I feel so f**king old.

Tangentially but related, if someone says ‘diversity of thought’ to you they fully intend to put you in a death camp

My PC is suddenly unable to print a PDF to a printer; it just wants to create infinite PDFs. I am in the lucky position of being able to forward the PDFs to my Mac and print from there. Because it is not worth my time to attempt to troubleshoot such a basic failure.

Venetian ceruse is here to stay. We need to stop fearmongering about Venetian ceruse and start finding the ways that Venetian ceruse can be used ethically and to support our causes. Naysayers need to realize that this technology is inevitable.

Diversity of thought on the right = You wouldn’t believe how many possible ways you can be racist

Okay, I need somebody to make like a clean search engine with a minimalist aesthetic. It should be like a plain white page, just a bar in it. One, maybe two buttons. And all it should do is give me results that match my query EXACTLY, ideally with boolean operators possible.

Oh, wow, I figured out how to fix everything. It's called de-Reaganing. Just undo everything Reagan did.

my tragic brother in arms told me monsters keep eating his horses so I asked how many horses he has and he said he just goes to a grateful and sexy noblewoman and gets a new horse afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding horses to monsters and then his moonglum started crying.

You can also unblock people and then block them again immediately, if you'd like a little hit of serotonin.

Also this:

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Watching STRANGE DAYS (1995) set in dystopian 1999

Gotta say it’s a bit on the nose to have a ship full of wealthy white people and an outbreak that’s actually been controlled dominate global media while a major Ebola outbreak in DRC with cross boarder spread is going unnoticed. www.npr.org/2026/05/16/g...

Do you want five themed flash fiction stories delivered to your kindle every two weeks this summer? @ericfomley.bsky.social, @kaidelmas.bsky.social, and myself are launching a series of 99 cent ebooks! They will be released every two weeks over the summer! Order now for auto-delivery!

This whole thing of the entire global economy now being based solely on gullible fascists selling each other magic beans would be much funnier if the global economy wasn't how I feed, clothe, and house myself.

Neuromancer Cyteen Use of Weapons

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover and Grogu

Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension and Grogu (Courtesy of Kid # 2)

A thread about rice with a side of empire.

brick, wood, grain, sheep, rock, robber

On the drive home, I listened to the Marketplace piece on NoSleep stories getting optioned. Just in case anyone with money comes across this on their skyline: I, and my fiction, can be bought.

Things I enjoyed in 2026 (Part 2) Short Stories "Let's Go to the Zoo" by Louis Evans (2026): Wanna watch the last sane human being through glass? "Welcome to Heroism" by John Wiswell (2026): There are some very cute lines ("Her mix of speed and spite was too potent for mortal algorithms.") in a…

This trip is the first time I've gone through the Lehigh Tunnel since I read Death of Mountains; I found myself hoping the mountain didn't hurt too much.

Downside: Spent the day feeling crappy, then asleep, and sensibly not driving, so I will not see the family tonight. Upside: I slept and have more time curled up in front of the fake fire, and will hopefully only need a normal-for-me number of stops on the drive tomorrow.

Remember that time I had to walk away from a dream acceptance after 7 months attempting to negotiate a fair contract? Well, a few months back, I got an acceptance for that very story and am thrilled to say "A Game of Go" is coming to @adventitiouswords.bsky.social issue 4! Fair contract signed.

And lastly, my Spotlight review for A. P. Howell! @aphowell.com Thank you for sharing your work with me!! www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...

13 & 14: "Adamere in Swan" (novelette) Beset by bounty hunters, Baschimeh encounters kindness in an unexpected place. Find this story here at Parsec: pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digit...

11 &12: “The Relative Position of Dead Things in the Dark” (novelette) Xan enlists her sister Baschimeh’s help with searching a shot-up ship for valuables. Find this story here at Parsec: pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digit...

The wi-fi is. So. Slow. It's like I've gone back to the '90s. Don't get me wrong, if that meant we got Roe and the VRA back, I wouldn't complain about connection speed. (Much.) But no, it's slow wi-fi and the transphobia part of the '90s.

10. Why You Should Read “The Mermaid Who Declined the Sea Witch’s Offer and Is Doing Just Fine, Thanks for Asking” | WYSR Review Two women in a coffee shop discuss working on an audiobook and other things. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

9. Why You Should Read “On the Beach” | WYSR Review A Selkie woman walks the beach after spending a lifetime on the land. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

8. Why You Should Read “Purple Lizard Skin” | WYSR Review Xan meets a child in the rehab center of the hospital and comes to a difficult discovery. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

7. Why You Should Read “Used Armor Smell” | WYSR Review Janot’s armor won’t last forever in the firefight, even if it is new. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

Roe V. Wade

I have finally planted milkweed, @vriccithode.bsky.social! We'll see if monarchs stop by. Just one plant for the moment, from the garden center's native section. It is identified as "Swamp Milkweed" and "Ice Ballet," I guess to appeal to somewhat divergent market segments.

this one bc it made me feel like 🎵we're all in this together🎵

"We only built the Torment Nexus because evil writers made us do it"

I love how Gritty warps reality. Just look at the pleasure taken in what would otherwise be an obviously cursed object.

6. Why You Should Read “Lakeside” | WYSR Review She isn’t going to let the ghost ruin her evening. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

5. Why You Should Read “5:37” | WYSR Review @translunartl.bsky.social A haunted videotape informs Randie she has five minutes and thirty seven seconds left to live. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

4. Why You Should Read “Changeling” | WYSR Review Elizabet knows her child is different. But that doesn’t mean she can’t love him. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

3. Why You Should Read “Farm Boy” | WYSR Review @bfbzine.bsky.social An overlord is asked to overturn a policy around farm boys. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

2. Why You Should Read (WYSR Review) "Bones Placed in Apposition" Two scientists study bones of what appears to be a mastodon. inkfoundry.net/review/why-y...

I'm back from my break, and I'm ready to dive into some short fiction! This week I'm featuring A. P. Howell @aphowell.com 1. "Stages of Pre-Bereavement" A tragic accident isn’t quite the end for your husband. But the waiting is its own kind of torture. www.thedreadmachine.com/product/dark...

Fantastic Wind in the Willows related thread.

Happy 9th anniversary to Tom Holland's performance of Umbrella on Lip Sync Battle, a pivotal pop culture moment in history! youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

strait of hormuz why not just walk dot jpg

you fucked up a perfectly good freedom of navigation is what you did look at it, it's got tolls

Slept in, but I've mostly felt non-crappy today. Will I continue to not feel like crap this week? We shall see! (Much to my annoyance, I *did* still feel like crap on Sunday, so I skipped a party and Bryn Mawr May Day.)

oh wow this is GREAT.