I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I wrote a little over 1618 new words on my fantasy novel, first time writing on it in over two years. I fuckin knew it, this workshop is already transforming me and my work. I'm so fucking grateful and excited. I wouldn't be here without you. ❤️

I had a little one--maybe 18 mos with only a few words at their command--behind me on my flight home, and yes I wholeheartedly agree that the plane is loud and too much and too much loud. 💕

Just finished @tkingfisher.com‘s „Snake Eater“. A beautiful and surprisingly funny book about trauma, friends, and male assholes of varying species. Also about the desert, which I love. And it made me feel better about only once having seen a roadrunner. (Next to Saguaro National Park.)

And since I'm checking out @briespangler.bsky.social's store, I keep coming back to this design, gosh I wonder why. www.etsy.com/listing/4426... #Ice #FuckIce

This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis. He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden. (After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)

Discworld QOTD, from Eric “‘There’s a door.’ ‘Where does it go?’ ‘It stays where it is, I think.’”

Hello! My name is Alexandra, and I make comics! SideQuested.com is a fantasy romcom, and its first book launches on March 26! Preorder NOW! FamilyDemons.com is about what happens if suddenly magic is a thing, and a 15yo has to rescue her whole liar family! All art by me, words by @kbspangler.com

Ok, thanks to @davis.social 's amazing starter pack, there's a LOT of new people around here. So hi, I'm Alexandra, and I do comics!! Preorder my first book!!! (With @kbspangler.com ) sidequested.com/preorder-boo...

I’m sorry what

oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason?? sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer

My wife left her bag on the MTA yesterday and today… it was at lost and found! Somebody actually went through the trouble. Given how absolute shit things are, this was an unexpected kindness. I credit the good feelings engendered by the Mamdani administration. :) Also the good people at the MTA.

Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.

Pushing a candidate as “inevitable” two-plus years before the first primary is some amateur-tier pundit brain shit anyway. I mean, Rudy Giuliani was inevitable at this point in the ‘08 cycle, FFS. 🙄

Newsom is a horrible candidate and we have years to find a better candidate, and there are many, many better candidates, so rather than trying to convince me a horrible candidate is less horrible, let's just find a better candidate.

Everyone matters or no one does. I prefer the first option.

I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.

Comrade I'm a nearly 50 year old SFF fan, I don't think you can expect me to pick just one thing

This is objectively untrue. Shutdown starts Jan 30. That doesn't change w/o Dem votes. Nor any non-reconciliation legislation. Also other kinds of obstruction and forcing votes. The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.

There are really four levels to what happened last night: US, regional, global and Venezuela. I'll go through them in that order, as it moves from easiest to hardest in terms of making sense of them. 🧵

Insightful thread.....

It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life

To fellow #gamedev people: there are lots of events for making contacts and showing your game that are not in the US: MIGS / Gamescom / Taipei Game Show / TGS / Develop / etc. You do *not* need to attend GDC or DICE to survive. Found this resource; share any you have! gameconfguide.com

"Why aren't the Democrats condemning this?" The Democrats:

Good mornwhatthefuck.

Socialism: the radical belief that "we're all in this together" is a better foundation for society--and a better starting point for public policy--than "it's every man for himself."

“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!” Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.

how can we exist in a world ran by people who don’t think this shit is a problem

Gazing boldly ahead into 2026. (Or possibly distracted by a squirrel. Hard to say.)

Happy New Year ya bunch of freaks and weirdos (complementary)

Waking up to the realization that last night before bed I wished several people through text messages a “Happy New Yeast”. If anyone asks, I’m telling them it’s an ancient Celtic blessing, desiring that the new year “raises them up”. Also, new resolution: wear my glasses while using my phone.

Blanket censoring the word “gambling” is literally a pro gambling move. Gambling platforms avoid the word for obvious reasons, so YouTube eliminating its use under the pretense of combating gambling is the best fucking cover a gambling platform could ask for. It’s pretty disgusting.

(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne

Christmas explosion with two cats. Photo from my collection, 1972.

A very Merry Christmas from all of us at CPSC! We hope you have a wonderful (and safe) holiday! Take it slow on your new e-bike/e-scooter/hoverboard and stand by your pan!

Ah, we have a new ship on the shores of Bluesky carrying migrants from the Old Country (Twitter). Welcome. Gaze upon the statue of a well endowed Alf in our harbor and know that you have completed your journey. Now, some tips:

It's Christmas! Make an artist's day by supporting them! Every little thing means a lot! A cheap Patreon tier, a ko-fi, a repost, a recommendation to your friends - we are very easy to please! ❤️🎄

I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files. As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down. Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate today, and a joyous/blessed/peaceful winter holiday to those celebrating something else instead or as well!

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

idk alan, “are you now or have you ever been a pedophile?” feels like a substantially different kind of question!

if you're shooting jews at a jewish social event in the diaspora, you're not targeting the state of israel, nor are you targeting its policies, nor are you targeting anyone with the power to effect change in israel's policies. you are just targeting jews.

we actually don't need to throw people under the bus! it's good to stand up for BIPOC and trans people! if someone's changing sides, they gotta cope with our bottom lines. dropping principles is bad and unnecessary!

𝗛𝗲𝘆! Side Quested is up and MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! Here, have some slim beefcake to celebrate. 🎄❤️ 🔗 tapas.io/episode/3742... 🔷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿? 🔹 Start here: tapas.io/series/SideQuested 🔹 Or here: sidequested.com/page/1/ 🔷 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: patreon.com/alepresser 🔹 #webcomics

if you're wondering why your trans friends everywhere are a little on edge right now, it's because a story about a radical conservative christian student abusing rules and processes to deliberately target a trans instructor consistently gets reframed to omit the entirety of the anti-trans bigotry

I don't care that you kept your hands at 10 and 2 and followed the speed limit if you drove us all into a gigantic lake full of burning clown manure while we screamed at you to avoid the clown manure. Good for you that you hung an air freshener on the mirror; I'm sort of focused on the manure now.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5