I took a sick day for one reason, and now here I am, extra glad I took a sick day for two new different reasons. Yay! (this is the silver lining view)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@UncannyMagazine/117043383569444629 We're getting close! Please consider helping push us over the top! I feel like these days (waves at...everything) more than ever, we need diverse stories that make you feel and remind you what real people can create!

After almost 14 years my first podcast, Verity!, has come to an official end. My life would be unrecognizably different without my amazing cohosts and the community that formed around our little corner of #DoctorWho fandom. Truly the bittersweet end of an era. If you need me, I'll be in my […]

And while I'm talking about cool things my pals are doing, my friend Rachael just launched a new online comic called MUGSHOT! The first bit is live now, and it's *mysterious* -- I can't wait to see where this is going! https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/mugshot/list?title_no=1111531

MUGSHOT

Young, relentlessly positive Marnie has started a job at 'Mugshot', a run-down coffee shop staffed by run-down women. But is there more to this than meets the eye? Why does she only recover memories when she dreams? And what's with the giant paw prints that keep appearing when she mops up? Mugshot is the new sci-fi romance from award-winning comic-creator Rachael Smith! Updates every Saturday.

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My friend Catie is crowdfunding a new paranormal romance called THE SEDUCTION OF A SHARK-MAN, and it's worth it for the epic cover alone, imo -- do check it out! https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/ce-murphy/the-seduction-of-shark-man-a-new-paranormal-romance

This is basically a Doctor Who missing episodes find of three episodes of The Massacre but for Led Zeppelin. www.loudersound.com/bands-artist...

More than 80 minutes of historic 1970 Led Zeppelin footage emerges online

"This is a monumental addition to the Led Zeppelin canon"

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Almost 85%! Keep spreading the word, friends! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uncannymagazine/uncanny-magazine-year-13-the-space-unicorn-believes-in-you

The Blue Jays traded Kevin Gausman today, who not only was an awesome pitcher, but fully embraced Canada during his five years here and after winning the ALCS knew there was no prudish FCC to shut things down here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPlyTOJjn_M/?hl=en

We're 70% through time-wise and 80% money-wise. It's good progress but there's still a ways to go. Help us out by spreading the word! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uncannymagazine/uncanny-magazine-year-13-the-space-unicorn-believes-in-you/

Gosh, that sheep movie sure was charming

A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work with the same urgency and ruthlessness to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 5d ago

Elon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

#BookReview time! I'm late to the party on this one. *Dungeon Crawler Carl* by Matt Dinniman -- Okay, I get the hype. I also understand why some folks bounced off this hard. But I'm the kinda sicko who wanted way *more* deep-dive info about stats and loot boxes. Will the second book have some […]

One of the biggest, possibly THE biggest challenge of the Open Social Web is funding its operations. This place is built largely as a labour of love by volunteers who have an hour or a few free in a week, and possibly not on a regular basis. It's more than just your personal Mastodon login, too […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@UncannyMagazine/117009480071005097 EXCITEMENT BUILDS!!!

RE: https://relayfm.social/@relay/117009635355742769 Steven and I helped with this! (And I'm on the ep, briefly)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@UncannyMagazine/116992323812399981 I know this was 9 hours ago, and we're now at 70%, but I don't want to miss my chance to say: NICE

RE: https://mastodon.social/@UncannyMagazine/116992534853740306 I think it would be pretty cool if Uncanny was open for submissions for A WHOLE MONTH! If we fund by August 1, it happens!!! (If not, it'll still be 2 weeks, but a month is better!)

Only 4 more days left on this sweet Thrones & Bones Bundle from @LouAnders -- all you fans of Norse/Scandinavian mythology and #TTRPG -- hit this up! https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ThronesBones

Of course, the day I plan to be most productive I wake up with an extra-bad migraine At least it didn't hit yesterday during D&D

So @Legopolis volunteered to build a new boat for our IRL #DnD game, and now he's on the floor, surrounded by boxes of LEGO, giggling. (I don't need this boat for another month.) 😂 💓

London let its roadsides run wild, and butterflies are starting to return London’s transportation authority has doubled its wildflower verges in two years to 520,000 m², about 100 Trafalgar Squares, and butterfly sightings are up more than 50% […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@UncannyMagazine/116981540535832448 So close to 2/3!!!

A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work with the same urgency and ruthlessness to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w ago

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. (Published 2022)

I just helped perform minor surgery on a VCR, and I haven't felt this Gen-X in ages

A Chilean salmon farm now draws about 57% of its power from panels laid over the water, cutting roughly 136,000 litres of diesel a year and silencing the generators. With the noise gone, thousands of salmon have gathered in the shade beneath the arrays. Ecoportal buff.ly/CwczkbP #ShareGoodNewsToo

An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels. Soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home

An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels. Soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home and were all thriving.

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This is a really good writeup about how Elliot Page's casting in The Odyssey is about more than it seems. https://www.pivot-club.com/p/actually-nolan-is-kind-of-making #transgender #trans #TheOdyssey

Actually, Nolan IS kind of making a point about trans people

And I have the (ancient) receipts

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About to watch this Odyssey movie on the smallest screen we could find.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@UncannyMagazine/116969649552327053 62%! We're making progress! Help us make some more! 💞

Wheels up for Edmonton soon! Our first trip to Toronto was a success!

Statcast: The Blue Jays are currently being outscored 15-1 in games that Erika and I decided earlier in the day not to attend while we’re in Toronto.