My great-uncle Herb Reichlin lost an eye fighting for this country in Europe and is buried in Arlington Cemetery. I am confident that he would have been furious to hear the plight of refugees crossing the Mediterranean described as an invasion in comparison to D-Day.

Can’t be repeated enough…

One more time for the people in back... The White House is full of shit!

This is preposterously false. Ask Stalin. But since you can’t, take it from someone who reads nonstop about World War 2. Hitler knew that a successful allied landing in Northern Europe would be a deathblow and did everything he could to prevent it. But the allies landed where he didn’t expect it.

I’m sorry but this analogy doesn’t even work. The Nazis didn’t storm the beaches, we did. They came by land.

Horror people turn up for unfamiliar movies with unproven directors and no-name actors. Horror people are the ones who don't use "low-budget" as a pejorative. Horror people will watch horror from 100 years ago. It's not weird that horror people are like this, it's weird that other genre fans aren't.

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Just a reminder: The Guardian entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI a little while back, so any time you see an article like this from them, you can immediately dismiss it as not credible journalism but just Sam Altman getting his money’s worth.

1/ New World Screwworm has been confirmed in the U.S. for the first time since 1966. A 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas (near the U.S.-Mexico border) tested positive. This may seem niche, but it’s a big deal. Here's what you need to know. 🧵

6/ We eliminated measles 26 years ago. We eradicated New World Screwworm 60 years ago. Keeping diseases at bay requires sustained investment, trained people, and ongoing engagement.

Much like eradicated diseases returning, blights and horrifying pests return. When an administration fires most of the federal workforce, the people who dispense the expertise and resources for the public good, protections and systems fall apart. Problems we didn't even know existed surface.

The thing that absolutely burns my biscuits about this is that human writers don't "sound like 'AI'". The fucking slopgrift machines sound like us because it STOLE MASSIVE TRANCHES OF OUR WORK. It's blaming the *victims of* the theft for the grift *built on* the theft.

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Thrilled to announce that THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One is a Foreward Indies Award winner for young adult fiction!!! EEEEEEEEEeeeee!!!

There has never been a Trump accusation that hasn’t ended up being something he himself has done.

Every billionaire who has bribed this regime needs to be stripped of their fortunes. Take it ALL away. Consequences.

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I’m middle class, left wing, and my lived experience has taught me that I’ve been afforded more human rights on account of features I was born with and can’t control (skin colour, location of birth, cisgender, etc) than other people, and that makes me fucking furious because that’s unjust

You know what? People who don’t like kissing don’t have to watch romances. Sober realists aren’t forced to sit through SFF. Grouches can eschew comedy and squeamish people are welcome not to watch horror films. Just let things exist for their target audience.

I'm alllllmost finished with the zodiac cat painting series. Just two more to go. Meanwhile, here's several of the others. 🌙🌙 To see all of them, head here: shadowartfinds.myshopify.com/collections/...

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Ignore my smug expression. Focus on the crow... 'Jewel of the Night'

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Happy Tuesday! Who's ready to hear about 1. Flesh-eating maggots (mostly go after cattle) 2. They're native to the US 3. The USDA has kept them out of the US since the 1960s 4. But the flesh-eating maggots are making a 21st century comeback. And believe it or not it may be thanks to MAGA.

Shame on the American Diabetes Association. As a supporter of that organization and a health care professional AND a haver of Type 1 diabetes for 36 years, I am grossly disappointed to see this.

If this actually happens it's going to be a Lord of the Flies scenario happening in this White House. She tolerated WAY too much, but she was the adult in the room, until this time when Trump went the "You're not the boss of me," route. He'll be unhinged and oblivious to potential consequences now.

Who you say you are, what you say you believe, your identity as a citizen of this country, are all on the table. “Are you prepared to stand and watch as Black political representation is erased? Do you not yet understand that this is also your fight if you have any hope of living in a democracy?”

What do you think? #Pinks #USDemocracy

The state of Maryland has passed a new law that allows residents to sue ICE-Gestapo agents for constitutional rights violations. Good, love this, all blue states should do the same.

@bluejo.bsky.social “Farthing” for sure. Alternate history antifascist cosy mystery. It would be perfect!

Donald “Sleepy” Trump’s new statue is ready….

Melia has a new daughter. Earlier this week, ex-orphan Melia walked up to our Ithumba Reintegration Unit and introduced her brand new baby girl to Head Keeper Benjamin and the team. We've named her Moon. Little sister to Milo, born outside the same stockades in 2022. Bold and full of character.

Who wants to be my first order of the month? Things have been silent and I've lost another week I can't afford to medical nonsense. But on we go! (Big goal is to hit John Lewis sale and replace dying laptop, but rent comes first.)

If the plan is to drive down the quality of the show and drain its financial resources, this is exactly what they'd do.

Whenever you hear about a movie made on a microbudget, it's always good to ask yourself exactly HOW it managed to be made on a microbudget.

It finally arrived! My latest test print of my Cat’s Paw Nebula painting. This one has been tricky to get just right. I think I’m finally happy with it. The greyscale portion is visible light from a ground-based telescope and the colorful rectangles are infrared light from JWST. 🐾✨ #SciArt

Every author should do this btw. Seeing even one novel with your name on it published is a massive achievement. The odds were overwhelmingly against you. Anyone who makes you feel bad/vain about displaying your books isn’t your friend. They wouldn’t say that shit to an athlete about their trophies.

Hi we're not nervous, we hate it and would like it to fall into an open manhole, hope that helps

If you really want to send Mark Carney a message about this AI policy (and the data centers that come with it), write or phone your MP. Carney does not care about being ratioed on social media. He does care about direct feedback from constituents. www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

(Relatedly, every time someone has a book coming out--or a short story or an album or a concert or a theatrical production or, IDK, a breakfast cereal--one of their friends says, "WHAT? THAT'S AMAZING, I DIDN'T KNOW!" So keep telling us! The noise of the world is large, keep producing signal!)

Buy Krista's books and tell her you were swayed by my joke promo where I called her Liar McLiarFace, to justify what she pays me lol.

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The more I see this, the more I don't understand why everyone isn't immediately all "we need to get the hell away from this child murdering robot."

People are virtually never ill-served by teaching themselves to be comfortable with the discomfort of course-correcting. It is never, ever a bad idea to tone the muscles of being able to change your dang mind Will some people regard that as weakness? Even hypocrisy? Sure. Fuck em

Research hundreds of family histories and I guarantee you’ll come to the same conclusions.

Ok. For absolutely no good reason, I want to explain why I'm very smart and many fans are not, in the context of "meta fiction." This is gonna be annoying, and also, I'm going to use examples from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" for maximum annoyance. Mute or play along! Ready? /1

RIP Anthony Head. Best known as Giles to many, but to me he’ll always be the Nescafé man ☕️

"The study found that resettled refugees contribute $6 billion more to the U.S. economy than they take out. Per year. The Trump administration did exactly what you’d expect: They suppressed the study, and then they lied about it."