Fluorosphere
People who posted or lurked on Making Light during the Camelot-like heyday of that sorely-missed blog. Some people I've added are not appearing. If you're one of them, let me know and I'll add you again.
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@halftongue.bsky.social
@davidgoldfarb.bsky.social
SFF fan, player of board games and bridge and chess, comic book reader for over half a century. He/him.
@cadburymoose.bsky.social
Alces alces chocolatus Thanks to @cavyherd for the avatar. Background image from IWM Duxford. Tsundoku brown belt. If you can ping the SecUnit it's way too late
@kathryncramer.bsky.social
Rewidowed 2025. Opening a bookstore in #WestportNY. Science Fiction Editor/Writer. #UVM MS, Complex Systems & Data Science. #OCADU Master of Design. Farmer. #ADK #NY21 #mathart Ready for pitchforks. 🔥🔱🔥
@akasylvia.bsky.social
Just me. Author of Fear of Landing (aviation) and Accidents and Incidents (personal)
@speakertomanagers.bsky.social
Retired software engineer, hard lefty (trending anarchosyndicalist), interested in (inter alia) art, visual mathematics esp. geometry, photography, theoretical biology, complex adaptive systems, SFF. Physically disabled, mildly neurodivergent (ADD + OCD)
@rosvicl.bsky.social
Born and raised in New York City, living in Boston, disabled. Bi, polyamorous, she/her. Masking, because covid is not over. Tea, cats.
@patchworkmouse.bsky.social
Retired librarian, crafter, glass-wearing reading geek. She/her, mostly ace.
@radlein.bsky.social
Old. "Atlanta." He/Him. Cats, SF/Fandom, Women's Soccer, Cats, ME/CFS, Politics, Cats I Wear a Kitten Now. Kittens Are Cool.
@harihareswara.net
Sumana Harihareswara. New York City woman who reads scifi, improves open source software, and does stand-up comedy. https://harihareswara.net ; also @brainwane@social.coop on Mastodon.
@joycereynoldsward.bsky.social
Writer of speculative fiction from the wide open spaces. Rural liberal. Dispenser of horse cookies to the Desert Prince and Grumpy Old Mare. Former special ed teacher who's forgotten more about cognitive assessment than most people knew. #SFWA
@jymian.bsky.social
Pixel-stained technopeasant wretch. Also, ideologically opposed to closing browser tabs. Time and kebabs.
@banzailibrarian.bsky.social
Tolkienist, librarian, cat lover, Granny Weatherwax wannabe, quilter, and occasional Deadhead.
@malaclypse.bsky.social
A hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is. Two wheels good, four wheels bad. Ex Sociology adjunct turned Accounting nerd. North of Boston, near witches. Born into a 321 PPM world. He/Him. Aurë entuluva.
@weregopher.bsky.social
Infesting UK SF fandom since 1986 Staff/media manager to the #FuzzyRebelAlliance
@kenburnside.bsky.social
Game designer @adastragames.com, writer, monkey servant of Theoden Cat, discusser of certain varieties of politics.
@heatherrosejones.bsky.social
Author of queer historic fantasy, amateur historian, Hugo finalist. I blog and podcast as The Lesbian Historic Motif Project, with resources and discussion about sapphic historical fiction. For more info, see my website alpennia.com
@dotless-i.bsky.social
@robtomshany.bsky.social
Reply guy turned alt-text scold. Film buff (esp. animated, funny or arty stuff), music nut (polyjamorous), fan of sf/fantasy/comics. Favors extending freedom to people who can't take freedom for granted, opposes putting people "in their place". He/him
@sinboy.bsky.social
Instagran: Hbraneen Dreamwidth: sinboy Mastodon: @sinboy@wandering.shop Pillowfort: Sinboy Miles Davis: "Move" Mingus: All the things you C# Cis+Queer He/His Over 21 It's short for Singapore boy
@heresiarch.bsky.social
nature is just what we call the parts of ourself that we cannot control No Nazis, No Kings. @heresiarch on the previous site & @heresiarch@wandering.shop
@benwolfevision.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga Co-Director, APPLY Lab (www.applylab.org) Under the fearsome paw of his two cats, and uses pictures of them to teach psychology. "If vision worked like *that*, we'd all be dead."
@otterb.bsky.social
Longtime SFF reader. Retired Higher Ed data cruncher. Barbershop singer. Married, parent to one adult launched & one with intellectual disabilities semi-launched. Catholic. In favor of wonder and kindness. She/her. Avatar thanks to cavyherd@wandering.shop
@vivtek.com
Translator, code monkey, aspiring roboticist, coffee grower, roof builder (emeritus), machete wielder, lapsed Quaker, vecino Adjunteño desde 2017 pq Ponce es Ponce y tiene el Sams Club pero el campo es el campo
@nancymittens.bsky.social
Fibercrafts, books. Still not much to say. Will block on vibes, still deciding about xylophones. Sometimes I take time to respond, because I am trying to be thoughtful.
