80 years ago this morning—at 5:29 AM (Mountain War Time)—about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, the nuclear age began with a big bang. Contrary to widespread assumptions, the area surrounding the remote Trinity test site was not uninhabited, and the fallout did not drift away harmlessly.

bodach an stòir / old man of storr

Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.

Oh, hello! And welcome to BigFriendly.Guide, a new guides website built by @ripefly.bsky.social and @rygilliam.bsky.social, two former Guides Producers at Polygon. No paywalls, just great guides and cool Patreon benefits. Join us, won't you? bigfriendly.guide

but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine

tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found

For 7 years, Akasha Song ran secret labs that produced tens of millions of doses of DMT—one of the world's most potent psychedelic substances—and made a fortune selling it on the dark web. His story, in this 13,000-word piece, is one of the wildest I've ever told: www.wired.com/story/rise-f... 🧵👇

New Column Alert! 🚨 If you're in the Trans* community, take a break from doomscrolling and join Parker in sharing some local tips, moments, and wholesome posting with Trans* Talk. @parkerdeanwrites.bsky.social theevergreenecho.org/echo/transta...

PALPATINE HOLOGRAM: 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑳𝒀 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝑺? IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord. PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.

*crab-walked

Unfortunately ironic that those that are fueling our algorithm crafted mental health crises are the same ones seeking to capitalize on it at the same time. Create the problem then sell the solution

Good ol sunset bike rides.

Increasingly Powerful Trans Person Capable Of Using Every Single Bathroom At Once

applying for jobs again

Two days later and I've logged like 7 hours in this game. I fear I'm addicted. It's got good bones, people! Good bones!

Ya know, there's probably a link somewhere between viewing art as "content" and the emergence and acceptance of AI "Art" as such

The 24 Hours of Lemons is an endurance race with a twist: The cars cost less than $500, and costumes are unlimited. A recent race saw a Toyota Yaris painted like a snail, and a team dressed as bees.

Something to note (besides the fact that this is incredibly stupid) is that so many other countries have either large tax breaks or national film boards to promote the creation of local filmmakers and films

Hole is fascinating - a relatively rare Japanese indie FPS title, it's a single player extraction shooter that draws influences from all sorts of interesting places from John Wick to Fortnite to a *smidge* of Receiver with jams & needing to chamber a round. store.steampowered.com/app/2971610/...

Found a little FPS game called HOLE and bought it based entirely off of a five minute YouTube video I watched. Absolutely loving it. Mechanics are solid and art style is the best kind of low-poly creepy store.steampowered.com/app/2971610/...

Just over three years since moving to Toronto and the thunderstorms here still get my pretty excited ngl. They’re just cozy and cool and not at all what I’m used to

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

HONK HONK SGP PRIDE MINI ISSUE COMING SOON! sillygoosepress.com/pride-2025-s...

A US military psy-op tried to scare Viet Cong soldiers with tape recordings of Vietnamese “ghosts.” Matt Huynh’s comic confronts its strange echoes reverberating 50 years later. Read "Wandering Souls": www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Oh yeah. It’s time

Why should I be bothered reading something no one could be bothered writing?

i know 'What I Do' is a regular feature, but its also a very inside baseball kinda feature, so wanted to make sure I got one up for inside baseball week. This one is with @mcconnell.bsky.social , talking age ratings and Neo Geo games!

“They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight.” Fiction by Annie Proulx, from 1997.

I unlocked this one for all readers, instead of sending it out for paid subs, like I normally do, because I want as many people as possible to know about this game. It's remarkable.

On a trip down to London–and fresh off their recent visit to the set of the Supergirl movie–I recently got the chance to talk to @tomking.bsky.social, @bilquis.bsky.social, and @matlopes.bsky.social about their work on Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and how it's shaping Kara's modern legacy. Enjoy!

He’s going for the recession speedrun any%

OK now do wages. bsky.app/profile/darb...

🪿POETRY 🪿 Our poets really heard us when we said SILLY goose press this issue: SEGUIDILLA FOR BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH by @joshuaboers.bsky.social “His head is like a peanut…” sillygoosepress.com/issue-four/s...

A message to our followers.

Made some truly questionable financial decisions during the most recent @criterion.bsky.social flash sale. No regrets. Now I’ve just got to buy a blu-ray player. Priorities

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Need a sweet tea-time tale. My story "Sita's Children" is @sillygoosepress.bsky.social . Enjoy! sillygoosepress.com/issue-four/s...

It’s such a joy to pick out the artwork for each issue and see how it lays in the final product. There’s some good stuff in there (including a wonderful story from @eladhaber.bsky.social). Give it a read!

HAPPY PUB DAY, GEESE!! Sooo many amazing words by sooo many amazing geese in this one 🪿 we’re so honking excited for you to read SGP4! sillygoosepress.com/issue-four

This thing is weird, but I love it and I hope you will too. Thank you to @sillygoosepress.bsky.social for letting me share my words! CW: sex and violence

How Trump and Musk built their own reality

I spoke with international game developers who have cancelled GDC plans due to concerns about the current administration: "It's clear to me that the United States is rapidly heading in a fascist direction due to a party that has completely detached from reality." www.wired.com/story/canadi...