Annalee Newitz 🍜

I write science fiction and science nonfiction. Author: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers. Bylines: Flaming Hydra, New Scientist, etc. Pod: Our Opinions Are Correct. Sometimes a professor of media studies. I love noodles.

Pronouns: They/Them
Website: http://www.techsploitation.com
Podcast: http://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com
Newsletter: https://www.buttondown.email/thehypothesis

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2026-05-14 03:55:03 UTC

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I have enbies in all my books! Terraformers has a lot, and so does Automatic Noodle.

2026-05-01 04:20:05 UTC

I always love a band that does a song called "chicken leg" or "chicken dance" or really anything with chickens

2026-04-29 18:24:03 UTC

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Thank you! And I'm so glad you're getting into feminist punk. I assume you've seen this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Avc8qqRVc0

2026-04-28 04:22:53 UTC

It's easy to forget that a good idli is just really good.

2026-04-25 03:02:49 UTC

Our characters in Shadowdark are making their wills as we sit around the dinner fire. "If I die, you can loot my corpse," says the wizard. "Yeah," says my fighter. "Same for me. I have a lot of money."
What could go wrong? None of this talk creates a perverse incentive. #gamenight

2026-03-24 14:12:30 UTC

It's another Barnes& Noble pre-order sale! That's a good excuse to pre-order my next novel, "A Wall Is Also a Road." Members can get 25% off! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-wall-is-also-a-road-annalee-newitz/1148909778

2026-03-20 02:42:32 UTC

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yay!

2026-03-20 02:42:20 UTC

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yes! It's available everywhere

2026-03-16 20:17:58 UTC

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I am ridiculously lucky

2026-03-16 20:17:39 UTC

Do you want to go behind the scenes with authors creating SF, fantasy, and horror stories? Heck yeah! That's why I read indie mag @npub1cj4…ckyk! I donated a signed first edition of Automatic Noodle to their 2026 fundraiser to help support their commitment to the fantastical written word and the diverse humans who create it. Bid on that, and lots of other amazing stuff at their annual fundraiser auction! locusmag.com/igg26

2026-03-16 18:05:41 UTC

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Right? I couldn't believe how gorgeous and perfect it is.

2026-03-16 17:48:09 UTC

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And I would be remiss if I didn't also point out that you can PREORDER NOW!! https://torpublishinggroup.com/a-wall-is-also-a-road/

2026-03-16 17:46:39 UTC

And now it can be seen! The cover of my next novel, "A Wall Is Also a Road!" Thanks to @npub1flz…jgmu, who revealed it in his excellent newsletter. Plus you can read my first interview about the book! It's coming October 6! https://www.andrewliptak.com/annalee-newitz-a-wall-is-also-a-road-scifi-book-cover-reveal/

2026-03-16 03:10:05 UTC

Yay! Automatic Noodle is a Nebula finalist for best novella!!! https://www.sfwa.org/2026/03/15/nebula-awards-finalist-announcement/

2026-03-15 19:22:29 UTC

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they like it

2026-03-15 18:15:33 UTC

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yay it's working

2026-03-15 18:11:48 UTC

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URL not working for me 😢

2026-03-13 20:26:43 UTC

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Sorry about that! I have positive associations from pneumatic tubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V5iztiHu7E

2026-03-13 17:45:56 UTC

Yes that was me messing with the algorithm to show you nothing but instructional videos about how to give your cat a shoulder massage

2026-03-12 16:39:28 UTC

RE: https://wandering.shop/@annaleen/116138508265633195
This is tonight! Don't miss your chance to see Cindy Cohn in Berkeley, talking to me about her new book on digital surveillance and how to take back our privacy!!!
#note183u…h6nd

2026-03-12 16:37:09 UTC

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heck yeah

2026-03-11 23:58:20 UTC

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kinda sucks all the air out of the room

2026-03-11 23:56:38 UTC

RE: https://wandering.shop/@annaleen/116208107885212551
Last chance to vote in this extremely important poll
#note13y2…62ks

2026-03-11 18:28:51 UTC

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as I was saying elsewhere in the thread, I had only seen it in Brave New World, but it must have seeped into other books too. Sad use of a good word.

2026-03-11 18:23:54 UTC

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Are you in the UK or former colonies? I'm starting to get the idea that it's used that way a lot in the UK.

2026-03-11 17:23:53 UTC

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Exactly. Given the Fordism references, it's clearly about plumped up tires/breasts

2026-03-11 17:07:36 UTC

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I'm pretty sure it meant "stacked" or curvaceous, not spirited.

2026-03-11 03:25:47 UTC

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:mastodon_oops:

2026-03-11 03:01:23 UTC

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Honestly I am not mad because it's such a damn fine word

2026-03-11 02:28:42 UTC

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I've only seen the sexist use in the novel Brave New World! I didn't realize anyone did it in real life.

2026-03-11 02:27:46 UTC

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Oof that sucks

2026-03-11 02:10:05 UTC

Let me ask you about the word pneumatic.

2026-03-11 00:52:46 UTC

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Thanks for your help!!!

2026-03-09 23:12:49 UTC

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I love this so much!!!

