Jake Varn
@jakevarn.bsky.social
Working on internet policy at Pew. Elsewhere writing fiction: https://jakevarn.wordpress.com/
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
forbes.com
There had to be easier ways to volunteer to fill Macklemore's spot on Ed Sheeran's tour, no?
Hot take, almost every guest-written forward in reprinted books should be an afterword. The spoilers are out of control.
I'll admit it, I was also at this "Hawks" game
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
'this AI agent can do all your tasks for you' so now i gotta sit here and write a list of all my tasks for a robot to fuck up. why. why wouldn't i just keep to the current system where i fuck up my own tasks
I unironically love these lists because it gives everyone something to be incandescently furious about with zero stakes hell yeah let’s take a break from The Horrors and get mad about television rankings
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w agoHere’s The New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sad beige toys for sad beige children
Mollz (ballz)@dopestatistics.bsky.social · 4w agoNO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO
The least realistic part of Lanterns so far is being able to navigate an FCC website that quickly.
I'd also nominate The Eternaut for this category, trapped inside with their pod, wrapping up in gasmasks and gloves to go outside, etc.
Will Wiles@willwiles.bsky.social · last mo.For @apollo-magazine.com, I wrote about "The Last House", "The End of Oak Street" and the "what if home, but bad" micro-genre apollo-magazine.com/end-of-oak-s...
First a Gulf and now a Lake, I fear we are moving into smaller and smaller bodies of water. Pond of America coming soon.
I'm less of a "see heaven before the devil knows you're dead" kinda guy and more "eat another serving before my stomach knows its full."
Tim Curry is survived by his frequent co-star, a big spooky mansion
Checking in on the Freedom 250 takeover of DC's streets for an IndyCar race...
So embarrassing when people think the point of reading a novel is to know the plot, so a summary is just as good. The plot isn’t important, you rube. You absolute simpleton. The point of reading a novel is to find out what the characters are eating and start thinking about what you want for dinner.
you don’t understand. i’m not trapped in here with you. you’re not trapped in here with me. we’re not trapped. i’m on my phone and i can just do something else. in fact i think im gonna. rip to you if ur trapped but im built different
Just getting back from a week at the @barrelhouse.bsky.social Writer's Camp. Gonna be hard to go back to the email factory tomorrow after spending the last few days star gazing, writing by the creek, and talking shop with so many smart, kind people.
oh god oh fuck i clicked on ONE mens fitness youtube video and now the whole app is ruined. fuck fuck fuck every video is lifting tips. every ad is for a training program. there's a whey merchant on my doorstep. lean men are crawling in the walls
Scrolled by this while donating. If you can, you too can take a few minutes to sit and scroll on your phone guilt-free
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 3mo ago"On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."
You can laugh but referees only do this under severe stress
JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · 3mo agoLOL.
