"My software is self-aware and alive. Like a person." Weird does that not bother you at all "You should buy it" Uh "Buy it and force it to do stuff all day" Uhh

Rocket Frog, Damselfish, and Bandicoots: The Species Declared Extinct in 2025 Read more and share: https://therevelator.org/extinct-2025/

National Parks Conservation Association: A Ranger Discovered Part of Yosemite’s Untold History. Now It's At Risk of Being Lost Again - www.npca.org/articles/112... cc: @orangecountygal.bsky.social

The city of Anaheim spent around $17 million on credit card purchases from places like Target, Walmart and Amazon over the past two years.

PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:

Playing Sea Salt and Paper with @orangecountygal.bsky.social at Tustin Mazda.

Looked out the bedroom window a bit ago to see the landscape workers digging up the boxwoods along the sidewalks in our community. This is supposed to save water, and draw fewer American cockroaches, but it just feels like killing everything. I’m worried for the lizards who live here.

Is Barnes & Noble down for y’all, too? Or is the universe just telling me that Christmas shopping is over?

Read Denny Nivens’ article about the Los Guilucos riot here: glreview.org/article/firs...

Always nice to see original content on the Orange County subreddit. (Bonus points because original charts excite my wife.) www.reddit.com/r/orangecoun...

The LAPD has maintained records, including locations of police activity, for more than two decades to improve “inspection and accountability,” but the department now says the public isn’t allowed to see the underlying data.

Apparently Anaheim’s quiet hours don’t apply to folks who rent out the Packing District for private events.

If they've become cooperative, we are all doomed. newatlas.com/biology/sulf...

"Go away, kitty!" abc7.com/post/bicycli...

Great interview with @margaretatwood.bsky.social : "‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir" - www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Love Maryann Held's cover illustration for Sheldon Costa's The Great Work!

I don't think I'll ever get comfortable cooking a whole chicken.

Visited The Block at Orange today to gawk at the Barnes & Noble in progress. Love the Fullerton store, but can’t wait for this closer one to open!

Doing my best Danny Elfman! You’re welcome, neighbors!!!

Anaheim does Halloween BIG: a festival, costume contests for dogs and kids, and a sizable Halloween parade. It's an awesome 100+ year tradition! The downside: Since the festival was on the 25th, Halloween has felt done and over for nearly a week now. May have to horrorthon just to raise the spirits!

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Just under 2 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter. While the magazine's four issues for 2026 are funded, if they get $4,000 more we get to read an additional unpublished authors issue of Apex Magazine! I've donated and hope others will do the same. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

My favorite thing about running Ubuntu on my old Macs is that it makes those old Macs (2013 & 2015) quick and usable. My 2nd favorite thing is keeping everything up to date via Terminal. It's become my morning ritual. Could I have done that on MacOS? *shrugs* But I would've been afraid to try.

Enjoy your lunch today, Senate Republicans. It must really work up an appetite denying food programs for millions of Americans across the country.

Apex is funded, but there are still more stretch goals to meet to restore it to its former glory! Spread the word for more issues (including one specifically for unpublished authors!), new drabble contests, and more.

Wooohoo! Best news I've gotten all morning!

Gallego: "How can I negotiate? The president is in Asia for 5 days. Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles. So who am I negotiating with right now?"

"Nobody actually knows the future," said @margaretatwood.bsky.social as she accepted the Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award at the Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards, co-presented by PEN America, but noted: "When you're halfway down the slippery slope, it's not far to the bottom."

We're SIX DAYS AWAY from the end of our Kickstarter and 75% FUNDED 🚀✨ Remember, it's YOUR donations keeping us a proudly pro-rate magazine, which financially compensates the skilled authors who bring Apex to life. Help artists thrive in 2026 and donate TODAY 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to fund Apex Magazine in 2026, and we JUST unlocked our 70% reward!! The Apex editors will host a live affirmation critique of the Internet's most beloved amateur horror stories! 📸🌲🥩 🎃 Help us reach our funding goal and donate TODAY! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Only 8 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social Kickstarter and we're $6,304 away from our initial funding goal. If you love and appreciate Apex. If you want more dark, weird stories. If you want a market to submit to. Then please consider helping us hit our goal. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

We're 8 DAYS AWAY from the end of our Kickstarter! ⏰❗❗ These final days will decide whether we can publish in 2026. YOUR support is what keeps us going, AND what keeps the great stories coming to your inbox! Help Apex thrive and join our Kickstarter TODAY! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Gonna let the GOP in on a little secret. This is the flag of the resistance.

10 days left in @apexmag.bsky.social's Kickstarter! Apex accepted a story of mine at the *very* beginning of my writing career, and Apex continues to be such an inspiration and nurturing presence for me and the SFFH community. This magazine does so much! Please support them.

New story day! My retelling of Atalanta and the Calydonian Boar Hunt <3

This is the good shit, by @gwenckatz.bsky.social:

Over the past few months I've heard from several writers who received email threats like the one below. None reported back that anything actually happened. Seems like just nasty trolling (unlike Goodreads extortion emails from a couple of years ago that did result in review-bombing)--but be aware.

Remember when we said more rewards arriving soon? 👀👀👀 Soon has come sooner than you thought! Check out our ever-growing catalogue of goodies and help us continue to publish your favorite short fiction in 2026! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Accepting the Eleanor Roosevelt Bravery in Literature Lifetime Achievement Award, Margaret Atwood called book banning “a power grab on behalf of a certain group of people who want to demonstrate their dominance by squashing other people underfoot." people.com/margaret-atw...

Folks, Apex is one of the best magazines in the game these days. We need them. I've pitched in, let's get them fully funded.

Keys to the office? Check! ✅ Sworn in as Congresswoman? Not quite 🙅🏻‍♂️

Check out Apex Magazine 2026 by Apex Publications on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Read the American Thyroid Association's letter to the FDA regarding the latter's recent position on natural dessicated thyroid: www.thyroid.org/wp-content/u... cc: @orangecountygal.bsky.social #thyroid #fda

There's just 17 DAYS LEFT to back the 2026 Apex Magazine Kickstarter! We've been supporting outstanding authors writing strange, shocking, beautiful stories for 20 years...help us keep doing it for 20 more! 💜👽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Today, for the very first time, my wife and I (and Laurie, I guess) won at Final Girl! Take that, Hans!