RFK jr: [crawling out of a hallowed out whale carcass] tylenol causes autism MAGA: we knew it RFK jr: and hand soap gives you butt cancer MAGA: we never used it anyway RFK jr: [whispers] the moon told me MAGA: yeah makes sense

"the truth is, these are not very bright guys and things got out of hand" covers so much of what's going on, everywhere, all the time

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"markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" is arguably the single most correct thing anyone has ever said about them keynes knew his shit

"Sir, this is a [HOWLING OF MILLIONS OF DEMONS OF HELL]."

The purpose of marriage is to ask someone "Where is that thing I was *just* holding?!" so they can silently point to where you put it, everything else is set dressing.

this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite

Personally would say the opposite. Mars provides at least SOME protection. And O’Neill cylinders are a much trickier engineering challenge than living in caves. Agree that both are unlikely.

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

RFK Jr. (Torgo voice): And the r-EASon that chILdrEN have too many platelets n-OW-a-dayyys is of course because of the sp-ER-micides in the Capri Suns Child at his door, slightly louder this time: Trick or treat

Possibly grapes would be more productive. Consult your local agricultural extension and tell them Zach Weinersmith sent you. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/garden... PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.

Never ask a man his age, a woman her salary, or GPT-5 whether a seahorse emoji exists

It's hard sometimes to understand why people go to such ridiculous lengths to become and stay billionaires when I get such reliable joy from a stack of books, a pot of coffee, and a hummingbird feeder.

Come celebrate with me for the launch of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM on October 14 at 6:00 PM at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA, where I'll be in conversation with RF Kuang! Ticket gets you a copy of the signed book. (Thank you to Harvard Book Store.) www.harvard.com/event/ken-liu

The wizard sings a song to the little cat.

What a mess. This is part of why I strongly believe markets should post sample contracts: writers deserve to know what they‘re getting into before the pressure of an acceptance is applied. Seems it would spare markets a lot of headaches too!

I don’t think even Black Mirror showed this combination of dystopian themes.

IT'S BOOOK DAYYYYYYY (and the crowd goes wild) A long-awaited return to Rapid City and the world of Karen Memory! www.patreon.com/posts/137115...

Tons of this floating around. LLMs give them the ability to pretend they've read your work, in the hopes you only notice the shiny ball and fail to see the toothy anglerfish maw behind.

I'm familiar with that stretch of road. 10pm with traffic generally going 80mph, pulling over to the median because someone southbound was waving? Seems unlikely. On the other hand, "Got rear-ended while rubbernecking, learned from first responders what was going on, and wove that into a lie"...

If your heritage is a corporate logo, it deserves to be erased.

If you enjoy mystery games like Obra Dinn, this one is absolutely fantastic. Incredibly imaginative and vivid. Entirely text. william-rous.itch.io/type-help

If your publisher always talks about how your work is ”important” and never talks about it being good, you need a new publisher.

The number one cause of liberal kids is obnoxious conservative parents.

Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

One of the most pernicious delusions social media spreads in our age faux-populism is that there is an alternative to having an ‘expert class’. There is not. Yes, they can have biases. Yes, they can be wrong. Yes, they can even be corrupt. There still is no alternative. The world is complicated.

I share early buzz and preorder links for ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM in the latest issue of my newsletter. kenliu.substack.com/p/early-buzz...

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The Case of the Midnight Fries torontolife.com/deep-dives/t...

The fundamental divide of modern politics everywhere is between people who either are those nerds broadly construed or who are fine with that, and people who would rather the world end than not understand the spreadsheets.

Modern life is basically dependent on nerds you will never meet building software & spreadsheets you will never see What the Trump admin dares to ask is: what if we just shoved as many of those folks as we could find into a locker.

Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok

Hey, an animated version of Weston Wei's delightful cover of my forthcoming novel The Subtle Art of Folding Space. Off-kilter physics! A deadly family! A decision no one should have to make. Also, a lot of food. Coming April 7, 2006. Preorder now! torpublishinggroup.com/the-subtle-a...

Cats love cozy spaces

guy on the city subreddit posted a thread asking where he and his girlfriend can get a good milkshake in the city. he got a bunch of responses, then posted a picture of the milkshakes they decided to get. this is what the internet should be used for. everything else is a sin.

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You do you, but: One of the things we discovered in the early days of Bluesky is that quote-dunking drives toxicity. It’s like being at a cocktail party and when someone says something you don’t like, shouting to the entire room: “HEY LISTEN TO WHAT THIS ASSHOLE JUST SAID!” So maybe don’t?

When people quote-dunk me, I detach and block, and everybody should. Quote-dunking is a way of encouraging the internet to fall on somebody's head, and if you have a lot of followers, it's catastrophically antisocial behavior.

When I blurbed this novel a few years go, I said the whole thing is just plain fun, and I stand by that verdict.

I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.

"People i never interacted with blocked me!" Yes. We saw how you interacted with other people and decided not to wait for our turn.

You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I’ll come running To see you again You got a friend *shakes bag of chips enticingly*

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