Many people—particularly in creative and fan spaces!—could use to read Colton Underwood’s short essay about the lived complexities of queer masculinity, the closet, and the negotiations people make to survive… even and especially for those who are already hyper-visible. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this

The only correct answer is Pippin in the Mines of Moria after he knocks the skeleton down the well saying, quietly but with feeling into the subsequent horrified silence, “Fuck.”

teddybear cat

festive roast chicken

Thanks to @dianapho.bsky.social for this incredible @erewhonbooks.bsky.social care package! Though I don’t work there anymore, I’m always a believer and huge fan of the staff, authors, and their books! Look out Spring 2026!!

when I talk about sherlock’s terrible little raccoon paws, this is what I mean

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they misspelled christmas on the title card lmao

there are three cats in this picture

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she heard the kitten approaching 😂

It Is Time

I love a chonk in motion 😂

Am reading An Accident of Stars right now AIFG

countdown! only one year until my next book comes out

he did, unfortunately, but he also posted this in a reply and I think it's very encouraging:

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I’m dying why was this one of the top results when we searched up zootopia on our tv 😂☠️

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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse? You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.

"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025

The more AI infests gaming and everyday tech, the more I think of that line from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy about how the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation was defined as "a bunch of mindless jerks who were first against the wall when the revolution came."

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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.

‘It’s not a part time job.’ Oof. Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it

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CNN’s @brianstelter.bsky.social reports that some CBS News employees are now threatening to quit

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We'll be reading stories for ✨ What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style ✨ from January 15th to April 15th. Give us stories of satellites and sewists, terminals and tailors, dandies and dying stars. <6k words. 8¢/word. simsub ☑️. multiple submissions 🚫. www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.

“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”

horror films my 12yo has watched with us and deemed, quote, “not remotely scary” - friday the 13th parts 1, 2 and 3 - the sixth sense - scream - the ring - the blair witch project - nope

cadfael setting a good example for sherlock and juno in his capacity as the founding member of HAM (Housecats Against Movement)

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Should my stance on AI require reiteration, here's a thing I wrote about it on Monday. My nicest opinion is that AI is foundationally unethical; my least polite opinion is that the CEOs of every major AI company belong in jail and that the tech itself should be illegal for the same reason meth is.

the singular drawback to my husband playing fortnite against our son is that the former is downstairs on the ps5 while the latter is upstairs on his computer, which means I can hear everything they say to each other over the mic in echoic stereo because of the sound lag

You know, when I was in my early 20s I wasnt allowed to do events with a specific author so he couldn't get me alone. That was thirty years ago. How lovely that publishing hasn't changed a bit.

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