Delighted by this episode of Star Trek TNG where the away team is trapped in an alien hotel but it just looks like they don’t know how to use revolving doors

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26 NO - 41% YES - 38% UNSURE - 21%

Wait - the corner of Olympic and Cloverfield, Santa Monica? Ladies and Gentlemen, that is almost exactly the location where the old Buffy offices stood. I believe we may owe thanks for this one to the Hellmouth.

Dress for the job you want: which, in this case, seems to be "space princess"

Good morning

I did not know a theremin could do this.

i don't know how to teach people to be more curious but i think that's what we desperately need

Everyday, Murderbot. Every damn day.

My understanding of "A.I." is that it is software that generates text based on probabilities of words next to other words. There's no thought, judgement, analysis; no thesis or support for a thesis. So what are we talking about when we say the "A.I" is better at social science research?

samesies

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The Gen X urge to take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world.

Birds do it Bees do it Other creatures in the trees do it Let's do it Let's create a residential structure using our own saliva

I keep seeing that new movie Wuthering Heights is almost totally different than the book, but the movie sounds pretty unhinged, and the book was certainly unhinged, so maybe it's just an adaptation based on vibes? Seems right.

thinking about Nick Groom's suggested "seven types of obscurity" in Gothic novels, forming a handy "is it goth" checklist lmao

Roses are red, These times are quite trying

What a great halftime show!

Ok, first off, I didn’t know they made bikinis that fit manatees.

i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

The Sunfish Considers Flotation Therapy by Alison Clara Tan "Don’t know why they bob? In blue death boxes? Sunless wreck." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry

narration describing the main character’s eveningwear mainly in terms of how good a deal she got on it

Ive watched this about 100 times. This is why the internet was invented. Right here. Peak content.

📰 4,700-year-old sand layer uncovered beneath a temple in the city of Assur sheds light on the Assyrian centre's founding and the origins of the cult of the goddess Ishtar 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social archaeologymag.com/2026/02/sand...

To everyone who received a book from me as a Christmas present, they are due back at the library tomorrow..

Hey... ...GM 🖤

Whew! Bay Beach Bernard didn't see his shadow, so early spring it is! Definitely a thing that has ever happened in northern Wisconsin.

wow

Timeline cleanse: the Muppet Show, but overdubbed as gaeilge (in Irish)

To Ron Johnson, who's still a Senator. Not Wisconsin's finest moments.

Interview with me about Murderbot and the upcoming Platform Decay at www.space.com/entertainmen...

Today I learned “Norwegian Christian laws forbade citizens from conversing with and interacting with trolls, and in documents dating from 1274 to 1781, doing so would result in severe punishment” (source: Wikipedia), and I kinda think many people nowadays would be better off if this law was revived

Echthroi. www.newscientist.com/article/2512...

Vance said, "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight." Writers for The Onion just turned off their computers and went home.

So I guess they found a rabid bat in the county where I work. You should all be very impressed that I'm still on the job.

If you see this and agree, you are obligated to rec a book by a fantasy author who's still writing. I don't make the rules. I mean, I do. Please though? It'd be great.

Coming up on Our Man Bashir, and I just watched it a couple of months ago with one of my kids (who hadn't seen it yet.) Should probably just skip it? Ha ha, just kidding.

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

Hey baby. Is that a Musa Paradisiaca in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? ;) Can your love only be described with hyper-specific scientific facts? Yeah, we thought so. Check out @rosemarymosco.com's Nature Valentines! 🐦 topatoco.com/collections/... 🌝

Asexual Yam Species: great name for a band. phys.org/news/2026-01...

Hellenistic gold wreath, 3rd century BC. A dazzling example of ancient goldsmithing! 🤩 From Pergamon (modern-day Bergama), Turkey. Istanbul Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Evergreen quote

stop what you're doing and let Amber Glenn take you to church #USPrevagenChamps #figureskating

I can't end the thread without this GIF of a capy enjoying a relaxing citrus bath at Izu Shaboten Zoo in Japan. Be like the capy, my friends. "Water pigs who are happy in water".🧘‍♂️

Happy Epiphany! It's the time when I traditionally post this manuscript image: There Was Only One Bed

The octopus being in such a small container really make them look like a grow-in-water toy. 🐙📷Wild Brody (inaturalist.ca/observations...)

it's twelfth night, time to celebrate by finding a loyal sea captain to save you from drowning and fall hopelessly in love with you, then abandon him to rot in jail so you can marry your sister's star-crossed girlfriend

Use a mic, if one is available, even if you think you're loud. I have sat through so many presentations that I had to strain to hear -- and I think my hearing is still pretty good.

Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺 #SICB2026