I spent 6 months working for a Swiss NGO researching the tactics used by Big Oil and how similar they are to Big Tobacco’s tactics, and I can tell you that the ones used by ‘Big AI’ are virtually identical.

I bet ablating feels so good for the heat shield

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis

Eye surgery has slowed me down quite a bit in terms of reading. Nevertheless, two *amazing* stories of note in Fusion Fragment #27: “Digital Love Spell – 78% Effective!” by Katharine Tyndall “The Animal Years” by Jaye Case (No spoilers from me.) www.fusionfragment.com/issue-27/

It’s remarkable because Mamdani is treating these incarcerated folks like our friends and neighbors who deserve rights and consideration. Because they do.

This honestly explains a lot.

hiiii bsky here's everything I had published in 2025! fiction & poetry! i'm also in my 2nd year of eligibility for the Astounding Award

This is the correct way to police ICE. And it drives the far right nuts. Good.

show them how to do it Minneapolis you magnificent American city

The universe finds a way.

hi Jonathan Ross murdered Renee Good in my city yesterday and they don't want you to know his name is Jonathan Ross. so if you need to know who Jonathan Ross is, that's who Jonathan Ross is. the ICE agent who murdered that woman? yeah his name is Jonathan Ross. fuck you Bluesky.

Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”

Murderbot is checking the perimeter. Ilya and Shane are going to the cottage. Even in the darkest times, our imaginations create places for love and safety.

"This story doesn't need a sandworm" This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick). Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.

It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love. youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

Ayeeee dat's me!

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes

The numbers tell the story.

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a very strange and beautiful issue full of strange and beautiful work!! 🐑

WRYTE WEIRDE BOOKES

My dad sent me this

"I Contain Multitudes" This digitally painted piece honors coyote by tracing its lineage from the first cells of life to the animal trotting our cities and the wilderness today. The thread gives descriptions of all the extinct organisms shown in this piece (not to scale)

Wife brought her 100 year old film camera to that pirates game from a few weeks ago and she got this shot that's just perfect

need something fun to read, might i suggest my story "the skull" from last month's issue of swords & sorcery magazine? swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-skull/

The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-

Thank you for sharing, FF 😭🥲

I implore folks to learn what necro-politics is, because that's where the global far-right is at ideologically about now. These people legit just get to choose whether people live or die or whose life matters most. (I.e., them deciding his diabetes wasn't worth treating.)

NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Washington Post has just published every single known name. A seminal moment.

Another great short SFF reading list for you--this one contains some recent work by FFer @sydneyficant137.bsky.social!

Help, I can't keep my guinea pig away from Clarice Lispector and Anaïs Nin!

[ascends to mountain peak, sits in profound contemplation until sunset, rises to feet and cups hands at mouth to shout as the red-yellow circle of the sun gathers its terminal intensity and prepares to vanish into the horizon] SAME

When the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter reaches 725 Backers, we will publish an exclusive mini-interview with solicited short story writer Sam J. Miller! buff.ly/JkF7S7F

I can confirm the PBS Passport is a very good deal for $5/month or $2.50/month if you do yearly. Thousands of hours of top notch content. NOVA is great. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent. You can sign up at the link below! www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

Ah yes, the five stages of "I have something to hide."

This is such a good goddamn idea

Recommend this excellent body horror flash piece in @apexmag.bsky.social by Colton Kekoa. "Until now, falling apart was just a thing that happened between us. The doctor’s referral made it real. This was a Thing that was Happening." www.apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-...

Added more to my thread yesterday about novels being sustained by a series of questions! I thought this context could be important bc process doesn’t work universally. I’ve learned other methods that I think came from writers grounded in plot/character/whatever. I’m mostly grounded in theme!

Blue Heart in Zombi 3 (1988), who doesn’t stop his radio DJ work even when he becomes one of the living dead. Still plays music. Talks shit to humans over the airwaves. Encourages his fellow zombies to multiply. Simply loves his work.

HELLO EVERYONE this is your notification that I have a story out!! It's about a little child and her tiger nanny. Jen has summarized it beautifully (thanks Jen!!). The only thing I'd add is: please hold this story with care, and above all, hold yourself and the children in your life with care. 💜

We don't need a Joe Rogan of the Left, we need an anime that does for Shonen what Evangelion did for Mecha and Madoka did for Magical Girls.

The nation's fifth most populous county, San Diego, just chose its political future today—and appears to have chosen to have a Democratic local government—and it's crickets everywhere. Quite the eye-popping example of the NY/East-Coast-bias of how elections get covered.

If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.