayhem, gotta poemm. See the LACon's info on Special Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2026 www.lacon.org/2025/12/01/p...
This might be the saving grace of today thank you!
Woo! Congratulations!
Yay!!!
WTF happened to the Epstein files? Full release was required December 19 by federal law. Today, 99% are still undisclosed. Initially, there were rolling releases. Now, nothing in weeks.
REMEMBER: The DOJ said the review of these documents was complete in JULY.
Suspect I had spaced on my poem in The Margins in my prior accounting…
Still making sure I didn’t miss stuff but current Awards Eligibility List ( poetry and fiction) betsyaoki.com/awards-eligi.... Cat pic for tax.
Among the great fiction, poems, and articles, there's also an interview with me (courtesy of @betsyaoki.bsky.social) about poetry, writing craft, and the role of art in hard times!
