That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

The world is awful. But we're fighting back. Some of the fighting isn't fighting at all. It's being extremely silly. Like writing educational jingles for a labor union.

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

I regret to inform you that Gwar has pushed the boundaries of good taste.

I cannot emphasize this enough: The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent. They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so. Doomers are not realists.

It's Baby Safety Month.

Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word

The folklore of the fairy changeling is almost certainly a way people explained autism waaaaaay before there was a word for it. This is why many of us on the spectrum relate so closely to changeling stories. The stories also reflect children who never felt like they belonged in their world.

Happy Equinox, on the cusp of night and day.

Sarah MacLachlan is only here to save puppies and kick ass and she’s all out of puppies.

Watching these two approaches to a puzzle reminds me of the constant struggle to understand what "polite" means in different contexts. Is it... A: being friendly B: being formal and respectful C: taking action on an implied problem D: not taking action on a stated problem

sittin on the dock of the bay

Shrikes. Not to be fucked with.

The equinox is Monday, but it's never too early to seek balance. Happy Equinox! 🌓

Winners of this year's Ig Nobel awards: Inspired by the observation that zebras aren't plagued by biting flies, this group that found that painting zebra stripes on cattle reduced attacks by biting flies by 20%. This reduced the no. of fly-repelling behaviors (tail flicks, skin twitches) needed.

Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.

“For the large majority [of the Harper’s Letter signatories,] Trump’s reign of terror has apparently been less objectionable than the irritating undergraduate and entry-level scolds of the 2010s.”

hey abyss, you up

I just… what the fuck is even happening

… and then you delete that sentence because it’s not really serving the story, actually

H1024.5 Task: sowing dragon's teeth.

Good article at the link. (Pic is an excerpt from the article)

How is it that the large kitten has the tiny meow, and the tiny kitten has a meow that would shake the walls of heaven* itself? *treat storage

A new cat meme has dropped

Horror folks, it's the middle of September, and the Stoker Recommended Reading List is looking extremely small. If you're a member of the HWA, go recommend something you've read that you loved! horror.org/awards/curre...

I have no earthly idea who did them originally but we need that gallery of the 2010s Three Kingdoms TV series characters as Dril quotes on here

My Lambda Award-winning debut novel THE DEVOURERS, a dark, queer, mythic realist tale about sex, love, violence, & shapeshifting, has finally surpassed 20k sales. Those may be rookie numbers to many authors, but for me, it's a big deal, even if not big money. Sincerest gratitude to my readers 🖤

I wrote about the firing of Alan Sepinwall, which is awful. And I tied it into what's happening all over in the media, why it's scary & what we can do to help. I used my words, but it's definitely Hulk Mo dialed up to 11, if that's a thing you would like to experience: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

Me and the game industry

Tomorrow is the deadline to submit a proposal to my #ICMS Kalamazoo session, "Medievalism and Modern Pagan Religions!" Pagan scholars and/or medievalists, send me an abstract! icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...

The difference between a horror movie and an action movie is the self-regard of the protagonist.

Remember, just because there's poison somewhere, doesn't mean you're required to endlessly roll around in it if you have no way to neutralize it.

happy feast day of the beheading of st john! read my retelling of oscar wilde's salomé, an ode to the daughter of abomination, the mother whore of babylon, and the floating head prophet

i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.

Nap accountability group for recovering overachievers.

I came for the frog saunas, and stayed for the dick-punch to capitalism:

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

Tired: check on your strong friends (unclear, mixed framework) Wired: relieve your strong friends of their watch (actionable, rest-specific, provides care within the fortified edifice wrought by himbo brain weasels)

So many well-delivered, gut-punch lines in this story. "Laughter has the danger of spilling into something he cannot afford right now." left me feeling a bit ruined. NGL. "He tries to stay away from the ones who flinch from a man." does SO MUCH work in the context of the story. Very good read!

Whole thread. We’re in an up-in-the-air moment now: one hand, Trump threatening civil war; other, ICE being turned back by civil disobedience. Moral: fascists don’t know yet how far they’re willing to go. My belief: more moments like this now will prevent the war that’s been threatened.

Are you coming to @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social? (And if not, WHY not? It's free!) The Chill-in-Chat lotteries are open now and you can sign up for a slot to talk to people like me! Check them out! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/

I need to be reassured that the Anthropic settlement isn’t just “and this is how much it costs to steal work, build that into your budget model“ 😭

I think the fact I'm hearing about the Red Sonja movie ~today~ proves I've escaped the algorithm.

The new Red Sonja movie (now on VOD!) is super extremely fun. And there's a very very good horsey that gets to be extremely heroic and brave.