Because it apparently needs to be said: I have never fucking used the AI/LLM/chatbot/plagiarism machine and I never fucking will. If you use it, I think you're a bad person.

https://www.quinceymiracle.com/artwork/rogue-terminal I've only read partway through the info on this extraordinary art piece, because I'm on my phone, but... ...but... wow.

Hands up everyone else thinking of Life of Brian right now.

Neo Roman: Emperor and Guard

Alt: A Roman soldier trying not to laugh at Pontias Pilote saying the name Biggus Dickus.

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mike taddow@miketaddow.bsky.social · 21h ago

this man should get combat pay bc he was FIGHTING here

At the bookstore, I waved over a guy with an astronaut tattoo and a pride necklace. "I'm not your demographic," he said. "My book is about a female biker gang in space rescuing a gay prince," I said. "The sequel is about a sex-positive sexbot." "In space?" "In space." "I AM your demographic!"

We're packing for #dwcon ! We've found our swimsuits and our socks! I've even sorted my medications for the duration, ahead of time!

Betting on wildfires incentivizes arson. Let me repeat that. BETTING ON WILDFIRES INCENTIVIZES ARSON. If you do this, you are unforgivable, appalling, and deserve to be shunned from polite society forever. At minimum.

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterday

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

I am always, always delighted when a post about textile making of some kind says "see thread".

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

At least now I can give him an answer: Yes, I really want to hurt you.

got some sneak peek photos of my beer can label! 🏳️‍⚧️💙🌸

Morton Salt Girl is a merry fellow; Bright blue her label is and her shoes are yellow

Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d ago

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d ago

BP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Yesterday was another day lost to involuntary sleep. Today is another day when I'm trying to be productive. I wonder should I go to a doctor about the lump in my throat which I was thinking was "my glands are up" in case they are up because I'm actually unwell? How would I tell?

Early COVID mitigations showed us the power of collective action. The environment began to heal. People with disabilities were accommodated. An entire flu strain was eradicated. Folks reconnected with their local communities. We worked together & saved lives.

Super Folio Brothers?

Buckinghamshire Archives@bucksarchives.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Archive but it's a videogame from 1998.

I really appreciate every share on this episode - I’ve known Cindi for over a decade and this is her first time ever speaking publicly about what happened to her in Bessborough.

Deirdre O'Shaughnessy@deshocks.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ireland’s notorious mother and baby institutions operated until the late 1990s. Zoei Bonny was the last baby to die under the care of Bessborough, in Cork, in 1994. Her mother Cindi shared her story with me a few days ago. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

Wait did i show yall the worlds best cow painting?

Kate Compton@galaxykate.bsky.social · 2d ago

Im here to be encouraging and post cool historical ceramics

BREAKING: ​The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.

Summer heatwave sucks if you’re a human. If, onthe other hand, you’re a horde of tiny flies…

30 hours of sewing so far... lots and lots of French knots but some of the grass areas are now being filled too! If you didn't see the first post, this is an aerial embroidery inspired by moorlands. At this point I still can't estimate how long it'll take in full but I'm not half way yet 😊🌱

The heating helps bring to the surface hard to reach feather mites which it can pick off with its beak 🥢 It was probably gular fluttering as well... Vibrating its throat to pull in cool air to counter its decision to stand in the hottest sunniest spot in the pond. 🔥

Adrian Ogden@ade-on-drums.bsky.social · 2d ago

Never seen this pose from a heron before. Not sure whether it's trying to sun the underside of its wings or letting air circulate in the heat.

Not incidentally, sex ed and social media, two of the big things the Think of the Children crowd want to restrict children's access to, are the first place a lot of kids encounter the concept that a person with nominal authority over you doesn't get to touch you without permission

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

Naysayers re: biking for transportation in Minneapolis: “This isn’t Amsterdam.” Minneapolis parents: “So what? We’ll make our own version.”

I'm going to DWCon but at the current rate of progress I'll spend the entire thing in bed. I'm so tired.

i wanna know which extremely online lawyer made sure to require the post be pinned. genius.

Susie "Nickname In Quotes" Beeca@susiebeeca.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ah, this warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Wait til you see the price a TERF had to pay for lying about a trans woman. "...also be required to publish a court-approved apology that must remain pinned on their social media channels for three months" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...

My theory is that supply issues during covid caused companies to compromise and purchase cheaper and quicker to manufacture supplies that seemed 'good enough'. And then they didn't change back. Hence the enshittification of literally everything and people's subsequent hesitance at spending $$$.

The linked document in this thread is very satisfying reading.

Kathryn Tewson@kathryntewson.bsky.social · 3d ago

I have just been sent the transcript of a deposition my grandmother gave in 1977 while she was serving as an expert witness in a series of tribal rights cases and let me tell you, if nothing else this is proof that I come by it honest for every conceivable value of “it”

I think we hurt kids badly by trying to keep them naive and sheltered. I think it’s absurd and dangerous and creates damaged authoritarian adults.

I also saw this unique part of Norwich history yesterday thanks to my friends. The keyboard imprint by St. Peters Hungate church.

Why does "ie" turn "dog" into itty bitty "doggie"? In this Lingthusiasm zine, Leah Velleman gets enthusiastic about diminutives. Yes, this one is extra tiny, it's a diminutive zine about diminutives! A zinelet? Or zineling? For more lingthusiastic zines: lingthusiasm.com/zines