i’m not crying you’re crying xkcd: Fifteen Years

BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.

My t-shirt explaining that I don't follow illegal orders should not be of concern to anyone except perhaps those who were planning on ordering me to do something illegal

Not enough of you are donating to Wikipedia

Can you help find this intrepid explorer? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Much like Christmas, it always feels as if the autumn colours will never arrive... ...but just like that they're here and it doesn't feel as if there's enough time to enjoy them🥹 #momiji #maple #紅葉 #Kyoto #京都 #autumn #autumnrain #GardenTeahouse #camelliateaceremony

bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry

I whipped up a new post/newsletter extra for the Hayli Gubbi eruption. First time I've had to post an extra edition! #volcano #eruption eruptions.beehiiv.com/p/eruptions-...

Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...

"Worse, the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear."

Huh!

“The kids get it,” Lundy says. “They’re not trying to be nostalgic for something they never experienced. They’re trying to escape what they experience every day.”

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Unprecedented nepotism & corruption at the highest levels of American government

Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.

This feels like a @nickharkaway.com or @cstross.bsky.social plot twist. "The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru." www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...

The Ohio governor's race is narrowing as Democrat Dr. Amy Acton gears up for a fight against Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, likely avoiding a costly primary battle.

President of Ukraine: Our people really, really want this war to end. We are, of course, made of steel, but even the strongest metal can give way. Don't forget that. Stand with Ukraine, stand with our people. And therefore, stand with dignity and freedom.

There are a lot of different eagle and hawk species in South Africa, but there was one in particular that I was hoping to see. It was kind of hidden by branches, high in a tree , but then, this African Fish Eagle took off to check out the riverbank in the late evening light! #Birds 🪶

They line up perfectly.

If Mamdani invites Trump to Gracie Mansion and serves him 1980’s surf-and-turf and chocolate cake with a chilled can of Diet Coke in a graciously appointed dining room, we might be able to get Medicare For All. Dream big.

"We have a great portrait of FDR that I found in the vaults that was missing for years. I found it and I put it up. He's a Democrat, to the best of my knowledge... And when the mayor saw that portrait, he said, Sir, do you mind if I have a picture taken by that portrait?' It's an amazing portrait."

BTW: this reminds me of discussions I had with SpaceX fanboys while watching the New Glenn launch. They kept saying, 'SpaceX is ahead and BO only copies them!' I then told them that Blue Origin is two years older and patented sea landings before SpaceX did them. patents.google.com/patent/US867...

All of our new titles are up, along with a load of Lackadaisy books! Let's get that holiday shopping outta the way now, eh?

Hey, since Patton Oswalt was reinstated, maybe Bluesky moderation can reinstate someone who was banned for doing the exact same thing.

Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait. It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on. Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"making acetaminophen unavailable during pregnancy does not mean that the NDD risk will reduce. These points need to be discussed with women in a shared decision-making process that is both equitable and free from guilting." Free article from the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Jon Favreau reveals scripts for the entire THE MANDALORIAN Season 4 have been written “We were planning on doing a fourth season. I had actually written all of that. I still have Season 4 sitting on my desk here.” (Source: Empire Magazine)

I have hacked the prompts that were in your model and which you were probably stealing for profit Forgive me they were poetic pithy and evocative

My shop is once again open for all your #sciart needs! Clickety-click! artologica.etsy.com

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there are some pictures out from the preliminary investigation into the UPS crash and holy fuck it’s American 191 all over again there was no saving that plane

You can also read the transcript right below the video at the link. It's hard to take it all in at once, either way, so if you read it, you can go back a bit and re-read something that your brain doesn't want to know. It's important to understand how these people are with each other.

share a TV series you've seen from beginning to end more than once 📺

This video is excellent and you should watch it

Hopefully next year it will be completed!

Work in progress on a giant embroidered brain by @laurabundesen.bsky.social at #sfn #sfn25 #sciart

Here are my top 10 Labrador Retrievers of all time!

Guten Morgen aus Nusshausen 🐿

Seeing as a pressure vessel designed to deal with steam can look like this when it fails, bringing up Cthulhu seems appropriate.

Before Brexit, the UK's GDP-per-head was on par with other major countries. Since Brexit, the UK's GDP-per-head has flatlined, & is now substantially worse than those countries. But blue passports, eh?

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

Circa 1993, Vernor Vinge wrote that the first working AI would be the last thing that humanity ever invented. We don't *have* a first working AI, and at this rate—shifting the global economy to run atop spicy autocomplete trained on 4chan—we never will. But Vernor was right. Just forget "working".

Hi, it's me again I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders. Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them Get one at Squidfacts.net!

“Why are you pouring water over your head?” asked Frog. “I hope that if I pour water over my head, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.

Amazingly, I still have some itty bitty paintings left on day four. Come find me in the sails Pavilion at #sfn today until 4:00

Fun fact*: Deep Fat Fryers for turkeys were invented by a vengeful turkey. Don't fall for it, humans! *not