If you're curious about how this plays out, may I recommend the book INTO THE DROWNING DEEP, by Mira Grant?

"the R slur is coming back" not within slapping distance of me it's not

So in reading AO3, I'm starting to suspect that my definition for "curled up on the couch" seems to be different from others'. So help me out here. When I think "curled up," I'm picturing someone LYING on the couch, on their side, in a loosely fetal position. How about you? Does that make sense?

Guys. The Ancient Greeks weren't white. They were more like cephalopods than modern humans -- their skin was bioluminescent and constantly shifting its color. And they didn't live in in idyllic seaside villages; they could only survive near deep-ocean vents. They DID have Matt Damon accents, though

So in reading AO3, I'm starting to suspect that my definition for "curled up on the couch" seems to be different from others'. So help me out here. When I think "curled up," I'm picturing someone LYING on the couch, on their side, in a loosely fetal position. How about you? Does that make sense?

I'm not sure if it's the Artemis II mission that's set me on this path or the cyclical nature of my obsessions, but Fresh Aire V is sounding really good to me lately youtu.be/zypeLoBk7xk?...

Rereading this and DAMN, I'm funny, just so y'all know

The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job

I really wish people aspiring to write understood what a competitive advantage being able to write without AI will be in the coming years.

“We, the creators of the Torment Nexus, are now suing the writers of the classic science fiction novel ‘Don’t Create the Torment Nexus.’”

Once again, Ray Bradbury nailed it in the 1950s

when u tax the rich

Once again, Ray Bradbury nailed it in the 1950s

I've read two different (published) Sherlock Holmes fanfics recently where we get a look in Mycroft Holmes's apartment, and I'm sort of fascinated that both authors elected to make his apartment scrupulously, spotlessly clean and tidy

Just finished the new round of Enola Holmes books! Slightly weaker finale than the previous finale, but still satisfyingly immersive, and Nancy Springer makes Holmes stuff fit with my own personal image of Holmes canon!

The more I think about this, the more curious I am about what bIoLoGiCaL rEaLiStS think about this. If kids introduce them to Mr. Bear and say his favorite food is pancakes, do they think it's their duty to disabuse the kid of their delusion that Mr. Bear is alive and male and eats pancakes?

I'm trying to play Guess The Met Gala Theme and so far my guess is Times New Roman? Why are all these people dressed as serif fonts

I don't know if there's a certain season for walnut-maple scones, but "today" seems to be the right time if you ask me!

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

I've read two different (published) Sherlock Holmes fanfics recently where we get a look in Mycroft Holmes's apartment, and I'm sort of fascinated that both authors elected to make his apartment scrupulously, spotlessly clean and tidy

So Dad has discovered the Iran Lego Trump slopaganda, and he's unfamiliar with Lego guys, so he's struggling to describe them to us

Jesus Christ, how did no one clock Iron Maiden a a load of colossal dorks. Like Piece of Mind is at LEAST 73% book reports

Jesus Christ, how did no one clock Iron Maiden a a load of colossal dorks. Like Piece of Mind is at LEAST 73% book reports

Did you guys know that your local library has a free streaming service? It's awesome! If you have a library card, you've got access to free movies! kanopy.com

Did you guys know that your local library has a free streaming service? It's awesome! If you have a library card, you've got access to free movies! kanopy.com

I told him that I'm a bit bugged that Maika Monroe supposedly deliberately played Lee Harker as someone On The Spectrum™️. I think she does a creditable job (though she doesn't ping my ND radar) but there's an implication that the devil's influence was "damping" her brain and dulling her reactions

IN CONCLUSION, Nicolas Cage might actually be my favorite actor. He picks extremely fun projects and makes delightfully weird decisions for his performances and contributes a lot of great creative decisions to his projects

Movie buddy and I had a Nic Cage Double Feature last night--and Buddy helped me recontextualize Longlegs, which is a movie that honestly kinda bounced off me

Movie buddy and I had a Nic Cage Double Feature last night--and Buddy helped me recontextualize Longlegs, which is a movie that honestly kinda bounced off me

TONIGHT on #MonsterChillerHorrorTheater, DEAD OF WINTER! On the recommendation of my brother, who informs me that Emma Thompson cannot do a Minnesota accent, but it is an "ok thriller"

OOH, OOH, conlang idea! Personal pronouns without deixis! An entirely third-person language!

Well, I'll be damned! People have shown up to the Space Place to watch the Artemis II launch! Go figure!

People litigating Olympic athletes' genders are starting with the presupposition that it is acceptable to abuse and oppress some people. Categorization is a smokescreen: they use it to sort people into "acceptable" targets

Hey, you should read this @parkermolloy.com piece on the collapsing of what is largely an intersex/DSD story into an anti-trans culture war frame. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

Tried to watch Saw for the first time (the whole franchise is on Netflix US). It's a movie I am surprisingly familiar with, have seen many recaps of, enjoyed @carebecc.bsky.social's Hot Saw Summer podcast, it's an important pillar of horror history, and ... I couldn't watch it, y'all.

Friend just asked me if there's a word for "that sort of ... fridge horror looking back at a period of your life that seemed only slightly crappy at the time and being like, 'damn, girl, we lived like this?'" We didn't find one, so we decided to make one! "Misonostia" - the opposite of nostalgia!

Every picture of ICE agents in airports is just this again

In honor of the Time of Fairy Rave making me consume Benadryl like Skittles, enjoy a #Fairylang lexeme!

(Should I bug @fade.bsky.social about this, or would that be annoying?)

Friend just asked me if there's a word for "that sort of ... fridge horror looking back at a period of your life that seemed only slightly crappy at the time and being like, 'damn, girl, we lived like this?'" We didn't find one, so we decided to make one! "Misonostia" - the opposite of nostalgia!

It's been a week since we lost her. I miss her

I keep getting distracted by what appears to be a waning gibbous moon hanging in the southeastern sky when the sun rises during the climax #NerdProblems #Sinners

Every morning, the queen asked her magic mirror to show her the most beautiful person in the world. The mirror replied "To whom?" "The miller who made the flour for my bread," the queen would say, or "Whoever spun the thread my shawl was made of". The mirror would show her, and she'd be amazed.

I keep getting distracted by what appears to be a waning gibbous moon hanging in the southeastern sky when the sun rises during the climax #NerdProblems #Sinners

Still on sale for a few more hours!

Anyway, gonna go watch Sinners again. What a cool movie

The full performance of “I Lied To You” from ‘SINNERS’ at the 98th Oscars. #Sinners #Oscars2026

This Caturday, meet the black-footed cat. It’s the smallest wild cat in Africa, only growing ~8 in (20 cm) tall & weighing ~4.4 lbs (2 kg). Nevertheless, its hunting success rate is 60%—and has a recorded kill rate of 10-14 prey per night. Photo: Patrick Ch. Apfeld, CC-BY-3.0, Wikimedia Commons