Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca
@michaeljdeluca.bsky.social
Environmental justice hermit
beer, bikes, bread, fungi, foraging
THE PALADIN IN THE FOREST OF THORNS, collection, The Fabulist Editions 2027
THE JAGUAR MASK, novel, Stelliform Press 2024
NIGHT ROLL, novella, Stelliform Press 2020
he/him
beer, bikes, bread, fungi, foraging
THE PALADIN IN THE FOREST OF THORNS, collection, The Fabulist Editions 2027
THE JAGUAR MASK, novel, Stelliform Press 2024
NIGHT ROLL, novella, Stelliform Press 2020
he/him
Pinned
From the pond the other day, somewhat more literally than usual: in the symbolic tradition of formal portraiture, here the empty kayak should be understood to represent more or less the inverse of the riderless horse
I'm going to try weaning myself off here. Not jumping on the "death of bluesky" bandwagon, just acknowledging that social media is inherently not terribly healthy for me, and for awhile this hasn't been what I thought I wanted it for. So it's back to the old blog:
mossyskull.com/technomancy/...
mossyskull.com/technomancy/...
dry sugar maple whirligigs crackling like popcorn as I roll over them
September 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
dry sugar maple whirligigs crackling like popcorn as I roll over them
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Ancillary Review is looking for more editors! Message me if you're interested in copy-editing, dev editing, or graphics creation for a Hugo finalist magazine of spec fic criticism! It's volunteer-based and fits with your schedule <3
September 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Ancillary Review is looking for more editors! Message me if you're interested in copy-editing, dev editing, or graphics creation for a Hugo finalist magazine of spec fic criticism! It's volunteer-based and fits with your schedule <3
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The Autumnal Equinox happened last evening 🌊🌊
September 23, 2026 at 10:40 AM
The Autumnal Equinox happened last evening 🌊🌊
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Re-posting with typo fix and re-boosting this for the US east coast time folks, I moved to Scotland and landed in an unlivable flat, so am offering 15 drm-free books of mine as a thank you for anything you offer as a way to get into a safe living space:
I've launched a GoFundMe to help me get my cats to a safer home in Scotland, and you can pay-what-you-want using the GFM system and get 15 of my books as eBooks as a Thank You every Friday as an update!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho...
That's almost 700,000 words of fiction, pay what you want!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho...
That's almost 700,000 words of fiction, pay what you want!
Donate to Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland, organized by Tobias Buckell
Hi, I'm author Tobias S. Buckell, and these are my two cats, P… Tobias Buckell needs your support for Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland
www.gofundme.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Re-posting with typo fix and re-boosting this for the US east coast time folks, I moved to Scotland and landed in an unlivable flat, so am offering 15 drm-free books of mine as a thank you for anything you offer as a way to get into a safe living space:
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Imagine this kind of plenty coursing through an eastern landscape. we can’t even conceive of it.
September 22, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Imagine this kind of plenty coursing through an eastern landscape. we can’t even conceive of it.
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Generative AI is demolishing what little trust remains in online media. It’s getting harder to know what is made by actual, real people. Brief Ecology has a relentless commitment to the human. We don’t use generative AI for *anything*.
Human writing for human reading.
Human writing for human reading.
September 22, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Generative AI is demolishing what little trust remains in online media. It’s getting harder to know what is made by actual, real people. Brief Ecology has a relentless commitment to the human. We don’t use generative AI for *anything*.
Human writing for human reading.
Human writing for human reading.
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From my new essay about the new social contract AI/AGI is actually meant to force us to sign:
catvalente.substack.com/p/grand-thef...
catvalente.substack.com/p/grand-thef...
September 22, 2026 at 4:06 PM
From my new essay about the new social contract AI/AGI is actually meant to force us to sign:
catvalente.substack.com/p/grand-thef...
catvalente.substack.com/p/grand-thef...
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There is probably some cleverer point being made here, but I am too targeted for that. Most evocative 8-bit sprite ever made? Poor old Simon Belmont dragging his busted-ass leg all over Transylvania grumbling about having to dig up Dracula's spleen. WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE
excerpt, computer gaming world, magazine (2002) www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/is...
September 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
There is probably some cleverer point being made here, but I am too targeted for that. Most evocative 8-bit sprite ever made? Poor old Simon Belmont dragging his busted-ass leg all over Transylvania grumbling about having to dig up Dracula's spleen. WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE
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Breaking news. I was at the powwow where they announced the legislation, along with a big gathering of community.
September 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Breaking news. I was at the powwow where they announced the legislation, along with a big gathering of community.
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American buffalo once moved across vast stretches of the continent. Their near extinction wasn’t simply the result of commercial hunting.
@johnniejae.bsky.social on the significance of "Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi," herd restoration, land rematriation and youth education.
#BlackskyNews
@johnniejae.bsky.social on the significance of "Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi," herd restoration, land rematriation and youth education.
#BlackskyNews
For two days, giant buffalo moved through the streets of New York City.
RETURN OF THE BUFFALO: TATANKA OWE AKUPI brought Indigenous history, ceremony, music and the story of buffalo restoration into Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
redpopnews.com/return-of-th...
RETURN OF THE BUFFALO: TATANKA OWE AKUPI brought Indigenous history, ceremony, music and the story of buffalo restoration into Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
redpopnews.com/return-of-th...
