the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.

Today at @thestfnetwork.bsky.social Con, we played @hecticelectron.bsky.social's Raccoon Sky Pirates. Our intrepid band stole a child's easter candy basket, Joker chemicals, tool chest, drone, dill plant, sewing machine, fridge air compressor and THE MEATS. The Raccoons are COMING!

Tried out Unleashed by @critkituk.bsky.social today for @thestfnetwork.bsky.social's Con. Had an absolute blast, look at this ridiculous dog heist. A chihuahua and rottweiler successfully heisted a boat (unfortunately their last companion got put in the crate).

I'm excited to announce that I'm putting on a new hat as the Associate Director of Marketing & Media at @paizo.com ! <3

Wikipedia turns 25 today and announced that the major AI companies now pay for enterprise access to Wikipedia data. It’s an interesting shift that if you contribute to GitHub or Wikipedia, it’s less that you’re contributing to the fountain of human knowledge and more you’re training AI for free.

it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training. it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training. it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf

From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

There's been a lot more smoking on TV in the last year or so and I am already way over it :p

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Facebook is for people you know but don’t like Bsky is for people you don’t know but do like Group chats are for people you know and do like LinkedIn is for people you don’t know and don’t like

Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why. Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.

We can do even more.

I don't know how many times this needs to be said, but apparently a lot: If you are not in a position to verify the accuracy of some synthetic text, the synthetic text is not useful/has a high potential to be misleading. This is one of those cases.

I’m delighted to open submissions for my anthology, "Passing Strange: Queer Weird Arthurian Tales"! We're wanting Arthurian stories with LGBTQ+ protags and spec-fic elements. Check out the Submissions page on my website! Link in comments. #arthuriana #callforsubmissions #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks

Following the tradition of Americans destroying tea, I've found the third/four steeps of a given tea bag work better if you microwave the tea bag with the water. Doing @gailsimone.bsky.social proud.

Wow, that must be so terrifying to think you're being abducted.

I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people. I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.” www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

Did you make that grilled cheese? Sure did, Boss, real fucking sexy, just like you asked.

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

i fucking hate these people so much. "i spent the time working, reading and thinking" so you want a train. you want the bus. get on fucking public transit you absolute coward. or are you afraid of being next to god forbid someone poorer than you??

Here's some good news: who's coming with me and @ryehickman.bsky.social to GOBLIN TOWN!?!?!!!!

[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison] 🎵Baba Yaga 🎵Walking down the street 🎵Baba Yaga 🎵House with chicken feet 🎵Baba Yaga

SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants. This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Bahahahahahaha 12 hours later someone went “uhhh…” Great job everyone.

Over at @therumpus.net, I am so happy to publish an essay by @hebagowayed.bsky.social about Zohran Mamdani and the radical idea that Muslims are human! therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

we’re starving kids AND canceling Thanksgiving because we really, really need to double the cost of your healthcare, and other winning messages

The last set of chibi plushie moths I made, including the Pride moth, replica moths and Mothman ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷🖤🩶🤍🤎

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

It’s not ever about the numbers—you can bring insane audience engagement, views, eyeballs to your verticals, shape the conversation in wonderful ways, win awards and on and on And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

I grew up on food stamps--not SNAP, physical paper stamps that came in a little book that Mom kept in her purse.

Diversity doesn’t weaken unions. Racist bosses like Vance using racism to divide workers by race so they can exploit them weakens unions. All this stuff is arsonists complaining about the temperature in the building they set on fire. bsky.app/profile/diew...

Mexico Versus Nazis is a theme that’s really resonating with me of late

This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.

Sticker shock for ACA recipients: Clint and Cindy Kittrell, Oregon: $305/month --> $2,500/month. Chad and Tara Smith, Idaho: $710/month --> $1,000/month. Jessica Bunger, Florida: New premiums quadruple to $1,100/month. "I’ve never felt so powerless in my life" www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high. SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”. Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers. People need & deserve assistance Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich Be mad about that

23 Oct 2025 - Katelyn Burn's on how cis women are turning to same testosterone to improve their sex drive that trans men have to jump through hoops for. And they get the same estrogen for HRT being taken away from trans kids. Why is affirming care only good for cis ppl? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

What item is this for you? Canned beets? Lentils? Dry beans? Canned mushrooms?

Misty Copeland took her final bow as an American Ballet Theatre principal dancer on Wednesday, a role she's had for the past 10 years.

I’d say this is damn good reason for Democrats to hold fast to the shutdown until Republicans agree to protect ACA credits.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”? anyway that’s why these events are important

Now more than ever we need to be amplifying mutual aid. Donate to local food banks and community fridges. Check on the people in your life who may be struggling. Offer to drop off some groceries or a home made meal. Without November SNAP there will be many people going hungry. Help where you can