@nebulousmenace.bsky.social
Rarely shuts up about sustainable energy. (Also likes TTRPGs, art, history, weird science, sound of own voice; anti-AI) he/him Fascism is bad, mmmkay?
@aquila1nz.bsky.social
Living in the future. Interests and obsessions: SFF, NZIFF, Fandom, Kayaking, f/f https://bio.link/aquila1nz https://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=Aquila&collection=-1&shelf=list&sort=stamp
@tslumley.bsky.social
Biostatistician. Baritone. He/Him. Product of more than one country. May contain nuts.
@jbwoodford.bsky.social
He/him. Old safety/QA person at quaint US Federal Laboratory. Emigre from the Bird Site.
@lydy.bsky.social
Sff, knitting, cats, sleep tech, e-bike devotee, permanently confused about time and space. No one let go of anyone's hand. No gods, no masters, no bed time! she/her
@womzilla.bsky.social
A dilettante in the old sense. "We are all us."-Greg Stafford "It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."--Stoppard
@princejvstin.com
Fan Writer Editor at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social Hugo Finalist 2025 (Journey Planet) More pieces at @skiffyandfanty.com @reactorsff.bsky.social @file770.bsky.social and elsewhere! Podcaster. #photography I'm just this guy, you know? He/him.
@mediapathic.bsky.social
Word Guy. Viable Paradise 2017. Fiction, parafiction, and game writer; Chicago Manual of Style enjoyer; sword swinger. Recreational taxonomist. "Steen, occasionally I forget how extra you are but something always reminds me" -- Elizabeth Bear #sf
@wissewords.bsky.social
Internet loudmouth - not clearing my throat, just tweeting in Dutch sometimes. Full time nerd, part time weeb. He/him
@bethmeacham.bsky.social
Retired SF editor and horsewoman. Lives in Arizona, helping turn my red state blue.
@marissalingen.bsky.social
Science fiction writer, poet, essayist. Minnesota nerd par excellence. Tisanes, leaves, Moomins, snow. She/her. Repped by Kurestin Armada. www.marissalingen.com tinyletter.com/MarissaLingen
@lgbookworm.bsky.social
Books, origami, interpreting, circus, baking, and whatever new hyperfocus grabs my attention this week she/her
@skyfyre88.bsky.social
She/her. A geeky librarian, full of tea and anxiety. Co-host of No Story Is Sacred. Viable Paradise staff. https://linktr.ee/pippin_m
@awillett.bsky.social
Sometime spec-fic writer. Not supposed to have opinions in public for job reasons, will generally not post about the News. He/him.
@fade.bsky.social
Classicist, writer, that sort of stuff. Currently teaching Latin to the youth. Yes, my dog's name is Adverb.
@laura-adrian.bsky.social
Queer. Disabled. Jewish. I believe in the liberation of all people and I’m scared. Once on Usenet, currently in Boston.
@nwhyte.bsky.social
He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; posts personal. Will block rude people and bigots. http://fromtheheartofeurope.eu
@taniahc.bsky.social
Reader, grumbler, baker, eater of cheese, cruncher of crackers. Actively working to make the world suck less and that's challenging. Also, your beloved revolutionary sweetheart.
@matociquala.bsky.social
Multiple award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat. Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/matociquala Next book: THE FOLDED SKY June 2025 https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
@lucykemnitzer.bsky.social
Kind of tired of making profiles. Me: she/they, old, sometime writer: babushka to a promising goblin. If we did what I said, we wouldn't be in such a fucking mess. Top picture: cement ship, Aptos
@lionesselise.bsky.social
so many beads. and pliers. so many pliers. https://www.etsy.com/shop/LionessElise
@czedwards.bsky.social
Nontheist Quaker. PsyD: CBT/PTSD. SJCleric. She/her/they/them I write #hopepunk fantasy: Rien’s Rebellion 1st book free @ czedwards.com, in pinned post. https://linktr.ee/czedwards discord: czedwards Proud Alt-text scold
@debcha.bsky.social
Engineering professor. Author of HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS (on Riverhead in the US+, on Torva in the UK+). Interested in embodiment, materiality, metacognition, and systems. All enthusiasm is 100% genuine.
