This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold William Carlos Williams

Why build a keyboard without a print screen key?

An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

Authors! Here’s your reminder to file your claims in the Anthropic settlement. www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike. Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike. Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.

#Booksky It’s still #Novellavember and we’re @wiscon.bsky.social’s Vendor of the Month! Use code WisCon26 at check out to get a deal on our great queer books and help raise funds for WisCon 2026! queenofswordspress.com

Our trans kin aren't going anywhere. There will always be more; you cannot harass a facet of humanity out of existence. So if we could be kinder to the ones who are here now, I would really appreciate it. Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.

/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.

Soooo...There were TWO indictments against Comey? The Grand Jury refused the first one. The DOJ did not show the second one to the full Grand Jury, nor did they vote to indict Comey. But the DOJ went ahead anyway. Is that right? The Constitution just doesn't exist for these people does it.

This always looked like a wildly corrupt prosecution but it is so much worse than it originally appeared

I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

So, just to be clear, in addition to sending queer people out into the cold to starve or freeze to death, the SA also: - provides food services for ICE - provides correctional services to the carceral system - union busts They’re almost comedically evil.

I'm still impressed when I find glowing embers under my replica medieval fire cover 12 hours after I left it. It does such a good job! youtu.be/r2eUc9EAYqQ?...

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.

Just how morally, ethically, intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to argue that 15-year-olds can sell sex but can’t affirm gender

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

I lived in Oregon when this happened. We used to go to that beach a lot, though not while the carcass was still in evidence.

*** II. WHAT WE DO *** The sole purpose of this event is helping school-aged kids from lower income families eat during the 2-week school break in December ➡️ In the US, most food aid is school-based ➡️ In NC, access to that aid goes away when schools are closed Dumb? Yes. But so it goes

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Dear New York: PLEASE PRIMARY Schumer. Who you got that'd make a good Senator? Is AOC ready yet?

"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die." --Dick Cheney probably

Nuremburg trials is the moderate position

And FYI, Tanith is the novelist Neil Gaiman has been convincingly accused of extensively plagiarizing at worst, & being "strongly inspired by" at best. So if that dude is understandably ruined for you... why not get That Good Shit from the source, for a change? www.goodreads.com/list/show/73...

In light of the stunning size of the blue wave, I’m also thinking of all the important races that Dems left on the table by not running a candidate:

One thing the Hugo Award rec sheet struggles with is artists. Are you an SFF artist, or do you know any that have done work in 2025? Our professional artist and fan artist categories need some love. #art #HugoAwards

You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.

Also, McCarty acting to send out the trophies when his friends revoked his authority but NOT returning Chris Barkley's trophy when *ordered to by the court* is just...so typical of the lack of respect for rule of law we have going on right now. #HugoAwards #Worldcon #Chengdu

We might see some action on the Chengdu #HugoAward trophies, though I'll believe it when I see it. Fozard, Yalow and Yating could have acted on this last year and avoided a lot of this drama. file770.com/chengdu-worl... #Worldcon #Chengdu

Really happy to see folks in the SF/F community here stepping up and donating to food banks and organizations that feed people. This is @adapalmer.bsky.social's doing, and it's making a difference. You can donate too, even if you're not on the Bluesky SF/F community. Need is everywhere.

Ii donated $$ to our state-wide food bank. They have even more purchasing power than many local food banks, and share food with them. So I'm hoping for even more food for my bucks.

If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029. The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race. Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

No Kings in Pittsboro, North Carolina

Today is Indigenous People’s Day!! I’m Wet’suwet’en, oooooo look at my art 🌀🌀🌀 my stomach is still cramping so that’s all the introduction I have the willpower for 👍 Website: www.jazzjosart.com Online Shop: ko-fi.com/telekitnetic... #indigenouspeoplesday #formline #indigenousart

Kickstarter for a great new anthology of fantasy stories using Welsh folklore in the present day www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

If the villagers in The Village never to into the town, where do they get the fabrics for their clothes? Or shoes? Where WILL they get shoes for the kids? Is there an enormous warehouse somewhere in there? If so, why would none of the younger generation wonder where all THAT came from?

The court records show that the facts of the case are far worse than we initially reported. It was a "death investigation" into a "nonviable fetus," the police asked the district attorney if they could charge her for taking the pills. The search happened TWO WEEKS after she took the pills

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

The same with rent freezes and lower prices on groceries. That money comes back to the city. Also people will be happier, crime will be lower (poverty makes crime happen) and the city will be a better place overall.

Seeing articles on how it's actually feasible for Mamdani to campaign on things like free busses, city run co-op grocery stores, and a rent freeze. Here's the thing - they'll be revenue positive for the city. People who save money from busses being free spend that money on goods the city taxes.

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

i hope you're all excited to learn more about the many November elections!

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Done in five minutes on my phone so it looks terrible, but when you said Red vs Blue I couldn't resist. Forgive me.

#MinCup25 Semifinals 1: It's a battle of classic minerals for red #hematite vs blue #kyanite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r4... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

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