NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Great thread on why the Nordic model of sex work is an abject failure and the only approach that has ever actually improved sex worker safety is full decriminalization

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

297 miljoner i vinst förra året. Men populära vägkrogen Chopchop döljer en värld av brännskador, övervakningskameror och livrädda, kinesiska gästarbetare. Läs vpr granskning! arbetet.se/2025/10/21/s...

"We speak the same language, drink the same drinks, eat the same herring..." Overheard at #luncon2025 on nordic fandom.

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

The number of parents who gasped when we told them no, we could not tell them what their kids checked out because their kids have a right to privacy! We offered “one book cards” to kids whose parents wouldn’t agree to let them have a card. They could take out a book at a time. The FURY.

Phones and laptops must work for the users who own them, not act as “bugs in our pockets” in the service of governments, foreign or domestic. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator

I read 1984. And Fahrenheit 451. And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale. And The Giver. And The Road. And The Lottery. And The Parable of the Sower. And The Hunger Games. I know what I’m seeing.

🙁 Jerry is leaving #BenAndJerrys (via @yobencohen.bsky.social)

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In the end, AI will probably make social media collapse on its own. Bots interacting with bots, drowning out genuine human interaction. What’s left is just AI ping-pong and we’ll have to start meeting over coffee instead.

oof, this (and the next post in the thread)

Please could you help me to spread the word about my swashbuckling adventure story with a pirate protagonist, sapphic romance, with a dash of werewolves and vampires? My latest novel THE VENGEANCE is available in all formats geni.us/thevengeance Perfect for escaping the horrors of our time.

This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read

Looking at buying a new cardigan for the colder seasons, not finding anything I like. Thinking to myself I should just knit one and get it exactly how I want. I haven't knit anything more substantial than a sock in... forever.

Rikspolischefen sa precis att det inte finns ett normalt användningsområde för Signal. Bra sätt att misstänkliggöra det enda kommunikationsmedlet som verkar stå upp mot bakdörrar. Läser ni på om krypterad kommunikation så att ni kan hålla staten borta från era ”DMs”?

Personally I hope we find out that what Gollum was doing while wandering about looking for the ring was either solving a series of cozy murders (Precious We Wrotes) or performing in an incompetent hobbit amateur dramatic troupe (The Ring that Goes Wrong)

You sure about this, Google?

Okay, deep breath. I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse. www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG... If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

Åh, hittade en youtube-länk, så kunde bädda in här: www.youtube.com/shorts/0LPXa...

please post two characters who bring you joy and happiness

Well that does suggest what the word would be.

Testing a theory: - Would you prefer a day of back to back meetings working from home, or working from the office but your team is out and you don't have to talk with anyone all day? - Are you or do you suspect you are neurodivergent?

Listening to a podcast about the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster. A construction company knowingly forced their mostly black workers to drill under such unsafe conditions that most of them died of silicosis (a form of miner's lung) within 2-6 months. And it got me thinking.🧵

I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago

Det var en gång en minister Vars namn var Johan Forsell Som politiker var han bister Men som förälder var han väl snäll Han sa “Tvi vale för ligister!” Han sa vem som blir kriminell Men han glömde nämna nazister Så det blir ett allvarligt samtal ikväll

Kommer ni ihåg när moderata ministrar tvingades avgå omedelbart när de inte betalat tv-licens?

This is exactly what the internet is for.

I've seen a few "anyone who thinks they can stop this bill is naïve" posts this morning, and like... okay? Your point? I don't fight based on whether or not I think I can win. I fight based on whether or not I think it's right. Letting them coast into this horror show without a fight is WRONG.

Can I brag, just a little? I finally got my ass to the blood donation center after slacking off for two whole years. I've been feeling tired, I couldn't make it work with my training, all sorts of silly and not so silly reasons. But today! Blood donation done. Go me!

First morning run in Mariehamn, we're here for @archipelacon.org, and how considerate of Zombies Run to give me an episode where they go to Finland for the occasion. How'd they know? #zombiesrun #eurocon

This was just four months ago.

Student: Hey, I’m at university, what’s up? Government: Prepare to be shocked and offended! Student: OK. Can I be rude to bigoted lecturers in return? Government: Absolutely not! Student: Why? Government: Because they have power and you don’t. Student: OK, I am shocked & offended.

“Historically, no one lived past age 35” "I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"

Oh so NOW they need DEI

So Mirriam Webster has announced that 'FRIDGE' is an official word in their dictionary now, and sited me as the concept's creator in the definition. Very cool, and weird at the same time. I got death threats over this, cool for it it to be recognized. www.merriam-webster.com/slang/fridge

Neal Stephenson, writing Snow Crash in 1992: And this is why it is bad if a brain wiping virus drug gets put in your internet computer head GenAI concern-havers in 2025: Hey it seems bad that the internet computer gets into people's heads so bad that it wipes their brains like a drug or virus

This is what you’re doing to people when you use AI for bullshit

Signed! Have you?

As someone who keeps scratching their head over the Romantasy label, (I mean, I think I like it? Mostly? Other than that I hate the actual word) this was an interesting read. "...romantasy describes an audience rather than a group of books". Huh, yes that's possibly helpful.

This is bleak reading

Today is the 5 year anniversary to when I slowly started losing my mind during the pandemic and began dressing up as works of art. As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky? This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862

"Universal Basic Income would remove the incentive to work", say people with enough money to never have to work again but who mysteriously carry on.

Just finished What Was Meant To Be by @heatherguerre.bsky.social and oh my goodness I cried. Several times. First at around 20% which caught me completely off guard. Ouff, right in the feels. If you're looking for really good contemporary romance, this is for sure a good place to look.

Not the connection to present times I was expecting when reading fantasy from the 70s. Maybe I should have? Night's Master by Tanith Lee.

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.