Aliette de Bodard
@aliettedebodard.com
Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile:
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Aliette de Bodard
@aliettedebodard.com
· Mar 11
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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Deliciously gothic atmosphere & queer characters from around the world in a ruined Paris
Out March 10 2026
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Preorder (or buy UK edition) & get EXCLUSIVE ebook www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
Covers @fringe-element.net
OUT NOW!
So hey if you were buying a hardback English dictionary to use as a reference for the whole family, which would you pick and why?
Family includes: a mid proficient kid, a high proficient kid, and a very weird writer
I had the Oxford but there's a bewildering number of them
Family includes: a mid proficient kid, a high proficient kid, and a very weird writer
I had the Oxford but there's a bewildering number of them
September 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
So hey if you were buying a hardback English dictionary to use as a reference for the whole family, which would you pick and why?
Family includes: a mid proficient kid, a high proficient kid, and a very weird writer
I had the Oxford but there's a bewildering number of them
Family includes: a mid proficient kid, a high proficient kid, and a very weird writer
I had the Oxford but there's a bewildering number of them
Reposted by Aliette de Bodard
New: OpenAI has thousands of contractors improving its AI, including reading ChatGPT users' prompts
We've found many of those contractors have been fired for themselves using AI to train the AI. People using AI "all the time and people are let go for it all the time" www.404media.co/people-train...
We've found many of those contractors have been fired for themselves using AI to train the AI. People using AI "all the time and people are let go for it all the time" www.404media.co/people-train...
People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
New: OpenAI has thousands of contractors improving its AI, including reading ChatGPT users' prompts
We've found many of those contractors have been fired for themselves using AI to train the AI. People using AI "all the time and people are let go for it all the time" www.404media.co/people-train...
We've found many of those contractors have been fired for themselves using AI to train the AI. People using AI "all the time and people are let go for it all the time" www.404media.co/people-train...
Reposted by Aliette de Bodard
Norwegian humor is on another level.
Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':
Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':
September 22, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Norwegian humor is on another level.
Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':
Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':
Reposted by Aliette de Bodard
Birds! QRP your bird art 🧡
September 21, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Birds! QRP your bird art 🧡
Reposted by Aliette de Bodard
As I wrote in 2020 about the same topic, all ingredients for an information heat death are on hand. ideophone.org/large-langua...
I disagree with the quoted post's indiscriminate use & ascription of "intellect" and its conflation of textual products & cognitive processes; this is self-defeating
I disagree with the quoted post's indiscriminate use & ascription of "intellect" and its conflation of textual products & cognitive processes; this is self-defeating
September 22, 2026 at 10:52 AM
As I wrote in 2020 about the same topic, all ingredients for an information heat death are on hand. ideophone.org/large-langua...
I disagree with the quoted post's indiscriminate use & ascription of "intellect" and its conflation of textual products & cognitive processes; this is self-defeating
I disagree with the quoted post's indiscriminate use & ascription of "intellect" and its conflation of textual products & cognitive processes; this is self-defeating
Reposted by Aliette de Bodard
60 people, a whole concocted panic because 60 people, who've been waiting years, were scheduled to have surgery this year
60 patients were scheduled for surgery this year; people whose surgeries have been cancelled will be prioritised for review
September 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM
60 people, a whole concocted panic because 60 people, who've been waiting years, were scheduled to have surgery this year
Me: what do you think
K1, falsely bright: its perfect, congrats mommy
Me: ...
K1: ok ok I was trying to be encouraging
Me: maybe try "it's good"? Or "it's better"?
K1, way more convinced: "you're making a great effort and it's important that you are. Done is better than perfect"
Me: 🥰
K1, falsely bright: its perfect, congrats mommy
Me: ...
K1: ok ok I was trying to be encouraging
Me: maybe try "it's good"? Or "it's better"?
K1, way more convinced: "you're making a great effort and it's important that you are. Done is better than perfect"
Me: 🥰
September 22, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Me: what do you think
K1, falsely bright: its perfect, congrats mommy
Me: ...
K1: ok ok I was trying to be encouraging
Me: maybe try "it's good"? Or "it's better"?
