I spent almost 2 hours painstakingly copying the orbits of all 128 Saturnian moons from the announcement MPEC and reformatting them for visualization... Behold, here are the orbits of ALL 128 MOONS OF SATURN. This isn't just a moon system—it's a literal asteroid belt around Saturn! 🧪🔭☄️

Kenneth: "I love helping people less fortunate than me." Toofer: "Where do you find them?" Kenneth: "There are these Nigerians on the internet that help me." Toofer: 👀😮 30 Rock S3E6 🤣 (And that was just a throwaway joke!)

How adorably dystopian ♥️

I got curious and checked “Last of the Mohicans,” and while it’s true that the prose is starchy, this opening paragraph is a banger and you should not deny yourself the pleasure of the effort.

Making preparations for tomorrow! :) Tactics, y'all. Tactics. 😎

I often wish Bluesky had a way to disable all images without alt-text... But then I think, what if somebody posts a quick and sloppy screenshot (with no alt-text) of a headline once That Guy finally dies? I'd want to know as soon as possible! 😅

One of the truly wild parts of MtF transition is discovering the basically infinite universe of women's clothing, compared to men's paltry choices. There is just... so much. 😍 Phoenix being what it is, I boymode for now, though with my hair down. Store employees politely avoid me. 🙃 Meh, whatever.

the year is 2027. you wake up, sun looks weird again. in an encrypted messenger you discuss which liquids are best at shorting out the secret police's electric gloves. two rogue AIs are doing battle in your wi-fi enabled AC unit. treasury is doing something with the yen for the fourth time

One of my favourite writing tricks is to include something completely random and hilarious in an otherwise serious list of objects, events, etc. When done right, it's amazing. :) Here is an example from this week's Harper Magazine's news digest that literally made me LOL. #writing

The year is 2282. The world is overrun with Nepalese tigers, whose population triples every 13 years, unstoppable and unavoidable. I swing my flamethrower, but I'm too late! The striped beast already grabbed Kira. I'll mourn her later... I retreat into our last hope, the spaceship bound for stars.

Evan Walker@ecologicalev.bsky.social · 20h ago

“In 2009, just 121 tigers remained in Nepal. By 2022, that number had nearly tripled to 355.” 🌎 www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...

And just in case all y'all haven't heard yet, each Flock camera contains 2-3 lbs of copper and a few grams of gold. (Tell your friends!)

Evan Greer@evangreer.bsky.social · 15h ago

I know everything feels terrible and doomy but I've been working on surveillance issues for most of my adult life and I have never seen so much energy, momentum, and concrete VICTORIES happening as what we are seeing right now on Flock cameras and facial recognition in venues. Keep. Going.

Just got an email inviting me to submit my short film to a film festival. The email was composed using "AI" 🤮 One of the biggest telltales was its usage of various emojis as bulletpoints. I've never met a single human being who types like that. Needless to say, I declined — and snarkily. Clowns...

This may sound stupid, but... is anybody out there developing 3D printers for clothing? You'd feed it some material + ethically sourced design pattern (no more copyright theft!), and out comes a cute jean skirt that costs $2 rather than $20. 😍

Always remember problematic transgender ally Darth Vader

Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️@trans.bsky.social · 13h ago

It’s official Star Wars canon that Anakin Skywalker invented the term “transgender” in their universe. It sounds like a shitpost, but I promise that is actually real. For more context, check out the attached infographic below. I made it for you. You’re welcome.

Seems bad.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h ago

An overwhelming 92% of American have either delayed or totally abandoned medical care because of how expensive it is, according to a new survey.

*audibly groans*

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · 17h ago

"No offense metro gateway, but I really don't understand leaving a review for a strip mall." (a guy's Google Maps review of a strip mall 🙃)

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

One of my favourite writing tricks is to include something completely random and hilarious in an otherwise serious list of objects, events, etc. When done right, it's amazing. :) Here is an example from this week's Harper Magazine's news digest that literally made me LOL. #writing

Contract signed! 🥳 My flash story "The Sunset at the End of the World" will appear in the upcoming "Cozy in the Apocalypse" anthology by Angry Gable Press. :) Can't wait to read all the other cozy apocalyptic stories in that collection. 😌

If any of you ever run one of my books through an "AI reading buddy," I will personally turn up on your doorstep with an out-of-tune kazoo And I have two kids under 11, so believe me when I tell you, that kazoo and I can go all night

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 20h ago

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

The year is 2282. The world is overrun with Nepalese tigers, whose population triples every 13 years, unstoppable and unavoidable. I swing my flamethrower, but I'm too late! The striped beast already grabbed Kira. I'll mourn her later... I retreat into our last hope, the spaceship bound for stars.

Evan Walker@ecologicalev.bsky.social · 20h ago

“In 2009, just 121 tigers remained in Nepal. By 2022, that number had nearly tripled to 355.” 🌎 www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...

This is one of those times when replacing "AI" with "cocaine" is pretty funny. :)

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 20h ago

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

Y'all! Y'all!! Matt Dinniman has just posted the first 2 chapters of his 9th Dungeon Crawler Carl book (WIP first draft) on his Patreon! 😀 Go, go, go! 🤣

TFW you sit down to type up a bare-bones first draft for this week's short story, but then get so carried away that the end result is very nearly ready to submit, and 1,341 words long. 😅💓 (That particular submission call caps the length at 2,000.)

"A good book is like a pizza: it has an overall vibe, but is composed of many elements." Huh. That is actually improbably insightful... :) (source: Pulp Literature magazine.)

The site for the White Wall Review magazine took a while to load, and it just showed me a big empty white page (a white wall, if you will) - and I thought that was an absolutely brilliant joke and literary culture commentary 🤣 - until the actual site loaded. 😜

My very niche, just-mine conspiracy theory (of which I have many 😅) is that each time something like this happens, it actually *did* happen — in an alternate universe that spilled over into ours. Because, you know, radio waves, thin membranes, and all that. 😉 www.fashiontimes.co.uk/radio-caroli...

King Charles' Death Accidentally Announced On Radio, Erring Staff Leaves 16 Minutes Of Dead Air In Panic

Radio Caroline mistakenly announced King Charles's death due to a staff error during maintenance, prompting Ofcom to rule a breach of broadcasting rules..

fashiontimes.co.uk

JESUS CHRIST WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE'S A TINY SHINY BIRD IN PANTALOONS

Avian Face-Tool 🦡@beakmoo.bsky.social · 2d ago

I just found out there's a creature called a puffleg hummingbird, that wears a tiny pair of fluffy white trousers.