hey hey, Future Tense and Issues in Science and Technology are reading Infomocracy for their book club! RSVP here for the February 2 discussion!
Storytelling at COP26
Honored to have had a part in this fantastic session at #COP26, loved hearing the fascinating discussions throughout as well as developing a story that included a voting mechanism via Tony Chocolony bars. Despite the messiness, inequality, and costliness of the whole COP process, hearing some of the discussion is bringing a little bit of hope.
Edited to add a link to the recording of the event! https://ischool.uw.edu/news/2021/11/new-ischool-lab-focuses-aftermath-crises
New article on evacuations
For NBC THINK, I wrote about supporting evacuees through the whole process, from leaving to returning. Thinking of the Gulf Coast, and everywhere else people are forced to leave their homes.
Hypertext mystery game Neurocracy
Had a ball writing future Omnipedia articles for the extremely cool hypertext mystery game Neurocracy and it’s so much fun watching all the speculation in the Discord server!
Interview on the Army Mad Scientist podcast
Great conversation on the Army Mad Scientist podcast – listen here!
Short Story: The Badger’s Digestion
Rereading my short story “The Badger’s Digestion; or the first first-hand description of Deneskan beastcraft by an Aouwan researcher” (en español aquí), which came out in Constelación magazine earlier this year because I might be working on a sequel. It’s a cozy story about research, travel, and giant mythological and non-mythological beasts with zero content warnings.
FWD50 Executive Book Club appearance
Looking forward to speaking later this week at the FWD50 Executive Book Club. You can see my keynote at FWD50 2019 here.
Revolutions in SF/F Panel recording available
This was such a great discussion with the wonderful C.L. Polk and Katherine Addison. Enjoy!
The Future of Humanitarianism
The New Humanitarian asked me to write about what aid work could look like in the future, and this story about an earthquake response in México in 2051 is now their first ever fiction piece.
FutureCon panel recording
This FutureCon panel on language and futures I did on Friday with some STELLAR co-panelists was so much fun!
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