a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

Do you remember The twenty-first night of Bleptember

No particular reason

Apropos of nothing in particular, here's Walt Disney's testimony to HUAC in 1947, where he named employees he believed were communists, condemned labor unions, and accused "commie" groups, including the League of Women Voters, of smearing him. 🗃️ archive.org/details/walt...

Get up! Stand up! Stand up for your right

We spoke with @chicagoreader.com @thetriibe.com and @unraveledpress.com about the lessons and strategies they learned from media in L.A. and D.C. for their coverage. By @afroxander.bsky.social Find the story (sans paywall) here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...

Rock and gem show

Things Donald Trump and I agree on: Charlie Kirk's death is worthy of fireworks

Justice For CJ Cherryh

People love misprints! I've updated my misprint listing on Etsy to include several of my most-misprinted styles, including my bestselling phoenix shirt! Grab a very cheap, lovably mucky shirt for yourself. www.etsy.com/listing/4312...

I wrote the introduction for the Horror Writers Association's Latinx Heritage in Horror Month series. Please read it and the work of the authors we are celebrating all month. Thank you HWA for this opportunity. horror.org/an-introduct...

I started reading sci fi in the 80s as a young teen, and although there was lots of Cherryh around in the used bookstore I didn't pick her up. I read Butler in Issac Asimov's mag. I'm going to dig in now! Please link me to any more essays you write!

The one time I dared to draw in my favorite coffee shop the regular next to me asked me so much about it and repeated how impressed he was over and over to meet a “real artist” Today he is sitting in front of me using AI to make visuals for what seems like a presentation

This is a bird-and-flower painting appreciation thread. Post your favorite bird-and-flower artist (any country, any time period). I'll go first: Watanabe Seitei

Thistle Syrup

Trilobite Explorer Log, Day 8: After the abduction and being smothered in paper and tape, I have emerged into a strange new land... technology I have never seen before. Am attempting to speak to a fellow local invertebrate. Language barrier is proving difficult.

Get off Twitter.

what the well-dressed salmon will wear

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

Agent Epsilon has solved another puzzle and - with Friday's help - is off to another part of the world! The "where she's heading" is the area of the game that we've been focusing a LOT on lately, including testing two new puzzles for that locale. #screenshotSaturday #indieGame #gameArt #VN #gameDev

I mean he thought actual coyotes were bringing people across the border, so

New mural in Altadena. Notice that the heroes do not include police or firefighters but do include an Army Corps of Engineers worker.

"The interactions at conventions [are rewarding]. Seeing children refuse to listen to their mothers because they're busy playing Slip n' Slime. It's amazing to see people lock in and puzzle through our cute game. We're working on Android and iOS launches!" 🩷@slipnslimegame.bsky.social

An underappreciated problem with the web that contributed to the whole Itch dustup is the balkanization of apps. Most apps are no longer one app. They're a series of apps, created and maintained by different parties, daisy-chained together to create functionality.

That's a nice article. Good job.

This isn't a law or even an executive order. It's just...a demand.

a simple wish

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...

TF you mean you don't know what a file structure is

We will be re-opening to pitches in late autumn :)

Aug 25, 2024: "Free speech is the counterweight-it is the check on government control. That is why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream.” (3/?)

Grue jay!

JUST NOW — Our reporters are at the Broadview ICE facility (outside of Chicago) where protestors have been demonstrating since 5:00 a.m. As a cargo van left the facility, a federal agent on the roof started shooting what seems to be pepper balls at protestors just before 9:00 a.m. 🎥: The TRiiBE

C.J. Cherryh was a favorite author when I first started reading SciFi. I really enjoyed the complex political systems she invented. I enjoyed the article. Thanks!

Exvangelicals in their 30s

The pigs are wallowing

Today in consummately American things, the California legislature just passed a law that, when your power company burns down your house and you sue them, you don't have to pay taxes on the settlement.

when Horst Wessel got shot, the communists interrupted his funeral procession by yelling The Internationale at mourners, and whether or not it was *helpful*, that's the energy I'd like to see people bring to Kirk's memory, not whatever the hell this is

The sign on the ground really completes this incredible photo.

"In the future everyone will wear these!"

JON JON JON JON www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXN...

A pitch for those of you canceling Disney+/Hulu this week would be to use that cash and subscribe to PBS/PBS Passport. Public media is foundational to our democracy and supporting @pbs.org is just about the best value for your dollar. Plus, there are so many British mysteries!!!

I can't sit on this, it's too good. ISO 9000 idgaf 🪶

I got to play an early version of this one and it was pretty great. Highly recommended!

I think someone was contemplating a nice Zebra Finch breakfast.

Absolutely delighted by this puzzle in Little Problems where you have to pick people out of a big crowd based on clues in their social media posts! Great new detective game: store.steampowered.com/app/2653470/...

BTW, editors: I've got several more Cherryh essays cooking up that are even more ambitious than this one, so hmu if you're interested.