Today I'm making shortbread with a layer of caramel and a layer of chocolate on top. Usually that's called "millionaire's shortbread" but I'm really not in the mood to celebrate millionaires or billionaires. So I'm calling it Ultra Tasty Fuck Yeah Shortbread, which is accurate and evidence-based.

OK friends who bake -- I have a question. What if I made a lemon bar recipe but I used oranges instead of lemons? Would it be good? Too sweet? Would I need to add a little lemon juice anyway?

Need a last-minute book gift? Why not try something I wrote? You can get signed copies of all my books, and pre-order my next one, right here:

Green Apple Books

Signed Annalee Newitz

Or just pick them up at your local bookstore! #books #scifi #science #history #archaeology #bookstodon #lastminutegifts

I am a huge fan of the Magellanic Clouds and as a result I'm jealous of everyone in the southern hemisphere pretty much every night.

What happens when a mall dies? In my latest newsletter, I visit two of San Francisco's moribund shopping spaces -- the former Twitter building, and the former Westfield mall. What I find is very liminal.

Inside the dying malls of San Francisco

Over the weekend I visited two dying malls in San Francisco. I wanted to see what it looks like when retail gives way to emptiness — and what mig...

#sanfrancisco #urbanism

I am going through my own personal computer history museum, wiping and disposing of 25 years of my old laptops, phones, and tablets. It's an emotional journey that involves ancient Linux distros, forgotten passwords, and stickers from the organizations that time forgot. I will post pictures when I'm done!

Brown butter blondies are on my mind. Will post pics if they exit my mind and enter the material plane.

It's problematic colonial celebration day in the States! What does that mean for you?

"It is impossible to completely eradicate government disinformation campaigns. Instead, we need to normalize the struggle against them." Read my latest newsletter! It's about fighting authoritarianism by normalizing resistance. Also, I'm giving away some books you might need!

Normalize the resistance

There is a void at the core of our imaginations right now, and it is America’s future. It’s hard to know what will happen after Trump’s inaug...

A scenario that Schrödinger never addressed #caturday #catsofmastodon