When I see Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren endorse Graham Platner, it doesn’t make me trust Platner, it makes me lose respect for Sanders and Warren.

Was watching the Vger episode Tuvix today and thinking how much more fun it could be on Lower Decks. Why not take the DNA of Tuvix for a clone? Neelix and Tuvok could be its parents. Oh the chaos that could ensue.

Agree and this reminded me of how my son improved his reading via Pokémon games where nothing is spoken but all dialogue is written. Any pathway to better literacy is a good one.

Not much time left - it’s now or never!

I thought the deadline was 9 am Pacific? Either way, you need to get on it right now instead of waiting.

Even less time now.

Good point

I have a tree joke, but it’s too knotty to tell in mixed company.

One of my favorite things about living on Hawai’i: parking lot orchids.

It's such a deeply evil attack line and totally antisemitic. Rampant antisemitism is always indicative of national sepsis; history proves this. I don't know what else people need in order to be convinced that all of these lies are very, very bad for Jews, Muslims, and everyone else.

They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.

Also imagine if people were like “China threatens the existence of Chinese people worldwide because it wraps itself in Chineseness to justify its atrocities” (which it regularly does!). It’s an obviously bigoted argument in the first place.

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We need to move the World Cup out of the US.

Use our action center to tell Congress to speak out against ICE's detention of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodríguez and any effort to deport her.

Fundraiser with backstory: The doorbell rang. The coffee went flying. Did not land on any live wires so my room isn’t on fire. Hobble to door. Oh. There’s a package.

Hotel reservations for LAcon V are now live! Make your reservations here: www.lacon.org/hotel All room party inquiries should be directed to [email protected]. 🎉

Happy Gary Retrograde everyone! The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

A’ama - black rock crab on a rock in our local botanical garden

The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) is about to turn 100 ... so they're asking what the next 100 years hold for libraries and librarianship. They're holding a short story competition (Judged by @maryrobinettekowal.com !!!!) Details at the link: www.ifla.org/news/li-sci-...

Hey Hugo nominating people. You know who you are. Now's the time to nominate your favourite works from 2025 for the greatest, most stupendous, most prestigious award in the entire universe: The Hugo Award!

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Eisenhower

ICE is still here in MN, and our neighbors are still in hiding. Rent is due TODAY, and I’m scrambling to raise funds to keep immigrant families in need out of eviction court. Can you help? V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 🌷

Do it now. Yes, you can leave a message. Yes, call the DC offices. Script here again.

My indoor orchids in bloom, nicely reflected in a mirror. Also allowing me to show off my shower mosaic.

Hey all, if you are the kind of person who goes to or pays attention to or even, yes, complains about Worldcon (because you care about the state of speculative fiction & its communities), I *implore you* to take ten minutes and submit a program item or two before the deadline. Thread! 1/13

One of the orchids in my garden.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Dangit I meant to re-post this earlier. Like in late morning or maybe mid-afternoon. Perhaps I will remember to do that tomorrow?

@lataco.bsky.social is raising money to launch a dedicated investigative news desk. If you've relied on their immigration coverage this year like I have, you know this is a worthy cause to support. givebutter.com/la-taco-inve...

can someone update the first sentence of my wikipedia page to include the nebula and locus awards because my mom has been asking me to update it because she wants to send it to people and i keep explaining to her i cant update my own wikipedia page because its Illegal To Do That

One of my orchids is starting to bloom.

When you’re stocked up on eggs, bread, and milk for the snowstorms, why not try to create a Dark Breakfast item?

Sometimes I think about the fact that we have less wildlife than at any point in human history but it is more photographed / documented than at any point in human history.

Impressive

So there's a black girl scout troop trying to raise money to to to Europe but they aren't close to their goal as of yet. Please share this and buy some cookies if you can digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/reagan...

“All children held in immigration detention should be immediately released, and these facilities should be permanently shuttered.”

This is why I still love the internet.

As always, I recommend using 5 Calls as a starting point. They have scripts as well as phone numbers for your reps. I like to use them as a base then draft my own script. 5calls.org

I’m feeling like Bluesky could use some flowers tonight and these are some from my garden that I gathered to make this arrangement.

If you would prefer to donate cash directly to Haven Watch you can do so here: www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...

The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has launched, raising funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Over 1400 items for $10.00! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Friends, a yearly membership is $40. If you have the funds, please join. This place is a treasure we must protect.

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones. Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

"Here, finally, is a worthy use of the NIMBY impulse that is so easy to activate for worse reasons." Friends, you can use that. I highly recommend going full Karen for the right reasons.

I laughed so hard.

this does not "spark fresh questions" this piles on additional evidence to what we already know. WHAT POSSIBLE QUESTIONS COULD BE RAISED BY THIS OTHER THAN WHY HAVEN'T WE STOPPED IT YET?? comemierdas

ICE is still abducting people. ICE is still arresting peaceful observers. ICE is still gassing people. ICE is still showing up at grade schools. www.cnn.com/2026/02/08/u...