Mary Robinette Kowal

@maryrobinette.bsky.social

I've just learned that the International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after me.

I'm... I'm a little overcome.

It's out near Jupiter, so there's no danger of it hitting the Earth.

ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_l...

Jun 24, 2024 at 13:40 UTC

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Robert @mrobert100.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:01 UTC

Amazing dear congratulations to you

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John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 00:46 UTC

Congratulations!

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Katie Tightpussy @juicysteak117.gay
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 15:27 UTC

THAT'S SO COOL

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Natalie 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @eilatan.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 17:25 UTC

That's one hell of a thing to cross off your bucket list. And the Mid-Atlantic thanks you.

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@LuLuRoche @luluroche.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:49 UTC

wow!

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ClareJGold @clarewrites.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:10 UTC

Awww. That’s awesome.

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inks @inks1.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

🎉👍🙌🎉

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Steve Buchheit @stevebuchheit.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:37 UTC

w00t!

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Afton Nelson @aftonnelson.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:16 UTC

How cool! Congratulations!

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Abigail Reynolds @abigailreynolds.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:49 UTC

How utterly awesome!

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Mayor of Nowheresville @thekasey.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 17:50 UTC

Coolest thing I’ve ever heard. Congratulations

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Greg Rank @gregrank.us
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:28 UTC

You were discovered in 1990 by Otto Matic

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Alexander The SoSo @theleakingpen.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:36 UTC

Holy shit! That's even better than getting a bug named after oneself. Very cool.

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 17:11 UTC

Whoa! Congratulations!

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sid @sidvicio.us
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 17:05 UTC

that is so freaking cool oh my god

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Sarah Terentiev @skterentiev.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 00:18 UTC

This is so cool!!! Congratulations!

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David C B @tzed250.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

"no danger..." way to jinx it! Just kidding, congrats.

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Kate Montgomery @katemontgomery.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

Congrats!!! How very cool.

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Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄 @sharrow.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 18:59 UTC

Congratulations

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 17:31 UTC

oh this is SO COOL!!!

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Boomer NV @bobmoorenv.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 17:13 UTC

(not yet) Congratulations!

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Joe Gordon @joegordon.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:05 UTC

Mazel! Nice to have a (non-civilization-ending) small body, eponymously. Love to retell this story: my mentor had a high energy particle named for her by her husband, and was flattered until she learned it was heavy, neutral and strange.

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Renee @renaissancedreamer.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:07 UTC

Yay!

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

so cool!

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Laura Sykes @greeneralia.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:10 UTC

Congratulations!

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Mayken Brünings @maykenalanna.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:44 UTC

That is awesome! Congratulations!

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:29 UTC

Oh wow! Congratulations!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 17:05 UTC

Oh great, now we have to take a drink whenever its orbit gets disrupted… (Seriously, CONGRATS!)

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 17:44 UTC

That is amazing! Also, we're holding you to that promise of not hitting the Earth!

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:04 UTC

Fabulous and fitting!

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Heather McDougal @wundergrrl.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 03:39 UTC

My word! That's amazing!

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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:30 UTC

Oh wow that is so cool. Congratulations!

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Benjamin C. Kinney @benjaminckinney.com
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 08:08 UTC

Eeee! How delightful!

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Jon Hansen @jonmhansen.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:56 UTC

Oh, that’s awesome!

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Lynn Rushlau @lrushlau.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:45 UTC

That's amazing! Congratulations!

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Michelle Appel @msappel.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 00:18 UTC

Congratulations

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:32 UTC

Amazing

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Stacey Berg @staceyberg.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 23:26 UTC

This is very wonderful! (And adds a whole new meaning to Mary-go-round).

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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 11:06 UTC

I’m thrilled for you!

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R.S.A. Garcia (she/her) @rsagarcia.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 22:52 UTC

This is a fabulous honour and so well deserved! Congratulations!

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:43 UTC

So cool!!!

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Moon-faced Assassin of Joy @nome.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

That's incredible! I'm not versed enough to figure out its location - is it one of the Greeks or Trojans, or are you out there on your own?

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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 22:02 UTC

Congratulations!

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If This Goes On (Don't Panic) @itgodp.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:00 UTC

Wow, very cool!

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Jeanette @jeanette555.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:14 UTC

That’s so cool! And well deserved.

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:48 UTC

That is so cool!

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Rev. Jesus “H" Christ, KSC @reverendjesus.com
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:05 UTC

CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🎉🎉

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Tycho Softworks @tychosoft.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 22:03 UTC

If I had an asteroid named after me, I would hope it would at least have an impact on the world that can be measured on the Torino scale... 🤣 But still very cool.

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Kelly Gardner @kkgardner.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 18:14 UTC

Congrats! I think they named it after you cause you've already had an impact on Earth.

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 10:09 UTC

Congratulations! That's awesome!

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 22:44 UTC

That's amazing though!?!! 🎉🎉🎉

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Atrus, man of low moral fiber (pirate) @atrus.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

Oh wow, that's amazing!

