Spoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.

Status report, "Post Checked-Bag-Drop Delights": I'm spoiled by a lot of carry-on-only travel in tbe last year. But the extra big heavy thing's gone airside now at DUB T2, and (by a different oath, so am I. Now having a restorative glass on the quiet side of the pre-gate area. (1/2)

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Home Recognized as National Historic Landmark, to host Writers’ Residency locusmag.com/2026/08...

I've never used ChatGPT. If I'm absolutely honest, although I've heard of Claude, I'm not 100% sure what it is. I've never knowingly used an #AI tool. To me, this post reads like 'If pre-sliced cheese was suddenly banned, would you even know how to slice cheese manually?'

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 20h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

Day 172, orbit 2665 — I am deeply moved to have been appointed a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the President of the French Republic. I am profoundly grateful to all the people who have inspired me and believed in me throughout the years. 📸 @esa.int/NASA–S. Adenot

Thread. 🙂

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 12h ago

small, single corridor shopping centre in Stevenage Old Town. Called the 'Magnet centre' after the family that owned the land. odd nik-nak and dress shops... ...and in the mid-90s briefly, hidden at the back, the town's first comic shop. we discovered it as teens. it was like finding heaven /1

Operation Smolla Paula is go!!! Thank you, you heroes ❤️

Holly Brockwell@hollyqueenofspayeds.com · yesterday

Currently at 69% of our target (nice) -- we really need to book Mango & the wonky kittens in for scans & treatment ASAP. So here's our promise: if we hit the goal by the end of the week, we will keep wobbly dwarf kitten Chessie and name her Smolla Paula www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-...

First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.

#onthisday, 5 August 1878, the #TurkishBaths at 127 Stephen's Green West opened in #Dublin. Built by Henry J Jury next to his eponymous hotel, and close to the Royal College of Surgeons, it aimed to attract physicians & their patients to the general bathing public. Closed & demolished 1934. 🗃️ #C19th

Refuse collectors help woman recover discarded €1m lottery ticket after emptying bin truck

Refuse collectors help woman recover discarded €1m lottery ticket after emptying bin truck

Workers spent more than day sifting through rubbish

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5th August 2026 05.33

Ea-Nasir seen leaving the area

Dizzygirl@dizzygirl.myatproto.social · 14h ago

Remember, if you see someone stealing copper from a data center, no you didn't. youtu.be/xCzkSyAAf4M?...

GEOINT #66922 from Zuma (COSMIC TOP SECRET) 1. Stained Glass Insects

On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren. 🧵2/2

Congratulations to all of the WFA finalists! file770.com/2026-world-f...

2026 World Fantasy Awards Ballot

The World Fantasy Awards administrator announced the final ballot for this year’s awards on August 4. NOVEL Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill (Tachyon Publications) Once Was Willem by M. R. Car…

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1977 poster for Queen's "News of the World.” Art by Kelly Freas.

Just a reminder: at #Ebooks Direct, our #Summer #Reading #Sale (with all our ebooks hilariously discounted) is still on! Drop by and take advantage of us. 😃 ebooks.direct/pages/our-su...

If I was of a suspicious turn of mind, I'd wonder if one of his lackeys had suggested there should be underground access to the helipad from himself's new bunker. ...*If* I was the suspicious type...

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · yesterday

Scoop: Trump has ordered workers to redo weeks of work on his planned White House helipad new WaPo photos show how past work was removed over weekend Trump is contemplating changes to White House lawn's slope, raising bigger Qs about project and cost

❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”

Tor Bramble backs HM Wolfe after AI-detection claims over Daggermouth

Tor Bramble has backed HM Wolfe after the Atlantic reported that the author’s dystopian romance Daggermouth returned a 60% score in an analysis using the AI-detection tool Pangram.

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The Colours of Omega Centauri - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/ciBufb

My mother has this. One of those artifacts I would find every so often, as a kid, and look through all of the cards. It's in her basement right now, on a shelf.

Dr Pop Culture USA@drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · yesterday

I am sure you will agree that Ben Baldwin has given us another magnificent cover for Dan Mackmain’s latest adventure. Dan and Fin are off to Ireland – a trip I know many readers have been keen to see. The Green Man’s Debt will be published by Wizard’s Tower Press on 10th September 2026. #BookSky

The eternal lament

Hildur Knútsdóttir@hildur.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh god I sold a book and now I have to write it 😱

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say

The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.

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🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

🧐🌞What would we see on the total solar eclipse on 12 Aug? and where can we watch the ESA live streaming? 👇 🌐 sun.esa.int/eclipse/

ESA Solar Eclipse 2026

Follow the ESA Solar Eclipse 2026 live experience and predictions.

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My dude, we don't need to know your "heart and mind," we just have to look at your prior actions. You've already turned CBS News into a ham-handed partisan laughingstock in land speed-record time, so we have an excellent idea what you will do with CNN.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · yesterday

"Unfortunately, I can't give anyone a view into my heart and mind." Why? Are you unfamiliar with them? Ellison's whole "I'm not allowed to express my specific political opinions here, but trust me" approach is transparent nonsense. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...