Why are so many women reading and writing m/m romance—fuck, dude, I don't know, why are so many women reading and writing litfic, or mystery, or fantasy. Is anyone looking at how Christie and Sayers dominated the mystery market and going "why are women writing murder mysteries with male protags"

Thanks to Heated Rivalry, people are asking why so many women are writing and reading m/m romance. Not only is that a boring question, it's backwards. Why shouldn't women (and women-adjacent people) be doing this? Also: why aren't men reading and writing more genres that center love and HEAs?

I want to add to Daniel's excellent points here bc I've been arguing against these uses of "AI" by historians for years. What's important is this, as ever: the tech isn't the central issue; the surrounding political & economic project of its deployment is. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The new restrictions will not affect Canadian citizens but will affect permanent residents “Canadian citizens would not be affected by the proposed changes to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program” globalnews.ca/news/1157188...

Have we considered the possibility that Jack Warner vowed on his deathbed that, “If I can’t have it, no one can,” and has cursed the corporate lineage from beyond? Because on a lot of levels, that tracks.

Trump's implied threat against traditional US allies. (article gifted)

Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control. All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking." It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.

Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients And it’s getting worse. From @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

"Devastating-yet-obscure climate-crisis events get closer and closer to you personally. Until you're the guy posting those local on-scene videos, and wondering why the globe doesn't care about your devastation

"Germany’s far-right AfD attempts to rebrand as real power comes within reach. Some Alternative for Germany leaders are trying to soften the party’s extremist image. Despite the effort, the mask keeps falling." www.politico.eu/article/germ...

*looks to camera*

and on THURSDAY all three editors will be in conversation with @issuesinst.bsky.social @edfinn.bsky.social @craigcalhoun.bsky.social in what promises to be a fascinating virtual event - join us! issues.org/event/what-i...

There will be a fabulous in-person event with @eff.org in SF tomorrow, which I sadly cannot join but you should totally register for a free ticket for if you are in town! www.eff.org/event/we-wil...

Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.

I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.

X's location "transparency" feature showing many MAGA accounts are based internationally reveals what we already knew: The world is using American social media and American politics as a slot machine and social media companies are directly incentivizing this: www.404media.co/americas-pol...

After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.

Visa canceled at the border, a Hopkins grad student has been stuck in Canada for months

Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.

It’s the best fiction I read last year. Highly recommended.

I just want @rianjohnson.bsky.social to know that this sleety Sunday afternoon screening of #wakeupdeadman was SOLD OUT IN TORONTO, and with good reason.

Just finished, strong recommend. A brutal condemnation of tech-bro misogyny set in a near-present future.

This is literally one of the things the King did that made the first amendment the first.

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex. “You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended" time.com/7336204/meta...

17 strikes and you’re out. 💀

“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”

“How am I supposed to just infer what people’s gender deal is??” Well buddy, I don’t know how Korean speakers identify which verbal declensions to use based on age and status when they meet each other but they’ve pulled it off for centuries so I guess the answer is put your bussy into it

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. . Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL

NERD KLAXON THIS SUNDAY www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...

The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art

I’m not sure if the first line will convince you, but this kindle sale might: www.amazon.com/Glass-Houses...

this book is a brutal, icy marvel

Here’s the poppies in the bottom of my office building . They are really moving because they are about five feet tall and are very 3D.

I’m not sure if the first line will convince you, but this kindle sale might: www.amazon.com/Glass-Houses...

Apparently today is the day* to remind everyone that @davidnickle.bsky.social and I edited a James Bond anthology: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... *For the record, I mean a day in which Bond is being discussed broadly, and not, you know, Remembrance Day.

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

I believe we may finally have an answer to the riddle of who Chotiners the Chotiner.

man people are so scared of toronto public transit. I mean I get it I suppose? like shit happens? but like folks are scared of downtown? maybe I have different expectations because I’ve lived in Bombay and New York and seeing random shit on trains is normal and I’ve encountered assholes but still!

Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.

The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley's 'Nerd Reich' thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

you wanna radicalize middle american moms and aunties even more this is how you fucking do it

Why your energy bills are increasing. The cost of electricity has risen 5.5% over the last 12 months, according to the latest consumer price index data, almost twice as much as the overall cost of living (up 2.7%).

Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

New awareness campaign

Really don’t think it can be emphasized enough what an INSANELY promising technology mRNA vaccination has proved itself to be and it’s beyond infuriating that it is under active and sustained attack by the most powerful people on earth

As someone recently laid off, learning about this $3.65M annual expense is especially shocking. This could pay for so many journalists, and so much actual reporting. The entire race and culture team at CBS News was cut.