Being a fantasy writer is typing "they extended an olive branch" and then going "shit, do they even have olives in this world?"

Mamdani is already cleaning up the NYPD!

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)

I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.

i hate it when something is described as "inscrutable." you have no idea the types of things im able to scrute

10/10

Meet our newest patient here at the Alaska Raptor Center, a Northern Pygmy Owl named King Owlbert by his rescuers. Owlbert arrived with a drooping wing, making flight difficult. We’ve given him a supportive wing wrap, plenty of tasty mice, and time to heal. #small #owls #adorable

Why in the world did my brain first guess pooping contest? Your coyness is causing problems, Forbes!

They are destroying what SHE built. #TeenVogue

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

"NO, YOU CANNOT HAVE CANDY FOR BREAKFAST!" my children yell at me.

The results are in: the following entries have all miraculously tied for first place in the contest for Best Halloween Costume of 2025!

When the rain doesn’t let you go buy the ingredients you want for dinner, so you just say pho kit.

I was just happily climbing onto my ol trusty ebike when a roll of thunder convinced me to do the shopping later.

As a disability advocate, I think it’s appalling how many people are fine letting disabled folks starve because they think “survival of the fittest” means we should die. But here’s the thing… no one should be starving. The richest country in the world can afford to feed everyone.

What does an angry pepper do? It gets jalapeño face. #jokes #dadjoke #funny

With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.

Thank you for this opportunity to mention again that I'm writing a book on Battlestar Galactica! www.moryan.com/its-official... I'm almost done with cast interviews! Have spent 2025 also badgering all the EPs for many hours! You're welcome!

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

My mother and grandmother were part of the letter writing campaign that saved Star Trek TOS. This photo was a thank you from the Star Trek folks and is an heirloom of my house.

OH HEY SAN DIEGO this is TONIGHT! Mere hours from now! Please stop by and listen to me bug Eric with questions about his new book. And then you can bug him with questions. And then you can buy the book! It's a perfect night out!

"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."

I’ve been regularly volunteering at a food bank for about a year and please, if you want to help, consider donating cash. For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.

Thank you to everyone who has reached out with concern. Late last night, I woke up to my car, car port, and home engulfed in flames. I'm grateful for the quick response from Portland firefighters who prevented the fire from spreading even further.

Honestly the full-body disgust and horror I felt the first time I saw a post from that man, went to block who I had assumed was a random racist asshole of no consequence, and saw he was a former Gorsuch clerk and Grassley's Chief Counsel for nominations and now advises Trump on judicial nominations

If anyone is near UC Berkeley, we are having the annual American Book Awards today at 2 pm pacific time. Wheeler Hall, Room 315. Ill be there along with winning authors and poets. It's free! We celebrate books; we don’t ban them.

Some assbutt thinks Trek fans are mostly male? The peace-loving, post-capitalist meritocracy, home to thoughtful morality tales in which cultural understanding is more likely to solve the problem than phasers? That Trek?!

The Star Trek thing (see previous RTs) pisses me off not just bc it's obviously wrong but bc it's based on a deep misunderstanding of Trek, the least macho SFF franchise in which everyone abandons greed and aggression in favor of problem solving while wearing bright primary colors

All right, I've done enough writing for today. Time to stare at a computer screen in an entirely different capacity.

i'm so tired i could sleep a horse

If you (or at least, I) try to check your TSA precheck status now, you get put in an infinite loop of verification - perhaps a shutdown effect?

Good morning.

Updating my LEGO White House

Local legislator displays the importance of kerning

The West Wing is now just the Wing.

They got the jewels, but we have their ladder.

Me (not into sports): So I'm hearing that Cheri Oteri is playing some very good baseball lately?

Warm, sleepy, and full of noodles.

At airport security. Two pilots were discussing how their shoulder boards only sometimes trigger the metal detector. I said “Sounds like the machine has epauletsy.” Got a mild chuckle. Felt about right.

Whoever made this sign please dm me I’d like to send you a little love letter 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸

A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.

#NoKings Miami!

Bought this to clean my keyboard and it did a good job, but I swear, every time… colorectal.

This sign @glopan.bsky.social spotted made me laugh

Needs Harlem Shake music

....And then she said, I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge Today, Billie-Joe McAllister jumped off the -

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

What else would help, I wonder? Light-weight shoes, probably? Would jumping help? Can I keep my phone?

A story in three parts