Love it when an Onion article has been relevant my entire adult life

His kids disappoint him He's pissed off at life He screams at the news He yells at his wife He once punched a Girl Scout Who looked at him wrong He tripped an old woman For singing a song Just stay out of his way Or risk a black eye He's

No one should be using ChatGPT or partnering with OpenAI for anything.

Remember: Donald Trump created this crisis. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal that was working, promising a "better deal." He didn't deliver. He escalated, abandoned real diplomacy, and has now led us into a conflict that puts us all at risk.

Please come to Penguicon! It’s going to be so fun with more than two dozen authors in attendance!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

Looking for a way to stand up for trans people today? Here's something you can do RIGHT NOW: Take ten minutes to get on the phone and help stop this violent, dangerous bill. The linked post has all the resources you need to make that call. Go go go

They Don’t Want Americans To Know They’re Murdering Pregnant People (Especially Black pregnant people)

I’m transgender, I live in Kansas, if you want to help rn donate to either the ACLU of Kansas or the ACE foundation in Wichita - the ACE foundation especially is the organization that will help people with money for groceries, rent, etc. More orgs also included in attached img acefoundationict.org

Art matters. And what do we do with things that matter? We protect them. Here is information about H.R. 7661, a US book banning bill that explicitly targets books about trans people, and what you can do right now to help stop it.

huge W

I would not have bet on this.

Colorado borders Kansas. Here is a Colorado non-profit that helps trans people relocate, Trans Continental Pipeline. Please share. tcpipeline.org

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It feels super weird and kind of crazy to be advertising a convention right now, but I worked really hard on organizing the writing track for Penguicon and I’m really excited about the lineup so, here’s info about the workshops

Watching The Conjuring while keeping in mind that the Warrens were frauds really changes the tone of the movie

I'm from Turkey, it started with them banning online pornography in 2012 and now the Turkish Football Organization can block the entirety of blogspot without a court order because a blog was leaking the matches. It always starts with taking porn. Do not give them an inch, do not give porn away.

the problem is bigotry, but the tool they're using to spread it is *the concept of pornography*. as long as we accept the idea that "pornography" is 1. meaningfully distinct from other forms of art, and 2. inherently bad or shameful it will continue to be a weapon conservatives can use against us!

Stand With Minnesota is focusing on housing/rental donations right now. Donate here: www.standwithminnesota.com

I feel like midlist SFF is both vitally important and uniquely threatened right now because the midlist is where you find most of the queer, PoC, and otherwise marginalized authors. As well as a lot of really exciting books trying new things! Stuff that's not a "safe bet" but often a great read

"The men implicated in the Epstein files reinforces that I spend half my life explaining to men that their simplified, optimistic view of other men doesn’t line up with the experience of women and girls trying to dodge sexual harassment, assault and abuse attempts." - Leslie Morgan Steiner

How to write, a succinct but accurate guide

Today we honor S.A. Cosby! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/02-24-2...

A rare outtake.

The fuck 🤦🏻‍♀️

Casey Means’ Surgeon General confirmation hearing is tomorrow. Means holds a number of extremely disturbing views, including that hormonal birth control is “disrespect for life”. She isn’t a “fringe” or “alternative” healthcare provider. She is a person who blithely ignores scientific facts.

ICE is still in MN, and no doubt will be in your community too. The best thing you can do Is prepare. The Immigrant Defense Network website has very helpful resources. Their handbook pdf is a must. Consider a donation to support them and their legal efforts. immigrantdefensenetwork.org

I loved this book! If you haven’t read it, go do it now!

I hate that this thread is relevant again but… 🫠

FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.

As the guy who wrote the book on zoning abolition, I'd like to go on record as saying: if you can use zoning to stop the concentration camps, fucking go for it.

New Jersey has proposed the F.U.C.K.I.C.E Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...

Has anyone found a replacement for Facebook with groups and events included? And stuff like polls? And chat? lol

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

TODAY ONLY!!

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The AI enshittification continues! (And before you say “why are ppl on Facebook anyway?” There’s no non-meta site with the same group and event functions. We’re all very impressed you left FB in 2019 🙄)

This is the kind of thing a rich CEO says at the beginning of a science fiction movie to establish for the audience that he is a sociopath and the villain.

Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents" fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

I’ve also been comparing AI to asbestos and radium—technology that had a bunch of benefits but then turned out to be deadly. The only difference is we already KNOW AI is killing people and they’re shoving it into everything anyway

This is a win for veterans everywhere. The fact that this was proposed in the first place was an insult to every person who has ever put on the uniform. We will continue to hold this administration accountable to make sure our promises to those who served are kept, period.

look if a Democrat wants me to be really fired up about voting for them, they will promulgate the Crimes Against Humanity Reparations Act which gives US citizenship to everyone targeted by the Trump administration.

I keep thinking about this because I have an ultramarathoner husband, and the thing I think about is that people are dying at here-to-fore uncontemplated rates in the Italian alps in part because they are asking ChatGPT for advice. (Source: www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...)

Well that’s horrifying

For satire to work, it must either be so outrageous as to make us take pause or it must be rooted in truth. I believe this is satire rooted in truth.

Native Americans have worked hard for decades to counter the stereotypes perpetuated in old movies and television shows about the American West. Now a new generation of Native technology experts worry that artificial intelligence is eroding that work.

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Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

While Americans are told to tighten their belts, DHS is asking taxpayers to bankroll a flying penthouse. Photos from NBC News.