To my cisgender siblings in the UK: today is segregation day. Help in every way you possibly can. Do not ignore this. Fight the transphobes in every venue, in every arena, in every situation.
Alan Baxter
@alanbaxter.bsky.social
Author of horror and weird fiction. Martial Artist. Whisky drinker. Dog lover. He/him. Trans rights are human rights. Fuck AI. https://alanbaxter.com.au/contact/
Really glad I didn't renew my HWA membership this year. Just a joke organisation now. That latest AI slop email is absolute trash. Which is such a fucking shame because I was so pleased when I qualified for full membership back in the day. It felt like an achievement. Now all credibility is gone.
Little girl on the train: Uncle Mallory died. Her mum: Yes. Little girl: So he won't feel anything now. Her mum: No. Little girl: Which is good because the insects will be eating his eyes.
I finally got around to watching Midsommar. That was a fever dream acid trip of a film. They really should have all run away after that first mushroom party in a field. (And Dani should have never even left America.)
Fuuuuck me, Americans are weird.
CSketch@csketch.bsky.social · 21h agoOh my god I think I found the video.
Terry Pratchett was one of the smartest, kindest, most talented people to ever walk this earth. All good writers have to be at least a little smart to convey ideas well inside a good story. Pratchett was next level. He was many levels above, in fact.
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their names. openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Straw poll: How long do you spend in the shower each day? What do you consider a reasonable length of shower?
We've survived the entirety of human history without data centres. We can't survive more than a few days without clean drinking water.
When the internet was first around it used to scream at us every time we tried to connect to it. We should have listened.
Straw poll: How long do you spend in the shower each day? What do you consider a reasonable length of shower?
Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.
When the internet was first around it used to scream at us every time we tried to connect to it. We should have listened.
hippos are fucking terrifying. like everything about them is an absolute nightmare
Just got to write a fight scene I've been looking forward to. Turned out much quicker than I expected but I'm happy with it.
We've survived the entirety of human history without data centres. We can't survive more than a few days without clean drinking water.
Well, time to go and force this fucking bowling ball a little further through the fucking hose... 😫
Alan Baxter@alanbaxter.bsky.social · 2d agoSometimes the words flow smoothly. Sometimes they flow like a bowling ball through a garden hose.
Dueling flowers choose pistils at dawn.
Comfortably Numb@numb.comfortab.ly · 2d agoDueling theologians choose postils at dawn.
I reckon the way to buy as much time as possible from the It Follows monster is to go overseas and have sex with a porn star. They'll pretty soon have sex with other porn stars who will have sex with others and so on. Lots of layers very quickly in a faraway place. (Ping @scaredyboys.bsky.social )
"or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" Whatever position you hold on this, there is never any world where adults insisting on looking at children's genitals makes them the good guys. These fucking twisted weirdos.
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
When I was a kid I would get punished by being sent to my room. Which was awesome because I would be left alone to read, so it was no punishment at all. Now I'm actually being punished as an adult because I can't do that any more.
I enjoyed the joke, but went into one a bit on the real question! 500kg of US$ at 1 gram per US$1 bill = US$500,000 If they are US$100 bills like the pic (assuming same weight) then that's US$50 million But 500kg gold at current price of ~US$130,000/kg = $65 million So in any case take the gold.
WholesomeMemes@wholesomememe.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat's your choice?
I put on The Last Stand for some reason and all I can think of is the greatest tumblr post of all time
Just had a big octopuses/octopi/octopodes discussion at the dinner table so I went to the ever-reliable @merriam-webster.com to get the final answer. Imagine my surprise on finding out that they're all correct.
No, it's obviously Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and Animals by Pink Floyd. (I would also accept Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall by Pink Floyd.)
RJ Barker@rjbarker.bsky.social · 2d agoShocked by the amount of people getting this wrong, tbh. It's Gentleman, Black Love and 1965 by The Afghan Whigs.
Absolutely unhinged take from someone who is obviously shit at all games and an absolute misery to be around. (And who advocates wine for 12 year olds?) 🤡
