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R.T. Ester

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Anti-imperialist. Fiction writer. Words in Clarkesworld and Interzone. THE GANYMEDAN (Fall 2025 from Solaris Books). Agent: Jason Yarn. You may see a sh!tpost now and then 😅

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‘Caught in the Sad Orbit of a Dead Calamity’ by Fábio Fernandes is fabulous: an erudite, searching look into ANDOR that ranges from Cassian to Che, Clerks to cosmopolitics, the Chartist uprising in South Wales to the ‘cornfed’ moisture farmers of Tatooine

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Single mum with much baggage fights AI contract terms and immigration paperwork in space. Also, space gangs. CLUB CONTANGO

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I'm skimming through Andor—I mean literally skimming, moving the cursor across the episodes—for something I'm working on, and it is p r e p o s t e r o u s how much better looking and better designed it is than all the other Star Wars shows I've seen, even from blink-and-you'll-miss-it glances.

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You had me at “exceedingly dry in-jokes for recherché subcultures”

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Generally I think the weather this year has had an agenda against parents specifically

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He knows best. Don't mind me, I'll just go back to melting and trying not to get swept up in a hurricane at the same time

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If we could, we should try to go back to when the temperature and weather was normal

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House of the Dragon has been firing on just about every cylinder it has this season. It's already a better show than GoT ever was. More confident, smarter editing, more complex characters, more dragons

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Finished season one of Black Sails. What a show

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Not advice, just idle observation. It's a lot like cleaning. People will say they have secrets and products to do it the Right Way. But for the most part it's a baking soda and vinegar combo and scrubbing really fucking hard. There's no shortcut but to do it and learn the ins and outs of your home.

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Someone should write a short story where the speculative element is that the temperature outside doesn't consistently climb to 120 degrees

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Malda Marlys 🦇🦇🦇 🏳️‍🌈's avatar Malda Marlys 🦇🦇🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @aardwyrm.bsky.social
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For a Sunday brunch story, today's rec is @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social's "The Moon Eel Bennett in Conversation with the Astronaut Who Came Back for It" in @interzone.digital. How are you feeling about your various membranes this morning?

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Support independent mags, publishers, authors and artists!

It's been my pleasure to work with @interzone.press several times now, and they are always a delight! Publishing the finest human made stories & art.

Here's some of the pieces I've made for them. Combining charcoal, pastel + digital paint

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Writing community!

Eirik Gumeny, the incredibly nice and talented owner of Atomic Carnival, is in desperate need of a lung transplant. He’s currently suffering, and can use some help.

His wife has set up a donation page. Please spread the word!

cota.org/cotaforeirik...

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You can have interzone to read and on the walls too!
Here is my cover artwork for #299, inspired by @boriscrito.bsky.social's incredible story. This and other pieces are available in my print shop, with a special shop wide discount for interzone supporters.

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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 's avatar Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 @knilirabaj.bsky.social
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“There’s a genocide happening. People are scared to use that word – it is what it is. It’s a genocide. It’s ethnic cleansing. It’s intentional. … We’re not paying attention.”

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Individuals who received the $1,000/mo or $500/mo payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received the basic income. Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs. "It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."

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oh boy oh boy oh boy you are so fucked dude.

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I also think EDM doesn't put up as many barriers to entry as other genres do for both artists and listeners. I once watched a doc where a college radio dj called it the most democratic style of music of something like that

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A former resident at Texas Children's Hospital has been charged with illegally obtaining children's medical records and leaking them to conservative activist Christopher Rufo in order to prove the hospital was illegally providing gender-affirming care to minors.

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Same. Another candidate might be Excession but there are also like two other books in the series I still haven't read

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This one's for the Surface Detail heads on bluesky, of which I'm sure there are many

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Surface Detail is maybe my least favorite Iain Banks Culture novel but I called the character twist/reveal at the end the moment the 'Vatueil' character showed up and I will bring it up every chance I get

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I think that may have been Surface Detail, specifically the stuff having to do with the simulated hells but it's been a while since I actually read it

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We're going to keep getting more Three Body Problems until someone comes up with a Three Body Solution

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Even knowing what to expect, this was a bleak viewing experience

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Oh yeah for that specifically you just have to ignore

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With very few exceptions, I have to hear the same thing from at least two readers before taking any action on it

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The problem isn't that AI can do your job (it can't). The problem is management thinks AI can do your job.

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The entire western world constantly mobilising to support, fund, defend this. Drives home how Nazi Germany and their allies were a threat to the west because they were imperial competition, not because of some western moral imperative to stop their genocidal conquest.

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Blatant mask-off article in Tablet that probably won't move a needle since I don't think the concept of "Palestinian + innocent civilian" actually even exists for westerners who support zionism

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Oh yeah I remember enjoying it. Definitely a good candidate though I'd consider French Dispatch as well for just how good it looked

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I need to watch at least one thing today that people would describe as a 'visual feast'

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Oh yeah it's almost always that. I think I might also be conflating it with how Batman's voice sounded in theaters

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