It needs to be stated over and over - this isn't just a matter of errors: The point is that LLM AI is literally incapable of reviewing or validating research data. It absolutely cannot do that job, at all, ever. But it is very good at generating something that looks like a convincing review.

Not only did the sweep, but “Heated Rivalry” has also broken the record for most Canadian Screen Awards won by a single production! 🏆

I was interviewed about Sanctuary Moon and other fake TV shows on TubeTalk: www.tubetalk.media/p/murderbot-...

Looking for your next romantasy read? Check out this collection of books, which includes To Love the Dragon King: books.bookfunnel.com/romantasyrea... #romantasy #fantasyromance #booksky

Went for a walk at coffee break today, it's been hot here ( high 80s low90s), like July but only the end of May.

All of the Aftershock books are in free in KU and available on Audible! amzn.to/3EadUwE

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Because I should post about books more, how about a slow moving thread about our cult classic series: That Time Bisexual Bootleggers Paused Doing Kink To Overthrow a Theocracy. Pay what you want for book #1! payhip.com/b/Aa2l (Or pay $19.99 for the whole thing: payhip.com/b/sEkS#1!)

Crucial point from @ariberman.bsky.social on the pod: Dems have already tried leading by example as a way to try to entice Rs to deescalate the hardball. It failed. Time to try something else: Dems must now engage in redistricting Total War. Our exchange on this: newrepublic.com/article/2102...

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

The Democratic Party is defining itself around affordability. But Jon Ossoff is emphasizing another idea too: corruption. My look at this reelection campaign and why it's resonating both in Georgia and nationally. newrepublic.com/article/2099...

Met Gala Ends Abruptly After Anna Wintour’s Parents Get Home Early https://theonion.com/met-gala-ends-abruptly-after-anna-wintours-parents-get-home-early/

Okay folks, because this happens every year: 1. The Met Gala funds the Costume Institute which does not receive any of the money the Met Museum gets from tickets or money from the general donation pool to the Met.

"The problem is when these lists [of 'firsts'] stop functioning as entry points and start functioning as endpoint. […] The archive flattens and the genre's past starts to look cleaner, more linear, and more settled than it actually is."

May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

That's right folks, Sheltered and Beyond Repair, my beloved erotic romance series, is coming out on audio next week from Tor Bramble! Narrated by the fabulous Michelle Sparks (I felt so lucky to get her), full of angst and passion and steamy soulmate connections. Link here: tinyurl.com/5yfkzhx7

People with very large platforms are doing a massive disservice to their audience, facts and rational thinking.

whenever you see the word "clean" it is about to get realllll fucked up

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/8f04a1f... - hope the link works ( it can be accessed up to 20 times, for 7 days).

It makes me very happy that two #Murderbot episodes, "All Systems Red" and "The Perimeter," have been nominated as finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards! #tvsky #booksky @marthawells.com

Most syndicated, owned by an American Republican Hedge Fund, Conservative newspaper you mean? Yes, not surprising that Republican/Conservative racist trash would end up in their paper.

"should we really resort to playing dirty to defeat the nazis i–" yes. kick em in the fucking balls. what kind of question is that. grow the fuck up

So fun to see a bunch of fave authors! My goodness, I would have needed a couple of suitcases to cart all those books home.

Wow!

Before the entrance to the superhero academy, the boys compared powers. "What do you do?" "Er..." "C'mon, spill!" "I can add pockets." "Like, interdimensional?" "No, just normal, usable pockets. To any garment, matching any material." "What use is that?" "If I can help anyone I'd be happy."

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

I had a floor model TV like this as a teenager ( it was black and white and I got 4 Canadian TV channels including English and French CBC) and just the fact that I could watch TV in my room at 15 was THE BEST THING EVER!

something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.

Losing my mind over this. I have a machine in my lap on which I can periodically toggle over from something else I'm doing on the machine to watch a SPACESHIP return from THE MOON. Earlier I could hear the SPACESHIP'S PEOPLE as they talked to other people LOCATED ON MY PLANET BUT VERY FAR FROM ME.

Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids https://theonion.com/once-adventurous-salmon-can-t-believe-she-ended-up-movi-1825827223/

what they've actually done here quite deftly is shine a 3000 watt Fresnel lamp on the central problem for which Pope Francis wanted an American Pope in the first place: namely, that the American right wing believes they are invincible, they are destroying the world, and they have to be stopped

Once upon a time @totallydonna.kitrocha.com & I wrote a trilogy about book nerds in a dystopian future who just wanted to build a library but the tech bros wouldn't stop being evil so they did community organizing & crimes. They are ON SALE this month for $2.99! www.kitrocha.com/series/merce...

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

One version of the AI future:

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party. We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media. Off the top of my head: www.thehandbasket.co 404media.co www.garbageday.email Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

For my Heated Rivalry loons, I've made a notes app list of podcasts to listen to. I'm sure I'm missing some, but this should tide me over to season 2!

Romance book friends and Amazon affiliate users - something is afoot at AZ and it's not good A New Modesty Code for Romance : All About Romance share.google/OuyaVatw5AVs...

@thebookqueen.bsky.social hey, I saw this article today and thought it would be relevant for you iheartsapphfic.com/2026/02/17/h...

Meant to post this yesterday, it was a beautiful morning.

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

if I can use this clogged toilet to make you a meal in 5 seconds, and you are going to use an entire kitchen and take all day on making a meal by hand, whose meal do you think people will want to eat, checkmate luddite

After a decade reviewing for All About Romance, it's bittersweet to share that the site is closing down - the good news is that the archived site will remain available for the foreseeable future allaboutromance.com/its-been-a-g...

Parental choice and parental rights are a river of coded white supremacist shit and its headwaters are school integration.

If people laid off from The Post are wondering about maybe starting a Substack, last summer I wrote about why I wasn’t. www.pbump.net/o/the-power-...

Sharing PM Mark Carney's full speech about #heatedrivalry tonight www.youtube.com/live/mlH4XFI...

“Middle powers” with the middle finger. @theglobeandmail.com 🇨🇦 www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...