As mentioned in my comment on USPS's new ballot rule, the American postal service was born in 1774 _because_ the alternative system (the Crown's post) let the executive decide which mail not to deliver. For a Court riveted by bespoke historical analogs, this rule is 252 years of unAmerican.

In my opinion, a failure to understand the white-hot rage so many people feel about ICE's campaign of terror and oppression is what has taken some establishment Dems by surprise in their primaries. Abolish ICE and Nuremberg 2.0 is basically the floor for what the Dem electorate is demanding.

UPDATE: Yes, their owner passed away Thursday. We're taking them in today, but as I said, that CAN'T be permanent; they NEED a HOME NOW. We're willing to drive pretty much anywhere in the Northeast for the right adopter. We're begging.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · yesterday

Morning people: yep, looks like the ONE nibble is now ghosting. Going to Kevin's apartment today to start cleanout & get the cats, then we're bringing them here. They HAVE to stay closed in our bedroom, so they're safe for now, but one room is NO way to live the rest of their life. Please. SOMEONE.

Tea party in Anaheim for patrons only! If you'd like to attend this one, either you have to come as a guest of one of my, Midori, or Laura Antoniou's patrons... or just become one yourself before 8/31! www.patreon.com/ceci...

So it's been over a decade since I had to print out bulk mailing labels. I used to use a program called Filemaker for the Mac. Long since lapsed. I now have a list of like 250 unformatted addresses. How do people make mailing labels these days? Please tell me there's a Google doc template or...??

Now's as good a time as any to remind you that the entire Sefaria corpus is only 26 GB, and you can download it from Google Cloud using github.com/Sefaria/Sefa....

GitHub - Sefaria/Sefaria-Export: Structured Jewish texts and metadata exported from Sefaria's database.

Structured Jewish texts and metadata exported from Sefaria's database. - Sefaria/Sefaria-Export

github.com

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 2d ago

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My campaign to beef up my patreon is going nicely! Want to join in? If enough people hop on my spicy sf/f bandwagon I'll start posting a new novel starting on 10/31! Find out more about what I do here: www.patreon.com/ceci...

Two dollars doesn't sound like a lot. But people chipping in two bucks a month makes a huge difference to me. www.patreon.com/ceci...

How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right

I wonder why backers of the Paramount merger are resorting to shady astroturf operations like "Neighbors for Strong Communities," a fake organization with an address in Washington, DC that's a nondescript black door next to an Italian restaurant texting ppl in California about "Hollywood jobs"? Oh.

California AG Rob Bonta Says David Ellison Is “Desperate” and “Grasping at Straws”

In an expansive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bonta laid out his strategy and took aim at the Paramount chief and emerging legal rival. “He cannot flee accountability.”

hollywoodreporter.com

Mark Ruffalo@markruffalo.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is the kind of BS we have to all call out hard. We are being played by the oligarchs and this is how they do it. Disinformation and fake grassroots movements.

Cultural vandalism of the highest order. 😔 May they rebuild, and reprint. ❤️‍🩹 🇺🇦

Doctora Malka Older@older.bsky.social · 4d ago

I just heard about this from my agents, as translations of my books were among those destroyed. I'm relieved that apparently no one was hurt, but this is awful. Donation details to support publishers here: fond.ranok.com.ua/yak-nam-dopo... according to this article: english.nv.ua/nation/ukrai...

Another new scam--well, new-ish: it's another variation on the book club scam. Domain registered July 9. Check out the all-AI "team". I'm exhausted. libraryagents.com

Library Agents | Find the Right Literary Agent for Your Book

Research literary agents, prepare professional submission materials, and organize your submissions with guidance from Library Agents.

libraryagents.com

Woo-hoo! Can't keep this under wraps any longer - look who else will be at World Fantasy! www.wfc2026.org

The usual excuse behind the rush to build these data centers is "we can't let China get ahead of us". But we seem to have no problem letting China lap us when it comes to renewable energy. Odd, ain't it?

