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Happy 3-year anniversary to Don't Play Defense #Art #Pride

I think people are erroneously interpreting the headline to mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is embracing AI for purposes like generating encyclopedia content, or are providing AI companies with more training data than they were already scraping.

Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY! Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day. Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.

You're not alone Eddy

This is so gorgeous that I went to put it on my TBR list only to find it was already on my TBR list!

Can't remember who said it first, but ChatGPT is basically a mansplaining bot - it is confidently wrong about every topic and will never admit it doesn't know something.

Hey y’all! REMINDER: I am LEGALLY OBLIGATED to award at least one scholarship to a Louisiana woman. And no Louisiana women have applied. This happens every year where we have to beg women in my own state to apply and Idk why. We’re in our 6th cycle! Come get this money! ThurmanPerryFoundation.org

And my TBR towers ever higher... These look amazing!

I was wondering myself how to tell the difference was between a warrant signed by a judge and an "administrative warrant" issued by ICE which you can ignore. Helpful

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.” www.wired.com/story/macken...

REMINDER to send your 2025 original publications of queer speculative short stories (science fiction, fantasy, horror, anything odd and unusual) to We're Here 2025 for consideration - I am the guest editor this year, with the always awesome @cypayseur.bsky.social!! www.neonhemlock.com/were-here

Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this

How do YOU discover books to read? Have your reading habits changed in past year? Pls take a few minutes to answer this anon, multiple-choice informal survey: reading-2026.paperform.co I'll post results on my blog. One goal: to help book creators. Thank you! 🩷📚 #BookSky #EduSky #KidLit

The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

This is genuinely a good idea. We should do this. There should be a maximum wage, the same way there’s a minimum wage. The multimillionaires and billionaires will not perceive any appreciable difference in their lifestyle at all, but millions of normal people would benefit daily.

‘If a drug boasted such benefits [as the arts] governments would be pouring billions into it. Instead, funding has been slashed across the culture sector.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Helsinki achieved zero road deaths in a year—without autonomous vehicles on its streets. They did it through road diets, car-free zones, and 30 km/h speed limits. Not by flooding the streets with robotaxis. (Waymo isn't allowed in #Finland.) To really save lives... 🧵

I just filled this out and boy do I have strong opinions about how much I do not need "AI" on my Discord experience.

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Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim. We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Last night I finished Slayers of Old by @jimchines.com and I absolutely loved it! Found family, supernatural hijinks, chocolate chip muffins and a tentacled cat - a real treat for Buffy fans. I can already see this being in my top reads for 2026 and the year has barely started!

Meanwhile, in Germany... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

FYI: In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

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Hey people! My son's science fair project is about how people visualize things when they read. It's very short and he'd appreciate it if you could fill it out, and share for more responses! (info: 'print books' also includes ebooks) Thank you! ☺️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

We covered so much here thanks to @davidforbes.bsky.social, but I’d like to underline perhaps the most pernicious aspect of the nyt’s ideologically driven campaign: How it has caused grave damage to the rights of *all* queer people.

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Umm... okay, this was pretty shocking at first ... but do you think this could be seen as positive? If we consider certain, very specific people?

My poor dog is terrified of fireworks, & since people go all out on New Years in Germany, we spent the night in the Wildbad Rothenburg hotel where fireworks are (mostly) forbidden. 🧵 to see gorgeous ironwork, stained glass & a surprising sign that was in our room. #travel

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

Screaming crying throwing up bc 2025 ends with THE PHOTONIC EFFECT's first trade review and it is STARRED! "A superb sci-fi story about 21st-century issues set in a futuristic space environment,featuring flawed but lovable characters doing their best" www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-p...

Thoth hopes the good in your heart for 2026 weighs up favorably against Maat's ostrich feather. 🏺 #archaeobirds #DivineEgypt

Also re-upping this interview about Murderbot and real, or the lack of real, AI, one of my favorites of the year:

It’s All In Your Head is currently 25% off at Barnes & Noble, along with many other great 2026 debut novels! Use code PREORDER25. Premium members get another 10% off!

"Prompt Thieves in the Al Art Community"

I love this piece and I will always reshare it when I see it

A new year’s wish that we all start framing paying taxes as positive and patriotic contribution to a better world for all. Thank you Anthony Joshua! I’ve just paid mine too. They were quite a lot less than yours, but for some reason most historians don’t earn £68.5m.

Welcome to SURREAL WEEK, where calories don't count, drinking is governed by airport rules, no one cares how you're dressed, and marathoning old movies is the norm. You have until January 5th when doing absolutely fucking nothing becomes embarrassing again. Do nothing with it wisely.

Weir Farm Christmas Day- 7 seconds of winter zen. #NationalParks

I wish we could explain to small children that some day, getting in bed and going to sleep will become the highlight of their lives.

May your holidays have at least one moment of child-like wonder or laughter. #Uplift

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

Hey peeps, about ten years ago there was a small business who specialized in ordering (trad published) books at wholesale prices for authors if they needed to stock up on titles for whatever reason. Are they still around? Not looking for KDP or Ingram Spark, to be clear.

I finally get to watch Murderbot!!! 😁😁😁