Eileen Gunn

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Science-fiction writer, editor, technophile, apophenista. Radar Angel. My new book: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1267

Such a stylish little Encyrtus wasp. Photographed at UT Austin's amazing Brackenridge Field Lab.

#Encyrtidae #Wasps #Wasplove #Insects #Hymenoptera

A hopeful book about climate change? Listen to what Cory Doctorow has to say because it will cheer you up, and send him a few bucks to help him pub the DRM-free audiobook, eh? Really, there's only good here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-lost-cause-a-novel-of-climate-and-hope

Bright City Lights Linked To Smaller Eyes In Urban Birds: Study | WSUPullman | Global Change Biology

by @GrrlScientist via ForbesScience / Forbes

#ornithology #UrbanBirds #evolution #ecology #LightPollution https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/09/20/bright-city-lights-linked-to-smaller-eyes-in-urban-birds-study/

Bright City Lights Linked To Smaller Eyes In Urban Birds: Study

The bright lights of big cities could be causing an evolutionary adaptation for smaller eyes in some birds, a new study indicates.

Forbes
Join us on Thursday for Locus in Conversation: The Creative Reality of AR/VR and the Metaverse with authors Daniel Abraham (The Expanse) & Aliette de Bodard (The Tea Master and the Detective). This is a FREE, virtual event on Sep 21 at 1pm PDT. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/710542831737/
Locus in Conversation: The Creative Reality of AR/VR and the Metaverse

Explore the impact of AR/VR and the metaverse within fiction and real life with award-winning authors Daniel Abraham and Aliette de Bodard.

Eventbrite

And Then Satan Said:

We are going to separate into breakout groups of five people, after 8 min. each group will present what they discussed in the main group.

hello land dog, i am water dog

@bhawthorne I’ve just finished ‘Wrath Goddess Sing’ by Maya Deane, which is amazing. A retelling of the Trojan War with the lead character being Achilles as a trans woman.

Having a quick skim through others I’ve read this year so far that I haven’t noticed being mentioned.

Kat Howard
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
@melissacaruso
Shannon Chakraborty
Fonda Lee
@EileenGunn

If you’re not averse to YA books then I’d add Frances Hardinge, Kalynn Bayron and Sarah Kuhn

The news is always like: "America has banned wheelchair ramps because they weren't in the Bible.

Finland has made ice
cream free."

#SCOTUS more like #SCROTUS