@paulbarrett1.bsky.social and I are thrilled to announce the 2026 DH@Guelph Summer Workshops! We've got an excellent line up this year (UX, Feminist Making, & Soundwalks, oh my!) & will be announcing our keynote next week. Please help us spread the word!! Register here: tinyurl.com/DHGuelphSW26

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

The last time someone tried to hit on me, she had to sit in my chair *while I was already in it* and offer me a bite of her dinner *as the first words she ever spoke to me* for me to notice. We've been together for 36 years.

Whole Foods AI stores were entirely Indians watching on video feeds and ringing you up. Waymos have live human support partially driving them. And the AI that has “Hollywood shaking in its boots” is…stock footage. With face replacement. Yeah. We are sooooooo cooked, AI bros. Call me when it works.

Thank you @chuckwendig.bsky.social for Gentle Writing Advice. I needed to be reminded that I love writing more than I dread rejection -- and that there are ways to deal with the latter without breaking into pieces. Now, I can pick up the quill again with my mind at peace.

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!

Yep. Antibiotics, public hygiene and surgical antiseptics. And vaccines, as the dumbest among us are hell-bent on proving the absurd way.

The reason LLMs suck at chess is the same reason they initially sucked at drawing fingers and currently suck at counting to 100: state space Hands are photographed and drawn from every angle, all chess books show every piece in every position, every list of numbers up to 100 shows every such number

This week, I'm going to get way out of my comfort zone and promote the hell out of my podcast. I'm so proud of the work we are doing, and I want as many people as possible to know it exists. So I'll begin here: wilwheaton.net/podcast/

All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

Cat burglar arrested for littering

Cat burglar arrested for littering

"a deck with fake insights" sums our edition of civilization up quite well

One of the things I am most excited about is the release of Free Stars: Children of Infinity game, the longcoming sequel to the amazing The Ur-Quan Masters (which you may have known as Star Control II) Space exploration! ship combat! resource management! hilarious dialog! freestarsgame.com

Exemple de la technique que les États-Unis appliquent pour "restaurer" l'ordre mondial:

Roses are red, But that's not quite true, They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, *Except* for that hue.

I recommend reading about how the concentration camp was used by the British in the Second Boer War and you'll see why it is impossible not to use the term about what is happening here if you are being accurate and honest

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

I've got a bone to pick with this.

All three Lord of the Rings movies on opening day.

Age verification? I'm still waiting for the shipment of copper ingots I ordered from Ea-Nasir. (I also watched the 1976 Olympic Games on a black and white tv.)

Post a banger that isn't in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_6a...

The racist dumbass problem seems like a more pressing issue.

You're welcome to throw yourself off a mountain any time you like. Need help?

🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏 🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏 🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer 🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "No, ChatGPT can't do that properly either."

That Estonian dude in curling mixed doubles has at least one Vulcan grandparent, right? #WinterOlympics

"With an exceptionally large security and logistics operation." How many food tasters came with the food? How many do they expect to use up?

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

If they're into it? Paul Giamatti, Keanu Reeves and Kesha.

If not writing, then give yourself pottery. Painting. Dance. Sculpting. Drumming. Costume design. Game design. You might not think you need it now, but some day, you'll realize you saved your life by giving your soul an artistic outlet.

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined). daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...

I will never understand how it wasn't obvious to everyone that crypto has no real function except speculation and crime

Loot that drops after defeating me: 1. Elite Potion of Clumsiness 2. House Targaryen hockey jersey 3. Detailed spreadsheet filled with data about book publishers and short fiction magazines 4. 1d4 book and short fiction manuscripts, unpublished 5. 3d12 cold medicine pills (ineffective)

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation. Fundamental design flaws that should have been picked up five minutes into development AND horrendous execution. I tried, dear reader. I really did.

Watch this, it's astonishing.

Is UTSD a thing? Unending traumatic stress disorder? Because I think that’s what we all have rn

I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic

Tom Hanks once sent me fan mail. Typed on his personal letterhead and sent to my house. It was delightfully surreal. I can verify it was from him because we had lunch the next time I was in LA. He is, as you might expect, absolutely lovely.

Tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Towards a Biochemical Definition of Life 2. Machine Learning* 3. The French Revolution and the Empire 4. Introduction to Astronomy 5. History of Modern Art *: in 1998

Bruce Springsteen crashed a Tom Morello-organized benefit concert today for the families of slain protestors Renee Good and Alex Pretti, during which he live debuted his just-released protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis.”

Catherine O'Hara. Dammit all.

When I try to explain to people that investors are generally very, very stupid people this is what I mean.

Why won't he just die already?

Aaaaaand one more short story done and ready to make its way into the world, such as it is. "In the Case of The Realm v. The Chosen One, We the Jury..." -- 5,000 words. If this is the first and last time you see this title, well, so be it. 🤷‍♂️

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free