The most recent hunger survey found that about 18 million U.S. households were food insecure.

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

More good news I missed: the two Metro bus drivers who’d been fired for speculating about how they’d resist ICE have been *reinstated* after public outcry.

Had a great time at @capclave.bsky.social yesterday but I'm glad I didn't go back today--it's 11:30 and I'm just waking up (okay, after a 7 am dog wakeup but we all went back to sleep)

Reminder that I'm hosting a new podcast at @issuesinst.bsky.social where I basically invited a bunch of my friends who work in really interesting areas and we talk about what they do with a lens of disaster studies and speculative fiction. The conversations have been amazing!

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

I'm still recovering from jet lag so my @capclave schedule for tomorrow/Saturday is three panels. Staying Ahead of the Future Monroe room Sat 10:00 AM Writing Both Fantasy and SF Eisenhower room Sat 12:00 PM Learning the Craft Monroe Sat 3:00 PM

The ACIP vote was tied 6-6 for requiring everyone to get a prescription for the COVID19 vaccine. The chair broke the tie by voting NO. Prescriptions will NOT be required.

The idea that the combined MMR is dangerous but separately the vaccines are fine was created out of whole cloth by Andrew Wakefield, a disgraced former doctor who had a patent on a non-combined version of the MMR. We've known his research was bunk for almost 30 years.

Yeah so DC pulling books and Kimmel getting canned all have individuals at the center of them who need our support, but this also strikes me as collective punishment. There are so many jobs all around those folks that have been pulled out from under the people on their projects. That sucks.

well we blew past this to 1037 contributors! Fantastic! Keep sharing Keep donating Keep going for the African Translation Project ko-fi.com/africantrans...

BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

You might think it should be a non-controversial belief among Democrats that "DC should be able to self-govern. But 31 House Democrats just voted to give Trump and Congressional Republicans full control over DC's sentencing laws. Shameful, heinous behavior from Vichy Democrats

u ever think about how trying to hawk ur books/stories or w/e is essentially one introvert (guy who just wants to write) trying to sell to another introvert (guy who just wants to read). both parties are just, hilariously, the least equipped guy to be on each side of the equation.

< screaming as loud as i possibly the fuck can into the unyielding void > I DON'T EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER WANT TO TIE MY PASSWORD MANAGER OR ANYTHING THE FUCK ELSE TO A MOTHERFUCKING AI BROWSER YOU ABSOLUTE CONGSHUNTS

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

Landed in Baltimore at the end of my second Tuesday in a row. They were both long and full of travel and now I can sleep in my own bed if the bags ever come off the plane.

“Use this list of senators and call immediately. Every call counts!”

this is it and it’s not about Being More of an Activist or whatever to say not to register; it’s quite literally about keeping people as safe as possible

One more flight to home. Saw amazing lightning over Japan last night. Confidently told my wife the wrong day to pick me up after bad math but luckily she noticed and we have clarified. Tomorrow I'll tell ya all about this amazing festival in Seoul.

Ugh this is so upsetting. Adore Loyalty.

I love Sneakers.

Their efficacy was confirmed against LIVE viruses including Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), AND Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The study has been published in Science Advances. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. • www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🧵⬇️

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.

I'm on my way to the airport to head home from Korea but I'm a little concerned that it's suddenly absolutely pouring with no signs of letting up. My timing is so tight on this trip.

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

I’d watch this buddy movie www.bbc.com/news/article...

Good morning

Professional misconduct insurance rates must be through the roof about now.

The petition link is in the article - if you’re in the local DMV community you can sign for support!

Mabel being a tourist crowd-pleaser in York. Yes, I have wet wipes.

this is an object lesson in why praising Dems when they do the right thing - and not just castigating them for doing the wrong thing - is good politics for those of us who want them to fight Van Hollen raised his profile by doing the right thing and the lesson he learned was keep fighting

Reminder @theguardian.com has a partnership with OpenAI; which explains this thinly sourced excuse of an article that relies on ONE Masters student and OpenAI's International Education Lead countered by measly words of "caution" from ONE university admin.

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; Hill House, realizing this, picked up and relocated itself to Seoul.

I'm in Seoul and I have no idea what this place is but it's giving @wiswell.bsky.social vibes.

Thousands of undocumented immigrant workers helped rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11. 24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues. A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...

Okay this is exactly the stuff I need to cheer me up today! 🤣💜

This is a fun interactive of light visible from space. Check out Hawaii, it’s like this wee little speck in the dark

Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered. And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔 on.ft.com/3K05vhS

I have a new story out today! (Co-written with @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social).

What an expertly called shot

Jesus christ. I am so tired and so disappointed. All these people went "yeah, I'll take an audio book paycheck over solidarity with trans lives, that's cool." Every single one should be ashamed.

There are a bunch of young guys getting on this 15 hour flight drinking energy drinks. I'm matching them with melatonin.

No clear answers on whether mommy disappeared entirely behind hands during game of peekaboo Mommy's face was not visible from behind hands, and experts say they can't be sure