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I learned recently that it’s an insult in Germany to call someone “hobbyless” or to engage in “hobbyless behavior” and it’s become my favorite way to think of assholes who have nothing better to do than to make other people miserable. Get a hobby. Build a model train and calm down.

But I need to be able to post my away message with my trademark cryptic song lyrics

"No more shoes?" "Nope. AI all day." "What does that mean?" "It's AI. It's in everything. It's the future. So we're the future." "What does your AI do?" "Multi-modal agentic self-supervised latent-space singularity." "You don't know what that means, do you?" "No." "Here's a billion dollars."

Number one yearner for better official #starfleetacademy merch checking in. If they won’t make it, I guess I’ll have to make my own

Warner Bros specifically has had THREE utterly disastrous mergers in the last two decades that ALWAYS result in layoffs, price hikes, shittier products, and everybody losing their shirt, but I want you to notice how the U.S. outlets covering this story don't think that's worth mentioning

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

There's always some dude who is like "Well, the right got Kavanaugh so why can't we have--" BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT OUR OWN FUCKING KAVANAUGH, ZERO KAVANAUGHS IS ENOUGH KAVANAUGHS.

If I never have to read some person saying "what happened to innocent until proven guilty" about why some guy should still be elected to one of the most powerful positions in the country despite numerous sexual assault allegations it will be too soon

Reporting isn't a scavenger hunt. The story isn't always there somewhere, ready to be told, if you just look hard enough. You need people who want to talk. This morning, when it was just one woman, a bunch of folks were like, "Sounds like a political hit to me." Now that there's 4 & y'all are mad.

Seeing a lot of hostility towards indie journalists who'd long heard rumors of Salwell's abuses but didn't report on them, & I'm sorry, but that's not how journalism works. This isn't sitting on a story for a book. You can't report w/o sources. You can't out victims who aren't ready to go on record.

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

saveusfs.org, launched on April 6th, contains multiple examples of identical or near-identical phrasing to this article by Jim Pattiz in Hatch, published just four days earlier on April 2nd. Let's look at some examples.

AltNPS has been focused on the threat to the US Forest Service this week, and even launched a website in an effort to pressure brands to speak out. And that's great! There's just one problem. They plagiarized the whole thing.

Buying direct from authors -or small presses- is a great way to support us. But there isn't a store with everyone's direct links on it so... Direct Sales Thread! Indie Authors, Describe your books, drop a graphic & a link to your direct store/ small press! (eg. Payhip/ Kofi/ Itchio etc) 🌈📚🪐💙🏳️‍⚧️🧠

apparently it's #SapphicVisibilityDay??? WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME SOONER??? anyway, the dragon next door is my sapphic ace romantasy and it is ✨on sale✨ #booksky #QueerAdultSFF 🌈📚

Those institutions have been absolutely gutted under Trump, and not just because he asked. Establishment and university leadership never likes getting protested, they were happy to gut and attack organized hubs of protest to "protect" their schools.

We are seeing the fruits of an intentional, structural gutting and undermining of traditional avenues of protest by young people. Activists on campuses fought for the institutionalization and resourcing of movement space and studies (especially racial, cultural, queer, women's, etc).

I'm 40 been protesting and organizing since I was 16, I've organized a union consisting entirely of people in their late teens and early 20's, I professionally organized students for a decade. I'm STILL around engaged young folks and families. So here's my perspective (cont):

A Brief History of Whiteness

”Lily,” named after Lily Bart, is a new fintech company that siphons money from wealthy accounts who won’t even notice the withdrawals”

What if all the new tech companies were named after characters in Howards End

That is not to say I’m especially worried or am trying to say the heat shield is unsafe. I’m not saying that at all. But re-entry is a big risk. Remember, that’s how we lost Columbia.

For all the “spaceflight is normal” folks, a reminder that this is only the SEVENTH vehicle NASA has ever tested with humans (two of which were SpaceX and Boeing) and the second coming in from the moon. It’s not normal or routine at all. This is a test flight, which is inherently risky.

I can say without hesitation that this is the HARDEST article I have ever written, but I am incredibly proud of it. If you have questions about Orion’s heat shield, given the issues with Artemis I, I hope I can provide some answers: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

Oh yeah I’ve got that [post-nasal] drip.

I like how many ppl are like"this is a dog owner thing specifically" when this "I want mine fuck you" attitude is literally the bedrock of the anti masking and maga movements

Yes, "TACO Tuesday" was fitting. But let's not forget that this was deeply disturbing. He said he would annihilate an entire civilization. Majority innocent. Real people. Real lives. This was no joke and nothing to joke about.

The exact people who say ‘but you’re alienating half your audience!’ Are making burner accounts to post homophobic sewage on every article talking about Starfleet Academy. Make your art. Not art you think will mean bigots don’t hate you in public

Shit’s getting real when you break out the emergency backup Mood muslin pack

C'mon propublica, not you too. I just… don't fucken do this, man… Not the people who literally broke the story about how "AI" systems disproportionately harm the already marginalized, reinscribing prejudice into supposedly objective process w/ life & death results. All that shit's still there, y'all

We elected an administration on the messaging that all of society’s ills were a result of DEI & immigration. So we’re left with no choice when we look at all this immediate & staggering abject failure, death & unnecessary suffering around you but to understand that it is a direct result of whiteness

My comic is out today!!!!!!! X-men I am in you!

Also, the water is infused with silver biocide which should help stave off lycanthropic infection.

Our expectation I that you would only become a werewolf only when in view of the full Moon. We use a combination of mitigations - limiting launch opportunities to days when we’ll approach from the side, window shades when & special sunglasses during transit.

every single day in the United States now has that vibe of when you're in a corporate job and first thing in the morning they announce an all-hands meeting for the end of the day and you just get to dread whatever that might mean all day

@chanda.blacksky.app’s new book “The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie” is out today! She’s also on a book tour (info in next post in her thread)

The South was a testing ground for every horrific domestic policy currently being enacted at the Federal level. And sometimes it feels like no one fucking listened to us.

At my most cynical I feel like all this is completely unsurprising given the decades of liberal politicians turning their backs on marginalized folks in South while we were held hostage by white evangelical christianity. We deserved it, right? It wasn't your problem, right?

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Also a perennial reminder that in times of fast-moving news, a TON of unverified photos, videos, audio, and 'news stories' circulate, go viral, and perpetuate misinformation. Please take time to double-check things before posting and/or sharing! Verifying reports can take time.

books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.

I am doing perfectly fine today. Why do you ask

Now more than ever y’all desperately need to read @swordsjew.bsky.social book Wild Faith and help yourselves understand exactly how and why the Christian right is manipulating the US government into this war with Iran This is one of the most important texts of our era.

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Someone ask the corpse of Mitch McConnell if he's feeling good about the 2021 vote on removal of Trump from office. (I know McConnell's still technically alive.)

Jesus wept. I just called my US rep and senators and told them they have to do everything they can to stop this genocide. I told them I don't care if they're in the minority. They have options. I told them to chain themselves to the White House fence. Please call your reps, too. reps.fyi

Chic mid #1950s cocktail dress in black organza for Easter Sunday, embroidered all over with sprays of lily of the valley. A promise that dark skies might still be punctuated with beauteous moments. Designed by Pat Rodgers @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I don't know how anyone else feels about this, but to me, sharing a screenshot of chatbot output to make a point of some kind is an excellent way to undermine any credibility that might otherwise be granted to you in the context of whatever you're trying to say.