Desi interest; scifi/fantasy authors, cons, and magazines; cool tools

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If you're interested in desi stuff (sourcelander and/or diaspora):

* https://aerogram-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile aerogram_feed: The Aerogram is "a curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news".
* https://caravanmagazine-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile caravanmagazine_feed: The Caravan is an Indian news magazine focusing on long-form narrative journalism.
* https://chapatimystery-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile chapatimystery_feed: Chapati Mystery is a sometimes-group academic blog focusing on South Asian studies.

Scifi/fantasy magazines:

* https://strangehorizons-all-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile strangehorizons_all_feed: Strange Horizons
* https://mithilareview-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile mithilareview_feed: Mithila Review
* https://luna-station-mag-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile luna_station_mag_feed: Luna Station Quarterly
* https://expandedhorizons-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile expandedhorizons_feed: Expanded Horizons

Scifi/fantasy authors:

* https://jo-walton-blog-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile jo_walton_blog_feed: Jo Walton, known for the "Small Change" series (starting with Farthing), My Real Children, Among Others, and more
* https://ada-palmer-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile ada_palmer_feed: "Ex Urbe" blog by Ada Palmer, known for the "Terra Ignota" series (starting with Too Like the Lightning), Renaissance history, music composition, and more. (It's also worth checking crooked_timber_feed because Crooked Timber has hosted book seminars on Palmer's and Walton's work)
* https://mamohanraj-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile mamohanraj_feed: Mary Anne Mohanraj, known for co-founding Strange Horizons, for erotica, and for online and local activism, and more
* https://vajrachandrasekera-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile vajrachandrasekera_feed: Vajra Chandrasekera, known for "Applied Cenotaphics in the Long, Long Longitudes" and other stories, and for critical essays

Scifi/fantasy conventions/related:

* https://wisconblog-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile wisconblog_feed: WisCon, a feminist scifi convention
* https://con-or-bust-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile con_or_bust_feed: Con or Bust, which helps fans of color get to cons

And: https://cooltools-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile cooltools_feed: Cool Tools, a site where people recommend "any book, gadget, software, video, map, hardware, material, or website that is tried and true".