Tim L
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I help take people to space and sometimes do things with swords.
Oh boy do I feel this, men's restrooms are both fraught and often also disgusting (cis dudes do you realize we don't have to live this way??) and I know this struggle. I have a multitude of coping mechanisms including counting by prime numbers.
Sandy Ernest Allen@sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 12h agoHere's my Cosmo piece about how segregated bathrooms have impacted my own health www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...
this is literally what I do for a living and it's called "blameless root cause" where you identify everything that went wrong without assigning blame to any one person in particular. the NTSB really went all in on this and it's one of the reasons airplane travel is/(was?) so safe in the US.
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d agoI would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Once again, just relinking my primer on the empty promises and weighty failures of strategic airpower: acoup.blog/2022/10/21/collections-strategic-airpower-101/
Collections: Strategic Airpower 101
This week, I’m going to offer a fairly basic overview of the concept of strategic airpower, akin to our discussions of protracted war and nuclear deterrence. While the immediate impetus for t…
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"The Boss Needs You..." prints are restocked in all sizes! I have t-shirts, tank tops, and stickers too. willburrows.art/shop Also - I have an 18"x24" copy with a 1/4" tear at the top edge that I'll sell for 25% off. The tear would be completely concealed if you plan to frame it.
Will Burrows 🖖🥖🥀@reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 9mo agoAlso just added: giclée prints of my Star Trek V "Attack and Dethrone God" art (16x20, 11x14, 8x10, 5x7) AND my "The Boss Needs You..." poster is now available in four different sizes (18x24, 15x20, 12x16, 9x12). willburrows.art/shop
Inexperienced Seattle Mayor Apologizes for Naively Assuming Police Knew How to Do Their Job: tinyurl.com/3dv6uy9m
Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
So that’s the thing to know, if you’re a tabloid that’s going to name-check me in another round of transphobic shit about Bluesky discourse. I don’t stand with you. I stand with my trans friends and family members. ⏹️
I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️
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Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 2mo ago…Are you kidding me? This country's treatment of voice actors is fucking abysmal. Aqua Teen Hunger Force essentially built Adult Swim, & if there were any justice, Carey Means shouldn't have to work another day in his life. Between this & Andy Merrill's trouble, i just… what the fuck. What the fuck.
Here's my take on yesterday's press conference on Seattle's new interim chief and the resignation of Shon Barnes. I'd particularly like to flag the CARE response piece; a different police chief could potentially reduce friction in having CARE responders dispatched by 911 (although not a panacea).
The Urbanist@theurbanist.org · 4d agoNEW STORY// Wilson and Council Clash after Seattle Police Chief's Resignation By Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org
This was incredibly long (blog post & thread, both), but a worthwhile read if you’re dealing with AI slop at work. Increasingly, I’m finding folks completely offloading their thinking to AI, generating documents & plans without any critical thought of their own. Universally, the work is nonsensical.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 5d agoSuresh reports on his experience talking with hundreds of executives (and, more importantly, their subordinates) about what (if anything) AI is doing for business in an essay entitled "AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking": hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mani... 11/
I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them
Jennifer Romig @jennifermromig.bsky.social · 4d agoNotetaking in meetings is tiny case in point - used to be some predictable social assumptions who would do it; now anyone can offer to do ”notetaking” by turning on the AI listener. Further interesting scenario is human recollection / notes (taken by habit by a person) conflict with AI summary
i wonder if maybe tech guys should’ve maybe had a better pitch for AI than ‘fuck you you have no choice’
I was pretty pissed when Isaacman bypassed FAA safety laws recently, and this kind of shit does nothing to change my attitude. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act
Jeff Foust@jfoust.bsky.social · 4d agoOver on Twitter, the NASA administrator is using his official government account (not his personal one) to endorse the White House's nominee to be attorney general. x.com/NASAAdmin/st...
This is a good explainer. And for people who aren’t familiar with the concept: these ground-based “twins” are rarely built to survive the loads & temperatures of launch and in-space operations.
Casey Dreier@caseydreier.bsky.social · 5d agoI attempted to put upper and lower bounds on what it would cost to repurpose Perseverance's testbed twin and send it to the Moon. It's not the cheap and fast mission people hope it is. www.planetary.org/articles/the...
The July edition of my Good Experimental Music roundup is up today. Free to read/share! Thanks to all my subscribers, this is even more fun to write than my Bandcamp column that got axed, their loss! :) www.goodexperimentalmusic.com/good-experim...
Good Experimental Music: July 2026
This time around: guitar and banjo essays, vocal drones, a meeting of four improv stalwarts, and instruments crafted out of abandoned plows.
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Anyway we should just let people play sports as who they are, especially kids, my god
Good news roundup 🌈 Last month reminded us what community looks like in action:
They Might Be Giants, by a lot. Shortly followed by Tool. I can’t explain it.
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 6d agoName an artist/band who's whole discography you've heard.
Very watchable documentary on the early space race that pairs nicely with For All Mankind and Star City. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWmd...
The Untold Story of the Space Race (1957-1963) | Full Documentary | American Experience | PBS
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Artist John Harris was born on this day in 1948. He’s known for his vibrant covers for some of the genre’s best-known works. I interviewed him a couple of years ago about his inspirations, the beauty of space, and why AI can’t replicate human creativity. Read it here:
Sci-fi John Harris on creativity and finding spiritualism in the cosmos
John Harris talks about finding inspiration in the beauty of space and why AI can't capture creative imagination
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![An image of The Villeneuve Scale of Air Pollution (aka the Milleneuve)
Arrival
< 100 milleneuves
(normal particulate levels)
Prisoners
200 milleneuves
(chimney smoke and rage)
Sicario
300 milleneuves
(gunsmoke and drugs maybe?)
Enemy
600 milleneuves
(C'mon, Toronto, you used to be cool)
Dune
750 milleneuves
(stillsuits are a must!)
Blade Runner 2049
900 milleneuves
(omg why are you even outside, Ryan Gosling??)
[each entry has a still from the film showing the sky color, from clear to deep orange]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e3adzvtg56lfn3wpdlfjwnoc/bafkreifderpx4gkosjxomcme5gtboehesquihk5usfuv75aq7naejsitie)
