So, this is good, and should be touted as it is being, but I saw someone call it “brave” and I do not think avoiding being a feckless, triangulating prick should be considered brave. It should be considered normal, human behavior.

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So is Klipy any better than Tenor? Well, Tenor had only a single gif from Shoplifters of the World. Klipy appears to have less than that.

people think these stories are one off successes but everyone is yearning for tangible thrills after decades of cgi marvel action figures taking turns punching each pther

“Kids, we’ll simply have to go hungry this month to pay for daddy’s gambling addiction.”

What you have to understand about me is that I love Doctor Who so much I'm named after Doctor Who, so, like, I'm gonna have outsized reactions to things like "RTD is proudly friends with people who don't think I should use public restrooms."

She’s perfect. And somehow already lost a game…

A cool thing that happened as a result of going two-column can be seen if you click the moderation links on this profile.

Love this. Fantastic new study confirming the archosaur position of turtles. And not solely based on molecular data of living species, but now underpinned by anatomical evidence from fossils. Great combo of CT, fossils, Bayesian phylogenetics. Congrats to @semifossorial.bsky.social & team.

The heat is tough

Researchers have identified superparamagnetic macrophages in the livers of rock pigeons to be crucial for magnetic sensing. The finding uncovers an unexpected role for immune cells in sensory perception and may fundamentally change our understanding of animal navigation. https://scim.ag/4nTQ3nq

Anyway, happy Friday! (I for some reason thought the conference I'm speaking at started today rather than tomorrow so I am up EARLY.) Today is a good day to pre-order WICKHILLS! A fantaspionage (???) about a world with only six cities... and they're ALL in trouble if Ferec can't stop being a dick.

I want the internet to get super super into "archy and mehitabel." I feel like we'd all really enjoy it. just wall-to-wall archy and mehitabel memes every time you log on. archy and mehitabel are timeless joy.

‼️Look at this insanely perfect shot my husband just captured with his phone. We're both very sad he didn't have a real camera, but this is still amazing.

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imagine living your life in such a way that people take great joy and hilarity in the news u are leaving their state or country

New: Regretful cities are literally covering their Flock cameras with black trash bags because they cannot figure out how to immediately exit their surveillance contracts or get the cameras taken down: www.404media.co/cities-are-c...

I feel like this is a perspective that has not penetrated the bubble in my Bluesky feed. Read the thread, then read the piece. Life is… messy.

*sade voice* Smooth Miles Davis Smooooooth Miles Davissss

Would you care to see a very content kitten?

I know this is very, very horrible Most SHOCKING and MOST horrible And TERRIBLE AND AWFUL but birds are allowed to be alive! outside! in the grass in front of your house!

It’s too late for Plan B, that needed to happen within five days of his mom having sex.

The creepy "National Design Studio" has some creepy ideas about making websites and is coming for more.

Even if this film does nothing else of worth, the radical and brilliant choice to make the Middle Ages *more* colorful and *more* vibrantly dressed than the B&W present may be the most groundbreaking (and accurate) innovation in how films depict the past in many years! youtu.be/cXA3Zgsky18

“They put on the show every once in a while to make citizens think that something’s going to happen. And it’s smoke and mirrors.”

Oof. This could have been done in a way that didn’t linguistically credit DOGE’s grift.

Buzzard overhead at Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute 🙂💚🔆

Throwback Thursday: Early character designs for THE OCTOBER GIRL series. Book Two out now from @maverickogn.bsky.social!

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

Tech oligarchs have spent 3 years screaming that their plan is to win the race to AGI, which they define as the point when machines replace the vast majority of human economic activity. They just figured out that we could hear them. Bit late, Jensen Huang. www.channelnewsasia.com/business/ceo...

Reminder that you can read my new novel THE FIST OF MEMORY right now on Netgalley. Also, the quote says its perfect for fans of ARRIVAL but its even more perfect for fans who wondered "what if ARRIVAL, THE 3 BODY PROBLEM and JOHN WICK had an African baby?" 😂 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Man, this is so dead on. You knew when it was a Joe Menosky episode of Star Trek (argue in the comments if you, uh, liked that or not -- I did), you knew when it was a Darin Morgan episode of The X-Files. Not only did Just Happen, it became part of the DNA of shows with distinct voices.

I’m not putting anyone on blast, but gang, we absolutely cannot be pitching creative people ideas! Especially ones you want them to make!! The math is simple: even IF they were planning a similar thing, you publicly pitching it renders it 100% unusable to them over litigation liability.

One night stand? No. It’s

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

what if we elected a goth girl who painted the white house black. I am just spitballing

The marketing team at @maverickogn.bsky.social and I had a talk about it and we all agree that I could sell more copies of THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Two if I included photos of my cats in my posts. My cat Amelia agreed.

Could they be cuter? 🤔

So, hey, the oldest known fossil octopus? Turns out the fossil is the decayed carcass of another creature. I'll tell you all about it in this week's new article for premium subscribers (and thanks to @franzanth.bsky.social for telling me about it!).

So the people who think god is THREE individuals also now want to say god has a BINARY gender.

I keep thinking about all the sites and petroglyphs emerging from Lake Powell as it drains and dries out. This essay from Hopi writer Clark Tenakhongva is an important reminder that the Colorado River disaster is not just one disaster, and not a simple situation at all. www.hcn.org/articles/tre...

Signed while laying in bed next to a cat named for the protagonist in Matt Kindt’s MIND MGMT.

FUCK YES so proud of these guys

X-Men 97 season 2 trailer. Let's gooooooo

Just saw my new favorite review of my INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE on Amazon: "Unfortunately only 900 pages long, I would have read twice the length!"

Télé mésange (Bird TV)