Climate Storytelling | Husband, Dad, Hopeful Wu-Tang Clan Member 🤞🏾 | Publishing and curating climate fiction stories @grist.org
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New from me: A little context on the DOD Mormon dustup.
HAPPENING NOW: Bill Gates faces questioning from the House Oversight Committee about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Gates' name appears in the Epstein files 6,382 times. Gates has not been charged with any crimes or accused of any wrongdoing.
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Eight Writers Shortlisted for Future Worlds Prize 2026
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Big agriculture is killing our bees. We’ll all pay the price | Jennie Durant
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“We would consider the Mormons to be a non-Christian faith with Christian terminology.”
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We’re thinking about the crisis facing pollinators all wrong. And we’ve come to a crucial moment
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The Guardian
N. K. Jemisin's Grand Master speech this weekend at the @sfwa.bsky.social Nebula Conference was one for the ages. My new Genre Grapevine covers the speech by @nkjemisin.bsky.social along with the also-amazing speech Ryka Aoki @rykaaoki.bsky.social gave for the Nebula's 1st award for Best Poetry. 1/
And here's the BSFA longlisted essay that my editor @danhartland.bsky.social and I laboured over:
Strange Horizons - Collective Dreaming: The Schrödinger’s Cat Approach to Framing Futures By Jacqueline Nyathi
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Locus Magazine
Must-Listen Nebula Awards Speeches by N. K. Jemisin and Ryka Aoki by Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine on Patreon. Join Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine's community for exclusive content and updates.
World Cup surveillance infrastructure not only could be used to chill people’s civil liberties now but “will outlast the current World Cup and leave cities with drastically more surveillance to be used on a day-to-day basis,” EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told @wired.com.
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From anti-drone tech to face recognition, 2026 World Cup stadiums in the US, Canada, and Mexico are subjecting fans to an array of surveillance tech. Here’s what you need to know.
If climate fiction is your thing, don't miss this.
June 10 I'm hosting Vandana Singh, Sheree Renée Thomas & Wole Talabi on how speculative storytelling shapes what futures feel possible.
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Harare Review of Books
In an era defined by democratic backsliding, climate crisis, disinformation, fear-mongering, and the normalization of cruelty, speculative climate fiction…
Best Short Nonfiction: Congratulations to Jacqueline Nyathi of @hararereview.com and @EugenBacon
Best Fiction for Younger Readers: Congrats to T. L. Huchu