Finally getting around to reading John Scalzi's "When the Moon Hits Your Eye" and... I knew it was basically about what happens if the moon randomly turned into cheese... I knew this going in...

No shade to the OP for admitting this, but it shocks me that people my age don’t know this. You fundamentally cannot understand how the world functions, how power works, if you don’t know history.

The book Still A Man’s World (pub 1995, still depressingly relevant) studies men’s experiences in the female-dominated fields of teaching, nursing, librarianship, and social work. 0% surprisingly to anyone who has been in any of these fields (I’ve been in 2) — 🧵

Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir doing an interview with The Critical Drinker is deeply disappointing to see. I had thought better of Weir, and if I'm being kind, maybe he doesn't know the kind of bigot CD is, but even that speaks to how white dudes simply don't think about this shit & it shows.

The part about being able to register today is important. Many of my younger coworkers who went to university here thought they could not vote- but if you live here- VOTE!!

I still don’t know who killed Alex Pretti.

I need folks to know, this ISN’T NORMAL. Folks from other countries are getting extracted by their embassies, while the American government is simply saying “Figure it out!”. And THEN in an interview, Karoline Leavitt was asked about getting stranded Americans home. And she pretty much said

Woah! 😍

Ooh! Preordered!

Came across the phrase "cognitive DDOS" to describe our present culture. Understood instantly what it meant.

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...

I made a new addon called Icon Browser which utilizes the same methods trp3 uses for its icon browser. It allows searching icon names and filtering them with a dropdown menu CF: curseforge.com/wow/addons/i... wago: addons.wago.io/addons/iconb... wowi: www.wowinterface.com/downloads/in...

To sum up: The only people acting rationally regarding the deployment of an anti-drone laser at a party balloon over El Paso was the person at the FAA who shutdown air traffic.

New from Nansi Guevara: "We know where the checkpoints are. We warn one another when the Border Patrol is nearby. In public space, we adjust our bodies and behavior, attempting to go unnoticed, offering smiles of compliance as a way to disarm."

In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc. A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.

Off-roaders destroy rare and sensitive desert plants in Death Valley National Park

There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity. They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability. My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.

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8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.

No, Amazon Studios, you left something unfinished. Pick it back up where you paused. Start Season 4 of The Wheel of Time. The audience is still here. Waiting. #SaveWOT

Susan Ivanova is a great role model. Her words and actions in Babylon 5 Season 1 episode "The War Prayer" show how you deal with fascism. Expunge fascists from your life without remorse, and only regret that you didn't remove them sooner.

I don't want to share the actual videos, because no one should stumble upon them without warning, but this analysis by NYT reporters is important. ICE agents straight up murdered someone and fled the scene of their crime. They are cowards, criminals, and disgusting excuses for human beings.

My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

I saw screenshots this morning of Trump threatening members of Congress with death for this video but I hadn't seen the video. So if, like me, you've been inadequately online this week, this is what Trump thinks is worthy of EXECUTION.

11 Nov 2025 -- California Supreme Court rules that LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination law protects elderly trans residents in long-term care from being misgendered and mispronouned after a lower CA court held that employees could do so bec. of their 1st Amendment rights @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

On September 11, thousands of innocent lives were lost in an unthinkable tragedy that profoundly changed our nation. On this day of remembrance, we mourn the lives lost, honor the heroism of our first responders, and reflect on the resilience of the American people.

Holy shit.

Yeah, we're cooked. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S8pVQq/

The world may be burning but art will remain

Trans lives matter. That's it. That's the skeet.

NEW: At least 2 people were being transported to a Denver-area hospital after a shooting involving an “active assailant” at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County, officials said Wednesday afternoon // Story by @katielang.bsky.social

JUST IN: Three people are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to St. Anthony’s Hospital. https://cnn.it/46fImzg

So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing. www.science.org/content/arti...

A judge in Massachusetts today issued what I think is the first judgment against the DOJ's attempt to subpoena doctors who treat trans patients. The judge quashed the subpoena the DOJ issued against Boston Children's Hospital, home to the country's first gender clinic for adolescents.

California, when?? This is the direction we should be going in! Free childcare for parents and better (more than livable wages plz!) pay for caregivers. I don't have kids, I don't want kids, but this is where I want my tax dollars going! This is how we invest in the future.

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The destruction of our economy is happening at breakneck speed. It will take years to rebuild, if at all, because trust in the US is gone. When one party can undo everything enacted by the last and the American ppl cannot be trusted to vote in their best interest, companies don’t invest or expand.

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor. Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1996...

They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

If Campbell had been hit by a bus in 1929, the "golden age" of US science fiction would be different, as would what's "classic" in the genre, because *what was allowed to be published* in the genre would have been filtered in another way through another (probably) man, with other specific tastes.

In most documet editors you can customize the heading styles, so you can still get the specific look you want while also being accessible!