"Verify your age" *digs out the old Disney World Grad Nite 1987 t-shirt and tries to squeeze into it*

Because in an age where the twin problems of AI deepfakery, and individuals being treated like commodified data to big social media platforms, together wreak havoc, the solution is to give big social media platforms with AI deepfake resources full copies of our official and commodifiable data.

Someone just told me that garlic is an "overrated seasoning”, and long story short it’s always painful when a friendship ends.

Five living writers that you've read five books by each Stefan Brust Kevin Kwan Robert Crais Joe R. Lansdale Bernard Cornwell

I cannot tell you how badly I want this right now. I did not even know that it existed and now I need it with every fiber of my being.

Though it only scratches the surface -- indeed, *because* it only scratches the surface -- this story should be required reading. The details and how the subjects *personify* the basics of the situation are truly breathtaking.

Aw, dang.

It’s great to have so many new supporters. I wanted to share this excellent interview I did a while back because I think it does a great job of highlighting who I am as a candidate.

This was funnier when it was just a joke, and not Ken's actual reaction.

Why Am I Crying? thelifeofsharks.com/product/why-...

Okay, BlueSky Flyers (at least of the USian persuasion), let's share the not-the-usual ways in which some of us spent the 4th of July. No right or wrong answers, really. 🧵(one hopes)

"Capital Wasteland listeners love Three Dog!"

Blue root, from “Erbario”, a wonderful 15th-century herbal from northern Italy. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/erbario-15th-century-herbal Also available as a print in our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/blue-root

"Independence may be the theme of the day, but even a simple backyard barbecue relies at almost every turn on international law." Another eye-opening essay by @corrarino.bsky.social. A wonderful and necessary read. www.justsecurity.org/145416/as-am... 1/🧵

Happy Birthday, U.S.A., and many more.

House Democrats released a scathing report detailing how the president's shadow corporation, Freedom 250, allegedly committed wire fraud. Follow Lincoln Square. lincolnsquare.media #America250 #Trump

The fundamental test of birthright citizenship is this: if someone illegally trafficked people to this country and forced them into bondage and then those people had children, would those children have rights to object to continued servitude? If you answer isn't "yes, they have rights" you lose.

There are two wolves inside you. But if this is one of them, does the other one really matter? NO, JUST FEED THIS ONE!

For that matter, you have River Bottomed your last Nightmare Band. A deep cut, I know.

And while we're at it, you have also Captained your last Beefheart.

This brings up good memories of the time 3 years ago that I used Babel as the gateway to convince a PoC colleague who felt mystery more representative as genre to give F/SF another look. He devoured The Poppy Wars after and then moved offices. I should check and see if he went on to Octavia Butler.

Holy crap, apparently there's a giraffe ninja out there! If you suddenly see a lamppost where none was yesterday, it's probably this lady in disguise and you need be very, very careful.

I am hearing reports that Bill Pulte is investigating whether the algae have fraudulently claimed on their mortgage application that the Reflecting Pool is their primary residence.

Sooooo, @vaspider.gay ...

I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.

6-3 decisions write themselves at this point.

oh my god

I shift back and forth on this between Billy Joel's "52nd Street" and Marc Cohn's "The Rainy Season".

I mean, it's not even a real mea culpa, it's more like this guy, right here:

Resharing as a public service.

1/6: From a woman who moved from Moscow to Ukraine. Roughly translated: Hello everyone, my name is Ksyusha. I’m a Russian from Moscow who moved to Ukraine during the war. Today, I’m addressing my fellow countrymen.

After 18 months of R&D with a team of specialist academics, I'm VERY excited to say that @carbonbrief.org has just launched 'Project Cosmos'... ...the world's largest database of climate research Our hope is this becomes a major new resource interactive.carbonbrief.org/cosmos/index...

Advertise your blue sky account with a Simpsons gif.

Calling @marquisedusud.bsky.social ... I think your signal is now sweeping the sky.

I call Elon Musk a Nazi because he's an avowed white supremacist who undermines democracies, incites pogroms, targets minorities, intentionally caused the death of >750,000 people (so far) while laughing about it ("feeding USAID into the wood chipper"), and did a Sieg Heil at Trump's inauguration.

Post a robot that is not from Star Wars or Transformers I may have misunderstood the assignment. But maybe I didn't.

When they ask you (and they will ask you) 
if you have heard about the dangerous parasite 
that feeds on the life 
of warm-blooded animals
which has recently been found in Texas, 
be sure to ask them 
if they are referring 
to the trillionaire or the screwworm.

‘Waffle House is the greatest restaurant in the world and in every city it graces with its presence’ is a take I was not prepared for from an Australian visitor.

Got the happy news today that someone in the 21-person section which I am currently running has just been offered a higher paid, higher profile job in the building. "But you're losing a great worker!" No, I'm gaining a workplace ally who knows how hard my group works and will advocate for us.

From the news stories about yesterday's White House event, I would not have been surprised to hear that he tried to bust out with a rendition of Stewie Griffin's "Welcome to my Sexy Party." Great googly-moogly.

I think this is especially true of history. For some reason, everyone in other professions believes that there is no method, theory, or philosophy to history. Thinking of doctors writing ‘histories’ of epilepsy without ever setting foot in an archive

If the objectives disappear from the conversation, every outcome can be called a success.

I wonder if his friendship with Dolan will mean the Knicks players will be pressured into a White House photo-op? Nah, who am I kidding? I don't 'wonder' at all.

Boy, that meme from Governor Abbott with him dunking on Governor Hochul sure aged well, didn't it?

I asked Disappointed Cow about Elsie. And the look was reminding me that thinking they all know each other was low-key racist, yo.

Iran's negotiating team has added senior psychologists as they firmly believe trump is operating in an impaired mental state. Jeremy Scahill, citing Iranian sources, says they are not doing this in a joking manner. They are serious and treating trump as a patient.

This does not happen. Anywhere. What *did* happen was Trump’s best pal taking children and sexually trafficking them, with a victim later accusing Trump himself of forcing sexual acts upon her when she was just 13. Video: buff.ly/OT2osRV