(For anyone who hasn’t read the full Douglass speech, here’s the text: loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1852Fre...) (And more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_to...)

Some thoughts about the TV show _Star City_, a spinoff from the alternate-history-of-the-Space-Race show _For All Mankind_. www.kith.org/jed/2026/07/...

Some people are putting it all on the line.

“President Donald Trump’s relationship with Senate Republicans has hit a new low after a revolt over his $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund surfaced deep divisions over the direction of the party and its priorities.” (Article from May, but still seems relevant.) www.cnn.com/2026/05/23/p...

Nifty approach to teaching how comics work: “To keep the focus on the way comics are comics and do their thing their own way, I have students do […] Visual Analysis/Annotation Projects. As the name indicates, students analyze and annotate comics pages.” spinweaveandcut.com/visual-analy...

Long article by security researcher Patrick Quirk, about some of the dozens of hacking attacks on major companies and governments in the first months of 2026. 1/11

“Laki […] is a volcanic fissure in the western part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland[…]” 1/4

#Recall: Conair Recalls Over One Million Cuisinart Grill Brushes; Small metal wire bristles can detach from the brushes and stick to the grill or food, posing an ingestion hazard and risk of serious internal injuries that could require surgery. Get refund or credit. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

Achievement unlocked: The other day, my hearing aids were feeling so comfortable that I forgot I had them in my ears, and I got in the shower with them still in my ears.

Great thread. “He has bartered away the things that he doesn't care about -- lust, freedom, the daring and strength to challenge the status quo -- for the things he does, in particular a feeling of reconciliation [between] his nethertingles and his divine righteousness.”

TONIGHT

<standup> It’s so hot that when I took a cold shower that lasted too long, I used up all the cold water. </standup>

Now that the government’s persecution of trans people has gone beyond sports and medicine for teens, where are all the people who insisted they weren’t "anti-trans" but just had some “reasonable concerns"? www.readtpa.com/p/reasonable...

From a dream this morning: A supervillain team who called themselves The Nine Justices. They dressed in black judicial robes.

WE DID IT! We've raised $100,000 for voting rights, and it hasn't even been a full day. Thank you all so much--now let's see what we can do over the next four days!

The most frequent way of dealing with the problem of not being a radical is to convince oneself anyone to the right is a persuadable potential ally and anyone a centimeter left is an unhinged unreasonable idealist who refuses to join the real world. Now. What if I told you there are other options?

We've completed the first two weeks of the annual Strange Horizons fund-drive, and - at present - are just over $5K away from meeting our base goal, to continue publishing in 2027. To help us get there, back us here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.

@nicasio.bsky.social Hi—I sent you a Bluesky message but I’m not sure whether it went through, and I haven’t found another way to contact you. Could you drop me a note in Bsky messaging or email ([email protected])?

Every year, people are betrayed by their optimism. "Fireworks have exploded in other people's hands, but surely they will not explode in mine. My hands are different."

DSA election night party ends with Seeger’s “Solidarity Forever,” which attendees continue singing acapella after the music ends. Many continue mingling, much of the conversation being astonishment and unrepentant joy.

The WSFS Virtual Business Meeting agenda is now live on our site! You can both read and download it at this link: www.lacon.org/businessmeet...

By the way: if the FBI shows up at your doorstep and is like “I’d just like to ask some questions” they don’t have to read you your Miranda rights. You still have the right to remain silent. You can just say, “no, thank you, I’m not interested in talking to you” and have that be it.

Now out in Child Dev: "If moms do it, it can't be that important: Children's reasoning about gender disparities in domestic work" academic.oup.com/chidev/advan... Kids' awareness that moms do most housework + their intrinsic explanations for this jointly predict their devaluing domestic work 🧵

Our statement on ICE actions in Greene County today. Links to take action in comments. We stand with our immigrant neighbors. #AbolishICE. If you are looking for something to do, here are three concrete ways to take action to support our immigrant neighbors:

The Apple TV series _Sugar_ has returned for a second season, starting last week! The first season was fascinating. It’s about a noir-style private eye named John Sugar (played by Colin Farrell) in modern-day LA. There is much more to it than that, and noir is not the only genre, 1/4

California’s new eight-hour battery is making its grid even more renewable. California has switched on Tumbleweed, the first major US battery project able to discharge power for eight hours, twice the usual duration for grid batteries. Canary Media buff.ly/jBKQxrf #ShareGoodNewsToo

My Odyssey and Iliad translations are available as audiobooks, read/ performed by very talented real people: Claire Danes and Audra MacDonald. They do a much better job than the robots! www.audible.com/pd/The-Iliad...

“The creative team behind [_Cats: The Jellicle Ball_] talks to _Them_ about honoring the history of queer performance.” 1/4

In some medievalesque fantasy worlds, the world is set up in such a way that the fastest way to send a message across a significant distance (beyond line-of-sight) is to have someone on a horse carry that message. 1/3

It's not to stop people getting in, it's to stop the algae getting out

"I don't want to be realistic. I want to be fantastic." Something I said at the Schomburg, and meant all the way down. Realism keeps handing us the same walls. I would rather go looking for the door.

Woah, woah, WOAH, what's this we're hearing about an #antiprimeday?? 🗣️👂 What LUCK! Our Pride Month sale is going on RIGHT NOW! If you're looking to support a strange small business and its off-kilter creators, you can save 30% on ALL our queer titles! Buy here! store.ironcircus.com

Opinion release days are a big part of the Court's antiperformance-as-performance schtick. They are invested in performing nonchalance about the public's attitude toward them, but in order to do so, they of course need an audience. The secrecy about what exactly is coming guarantees they get one.

The Protopian Prize has workshops this week, in LA and NYC, on writing positive, reachable futures - come join us! luma.com/protopian-pr...

A common ailment that infects the nose, throat, respiratory tract, and lungs, RSV typically does not cause severe illness for healthy adults and children, but it is the leading cause of hospitalization among infants in the U.S.

The Supreme Court's fifth and final decision is Blanche v. Lau, another 6–3 split. Per Thomas, the government does NOT require clear and convincing evidence that a green card holder committed a crime before divesting them of their lawful status at the border. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

It's Anti-Prime Day on Bookshop.org, the best day to support your favorite independent bookstore, and give your money to working people not billionaries, when ordering one of my books! bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Somehow this just came to mind, from Carter era: —On flight back from int'l conference, then-SecState Cyrus Vance gave reporters "background" briefing, for attrib only to "a senior gov official." —NYT ran story next day —Alongside story was photo of Vance, w caption saying "a senior gov official"

“I have heard from our managers at ProPublica that they don’t intend to replace us with AI. And that’s great. But we’re gonna need that in writing.” This is why we’re fighting for protections against artificial intelligence:

The WSFS Business Meeting at #LAconV is where members debate and vote on changes to the rules governing the Hugo Awards and Worldcon. It offers fans a direct role in shaping the future of WSFS, making it one of the most important forums for participation in science fiction fandom.

This Wednesday @andreahairston.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at @portersqbooks.bsky.social at 7pm to discuss her incredible new book THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS

Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.

A friend’s Etsy art shop, featuring stickers and cards. Cute dragons! Cute mice! A tiny panda with a huge strawberry! Assorted birds! Mermaids! Fae! A pangolin with a parasol! www.etsy.com/shop/StudioM...

The second rule of fight club is HAVE! FUN! AND! BE! YOURSELF!

Dada centers. Everyone gets one chocolate umbrella each and then the other thing. Power is drawn from several random words on paper in a bowler hat and creates no drain on the ecosystem.