RETURN OF THE BUFFALO: TATANKA OWE AKUPI Brings a Herd to New York City
For two days, a herd of life-size buffalo moved through the streets of New York City.Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi, presented by St. Ann's Warehouse, The Walk Productions and KBH Arts, brou...
redpopnews.com
September 21, 2026 at 4:54 PM
American buffalo once moved across vast stretches of the continent. Their near extinction wasn’t simply the result of commercial hunting.
@johnniejae.bsky.social on the significance of "Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi," herd restoration, land rematriation and youth education.
#BlackskyNews
@johnniejae.bsky.social on the significance of "Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi," herd restoration, land rematriation and youth education.
#BlackskyNews
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i'll be reading bits of my work in ECO25 from Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social; it's available for preorder, go get it!) and House, Body, Bird from @psychopomp.com. it's gay, it's ghosty, there's at least one dinosaur, we're checking all the boxes.
September 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
i'll be reading bits of my work in ECO25 from Violet Lichen Books (@apexmag.bsky.social; it's available for preorder, go get it!) and House, Body, Bird from @psychopomp.com. it's gay, it's ghosty, there's at least one dinosaur, we're checking all the boxes.
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An especially enjoyable Field Notes this week; I really liked trying to follow along on a satellite map as I read.
Field Notes from a trip to NYC’s rewilded landfill, with urban prairies, industrial estuaries, harriers & herons, abandoned shopping centers, 9/11 memories, and packrafting for the psychogeographer: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/in-the-bur...
In the Burial Mounds of Eghquhous
No. 201
fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com
September 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
An especially enjoyable Field Notes this week; I really liked trying to follow along on a satellite map as I read.
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just a gazillion smol bean mushrooms
September 20, 2026 at 12:04 PM
just a gazillion smol bean mushrooms
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my favorite part is when the muppet, whose name is Alan, salutes in solidarity. thank you Alan 🫡
Damon Albarn beginning the Gorillaz US tour by holding up the Palestinian flag and talking about how you should never be neutral is really nice to see but also really funny that he did this with a giant muppet right behind him
September 20, 2026 at 5:15 AM
my favorite part is when the muppet, whose name is Alan, salutes in solidarity. thank you Alan 🫡
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Hey folks, 3LBE is still seeking support for their next year of work, and with only 12 days left they've barely passed 50%. Please consider giving them your love, your support, and most of all your cash so we can keep enjoying their uniquely delightful publication!
The only place to get the exclusive 3LBE t-shirt or hoodie is our Kickstarter—happening right now! Support us publishing another year of weird, wonder, and horror stories, and wear the apparel with a bevy of strange beasts. (Warning: This garment comes unexorcised.) kck.st/4x4r1oz
September 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Hey folks, 3LBE is still seeking support for their next year of work, and with only 12 days left they've barely passed 50%. Please consider giving them your love, your support, and most of all your cash so we can keep enjoying their uniquely delightful publication!
late flowers: I love them
September 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
late flowers: I love them
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A BOOK. From a press I trust and admire 💙 and in a terrific cohort 🎉 @riverriverbooks.bsky.social
Catherine Rockwood (she/they) lives between the Mystic and Charles Rivers. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks published by The Ethel Zine Press: Endeavors to Obtain Perpetual Motion and And We Are Far From Shore. Their third chapbook, Dogwitch, is available from Bottlecap Press.
September 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
A BOOK. From a press I trust and admire 💙 and in a terrific cohort 🎉 @riverriverbooks.bsky.social
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This is a great issue! Buy the @fabulistmag.bsky.social print #2! (Not just saying this because I proofed it and hopefully didn’t mess it up!)
A @fabulistmag.bsky.social mini-appreciation thread. This is just a gorgeous object, full of glossy full-color weird art. I'd pull it apart and hang it all over my walls if I didn't consider that a violation of the form.
September 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is a great issue! Buy the @fabulistmag.bsky.social print #2! (Not just saying this because I proofed it and hopefully didn’t mess it up!)
What the @weightlessbooks.bsky.social bag gets used for these days
September 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
What the @weightlessbooks.bsky.social bag gets used for these days
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Cemetery Man on the Criterion Channel is the only thing that can save us now
September 19, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Cemetery Man on the Criterion Channel is the only thing that can save us now
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Keeping the paths clear is important
The path network through five foot high brambles funnels intruders into clearings overlooked by higher ground so they can be eliminated
This is a replication the first castles early humans designed
Don’t judge us
The path network through five foot high brambles funnels intruders into clearings overlooked by higher ground so they can be eliminated
This is a replication the first castles early humans designed
Don’t judge us
September 18, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Keeping the paths clear is important
The path network through five foot high brambles funnels intruders into clearings overlooked by higher ground so they can be eliminated
This is a replication the first castles early humans designed
Don’t judge us
The path network through five foot high brambles funnels intruders into clearings overlooked by higher ground so they can be eliminated
This is a replication the first castles early humans designed
Don’t judge us
Counterpoint: your self-doubt is what makes you not suck
Literally the two dumbest motherfuckers I’ve EVER heard of are the richest guy in the world and the President, but my smart and cool friends doubt themselves every day.
Your insecurities are fake. Your hang-ups are fake. Your limitations are fake. Go do whatever you want I promise it’s possible.
Your insecurities are fake. Your hang-ups are fake. Your limitations are fake. Go do whatever you want I promise it’s possible.
September 18, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Counterpoint: your self-doubt is what makes you not suck
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