An interesting warning for writers: There have been ads, making their rounds on social media, advertising writing contests with large prizes. Beware-- some of these contests are tricks to get you to submit files that will then be used to train AI models (LLMs). READ THE FINE PRINT!

1/3 Mitochondria leak superoxide at 0.1% of oxygen turnover. That tiny leak is enough to fuel cancer and neurodegeneration. #academicsky #ROS #philsci

Vincent F. Hendricks’s 'Sucker Nation' asks the questions ‘Why do intelligent, informed people continue to participate in systems they privately distrust?’ and ‘Why does exploitation persist even when manipulation is widely recognized?’ bit.ly/4dKqHDG 💙📚 #PhilSci #SocPsyc

It's a huge mistake to "adjust to" or "adapt" to generative AI. There's rarely been a more clearcut situation to reject vehemently for so many reasons. One reason beyond those that apply now is the future capacity for proactive manipulation and distortion. We need less outside interference not more.

BSFW EVENTS [Online unless noted otherwise. Eastern Time Zone] Marcus's Virtual Novel Group - Mon 5/25 · 7:30PM The Virtual Afterwork Social - Tue 5/26 7PM Daniel's Comic Book Workshop (NYC) - Tue 6/2 7PM On-the-Spot Workshop - Wed 6/3 7:30PM www.meetup.com/brooklyn-spe...

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

They didn't die while serving in the military, but they died protecting our freedoms from those who would destroy them, nonetheless. Remembering these heroes on this Memorial Day.

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it…

Meteor strike!

Yeah. About that... www.smbc-comics.com/comic/scienc...

Kansō.

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award. This photograph was taken in 1948 by the prominent Japanese photographer Tadahiko Hayashi.

Alas for you, you will never see our swimsuit photos. Have a galaxy instead.

To be remembered by every SF showrunner...

In Many-Worlds (MWI), every possible outcome actualizes in a different branch. In #DP, presence is distributed across possibilities, but only one channel actualizes in our single, definite reality. #ManyWorlds #Everett #Quantum #PhilSky #PhilSci ⚛️ 🧪

#HPS (Congrats Sadiah!🎉)

Hydrogen-alpha, the solarest of all the filters...

First Hong Kong astronaut launches into space onboard Chinese mission. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Sol 1,868 (23rd May, 2026) Cropped from MastCam-Z (Left) Mosaic ZCAM09921 Captured 11:22>11:47 lmst S/D: 88/1214 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/Martian-Observer @martian-observer.net 6K image on my flickr pro account

NASA, Lockheed Martin say Artemis III advancing, facing milestones this year 🧪 🔭

Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin: Review by Colleen Mondor locusmag.com/review/...

THE WARLORD OF MARS (1979) Acrylic - 20” x 25” I have had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs ever since I first read them in my early teens. 1/5 #bookssky #art 🪐📚

If I’m not evolved enough to understand it, then why did they have to steal my writing to train it?

What do you do when your funny fantasy about a magical cozy mystery town that goes wrong comes out days before a big trip down under? Take her along! Here's where I brought "We Interrupt This Program" to New Zealand + a link to MORE! 📚👀 www.tiktok.com/@randee.dawn... #fantasy #newreleases #books

MOUNT FUJI – Viewed Through the Pines of Suzukawa, at a Rest Stop Along the Tokaido. Probably photographed by KIMBEI KUSAKABE in the mid-1880s, this beautiful view of Fuji is listed in his 1893 Albumen Image Catalog as image # 890. [text and image from Okinawa Soba Flickr]

It's a jam-packed week here at Lake BSFW...

The amazing Berlin gold hat is one of four gold hats known to date. Three were found in Germany, one in France. The purpose of this #BronzeAge objects are unknown. They are all similar in shape and pattern. Their conical shape resembles a wizard’s hat, which led to speculations that...🧵1/3 📷 me

Yeah rapiers are BIG (They also have those really large intricate hilts, though many of the later ones evolved to cup shape)

Yes, this thread, right here. We were about to mention Harlan Ellison's probable response ourselves, using the phrase "gnaw out Altman's intestines," but Mr. Scalzi beat us to it.

Another one for #WorldTurtleDay! 🐢🐢🐢 A stater (silver coin) from the island of Aegina, 4th century BC. 📷 Lena Nitzer | Staatliche Münzsammlung München | license see alt text

Art by Ron Walotsky for Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (1969)

Concept art by Noriyoshi Ohrai for Virus (Fukkatsu no Hi - Day of Resurrection) (1980)

Art by the Brothers Hildebrandt for Tolkien calendars 1977-79

We say: AI is theft Diversity promotes innovation If you won't fix this planet, you don't deserve a new one There is no such thing as a "self-made man" Extremes of wealth encourage madness Deny Nazis Defy censors Reject terror Remember, you are here:

21st Century warfare: Sylph-child uses Nintendo-style pad to direct miniature explosive drones into enemy tanks, hundreds of miles away, detonating them, killing the crew.

A top 10 favourite book cover, art by Dean Ellis for As On A Darkling Plain by Ben Bova (Dell, 1974)

CONGRATULATIONS! Now you don't have to be an evil AI company to get your very own copy of THE WRONG SWORD! Buy a copy of your own TODAY! www.amazon.com/Wrong-Sword-...

The Flammarion engraving, published in 1888, depicts an observer pushing through the horizon “where sky and the Earth touch,” according to its caption. Today, theoretical physicists peer into hypothetical universes and try to reconcile them with our own. www.quantamagazine.org/cosmic-parad...

It is always a good day to post photos of Tim Curry and Ian McKellen playing dandy composers.

Some folks have reservations about Jim Kirk. We don't. Understand, we love the other captains too! Daddy Sisko, the indomitable Janeway, the oddly-accented Picard, all of 'em. But this one is why we will always love Kirk: "Risk is our business." The joy of exploration...the gleam in the eye...

Time to check out other search engines, O fellow truth-seekers.

I'd REALLY appreciate it if anyone who sees this would try out my text generators so I can iron out any remaining bugs. Please, and thank you! trek.epicrandomness.com

Hey if everyone wants to keep following me after this website implodes for good, my weekly art blog newsletter is the best way! Check it out here: 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io Here's a 1990 Wayne Barlowe illustration that sums up what reading it feels like, probably

Interested in 20th C spec fic? You can find works by these authors/magazines for free on Project Gutenberg: H. Beam Piper Leigh Brackett Stanley G. Weinbaum Gordon R. Dickson Henry Kuttner C.L. Moore John W. Campbell Cordwainer Smith E.E. Smith Astounding Magazine www.gutenberg.org

This is a monstrous bill. Just horrific. And it's progressing, so the time to call is now.

NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel's personal merchandise website was taken offline today after it was revealed that hackers had hijacked it to trick visitors into downloading malware. san.com/cc/kash-pate...

Neanderthals gathered shellfish Marine foods may not have been primary dietary staples yet exploitation was not random; seasonally structured reflecting resource planning and risk management strategies Seasonal shellfish exploitation by Neanderthals 115,000 years ago🏺🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🧪 “just a little bit of fraud” the-decoder.com/a-stanford-s...

“Evidence suggests that the Bundibugyo virus has been spreading for around two months, WHO officials said at the briefing.”🧪🩺

The nominees are being revealed! Who will win next week at The Boney Awards - the award show for fossil records! 🧪🔭