My neighbour is reading FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL DIRECTOR and is texting me about all the little bits I've borrowed from our neighbourhood - art imitates life! Wait until she reads my romcom WIP in which the MC kidnaps our neighbours' dogs 🙈

First time this guy has ever made me laugh

MrBeast nearly burning a man to death and EA buckling under the leveraged buyout from hell are the exact same problem expressed differently. The rich will burn everything if it makes them a single extra dollar or feel one emotion, and they must be stopped

Reader, I have an idea.....

@franwilde.bsky.social *waves* good luck w/ the week

@portraitofmmex.bsky.social good morning, reminding you are appreciated

We used to only see the term "billions" used to discuss dinosaurs, evolution, or the distance between celestial bodies. Now it's just wack capitalist shit all the way down.

Coates says Black Americans have stories about relatives who were lynched or had to flee and that a life free of political violence is not in reach in his time Klein: "Sometimes I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic." They lynched a kid last week.

It’s official: EA is going private. The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years. www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

@omgjulia.bsky.social good morning!

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It looks like Osmosis (2025) by Agnès Largeaud is the 1,000th game added to this list on @boardgamegeek.com! 🎉 Thanks to @mcfluffy.bsky.social for that one, and to several others who contributed yesterday, including @bartgamedesign.bsky.social and @sblendito.bsky.social! Keep 'em coming!

@amalelmohtar.com good morning, hope you are able to spend time with Hades 2

I think this might be one of the most clear-eyed articles about Cyberpunk 2077 I've read. Actually looking at the game's themes, rather than getting caught up on a thought-terminating cliche and single word in the title.

Mum will be so proud! (@tansyrr.bsky.social, @xanister.bsky.social, @lynnemthomas.com)

.cbz and .cbr files are just .zip and .rar files renamed 😅 bsky.app/profile/jame...

@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social good luck w/ the week, hope you are able to take a lot of walks!

Students always like this. I like to think that when teaching digital editing and TEI XML, when I get to the point when I explain that a Microsoft Word .DocX file is really just a renamed .zip file with some (horribly-designed) XML inside, that they are also as interested. I *like* to think that.

@vanessafogg.bsky.social good morning, hope you have a good week! 🥮

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

She arrives at the house at midwinter, seeking medical attention. She carries a long history of hardship, and hatred.

@ldlewiswrites.com hope you were able to treat yourself to a new pen; good luck with the week!

@seananmcguire.bsky.social good morning, sending cookies and Magic cards

@madelineashby.bsky.social *waves* good morning, good luck w/ the week

@kellylink.bsky.social good morning good luck with the week

Oh no, romance book, what are you doing? The heroine is helping the hero clean the bar and with her help, he finishes quickly, and now they smell like BLEACH AND AMMONIA. NO. BLEACH + AMMONIA = chloramine gases.

Art by • Yuriko Ohno

@doomquasar.bsky.social hope you had a great birthday weekend, good luck w/ the week

@susanjmorris.bsky.social *waves* hope you have a good week

Violet Hunt was a fascinating, complicated woman who lived in the thick of the major art and feminist movements of her day. I'm very glad to see this new British Library edition of her supernatural stories. Naomi Booth has a good piece on Hunt and her times here: newwritingnorth.com/wp-content/u...

@johnchu.bsky.social sending mooncakes; good morning

@fluoritewitch.bsky.social konbanwa 🥮

Cactus Cat and Seraphim, ready for their big debut this October!

I've got capacity for 3 short story and 1 novel-length read & report this month, plus pitch polishes & AMA zooms. I'm closing the service for a while at the end of Oct so now's the time to book. Email me on [email protected]. Details and rates are here www.angelaslatter.com/story-doctor/

@amalelmohtar.com sweet dreams Amal 😇

Effect of tariffs I've seen — Higher clothing prices overall — Overseas sellers covering tariff costs, but passing cost to the consumer — US stores dropping brands. Example: No Man Walks Alone won't be carrying Norbit this fall bc tariff uncertainty — Fewer deals. Ebay shuts down overseas sellers

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

@elizachanwrites.bsky.social good luck with the week!

if you like these & want lots more drawings you can get them here! also I am gonna send out a batch of prints/stickers for new subscribers this week so if you would like that : www.patreon.com/ABestiaryand...

@datlow.bsky.social hope your travel adventures are going well , good morning.

This is horrifying but also all my bike riding friends definitely need to see it (ideally with sound on)

@terriwindling.bsky.social good morning Terri hope you have a good week

I cannot express how wild this quote is. This is a top tech analyst at a well-regarded firm saying that there is not enough capital to actually pay for all the stuff that NVIDIA and OpenAI has promised. It is so important that everybody realizes that *there is not enough money to do this*

@aliettedebodard.com hope today is better, good morning; hope you were able to resolve your controller woes, sorry wasn’t able to help.

Tried something new yesterday.

Eek

On a flight home, woman in next row is reading HORROR MOVIE by @paultremblay.bsky.social . I wanted to take a photo of the cover but for the whole three hour flight she just kept turning the pages. Can’t think of a higher compliment to a writer.

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

@random-alex.bsky.social hope you are ready for October (Alisa can blame Past Alisa… Alex only has herself?)

speaking of Borges, did you all know there is an English translation of Borges, co-authored by Borges and a friend of his, and we may never get to see it? is there anything more Borges than "a lost translation of Borges"