"Young Americans Should Be Raising Hell About Social Security — Optimist Economy" optimisteconomy.com/episodes/you...

Comemierdas www.indystar.com/story/news/p...

amend the constitution to abolish the presidency www.npr.org/2026/07/09/n...

something i can’t stop thinking about from Disclosure Day - count/watch the number of layers (esp jackets and coats) that Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor are wearing

SPEAKING of Infomocracy, I'm super late in telling everyone about this quarter's donations for the Centenal Cycle. And telling people about it is an important part, because honestly the money is pretty small, so awareness raising was always supposed to be part of the deal. And right now,

Such an important editorial from the wonderful Christy Chitengu at the Global Movement Against Statelessness: "Too often, stories about marginalized communities focus exclusively on suffering. While it is necessary to acknowledge injustice, it is equally important to recognize agency."

this is a good day to consider amending the constitution to abolish the presidency

The flip side of tax cuts (and a reminder that we can have nice things more easily if we all chip in a little) www.indystar.com/story/opinio...

I just finished a Terra Ignota re-read so that may be a factor, but a Catholic schism in 2026 feels like something from @adapalmer.bsky.social’s worldbuilding

we should name heat domes the same way we name storms

To celebrate my LGBTQIA+ family, I headed to the San Antonio Public Library system to share a history of the queer drivers who have transformed the motorsport space this Pride Month! That full presentation is available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWWX...

"The United States needs to get out from the endless project of plugging leaks in the ship of racial politics and establish an incontrovertible and universal right to vote." democracyjournal.org/magazine/81/...

This summer, John will appear in not one but TWO soap operas. And we would like to thank both General Hospital and Days of Our Lives for each doing something uniquely outlandish to his hair. Finally: John is hot. Photos courtesy of: Chris Bartolucci/ABC/Disney & Chris Haston/Days of our Lives. 

Terra Ignota may well be one of those “unfilmable” books, but every time Sniper is on the page i want to see them played by Mae Martin

finished s1 of Widow's Bay - when you have a trap-it-in-the-basement-and-pour-concrete tradition, all your monsters look like trap-it-in-the-basement-and-pour-concrete tradition problems

minor project for the evening: migrating substack subscriptions (that are still active) to feedly in order to reduce the number of inputs

i need to read fan theories about terra ignota once i finish perhaps the stars

Social Security has been too defensive for too long. We've had five decades to ponder how we pay for it, when we need to be asking how to expand the program to better meet the needs of Americans. Time to be on the front foot. My latest newsletter: www.kedits.com/p/the-social...

the age is wrong but i’m suddenly obsessed with the idea of Jason Mantzoukas playing Mycroft Canner #terraignota

Translators! Please send me the title "Small Planet: The SF in Translation Magazine" in the language of your choice! I want to include this in each issue of the magazine. Thanks! #xl8 #SFinTranslation

In the conversation with podcast host @msifry.bsky.social, Heather McGhee connects the dots between the racial politics she chronicled in The Sum of Us and the authoritarian moment we're living through, and she doesn't let the two-party system off the hook. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK7E...

If I could do a single thing to the automotive press it would be prevent people who don't understand regen writing about it. then it would be stopping Americans going to Le Mans on VIP

Le Mans is such a beautiful course - i don't know how dense the trees are away from the track but it feels like they're in and out of a forest

I don't know who needs to hear it, but Kim Kardashian doesn't owe Martin Brundle anything: deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/martin-bru...

thinking about how this would be a good time to amend the U.S. Constitution to abolish the presidency

Fun surprise hearing @kedseconomist.com on NPR’s Planet Money Indicator this morning :)

COMIC: Middle Earth Uber

The June issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Carrie Vaughn, Claire Jia-Wen, Rebecca Campbell, Pan Haitian, Anne Wilkins, Samantha Murray, and Damián Neri. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_237 Subscriptions available at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

i have a wyvern tattoo bc i think they're more "accurate" than six-limbed dragons (look at birds and bats! count their legs!); love seeing one in @davekellett.bsky.social's Anatomy series :)

Friends! Today I get to do an "ASK ME ANYTHING" over on the r/fantasy subreddit. Fun! Come ask questions and let's be best pals! --> www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

today would be a good day to amend the constitution to abolish the presidency www.npr.org/2026/05/26/n...

Thinking about how the director of the public library I used to work at sent out an email after the Kirk assassination implicitly threatening discipline or termination if we weren’t “careful” what we posted on our personal social media www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

The #SFinTranslation website: Ten Years! www.sfintranslation.com?p=16600

It’s her day

when the cats jumps up on the recliner and meows at you to put your legs into her preferred nap-cradle position

TODAY'S COMIC: Anatomy of the Van Meter Visitor

i liked ransomware more when it was just a plot device in a neal stephenson book

Looking to support something meaningful today? 🗨️Global Voices is a multilingual community newsroom that bridges the gap between local stories and global audiences. ✅Support independent journalism—donate today. globalvoices.org/2026/04/16/s...

happy Hugo Awards Voter Packet day to those who observe

Pals! I’m giving away ALL FIVE DRIVE eBOOKS via the Hugo Awards voter packet! The Hugos are all new to me, but I *love* the generosity behind the @thehugoawards.bsky.social voter packet. It’s such a fun way to do it. (…click the “Dave Kellett” download under Best Professional Artist and voilá!)

Happy New Murderbot for those who celebrate!

Kyle Busch has brought back his old attitude but isn’t capable of his old performance. New GRP focusing on Texas is out 👇🏻

XD fraude.design

Timely article (for me) - my 2012 Prius’s check engine light just came on and while most of me hopes it’s a cheap fix, there’s a part hoping it’ll be an excuse to go electric www.npr.org/2026/05/01/n...

Sent in my DRIVE reading materials to be included in the big HUGO VOTER PACKET. Folks will be getting all five acts! (It's a brilliant idea, @scalzi.com -- good work!) If you want to get a whole huge grab-bag of scifi reading, jump in at the $50 WSFS Membership level, here: www.lacon.org/register/

Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com (THIS PAGE: The Silent Call)

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today would be a good day to amend the constitution to abolish the presidency

today would be a good day to amend the constitution to abolish the presidency