We are ENTHRABULATED to see friends of the con @amalelmohtar.com and @ourmankoto.bsky.social on the final ballot for the 2026 World Fantasy Awards! Congratulations to all the finalists!! locusmag.com/2026/08/2026...

2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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Fucking christ. This is just inexcusable.

APTN News@aptnnews.bsky.social · 19h ago

Chief and council of the fly-in northwestern Ontario First Nation declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, after sewage backed up and filled the basement of its beleaguered health centre.

Once again I am history’s greatest monster as I have had to move the foot the cat was asleep on

Hot damn. We are Anthropeum-ing today. (A few of these were right up my street, tbh) Anthropeum.com · Aug 4 2026 🟦🟨🟩🟩🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 84,150 · top 3% of players today!

Anthropeum

A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.

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The great blue lobelia and obedient plant are blooming now.

Carney is no good either, but it's fucking hilarious that Poilievre's Trump North act is going this badly for him. 18%!!! cultmtl.com/2026/07/supp...

Support for Pierre Poilievre as PM reaches all-time low of 18%

Support for Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre as prime minister has reached an all-time low.

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GIRL SNAKE CATCHER. she makes a snug little income by securing reptiles for traveling shows SHE JUST GRABS THEM (The Washington Bee, Washington DC, November 8, 1902)

what the fuck

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

I mean the thing is the people behind this are not actually in favour of girl's sports.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

When @mollyknight.bsky.social wakes up on the West Coast I'm going to look forward to her reaction to the Jays trading prospects for a starter while the Brewers chill out.

Hey we know this guy! Catch Vice-Admiral @brandoncrilly.bsky.social doing it all for the workers!

Workers’ Lit Podcast@workerslit.bsky.social · 5d ago

Patrons and Future Patrons! It's time to talk about craft, publishing, not fighting with fans, and what @brandoncrilly.bsky.social has been up to! @ayshaufarah.bsky.social starts a new Patreon-exclusive subseries talking to writers about their work! Like writing and cool people? This is for you.

Time to flip on the Women's Pro Baseball League game; I have high hopes for this. I am now of course a thoroughly committed Firebells fan.

Not going anywhere for a while.

We really fucked this planet. Someone better build a pipeline about it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant land’ brown

Visible impact of warming climate is impossible to ignore across landscapes that have been starved of rainfall

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Hey, with so many things to worry about, what's one more? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa mosquito pool tests positive for West Nile virus for 1st time this season | CBC News

Ottawa Public Health says it has confirmed West Nile Virus in the local mosquito population for the first time this year.

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This is an interesting observation/question and all I can say is that it does make a ton of sense to me that a certain kind of dude would get instantly sucked in by something that tells him he's brilliant all the time. On the other hand, as anyone who has ever tried to give me a compliment knows ..

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d ago

I sincerely believe that men cannot handle this. women may be falling in love with their chat bots, too. But I don't think they are categorically attached to its flattery to the same degree.

Back down to 12k as we taper towards race day. Hup.

At least when @premeemohamed.com shoots things into the moon, she does it on purpose www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon

Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on Wednesday

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Saaaame

Cheryl Fury@tudorwench.bsky.social · 5d ago

Same.

When you are bringing in the literal Pinkertons in the course of a strike action, this is a strong indication that you are on the wrong path. Fuck me. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Bank of Canada governor defends use of replacement workers during strike | CBC News

The head of the Bank of Canada is defending the central bank's use of replacement workers during a strike involving security officers.

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As an archaeologist:

Dwight Schrute Says No

Alt: Dwight Schrute Says, "Let's put it this way: no."

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Doremus Schafer@doremus-schafer.bsky.social · 5d ago

Google put out a five-point bullet list of supposed use cases, it is, uh, not wildly convincing. My 'favorite' is 'have the stochastic parrot show your students what historical sites looked like in olden days'. blog.google/products-and...

Many of you will know I am a partisan for the WEG d6 Star Wars RPG, but I don't think it's only that that makes me think D&D Does Star Wars is a bad idea I don't think the d20 system is nearly as flexible as people say and a lot of the 'it works!' comes from familiarity variety.com/2026/gaming/...

‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Reveals Star Wars, ‘World of Warcraft’-Themed Tabletop Roleplaying Games as Part of New ‘Universes Beyond’ Collection

Wizards of the Coast announced Star Wars and World of Warcraft themed "Dungeons & Dragons" games at Gen Con 2026,.

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The garden is happy. Hello, bee.

It’s another sticky one. 8k Hup.

BRING FORTH YOUR WORD HOARDS!

Horned Lark Press@hornedlarkpress.com · 6d ago

*takes deep breath* *ululates* WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS hornedlarkpress.moksha.io/publication/...

New bros struggle to be born

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 6d ago

our age of bros is collapsing

Man I got another mystery bruise. Ghosts must be trying to fight me.

Ottawa police continuing to cover themselves in glory. Or something. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Police watchdog investigating alleged sexual assault by on-duty Ottawa officer | CBC News

An Ottawa police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty early this year, CBC News has learned.

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wild times. moreover, FIFA must be destroyed

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d ago

UEFA has just unanimously decided to boycott both men's and women's World Cups over FIFA's attempt to sell the global game to private equity. Damn.

I feel like there's a Cthulhu genre adventure seed in this, somewhere. What was in this book that it got bricked into a fireplace rather than let anyone read it? Heck, could go Timewatch as well. www.cbc.ca/news/world/o...

That will be $28K, please. Library book returned 150 years overdue | CBC News

The book published in 1858 was returned to the library in the seaside town of Kiama last week by a man who had found it during recent home renovations inside a tea crate bricked into a sealed fireplac...

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