I am once again here to preach the good word that Thomas Pynchon is a gorgeously readable writer and also probably the greatest american prose stylist of at least the last 50 years and people who tell you his books are calculus tests for boys don’t love you and Vineland is a great place to start

Saying this now, just in case - - New Yorkers hated Giuliani on 9/10, couldn't wait to get rid of him - Giuliani was in the street on 9/11 bc the Command Center at 7WTC was destroyed (he put it there to be near Judi Nathan) - Giuliani killed 343 firemen by forcing cheap radios on them

Been working with Skybound on InvVS trailers for about a year now ... hard to believe we finally dropped the Launch Trailer. This one was a trip, building flashy extended combat that also synced to the music as often as possible. 🎵

YUSS

I don't know if it's too early to say this, but I have finally had a short story accepted by a fiction site, with a publication date and a contract executed and everything. Comes out June 1st! This'll be my first published story! I wasn't sure this would ever happen. I feel totally unreal.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

Oh man. I'm finally (YEARS too late!) reading Gnomon, and I am freshly remembering that few people write sentences that delight me as much as @nickharkaway.com. Wonderful book.

So it looks like the first magazine to ever buy a story from me has likely gone under right before publishing me. Radio silence since December and no response to a recent email. I hope the editor is ok. This is a stressful job in a fraught industry. Total silence could mean so many awful things.

Somewhere Naomi Klein sighs heavily, resets a “days since last incident” sign back to zero, writes “MOON” on a post it note and underlines it twice

Creating the miniatures in Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979). Images from Berton Pierce’s must-watch Sense of Scale documentary series on YouTube.

Today I got a "champagne rejection" from a short fiction market I really admire, so that's not bad. Who knows, maybe one day someone will think my work is worth money.

My alma mater. Cool.

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

Kubrick said “now let’s do a silly one” after Scott did his takes then used those in the final cut and Scott never spoke to him again

Sam Kieth was my favorite comic artist, and The Maxx was particularly important to me. RIP to a genuine original and legend.

Kurosawa on watching Solaris with Tarkovsky

I'm against this sort of thing in general, but who am I to argue with experts?

the vengeful pillow by Edward Gorey

I heard there was a secret cord that David kept in his cable hoard but he can never find it when he needs it

Hi! I don't think Toho has a bsky so I'll post it - my first commissioned work for all the official Godzilla channels and I handmade everything that isn't a toy. Enjoy xo

Fetterman is doing tremendous damage to the reputation of the Big Oaf community. Big Oafs did not ask for this kind of toxic representation. Now we must lumber back into the shadows, hiding under bridges wearing our most somber JNCO jean shorts, drowning in both our sorrows & voluminous denim

Aftermath making an irrefutable point that should be relentlessly blasted at companies who (supposedly) make products for consumers to enjoy: Three years in, what can you really say that AI has added to your products that consumers actually like? At what point is it time to audit the magic beans?

☘️HAPPY PADDY'S DAY EVERYONE🍀 I decided to make a video celebrating Irish games and discussing the importance of game funding both back home & abroad. Check out @imirt.bsky.social's Games For Ireland 2026 Steam Festival: tinyurl.com/gamesireland Watch my video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mtP...

UPDATE: Beloved fighting game community member Ludovic has been granted bond after being detained by ICE aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-mb...

This rules.

This is such a cool and wonderful idea.

A little background here on the very long, very intense investigative work Aftermath published this week on the gamblification of gaming sites. Glad that the reporting has resonated with people and hope to see more support for independent media grinding it out.

Oh shit. Battle Sister player character!

It's just so disappointing that Bungie's only idea for rebooting Marathon was "extraction shooter."

our government combines the impulse control of pete hegseth, the intellectual rigor of rfk jr, and the attention span of donald trump with elon musk’s signature sense of humor

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

The secret hero of Moore's Swamp Thing run.

After fighting game community member Ludovic Mbock was arrested by ICE, his family and friends have been working non-stop to bring him home aftermath.site/ice-ludovic-mb...

I'm finally reading Gravity's Rainbow, and yesterday I finished the Franz Pökler episode, so if you need me I'll be in bed sobbing all day.

Come work with me! My game studio is hiring a Senior UI/UX Designer and a Senior Character Artist for our multiplayer PC strategy game in Unreal. Full time and fully remote in the US, Canada, or LATAM. Please share, ping friends, etc.

You can tickle the penguins And get them to laugh You can just sing a song To amuse the giraffes Just a little soft-shoe Will delight the woodchucks But try as you might You can’t

Pizzaballa from downtown

Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew https://theonion.com/aide-wearily-begins-5th-explanation-of-why-trump-cant-pardon-prince-andrew/

An AI exec to run Xbox, huh? Christ, I might as well delete my account at this point.

As much as I want to celebrate this, aren't IQ tests total bullshit in the first place?

I'm sorry, are SCAM ZOOM CALLS a fucking thing now?!

I REALLY enjoyed this short story, and highly recommend it to any fans of fiction, speedrunning, or just, like, love. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

God, I just genuinely love Mike Ross. Dude has the best sense of humor and is just a good damn person.

Short answer: no Long answer: yes