Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Thinking this level of inequality is unsustainable isn’t radical, thinking it isn’t is

New blog story post! Quaint Escapes for Traitorous Bastards, M/M cozy fantasy, now with gossip as a plot point. I mean, what kind of cozy fantasy would this be if you couldn't gossip over tea with your bestie? carizerotica.blogspot.com/2025/11/quai...

Un-f”cking-believable.

this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.

FUCK YES, Colorado! Making me proud :)

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

If you don’t believe in feeding hungry people I’m not sure we are ever going to find common ground.

OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models. OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so. A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.

BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.

And now Mikie Sherrill A major loss for anti-trans ads tonight.

Denny’s real problem has been that the early 20s folks are priced out of nightlife. If people were still able to go out and socialize until last call without needing to take out a loan, Denny’s would still be thriving. Nothing like an omelet at 3 AM with smudged mascara and a sweated out silk press

that thing everyone said was going to happen is happening

I voted in October. Between the pandemic then living with (& caretaking for) Mom, I always vote absentee. I definitely miss getting up early and standing in line. Actually loved the ritual, complete with sticker. But, bless early voting & vote by mail. We should make voting easy & simpler.

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

🧵 Thinking about this, our Marshall Fire, and the change Boulder County is making to encrypt Police/Fire/EMS, and realizing that in 2021, between the scanner traffic and Twitter, we were well informed, with good route finding for evac. When we have another fire, without either one? We're fucked.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Facial recognition + bad data protection structures + "AI" that regularly gets behavioral prediction very badly wrong + glaring holes in tech regulations & privacy laws + a stunning & nakedly bigoted authoritarian regime= a threat surface, a bottleneck, & an arm of oppressive state control, all in 1

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

Hey Coalition members (and anyone else). With the federal furloughs and SNAP crisis, a few of us will be going to some of the protests this Saturday and handing these out. Feel free to download the file and distribute them as you please too ✊

A new chapter is on the horizon for Arkham Horror and we are excited to announce a new prequel novel featuring Isabelle Barnes, Bullets in the Dark, written by @caricath.bsky.social! Read more here: www.arkhamhorror.com/news/announc...

Narrator voice: the legal case for a third term is that Trump violates the constitution at will. This is not so much a legal case as an illegal one.

Can Gen AI be forevir laughablye inadequate at doinge what wryteres and artistes do, and yet also at the same tyme be a threate to their professiouns by cause of the relentlesse lack of taste, absence of ethics, and obsessive emphasis on the bottom lyne yn companyes? Yes. Both at the same tyme.

New blog story post! Quaint Escapes for Traitorous Bastards, now talking around delicate subjects while eyeing each other up. carizerotica.blogspot.com/2025/10/quai...

If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.

DHS deceptively spliced images from different cities and times in videos sowing fear about "chaos" in Chicago and Washington, D.C., a WaPo investigation found. DHS used footage from years ago, half the country away, or even in international waters, the Post found. 🎁 🔗 wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Reminder if you're going to @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social their policy is very clear: if you are ill, at all, you are required to not attend the convention Wear a mask Get what vaccines you can Take antihistamines Use the oral & nasal sprays that catch bugs Layer defences & stay away if you're ill

A great talk with the author of @aconytebooks.bsky.social's newest Arkham Horror release, The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters, which releases today. A worthy addition to @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social's #WeekOfArkhamHorror

Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change

It’s not just that they don’t have to turn off SNAP benefits — they’re not legally allowed to. They legally must use the contingency fund. The admin is pretending they can’t use it even though their own guidance from a month ago (that they’ve since deleted) contradicts that.

Is that a lot? This seems like a lot. 1.2 million people who are suicidal weekly talking it out with the LLM that believes you should put glue on a pizza to keep the toppings on.

I just came from a launch event for Community of Praxis where we talked about all the ways we can imagine making peer review better and more responsive but luckily the people at Elsevier are here to make Everything Worse (TM), as is their custom.

It's pub day for my book, "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," which chronicles the rise of the tech right and their role in the 2024 election. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way. linktr.ee/gildedrage

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Every headline these days is just like “scientists oppose the rich people messing with the sun for a laugh”

NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti. The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

People think if you’re disabled your family must support you They don’t understand how many folks are on their own How many have families who can’t support them for various reasons Everyone deserves help Having your basic needs met is not “frivolous” Lacking family shouldn’t be a death sentence

New blog story post! Quaint Escapes for Traitorous Bastards, M/M cozy fantasy, now with tales of wonder and unfortunate transformation. Plus tea, 'cause we're cozy, dammit! carizerotica.blogspot.com/2025/10/quai...

BREAKING: A new experimental intranasal COVID-19 vaccine has shown remarkable results eliminating the virus in mice. A single dose provided 60% protection, while two doses achieved 100% protection, completely blocking infection.

We NEED a permanent extension of ACA tax credits so we can BEGIN to legislate Medicare For ALL & not have people on the Marketplace constantly worried about their subsidies being REVOKED. BUT, Universal Healthcare, like Medicare For All IS the TRUE Answer!

Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters. No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them. Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.

So...like authoritarian regimes. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today! This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook Available wherever books are sold. #booksky #Blackbooksky

Be the inflatable unicorn you want to see in the world

@talsmith.bsky.social Since you're apparently not old enough to remember: One of the many reasons we enacted Obamacare is because insurance companies were routinely kicking women off their insurance coverage once they were diagnosed with breast cancer. www.reuters.com/article/worl...