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Posted on June 29, 2022 by dan

The creatures of my alien planet Junction and how to turn speculative biology into a story. Here is the presentation Many thanks to Charlotte Bowman,  Henry Thomas, and everyone at Specposium  

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What light what summer light

Posted on June 14, 2022 by dan

What light what summer light That illuminates the leaves While clouds hump gray The pigeons clapping in their flight From under eaves Before the rain

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Conodonts 2

Posted on May 20, 2022 by dan

(see posts like this a week earlier by signing up to my $1 patreon) You might remember my first radiation of conodonts last month. Now it’s time for phase two of my art/evolution experiment. With the aid of a dice, … Continue reading →

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First Knife in Spanish

Posted on May 4, 2022 by dan

Ya que los amigos de @zona han levantado la liebre*, os dejamos por aquí un pedazo generoso de la cubierta de nuestro próximo lanzamiento en la colección Excelsior: . pic.twitter.com/qkF3BMacr7 — Ediciones Gigamesh (@EGigamesh) May 3, 2022

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Teaching English story 1

Posted on April 29, 2022 by dan

Part 1 of the inspirational story Paul Venet told to the volunteers in our program to teach English to Ukrainian Refugees in Bulgaria. Thank you to the volunteers and Fulbright Bulgaria. If you would like to volunteer to teach English … Continue reading →

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Barryaran Sprachbund 2

Posted on April 22, 2022 by dan

(Barrayar is the setting of several of the books in Louis McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga, for which she has won a deservedly enormous number of Hugos, Nebulas, and other awards. Go read those books.) Go read last week’s post (https://buff.ly/37YTeai), … Continue reading →

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The Barrayaran Sprachbund 1

Posted on April 19, 2022 by dan

(this post appeared seven days earlier on my patreon) (Barrayar is the setting of several of the books in Louis McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga, for which she has won a deservedly enormous number of Hugos, Nebulas, and other awards. Go … Continue reading →

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Bulgarian and English classes for Ukrainian refugees

Posted on April 18, 2022 by dan

Mejduchasie and Fulbright Bulgaria are organizing free Bulgarian and English for Ukrainian refugees. If you would like to sign up for lessons, here is the link: http://mejduchasie.com/for-ukrainian-refugees-en/ Separate lessons for adults and children Lessons will be virtual – you can … Continue reading →

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Conodonts

Posted on April 1, 2022 by dan

(see posts like this on my Patreon one week earlier) Partly this came from a conversation we’ve been having at the Spec Evo forum, and partly from some musings I’ve been having on the random aspects of evolution. More on … Continue reading →

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Tottering Horrors

Posted on March 25, 2022 by dan

(see posts like this a week earlier on my Patreon) Experiments with an idea that never made it into Interchange. Imagine a fish that gets onto land, not by pushing on the ground with its fins, but by using its … Continue reading →

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