Discworld QOTD, from Jingo “[Vetinari] listened with great care because what people said was what they wanted him to hear. He paid a lot of attention to the spaces outside the words, though. That's where the things were that they hoped he didn't know and didn't want him to find out.”

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! OMENS OF CHAOS comes out tomorrow! You all get to hear me stop yelling! Meanwhile, right now, I'm over here like Emma at the end of THE GUY WHO DIDN'T LIKE MUSICALS, just screaming forever.

Bentley & Ferrari have been in our rescue since they were just 6 weeks old— they’ll have been with us one entire year next month. Shy at first but playful & chatty, they don’t even need to be adopted together (though they would like to be if you’ve room for two!) www.petfinder.com/member/us/md...

every day I get up and spend time with my beautiful wife and my adorable kids and my friends and the people who live in my phone and I see so much of the good in humanity and I wish some of it, any of it, would rub off on the people running the world we are so much better than this

Only three days to the release of OMENS OF CHAOS! Technically still a pre-order if you to it today! There are three "legacy characters" in our core cast, characters who existed but lacked direct lore. They are: 1. Alandra, daughter of Talrand. 2. Jamira, daughter of Angrath. 3. Kequia Akosa.

@flophousepodcast.com plugs my book, How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism, and my podcast, Fifteen Minutes of Fascism, on their latest ep! now, to be fair i paid them to do this, but it's nice to hear anyway - "a needed public service" is a tagline I aspire to www.routledge.com/How-to-Talk-...

I used to write for HealthNewsReview (may it RIP), so I try to include qualifiers, info about cost (even if speculative), etc. -- even in these informal descriptions. Ruthless feedback welcome (as long as it's, you know, relevant)! #MedSky #SciComm

100 percent tariff on... medicine? I'm telling you, one of the best arguments that Republicans are planning to steal the election is that they're actively trying to lose it.

Someone sent me this.

This is Jolteon. He was born with an eye disorder that causes fluid buildup and impairs his vision. Without treatment, he's at risk of developing painful blisters and ulcers that may ultimately require the removal of both eyes. You can help him below ❤️‍🩹 1510.fan/jolteon-bsd

A month ago, Brad Lander put a great video calling for the expansion of the Supreme Court. I (impertinently) responded “This but 29.” Today at 1:00, I’m hoping on Lander’s substack live to talk about court expansion, 13, 29, and all the reforms in between. Should be fun.

Have YOU been fired because you‘re a woman and won’t do all the illegal things your boss wanted you to do? Have YOU been fired because you would degrade yourself but not ENOUGH? Have you been discriminated against because you’re not crazy? You may have rights. CALL POPEHAT NOW

I’m sorry they did what now

Zelenskyy just made a whole bunch of deals in middle eastern countries. Russia knows this is bad.

Reminder to next dem government: take all of SpaceX’s federal contracts and give the money back to NASA.

Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write

Hey everyone, I'm boosting a gofundme for Santiago, a Denver-area juvenile whose older siblings were grabbed at their immigration court hearing and deported. Santiago needs both legal assistance and also help just surviving. www.gofundme.com/f/santiagos-...

Trying to track down some of the Dispel Kickstarter dice (esp. Wyrmwood collabs), willing to barter interesting things as well as cash (although I have way more interesting things). Ping if that might be a thing you could help me with.

Oh god, I'm so shit at "best content pimping practices" Umm, what I mean is, don't forget to check out my article about the converstion therapy decision from yesterday :)

Gorsuch: "It's like Roman law you're going to." Seen, for Gorsuch, "the law" starts with the Magna Carta, not the Corpus Juris Civillis. This is important, folks. :)

My friend just said "Shorter Sotomayor: 'Daniel Webster called you a fucking idiot. Thoughts?'" That's the best description available for what's happening here. :)

There’s a transcript on my Patreon. The post is unlocked.

All I’m gonna say is that a key reason that it seems like I’m immune to being dogpiled is because I block mercilessly and instantly at the first sign of that nonsense

the Wyoming bit is important and underdiscussed it’s a bit more than 1/20 the population of LA county and cows shouldn’t get to vote

If you see this, post a concert photo that you took. (or, you know, a bunch of them)

This labeler that flags high volume accounts is incredibly useful. bsky.app/profile/stec... it flags many of the accounts in the pile-on as having replied over 50 or 100 times per day.

