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.
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All about that second breakfast, fam. Black American/Jackalope writer and veteran weird person, loving husband to @thependrake.bsky.social, Social Justice Cleric. He/him/his.
i realize this is a hack observation but its really striking how "good customer service" in the us does not mean "providing customers with a good service", but instead "providing customers with a terrible service but forcing the people providing it to act slavishly obsequious at all times"
Jeanne Gibson, known worldwide as Rosie the Riveter, passed away on 29th July 2026 at the remarkable age of 100. Thank you Jeanne for giving women a symbol of strength when we were told we had none. 💋💪🏻💘
End of summer sale! If you use summer2026 at checkout on FurPlanet.com, with a minimum purchase of $25, you'll get 10% off. And the same code can be used at baddogbooks.com when you spend $15 or more for 10% off as well. This is valid until the end of August. Sincerely, -Ajax
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Friends going to BLFC, please steer clear of the Taurs, Multifurs, and Hybrids meet panels. They're bring ran by Mozdoc, a longtime bad actor in the fandom and loudly-vocal transphobic bigot. Receipts in the replies.
It turns out our company's new trash routes were built by AI, so you can imagine how well that's turning out. We've doubled our usual call volume. Residents are very upset. And drivers have been putting in 14-hour days on "more efficient" routes. Turns out there's nothing AI *can't* ruin
This is a really fascinating reframing of procrastination to take into account the anxiety factor that goes missed all too often www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
From ‘I’ll do it later’ to ‘I know what I feel’ | BPS
British Psychological Society member Ioanna Dimitriadou on how a tree and the right words are rewriting the story of neurodivergent procrastination.
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You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
I don’t think I ever shared this fake SNES box art I drew after playing Small Saga. Cool RPG for people who like rodents and not grinding
![Tweet from Fred Delicious 🍆 (@Fred_Delicious):
Billy Corgan - "The world is a vampire"
Crowd - "wooooooooo"
Neil DeGrasse Tyson [loudly from back] "no it isn't"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w4mumltio4x5yohskj2mo64c/bafkreihqu3nwptkd3osthotucx44vbi6z3zl4kpo64h7frc6hyhoxuq26a)
A Chinese shoe manufacturer made this video to show how indestructible their shoes are and y'all I'm much too gay for this 🥵
JK Rowling uses her Harry Potter money to fund lawsuits against companies that support trans rights so no, I do not care what Hogwarts house you are in.
Spain’s Nico Williams gave his mother, Maria, his World Cup winner’s medal after Sunday’s final ❤️💛 Nico's parents trekked some 2,000 miles across the Sahara from Ghana to Spain as refugees. Now, their son is a world champion 🥹
