Christine D. Baker
@klaxoncomms.com
Posts many cat pics. Former scholar of Islamic history who now writes about new SFF at nerds-feather.com and podcasts about SFF history at Hugo History: klaxoncomms.com/hugo-history
Queer/Ace/ADHD. #Vancouver 🇨🇦
Queer/Ace/ADHD. #Vancouver 🇨🇦
I’m late to the party, but Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed is FANTASTIC so far. As a former Arabic speaker in particular, I am massively enjoying it.
September 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I’m late to the party, but Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed is FANTASTIC so far. As a former Arabic speaker in particular, I am massively enjoying it.
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[If you're wondering, I have decided to try to read a short story and a poem every day, in part so I am a better Hugo nominator and voter! I am mostly getting my choices from @renay.bsky.social's Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom (which I very much want to win a Hugo for 'best related work').]
September 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
[If you're wondering, I have decided to try to read a short story and a poem every day, in part so I am a better Hugo nominator and voter! I am mostly getting my choices from @renay.bsky.social's Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom (which I very much want to win a Hugo for 'best related work').]
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"Vancouver takes some civic election candidates to court over Chinese-character names" as told by David Carrigg
via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
Vancouver takes some civic election candidates to court over Chinese-character names
Vancouver's chief election officer says three candidates should not be able to use Chinese characters on their ballots
vancouversun.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"Vancouver takes some civic election candidates to court over Chinese-character names" as told by David Carrigg
via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
via @vancouversun.bsky.social
#vanpoli #vanre
vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
@maris.bsky.social Thought from reading your newsletter today -- have you read More Everything Forever by Adam Becker? He's a science writer with a PhD in astrophysics along with a background in philosophy. His book does a great job actually analyzing some of the utopian 'dreams'...
September 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
@maris.bsky.social Thought from reading your newsletter today -- have you read More Everything Forever by Adam Becker? He's a science writer with a PhD in astrophysics along with a background in philosophy. His book does a great job actually analyzing some of the utopian 'dreams'...
I really do not understand that video that's going around of Kennedy and Patel. I am open to explanations. I do not want to watch the video.
September 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I really do not understand that video that's going around of Kennedy and Patel. I am open to explanations. I do not want to watch the video.
I bike past the site a couple of times a week and I really think these buildings are gorgeous.
With three of Sen̓áḵw’s 11 towers now complete, the development is already dramatically reshaping Vancouver’s skyline, and provoking plenty of chatter about its scale, density and ambition.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
Inside North America's Largest Indigenous-Led Housing Development | The Tyee
The vision underpinning the architecture of Sen̓áḵw.
thetyee.ca
September 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I bike past the site a couple of times a week and I really think these buildings are gorgeous.
Yikes (at Ed Sheerhan). But also: wow do I want to read this book!
We need a celebrity version of this book, which was published today
September 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Yikes (at Ed Sheerhan). But also: wow do I want to read this book!
[If you're wondering, I have decided to try to read a short story and a poem every day, in part so I am a better Hugo nominator and voter! I am mostly getting my choices from @renay.bsky.social's Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom (which I very much want to win a Hugo for 'best related work').]
September 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
[If you're wondering, I have decided to try to read a short story and a poem every day, in part so I am a better Hugo nominator and voter! I am mostly getting my choices from @renay.bsky.social's Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom (which I very much want to win a Hugo for 'best related work').]
Poem of the day: "I dream of Jeannie" by Marie Brennan in @strangehorizons.bsky.social.
1. Damn: I am becoming constantly impressed at author skills at telling a story in...*checks notes* 108 words.
2. This poem is made into a relevant SHAPE, which is v impressive.
1. Damn: I am becoming constantly impressed at author skills at telling a story in...*checks notes* 108 words.
2. This poem is made into a relevant SHAPE, which is v impressive.
The Dream of Jeannie
this desire to mold something more than mere inert earth
strangehorizons.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Poem of the day: "I dream of Jeannie" by Marie Brennan in @strangehorizons.bsky.social.
1. Damn: I am becoming constantly impressed at author skills at telling a story in...*checks notes* 108 words.
2. This poem is made into a relevant SHAPE, which is v impressive.
1. Damn: I am becoming constantly impressed at author skills at telling a story in...*checks notes* 108 words.
2. This poem is made into a relevant SHAPE, which is v impressive.
Today's short story: "Welcome to Heroism" by @wiswell.bsky.social. Really enjoyed this one!
Welcome to Heroism - Uncanny Magazine
Nobody read the Terms of Service. They were in a rush to watch the latest unbelievable must-see content from someone who probably died seconds later. It seemed like as soon as anyone knew The Dare exi...
www.uncannymagazine.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Today's short story: "Welcome to Heroism" by @wiswell.bsky.social. Really enjoyed this one!