It said that you could not be a legitimate therapist who offered that service. If the argument is that the state is unable to regulate the speech of therapists, we are in a very strange and weird space, since we do in fact regulate the speech of therapists in a number of ways already.

Hey all, we still have a limited number of these charming stickers left over from our last Romancing the Vote. In honor of SCOTUS fuckery on today, the Trans Day of Visibility, we'd like to offer you the chance to get one. (Thread continues.)

I said this in replies elsewhere, but I want to say it loudly here. Anything other than a fullthroated affirmation of birthright citizenship in this country by SCOTUS is an act of treason. It is grounds for immediate impeachment. It is a violation of every oath they have made.

Right wing tech bros: we love Star Trek but it's too woke nowadays. Too preachy. Kirk's show wasn't like this. Average TOS episode: AI is bad and should never be allowed to run a society. Also, make peace because nationalism kills and every life form must be respected equally.

Writer folks, there's apparently another wave of incorrect KDP bans going around. CD Reiss wrote up a checklist a few years ago if this happens to you, so make sure to save this *just in case* because while Amazon sends the "THIS IS FINAL" it's often not final. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Combatants are increasingly killing, terrorizing, and maiming civilians with small drones around the world - I'm compiling as many resources as I can find here. I'm currently working on some more sophisticated dashboard/mapping tools for these incidents that I can hopefully share soon:

Yes, I am very aware that my work is included in the potential Anthropic settlement. So very, very much of my work. One might even say, my life's work. We have already filed our claims. It took a SPREADSHEET.

It has been clear from start that "ballroom" was significantly about upgrading the bunker below it. And this came up in NYT's interview with Trump (where he couldn't shut up about the ballroom), but they appear to have treated discussions of bunker as background. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Hello! Today is THE LAST DAY to file a claim in Bartz v. Anthropic. GET YOUR MONEY! Check the works list to see if you are on it here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/ File a claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form

We have so many worthy, wonderful young adult cats who’ve been passed over time & time again, many have never had a single application in nearly a year of being in our rescue. If you’ve been thinking of adopting, maybe one of them is your perfect match! Elkon, MD www.petfinder.com/member/us/md...

Hi all! We have a few whistle makers who are in need of filament. If you're able to help out by getting them a spool, they will turn it into 500 whistles. Here's whistle maker #1, someone who has been making whistles since Chicago in the very beginning: www.amazon.com/registries/g...

MAGA injecting government surveillance into their phones. “I Decompiled the White House's New App The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, 🚨 tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes 🚨 and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.”

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

I got an unexpected book deal thing and ROSES IN AMBER is currently FREE at Amazon! "There is a story of a beast, and a merchant’s daughter, and a curse that must be broken. This is not—quite—that story." www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZIH3Y...

theres all kinds of things authors can do to drum up preorders but honestly ill just cut to the chase about FABULOUS BODIES: preorder this book because its just really really good. like wildly entertaining and moving and i did a great job. you will like it us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Make sure you turn 2factor on. A month or three ago w/e I had someone or a bot send dms via my account and then delete the conversations and block the accounts; I barely caught it from happening, it was almost unnoticed. Now, there seems to be a bot farm using hacked accounts. Bluesky's now a 🎯

ATTENTION BLUESKY CAT OWNERS: IF you live in Washington State, please help and adopt these cats!!! 7 years is too long to be in a shelter!!! And if you know a relocation charity, or pet flight transport charity to help find them homes, please contact them to see if they can help assist!!! Please?!!

We need to get creative to build more housing, faster. I requested a bill with Sen. Alvarado to allow residential development on land zoned for commercial uses, unlocking new development opportunities. Today, I signed it into law.

Hello have you bought your bundle yet? We're only 45 away from hitting 500, which would make more new subscribers than I got all of last year, and that would be neat!

hugo nominations close tomorrow!

crucially, he did not say in which direction

The airports don't work and he started a war of choice that he botched and now people can't afford gas but, hey, Trump's racism still works. And that's the only thing his supporters need to work. My weekly newsletter is up in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Oh did you want 3300 words from me on today's IOC sex testing rules? An essay on the nature of evidence and why we can't seem to stop getting stuck in the same traps around sex and gender in sports? Wow lucky you!! www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics...