Fluggesellschaften: senkt uns mal die Steuern CDU: okay Fluggesellschaften: topp CDU: jetzt müsst ihr auch billigere Preise Fluggesellschaften: lol, what CDU: WIR SETZEN UNS FÜR BILLIGE PREISE EIN Wähler: cool, DIE wählen wir!! #SymbiosederDummheit

Somehow, I ended up in Bamberg today

Saved a Southern Hawker at work, however it's probably a bit late for them? Really beautiful creatures (Wiki calls them "inquisitive" but harmless)

I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi

Vor ca 32 Jahren musste ich mit dem Zug in eine unbekannte Stadt fahren, um mich dort nackt auszuziehen und mir sagen zu lassen, ob ich für das Kriegshandwerk "tauglich" sei. Und ich bin stolz darauf, dass sich mein Körper (mein Penis? Meine Füße? Meine Frisur?) zum Menschentöten nicht eignet

Anlässlich der Nachricht, dass mein jüngster Sohn (Jahrgang 2009) bald verpflichtend zur Musterung muss, habe ich diese Kurzgeschichte zu Militarismus und Geschlechterrollen von ihrer Paywall befreit, damit ihr sie lesen könnt, weil, was will man sonst tun? www.patreon.com/posts/kurzge...

'"Wir hätten lieber keinen Vertrag mit Saruman", so die Hobbits des Auenländles. Man wolle der Polizei seinen Segen aber auch nicht über Jahre vorenthalten.'

Didn't think I would ever side with the Pope against the Guardian, but when it comes to Benigni, I'm a believer

So as the dark nights herald thoughts of "what am I going to buy X for Xmas'", don't forget that my Bespoke Guitar Pieces are still available; written. performed and recorded by me. with a WAV emailed direct and a lovely score in the post all pretty-like... craigfortnam.bandcamp.com/merch/bespok...

That video is SO good!

She wasn't suitable for any other members of society either.

TIL

What a day! Buttercup Festival 3-354

"Cna dhy gllyd llnaf lha mynnedd!" - H. P. Lovecraft to James F. Morton, 9 Mar 1933, LJM 315

With Guillermo del Toro back on our screens with FRANKENSTEIN, our writer ranks the auteur's thirteen feature films to celebrate. filmobsessive.com?p=296265

Manchmal bin ich auch mit Kirchen einer Meinung

Just thrown out: this is how work *after* writing looks like

Maybe I should print myself a T-Shirt: DON'T COUGH AT THE GUIDE PLEASE

Seht her die tollste Verlegerin, die gerade ein maximal verzetteltes Buch setzen muss und sich nicht über Emails wie "bitte in Kapitel 7das Leerzeichen im magischen Quadrat beachten" beklagt 💜

famous artwork but with a twist: thread

Tried to get into SNW S3 and skipped to the second episode right away (because Gorn are stupid) I'm afraid the best thing I can say about the show so far is that its looks expensive (Sorry for being negative)

Soundtrack to today's work day #ausgruenden

👉 "dass das Problem möglicherweise darin bestehen könnte, junge Männer zum Waffendienst zu verpflichten und von ihnen Gehorsam bis zur Bereitschaft zum Töten zu verlangen"

It's been a long time since I backed this, today it arrived. Never read the novel. Never watched the show. I bought this because of @colleendoran.bsky.social -- so her vision of the characters will be my first contact with their story

I mean, sure, climate crisis, but still

I have the gnawing suspicion this is the problem with my current plotting. Need to talk a looong walk

Just learned in a project management training that "soft skills" are now called "power skills". I guess the old term wasn't hard and masculine enough. 😂

Mit das Beste daran, mal wieder was Geschrieben zu haben, ist, dass der ganze Lesungstrubel wieder losgeht. Und gute, alte Freunde im Saarland haben sich die Premierenlesung gesichert. Ich freue mich sehr! (mit freundlicher Genehmigung geteilt)

I really hope Mamdani delivers, because "capturing the hope" of voters is the game we've been playing for sixty years now. Someone has to prove real change is possible.

ten years (and then some)

Hochzeitstag. Das Kind kotzt

Escape to Lensflare Mountain

Ich weiß nicht, wie oft ich dem Staat schon erklärt habe, dass ich kein f*** Wirtschaftsunternehmen bin, sondern bloß ein Typ, der Bücher schreibt. Aber klar, droht mir mit Ordnungsgeld, meine Steuerberaterin freut sich. Es ist wirklich eine Freude, in diesem Land nicht ins System zu passen

Media in a 2-party-system: "Ok, Democrats can still win, that's nice, but what is their unifying IDENTITY? Do they even HAVE one?" I don't see media criticizing Republicans for getting votes from ... a spectrum of people

I don't understand authors who can't control the scope of their plot. There's nothing more liberating than saying "nope, not part of my book" when things get out of hand Especially when payment stays the same, no matter if it's 500 or 800 pages

Share a famous fictional computer. (Not a robot/android)

I know this won't surprise anyone here but Musk's reprogrammed artificial intelligence is spreading misinformation about yesterday's attack on a train

Well played.

TIL Es dienten nach WWII gleich mehrere Karnevalslieder als Ersatz für die Hymne (und eigentlich hätte man es dabei belassen können)

“FUCK AI” is turning into a movement. After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”

Sometimes I think life is too short to bear grudges Sometimes I think it's too short for compromises Sometimes I wish I would just stop thinking about life being too short

I guess I reflexively resist engaging with art when the creators call it "content" the same way I wouldn't order a dish that a restaurant lists only as "stuff."

Terrific interview with Margaret Atwood. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Seems like someone found the job of his life

Celebrating the occasion to delete my Discover feed Because seriously, fuck Discover, fuck algorithms, leave us the fuck alone

Die USA haben mit Abstand die größte Wirtschaftsleistung der Erde. Ab heute erhalten 42 Millionen Amerikaner*innen, vornehmlich Arbeitende und Kinder, keine Lebensmittelmarken mehr, ohne die sie den täglichen Bedarf nicht decken können.

Cursed Videotape Kills Anyone Who Swallows It Whole

King's first novel, Carrie, turns 50 in 2024, and in honor of her birthday we asked you to share your favorite Stephen King story. More than 1,000 replies poured in in just a few days.