My pal Scott Olman - the inspiration for Dork Tower’s Igor - has been fitted for a prosthetic leg following an amputation, and could use our support: gofund.me/56596caa9

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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Angela Carter writes like she’s on the run from Horny Interpol

“Why/How do people deny the Holocaust happened? There were literally people who lived through it???” Well, interesting news! You’re watching that same process develop again in real time!

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️

I'm still raising rent and it's getting down to the wire, but also if I can raise $50, I have a deal to buy $100 worth of groceries for that price, which would help me out a lot

Kivan@kivanbay.bsky.social · 2w ago

I must raise rent and a portion of my power bill for August. The heatwave was rough. Thank you for continuing to share and support. paypal.me/kivabay cashapp $kivabay ko-fi.com/kivabay #mutualaid #transcrowdfund #helpfolkslive2026 #helpsky

And lo! Kathye appearid and we hung out Sharing draughtes from the bottel so sharpe and so cleane Glaunsinge eyne Holdinge hondes Twynne heigh-maintenaunce machynes Ich am goinge to make it Thrugh thys yeare Yif it slaye me Ich am goinge to make it Thrugh thys yeare Yif it slaye me #mountaingoats

And the tour is set, the demons will soon be loose. Come see me! More details at the ye olde bloggery hut: terribleminds.com/ramble/2026/...

Ugh. Had a patron email me about something that's not my department and then get shitty and passive aggressive because instead of forwarding their email I replied to them with phone and email contacts for people who could help them.

I'm suddenly tempted to dress my 12 ft skeleton up as Gideon Nav and have the regular-sized one be Harrowhark. #TheLockedTomb

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

[Yesterday] Magnadoodle on the giveaway table at work reads: "Definitely not haunted." Me: *adds a creepy face to it* [Today]: Face and text largely erased. Me: *re-adds the creepy face with backwards text reading "I'm still here" on it. #LibraryLife

A dark day for human rights.

In which I review @chucktingle.bsky.social's Fabulous Bodies from earlier this month: swordsoftheancients.com/2026/07/31/f...

Fabulous Bodies: A Review

Poppy Stringer is an influencer, shaping the views of followers around the world from a decadent Palm Beach home. Every day, she’s pitching makeup and skincare routine tips, fashion advice, a…

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Fuck Rowling, fuck your HP nostalgia. The woman is a fucking ghoul. Trans rights are human rights. Full fucking stop.

Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 5d ago

A dark day for human rights.

Hey folks, I missed some work due to being ill and my paycheck was less than anticipated and I'm in the negative now about $337. Any help is appreciated. Venmo/Cashapp: showupforthis

remember when the NBA moved the 2017 all-star game out of north carolina due to an anti-LGBT state bill? yeah. we have backslid so far. anyway i genuinely might write to the WNBA about this because this is some bullshit and i want to enjoy women's sports.

Defector@defector.com · 6d ago

WNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:

I mean this is fundamentally one of the big reasons why data centers have no local constituency: they don’t actually create a lot of jobs they’ll employ some folks during construction but the actual day to day operation of a data center really doesn’t need many people, especially given its size

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

If you want to know how things got this bad for LGBTQ people (especially trans people) over the past decade, I think this piece I wrote in 2019 does a good job of putting it all together www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

It’s time for a reckoning for journalists who boosted false narratives about Donald Trump’s LGBTQ policy positions

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Happy Friday everyone, as promised, here is my personal theory on this. I think Redwall takes place in our world, after an apocalyptic event of the nuclear variety caused rapid but varied growth of all animals, including humans, leading to our extinction and their mental development. Okay? 🧵

Nora@lighthousenora.bsky.social · 2w ago

i would love your historical architecture take on the relative size of redwall abbey to its natural surroundings and inhabitants. like are we talking a tiny abbey in a tiny forest or what

i feel like a good metaphor for this would be a hot new chef having a meal laid out when their investors arrive (they actually ordered take out) so they get huge investment and on the restaurants opening night their kitchen staff immediately realizes the chef dosent know how to even turn on the oven

Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social · 5d ago

interesting thing that is rarely talked about with authors trying to use AI in debut novels: you will get caught once edits start or at MOST on book two. self publishing is different i suppose, but anyone out there trying to break into traditional publishing with AI clearly does not know the process

I think I just out-tokened the Krenko player... Necrobloom for the win!

We had a set of the Britannica, but yes, absolutely.

S. Kramer@libraryephemera.bsky.social · 6d ago

Were you a child who read The World Book Encyclopedia for fun?

If we're getting Ikoria back next year, should we expect/hope for reprinted triomes? #MagicTheGathering

there is no good faith anti-trans sports lobby and never has been it’s been a cynical wedge issue from day one for a group of people looking to replace gay marriage as a cultural weapon none of them have ever cared about women, women’s sports, or even sports

victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 6d ago

enough of this shit

There is no good faith concern. None. There are only people who never gave a shit about trans women in sports being manipulated into thinking there are good faith concerns and then normal people. You can't have good faith concerns about a few dozen people playing fucking sports. Shut up and stop it

victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 6d ago

enough of this shit

Somebody got involved in a land war in Asia.

Kevin Shay@kshay.com · 6d ago

It’s written all over this guy’s face: a false sense of immunity to ructions. Classic mistake. Nobody is immune to ructions

Medusa but her hair is an anaconda

Alternative headline: Andrew Willson lays off everyone who worked on successful Battlefield 6 to steal all the wealth they created.

PC Gamer@pcgamer.com · 7d ago

Despite its success, Electronic Arts rewarded some of those who made Battlefield 6 by laying them off. It's a different story for EA CEO Andrew Wilson.

I don't think about that jackass very often. But I remember I was so proud when he followed me, he seemed to be such a funny guy with a mostly good heart. Now he's THIS and it's tainted everything he's ever touched and he ONLY seems happy when he's being cruel. Transphobia ruins everything.

Gerald@xedregulus.bsky.social · 6d ago

What the actual FUCK is wrong with this man!?