please stop booing I have a lot of speech to go

Short video on how Michael Knowles just openly said teenagers should be getting drunk so they accidentally get pregnant. youtube.com/shorts/-6PNY...

I met DaVaun for the first time last year, & though it was brief, he impressed upon me the urgency of supporting our fellow marginalized writers. This is so hard to hear 😞 FIYAH has been inspirational to me & has done so much for Black SFF writers. Whatever comes next, I will support loud & proud 💜

Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight

What kind of men want to marry children?

FIYAH the magazine's hiatus does not impact the operations of the Ignyte Awards or a future convention. We are operating on some shared infrastructure, though, so expenses related to being fully hosted independently will be taken into account in a future crowdfunding/sponsorship cycle.

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

We need to stop calling these Art I, at-will appointees of the president "judges." They are not. They are executive-branch administrators, not independent judges. Calling them judges is an intentional effort to mask who they are, make them seem like something they are not. (Not blaming Josh here!)

Every time Trump's DOJ tries to jail one of Trump's enemies

“I’m sick to my stomach as a former prosecuor. I’m sick to my stomach as a U.S. citizen who has to live in this country with this Department of Justice that is acting this recklessly.” Grand jury improprieties tank 'Broadview Six' case UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/p...

Apparently the reason vets ask what breed cats are is that there are SO many specific health conditions associated with pedigree breeds. Y'know, *kind of* as if trying to put together a master race of any creature isn't such a great idea & maybe a grand, diverse mix of ethnicities is healthier...

this is amazing. the delacorte can be a tough ticket but fingers crossed

Trying out alcohol-free beers is amazing, but it’s also an absolutely weird journey into the f***ing bonkers-yonkers things people think beer tastes like. Today: some sort of hops/lemon hybrid with a diesel fume bar of extreme bitterness across the back of the tongue.

So many good tips here. The ones I leaned into the most in writing Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship are numbers 1, 2, 12, 13, and 15. May blog about it later.

I have never in my life pronounced the letter "L" so hard than when I asked the Home Depot guy where I could get some "caulk."

On the tube

This, from Amnesty International, tells you all you need to know about transphobic bias in UK mainstream media.

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Billionaire fascist enabler Jeff Bezos says Trump has been "more mature" during his second term. More mature. You can build a corporate juggernaut and make mountains of money and still be a pathetic fascist tool. History won't treat the tech capitulators kindly. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/b...

"Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic." 🎁 article

Damn, woke up at 6:00 AM. I’m a night owl, why did I get up so early? What could possibly possess me to… Oh, I remember. I’m going across town to make a new Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode. Okay, guess I won’t go back to bed.

“if Americans reduced their lawns by half and added native plant gardens to feed birds, butterflies and other wildlife, this would create more habitat than Yellowstone and a dozen other major national parks combined.” www.npr.org/2026/05/21/n...

It's kind of ridiculous how often I still get the tune from the spoof Nirvana sanitary products ad Chris Morris did on the Day Today in 1994 as an ear worm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1rN...

Actually finding it deeply depressing that humanities Subject Associations seem to provide endless "here is how to embrace AI" blogs and forums and not "here's what you could do, instead, if you refute the claim of 'inevitability', which is your right". You know, for a bit more balance.

Introduce yourself with 10 performers/bands you’ve seen live: (Oh man, this is a challenge for a failing-memory introvert…) Guy Forsyth Keiko Lee Adam and the Ants Billy Joel Judas Priest Blue Öyster Cult A conjunto band Some classical pianist from Germany Houston Opera Friend’s metal band

I doubt I will ever see a more inspired bit of upcycling.

went to fact check this just in case (no harm to tom it's just that people on this site be saying anything) and the most fun bit of this is that eating chicken as food appears to have started independently in two places: rome and judea

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I've also just ordered a SHITLOAD of books to sign and sell at this - probably way too many, and the reality will be that I'll sell about three, but at least that means there might well be some to sign and sell on Bluesky afterwards.

Time was that this little chap had not a care in the world. Ah, if only we could recapture those innocent days when the world revolved around family and a small suburban back garden. Today, as I turn 79, that happy boy seems a stranger. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTime #ECK #HumansOfBluesky

coco, child of hope... 🌠 🖋️

Caboose.

🧵👇🎯

This passed the house today, so now is the time to call our senators (and yell at our house reps if they voted for it) This bullshit bill is an assault on trans people and on every kid’s right to read and see the world as it exists. Reps.fyi

Still thinking about how the US President had a guy accompany him as a special guest to a football game solely and specifically because he strangled a homeless black man to death, and how quickly we all moved on from that.

First thought: I wonder how big the bribes to get approval will be. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”

It finally happened

"The Univ. of Hertfordshire has decided to close all eight Humanities undergraduate programmes in English Language and Linguistics, English Literature, Creative Writing, History and Philosophy.... PLEASE sign this petition to support staff and students in Humanities" www.change.org/p/save-the-h...

looking at a photo of the Sesame Street and Shrinking casts together really underscores how muppets and people exist on a continuum of muppetiness variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Yeah I doubt many people know SNAP is an available payment through these apps because they rarely interact with people they know are on the program.

Tell The FCC That LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning FCC is asking Americans for comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to “transgender and gender non-binary programming” and “the discussion or promotion of gender identity themes."

It's difficult to capture the pure floof of Bert.

In 1934 Hitler created a medal to give to everyone who participated in the Beer Hall Putsch, in case you want to know what's going to happen to all these people after Trump gives them a big check.

Usagi Yojimbo: Kaitō ‘84! Coming March 2026 by me and the amazing @comicnerd1988 . Ask your local retailers about preorders! Every order counts and hopefully I can draw on a copy for you someday! Thank you all for the support and encouragement so far- and especially thanks to @darkhorsecomics

Trans people are not “fighting for unpopular positions that society isn’t ready for.” Trans people are fighting to KEEP the rights we have enjoyed for decades. We have been able to legally change our gender markers since the 70s and before. Same with bathrooms, sports, youth, all for decades.

FRIENDS: this is a NATIONWIDE bill going to a vote in the US congress. the previous book banning bill, 7661, tons of yall called over several days, and it started running out of gas. So they shoved the same stuff under a different number and voting on it as fast as possible.

It’s happening,, it’s all happening. Flavor Flav’s SHE Weekend was approved by the Las Vegas Clark county commissioners today and we throwing a historic free public party and celebration with a parade on the Las Vegas strip. Details coming tomorrow 👀

These AI dickheads helped tear asunder the fabric of society, helped destroy job security for recent grads, and have banked the global economy on their unprofitable AI slop making money some day, and then wonder why people hate their worthless fucking guts