@pgbarebones.bsky.social
Inspiring slogan on colourful background. Probably part of a whale. Not a journal. Made in Turkey/Hindiden Üretilmiş
@cstross.bsky.social
SFF author, triple Hugo award winner, over a million books sold. Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
@stefanejones.bsky.social
Post-employed/Self-employed. Generation Jones. RPG author, maker, rocketeer, tech geek, political volunteer. StefanEJones@twitter.com ATStefanEJonesATdicePERIODcamp #MakeGoodTrouble
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@troyliss.bsky.social
Troy Lissoway. Graphic Designer. Deep state full-body puppeteer. Albertan. He/Him. Product of Canada* (*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
@victorstevko.bsky.social
Living in a 1930s house in California, so there's a significant risk of old-house stories. Otherwise, expect some combination of cooking, computers, biochemistry, skiing, and hiking.
@ruths.bsky.social
Often found reading. She/her. Oregon now, previously New York. NESFA, OSFCI, mostly no longer active con/club fan. Silver pendant by Arlin Robins features a cat salient with S-shaped tail perched atop a book. I don't auto-follow back.
@billstewart.bsky.social
billstewart415 over on the ex-thing. Techie, bad musician, SF fan (either Science Fiction or San Francisco.) NorCal He/They/Thou/Yo/Oook/Whatever
@lenorarose.bsky.social
Writer, potter, clerk. Canuck. She/her. Cis but knows trans women are women. Where there is tea, there is hope.
@bjornfr.bsky.social
The only living Björn Friðgeir in the world. Nerd. Programmer. Afper. Icelandic. Solidly middle-aged. May tweet about football with #boltinn #djöflarnir or #EuroVikes so please block those hashtags if that's not for you.
@sergebroom.bsky.social
@rapieress.bsky.social
Writer. 🍀🌻 Being a redhead doesn't determine who is right; only who wins. Yet to be alone in the bathroom. I love my rugby son, his gf, our dogs & one damn feisty cat.
@daviddlevine.com
Hugo- and Nebula-winning writer of THE KUIPER BELT JOB, the ARABELLA OF MARS trilogy, and over 60 science fiction and fantasy stories. He/him.
@tkingfisher.com
Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
@windowseat.bsky.social
Polymath, web pioneer, former 📺 critic, ⚾️ fan, SF fan, fanfic & fanvid fan, disabled, ace, Minnesotan. So damn tired. (She/her) Widow as of 11/12/24 💔 Contact, links, help: https://linktr.ee/LaurelKrahn Sports talk: wintwins.bsky.social
@beamjockey.bsky.social
Physicist at large. Speaker. Writer. Mono-instrumentalist. orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-8397 Avatar: Bill Heterodyne, smiling & tipping his boater, by Phil Foglio. Banner: Me, infinitely reflected in mirrors.
@dlbowman76.com
Illustrator, coder, reader, bon-vivant. Please don't ask about HAL 9000...I don't like to talk about it. Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)
@morselya.bsky.social
Married, SF fan, cat lover, canine compatible, serial crafter. If you've newly followed me, and already are following more than 2k accounts? Nothing personal, but you're blocked. New followers: your posts = CV. Nothing there? Bye!
@emmagrahame.bsky.social
Editor, knitter, quilter, reader. Do your fellow humans often disappoint you? Making things helps. In Canberra, Australia, mostly. She/her.
@pecunium.bsky.social
I write things (sporadically https://www.patreon.com/Pecunium) I make things (yarn, woven goods, minor woodworking). I take photographs (and teach photography). I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing) Welcome to my place
@kipwilliams.bsky.social
Left foot. Right foot. If not there yet, repeat. (my algorithmic motto)
@avramg.bsky.social
Brooklynite, early blogger, general-purpose nerd, ttRPG noodle-arounder, once and future cartoonist, typeface addict, doggerelist, one-time Hugo finalist, occasional crank. He/him.
@evilrooster.bsky.social
Dual US/UK techie living in the Netherlands. Technical writer and contagious documentarian by day, bookbinder by night. My opinions are my own, and do not reflect those of anyone who employs, hangs out with, or is in any other way stuck with me.
@tnh.nielsenhayden.com
Editor, writer, teacher, moderator, pottery maker, keeper of hamsters, skiffy trufan, high lyric baritone, old lady, neener neener. Also, @tnh@wandering.shop.
@pnh.nielsenhayden.com
VP and editor-at-large at the Tor Publishing Group. Series editor, Tor Essentials. Winner of three Hugos and a World Fantasy Award for editorial work. Opinions mine, not Tor’s. Happily working out of Tucson, AZ. He, his. Anti-trans dingbats, get lost.
@halftongue.bsky.social
Opinionated heterochromic homosexual hemiglossic. He/him. Cis. Soyboy. Views my own. Tolerance is a social contract; if you're intolerant I don't have to tolerate you. #NoLGBWithoutTheT. Sine homines gaudere rebus. #BLM No hands but ours 👍👎.