"Have you seen our Irish setter? He's a stupid old thing but we love him." #deepcut

huh

You know what we need, more help line phone numbers attached to ads on the most popular podcasts. That'll work.

Mind boggling detail about the weapon in Austin's yogurt shop murders. The gun used here, in KY, elsewhere(?)was taken at a Border Patrol checkpoint. The killer sped off and the feds pursued. Later, they RETURNED the gun to the killer's father. Killer used the same gun to kill himself years later.

There's no going back to 2014 or 1996 or whatever mythical time of peace and harmony you'd prefer.

The bus driver to Houston gave like a 10 minute lecture about being considerate and not "gossiping" too loud or playing music. It was like having a substitute teacher, and I'm on board with all that.

I'm incapable of reacting to good news that breaks late on a Friday but here's some.

In less than a week he'll be guesting on pods and being groomed for a congressional run.

Okay THIS time it'll be aliens.

Yeah that makes sense. But I feel like I'm watching more shows that jam way too many plots into the season, knowing they won't even try to wrap them all up. So a ton of stuff just gets kicked down the road instead of being mostly or even somewhat resolved.

This weekend, the Austin FC supporters group @losverdesatx.bsky.social is hosting a watch party for the RSL game (9/27 at 8:30pm CT) at Fast Friends brewery. They’ve partnered with Walgreens so you can get your flu shot at the watch party!!!

Are TV shows becoming extended teasers for their own renewal? Have they always been?

"Nuanced" must be one of those words without meaning I guess.

Why do I have a feeling the Star Wars bros haven't tuned into the Disney boycott?

Time for me to check netgalley for the new Pynchon. Again.

This piece is about Trailer Space Records that closed down 10 years ago this October. I'm definitely going to do something else with the longer versions and talk to more people. TS was important in lots of music scenes. Strong memories and intense feelings. There's more here for sure!

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Update: Pain.

If Disney folds then they'll get news shows pulled; then entire channels; then publishers. Or, even worse, sell them off to entities that let them keep their name and air of legitimacy while being fundamentally different. Actually, it's already happening.

I'm writing a piece about a (former) Austin cultural institution and I have more than 45,000 words of tidied up interview transcripts. And I've got 3 more quick interviews to do. End goal: 1,800 words. It's going to get messy.

And a great lamentation fell on the land when the people heard, "I'll send you a Teams link."

Did the Foundation season finale just like...not include a scene wrapping up the main storyline?

Hey, Austin, if you’re around, the place to be tonight at 7pm is hanging out with @ericlarocca.bsky.social and yours truly at @bookpeople.com!

Quandry--I want a better transcription app/site but I don't want one that relies on AI. What do y'all think? Is that even possible anymore? I don't mind paying a bit for it to work.

Getting my allergy shots and the tech who just jabbed me asked about my book (Mother-Eating by Jess Hagemann) and started going into very very detailed descriptions about the extreme horror he likes. Directed him to the @ghoulish.bsky.social site. He perused it and said, "They seem pretty subtle."

Not that it was in doubt anymore, but the past day has really put the final nail in the coffin of the "Is the internet good?" debate.

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

if that news is true, don't say anything you wouldn't want to see screenshotted and spread all over right wing media

But they can't confirm who he voted for, right? RIGHT?

What's the over/under on how many drop out? 2? A few, like Michelle Gomez, have already been called out but clearly that didn't work.

This was my whole time as a teacher in grad school and as a high school teacher. You're not a cyborg that processes video like a cool robot thing.

Latinx Heritage month is coming up and this is a reminder that I've put together a very robust Latinx Spec Fic Author starter pack! Go follow and support these authors! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

Is there anything worse than saying, "Any questions?...No? I'm perfect then? Wow, good for me."

I can't even tell y'all how much I loved Fight Night. An astounding blend of hilarity, tenderness, familiarity, and all the emotions in between. It moves like a rocket. Play ball!

Update: we just received a statement from Macmillan/Tor taking full responsibility for failing to register copyright, promising to make us whole and pay us any settlement money we lost out on due to that error, and promising to find & correct the lapses that caused this. Every pub should do this.

They're digging themselves a legal and moral hole so deep they'll never be able to give up power.

I have a bad habit of querying agents on Fridays because I enjoy getting lost in the weekend pileup evidently.

Oh great, I have a deadline on my calendar that I don't understand at all. Like I don't know what I'm trying to alert myself to. I'm sure this is fine.

There's literally a whole Tom Clancy book and movie starring Harrison Ford about this ghoulish move. And the one who stops it is the hero.

"...or are you just old" is the secret accurate ending to most online opinions.

Absolutely nothing on Paramount Plus is worth this.

This was my favorite story in the book.

Big thanks to @sgj.bsky.social for his time and kind words. I know you all will love this.

When I tell people my family has been in the US longer than the US has existed they tend to get all twitchy.

Why are people so bad at not doing the worst thing possible?

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Trump just said he's been watching AI-generated videos ever since he was a little baby. He also said if something bad happens and there's a video he'll just say it's AI.

Wow this new GDT "Frankenstein" looks so great

What are the odds they have him walk from the desk to one of those arm chairs and expect the "press" to give him a round of applause and little cookies?

How awesome does this sound?!