America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

Just want to remind all y'all that there is a Bsky starter pack of the 2026 Hugo Award finalists so you can follow them all with relative ease. Handy tool that I hope @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social and @brisbane28.org will emulate.

And a reminder that a v Virtual membership is only $85 & gets you voting rights & the whole voters' packet, which is worth considerably more. Don't care about virtual programming? A WSFS membership is only $50 & still nets you voting rights & the voters' packet. It's a helluva deal.

This is a pretty clear cut principle:

One of my favorite poems as well.

The concept of a plan of a peace agreement seems to have fallen apart again.

I have an inherited table that is over 100 years old. If you define it as something I use less passively, it is likely the microwave because it’s from 1986. Oh wait, I also have everyday dishes from my grandmother and mother. I guess I’m surrounded by old stuff.

Please call your reps to voice your support for the Peace Corps. The MAGA ghouls want to defund it. www.peacecorpsconnect.org/take-action-...

Technically, they’re Remains now.

We could all use some good news these days Ghana cut malaria deaths by 86%!!! And they followed science and good public health policies healthpolicy-watch.news/how-ghana-sl...

Thought a rainbow with flowers might brighten your day.

Why are we seeing so many photos of the DC reflecting pool on social media? Must be the algal-rithms.

Why are we seeing so many photos of the DC reflecting pool on social media? Must be the algal-rithms.

Exciting research.

The USFWS plans to hand over more than 700 acres of The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge — home to some of the United States’ most critically endangered species — to SpaceX in a reckless land swap. Tell your senators to stop this giveaway. act.biologicaldiversity.org/Ws09iSNvsE2X...

Back in the old school days, there were projectors where film had to be threaded into. There was always one boy in class who did this for the teacher. My question is: who did they learn this from? From teachers, other kids or someone else? If you were one of those boys, how did you learn?

her eyes were the deep green of a national heritage site ruined by a mad wannabe dictator

Some cool art by my friend Jo to brighten your day.

Always nice to share positive news.

Yay! Theater at Worldcon is one of my favorite things.

We are working to make the #LAconV virtual programming a robust and interactive experience for all, and we need volunteers to help that happen! If you are interested in volunteering in-person or online for virtual LAcon V, please visit our site: lacon.org/volunteer

It’s International Waterfall Day so here’s a waterfall on Jeju Island in South Korea that I visited in May.

This game is great fun. I highly recommend giving it a try.

I’m hiring a digital humanities librarian to join my team at Tufts! Please share with your networks! Full details: jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/23231

@joqatana.bsky.social - have you seen this?

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

Sharing some art because we all need something joyful in our social media feeds.

You have 4 days to comment on the proposed giant Arch. Click through, there's a form. It's easy.

Interesting article about a salt-cooled fridge that doesn’t need electricity or batteries to run. It can keep its contents just above or just below freezing for 10 hours, which could make it easier to transport vaccines and other supplies to remote communities. #TechForGood #Sustainability

Cool history.

Gee, turns out having a Nazi tattoo is indicative of bad character. Who would have guessed?

HEY AUTHOR FRIENDS!!! Have you got a bunch of author copies sitting around? Would you like to get them OUT OF YOUR HOUSE? We are looking for authors with 5 - 10 copies of a book they'd like to sign and send to some lucky winner, and help raise money for voting rights!

Good reminder. None of us are perfect. Be kind to one another.

ANY PERSON this age group can get a card, whether or not they’re experiencing book bans. That’s powerful for queer young folks in small towns with no libraries or libraries with limited hours or collections, too.

ALL THESE CONCENTRATION CAMPS ARE ILLEGAL. 5A: "no person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" ? 8A: no "cruel + unusual punishment" 14A: "nor shall any State ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Member of @authorsabb.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social came through in the best way and assembled this for us all! Know thine shitty bills!

This thread perfectly articulates (with examples) when antizionism becomes antisemitism

The AI ate my homework. Yeah sure.

From a clergy friend on the ground at Delaney— this is how they’re asking people to help:

they’re shooting crowd control munitions at crowds that include multiple members of congress, the governor, and a sitting united states senator. they fired pepper balls at the senator. they cannot and will not be reigned in by democracy, whatever’s left of it.

I want to share this awesomely huge black butterfly I recently saw in Mokpo, South Korea. Probably a spangle butterfly (Papilio protenor) or the long tail spangle (Papilio macilentus), but I don’t really know. Super cool tho.

My advice is to treat your child as a person. Explain why you want a behavior to happen or to stop. Often that’s enough. But if you get an argument remember, you are the parent and you can get great joy out saying “Because I said so”

This benefits a neighborhood school where more than 70% of kids were in hiding at the height of the ICE occupation.

Hey, if you're represented by Henry Cuellar (TX) Don Davis (NC) Cleo Fields (LA) Laura Gillen (NY) Vicente Gonzalez (TX) Marcy Kaptur (OH) Marie Glusenkamp Perez (WA) Eugene Vindman (VA) Give 'em a jingle and ask why they're voting with Republicans to support HR 2616, the national book ban bill?

Wild stuff like something in dystopian SF

Google is moving from a Jeopardy! model (what is the correct answer?) to a Family Feud model (100 people surveyed, top six answers on the board). There's a reason nobody says, "Hey, you're very knowledgeable, you should go on Family Feud."

Voting in the #HugoAwards, as well as the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer is now open until August 8, 2026 at noon PDT. Votes can be submitted through our online balloting system, NomNom, or by mailing in a printable ballot.

A beautiful beginning to a day that turned out quite fine. My orange Oncidium orchid is going strong.

Some nice mushrooms from yesterday’s walk

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Grogu Now that’s a great title.