K1, way more convinced: "you're making a great effort and it's important that you are. Done is better than perfect"
Me: 🥰
K1, falsely bright: its perfect, congrats mommy
Me: ...
K1: ok ok I was trying to be encouraging
Me: maybe try "it's good"? Or "it's better"?
K1, way more convinced: "you're making a great effort and it's important that you are. Done is better than perfect"
Me: 🥰
And a mysterious drawing that I think is a Zelda character
September 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
And a mysterious drawing that I think is a Zelda character
Hey @akirak.bsky.social I got kiddo the pocket dictionary, I hope he can take it to school!
September 22, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Hey @akirak.bsky.social I got kiddo the pocket dictionary, I hope he can take it to school!
Word of the day: "geode"
(K1, with a disdainful snort: I know that one)
(K1, with a disdainful snort: I know that one)
September 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Word of the day: "geode"
(K1, with a disdainful snort: I know that one)
(K1, with a disdainful snort: I know that one)
Does anyone have a nyt subscription and can give me access to the Charlie Jane Anders space opera starter pack article? I'm told I should read it
September 22, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Does anyone have a nyt subscription and can give me access to the Charlie Jane Anders space opera starter pack article? I'm told I should read it
Words of the day: buff (the colour), shallow, seabed, halite, crystal (in the geology meaning)
quote of the day: "omg the bourgeoisie is even more toxic than i thought"
(k1, future anarchist)
quote of the day: "omg the bourgeoisie is even more toxic than i thought"
(k1, future anarchist)
K1: mommy I need a hand with vocabulary
Me: sure
K1: what's "igneous"?
Me: oh ok, that kind of vocabulary. What the hell are you reading?
K1: a rocks and minerals handbook!
Me: apple, tree, etc
Me: sure
K1: what's "igneous"?
Me: oh ok, that kind of vocabulary. What the hell are you reading?
K1: a rocks and minerals handbook!
Me: apple, tree, etc
September 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Words of the day: buff (the colour), shallow, seabed, halite, crystal (in the geology meaning)
quote of the day: "omg the bourgeoisie is even more toxic than i thought"
(k1, future anarchist)
quote of the day: "omg the bourgeoisie is even more toxic than i thought"
(k1, future anarchist)
Ah, every day is a new adventure in the rigid uniform system of French schools.
(K1 is that age where questions about where to go arise. It's... a headache and a half)
(K1 is that age where questions about where to go arise. It's... a headache and a half)
September 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Ah, every day is a new adventure in the rigid uniform system of French schools.
(K1 is that age where questions about where to go arise. It's... a headache and a half)
(K1 is that age where questions about where to go arise. It's... a headache and a half)
[email protected] 's ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA, which is just a masterpiece on stories, fairytales, the Matter of Britain, collapsing colonial empires, immigration and queer loves that aren't doomed to be tragic.
What's a book you love with all your goddamn heart that you believe did NOT get the love and attention it's due?
I'll go first, and it's abso-LUT-ely THE CITY IN GLASS by Nghi Vo. There are moments from that book that live in my blood and wake me from the dark.
I'll go first, and it's abso-LUT-ely THE CITY IN GLASS by Nghi Vo. There are moments from that book that live in my blood and wake me from the dark.
September 21, 2026 at 2:48 PM
[email protected] 's ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA, which is just a masterpiece on stories, fairytales, the Matter of Britain, collapsing colonial empires, immigration and queer loves that aren't doomed to be tragic.
OMG K2 heard all about Eastercon from K1 and now would like to go too.
:hides under bed:
(I love they wanna go but having to run after two kids is going to be a whole thing for the adult, ie me)
:hides under bed:
(I love they wanna go but having to run after two kids is going to be a whole thing for the adult, ie me)
September 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
OMG K2 heard all about Eastercon from K1 and now would like to go too.
