Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020. She missed these trials by a few months. One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here. I feel such a hole inside. In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.

Note to Democrats: Stop punching left. The left is fighting mad and the words we use are "Fuck ICE" and "IMPEACH" and "SHUT IT ALL DOWN." Maybe you'd get somewhere if you used those words, too.

In other news, I have 5 decks left to gold stake in Balatro. And I've already gotten the crappy ones out of the way.

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Thank you to the person who put $20 in. We are down to $150 thanks to you! We have almost exactly 48 hours to make it up. I know I've asked for help a lot over the last year. I am so grateful to all of you who have given me work or donated or even shared my posts around.

I'm really mad because now I want this. We deserve this. For morale.

A cryptid-hunting YouTube darling follows a video of his presumed-dead mom to an isolated island that was once a gay conversion camp & may house the monsters he swears aren't real AVAILABLE NOW!: books2read.com/u/boB9YL steve-westenra.itch.io Queer TWIN PEAKS x Grady Hendrix #PosterPit #A #H

We're about down to $150 on the cutoff amount for the light bill. Anyone who can help us cover it will get outstanding deals on editing, proofreading, or critique.

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

True! Fun fact: They did this because someone leaked Robert Bork’s rental history during his confirmation battle.

The Department of Energy canceled 321 grants worth $7.5 billion last October. Every single one was in a state that voted against the President. Not a single project in a red state was touched. This week, I asked Energy Secretary Wright a simple question: why?

Here's the link to help pay directly. Ignore the total amount. We are down to 171 for the cutoff. sna.pn/0bFpaL

If you have anything to spare, we need help covering the light bill. Only a couple days left. Cashapp and apple pay work best, but we also have Zelle. I'll post them all below.

The richest 10% of Americans own roughly 87% of stocks. The richest 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

This!

I want to thank MIT for inviting me to be a guest speaker at Beyond the Cradle: Envisioning a New Space Age 2026. It was lovely sharing the stage with Ken Liu, and there were so. many. astronauts.

This is truly what it comes down to. Corporations know they can do whatever they want and there is no simple, easy solution for everyone bc the economy is fucked and we have to go where increasingly broke readers are. The best thing for the publishing ecosystem is options; sadly, the options suck.

Because I may as well piss someone off today, I've come up with an infallible and derogatory analogy for GenAI. If you use AI to 'create' any form of art, you are essentially cuckolding yourself out of the process of creating art. You are an artcuck. Congratulations. You artcuck. (I'm doomed)

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A.I. art will never happen

Just holing up here with my shelves full of real books written over the past century muttering something resentfully about pre-war scotch

It’s fucking bizarre how people are acting like something from 2022 is something they can’t live without. Like dudes, the emotional dependence on a sycophantic machine regurgitating nonsense to encourage you to stop engaging in critical thought and trust the slop is truly depressing to witness.

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#C4News last night reported on the wholesale targeting of ambulances & paramedics in Lebanon by Israel, including the recent 'triple hit', when Israel attacked an ambulance, then attacked paramedics who went to help, and then attacked further paramedics also trying to help.

i can't help but think about 10 or 11 years ago when conservatives insisted that obama was uniquely anti-catholic because his administration thought that catholic-led orgs could just fill out a form if they didn't want to cover contraceptives in their health plans for employees.

Hi folks, the cats are officially out of food and I'm not far behind. I also really need some toiletries and pain meds. Please share and help if you can, anything helps

Exactly one year ago today:

This looks sick. Incredibly interested, both in submitting and in reading the result. Weird found footage, mostly Horror, stories? Yes please!

I mean it's also about bringing us just a little closer to utopia.

one more for the "this meme must surely already exist but i couldn't find it" file.

What are your favorite types of villains? The ones that deeply impact the main characters, force them to undergo a metamorphosis. Bonus points if the hero winds up aligning with the villain's reasoning but pursuing a more just solution.

"I hate feeling like my choices are to either let myself be hurt repeatedly or to progressively wall myself off into smaller and smaller protective bubbles until I’m utterly alone.” - @emilyhughes.bsky.social as quoted in the article by @maris.bsky.social on AI use in writing and publishing.

So it begins. We won't have to wait long until executives come knocking on the doors of engineers asking "so... that Claude Code licence we gave you and forced you to use, going so far as to track your token use... how valuable is it REALLY?" gizmodo.com/anthropic-is...

people genuinely convinced themselves that wealth disparities are immaterial as long as the floor rises without acknowledging that wealth accumulation is capital accumulation which is power accumulation, and that’s why we call it capitalism.

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Anybody else read Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay? Just got finished. I absolutely loved 95% of the book. Some of the best early-book dread I've read in a long time, a compelling concept, well-balanced. Those last 10 pages REALLY drags it down for me though. Spoilers likely in replies.

Indie Authors, if you have any interest in D2D; read this thread! Delilah pulls out some key facts that have just come to light from D2D, and cuts into a lot of speculation about what's going on and the intent behind it, answering many questions we've been asking ourselves.

Not enough people are talking about how hard it is to provide a nutritious, home-cooked dinner at a consistent, reasonable hour when you work a full-time job.

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay

the sheer number of small-dollar hustle-culture tutorials that pop up in social media advertising surely THIS will be the $9 marketing management guide that will change everything

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BREAKING: Senate Republicans blocked my War Powers Resolution that would have ended Trump's unnecessary, unjustified war against Iran. These cowards have had four chances to stop this chaos in the Middle East. And they put Trump's ego before America. Every damn time.

BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans. After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company. Now, the states have won.

Despicable fucking government.

I used the Biden free tax filing tool bc I liked not paying a tax firm. Had initial trouble, asked for help, got a prompt and lengthy list of suggestions. Turning off my popup blocker fixed it. Biden thought about what WE need, while Trump never has.

Hey all. On a hard financial deadline. Need to make up $350 by the 20th. I'm offering frankly ludicrous deals on edits, proofreads, critiques, and what have you. Hit me up if you'd like to save a boatload, make your story shine, and help someone in need all at once!

Last week, a 20 year-old man threw a molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion; two days later, people fired a gun at it. Earlier that week, someone fired gunshots into an city councilman's house who approved a data center. Why the AI backlash has turned violent: