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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

The new Antoine Laurain, translated by Jane Aitken, is an interesting collaboration with street artist Le Sonneur. Published by @pushkinpress.com.

A restaurant manager in Minneapolis said people here used to talk about how white supremacist agitators were coming to the city in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder. "Now they're coming in uniforms."

Next Sunday is February 1st, Imbolc, Saint Brigid's Day, Lá Fhéile Bríde, First Day of Spring, Full Moon, Snow Moon Traditionally Brigid's crosses are hung over doors & windows for protection, and a scarf or cloth is left outside on St. Brigid's Eve for her to bless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq0c...

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

it’s wild when ignorant people put their ignorance on full display when they try to be clever.

Lads, I'll be in Ireland during the week of February 16th for an absolutely shite reason. Is there anything on in Dublin or Sligo area that would be good for the distracting?

letterboxd.com/crew/list/ev... Sinners sets the record for most Oscar Nominations earned (16). Well deserved.

this is necessary

Crowdsourcing information - have there been any developments on trans care in the area of telemedicine?

The U.S. cover for Omar El Akkad's book does not give the whole title: One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.

Wow. Read this.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

"...the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around…. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.”

The whole Iran stuff is just so much and so grim, and I know so many people worried about loved ones there that it's omnipresent. And they feel really abandoned at the moment, so try and ask how people are doing and know that that they're dealing with an enormous amount right now.

if you’re unwilling to do the right thing, that’s fine — but stop taking up room for people who will do the right thing.

Oh. My. Goodness. Two Bad Mice are doing The Raven illustrated notebooks and cards. Be still my heart.

Important work here from the NYT. Ross wasn’t run over. He dropped his cell phone, which he had shifted to his left hand to draw his weapon. And then he shot and killed a person with the gun in his right hand. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

Psst...have a cool short story you don't have a home for that fits this description? Submit it!

Bluesky is like what I imagine twitter was like when it started. Twitter is now like a cross between the future in the Terminator when it's run by robots and the Martian red light district in Total Recall.

Gulp

how much of an absolute joke do you have to be to covet someone else’s award so badly that you think it means something about you that they gave it to you as a clear bribe?

When the world feels loud, seijaku reminds us to choose stillness bsky.app/profile/rave...

intelligence isn’t a singular sign of worth or “being right”. our societies lack of understanding the need for wisdom, foresight, philosophy, etc. is frankly staggering. imagine wanting to follow someone into space who loves the Empire in Star Wars, or thinks Star Trek was about advanced tech…

a reminder. a controlling party in congress created this situation and could have stopped it. from stuffing the judiciary with federalist society members to refusing to impeach a clearly corrupt president. and here we are.

New to #Bluesky? Here's a starter pack for Bricks & Mortar Bookshops on the Island of Ireland #BookSky go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq

In case you haven't figured out that you could be next: you could be next.

Pro tip: listen to Black Americans. At the very least, read Baldwin, Angelou, Coates, Douglass, & branch out from there. This nightmare we white people are "suddenly living in"? It is an old, old nightmare, and Black Americans have been telling us about it in plain language for centuries now.

"The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state." —William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987

“Is so-called “white” America ready to pull in the tug of war with Black Americans? Are they ready to come to the realization that race and class are interconnected, that we are all struggling economically as working class people?” Read more: open.substack.com/pub/ninaturn...

Thanks Neko Case and her band for a moving show in Burlington VT last night. You are so powerful, she said. Care for your circle of people and make that circle bigger and bigger and bigger to encompass the entire world.

Listen to Powell here. www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

I mean, that’s a pretty good line

i was streaming music in 1992 on SPARC stations at Purdue. #feelingOld ftp.luth.se i think? get songname.wav /dev/audio (??) anyone else remember that?

Motháim uaim go mór ciúnas.

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

it’s easy to box folks into being cowards because they don’t take the path you think they should take, but you may just not be able to see how they are trying to be brave in the circumstances they are in.

cruel pricks will always struggle not to take every opportunity to prove themselves to be who they are.

Important Gus update

If passengers abandon the titanic because an iceberg split it in half, the iceberg wins. So I'm staying

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

i really need people to stop entertaining the thought “this can’t happen here”. it’s literally happening here and has been happening since they took office. it’s been happening to Black and brown folks for centuries. just stop pretending it’s not happening.

Many Americans say the U.S. is not a moral leader but want it to be, according to an NPR/Ipsos poll. And, the FBI is taking over the investigation into the fatal Minnesota ICE shooting. n.pr/3LDTNdU

Published in March by Usborne: Fake News & How to Spot it by Holly Bathie and Alex Frith #KidLit #KidsBooksFriday

Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.

Don’t post AI slop. When people with really agitated profile emojis post AI slop, consider just blocking them.

Breaking News: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said it would cease operations, signaling the end of a newspaper whose origins date to 1786.