Renay⁷

Renay⁷

@renay.bsky.social

She/her. U.S. Southerner. Mouthy, but soft. Editor of Intergalactic Mixtape, Lady Business, the Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom, and Fangirl Happy Hour

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Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

One week into early vote and I am So Stressed by the “I’ll vote on Election Day” people. Why do these people dislike their hyper local political workers so much?! Get off the voter rolls! 😭

Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

I work in politics, used to donate to candidates all the time, and I still don’t get fundraising requests much at all. Some of this doesn’t sound like campaigns, though, it sounds like PACs, who have no incentive to follow texting best practices, including ignoring opt out requests.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social

NEW: We asked readers if they've been drowning in political texts, calls, mailers and TV ads, and to share pics of what they're getting. Hooo boy, did we get responses! Some fumed its been "harassment." Some won't donate to Dem campaigns ever again. www.huffpost.com/entry/voters...

huffpost.com‘INSANE!’: Voters Are Done Being Inundated With ‘Pathetic’ Political Texts And MailersWe asked HuffPost readers to tell us about drowning in unwanted campaign messages. You certainly delivered!

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Workers’ Lit Podcast
@workerslit.bsky.social

The Workers' Lit Podcast. Each new episode is our best episode yet, a record we will break next week, and then the next, and so on.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

So far, in SFF novels about elections we have: - Infomocracy and sequels by Malka Older (which I forgot because I was thinking about space) …and that’s it, but surely not, right?!

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Sarah should go
@tolcser.bsky.social

SFF people: looking for a very specific rec! Sci fi published in the last... let's say 10 yrs... that involves SPACE SALVAGE or SPACE JUNKYARDS I wanna read about space junkyards!

Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

Round table discussion idea: what makes an award have an identity? What sort of things define an award? What movements change the identity of a particular award? Coming soon to a blog/pod near you if I can incept Dan, maybe.

Dan Hartland@danhartland.bsky.social

🏆 The Le Guin continues to be the most surprising, innovative, *interesting* award I currently watch. I mean, not just great but - whisper it - definitive (?) 2026 shortlist, and now a real check-*this*-out winner. Kudos, all - I for one am grateful.

Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

I have no clue what's going to win, truly, but Notes from a Regicide and Slow Gods were amazing, and I've heard so many good things about The Works of Vermin and One Message Remains. An absolute banger short list this year.

Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com

On Wednesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—please join us as we announce the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! The announcement will be on YouTube at 9 am Pacific time. www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...

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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
@mercwolfmoor.bsky.social

Okay, I've set this up specifically for helping us take care of a surprise!dozen kittens and mama Chex Mix. 🧡 Shares muchly appreciated! (There will be SO many kitten photo updates, I promise.) www.gofundme.com/f/helping-ch...

gofundme.comDonate to Helping Chex Mix and Her Kittens Thrive, organized by Merc RustadOver the weekend of 10/17/26, we found a pregnant mama cat on our doorstep—who j… Merc Rustad needs your support for Helping Chex Mix and Her Kittens Thrive

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Joe Stech
@thinkweirder.com

Table of contents and cover reveal for volume 2 is now up at thinkweirder.com! This will be the best book I've ever released, with stories by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Peter Watts, Isabel J. Kim, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Thomas Ha, and others. I keep re-reading the stories, they're all so good.

thinkweirder.comThink Weirder Volume 2: The Year's Best Science Fiction IdeasThe best concept-driven science fiction of 2025, featuring the Hugo and Locus Award-winning "In My Country" by Thomas Ha. Coming October 29, 2026.
Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

I’m EMPTYING books by the pound store to shore up my physical media collection and “gifts for the future” box.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social

question for the audience: if you were ultra rich (let’s say $25M), what completely frivolous thing are you buying?

Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

Finally, my moment has arrived as my inability to be a serious writer, allergy to academia, and addiction to parenthetical AuDHD asides finally pays off.

Christopher Golden@cgolden.bsky.social

Actual human persons contacting authors about podcasts, appearances, or really anything at all...thanks to the flood of AI bullshit in our inboxes, please be as informal as possible in your emails or begin with a DM. Otherwise we're likely to assume you're a bot.

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Roseanna Pendlebury
@chloroformtea.bsky.social

Exciting news: I'm a Clarke judge!

The Arthur C. Clarke Award@clarkeaward.bsky.social

🛰️ Broadcasting the latest edition of Carbon-Based Bipeds, the newsletter of The Arthur C. Clarke Award 👉 clarkeaward.substack.com/p/clarke-awa... Submissions open / events & conference / new books & short fiction #sciencefiction #books #newsletter

Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

I tripped, ordered a book (it was wild, my card was already out and everything) and now I have my very own copy of Wickhills by Premee Mohamed. It only moves when I'm not in the room. A little annoying but at least it doesn't chew any books other like some naughty kitties I could name.

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Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

I said this in a thread last night and in a thousand threads before it, but you really are doing the work of those who would destroy democracy and the rule of law when you are a doomer. You can be aware of — and vigorously oppose — the lawlessness of this administration without insisting on doom.

Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

“Democrats want to lose” okay but how many doors have you knocked this cycle for your non-federal candidates? State reps? County officials? This is why I mute so much political commentary. So many of y’all have never been to a county party meeting and it shows.

Renay⁷
@renay.bsky.social

“Democrats” as if that’s one thing. It is different everywhere, all politics is local first, and your failure to imagine the party complexly has you repeating right wing talking points! Amazing insights.