Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.

Also not how “planting a story“ works.

I have to flag this as not actually a parody.

OK, but if it’s going to be Harry doing his vaudeville act, just send me an email next time. How do people tolerate this ridiculousness masquerading as serious news?

BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3

This is the peace plan I approve of.

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The Madman’s Fa-mi-ly (snap snap)

My latest story for Nat Geo is about an adolescent orangutan named Rossa who adopted her sister and saved her life: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

The future liberals want Carcinisation for all

It appears that The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has an issue out in digital form (coming soon to "newsstand" shelves, I imagine). weightlessbooks.com/the-magazine...

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw. The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

"We've got the haunted dolls for the next Conjuring movie!"

For a friend: #Pennsylvania 1st amendment attorneys: I have a friend suddenly fired from his university position for assigning a VERY benign essay about virtue that some auditing students deemed “too political”. He was given no opportunity to protest, & needs someone pro-bono ASAP. It’s urgent.

“I didn’t say jihadist. That’s fake news. I said ‘the hottest’!”

"Keep sweet"

I don't watch CNN (or any broadcast news, at this point), but I must ask: Is this the way they always present statistics? With this college football gameday approach? No one is "doing journalism" here.

Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. . Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL

Maybe we should let the autopen govern

"Sir, there are additional packets of sauce right over here."

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

This feels like the dumber version of Dick Cheney being in charge of the VP search team that ultimately chose Cheney.

“ . . . a 17-Year-Old was Exploited.” It’s simple. Quit playing games, New York Times.

(🧵) This thread from a retired journalism professor who helped usher in the era of metajournalism in the 2010s—and has written a book on the relationship between Trump and Epstein as part of his NYT-bestselling Proof Series—explains how to report properly on the Trump-Epstein Scandal. Here we go.

if you're a #Skystorian in the UK, at assoc/full prof level who hasn't won a grant since 2020 and/or with a 'lifetime' capture (indiv. share) <£100,000 I'd love to have you as an example that this is normal. I know DMs are hard for us in the UK -I am also at drvheggie at the mail that is g dot com

Annnd let's roll the Trump/Epstein party video

When you read the Epstein emails the same way you read the Bible.

This is on the level of Quint smashing the radio in Jaws

Fox News featuring the dog figure of speech regarding someone who regularly metaphorically maligns dogs is a sign that sometimes justice comes when a good dog bites a man.

This is what AI thinks a white person looks like and how they’re named. Nice try.

The Oathbreaker himself

“Lord, tell us, when were you hungry and we did not feed you?“ “I tell you truly, whenever you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” Trump’s DOJ makes one more effort to stop the states from feeding their people. 

“Lord, tell us, when were you sick and we did not come to you?”

“Now let me show you this dance move…”

These endangered lemurs don't have babies often. (You won't believe how females keep males from mating with them!) When they do give birth, they raise kids communally. But in today's climate, their patterns are changing. By me, for @biographic.bsky.social: www.biographic.com/investigatin...

ANYONE NEAR LA?

He’s talking about the Norman conquest or when the Romans showed up? Or does this actually have to do with Middle-Earth?

Plot stolen from The Diplomat

Change one letter, ruin a candy. Dic Tac Alternatively: Tic Sac

It’s true, I wouldn’t want to live next to someone whose language is built on a foundation of stupidity and hate. So I guess I don’t want JD Vance in my neighborhood.

FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...

So . . . he DOES want more women serving?

"Sun's gettin' low, big guy."

Saw a tumblr post saying AI is turned on again in a hidden Google Drive menu, but its not a menu you can find on mobile; its only desktop. anyhoo. here it is with a picture and clearer directions Google Drive > MyDrive > (Gear Icon top right) Settings > Manage Apps [switch off Gemini here]

They live on Ringworld?

Bury the lede and bury the prepper McDonald’s.

More of this, please. www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...

“It was a rough night.“ Smooth. The Diplomat serves up one of the most ironic lines from Macbeth during an episode in Scotland.

I just want to see one reporter or constituent of this guy ask,”Why are you such a terrible person?” Bonus points here for his callback to Reagan, who of course famously made a deal with terrorists so he could fund an illegal war.