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Jim Baen Short Story Award Winners
This is a list of some of the best up and coming sci-fi authors i the world, writers whose near future human space exploration storied have won or made the finals in Baen Books' Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award contest. https://www.baen.com/contest-jbmssa
@newyorker.com
Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
@waldo.net
Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
@markhughesfilms.bsky.social
Screenwriter "Court of the Dead." Wrote for "In View" w/Larry King. Film reviewer & box office analyst. He/Him
@wentrogue.bsky.social
Once inspired the NYT Science Times to "try harder." Now I skeet about my familiars from my perch in the Witch District of Minneapolis. she/her.
@self.agency
fmr. publisher of jewish worker, jewschool, & orthodox anarchist. ex-tech lead at nylon mag, jta news, & repair the world. led kol nidre at occupy wall street. aft & iww. never again to anyone. syracuse, ny. 🔗 https://self.agency
@thinlyveiledtruth.bsky.social
Disabled non-binary mom. Antifascist always. I film cop stops in my free time. Use alt text or I will steal your picture and not give you credit.
@whodat35.bsky.social
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” — Things you won’t see trending on X • L.A./N.Y./London/Rome & NOLA. Energy transition, Silicon Valley technofile, aerospace, filmmaker, writer ✍️, former producer, foreign policy and dolphin hugger. #RESIST
@adamjkucharski.bsky.social
Epidemiologist/mathematician. Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Author of The Rules of Contagion and The Perfect Bet. Views own. New book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty available now: proof.kucharski.io
@wearequeeraf.com
Understand the LGBTQIA+ world 🏳️🌈 Support queer creatives to change the media 🏳️⚧️ @transhistoryweek.com initiative 🎙️ #QueerAF podcast 📧 Try our 4.8/5⭐ weekly newsletter: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/
@thatdocphoenix.com
That writer guy you like. Bi, trans, polyamorous, slutty, neurodivergent, hot. Buy my book that explains why politics has gone weird. I live in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. https://linktr.ee/iheartpolitics
@janefae.bsky.social
Elf Princess: feminist, journalist, campaigner on political and sexual liberty: also IT, law and policing. Content may contain spoof! She/her. Also fae/faer
@sexabolition.blog
Volunteer organised harm researcher with @transsafety.network. Skater (inline+derby). Transgenderist. Hacker (embedded security mostly). #WeKeepUsSafe I believe in anarchy. We have nothing but each other. Manchester, UK
@alemanno.bsky.social
Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, HEC Paris & College of Europe, Bruges Democracy Fellow, Harvard University (2024-25) & Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies Minda de Gunzburg at Harvard University Founder, The Good Lobby www.albertoalemanno.eu
@harrylitman.bsky.social
Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
@cerianbond.bsky.social
Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
@arianehsajadi.bsky.social
*The Idealist Realist* Lawyer⚖️Humanitarian🌎Entrepreneur 🦋Wife, Daughter, Sister, Dog Mom. IranianAmerican.TX ➡️ CA. RT≠Endrsmnt #ProactiveNotReactive #LIGT 🐦 : www.twitter.com/arianehsajadi 🔲 : www.instagram.com/arianehsajadi
@freeamerica.bsky.social
README: Five people (two in Mex/three in the US) post here and they see the U.S. for what it really is and are watching its downfall. We call out your fake "resisting" and lack of action. That is our mission and we have higher standards for the country.
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy. "This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
@drzoolsurgeon.bsky.social
I’m a General Surgeon in North Gaza GoFundme: https://gofund.me/6bfa282b Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/14AQGpFaMV/?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_.zool?igsh=MXJ6dnAzbjJxNXNxeQ==
@bryancrockett.ca
He/him. Métis. Views mine only. Your favourite DEI hire's favourite DEI hire. 📍Vancouver Island, BC 📧 [email protected] Vive le 🇨🇦
@tai2chris.bsky.social
Chart Warlord | Web3 Ronin Fractals are abundant… Tainan City, Chicago 𝕏 : Tai2Chris Linktree.com/tai2chris
@marisakabas.bsky.social
journalist / founder @ thehandbasket.co email: [email protected] signal: https://signal.me/#eu/VssgH88q6WQu7MtH5wF-08JdgWh4iAPWD13eXiOcXQNGdZUXijJBZInD-UtLJKFG venmo: venmo.com/u/Marisa-Kabas ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marisakabas
@kenjennings.bsky.social
Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of 100 PLACES TO SEE AFTER YOU DIE (bit.ly/3kLgJKO) and a bunch of other stuff. OMNIBUS co-founder (patreon.com/omnibusproject).
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@danteatkins.bsky.social
Fiona's dad, basically. Spider guy, Lefty Dem, pragmatic progressive. Win elections with the majority you have, not the majority you wish you had.
@mattmfm.bsky.social
Democratic Pollster & Strategist • Senior Vice President @ Whitman Insight Strategies • LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Board
@aclu.org
A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
@ckoettl.bsky.social
Visual Investigations journalist at New York Times, with a weakness for satellite images. Austrian in NYC. https://www.nytimes.com/by/christoph-koettl
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
I ride my bike, get angry at cars, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
@charlesornstein.bsky.social
Managing editor/local at ProPublica, past prez of AHCJ, Detroit Lions fan. Email: [email protected]. Posts are my own.
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social
President & Chief Correspondent, Feature Story News (www.featurestory.com) All links: http://linktr.ee/SimonMarksFSN Podcast: 📻: http://bit.ly/3rOnES6 American Week on LBC: https://shorturl.at/Iw9Nn The iPaper: https://inews.co.uk/author/simon-marks
@meadekrosby.bsky.social
Climate impacts and adaptation for nature and people. Senior Scientist @ Climate Impacts Group & Univ. Director @ NW Climate Adaptation Science Center, U of Washington. Surfer/paddler. Settler on Coast Salish land. She/her. Personal account - views mine.
@adamrutherford.bsky.social
I had a marvellous time ruining everything. Scientist. President of @Humanists_UK Lecturer in Genetics @UCL Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷× @kbjmanagement adamrutherford.com
@alexvont.bsky.social
Historian, screenwriter, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
@peark.es
No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | QCR: Non Culto, For The Crown | American via Canada, not Scottish. *ALL CAPS HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE FROM BLOOMBERG 📍 CLT
@slack2thefuture.bsky.social
TV Writer - Person of Interest, Law & Order, Teen Titans, Jackie Chan Adventures, etc. Proud WGA Member. Pro-Democracy. Anti-Evil.
@davidrvetter.bsky.social
Climate journo; Forbes Senior Contributor; Consultant. Duck monitor. Host of the Climate Futures webcast from the University of Oxford. Tips/leads: dvetter.01 on Signal. Please subscribe to The Climate Laundry: https://the-climate-laundry.ghost.io/
@emayfarris.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science who thinks you should care more about local politics (especially sheriffs) and foster dogs. Coauthor of 📖 Power of the Badge out now: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo220537347.html
@badchoices.us
Political humor and current events. Similar to Last Week Tonight, The Daily Show, SNL, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, etc. BadChoices.us | 100k+ on Substack.com/@badchoicesmakegoodstories