And a lot of people, many in positions of power, did a lot of things to cover it up and silence those women. For years. Just so we’re all clear, for the millionth time, he wasn’t sorry and he didn’t have consent. Anyway. Glad that’s all over and stuff like that never happens anymore. 🤡

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: Office365 in spaceship nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* Office365 in spaceship

being part of this with so many great people was an incredible honor! looking forward to listening

This worship of efficiency kills creativity. Every transcript I have, every piece of research, I go over again & again, looking for detail, pattern, illuminating anecdote. It’s not efficient. I flail sometimes! But it’s essential. It’s how I learn to tell the story to myself, so I can tell it to you

Wow this sucks www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

So excited for my first NorWesCon this weekend, especially attending as a paneling author! My mother and I will be around all weekend for bookish fun. Here’s a quick reference of my scheduled events for each day. I can’t wait to make new friends! Will I see you there?

Checking in on Pam Bondi:

Congratulations to Louis CK, whose radioactivity level has been downgraded to, "Ted Sarandos Sees $$$," joining the likes of Dave Chappelle and the Kill Tony guys.

A chatbot is always going to produce a statistically likely sentence. It is always going to tell you what's routine, likely, "normal." It will not help you break out of cliche. It's MADE of things-already-said. It cannot say anything particularly new.

idk guys when i see a lot of similar headlines insisting that editors & authors are all already embracing AI, i don't assume these things are true. i assume there are a lot of very rich people with an unpopular product pushing a particular narrative in my industry!

Jonathan the 193 year old tortoise. who did NOT die.

there is innate nobility in doing things that are not necessary, but are challenging and beautiful. it makes us all better. it’s the same reason you cheered for alysa liu on the ice or stood on your feet during that last unexpected home run.

A few people have replied to my Artemis posts with links to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon." Here's a story from Space.com about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, currently en route to fly around the Moon, and his connection to that piece. www.space.com/space-explor...

sorry have to add my favorite one

i will never get tired of watching launches. every single time i am reminded of just how tiny we are and how much it costs us to fight gravity (money, fuel, energy), and still, we fight it, and we win. how absolutely beautiful it is that we win. a bunch of hairless apes, and we beat gravity.

*Gil Scott-Heron voice* I can't pay no doctor bills 'Cause whitey's in Hormuz Ten years from now I'll be payin' still While whitey's in Hormuz

give it to the Russos since they're experts in making things gray and airless

Daycare $200 billion Medicaid $150 billion Medicare $800 billion Wars $3.6 trillion Ballroom $150 billion someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my country is dying

The whole world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will smash you with a hammer. But first they must catch you.

Wtf me and every author I know hate AI with a passion that is truly unrivaled and that's how it should be

Historically, you know you're the good guys when your side demands someone make a list of Jews.

It has been approximately 879 days since the library said my book would be available soon. May soon be forced to read stack of books already on dresser.

Truly I love this shit Like, this is the 1800s version of saying 'if racism has one million haters I'm one of them, if racism has one hater that one is me, if the Constitution is against racism then I support the Constitution'

Man, The older I get the more this shit annoys me. Why would you want to waste the magical imagination of world-building just to make guys shoot other guys. Are you 4 and just figured out how to make gun sounds with your mouth or what

the pitt is like. rediscovered lost technology of the ancients. secret ancient lost arts forgotten for a 1000 years. what if a show was well lit so you could see what's happening in it. what if the dialogue was good and also audible. what if episodes ended on cliffhangers. what if

From my kid’s markers to god’s eyes

I'm sure that organizers feel like they will get pushback on requesting masking, or maybe even that folks will stay home rather than do it. But folks are already staying home b/c of the lack of it. Just accepting that most people won't mask, w/o even asking is perpetuating the problem.

I appreciate that there are virtual No Kings events as an effort to be inclusive of disabled people who want to protest, but imho another really significant effort on inclusivity on that front would be to request/heavily encourage masking at the actual marches, & the lack of it bums me out a bit.

if you find yourself overwhelmed by constant terror at the state of the world, may I suggest becoming a bird person? it doesn't really fix anything, but it at least lets you go "oh hell yeah" whenever you see a raven flying past with sticks for a nest in its beak or whatever

Okay, I saw the video of the unveiling but I missed the detail that visitors are invited to be the anchor of the chain 😭

King: death of the author? what's that? Rowling: it'ss real sssimple Rowling: you continue to conssume harry potter media King: uh huh, ok, i'm following Rowling: but you don't worry about what i do with the profitss King: uh King: what WILL you do with the profits? Rowling: don't worry about it

I feel like many of us remember the exact moment we learned that they weren’t already and were shaken to our cores. you mean the part of the process where people are the rudest and they deserve hazard pay?????

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

I taught this weird, wonderful something in my Intro to Lit class in the fall. If you haven't read it, please do.

Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.

lmao

This is amazing! The best scroll you’ll have all day. And I am so impressed with elephant seals now. Wow.

Congress could end this at any time.

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Station Eleven hive LET’S GOOOO!

new hp trailer looks like AI, not in that "i think it was made by AI" but "borrowing every single element from the preexisting movies and reproducing them slightly incorrectly" has incredible "AI video" vibes. really an object lesson in why ppl dont do this. anyway dont watch the show lol

hey babe what’s wrong, you haven’t asked about the green ribbon I wear around my neck as of late

Hey. I decided to do a wellness check on the timeline. If you see this: pause. Think of something soft and quiet and peaceful that makes you happy. Take a deep breath. Close your eyes and unclench your jaw. Release. … Its not much, but I hope it helped you. Be well, friends. ❤️👍🏾

I feel like a contributing factor in why so many people get away with being awful is tied to this "good art=good person" idea and the "it was always bad" just reinforces that. Alas, shit heads can write good stories, doesn't mean they aren't a shit head! We all gotta grapple with what that means 🤷‍♀️

Give the dinosaur loving child in your life Jurassic Park so they can Understand What Chricton *REALLY* Meant so they'll forever be furious with how Spielberg let science pee paw off the hook.

Elizabeth Banks