From nowe on, calle it not "Gen A.I." Calle it kakomancy, the which doth signifye "crappye magique."

Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...

In an excerpt from her new book about when literature spoke truth to power during the Red Scare, critic Marjorie Garber looks at how Shakespeare inspired journalist Edward R. Murrow. "A Treacherous Secret Agent" is from @yalepress.bsky.social www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

The marker revolution. Whenevir you are temptid to create a holidaye carde, invitacioun, etc wyth Gen AI: do not. Ynstead, use a trusty bolde marker on playne papir. Make it as simple as possible. Stick! figures! Everyone will knowe you made it. Everyone will knowe it ys yours. We win wyth markers.

poetrye ys a crucial resource for democracye

the future tech bros want ys an aerial drone carryinge a self drivinge car releasinge a deliverye robot that will deliver a robot that will be the bodye of a chatgpt spouse

The Bear, but yn a medieval taverne "two pyes for table VI and thre blancmange. FYRE!" "biholde, a newe method of roastinge chicken from the fashionable court of Foix!" "we wil bringe a suit againste the ale supplier for raisinge pryces." "everye secounde ther ys a count and hys retinue"

This is a reminder that some schools have already begun closing girls’ athletics teams because the requirement to verify gender was too onerous. Even just a form signed by a parent confirming their child’s gender identity is a barrier beyond what boys are required to do to play sports.

The marker revolution. Whenevir you are temptid to create a holidaye carde, invitacioun, etc wyth Gen AI: do not. Ynstead, use a trusty bolde marker on playne papir. Make it as simple as possible. Stick! figures! Everyone will knowe you made it. Everyone will knowe it ys yours. We win wyth markers.

Now a newe, big-budget filme of the wolfe storyes of Angela Carter, that wolde be somethinge trulye awesome.

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Everye worde of thys sentence doth up the stakes "Remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches can now breathe underwater for up to 3 hours thanks to tiny SCUBA suits."

Do you dream about eels? I mean...come on. Who doesn't? But what does it mean? Well...in his 1576 book on dreams, Thomas Hill wrote that visions of eels signify labor. So when eels slither into your dreams, it's really your work creeping in to bother you. Checks out for me! 🗃️🧪

powerpoynte neither hath power nor maketh a poynte

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Wherfor doth the Trojan Horse popcorne bucket for The Odyssey looke lyke it ys made out of delicious chocolate? Ys that anothir Trojan Horse thinge?

The Last Beat of My Heart (Siouxsie)

Yf you counted up onlye the people dressed as Geralt of Rivia on one daye of the Los Angeles Ren Fayre, that ys still bigger attendance than that DC mall event.

The Bear, but yn a medieval taverne "two pyes for table VI and thre blancmange. FYRE!" "biholde, a newe method of roastinge chicken from the fashionable court of Foix!" "we wil bringe a suit againste the ale supplier for raisinge pryces." "everye secounde ther ys a count and hys retinue"

showe me a picture (of thyself) that doth capture thyne essence

Ich am callinge it - the new songe by Phoebe Bridgers, "Lost Boys" ys, certes, and wythouten eny doubt, a banger.

Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.

“Fuck A.I.! ... Creating is the fun part. Why would I want AI to take that away from me? ... Whatever your chosen profession is, please don’t let AI rob you of the fun part of it." - Ronny Chieng, Harvard Class Day Speech, Spring 2026

Hey Bluesky crowd! You also should be signing our petition opposing the announced redundancies at the University of Exeter. 📢 We're 17k and growing! Redundancies ARE NOT necessary and we must #DefendExeterUni 🩷 c.org/RFqMvrKb6z

A creator ys an embodied being existinge yn a gloriouslye, terrifyinglye complicated interweavinge of tymes, places, cultures, languages and historyes. Everye act of creacioun ys made complex and unpredictable by those frictiouns and connectiouns. Gen A.I. hath none of that.

No true innovation wythout HEART For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of language, bold dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye. Fund higher educacioun yn the HEART disciplines: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eachinge

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

🎶 Make a litel tea Serenade the catte Staye yn tonighte! Staye yn tonighte! 🎶

One whiskye drynke to rule them all One vodka drynke to fynde them One lager drynke to bringe them all And yn the cider bynde them

Happye Birthedaye Mel Brooks, who ys 100 todaye. Everybodye enjoy thys clippe from *History of the World, Part I* (1981), wrytten, produced, directed by, and starringe the treasure, legende, and genius Mel Brooks (thogh he ys not yn the clippe). www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYqF...

Mel Brooks, legende. Trickster genius. Mel Brooks doth deserve all the lyfe, fame, and love he hath receivid, and more, and more. To make anothir person laugh ys to helpe them bear thys lyfe. We love you Mel Brooks.

Happye Birthedaye Mel Brooks, who ys 100 todaye. Everybodye enjoy thys clippe from *History of the World, Part I* (1981), wrytten, produced, directed by, and starringe the treasure, legende, and genius Mel Brooks (thogh he ys not yn the clippe). www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYqF...

“Fuck A.I.! ... Creating is the fun part. Why would I want AI to take that away from me? ... Whatever your chosen profession is, please don’t let AI rob you of the fun part of it." - Ronny Chieng, Harvard Class Day Speech, Spring 2026

But a declaration that *no* book should exist that uses any word beyond some (arbitrary?) level of obscurity gives me a sick feeling in my stomach. I'm just not going to do that but thanks for the advice.

Medieval architecture ys just one person goinge absolutelye deepe ynto weirde repeatinge patternes and anothir person goinge 'how do we make thys ynto a buildinge?'

One whiskye drynke to rule them all One vodka drynke to fynde them One lager drynke to bringe them all And yn the cider bynde them

Hard to resist Annihilation For Beginners at the Portland Indie Book & Art Fair today...

New season of Sugar. So good. And at least someone is shooting in LA. Apple TV

everyone with an English degree rn: WELL, WELL, WELL,

Yf it were trewelye a GREAT American State Fair, the buildinges wolde be made of funnel cake [editid for proper use of subjunctyve]

Medieval architecture ys just one person goinge absolutelye deepe ynto weirde repeatinge patternes and anothir person goinge 'how do we make thys ynto a buildinge?'

One daye more to rule them all One daye more to destinye One daye more to bringe them all [Verse wyth the Thénardiers]

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ One milkshake to rule the boys, one milkshake to find them, one milkshake to bring the boys and in my yard to bind them 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

“The point is that the timeline itself is the problem. If the career was structured for early parenthood—if it didn’t compound into permanent disadvantages—women wouldn’t need to make this choice in the first place.” www.science.org/content/arti...

BAG OF TOADINGE

Mel Brooks, legende. Trickster genius. Mel Brooks doth deserve all the lyfe, fame, and love he hath receivid, and more, and more. To make anothir person laugh ys to helpe them bear thys lyfe. We love you Mel Brooks.

Ys thys bar playinge great musique or am Ich beinge interpellated as a particular demographic? - A memoir

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