@scalzi.com Have you heard "Synopsis For Latecomers" by They Might Be Giants?

I've got a theory: THE BEEKEEPER became a hit because it was the only piece of media to acknowledge the nonstop scam calls and grift emails we're inundated with. And since no one in power is doing anything about it, we put our hopes in Statham. New letsdothepanicagain.beehiiv.com/p/they-re-ma...

The Yankees are on the brink of going home. I am tumescent. I cannot be a tormented but loyal fan of the Baltimore Orioles and be anything less. Also, Canada deserves something nice. We've been assholes to them for a while now.

Back on April 2, Speaker Johnson swore in 2 House Republicans - during a pro forma session - who were elected the day before. Anyone who says Adelita Grijalva D-AZ can only be sworn in when the House is back and voting is lying to you.

The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.

Because I am currently in a nice sterile room having my spine rebuilt so I can punt again, I ask you to think healing thoughts. Not for me, but for this sad and turmoil-pressed world. And if you are so moved, to do one thing that makes life better for someone. See you on the other side. Laurie

Article. I can read faster than any YouTuber can speak, even with the playback speed cranked up to comical levels. THAT SAID, article writers these days need fucking EDITORS they spend whole paragraphs FAFFING ABOUT before they get to the point IT'S CALLED THE INVERTED FUCKING PYRAMID MY DUDES

@scalzi.com @tkingfisher.com @theauthorguy.bsky.social www.11alive.com/article/news...

@scalzi.com @tkingfisher.com @theauthorguy.bsky.social So David Bottoms won the Walt Whitman award in 1980 for his book "Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump." Is this inflation? 1/2

Every National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor the courageous servicemembers who refused to give up—even in the most harrowing of circumstances. We owe a debt to these heroes we can never fully repay.

I am fond of cartography.

@tkingfisher.com Just wondering... is there a Jamaican rapper called Herbal T?

@richardkadrey.bsky.social What a treat for a Friday night! Thanks for being an equalist. It truly is appreciated.

@richardkadrey.bsky.social "An air of amused cruelty..." We can all easily identify that. Go Mila!

@richardkadrey.bsky.social T minus 1 minute & counting!

No lie, this is a large reason I write what and how I do these days - the world is ever with us and it's good to have something to distract you for a little bit.

That’s because it’s a crime, Donald.

A nonliterary question for @sgj.bsky.social. Only bikes I've ridden since childhood are like riding a Clydesdale. No matter how adjusted, I don't come close to standing while stopped. I'm 5'6", not a homunculus. What's your recommendation for a shorter mountain bike, not a BMX/trick?

The only people who become vampires are the people dumb enough to get bitten by vampires. Vampires get dumber every generation.

Nothing warms the heart more in Coral City than a mama manatee swimming by with her calf 🥹〰️🐮🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #manatees #mamatee #babytee #calf #seacow #seapotato #motherhood #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

With two MVP Awards, two Triple Crowns and six batting titles, he wrote the book on hitting – literally. Theodore Samuel Williams, one of the greatest ever to wield a bat, was born #OTD in 1918.

On this day in 1918, Ted Williams was born in San Diego, CA. One of the all-time greatest hitters in history, for sure. Here’s my painting of him as a 20-year-old about to make his big league debut at Yankee Stadium on April 20, 1939, based on the photography of Charles Conlon.

@siliconchef.bsky.social You made the parade on CBS Atlanta so fun & welcoming. Greatly enjoyed the play-by-play, explanations, & history.

@tkingfisher.com you're on local ATL tv! With Kevin (and his elbows). Congrats for looking more happy than hungover.

@sgj.bsky.social, as a lifelong lover of the written word, I have a conflicting love of film with very little dialogue. Can't wait for Motor City. Hell In the Pacific, Up Periscope, & the 1st half of The Black Stallion are permanently etched in my psyche. And @stephenking.bsky.social 's Duel.

SUN SO BRIGHT IF ONLY WE HAD THE TECHNOLOGY

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

If you’re someone who still reads for pleasure, you are a marvel. If you’re able to unplug from all the chaos of our entertainment culture and disappear into the warmth and solace of a book, that is a rare gift and I’m very glad to know you.

@karinslaughter.com We Are All Guilty Here is juicy, meaty excellence! And no reason for you to believe this, but I (no joke, for real) almost blew grits out my nose during the "applying makeup" scene. Thank you. Always a treat to read your work.

"From June 6 to July 30, 1968, Bob Gibson pitched eleven straight complete games, giving up only three runs. Gibson pitched eight shut-outs in that string." Simply phenomenal at that time, and unheard of today.

In 2012, R.A. Dickey won the NL Cy Young Award without throwing a single pitch faster than 87 MPH.

@scalzi.com @kenjennings.bsky.social @theauthorguy.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com Fawlty Towers reenactment in Metro Atlanta today.

@karinslaughter.com Started reading Wed night right before bed. Picked back up last night & told my better half, "Wow. Only 27 pages in & she has fully rounded characters, backstories, & a thriller/mystery at full gallop." Top of your game!

@matthewkaminski.bsky.social Are you taking requests for Jen Pawol behind the plate today?

@wsbtv2.bsky.social thank you for all the coverage of the CDC shooting. However, please stop captioning it as ACTIVE shooter. It is no longer an active shooting and the shooter is no longer active...in any respect.

@yellawood.bsky.social tell Mr. Rane that the marketing dept is fine, but we wanna hear more like, "Yellow fever, catch it. It's a disease, Jimmy!"

Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, when she got the call she had awaited for a decade. She was going to make her major league debut this weekend, becoming the first female umpire in a century and a half of big league baseball.

@thetedallen.bsky.social because I deleted "the other place" because it auto-opened twice in the last week, here's a raptor for you.

@matthewkaminski.bsky.social if you haven't seen it already, I'd HIGHLY recommend The Wrecking Crew for your viewing pleasure. A documentary on the epitome of studio musicians.

Working from home.. 😅

@altcdc.altgov.info ch 2 just said shelter in place lifted by PD.

Today's phishing message along with my reply.

“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.” Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

Labor Day is 7 weeks from today. The U.S. House has 8 days of legislative business scheduled between now and Labor Day.

Good morning

Could have sworn I saw an embryonic @kenjennings.bsky.social just now... but no, it couldn't have been. KJ would have known An American Werewolf In London.

Please repost this so others can see it. Thanks.

@darkfunk.com spotted a hawk feather on the ground.

@sgj.bsky.social , ok. How can you make a novel feel so not "novel?" Not in the sense of trite or done-to-death --- but as if it's always been a part of me, the reader. Consumer of words, ideas, worlds.

@in-otter-news.bsky.social. Screencapped this from the other place a few years ago. Didn't know if you'd seen it. Glorious work from, I believe, a Scot.