Today’s modestly cheering discovery: Yorkshire Curd Tart (which I had purchased from a local baker purely as a nostalgic treat) is actually not a bad choice for protein? Like - I thought “well, this’ll be all carbs”, but 10g of protein in a traditional dessert is 😀

If it just all sank into the White House lawn and the earth covered over it

I’ve stopped watching the news, I have to admit.

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Author Jane Yolen (b.1939) died on June 11. She wrote books and novels for all ages, including Briar Rose, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and The Devil’s Arithmetic. Yolen won 2 Nebulas, a World Fantasy and was named Grand Master by SFPA, SFWA and World Fantasy. She served as SFWA President.

This post response by @zackpolanski.bsky.social is absolutely bang on. Elon Musk needs to pipe down.

there were already many reasons to do this but Elon Musk actively encouraging racist violence in Belfast should be the final straw for every UK government institution to stop doing business - including being on X - with him in any way, and for him to be barred from entry to the country.

All the time. Do the work like a professional, or STFU.

You cannot defend a genocide 🍉 You cannot defend a genocide 🍉 You cannot defend a genocide 🍉

People in the UK who care about the rights of creators to try to make a living from their work, here's a petition to parliament. Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data. Please sign and share widely. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Netanyahu: "Did the Nazis politely ask Jews to leave? Did they say 'Please go'? 'Step out so we can move in'? Of course not." By saying this, he confessed with his own mouth — he is the Nazi now. 🔥🇮🇱🎙️💀 Perfect projection

The ABSOLUTE BATSHITTERY of the things these victims of the patriarchy insist on gendering. Colours. Plants. Hobbies. Vocabulary. Food and drink.

Happy pride month all, fuck Palantir

Same - my first thought was of Jay. What a good bloke Tony Head was.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... RIP Tony Head

Give what happened when Mallozzi et al said their target audience for SGU was young men and not the women and queers who’d kept the franchise afloat for so long, this is so unsurprising

Honestly I think they mean ‘a shit too many lady fans’

Why do I have to go to the local news section to find this story? Where are the protests demanding an end to the epidemic of white Brits murdering minorities? Will there be a national debate on the ills of cocaine abuse amongst white men?

I am a Grumpy Old Woman, because FOR THE FUCKING LIFE OF ME I do not understand how the hell *hundreds and thousands* (aka Sprinkles in the US) have suddenly become cool? No HATE for them (they give visual joy, even if they taste shit) but this is as basic as it gets. How are “dot cakes” a thing?

With The Vampire Lestat retuning to TV this week I’m just gonna say one thing - we know they’re bad people, Jan. They’re vampires. They eat people. Just let me empathize w them for a couple of hours per week w/o demanding I denounce them for the sake of party purity. Again, they eat people, we know.

People think "AI" is sentient for exactly the same reasons small children think their teddy bear is real and has feelings, they're just older and are able to rationalize it better Also the Toy Story movies are about the existential horror of existence, I will be taking no questions at this time

There's a full recording of The Vampire Lestat concert.... youtu.be/AEZk2MQu0Os?...

Nearly half of the data centers intended for 2026 have already been delayed or canceled. Keep the pressure on. It's making a difference!

My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.

Avoiding this slow motion train wreck is incredibly easy to do, but white Dems don't want to do it. There are only three steps required to avoid this new Nazi powered World War. 1) US white Dems, figure out which candidates 90% of Black voters want 2) US white Dems, vote for those candidates

Black voters are the only thing standing between them and absolute victory and total war. And y'all are still trying to "resist🤡" by running the most anti-Black Dems that you can find? Becerra? Klobuchar? Is it too soon to remind folks that they really do want to exterminate every Jewish person?

Reform UK wants to shut this down. If it did so, it would throw a million people out of work. Why? because it is beholden to the fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When he was an MEP, Farage excused his absences on basis that it was an illegitimate government and that sovereignty should reside in Westminster. He's now an MP in Westminster And he's been absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...

Honestly, I feel like the Death Penalty would be more effective. (The compelling argument against the death penalty, afaic, is that it would 110% be applied to INNOCENT people who are poor &/or belong to oppressed minorities.) But rapists do not commit rape just because they have erections.

I felt this in my soul. (Why yes, my University career WAS a whacky rollercoaster of obliviously rawdogging ADHD & frantic last-minute hyper focus all-nighters* with a pile of library books and a large caffeinated beverage.)

Extensive state-level data and peer-reviewed national studies consistently show that undocumented immigrants have homicide offending rates 30% to 50% lower than native-born U.S. citizens. Native-born Americans are more than twice as likely to be arrested for violent crimes overall. (2/3)

tRump’s DOJ tried to quietly create a $1.8 BILLION “anti-weaponization” slush fund to pay off his MAGA allies, Jan. 6 defendants, & “lawfare victims” — with taxpayer cash. Only rare GOP backlash & a court block appears to have stopped this corrupt payoff scheme. mcsp.short.gy/cjSg

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

This right here.

Seriously SO GOOD.

I’m 65 chapters deep into James Alistair Henry’s #Pagans now, and ardently hoping that this leads to as many books as Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series. What an original, fascinating world he’s built!

I gave up and set every basic switch to "SHOW" and every advanced switch to "OFF" when the last update blocked any post with political beliefs opposed to alt-right fascism as "RUDE". Do this and be amazed how many people are out there who are opposed to evil but are hidden from you.

Heads up ya'll! with Bluesky rolling out moderation crack down in their new update, please consider enabling "adult content" under your moderation tab in settings. Not so you can have porn on your feed, but to ensure that you can still see posts with the word "stupid" and "hell" in it-

The Trump administration has deported 21,000 immigrants to places that the US State Department calls too dangerous for Americans to visit. The overwhelming majority of those deported had no criminal convictions, and at least 600 were children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Imagine thinking you’re a Star Wars fan then getting butthurt over Luke’s actor reviling the bloated disaster capitalist paedophile demagogue Hutt turning The White House into his own private Death Star and sending thug troops to terrorise poor people & drag them off to concentration camps.

@kateelliottsff.bsky.social and Suzan Palumbo discuss their works in a new bonus piece at Speculative Insight! www.speculativeinsight.com/extras Alexander the Great and The Count of Monte Cristo in spaaaaaace... and gender-flipped...

This is grotesque.

Does he…does he also have homophobic friends who think he’s a mentally ill pervert and vocally campaign to remove his basic human rights? Because I’m guessing that’s a no. Just TERFs. But, hey, so long as bigots aren’t targeting HIM, he can view their bigotry as a loveable quirk. Cool. 🫠

Being an American during the 250th Aniversary of the United States feels a lot like if the terrorists in Die Hard demanded that the hostages continue having their Christmas party.

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

I said, I am calm. You need to be calm, to take over a gunship.

Presently reading Pagans, and LOVING the worldbuilding. I’m just the wrong age to have read Noughts & Crosses as a kid, but I LOVED the TV adaptation. Not so much for the central story (which is a standard starcrossed teen romance) as for the worldbuilding, which is an Alternate History take on