:hides under bed:
(I love they wanna go but having to run after two kids is going to be a whole thing for the adult, ie me)
:hides under bed:
(I love they wanna go but having to run after two kids is going to be a whole thing for the adult, ie me)
I mean also 100% of your referrals get diagnosed isn't the gotcha you think it is, it means you under refer
Hey so fun fact, GPs aren't qualified to assess ADHD. This means nothing. The people who DO assess ADHD and those who study it say its underqualified. This is written to sound damning but when you give it 2 seconds of thought, you realise how worthless this is
Daily Mail today, page 2
September 21, 2026 at 10:23 AM
I mean also 100% of your referrals get diagnosed isn't the gotcha you think it is, it means you under refer
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Hey so fun fact, GPs aren't qualified to assess ADHD. This means nothing. The people who DO assess ADHD and those who study it say its underqualified. This is written to sound damning but when you give it 2 seconds of thought, you realise how worthless this is
September 21, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Hey so fun fact, GPs aren't qualified to assess ADHD. This means nothing. The people who DO assess ADHD and those who study it say its underqualified. This is written to sound damning but when you give it 2 seconds of thought, you realise how worthless this is
K1: mommy I need a hand with vocabulary
Me: sure
K1: what's "igneous"?
Me: oh ok, that kind of vocabulary. What the hell are you reading?
K1: a rocks and minerals handbook!
Me: apple, tree, etc
Me: sure
K1: what's "igneous"?
Me: oh ok, that kind of vocabulary. What the hell are you reading?
K1: a rocks and minerals handbook!
Me: apple, tree, etc
September 21, 2026 at 9:14 AM
K1: mommy I need a hand with vocabulary
Me: sure
K1: what's "igneous"?
Me: oh ok, that kind of vocabulary. What the hell are you reading?
K1: a rocks and minerals handbook!
Me: apple, tree, etc
Me: sure
K1: what's "igneous"?
Me: oh ok, that kind of vocabulary. What the hell are you reading?
K1: a rocks and minerals handbook!
Me: apple, tree, etc
K1: mommy can I go to school with my @easterconuk.bsky.social badge? The other kids don't believe me when I say I attended a convention and was on a panel
Me: I mean, if you'd like, but honestly not sure if that would help
Me: I mean, if you'd like, but honestly not sure if that would help
September 21, 2026 at 9:12 AM
K1: mommy can I go to school with my @easterconuk.bsky.social badge? The other kids don't believe me when I say I attended a convention and was on a panel
Me: I mean, if you'd like, but honestly not sure if that would help
Me: I mean, if you'd like, but honestly not sure if that would help
Links awakening
What's your "origin" video game?
Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you.
I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer.
So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you.
I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer.
So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
September 21, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Links awakening
Reposted by Aliette de Bodard
Canberra folks! I am having a launch event for Bodies of Magic NEXT WEEK with the wonderful Dan O'Malley. RSVP here:
events.humanitix.com/freya-marske...
events.humanitix.com/freya-marske...
September 21, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Canberra folks! I am having a launch event for Bodies of Magic NEXT WEEK with the wonderful Dan O'Malley. RSVP here:
events.humanitix.com/freya-marske...
events.humanitix.com/freya-marske...
....
"chaque geste compte", ah ouais quand même, on pourrait peut-être commencer par... ne pas utiliser l'IA?
Et aussi wow, le poisson creepy et les reflets complètement zarbs dans le carrelage vert
"chaque geste compte", ah ouais quand même, on pourrait peut-être commencer par... ne pas utiliser l'IA?
Et aussi wow, le poisson creepy et les reflets complètement zarbs dans le carrelage vert
La vidéo du ministère de l'écologie sur les biodéchets pour la campagne intitulée "chaque geste compte", réalisée avec l'IA. Ben écoutez.
September 20, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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"chaque geste compte", ah ouais quand même, on pourrait peut-être commencer par... ne pas utiliser l'IA?
Et aussi wow, le poisson creepy et les reflets complètement zarbs dans le carrelage vert
"chaque geste compte", ah ouais quand même, on pourrait peut-être commencer par... ne pas utiliser l'IA?
Et aussi wow, le poisson creepy et les reflets complètement zarbs dans le carrelage vert
Getting Halloween ready
www.etsy.com/shop/LyraLun...
www.etsy.com/shop/LyraLun...
September 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Getting Halloween ready
www.etsy.com/shop/LyraLun...
www.etsy.com/shop/LyraLun...
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a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
September 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever