Lynx striking a confident runway pose at the Erie Zoo.

Relatedly, a reminder that "AI" will just make shit up about you

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This is correct in so many ways I do not have the energy to elaborate upon right now, because the satanic panic was far more sinister than you probably know

Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · last mo.

I do think, fundamentally, the anti-trans movement is best understood as an elite version of the satanic panic.

The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.

“Do Dead Malls Go To Heaven?” Experimented a bit with a new way of detailing the tiles. Kinda like it? This particular piece took a hell of a lot of work. I’d love if you shared the vibes it’s giving off, for research purposes. (WIP process in comments)

Update: continued for breakfast

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · last mo.

Eating beige for safety purposes

Excuse me??? How did I miss this announcement??? Why didn't anyone tell me??? WHO FAILED TO INFORM ME??? www.ign.com/articles/god...

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered Promises New Kaiju Campaigns and Online Support as Atari Sets November Release Date

Following a leak, publisher Atari and developer Pipeworks have officially announced Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered.

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A reminder that cities used to have terrible air quality like we have today on a regular basis and the current administration continues to actively dismantle the protections and regulations that cleaned that up.

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I don’t understand how people can run for office knowing they have insane baggage and/or crimes. Like I spent the entire campaign expecting AIPAC to somehow dig up my middle school livejournal fanfic account. I prepared my family for it. I’m still amazed it didn’t happen.

i find it very funny that, canonically, the last character in this comic strip would be required by his belief system to murder you the instant you admitted to having used any kind of AI for any purpose

I assumed everyone knew this was predicted to occur when they sacked 50% of the NOAA staff and started canceling weather balloons that collect data last year; but if not. 👇

Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately

Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.

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Is it a "cilantro tastes like soap" gene, or is it a "soap tastes bad" gene? Like, if you seasoned food with equivalent concentrations of soap flavor, would people who like cilantro notice the difference? Has this been studied? How would I even search for that study?

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

My not-so-hot take is that what Mamdani is doing *IS* incrementalism, and the bar is so deeply in hell that a politician just doing *anything* good consistently is a total anomaly for people. And I think for now that is good and fine, because it is restoring people’s faith that better is possible.

Y'know, I have had my criticisms of generative AI, but now you're telling me I can finally see what my desk would look like in three dimensions??!?? The possibilities really are endless.

Sealant Team Six guarding our vulnerable shores against Algae-Qeada, Algaetifa. And Algae Sharpton.

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday

"ADMINISTRATION REGISTERS RECORD GROWTH" wapo.st/4vWAPAW

Reflecting Pool algae bloom is one of biggest recorded in years after $14M renovation

An analysis of satellite imagery of the Lincoln Memorial shows algae levels spiked days after a $14 million renovation was completed.

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Tomatoes are starting to happen and I'm super excited about it. #PottedGarden #FirstTimeGardening #NoIdeaWhatImDoing

I bought a tangerine lemonade at Lawrenceville Pride and it came with a tiny duck. #LawrencevillePride

Does any of this fit with the rest of what I've done in Bleak Beach (the ruins of Vermillion City)? Not even slightly. But I like it anyway. #Pokopia #BleakBeach

One week into having a few potted vegetables plants on the deck is probably too soon to decide I want all of the plants just because a minimal amount of gardening gave me dopamine.

After a brief joking exchange with @scalzi.com in 2015, if you googled my username the next result after my own pages was "John Scalzi on Twitter: @benwhoski You are the worst person ever". I found this hilarious. I no longer have a Twitter, but now I will always have this. #PghBookFest2026

Here's the YouTube version, this is my favourite monologue episode I've ever done www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQqh...

The AI Industry Is Losing | Better Offline

YouTube video by Better Offline

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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 3mo ago

Here’s this week’s Better Offline. I run you through how Uber’s COO said the quiet part out loud - that AI’s outputs and efficacy do not match up with its ruinous costs - and how despite its bluster, the AI industry’s grift is failing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

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"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants" No you don't. If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.

This is a big reason movements like BLM very often aren’t considered resistance or left movements and it’s *constantly* reflected in our rhetoric.

Danny Lore@weredawgz.blacksky.app · 7mo ago

people think that americans don't fight facism because they are just as racist and misogynistic and homophobic and ableist aka; anyone who is not cis white straight dudes protesting rarely counts as anyone protesting they literally do not see or recognize it when others are doing the work