Whatever chatbot you’re using, you need to understand it will always default to its design, which is to calculate convincing sounding language for you to read. It doesn’t understand that it lies or hallucinates, it does not understand anything. It just does what it was programmed to do

Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social · 2w ago

What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?

*So, this rapper/comedian has been financing drone attacks in Moscow supposedly. So the Russians are just hiring randos to find him and shoot him, only the Polish Prime Minister notices this and publicly doesn't like it *These are some weird standards of behavior. Is this supposed to normalize

Wrecking a 73-to-1 investment and sending the bill to fishermen, farmers, and families. Just crazy. www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

DOGE Broke America’s Weather Machine. Now Fishermen, Insurers And Farmers Are Paying For It

Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout

forbes.com

FDA upgrades recall of frozen blueberries sold at Publix to highest health risk level.

FDA upgrades recall of frozen blueberries sold at Publix to highest health risk level

Recalled frozen blueberries and mixed berries that could be contaminated with E. coli pose the most severe category of health risk, according to the FDA.

cbsn.ws

Through his work, Joey Terrill has created a unique lens into the queer Chicano world. Giving a voice and immense representation to young gay Chicanos. The full story: lataco.com/joey-terrill... By Izzy Ramirez

Read about and watch New Yorker Linda Wolff, a foul-mouthed 72-year-old personal wardrobe consultant who got pepper-sprayed by an ICE agent wearing a “Pray for Contact” camo baseball cap. She’s suing, because in NY state you can do that now. www.headsupnews.org/p/where-are-...

‘Where are the arrests? Where is the trial? Where is the justice?’

A joint editorial from newspapers in Houston and Maine poses fundamental questions after ICE brought chaos and death to their communities

headsupnews.org

Hello! Does anyone here sing 18thc ballads? If so, let me know. UK based for September.

Update: YouTube appears to be backing down from their threat. We’ll know for sure on Saturday, when we are “scheduled” for deletion. But the false complaints have disappeared and videos have been restored. Thanks to all who helped us make noise. It got someone’s attention. I’ll keep you posted.

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · last wk.

It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch! Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism. They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work. Buy the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

Folks, I could really use some more patrons. Over on Patreon I post a bunch of stuff and I will even launch a new serial there if I can get my numbers up by the end of October? Support a spicy indie author and have some fun. Details: www.patreon.com/ceci...

Just like the world cup, this just goes to show that a critical mass of pure love for a sport and goodwill can overpower seemingly endless incompetence/malfeasance by the idiot capitalists in charge and create something worthwhile DESPITE said idiots

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 4d ago

NEW from me & @jenramose.online: we’ve spent nearly a year speaking to WPBL players: "It's hard to talk negatively about this because it's literally my dream, but it's also true that there are so many eyes on this league and there could be so much more care toward this." Up now at @defector.com:

Let's do this, y'all! NYC come through!!!

AI Moratorium for NYC Schools@aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 5d ago

Psst we’re about 120 signatures away from 6000 on our petition calling for a moratorium on AI — help us get to 6001 by Friday? actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl... @gregpak.net @comixaction.com @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social

All ICE funding should be transferred to MRNA research and development . www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Novel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNA

Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.

wsj.com

1. Good news: a federal court has restored gender-affirming care access for many trans adults! The HHS rule, which cut coverage for trans adults on ACA plans, has been permanently struck down by George H.W. Bush appointee Nathaniel Gorton, who blasted the Trump administration's illegal actions.

Federal Court Restores Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Many Trans Adults in Massive Win

In a significant victory, George H.W. Bush appointee Nathaniel Gorton permanently struck down a Trump administration rule that cut coverage for many trans Americans on ACA plans.

transiticsnews.com

time to knock "yeah, but at least he made launch cheap" off the dwindling list of excuses for Elon Musk's behavior

grand theft eigenvalue 🔆@akhilrao.bsky.social · 4d ago

many are saying etc etc starburst.aero/news/launch-... h/t @mentges.bsky.social