Really appreciated this Slate piece by @nitishpahwa.com on how the current AI freakout is mostly hype: apple.news/AOPZG46oiQnu...
The Best Reason to Doubt the A.I. Doomsayers — Slate
Industry insiders have been offering absolutely terrible odds for humanity’s future. There’s a reason for that.
apple.news
September 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Really appreciated this Slate piece by @nitishpahwa.com on how the current AI freakout is mostly hype: apple.news/AOPZG46oiQnu...
Reposted by Christine D. Baker
i love this guy so much
September 15, 2026 at 3:34 AM
i love this guy so much
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I follow a handful of journalist for news updates, and an enormous number of mentally unwell people with arts degrees to put that news into proper context for me
February 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I follow a handful of journalist for news updates, and an enormous number of mentally unwell people with arts degrees to put that news into proper context for me
Hair Path!
The whiplash I got when checking reviews for this "Permanent Mulch Recycled Rubber Pathway."
September 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Hair Path!
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live your life so people aren’t disappointed to find out it isn’t over yet
September 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
live your life so people aren’t disappointed to find out it isn’t over yet
This looks pretty great!
Ahhhh it’s out tomorrow! Please plan to pick up A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social wherever you buy books!
September 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This looks pretty great!
This is the face of a cat who put her WHOLE HEAD in a pastry bag that had contained a cheddar bacon scone.
September 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is the face of a cat who put her WHOLE HEAD in a pastry bag that had contained a cheddar bacon scone.
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You're going to be hearing a lot from me about The Flytrap's subscription drive: We're aiming to get 700 new subscribers (yeah you heard me) to make feminist cultural criticism more sustainable. This project is truly one of the highlights of my life right now, it & my cofoundes mean so much to me.
the tl;dr — subscriptions are 40% off for the next two weeks, sign up here to get this sweet-ass deal and support independent, worker-owned feminist media! https://f.mtr.cool/0bn6crmeu3
September 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
You're going to be hearing a lot from me about The Flytrap's subscription drive: We're aiming to get 700 new subscribers (yeah you heard me) to make feminist cultural criticism more sustainable. This project is truly one of the highlights of my life right now, it & my cofoundes mean so much to me.
If you're interested in dabbling in the history of SFF classics but not sure if you actually want to devote the time to reading them yourself, I make a podcast for you! Hugo History does pretty detailed plot summaries so you can understand the thematic discussion after.
sites.libsyn.com/586395
sites.libsyn.com/586395
September 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
If you're interested in dabbling in the history of SFF classics but not sure if you actually want to devote the time to reading them yourself, I make a podcast for you! Hugo History does pretty detailed plot summaries so you can understand the thematic discussion after.
sites.libsyn.com/586395
sites.libsyn.com/586395
Reposted by Christine D. Baker
The whole thread, but especially this 👇. Teaching is not simply content delivery, and almost none of the "let's put AI in education" discourse acknowledges that fundamental reality. Probably because it's emanating from everyone except actual teachers.
I have listened to and read lots and lots of What AI will Mean for College and the one big thing that gets skips all the time is TEACHING. Information provided is not teaching. 8/
September 14, 2026 at 12:59 PM
The whole thread, but especially this 👇. Teaching is not simply content delivery, and almost none of the "let's put AI in education" discourse acknowledges that fundamental reality. Probably because it's emanating from everyone except actual teachers.
Part of this is that I was on a kayaking trip for a week, but I just went two weeks without finishing a book and that is, honestly, extraordinarily unusual for me.
September 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Part of this is that I was on a kayaking trip for a week, but I just went two weeks without finishing a book and that is, honestly, extraordinarily unusual for me.
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@ladyinbloom.bsky.social You might want to follow: @hpsvanessa.bsky.social @skatie.bsky.social @virginiam.bsky.social @irisblue.bsky.social
September 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
@ladyinbloom.bsky.social You might want to follow: @hpsvanessa.bsky.social @skatie.bsky.social @virginiam.bsky.social @irisblue.bsky.social
@premeemohamed.com I know you have no control over this, but do you know if there's going to be an audiobook for Wickhills (and, if so, when it's coming out)? I'm not seeing it at libro.fm or Audible and I'd love to reread it via my ears.
September 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
@premeemohamed.com I know you have no control over this, but do you know if there's going to be an audiobook for Wickhills (and, if so, when it's coming out)? I'm not seeing it at libro.fm or Audible and I'd love to reread it via my ears.