Jesus fucking christ

I had a moment of prophecy last week and published a blog post called Blocking Ads & Trackers In 2026. If you're searching for help now that Google has announced plans to further enshittify everything, here ya go: riversova.com/blog/2026051...

We are not built different and we listen to the signs and do not enter The Caves

While drafting: Man, I wish I was editing. While editing: Man, I wish I was drafting.

I’m raising funds for computer/tech classes while slowly rebranding from SmallTownCreepy into The Static Room: liminality, queer art, weird internet vibes. The horror isn’t gone. It’s evolving. Every purchase helps me learn the tools to build stranger worlds. 📼💻| itch.io/s/186370/ent...

This is hugely disappointing. While BW seems to be stable for now, I’m going to stop recommending it. Probably gonna go to Proton Pass since I pay for Proton anyway. www.osnews.com/story/145029...

Writer-focused software and apps have THE WORST account management. I shouldn’t have to email you to change my email address or delete my account. I shouldn’t have to give you my home address to change my email address.

Ghoulish Books (the small press) will be relocating to Minnesota this summer, and we could use some extra $$$ help with moving costs. Anything you can spare is appreciated, thank you! ko-fi.com/interrobangb...

Just had cookie butter for the first time and goddamn

hard to exaggerate how heroic these men were. they likely saved dozens of children's lives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

It's Wishlist Wednesday and we could use help with summer supplies! The sun is bright, pollen is thick, and flies are hungry, so our residents really need sunscreen, allergy meds, fly masks, and bug repellants. 🪰 Thank you! Amazon: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... Chewy: www.chewy.com/g/the-merrym...

i have been fortunate enough to live a life in the arts, creating things and following hallowed footsteps. its something many buckaroos dream of, and as someone who has done it, THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS i received are the moments in between. if you generate with AI, THAT is what you rob yourself of

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Kickstarter has reverted their policy changes on Adult Content! They issued an apology, siting Stripe as the reason. The pressure we put on them worked. This is a step in the right direction. But the threat of Stripe remains. It’d be great to see KS end ties with them & process payments elsewhere.

Homelabbers working with higher security standards than CISA

I've got 79 articles to read this week so prepare for some recs and/or ridicule depending on how catching up on them goes.

It appears my ex’s parting gift was washing and drying her weighted blanket and not telling anyone when it spilled beads all inside the dryer.

It’s so fucking humid, holy shit.

Oh to be a sleepy little cat

I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.

Well, it happened. A client disregarded my advice about using generative AI and guess what? It gave them bad advice AND the judge ruled that by using it, Client waived confidentiality and ordered us to turn a bunch of private stuff over. STOP USING GENERATIVE AI FOR LEGAL THINGS. I BEG YOU.

I'm a few days late but I had the absolute pleasure of introducing my housemate to this goofy-ass situation, and we're watching Unstoppable tonight.

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Chris Austin.

For the record, this proposal specifically targets gender identity. You have until May 22nd to submit a comment

I think it’s bullshit that I can get migraines on my days off from work. If I’m gonna be miserable, might as well get paid for it.

Let’s hit 100%

gonna need @ifbookspod.bsky.social to record an emergency ep on YOUR TURN from Widow's Bay

A lot of y’all need diaries.

My SIL admitted to me today that she didn’t finish reading HEY GIRL because it was 2 spooky 4 her. I’m accepting this as a compliment. Available for free if you want to see if you agree: riversova.itch.io/hey-girl

And if your thumbs start hurting, take a break. Do not push through.

The most unrealistic part of Unstoppable is all the broadcast media having ready-to-go 3D graphics animating the tie-on plan. You did not make that in under an hour

Once dismissed as weeds, native plants are now flying off the shelves

ICYMI: @kyle-rempfer.bsky.social FOIA'd the Air Force's report on Aaron Bushnell, the airman who set himself on fire in protest of the war in Gaza. There is a ton of previously unreported info here, including his work for the NSA and several details of his life. taskandpurpose.com/news/airman-...

Count Dracula? As far as I know there’s only one

It’s BACK UP YOUR SHIT Friday. Back up your drafts. Back up your finished works. Back up your website, your newsletter mailing list, your passwords, your recovery codes, your beloved family photos. And then back them up again somewhere else. BACK UP YOUR SHIT.

ebook preorders for the new anticapitalist queer horror novella BLOODLETTING GO are now live!! preordering the ebook means you'll be sent a digital copy first thing on release day, june 2nd! give future you a gay lil treat just in time for pride month 🩸 www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX37FZJ8

Since we've been bugging you to send postcards to your House Representative, we made this downloadable design for you to print your own. Print a few at home for your house or bring it to a local print shop for wider distribution. What to write?...

Has it ever occurred to you that we need Star Trek now more than ever?

Replace the entire c-suite of every company with dogs. They don’t know what they’re doing either way and dogs are more fun to talk to.

I 100% support legalization but also fuck you to the neighbor who’s getting high and making my apartment smell like skunk in the middle of my workday.

Incredible thread. Tech bros are a whole different breed.

Excuse me? It’s only Thursday?? Fuck.

Ewwwww

"You're Offloading Creativity To An Algorithm" - Stardew Valley Creator Stands Firm Against AI.

🚨 The NYT appears to have taken a great feature story written by my colleague at Bolts about a west Tennessee county & the VRA, & essentially rewritten it. (Same frame, similar hed, overlapping sources.) Without a single mention, credit, let alone the a hyperlink buried somewhere.

Hey Bluesky, could you help me signal boost my Big Cartel shop? Jeremy Creatures are designed and hand-sewed by me, and they take many hours to create. Four of the creatures pictured are currently available in my shop. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

really appreciative of everybody who has donated so far. y'all have helped make a huge dent in this in just a couple days. thank you! ko-fi.com/interrobangb...