Still reading, researching, teaching, writing... But at a pace and in a place that suits me, not some whip cracking employer eager to squeeze every last drop of creativity out of my soul before it throws me away.

A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing. And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)

If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers

All that, and so much more.

I contain multitudes Oh Oh shit My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance

Can't wait to see how Karoline Leavitt defends deporting her own sister-in-law. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension. She got the joke. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.

JFC.

Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine. Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.

I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.

Really brilliant analysis. Also somewhat heartbreaking, even for those of us who aren't from a Christian background. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I wish more reporting on this made the point that novelists won't be displaced by LLMs suddenly producing literature instead of story mulch, but because decision makers focused only on the bottom line, who don't understand what makes a good book, will be persuaded story mulch has got 'good enough'.

Ah, the joy of dumping 52gb of unwanted AI shit off the new PC. Take that, ya bahstahds!

...that stomach sink of dread when yesterday's science fiction film props become today's world.

It really is. And makes me long for the vintage Underwood I found one garbage night in Manhattan, and had to leave behind when I moved overseas.

ICYMI: The GOP is trying to pass Permitting Reform legislation that would gut protections for Tribes and communities to oppose strip mining and oil and gas drilling. These lands have been protected by Tribal treaty rights since the 19th Century. How is this America First?

loooove her

Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-... 🔭 🧪

This is a fabulous story. An antidote to the rest of today's news.

@gianttourtiere.bsky.social I have a plan to increase alertness in bridge crew and prevent sleep deprivation incidents!!!

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

FFS. Reading the 2nd book in the Tyrant Philosophers series & all I want is a decent summary w/spoilers to remind me of book 1 bc I read it that long ago. Not a review and not AI. Can I find one? No. I swear there used to be tons of sites that did this, especially in SFF. Where did that all go?

Our trans kin aren't going anywhere. There will always be more; you cannot harass a facet of humanity out of existence. So if we could be kinder to the ones who are here now, I would really appreciate it. Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.

I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...

Need a magician but can't disembark on their secret island? Problematic mage gap.

The judge also wrote that the DOJ can't "use its administrative subpoena power to achieve what the Administration cannot accomplish through legislation: the elimination of medical care that Washington and other states explicitly protect.” www.autonomynews.co/doj-subpoena...

when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once

Objection - soul not in evidence.

The feds are escalating in Los Angeles. We've seen record high kidnappings and our communities are under attack. The media focus on LA has died down so electeds don't feel the need to even feign opposition. People are out here fighting. We need all of us. Join the struggle. Defend your neighbors.

That reboot of Spielberg/Kubrick's A.I. has gone super dark

Noem is mad about the whistles. Good job everyone.

Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems. "Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map." Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Reading about the rapid collapse of Eastern European governments in 1989 as completely rotten and corrupt leaderships disintegrated when people realised fear was all that was holding them up. Apropos of nothing.

Mahmood will never be considered British by the people she's trying to impress. That's what makes this even more infuriating - it's like an orgy of self-hatred inflicted on everyone who reminds her of herself.

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable. A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

Can someone please help me understand why there are wait lists for library ebooks and audiobooks? Are publishers really limiting access to only one person at a time? (No, I'm not looking at a waitlist that extends into 2027, why do you ask?)

I need to go to one of these.

It's EDI in the UK, possibly the only time Eric ever comes in first.

You know who has Universal Healthcare provided by the government? Folks in Argentina do and the US taxpayers sent them $40 Billion Dollars so they can keep it. How are your premiums doing?

November 12, 2025

My god this is such welcome good news

Looks like Russia’s first homegrown robot had one too many before the big reveal… Can’t wait to see what Russian AI can do… 😂😂😂

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

This to me seems like a "too big to fail" problem. Like, as a society we believe that Men(TM) are too big to fail. "But, but, what if we got rid of all the rapists and predators? Who would be left?" Who indeed? Let's find out. Men, actual men, can be better than this. Must be better than this.