Since I haven't seen it mentioned yet, the EC Comics adaptation is free to read online, thanks to someone's livejournal. dochermes.livejournal.com/405625.html

"There Will Come Soft Rains"

I first read this story when I was very young, and constantly plowing through stuff that went way over my head. I didn't get it at all, to be honest. Years later, I picked up a copy of THE MARTIAN CHR...

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Lisa Kadonaga@tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 2d ago

Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

The argument usually boils down to “this person, who seems in every aspect to be a Nazi, cannot be a Nazi, because Nazis are socially unacceptable, and he is being accepted, for example by Me.”

our society either values human life or it does not. now obviously it does not and probably never has. i strongly suggest we rethink that. urgently

imagining a grizzled hardboiled detective saying this while gripping some guy's lapels at a shady bar

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last mo.

She has a neck the size of an adult human, legs that are just as long and an unforgettable coat. And she’s missing.

If I hear the mosquito thing one more time I'm going to become a mosquito-themed version of the Joker; supervillain name suggestions welcome

Crypt-Keeper Wasp@cryptkeeperwasp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Anybody else have a common misconception that is your nemesis? Mine is "mosquitoes (/ticks/whatever) contribute nothing to the ecosystem". It's not true. It's a nonsensical statement. It sends me into a rage state. What's yours? Has it made in onto Wikipedia? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Let’s learn about cirrate octopuses and how to tell flapjacks and dumbos apart! 🧵🧪🐙🐡

it's wild approaching film from a horror angle specifically, because everyone else is all "cinema is dead. everything is remakes of remakes and all is ashes" and then you talk to a horror fan and they say "yeah i don't know how I'm gonna have time to see the 17 original films that opened this week"

People will tell you it's useless to learn to identify AI image "tells" as the software will keep improving. Considering that images with obvious tells are still being circulated as real by well-meaning people who just don't know what to look for, I really don't think that's true.

Regular reminder that if someone uses the term "Judeo-Christian", they mean Christian, and they also probably don't understand what they're talking about.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

That is to say, the first few times it was used it was in the context of converting Jews. Now it's just mostly supersessionist and Islamophobic. So still a shitty deal for all involved and generally involves Christian, not Jewish, reads on all these texts.

PSA: Hachette workers are currently leading the largest unionization campaign in publishing history and they're inviting all of us (readers, publishing professionals, anyone with a full name and an email address) to sign in support 💜 hachetteworkers.com/open-letter/

i have wanted a proper bog mummy horror movie.....for so long....this is low hanging fruit, people

sophie@sssssgodin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I can't believe that Lee Cronin, an Irish filmmaker with an admitted interest in Irish folklore and history, didn't think to make a bog mummy movie instead of a kinda racist Exorcist ripoff

hey look it’s the names of some of the people involved in this travesty www.forbes.com/sites/pr/202...

Molly White@molly.wiki · 4mo ago

ghoulish

This "but how to find real people in need amongst the scammers?" conversation relies on the unquestioned assumption that no one "we" know could possibly have personal ties to anyone in Gaza and thus we're all flying blind in regards to finding real people to help. Go speak with another human!

You're all welcome!! <3

Kristen Lopez@kristenklopez.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@shudder.com just dropped a great promo (with John Kassir!) and definitely looks like those 35 mm prints are upgraded to HD. youtu.be/3NkSaBv32JY?...

cis people in the replies I NEED you to engage with this issue in some other way besides posting "good thing those books suck anyway". saying "it's convenient this lady didn't write something I LIKED otherwise I'd have to have a REAL MORAL QUANDARY about it" is not allyship

mattie lubchansky@mattielubchansky.com · 4mo ago

i think sometimes cis people truly have a hard time understanding that jk rowling is a living person actively using her wealth to fund the international assault on trans lives. she’s not some Complicated Author we can have a spirited debate about separating from the art with!!!!!

There's no excuse for someone who's supposed to be representing millions of New Yorkers to say that the problem is "not enough Christianity" (though if NY lost senators every time one did something that should be disqualifying, we'd have nothing but a smoking crater where Schumer used to be).

Jonathan Larsen@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Gillibrand's explanation for why economically struggling people don't care about others... Too many unbelievers. Her remedy? More church proselytizing.

someone on this app every day, for some reason: being rich and evil is like a MENTAL DISABILITY. rich evil people do things which make me think they have COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS. when i see a rich evil person i see someone who has EXPERIENCED HEAD TRAUMA. i am a progressive

What is #2026MMM 's official stance on the Pokemon fandom always preferring the mammalian starter?

We're all worried about the cute puppy going bipedal, but does no one share my concern that they're going to make the gecko sexy? Please don't make the gecko sexy. We already have a sexy lizard Pokemon and she's fabulous.

#2026MMM fans, did you know I’ve been proclaimed patron saint of the 15-2 upset? I proclaimed it myself, of course, but that’s only because @mammalssuck.bsky.social and the Catholic Church won’t return my calls.

Office The GIF

Alt: Michael from The Office, saying “I didn’t say it, I declared it.”

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"I don't have a horse in this race" / "I don't have a dog in this fight" = normal "I don't have a dog in this race" = sounds off but kinda makes sense, there's greyhound racing etc. "I don't have a horse in this fight" = fucking hilarious

Why are genetics experts advertising with not only AI slop, but AI slop with a huge, obvious error in the structure of DNA

Institute for Genome Sciences@genomescience.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We're hiring: POSTDOC in BIOINFORMATICS: Study the role of the gut #microbiome in the development of #immune tolerance. #multiomics #bioinformatics #metabolomics Learn more/Apply: bit.ly/bioinfoCAMRI

made fan art for my favourite horror movie

"The cops can drink as much as they want there...The bartenders serve them till they're blackout drunk and let them leave." Quote from a woman who was hit by a drunk-driving cop *while sitting in her living room.* This story from the @inquirer.com is a hell of a thing. share.inquirer.com/yynTQX

Members-only Philly cop bar has been linked to two DUIs — and a third crash kept secret, until now

Anna Wakeman still questions why 7C Lounge bartenders didn’t stop serving the officer who crashed into her house and upended her life five years ago.

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Dinosaurs Survived! Series 3 stickers have arrived! www.emmalerae.com/store.html #sciart #paleoart

I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast! Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑

Do I know any journalists or news outlets who might be willing to write an article about the months I’ve spent begging GoFundMe to release the funds I’ve raised? I wish this were more common knowledge so no one else finds themselves in this position. (Please boost!)

A lot of acknowledgement these days that "the lefties were right", "the alarmists were right", but you know what else? College students circa 2015 were right. They put up with endless bullshit from the "adults in the room" about how they were stupid snowflakes for calling out inequities (1/3)

What really gets me is the gap between the fantasy world that was popularized in the 2010s, where college students were too coddled to understand that a university is a place for challenging ideas, and actual reality, where a university isn't allowed to "challenge" state-approved dogma.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8mo ago

“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’” Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”

Hiya creeps, Your friend T.C.K. has come down with a case of the crypt crud. I've been a little out of it and -- #TEAMHIPPO 2026?? HOT DIGGITY DAFFODIL! #2026MMM

a man in a hat is standing in front of a group of people in beds

Alt: Grandpa Joe from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory jumping for joy and clicking his heels.

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Katie Hinde@mammalssuck.bsky.social · 6mo ago

You know what's better than science-themed March Mammal Madness Valentines of #2026MMM Combatants!?! Science-themed March Mammal Madness Valentines of combatants that carry ear-worms. They're INFECTIOUS! Download in color or greyscale at the LibGuide libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...