“ A California attorney must pay a $10,000 fine for filing a state court appeal full of fake quotations generated by the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. […] 21 of 23 quotes from cases cited in the attorney’s opening brief were made up. ” calmatters.org/economy/tech... #GenAILies

Where are my volvelle fans at? Click through if you dare for the full (not-quite-)feature-length Apian volvelle explainer. #volvelles #rarebooks #GLAM 📚

"In the name of 'fighting antisemitism', the Trump administration is publicly making an example out of arguably the most famous Jewish public intellectual in the country today."

This has ~$1000 left to go and needs it by the end of today. It's almost there! Let's get it done. #booksky ko-fi.com/africantrans...

"I’m free today because of this advocacy,” Soliman said. “Don’t underestimate your voice."

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

biblical literalism is all fun and games until it’s time to take the Bible literally and then it’s “oh he didn’t literally mean care for the poor, oh he didn’t mean be nice to immigrants, oh he put the time of the rapture in code”

“We must have the parades and catchy ditties, the rhetoric of outrage and inflammatory headlines, so that we may enter the ecstatic state where we embrace the Myths of War, which give us the clarity and conviction that we are the good guys and they are the bad” 1/

One of the most pernicious cissexual myths is that **trans ppl** are obsessed w gender when the average cis woman would never think of wearing a bow tie and the average cis man gets angry if he has to drink out of a coffee cup w too many dainty flowers glazed on it.

CW: Nazi history and murder. From the Wikipedia entry for Horst Wessel: “[Horst Wessel] ([1907 – 1930]) was a member of…the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the Communist Party of Germany…” 1/

At the Broadview ICE "processing facility" outside Chicago. Earlier today, federal agents unleashed chemical weapons on protesters, elected officials, a local congressional candidate, and a local mayor. Defiant anti deportation activists remain. Another protest is planned for 7pm.

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

ICE continues to assault us. We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.

Protest the Broadview ICE facility with us today! 1930 Beach Street. See you there.

So what IS Congress doing these days, anyway? ... Oh.

BREAKING: Trump appointee Judge Tim Kelly GRANTS the plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction. Kelly’s order bars removal of “unaccompanied Guatemalan children who have received neither a final removal order nor permission from the Attorney General to voluntarily depart…”

Our story submission portal for writers of color is open. Please read the guidelines, as that makes things easier for everyone! Looking forward to seeing your stories. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be https://theonion.com/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-consti-1819571149/

BREAKING: A court ruled that ICE can no longer detain immigrants in abusive conditions at 26 Federal Plaza while our case continues. This ruling requires ICE to provide people detained at the facility access to hygiene products, sleeping mats, and free, confidential calls to their lawyers.

Some examples of stuff people have done with the Processing graphics-programming language. (Some or all of these probably work better on a computer than on a mobile device.) (You can view the JavaScript-like source code by clicking the view-source button) at the top of the window.) 1/

Tonight at 7pm ET we're LIVE with guest @gingerhaze.bsky.social (Nimona, Lumberjanes, She-Ra), talking about his first prose novel, "Scarlet Morning"! Watch on YouTube: youtube.com/live/h950sRc...

“Breaking the Silence is an organization of [veterans] who have served in the Israeli military … and have taken it upon themselves to expose the public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. … Our work aims to bring an end to the occupation.” www.breakingthesilence.org.il

A little about the origins of Trans Income Project, with alt-text:

A post in celebration of the 20th birthday of Google’s developer documentation style guide; I created the first version of the style guide as a Google-internal wiki page on Sept. 15, 2005. www.kith.org/jed/2025/09/...

I hope people understand that the anomaly here aren’t the conditions—the conditions are very typical—the anomaly is that they put a number of documented workers from a high-income country in those conditions. This is how people are treated in custody routinely

AND! If you're *in* The Greater Chicagoland Area™ PLS MAKE & DISTRIBUTE @meganpiont.bsky.social's HOW TO REPORT ICE ZINE I've handed out ~250-300 at this point & 99% of the people I've handed them to have been genuinely *grateful*. People hate what's happening! They want to help & don't know how!

I wrote a column responding to Ezra Klein’s eulogy for Charlie Kirk, and argued that democracy depends not just on civil disagreement, but on the civic equality that Kirk passionately opposed. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Opinion piece by Elizabeth Spiers about Charlie Kirk. Some quotes: “He was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct.” 1/

Last month, I read/skimmed a set of 16 Russian literary-fiction short stories, part of a big reprint anthology of short fiction (the anthology was published in 1939); and about halfway through, I noticed that the Russian stories seemed to be all by men. 1/

“What do we know about the Covid-19 virus five years on?” (Article from August, focused primarily on the UK.) A few quotes: “It’s been five years since the start of the Covid pandemic. […] the virus is still prevalent – and capable of causing real harm.” 1/

In August, there was a conference for researchers to get together to discuss “Long COVID and Other Post-Acute Infection Syndromes.” Here’s a writeup and a couple of videos about the conference: keypoint.keystonesymposia.org/home/long-co...

“Israel’s Supreme Court ruled [last week] that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet and ordered authorities to increase the amount and improve the quality of food served to deprived Palestinian inmates.” apnews.com/article/isra...

1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth. Many complied and shut down their programs. Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care. And now, they just beat Trump in court. Subscribe to support our journalism.

the African Translation Project needs $2500 goal by September 22! EIGHT DAYS LEFT ko-fi.com/africantrans...

Looks like the ICE presence in Chicagoland—and I emphasize the “land” part—is purposefully operating in a way as to avoid media coverage. By grabbing people here and there on city edges, outskirts & random suburbs, they don’t attract activity that generates coverage, let alone protest.

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

It is pretty amazing to see people go from “the left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to “who can really know why good kids do bad things?”

“Lydia Maria Child ([1802–1880]) was an American abolitionist, feminist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. […] she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_M...

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Speaking of speaking ill of the dead: I just came across this 2021 piece from _Defector_: “Point/Counterpoint: Rush Limbaugh,” published shortly after Limbaugh died. The first heading in it is: “POINT: Rush Limbaugh Was A Vile Motherfucker, By David Roth” 1/

The latest in my series of truly remarkable scientific discoveries: The electric kettle that heats water for coffee? I have discovered, through careful experimentation, that if I don’t turn it on, it is less likely to heat water than if I do turn it on. #RemarkableDiscoveries

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Poem: “We Lived Happily During the War,” by Ilya Kaminsky, originally published in 2009. www.loc.gov/programs/poe...

I am bravely asking:: defector.com/why-not-have...

This is a big one, y'all. Please do come if you're in NYC. We gotta draw the line.

Part 2 of our series spotlighting gender-expanding sf from 2022 and 2023.

Backgrounder on Charlie Kirk, giving a brief overview of his repellent views and statements, from _Teen Vogue_. www.teenvogue.com/story/charli...

The Trump Administration launched a military escalation in the Caribbean without ANY legal authority and without approval from Congress. I’m introducing a War Powers resolution to terminate hostilities against Venezuela and reassert Congress's constitutional role.

Fascinating. Eight flash stories, four by human authors and four by ChatGPT 5. Can you tell which are AI-generated? mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2025/08/so-i...

Next Friday: Writers With Drinks returns to San Francisco! It's your chance to hear some incredible queer and trans writers. Caro de Robertis Michal "MJ" Jones Frida Sierra Annalee Newitz Charlie Jane Anders Renée Swindle 7 PM at Strut, 470 Castro. FREE, donation requested. Masks required 😷😻