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Jill S @outseide.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:00 UTC

How cool!

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Johnathan Reid @reiditwrite.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 08:17 UTC

So whenever someone says "you're my rock" or "you rock" you now have a certificate to prove it.

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See also JDzed at clacks.link for Mastodon @jdzed.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 16:31 UTC

CONGRATS!!!

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 10:11 UTC

*GASP*

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@bjkeefe.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

Well deserved!

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedb.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

Omg that's amazing, congratulations!

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cidonnelly1 @cidonnelly.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 01:07 UTC

Warmest congratulations!

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Brian C. E. Buhl @briancebuhl.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 23:02 UTC

This is amazing! Congratulations! Obligatory joke: Perhaps if I lose some more weight (and write fantastic fiction like you!), I'll qualify for a small body, too!

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Ted Driver @tdriver.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 19:28 UTC

Congrats! But, that's what they said about Eros too.

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Condor @condor.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:06 UTC

Fuckin rad!

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Kobrind Slnzx @waitwtf.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:46 UTC

Just splendid ❤️

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Alex Wallace @spanishspy.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:41 UTC

Congratulations!

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Ria Bridges @bibliotropic.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 18:07 UTC

That's so cool! Hell of an honour!

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Randy Tayler @randytayler.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 12:07 UTC

THIS IS SO AWESOME.

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Leslie Lambert @lspacediva3.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:59 UTC

Wow, congratulations! 🎉

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 15:07 UTC

That's so cool!

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Glen Dudek @glendudek.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:42 UTC

Congratulations, and also well deserved.

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Jaymie Moore @jaymiemoore.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:32 UTC

Congrats! Very nice.

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fon d. ly @fondly.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 20:06 UTC

GO YOU!

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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

Wow - congrats! Now we can honestly say you're out of this world!

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Astrid Bear @astridbear.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 18:53 UTC

How marvelous!

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 13:54 UTC

That is so damn cool.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀 🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:47 UTC

!!!!!

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pacanukeha @pacanukeha.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 22:46 UTC

Not with that attitude it won't!! #TeamOrbitalChangeNow

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tomstpatrick @tomstpatrick.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 17:33 UTC

👍

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Skye Akimbo @skye-akimbo.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 05:27 UTC

OMG, that's so wonderful! I had my book club read the Calculating Stars last fall, and had such a positive response l, especially given that it's a a non-sff club. One of the members ever recalled her previously abandoned love of SFF and was inspired to reexplore the genre.

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Sirocco @siroccogh.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 20:48 UTC

That’s so sweet! Congratulations!!

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William C Powell @willcampowell.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 06:25 UTC

Their announcement is wonderful: Mary Robinette Kowal (b. 1969) is an American science fiction writer and puppeteer whose very human heroines, at the forefront of science and engineering in their universes, inspire us to explore our solar system ourselves

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 18:57 UTC

Amazing! Congratulations!!!

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Creative Wolves @creativewolves.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 02:09 UTC

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Eddie Cochrane @cobrabay.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 17:56 UTC

That is amazing! Congratulations🌌

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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 04:30 UTC

That's so exciting! Congratulations, you're in space!!!

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W. Dow Rieder @riderius.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 18:53 UTC

That rocks 8-)

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 00:20 UTC

Congrats! This is amazing

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Tsundoku Puzzle @tsundokupuzzle.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:17 UTC

Not lady astronaut, but lady asteroid 😀

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 08:20 UTC

How lovely!!!

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Nop (he/him) 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO @voxexsinister.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:40 UTC

Oh wow! Congratulations!

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Donna L @donnalfromny.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:27 UTC

Very cool👍🏼

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Michela @mikime.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:34 UTC

That is so cool!!! Congrats! 🎉💖☄️

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John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:42 UTC

Congratulations!!! What a huge honor! That is so incredibly awesome!

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Aimee Ogden @aimeeogden.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 16:37 UTC

!!! How cool - congratulations!

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Joseph Finn @josephfinn.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:48 UTC

The…GASP I just let out for you. Thats amazing and well deserved.

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Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 11:12 UTC

That's one to put on your bingo card just so you can mark it off.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 16:07 UTC

That rules, Mary Robinette! I'm so happy for you. Although you were already stellar.

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 13:43 UTC

Wow! Congratulations!

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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 17:58 UTC

AMAZING!!!! Mazal tov, you should enjoy it in good health!!

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Tim Boerger @timboerger.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 16:39 UTC

Awesome news. Congratulations!

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Two Cats in a Trenchcoat @anned13.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:13 UTC

Cool!

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Peter J. Kootsookos @kootsoop.com
[ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 10:59 UTC

This is great! W00t! “Mary Robinette Kowal (b. 1969) is an American science fiction writer and puppeteer whose very human heroines, at the forefront of science and engineering in their universes, inspire us to explore our solar system ourselves.”

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