we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

holy fuck

"The notion of making a living with A.I.-generated books appears to be based on the belief algorithms will be serving up book slop the same way we are force-fed other kinds of slop" I'm still not over losing my job as a book reviewer. Here's why we need book critics: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

2026.02.25 Found a new vocal stem and coping mechanism today!

one of the most magical things about parenthood is the opportunity to watch a baby grow and develop. i never got to be a baby. i’ve always just been a guy

someone in a server just said they have five weeks until they defend their dissertation, and I went "huh hadn't thought of it that way, how long do I have" and you know: also five weeks. I no longer like thinking about it this way

about fifteen years ago a lot of people in my orbit were chattering about Downton Abbey and somehow it never came up that the hinge of the entire first season is the family's choleric eldest daughter making a vain and meanspirited Turkish diplomat bust so hard he dies

some benevolent cyberpunk for you

Tfw you still have some edge cases to fix in your procedural locomotion system #gamedev

so youtube autoplay is just useless at certain hours now huh

It’s good to see that pockets of pure art still exist out there.

The Supreme Court:

This is what gaming is all about

The Monday Period: Pages 1-4 #garfield #imsorryjon

"free/cheap/non-toxic youth sports" feels like one of those skeleton keys that would have knock-on effects accidentally fix 100 unrelated things about America or, you know, even if it didn't, at least a bunch of kids would be able to have fun playing sports

NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results" and i was like. oh!

it really is shocking how much self deprecation is seen as a cultural requirement for 'serious art.' 'real' artists are not allowed to exalt their work and must present it publicly as a sort of 'i dont think this is very good but maybe you will get around to it.' HECK THAT. love yourself

If you don’t read old stuff you’ll never discover that people in the olden days had the same thoughts and feelings and dreams and anxieties you do, sometimes articulated differently, sometimes exactly the same way. You are never truly alone in anything and old writings are a neon sign telling you so

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

@ me: lock in

aww yeah i can do colors babey~ (dialed.gg)

I would shoot the computer with a handgun five to eight times

I would love this so much.

fascinating things happening over on the goodreads

the Black Panthers were right

i can’t think about deer anymore without thinking of this tweet

Kedari and Baby wish you all a happy Valentines day

Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40. Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store

i often think about this review

growing up female the "polite" voice i learned was to be extra feminine (higher pitch, softer tone) so now every time i talk to customer service i sound like the faggiest boy in gaytown

you think you'll set up a dungeons and dragons game and it will be heroism and tearful story beats but 32 weeks in the group chat is called something like "hagfuckers" or "tits out for lolth" and you're in a blazing row with a player who will only roleplay as an ordinary horse

if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there

For decades, Texas let drillers spread staggering amounts of radioactive and PFAS-ridden waste on the fringes of the nation’s fourth largest metro area — while making it virtually impossible for the public to know where. Absolutely fucking insane story from @saulelbein.bsky.social today

Non-Biathlon Skier Would Also Like Gun

couldn't sleep so i made him sit down

congratulations to the Seahawks, who are technically named after the gorgeous Osprey — a great victory for birders everywhere! below is my rendition of an Osprey soaring to victory, drawn with full attention to detail. and no, this is not a photo!

so far tonight bad bunny has sung more reggaeton songs than the patriots and seahawks combined

i rebooted into windows again for the first time in a month earlier and apparently last time i was on there i had forgotten what "wiseposting" meant and googled it and still had the tab open so i rebooted into windows and was met with

whoever decided the resources folder in eclipse should have a default build rule of "exclude **" — you have made a powerful enemy this day

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational

WHAT'S UP BLUESKY IT'S AN ART REVEAL TIME if you preorder my lesbian cyberpunk heist, THE OBAKE CODE, you get THESE amazing prints to go with it!!! tarot cards by Kels Gottschlich and keychains by Conito! more in the thread! preorder from @sidequestbooks.bsky.social here: sidequestbooks.com/obake/

You couldn't make The Fugitive today. Harrison Ford is too old

maintenance mode

Folks in library systems with Libby (and WCL uses it), you should in fact request this, stat. Genuinely excellent book I will push at the slightest opportunity.

Happy black history month from black sonic characters