A journalist, a priest and Albert Einstein walk into a bar… Last month, I participated in an event called Ignite Carroll, part of the national Ignite series, where a speaker has five minutes and twenty slides to share a topic. I took a stab at it and it went well, though I was clearly outclassed…

Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

Journalist here I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04 Reposts are appreciated!

The Next Scam I wasn’t planning to write on this topic again so soon, but I guess the state of the world is such that it can’t be avoided. I recently needed to avail myself of the services of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, using their online portal. First, what a wonderful service! Kudos to…

RIP #CarolynCheeksKilpatrick That's @bullet1982.bsky.social in the background there rocking the green tie.

And yet we'll still touch the stove. Just wait until the first big diphtheria outbreak. That will not be pretty. #FAFO

Michigan and the Fate of the Universe What do the boundaries of the State of Michigan have to do with the ultimate fate of the Universe? Strap in, we’re going for a ride! On a recent trip with friends to Michigan and Indiana, I learned about the Toledo War, a boundary dispute during the early…

...and do it with the best of intentions.

Pretty much where we are.

@decisionleader.bsky.social @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social

Something else to worry about Staying ahead of current events is a constant challenge for Science Fiction writers. What seemed like gee-whiz future tech yesterday is now sitting on the kitchen counter. If you are not careful, the future you create may end up looking like a bad episode of the…

My favorite pics from @startswithabang.bsky.social Medium post about #CaptureTheDark. Thread. miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fi...

Oh my.... I know a dog who needs this outfit.

a BEAUTIFUL image of spiral galaxy ngc 1068 that uses combined data from hubble, jwst, AND chandra telescopes!!!! 🌌

"Amazing" is a grossly-overused word these days, but sometimes it's the only one to use, and this new view of Mars, made from images taken by Perseverance yesterday, definitely is amazing. I hope you all like it! (Please Share if you do!) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S Atkinson

You're welcome.🪩🦑🔮

Whatever the Actual Eff is going on here, I'm all for it.

Very cool! I love solitons.

I love Octavia Butler #OctaviaKnew

Falling down a halloween prop rabbit hole and I’m obsessed with the prom photo energy of this pic

boy oh boy is this true

BMore!

1:01 PM: "'Choose not to be harmed — and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed — and you haven’t been.' -Marcus Aurelius" 1:06 PM: "ever think about how the lady Ghostbusters remake was actually dude genocide"

@bullet1982.bsky.social This is Paul.

August 7, 1989 U.S. Rep. Mickey Leland (D-TX), Chief of Staff Patrice Johnson, Staff Counsel Hugh Johnson, Legislative Assistant Joyce Williams - a total of 16 people - were killed on a humanitarian mission to feed starving people in Ethiopia. They were the 1st Hill staff to die in the line of duty.

Scam-a-rama Well, this is something I didn’t expect. I mentioned before the new (to me) expectation that authors are supposed to do the lion’s share of the marketing and promotion of their work, and that the publishing industry is fragmenting into a jungle of “consultants” seeking to help with…

What Michael says.

I've been astonished at the amount of scammers on here. Just blocked someone impersonating Canadian author Iain Reid, trying to get me to use a Nigerian service for assisting authors. Beware!

Wow. Thanks for posting this. Confirms, at least anecdotally, a growing suspicion of mine.

This new #JWST image is stunning. It's planetary nebula NGC 6072, a dying red giant that's expelling shells of dust and gas out into space. Those shells are really clear with this JWST MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) image. In about five billion years, our own Sun will look like this as it dies.

Let me try to explain why it's important to study the foundations of quantum mechanics. (1/n) (Have to do some breathing exercises, b/c to me it's blindingly obvious that "understanding the most important theory in physics" is something physicists should care about, but apparently opinions differ.)

Yeah, animals don't have minds or feelings....

Some tarantulas come in blue raspberry flavor

We report while the developing clouds are beginning to conflict with the late afternoon light. The world is bathed in a milky sort of sunshine, the shadows are defined, yet pale and fleeting. The sky looks full. Yet again, we wait for something to happen, some kind of spark.

What channel?

I know some kitchen witches.....

Summer Update Summertime, and the living’s easy. Trying to get some writing done, enjoying time off, and let’s be honest, the old “writers have to market” hustle has taken a back seat to other priorities. Hence, the lack of updates in a while. Regarding the time off: my paying job came to an…

@ewack.bsky.social dive down this rabbit hole. I sent to Mary. It has a sort of an intersection between your fairies and grendels.

Incredible photo of baby octopuses still in their eggs 🤩🤯 📸 discovery.animals

I would add Elmore Leonard.

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The one with Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz? 100% I watched that with my sons a million time and we loved it every time. Pure fun.

@ewack.bsky.social another kind of sprite

Good evening everyone We had a visitor today

Shades of Edgar Sawtelle! Almondine has a literary forbearer.