Article’s behind a paywall, so can’t see any details. Always weird when a streamer kills a show a) before it’s aired/become available, and b) after they’ve spent a fair bit of money on it already…

Price hikes after all those cancellations? That’ll bring people back.

*Threw*! You *threw* paper planes. FFS.

“But how is it any different to using a calculator?” — a genuine argument someone has made to me with a straight face.

I suppose "it's illegal to stop a school shooting" is a logical place for America to end up in after Uvalde

"Squirts of membrain swill." I'm sharing this just for the headline. ESPN has discarded brilliant journalism for squirts of memebrain swill www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Their feelings are very delicate

“Unzipped Building” by Alex Chinneck in Milan, Italy

A black hole unlike any seen before has been spotted in the early universe. The discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope upends the textbook understanding of the cosmos's evolution. www.quantamagazine.org/a-single-nak...

Once again, @michaelswanwick.bsky.social opens the door on on the ineffable....

89% humidity. Of course, dinner is something that requires the oven. In our very small apartment. 🥵

“it’s too much liquid” -the president of the united states

this is the funniest possible way to describe GWAR

Unfortunately Morgan Stanley analysts said they were unable to locate a version of this chart that went past 1999

Remember the FTC’s “click-to-cancel” rule? www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

Which is to say: If the LLM, given ALL OF THE TEXT as in it was given the dang science papers, cannot convey more than one point, overhypes it, and oversimplifies to the point of wrongness, when given ALL OF THE INFORMATION... Why are you using it to write your term paper?

Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring. So Science did a study. ChatGPT failed. Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...

It’s got to be so wild trying to teach law school classes now: “Um, yea, so there’s no such thing as ‘precedent’ or ‘law’ anymore — the law is just whatever John Roberts thinks helps Donald Trump the most right now.”

I understand Miller doesn’t like being called Goebbels, but maybe - and I’m just spitballing here - he should stop plagiarizing Goebbels speeches

Behold! The opening of "Universe Box," after which my upcoming collection, THE UNIVERSE BOX was named. And it's a charming opening to a very strange story if I do say so myself.

Bad news: The U.S. government is looking to weaponize space. Worse news: They're gonna rely on Elon Musk to help get it done.

New excerpt: THE UNIVERSE BOX by @michaelswanwick.bsky.social… civilianreader.com/2025/09/22/e... Due out February 3rd, 2026; to be pub’d by @tachyonpub.bsky.social

I know everything is stupid, but a day later and I'm still impressed at the gleeful public willingness to scream out "WE DON'T CARE IF OUR SIDE IS CRIMINALLY CORRUPT!"

15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

Bookwright [BUHK-rahyt] (n.) - A writer of books; an author. - A printer or binder of books. Used in a sentence: “I'm a bookwright in the truest sense because I write novels, print them using a letterpress, then painstakingly bind them in embossed leather with gold accents… I don’t date much.”

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended. It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

We’ve been watching season 3 of CSI and it’s weird how much it rains in Las Vegas this season… Also, a number of future Oscar winners just being bit-part characters. (Viola Davis, Mahershala Ali, to name but two.)

Replacement @otterbox.bsky.social just fell apart. Exact same issue as the case it replaced. Disappointing quality. Switching to a different brand, just need to figure out which is best.

Go fash, lose cash

So, wait. In an act of federalism, they’re abolishing the national dept of education, in order to let states decide. But, at the same time, they’re making sure states follow a national set of guidelines?

Dutch late night TV has its take

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security on 100% of their income. A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security on less than 1% of their income. Instead of raising the retirement age, we should scrap the Social Security tax cap.

Continuing our #JurassicPark watch, with JURASSIC PARK III. Not entirely sure if I’ve ever seen this one before…

FTC is officially suing Ticketmaster They're accusing them of deceptive pricing and letting brokers resell tickets illegally, costing fans billions of dollars in inflated prices and fees

A protestor outside of Walt Disney Studios today after they suspended #JimmyKimmelLive “Did you even watch Andor?” (via westernwilder | TW)

What kind of book reviews are people actually interested in reading?

All hail the best patent drawing ever

Portuguese Man-of War* are very interesting… www.britannica.com/animal/Portu... * “men-of-war”?

Blessing your timeline: Dolly Parton holding a kitten ✨

Would have been useful if in this article they included at least a brief explanation of what Clegg was paid by Facebook/Meta to do.

Excuse to recommend some of my favourites: • Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend • Smartless • Good Hang w. Amy Poehler • Pod Save the World • … I dunno. The NBA season hasn’t started, yet, but when it does it’ll probably be Ringer basketball shows.

In case you missed this one of mine from December 2023. inthesetimes.com/article/far-...

Pub day is here!! buff.ly/26khtsy There's two ways to win! #Goodreads #giveaway buff.ly/3lwGYgF (ends today) #thestorygraph #giveaway buff.ly/P8TsytD Read an excerpt! buff.ly/BsHYL6S @mcflycahill90.bsky.social @hannahnpbowman.com @thestorygraph.com @civilianreader.com

aw man, RIP

Publishing an excerpt from this in a couple of days!

"Severance" star Britt Lower wrote "Let Me Out" on her acceptance speech paper at the #Emmys, a shoutout to her Helly R character

Seth Rogen has won his first Emmy for playing a harried movie executive in “The Studio,” a show he also co-created. “The Studio” was a favorite going into the night with 23 nominations, tied for the most ever for a comedy series with Season 2 of “The Bear.”

Let's say it again: 1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off. 2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off. It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.