Turns out getting to break the ball in the week before the game means you get an extra 4-7 yards per kick, who knew? (besides me and every other kicker and punter who’s ever played, we all knew)

There are no words for how evil this is

PS: to all those annoying Silicon Valley people who worry about AI safety but think that means far fetched scenarios involving paperclip maximization, try thinking about the dangers that are actually happening instead.

I hope OpenAI loses not just their lawsuit but all their money and their ability to operate. This keeps happening, and I don’t see it stopping unless there are SERIOUS consequences.

And do I see these ads from the Democrats? Just 30 seconds of “Australia has so much power it’s free. We sent men to the moon. Why can’t we have that?” The dark key to every human heart is “feeling hard done by”, the GOP has known that for years, fucking turn it,

The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.

Every couple of weeks I get a post that's meant for Chuck Schumer, but I am not Chuck Schumer

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

Featuring @sillysyntax.bsky.social @tanaudel.bsky.social @brentclambert.bsky.social and more!

As we near the end of the year, the last thing you might want is a big, chunky fantasy or science fiction book to drag into the new year. Good thing @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's got 5 underrated novellas to recommend instead!

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

I've seen the Trump photo. I should not be gobsmacked at this point, but yeah, I am gobsmacked.

Now planning my road trip to ancient Rome, obviously: 🧪 🏺 www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...

Have a wonderful day...🫶 #ColorADay #YellowThu #InsectThursday #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Butterflies #Bugsky #flowers #onlybeautifulthings #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #ArtYear #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin

My reformulation of Gresham's Law for AI slop continues to prove true. And I hate it.

The AI generated scam emails from nonexistent book groups (that try to extract some sort of fee) and phony book marketing/promotion ‘experts’, both trying to scam vulnerable authors, are out of control. The sheer number I receive daily is nuts. AI generation makes them un-filterable.

still adjusting to the fact that I have become a person who absolutely must read a new-to-me author's entire back catalog. this is not an efficient use of time, sometimes? but it's so SATISFYING.

got AI slop reshared into my feed. You know the rules. got to share a real photo for my own palate cleanser.

The Scott Monument as seen through the Advocate’s Close on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh #UrbanGaze #Scotland #Edinburgh #uk #EastCoastKin #BlueSky #blueskyphotography #photography #travel #cities #RoyalMile

Barnacle An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall. A new story by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social at @reactorsff.bsky.social reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...

I was going to do gardening today and not photography, but the shovel exposed this little incipient Pheidole lamia ant colony and I had to get a shot.

We are delighted to reveal the cover for @isabel.kim's debut novel Sublimation, a story of immigration, identity, and paradox from the author of "Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole"

Good morning from Salem! She’s discovered she can jump on top of her little tower! Very exciting moment. She also likes chasing anything that might be a bug: .

Posing the question should get you politely but firmly ejected from society by a large man dressed like an usher at the opera. He just appears with a tight smile and quietly suggests that it would be best if you don’t cause a scene.

The New York Times is going through some things, although not, regrettably, a woodchipper.

Happy book birthday to THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT! I'm thrilled for this book to go out to readers. It's the most fun I've had writing a novel. Get yours! US: awfulagent.com/ebooks/tower... UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-Tyrant... (HC 18% off for launch!) Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Happy Happy release day @jeremyteg.bsky.social

Also in this episode, Paul sends in a letter of comment and gets smacked down for his ignorance of the amounts of money involved in Worldcons (not really a vicious smackdown but still) by @johncoxon.bsky.social @bohemiancoast.bsky.social @lizbatty.bsky.social I am apparently the Jon Snow today

Now, how can we get N.K Jemisin's THE CITY WE BECAME into @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's hands (or maybe, good sir, you've read it already?)

My friends at @pelgranepress.bsky.social will see the significance of the title of the campaign immediately, I trust...

I‘M PLAYING DND AGAIN!!! And you can watch it live!

I have rolled up a large good lad for this campaign, his head totally empty except for all the ideals his parents stuffed in!

RISING (2007) Acrylic on Watercolor board - 36” X 24” This image came to me while I was working on THE RIVER in 1996. 1/3

Polygon featured the Myth Drannor map I painted in their article! My first full traditional map and surely one the most challenging one I've ever did. Lots of research and trust were involved in the creation of this piece, thanks to my AD Emi Tanji for trusting me! ©Wizards of the Coast

A little #realartmatters, to counter the tide of slop. Also: map goodness! #forgottenrealms :)

Another fun frame from my last Sandhill Crane encounter of the season. Love these goofballs #birds

Wow. Most of my fake followers this morning were sex spammers, but there was one who was grifting for a dot-com startup "harnessing the power of blockchain to agricultural produce"! We're going to be hearing the rubble from the AI bubble bounce for a very long time after the crash, aren't we?

This is one reason why I call it 18% Gray slop, in a tip toward photography and how sensors work. AI generative LLMs look for the median middle. That's how they work, that's all you can ever really get. No creativity, no invention, no *intention*. It cannot wander, it cannot wonder.

the newest episode of @octothorpecast.bsky.social has an image by, well, me. octothorpe.podbean.com If you are in the mountains and foothills of genre conversation, you probably can guess what it is a photo of...

I am indeed going to Novacon this weekend and I am very excited! I am ALSO going to Eastercon next April so if you miss me this time you can catch me there.

Fall foliage at Gimbter Heide in the Münsterland #FallFoliage

More fall foliage at Gimbter Heide in the Münsterland. #FallFoliage

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! @rhigarthjones.bsky.social discusses Ottoman receptions of Roman antiquity. Then, Black Death mythbusting; wampum beads in Canada; celebrating Native American Heritage Month; ancient Mexican coprolites; ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!

I am very amused that one of the images is from THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, which as I recently told @amaster101.bsky.social is the movie that Gladiator tries to remake.

The genre's called Sword and Planet, cousin, LEARN about it

Thread on franchises, remakes, reboots, specifically Star Trek

I don't have a REAL telephoto to get you moon shots better than the ones I did yesterday. @mprnews.org though, has Kerem Yücel's shots and they DO www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

This is a good time to read this trilogy if you haven't already.

My top books of 1859: I'm declaring a tie between: fromtheheartofeurope.eu/september-bo... A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens and The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, by Edward Fitzgerald and fromtheheartofeurope.eu/january-book... On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin

Book Review: A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo A deeply unsettling addition to the series, bringing the connecting thread of food up to the forefront of the story. @chloroformtea.bsky.social has our review at the NOAF blog www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/book...