2026-03-09 23:09:59 UTC

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2026-03-06 02:24:56 UTC

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yay!! I hope the noodles are good!

2026-03-06 02:24:27 UTC

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yeah we honestly get the most out of indie bookstores -- not in terms of money, but in terms of building communities around books and reading! That's what matters.

2026-03-05 00:08:23 UTC

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thanks for reading!! 💖

2026-03-05 00:07:59 UTC

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plans are afoot to write more about those lil guys!

2026-03-04 23:49:11 UTC

It's awards season! I couldn't be more proud of the two books I published last year. "Automatic Noodle" is my love letter to San Francisco's future. The anthology "We Will Rise Again" is a hopeful collaboration between me,
@npub1mms…gq3g, Karen Lord, & many brilliant authors. I'm also incredibly grateful that I'm able to continue publishing weird, queer, hopeful science fiction about resistance & community. Thank you to everyone who worked on these books, and to everyone who read them!!!
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2026-03-03 04:18:21 UTC

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that looks very proper

2026-02-26 19:14:48 UTC

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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

2026-02-26 19:12:18 UTC

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oh good the correct fruit is winning

2026-02-26 19:11:35 UTC

Another day, another game of "is that silly squeak coming from a squirrel or a raptor?"

2026-02-26 19:09:59 UTC

Bay Area! 3/12! Me and the legendary Cindy Cohn from @npub1m24…d9a3! Don't miss this amazing opportunity to hear from a veteran of the privacy wars ... and learn new ways to keep yourself safe from the prying eyes of government. Cindy's new book is absolutely essential reading in these times. https://www.eff.org/event/privacys-defender-book-launch-party

2026-02-24 00:44:13 UTC

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Same but with Thin Mints

2026-02-20 04:49:22 UTC

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nothing worse than a bad-faith bad review

2026-02-20 04:48:16 UTC

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decadent!!

2026-02-17 06:00:13 UTC

RE: https://wandering.shop/@annaleen/116077404125938855
This did not help me to decide
#note1z5d…jecm

2026-02-16 22:46:39 UTC

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I have a double helix tattoo on my arm and have been asked by several people if it's "my" DNA.

2026-02-16 22:44:23 UTC

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happy new year!!

2026-02-16 01:10:04 UTC

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I don't even know which ones fit me, though

2026-02-16 00:35:42 UTC

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Everyone who isn't Gen Z is officially a boomer now

2026-02-16 00:35:01 UTC

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should I cool it or should I blow?

2026-02-16 00:10:24 UTC

Should I stay or should I go? If I go there will be trouble, but if I stay it could be double.

2026-02-15 18:59:01 UTC

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yay! Also the fedi is in the book! Everyone in San Francisco gets a free account on the city server.

2026-02-14 23:10:24 UTC

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We appreciate you!!!

2026-02-14 22:24:30 UTC

Give yourself a sweet-weird treat this weekend with a fantastic @humblebundle.com deal that includes most of the fiction that @charliejane.bsky.social and I have written. Sales benefit the Miss Major Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center! https://www.humblebundle.com/books/charlie-jane-anders-annalee-newitz-tor-books

2026-02-14 22:07:02 UTC

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Thanks! It will always be the upper mainland to me.

2026-02-13 05:53:55 UTC

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yes I went to old Xi'an noodle house!

2026-02-13 05:53:16 UTC

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nom!!!

2026-02-11 22:47:04 UTC

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Nope nope nope

2026-02-11 22:46:10 UTC

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Obviously @npub1ppe…qv2g should know about this I agree. I am merely an ant amateur compared to her.

2026-02-11 22:45:16 UTC

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actually part of what I argue in the column is that people are sort of comparing ants to AI now and we should stop doing that too

2026-02-11 07:34:14 UTC

I just wrote a column for @npub1rx2…kamt called "stop anthropomorphizing ants" and I am pretty sure it's among the weirdest things I've ever written and probably they won't use that exact title lol

2026-02-10 20:47:27 UTC

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I love it too!! 🐙 ❤️

2026-02-10 19:49:50 UTC

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This is the greatest thing ever. I hope Bloop isn't investing in crypto, though.

2026-02-10 19:48:46 UTC

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Heck yeah! I will definitely take you up on that -- @npub1zq7…g2ym and I love Vancouver Island. ❤️

2026-02-10 19:26:22 UTC

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yep!

2026-02-10 19:25:02 UTC

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That should be part of regional laws

2026-02-10 19:20:46 UTC

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haha yes I'm moving here soon and I am deeply impressed by the transit, especially the SkyTrain!

2026-02-10 19:18:24 UTC

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I love the light here, no matter what it's doing

2026-02-10 19:17:51 UTC

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plodding ... I don't drive, so I have to get around on feet and transit!

2026-02-10 19:15:54 UTC

The light in #vancouver is astonishingly beautiful today. After plodding all over town in the rain looking for apartments yesterday, I feel that I have earned this sun!!!

2026-02-10 04:25:28 UTC

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I'm so glad you liked it! And yes, it's definitely a love letter to third spaces.

