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I write science fiction and nonfiction. Author: Four Lost Cities. Writer: , & more. Pod: . They/Them. I love noodles.

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    25 Feb 2021

    I'm so thrilled that FOUR LOST CITIES got a glowing review in the New York Times from , whose work on cities I have long admired.

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  2. May 19

    Tonight!! Get your tickets for a virtual talk that will take you back 1,000 years, to the days when indigenous urbanites lived in large, bustling cities in North America, producing incredible art and ideas -- & leaving their amazing monuments behind.

    Want to hear about how the indigenous city of Cahokia fit into the vast urban world of Mississippian culture a thousand years ago in North America? I'll be doing a virtual talk at this Thursday! Tickets are still available.
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  3. May 19

    As a former academic, this episode about the ~dark academia~ aesthetic is very close to my black little heart.

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    Darkness is upon the face of the university, and we love it. This week, we study the dark academia aesthetic. And joins us to talk about why dark academia is so gay, and how it's a perfect metaphor for what's happening in universities now.
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  4. May 18

    U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui wrote in the opinion: "Virtual currency is traceable. Yet like Jason Voorhees the myth of virtual currency's anonymity refuses to die. See Friday the 13th (Paramount Pictures 1980)."

    American running "untraceable" service "designed to evade US sanctions" is charged after being traced An unidentified US citizen transferred more than $10 million in Bitcoin to a cryptocurrency exchange in a "comprehensively sanctioned" country where they were running a payments platform. They advertised that transactions through the platform were untraceable, and described the platform as designed to evade U.S. sanctions. Despite this, law enforcement was able to obtain information from U.S. and foreign cryptocurrency exchanges—including KYC information provided by the individual—to help identify and trace the individual behind it. Though the country is as yet unnamed, the limited number of countries sanctioned in the way described in the decision allow us to deduce that it was either Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Russia. This case marked the D.O.J.'s first criminal prosecution involving alleged use of crypto to evade sanctions. U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui wrote in th
    American running "untraceable" service "designed to evade US sanctions" is charged after being traced May 16, 2022
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  5. May 18

    Tomorrow! Learn all about the incredible cities of North America 1,000 years ago, back when Paris and London were muddy backwaters.

    Want to hear about how the indigenous city of Cahokia fit into the vast urban world of Mississippian culture a thousand years ago in North America? I'll be doing a virtual talk at this Thursday! Tickets are still available.
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    May 17

    Today in "explaining how fiction works on the internet," Tom is the bad guy (well, *a* bad guy) in The Great Gatsby, and Fitzgerald was making a veiled dig at his publisher, which also published "Goddard" (Stoddard).

    Am hardly the first to point this out, but it's so wild that Fitzgerald had Tom Buchanan blustering about White Replacement Theory a century ago, in the very first chapter of Gatsby. I happened to reread the book last month for the first time in decades, and man was this jarring.
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    May 17

    This is how trolleybus besties hold hands 😌

    Two parallel lines of parked trolleybuses with their trolley poles criss-crossed in pairs overhead
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  8. May 17

    This event is now entirely virtual, so be sure to get virtual tickets!

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  9. May 17

    Want to hear about how the indigenous city of Cahokia fit into the vast urban world of Mississippian culture a thousand years ago in North America? I'll be doing a virtual talk at this Thursday! Tickets are still available.

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  10. May 16

    Looking for stories about motion! Especially if they involve trains!!!

    A short story pulled out from one of the Short Story dispensers available at Richmond, Balboa Park, Fruitvale and Pleasant Hill stations
    🚨📚🖋️🚨 In celebration of BART's 50th anniversary this September, we are proud to announce our first-ever short fiction contest starting June 1: BART Lines. Winners will receive $ and a chance to be published in BART's Short Story Dispensers in four stations!
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    May 14

    Today was a good day to revisit "The Future of Another Timeline". Left pondering the quote at the end. "I remember when abortion was legal in my country. I hope you do too."

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  12. May 15

    Him: I got some organizational cubes for my closet. They're rectangles. Her: Why are they called cubes then? Him: People love to say square when they mean rectangle.

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    May 14

    This becomes easier to accept if you believe that women are, in fact, people

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  14. May 12

    Don't forget to bid on these collectibles to support , a wonderful organization that supports speculative fiction writers with career advice, writing tips, and much more. All proceeds from this auction go right to the org!

    There are also autographed books by authors including and many more! 6/
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  15. May 12

    In the U.S., abortion rights are under threat. To help you prepare, we're re-upping this episode about the future of birth control.

    Soon, abortion may no longer be legal in half of the United States. Today we're posting an encore episode from 2020 -- "The future of birth control." Get ready for what's coming.
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  16. May 11

    So excited for this!!!

    Now it can be told!!!! I have created a brand new superhero for (along with her best friend!) Meet Shela Sexton, aka Escapade. She's trans, and she's also a mutant. We'll meet her in the Pride issue, and then see more of her in New Mutants this fall.
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  17. May 11

    Thanks so much to NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour for recommending Four Lost Cities as a book they love! You can listen to the piece here:

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    May 10

    Super fun horrorshow-fact I was reminded of doing project research today: even condoms and diaphragms were in some form or fashion ✨still illegal✨ in the United States until nearly the 1940s! That’s less than 100 years ago pals. That’s like, yesterday in historical time.

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    May 10

    Everyone who comes to Writers With Drinks will be a saint in my new church. Saints get half-price donuts* and probably won't be martyred** unless things go awry. Saturday 7 PM , $5 to $20 NOTAFLOF * donuts are very expired ** 00 days since last martyrdom

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    May 9

    In "Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age," acclaimed science journalist takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Hear from Newitz at on May 19! Tickets:

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  21. May 9

    I feel like Hulu's whole aesthetic now is nice white ladies murdering people, which seems fine.

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