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Happy holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah everyone ( Read more... ) -
On Infrastructure
There is quite a bit of talk going around about a potential new federal infrastructure bill. I want to talk about what infrastructure actually is, and how federal infrastructure spending shapes the US landscape. Infrastructure is complex and we need to not to treat it all as one thing and also to understand the secondary effect of building certain ( Read more... ) -
November 2016 Short Fiction Rec's
A couple of tie in stories this month but I think they all stand alone quite well.
"Clover" by Charlie Jane Anders This happy queer story featuring cats is set in the same world a All the Birds in the Sky and does contain minor spoilers
"To Rise No More" By Marie Brennan Ada Lovelace story set in her Onyx Court world (the secret history with fae ( Read more... ) -
Environmental Organizations to Donate to
I am distraught over the results of the presidential election. As part of increasing my activism I'm going to be writing a post here once a month about the environment, urban planning and or sustainable agriculture. I want to get more of the knowledge in my head out into the world where I hope it can do some good. So let me know if there are any ( Read more... ) -
Recent Reading
Not doing an October short fiction rec post because I haven't read enough. However I am going to ramble around This month I've haven't been reading that much short fiction online. But I have been reading some short fiction in other ways.
I have an ebook version of People of Colo(u)r Destory Science Fiction and I am mostly done with the original ( Read more... ) -
Guest Post About YA Award at Lady Business
Today I'm over at Lady Business talking about the worldcon YA award process and our on going servey to help decide the name of the award. Read more here.
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Belated September Short Fiction Recs
I've been sick and busy with family stuff this month so I haven't read much short fiction. Here are couple of things that I did like though.
"Magnifica Angelica Superable" by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz A very short story about change and freedom.
"Taste the Singularity at the Food Truck Circus" by Jeremiah Tolbert I like stories about food and eating ( Read more... ) -
August 2016 Short Story Recommendations
I have few stories to share this month. It’s been a pretty good short fiction reading month. While I haven’t been reading quite a much as I’d like to I have read quite a bit quite a lot of which I enjoyed.
“How To Piss Off A Failed Super-Soldier” by John Chu I had not been paying attention to Booksmugglers’ publishing because the theme for this ( Read more... ) -
WSFS Business Meeting Agenda thoughts
So the World Science Fiction Society is the governing body of WorldCons and thus also the Hugo Awards. They have one town hall style legislative session every year, known as the Business Meeting which takes place at worldcon every year. The agenda for this years meeting can be found here (warning long pdf). I'm not going to worldcon this year so I ( Read more... ) -
July 2016 Short Fiction Recs
Hello, I hope all of you have been having a easier July then I have been. I've been dealing with family medical stuff for the last week, and have had to do some extra care taking for my mother in law. She is great and doing very well, but wow is it a lot of work. Anyways I did read some short fiction before all this happened and I even have some ( Read more... )