A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs. Some worry that safety is being compromised. n.pr/4vH2shy

Doug Ford’s 'Protect Ontario' ads don't "protect" Ontarians. They BLEED the province by throwing record-breaking tax dollars into self-promotion ...& HIDE the damage. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com

Ahhh so that's why the media is telling us why millennials eat too much shrimp. www.huffpost.com/entry/is-shr...

Global Cycling Network has made a film about how the law treats road violence. What assumptions underpin criminal law and punishment? Does law’s focus on the driver obscure the structural reasons why roads are unsafe? How can we radically reduce road harm?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRf...

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

Did you know that there is FREE SHIPPING at @bookshop.org today because *$%^Y&U^ Prime Day? And did you know that I have a whole lot of lists of books for you to help you find exactly what you need? A thread! 🧵 1/x 1) Level up your political education.

Renowned historian Gordon Wood was walking across a supermarket parking lot when a car driver struck and killed him. Federal officials claim that crashes in parking lots and driveways don't count as traffic fatalities. As a result, they're uncounted and often ignored. Me, in Bloomberg (gift link)

Sam Raimi didn't strap a Super 8 camera to a 2x4 so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

Repost to scare Dan DiDio

Batman says Bat-rights

My print piece on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is up. I point out that the rest of the country is still desperately trying to get the same rights the white man gave himself 250 years ago. In @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

Facts.

When a driver says, "Someone came out of nowhere" it often means: A. The driver was going too fast and thus had reduced visibility B. The driver was distracted C. There is poor daylighting and thus the pedestrian seemed to have suddenly emerged from behind a parked car D. All of the above

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Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

25 years ago: "i'm sorry Mrs. Smith but your 14 year-old son Charlie downloaded a Metallica album off Napster and now he's being sued for $1 million & might go to jail" Today: "we fed every song in existence into our model what the fuck do you mean we have to pay for it? that's ridiculous!!!"

"The bluesky bubble"

not people demanding “real name” (legal name now, at birth, after marriage?) policies online when the feds are indicting “enemy” activists

It’s called a UNIFORM. What if my dusty old book said wearing pants was a sin? Team make some exception for that? Put on the Pride hat, embrace the community and city you play in, and if you have a message for god you should start by asking why he made you so goddamned stupid.

#Booksky Just 2 weeks left to get your very own Pride StoryBundle! 16 books featuting everything from charming gay fantasy to trans femme cyberpunk, sapphic epic fantasy to menopausal werewolves and more! Over $500 raised for Rainbow Railroad so far too! 💖 storybundle.com/pride

Sharing the 1990 Bisexual Manifesto once again to remind everyone that bisexuality was NEVER binary

Malls won't let teens in without an adult and cops are banning young adults from going to the beach. We got rid of public transit and third spaces. There are no sidewalks, and kids riding bikes get hassle by NextDoor NIMBYs. Where the fuck are teenagers supposed to go?

This is both normal to want and possible to achieve and I certainly haven't been curating my summer book list so that I appear cool and good at reading instead of never reading more than YA graphic novels.

I learned about this app last week: libraryscout.app Find free classes, workshops, clubs, and events happening at a NYC public library near you.

Immigrants do not have to contribute exceptionally to deserve safety Immigrants do not have to permanently grovel to their new country to justify their existence Immigrants are allowed to be just as mediocre, grumpy or homesick as anyone else

I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up

My outfit for the world premiere is a red carpet interpretation of “Absolute Wonder Woman,” my favourite comic! 🥰 I wanted to send love to the creators and wish them GOOD LUCK with their Eisner and Hugo nominations!

I just know they're gonna give the Ocarina of Time Remake the modern gaming touch, probably give you some annoying sidekick NPC that's always chirping in your ear about objectives you're already well aware of

To anyone reading this - we are ACTIVELY SEEKING someone to cover indie comics as a regular beat...but everyone is making 15 minute videos now and it's hard to get them to put down the camera. I get that we need both platforms. Anyway who wants to write about comics, DM me.

I guess I can say it now: I'm one of the folks hit by the Paizo layoffs. My last day will be in early July. I'm devastated. I love the folks I've worked with the past three years. I love the fans. I love the games we made. If you have an opening for a remote editor, I'd love to hear from you.

Stephen King's editor:

Happy National Cheese Day to all who celebrate, which is pretty much everyone*, the Grand Unification Day of holidays! *Remember to raise an extra slice in the honor of those with restrictions.

if you want a picture of capitalist anti-intellectualism it would be hard to do better than this leader. no arguments, no opponents. it's a perfect distillation of the underread elite outlook, where six unrelated things you hate are evidence the great unwashed is rising dangerously above its station

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

your regular reminder that slut-shaming women-- even women who engaged with terrible men -- is not *social justice praxis* Also sex work is work. But trafficking is not. Those are different. Go after the people with systemic power + harming with speech + actions, plus the complicit, the abetters.

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So after openly deadnaming all our trans folks last week, leadership apologized, but then did not update employee's names for the vote today. This means our trans employees are being forced to openly deadname themselves in order to vote in today's union election. This is deeply fucked.

If I wanted to take public transport to work, its over two hours. The bus comes to my work twice a day, which I would need to leave my home before 6 am and get back after 730 pm. The only childcare option I have goes from 7 am - 6 pm and I pay a premium. Public transportation has been gutted.

"What is most infuriating, more than anything, is the propagation, even by elected officials, that large groups of Black and brown kids are somehow “terrifying” and unacceptable in our city..." Read more: thetriibe.com/2026/06/opin...

I looked through this and it's an excellent resource for youth and children.

incredible quote from this guy, no notes

Four Pillars Gaming published hundred of AI-generated profiles over the past four months and when people asked to be taken down, they doubled down, defended their process, and refused. The ramifications of hallucinatory LLM "histories" threaten to erode truth and destroy the historical record.

"According to statistics compiled by the ACLU, women who kill their partners will spend an average of 15 years behind bars, while men who kill their female partners serve much shorter sentences, on average between 2 to 6 years."

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Civ II Test of Time >> Civ VII Test of Time *waves cane at children*

To celebrate Galaxy 2’s release, I made Metropolis dogs! (they also guest-star in @planetx.bsky.social’s Hawkgirl run) and the verdict is: FUCK YES! DELICIOUS!

Everyone loves hand drawn kid stuff! She got *so* many compliments about trump in the rain.

HEY KIDS! FANCY SOME TRAUMA?! youtu.be/3CYzNYeG3Kg?...