2026-02-10 04:24:39 UTC

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this was my exact mood until I got a bowl of ramen

2026-02-08 04:36:23 UTC

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glad you liked it!

2026-02-07 04:32:10 UTC

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ohhhh that makes sense. I thought maybe it was the Preakness

2026-02-07 04:27:13 UTC

I don't know what happened to me, but I went from being one of those people who hates frosted cookies to someone who actively seeks them out. Today I bought a cookie shaped like a football covered in crunchy sugar glaze. Apparently it's a reference to some sort of festive event and it tasted delicious.

2026-02-07 03:41:35 UTC

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I think it's similar to War of the Worlds, in that it imagines what would happen if England was treated by people from other nations the way England had treated its colonies. Remember: Dracula is trying to buy up British real estate, as well as sucking blood (and Marx had already described capitalists as vampires so that would have been a well-known trope). So one possible reading is that it's about the English being menaced by people taking their lands and sullying their blood.

2026-02-07 03:38:35 UTC

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I described it a little bit here https://wandering.shop/@annaleen/116025104382165661
#note1nc7…tn7s

2026-02-06 18:29:53 UTC

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also it's explicitly about how an "evil" immigrant is buying up British land. what could be scarier to an imperial power than a foreigner taking their land? plus, don't forget that Bram Stoker was Irish and no fan of British imperialism.

2026-02-06 03:26:51 UTC

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yar

2026-02-06 03:25:57 UTC

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*waves*

2026-02-06 03:25:38 UTC

Spending a pleasant evening considering the connections between three anti-imperialist novels: Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897), War of the Worlds by HG Wells (1898, though serialized in 1897), and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) ... all of which came out during and after Queen Victoria's opulent "Golden Jubilee" to celebrate 50 years of glorious Victorian imperialism.

2026-02-05 22:47:31 UTC

Why does the internet feel so lonely, despite also being so loud and overwhelming? In my latest column for @npub1rx2…kamt I explore how a 1950s sociology classic, "The Lonely Crowd," sheds light on what's happening today online. (You can read it for free by signing up for a free account.) https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935790-200-the-internet-feels-super-lonely-right-now-heres-why/

2026-02-03 19:30:02 UTC

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AHHHHHHHHHHH

2026-02-03 19:29:42 UTC

This deal is incredible, and it's for the best cause. For the next 19 days, you can get ALL the fiction by me and @npub1zq7…g2ym at a special price from Humble Bundle -- and all sales benefit the fantastic folks at the Miss Major Alexander L. Lee Black Trans Cultural Center. #bookstodon #scifibooks
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2026-02-01 01:00:23 UTC

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yeah it was not pro-crypto 🤖😒

2026-01-30 17:28:23 UTC

Last night, Automatic Noodle won the Octavia Butler Award!! I'm so honored and happy!!! 🤖❤️🎉 https://www.instagram.com/p/DUI5pCoknog/?img_index=5&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

2026-01-28 19:08:28 UTC

The wonderful queer bookstore Cross & Crows in Vancouver is at risk of closing. Please consider donating to keep this cozy community space open! They host great readings and stock a wide array of queer books. A gem. https://gofund.me/a4e53f57f

2026-01-28 02:09:17 UTC

Heated Rivalry's plot arc is also a permission structure for desire. In my latest for [@flaminghydra](https://thelife.boats/@flaminghydra ), I talk about queer fulfillment (the opposite of queerbaiting!), and how Letterkenny fandom pulled me into the gay hockey show. #heatedrivalry #queer #Canada https://flaminghydra.com/issue-489/

2026-01-26 01:10:25 UTC

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I love sauerkraut fish!! Especially with extra cabbage and bean thread noodles. Delicious. Now I want that for dinner.

2026-01-26 01:03:52 UTC

If you are anywhere near Palm Springs next weekend, I'll be on stage at the notoriously awesome Palm Springs Readers' Festival, hosted by Best Bookstore, on Sunday 2/1. There will be a ton of other amazing authors there. And readers! Hope to see you there! Get some books and say hello! https://bestbookstore.com/festival

2026-01-25 02:59:25 UTC

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incredible!! Love that.

2026-01-24 07:52:04 UTC

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I would like to hear from the small percentage of people who chose "processed cheese product" because I want to know what the strongest cheese in that category is. Maybe the Wispride port wine cheese ball?

2026-01-24 06:37:59 UTC

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thank you! I may have some :)

2026-01-24 05:12:35 UTC

If you had to pray to a cheese for strength and luck, which kind would you pick?

2026-01-24 05:11:46 UTC

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Apparently unbeknownst to me, my iPad has an iCloud account (!!) and it called out to my laptop. I am fixing this problem now.

2026-01-23 17:39:53 UTC

Mac nerd question! Just updated my Mac OS and now there is an annoying window that pops up constantly, trying to get me to sign into iCloud (I do not want iCloud) and configure "smart" crap (I do not want more AI). No matter what I do, the window will not go away -- it goes into the dark pattern of taking me to settings, and when I hit "cancel" on iCloud, the other pop-up returns to remind me to sign into iCloud. Anyone know how to get rid of the iCloud reminder window?