Best puffin photo I’ve ever taken and I only had my phone. Lunga island in Scotland. #bird

If the actor with British accent is evil then you’re watching Sci fi. If the actor with a British accent is good then it’s Fantasy. If the actor with a British accent knocks something over then it’s a Rom com.

Samuel Delaney's review of the original Star Wars:

timeline cleanse

“In October 2025, both her SSI and Medicare benefits were halted, and she was told her immigration status was under review. Although Rakestraw was born in the U.S. and has never once traveled or lived outside the country, federal officials still raised questions about her legal status.”

Watching Dr Strangelove tonight. No particular reason. Just felt like the right day for it.

Here’s the thing about folks speedrunning the creative process with AI: I could go to the beach every morning and put a grain of sand in a cup. They’d take their cup to the beach and fill it one day; but the point isn’t to have a cup of sand. It’s to fill my life with a thousand trips to the beach.

The story of the Bible is the story of choosing the marginalized over Empire. Again and again.

I’m struggling with coping with the constant onslaught of institutions I once respected being destroyed to advance evil. The church, the Supreme Court, Washington Post.

In a "he said, she said" situation, I default to believing the women but it's *possible* for them to be lying. Staggeringly unlikely, but possible. But in a "he said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, she said, and she said" situation? Fuck off.

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college History of Nazi Germany Linguistics Intro to Philosophy John Calvin’s Institutes History of Ancient Greece and Rome

my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek

If it is fascism now it was fascism then but if you were wrong no need to pause to make a special effort to admit your error -- we don't have that much time now, please act right away, get organized, and then tell your followers what you are doing to stop fascism and what they too can do.

Share a bird pic you took

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides #tidesouttuesday

General reminder of what the First Minnesota did at Gettysburg.

Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides #standingstonesunday

Fiction is the thing keeping me sane these days. Lots and lots of fiction. Science fiction, mysteries, romance, thrillers, I’m mainlining it all. 100% would recommend as a coping strategy. #books

Fun fact, while in the Lord Of The Rings movies frodo looked like this, in the books he actually looks like this!

Here’s the inspiration I needed for the new year. Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social

Banning teenagers from VPNs will push them to use more unsafe routes to access what they want to access. They're more technically literate coupled with being idiotic risk takers. End.

'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition

This ⬇️

Same. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

I cruised through the seventies, eighties, and nineties sustained by a steady IV drip of sci-fi, so I’m not about to say computers will never become creative sentient entities, but pretending true artificial intelligence is already here is pure fiction.

Reading the news these days

I'm a little nervous about what's about to go down in this museum.

Approach self publishing with as much confidence as this child, although maybe with a snappier title. #writing

Never use a pencil when angry

When you need the perfect car to tootle over to the Vicar's garden party in the countryside.

"What station stop do we need for this train?" "LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH" "Too late, we're two stations later by the time you finished saying the name."

mood

When you ask your child to set the table. (Child is in her twenties)

Forget gratitude journals. To fit my gAI angst I'm starting a creativity journal, looking for human creativity in the wild.

No means no Chad

Advice for today from a WW2 leaflet. MORALE HOW TO PLAY YOUR PART Forget yourself in helping your neighbours. In days of tension this casts out your own fears and worries.

Some churches follow Biblical teachings

Goal for today, step out into the light.

"Using 24 hour notation for telling time is too confusing. Just give me an old fashioned clock with hands and I'll understand better," they said. "On it," says Yeates Dublin. #clocks

Traffic jam in Scotland

Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

Highland cattle getting frisky. I mean, what else is there to do on a rainy day?

When its a windy day and you have the windows open to air things out, your toilet paper may decided to unroll itself from the bathroom into the bedroom.

I love this quote from Benjamin Disraeli, ironically found while traveling myself. Memory is a funny thing. "Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."

On days when I don’t have the energy to create, I can look around and draw strength from the creations of others. I can’t do much to change the darkness in the world, but I can seek out and celebrate the light that shines from creative humans.

I did not expect to find a full set of The House on the Prairie books on the shelf of a Paris cafe.