Microsoft updated the Teams icon, and, well:

If, like me, you let Microsoft update in the last 24 hours and discovered they've found a new way to shoehorn in a Copilot icon that just... sits there, watching... You can uninstall Word and install the version from Nov 4th or earlier: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office...

A NEW CONTENDER HAS ARRIVED

Here's the comparison between the finished puppet/artdoll on top and the original reference image I was given! I'm really pleased with the turn out, and I'm excited to hand deliver this one! Ragnarok is a custom artdoll with a brass and steel armature, with everything handmade by me.

It's Sugarberry's Birthday today

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

Dave Cockrum was born today in 1943. His work at DC & Marvel in the 70s was SO exciting & helped reinvigorate 2 vital but moribund franchises,the Legion & the X-Men. Oddly, the DC app only has the key wedding tale in Superboy & the LSH #200 in black’n’white. But the result is pure Cockrum artwork.

Len Wein delighted in telling the stories of sitting with Dave & Dave’s sketchbook, developing the characters that became the New X-men. Dave hated Wolverine’s cowl and designed the sweeping wings. Len and Bernie Wrightson were signing at Loscon when we learned Dave had died. It was a very sad day.

Abigail bein' cute for @cyberelladraws.bsky.social

targeting a *very* specific audience with this one #pokemon #poinko-art

Oh my God, this fucking movie. Suzanne Pleshette is a young woman who enjoys sex, driving her mother to a heart attack, Ben Gazzara to a fiery death, and ruining everything for everybody. An early use of the enhanced wide-screen slut-shame-erama process.

Dan Haskett animation from Sesame Street: Let's Discuss This (1988)

I am asking you people to at least be on the level of the Joker when it comes to your elected officials.

My neighbors put up one of these type inflatables. I laugh everything I see it.

I could watch this all day

Great insight here and a reminder of why staff-owned publications like @defector.com and @aftermath.site and @flaminghydra.com et al are so important. To this day I still curse Jim Spanfeller's name.

In times like these, links are needed because it's far too easy to throw up a faked headline. So I'm sliding in to assist with the receipts: www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

This is deeply disturbing. No wonder so many people have trouble with reading. They literally got taught to read in a way that guarantees functional illiteracy.

My commitment this Veterans Day is to continue the fight to preserve the honor and benefits of trans/LGBTQ+ service members whose sacrifice and commitment to country have been relentlessly villainized and disrespected by this administration.

I don't think you should even try to account for it, it's an insult to the audience to try to come up with a canonical explanation for James Bond persisting. James Bond is still alive because we're still making James Bond movies, end of

Good morning! Today we are featuring Ed Martin, the U.S. Pardon Attorney who, on Sunday, signed an unprecedented blanket pardon to “all U.S. citizens for all conduct” related to the 2020 fake electors scheme, as well as efforts to expose “fraud” in the 2020 elections.

A tech billionaire mocked Pope Leo XIV’s call for ethical AI. The post was deleted — but not before exposing Silicon Valley’s deeper discomfort: a pope they can’t buy or bully. It also revealed something older: the Valley’s original sin — the desire to be God.

A heads up that if you enjoyed my latest Substack post on America’s first female smut writer, Jane Gallion, there’s more material along similar lines in the book l coedited, GIRL GANGS, BIKER BOYS & REAL COOL CATS, which is still available through @pmpress.bsky.social pmpress.org/index.php?l=...

the isle of storms #art #worldofwarcraft

Idiom Origin “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible. A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on. This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

My last word on the matter

There's... Something... on the wing of the plane! [Couples comm for @luxthebat.bsky.social and @propagandaowl.coolpics.biz]

it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet

Got asked on Tumblr what Abigail wore to her parent's weddings. #art #oc

Would you do this for a friend?

One of my all-time favorite Bat writers could really use some help if you’re able.

Rider of the Apocalypse 🐺 Sketch commission for @scidrgnsyrax.bsky.social! :D [ #Art #Warcraft #FurryArt #WorldOfWarcraft #Worgen ]

Based as FUCK nypost.com/2025/11/10/u...

this is literally never not accurate

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

"Per compliance policy, certain AI-generated fields cannot be updated by clinical staff" is a managerial decision that will lead to prolonged suffering and preventable death. Having to escalate these fuck-ups to be reviewed by higher levels within the bureaucracy is a waste of time and resources.

Living our neon fantasies together on the streets of Kyotos cyberpunk future All photos and styling by Studio Esperanto

otherwise a grim night but I'll give the writers this, it's pretty funny they're having to hold the vote open so Cornyn can get there and his flight's delayed

unfortunately, they can actually afford healthcare unlike everyone else

I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵

I'll also mention Ken Stewart, the Senior Vice President of Creative & Advertising in 1992 at Columbia Pictures, which was then owned by Coca-Cola. Asked to create a new campaign for Coke, he was inspired by his dog (who he called a "polar bear puppy") to create a polar bear-based ad.

it’s the back room at the comic shop @doronjosama.bsky.social worked at

omg frens, amazing news.. two and a half years after its release, “Don’t Ask If I’m Okay” has ‘earned out’— which means if it continues to sell then I’ll actually see royalties 🥹🥹🩷🫣🫢😭 This is a Big Deal for me personally after Furry Faux Paw floundered, and a big deal for “quiet” contemporary YA.

The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free: (Published 2019)

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

This is because Intuit, Inc. gave Donald Trump $1,000,000 for his "inauguration." Intuit owns Turbo Tax, which makes money off charging taxpayers to file their returns. The corruption is rampant and in plain sight.

With the weather in the northern hemisphere cooling again, it reminds me that it's SOUP SEASON! And of this fabulous piece by @alexkrokus.bsky.social!