I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way

Mark Crail@markcrail.bsky.social · 6d ago

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Just FYI, I will be blocking anyone who mentions watching that stupid fucking wizard show. If you're going to directly enrich a fascist who uses her wealth to persecute trans people, have the decency to be ashamed and keep it to yourself.

I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · last wk.

Sony has responded to a digital games lawsuit by arguing that players don't actually own the games they buy Its lawyers say they are licensed rather than sold

AUSSIES...

I’m going to double down here. Any media which paints the Greens as either crazy or hysterical but covers Pauline Hanson as a credible political option should be exiled into political purgatory and is not worthy of anyone’s time. #auspol

The way you feel when you look at these very real historical advertisements for asbestos is how you should feel when you see fossil fuel advertising of any kind www.completeasbestossurveys.co.uk/vintage-asbe...

I'm a millennial (although one of the oldest ones), and I've just started getting targeted things telling me that to prevent my elderly heart from immediately packing in, I should eat more avocados. WELL WELL WELL.

It's time to let the people decide. ✍️ Add your name to the call for a plebiscite on a 25% gas export tax! gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au

A National Plebiscite for a 25% Gas Export Tax

Voters across the political spectrum support a 25% tax on gas exports. So, let's put it to the people. Join the call for a national plebiscite and let Australians decide.

gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au

El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds arstechnica.com/science/2026...

El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds

“One more warning sign here of what we're facing in a warmer world.”...

arstechnica.com

Aussiecon5 Announces Guests of Honor file770.com/aussiecon5-a...

Aussiecon5 Announces Guests of Honor

Aussiecon5, as the Worldcon will be called, will be held in Brisbane, Australia from July 27-31, 2028. The bid was officially seated today when the site selection voting results were reported to th…

file770.com

My family were visiting Cairns the night that Dire Straits played on Townsville in 1985, and we went home to Townsville the day they played in Cairns. I continue to be devastated 40 years later.

John Moe@johnmoe.bsky.social · last wk.

How about this? Best concerts that you ALMOST got to see but DIDN’T. Include reasons if you like: Rolling Stones (play rehearsal) Johnny Cash (I dallied) R.E.M. (play performance) Nirvana (canceled, college declined to pay requested $500 appearance fee)

There are only two stories that won a Hugo whose screen adaptation also won a Hugo. “All Systems Red” is the second one. The other is “Dune” Congratulations @marthawells.com.

this is gonna upset so many of y’all

Our Guests of Honour at #AussieCon5....

I feel like I’m living In a dystopian novel written in 1993 that was rejected by dozens of publishers because it was incredibly stupid.

HEY THIS IS JUST A PAINTING OF A THEATER SHOWING COYOTE VS. ACME

Here's @lucyham.bsky.social "You're in a class war, whether you fight back or not"

You're in a class war, whether you fight back or not - The Shot

It didn’t take the titanic corruption and clown-car incompetence around Trump to tell young people that death-throes capitalism is a...

theshot.net.au

Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer

Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer 20 years on from vaccine launch

Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.

abc.net.au

If you think transphobes actually give a shit about women's sports, I have a bridge I'd like to dump on you.

Adapting to climate change without ending the fossil fuel industry.

Go and buy something from Avery, she's amazing. I just bought Dream Askew and Going For Broke, which I had in PDF but not hardcover.

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony@lackingceremony.bsky.social · 2w ago

Do you love any of the games that I have created? Whether it's Monsterhearts, Dream Askew, The Quiet Year, Going For Broke, or a deeper cut, now would be a great time to hit quote-tweet and tell your friends about it! It's been a slow month. 💕✨ store.buriedwithoutceremony.com

Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history.

thanks to reddit I learned that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has partners in the US/UK/Canada/Ireland/Australia, and you can look up partners in your backyard! donated to a partner just now; please do the same if you have the funds. imaginationlibrary.com/usa/find-my-...

www.engadget.com/2244816/meta... ok yeah the boom's over if this loser has figured it out

Meta reportedly abandoned an AI-focused restructuring plan that would have laid off thousands - Engadget

The problem with Meta's AI restructuring plan is the AI wasn't good enough.

engadget.com

I reckon if you live your life by the maxim WWDD you won't go far wrong.