virtue signalling is good actually

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

Aw thanks for asking! I've spent the past few years turning to collaging in times of overwhelming grief or fear or pain, when I couldn't form words of my own. I didn't realize they might speak to others, too -- so I was really excited when Worlds of Possibility published "After" as a collage poem ✨

Mine has to be the satire "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" in @diabolicalplots.com , which combines my rage about disability accessibility (or lack thereof) with snark and superhero puns: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

DIA workers say museum’s Diego Rivera murals inspired them to form a union - Detroit Metro Times

I have three takeaways from this article: 1) Scientific discovery is always a team effort rather than an individual one; 2) Academia had, and still has, a sexism problem; and 3) I'm redacting because one should not speak ill of the recently deceased.

The Trump administration has ordered visa officers to deny immigrants who are obese or have certain health issues, in yet another instance of the president’s strange obsession with physical traits. trib.al/b0AtL8r

Sorry to SpacedockPost on Sojourn, but just want to signal boost this unfortunate situation. The game and DLCs are heavily discounted on GOG so grab em if you've ever wanted to. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock was my first gig with a major sci-fi IP and a fond memory for me. Very sad outcome. -Dan

2005: do we really have to pack every life lesson into a children's book/movie that traumatizes a generation. hey grownups what if we just talked to our kids 2025: nobody talks to their kids apparently, bring Old Yeller back

Fraudsters are using real apartment listings and stolen agents’ identities on social media to scam prospective renters into paying fake fees.

this is genuinely one of my favourite pieces of marketing cuz of how effective it was. It's literal & thus everyone can understand that they were in fact waterproof

Would love to see some Wuxia style tales in our next submission window. They can easily be very S&S!

Hey! Calling all Wonder Women! We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit. 50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

Why isn't this story a movie? !!! Another of the forgotten miracles from the early days of WW2. @garius.bsky.social is a master at telling fascinating transportation stories. I hope some smart film producer buys the rights to Garius's essay series! theupfront.media/the-long-way...

Another great thread for fiction you may have missed this year.

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

A reversal of fortune nearly a year later: the festival will not be changing hands after all, and the boycott by artists, who have spent the year signing petitions for a new team to take over the organization, is likely to be huge. Maybe it's time for another city to step up to the plate.

"All the most beautiful moments of this festival were moments of protest. A creative eruption that is at the heart of what we came here to celebrate." It's in French, but fantastic thread on a spectacular Streisand effect at the recent French Comic Festival. Solidarity and creativity pay off.

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

It me. I wrote this.

The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike. n.pr/440Ovz4

But not /all/ the time. And I’m trying to figure out what does and doesn’t work for me about reviewers talking about themselves when talking about a book. I think in good ones, there’s a sort of… triangulation? Where adding in your own context helps make sense of the perspective being discussed.

"I mean, it certainly isn’t far-fetched to think of a mega corporation that constantly is disappointing in what their goals may be. I think we all can connect to that. I definitely wasn’t consciously thinking, “I need to continue the story of Weyland-Yutani being a bunch of bumbling morons."

[Thread] Predator Badlands Now that the film has been released (with some success), I am compiling some rather interesting interviews about the making of this fresh take on an old IP.

Vince Gilligan: “I have not used ChatGPT, because as of yet, no one has held a shotgun to my head and made me do it.” Fair.

A longshot, but really clever - in NC, unaffiliated voters can choose to vote in either major party's primary. And there's a bunch who are unaffiliated.

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!

If you're at the grocery store, Pink Lady, SweeTango/Minneiska, or Cosmic Crisp are good bets. SweeTango & Cosmic Crisp were bred specifically to be "Honeycrisp but with the will to live." Other ones are good too! Those are just the 3 I've had the best luck with here in eastern NC.

Quite a headline.

Every Watson obituary should begin with some variant of "James Watson, whose uncredited use of Rosalind Franklin's research led to fame, fortune, and the Nobel Prize..."

The majority of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court panel reviewing former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal rejected his request to reduce his sentence.

I joked with the anesthesiologist to "play some #FinalFantasy orchestral music" when I got to the OR When they wheeled me in, she started playing the FF7 main theme. 😭 Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC and all their staff are fantastic.

BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.

But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of it? Love is for the ones who love the work. poets.org/poem/student...

hey if yall get a message or reply like this, this is fake this is not actual bsky, most likely someone trying to scam or hack accounts they appear currently to only be targeting artist accounts spread the word!!

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 isn't just a good game, it's excellent science fiction storytelling. This should be one of the frontrunners for next year's Hugo Award for Best Game. New blog review: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/art-...

We've got you 👍

Over the past decade, there has been a rush of scholars moving across the Pacific to China, drawn by Beijing’s drive to become a scientific superpower. But President Trump’s return to the White House has turbocharged this effort.

Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year: —50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide —8-minute midday headways on rail lines —24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)

The episode (06: Night of Terror) has an interesting detail. Jimmy knows Lois is in danger, neither Perry or Clark can be found, so he leaves a note for Clark and commandeers Perry's car to rescue Lois himself. Taking the car doesn't seem to be as major a transgression as I'd expect. (con't)

nature is horrifying 10/10 well done you beautiful abomination

Change is the only constant.

I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.

Matthew Bergman, an attorney representing the family, contends that economic pressures caused OpenAI to “put profits over safety.”

Because SE's QA people are probably not in a position to defend themselves and their jobs in public, I want to spell out some of what it is they specifically do for us localizers, because nothing I've written here is rhetorical. SE QA acts as a final check on our work after translation and editing.

Hoy a las 19.30h hemos quedado con Tom Gauld.

The haunting new show from Vince Gilligan, who created Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is set in Gilligan's now-signature location, Albuquerque. n.pr/4oT3Sl9