James Enge
@jamesenge.bsky.social
Classics by day; sword-and-sorcery by night. The other way 'round sometimes. https://jamesenge.com
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)
An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
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🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
🤯 Max Miller's interview with Tapper is an utter trainwreck 🤯
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I saw SUPERGIRL (2026), Conan, and found myself typing more than 300 characters about it, so I tucked the review safely away in the absolute privacy of my blog. jamesenge.com/2026/08/04/w...
Elon Musk will be spending $100 million to $120 million in at least eight states to help elect Republicans in November, according to The New York Times. But Musk’s money shouldn’t be viewed as a problem. It’s an opportunity. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-stink-of-musk
If a word-processing program doesn't come preloaded with the useful and beautiful word _harumphing_, what is civilization even for?
A @startribune.com Best Book of 2025! "Minneapolis writer and naturalist Slaght's "Owls of the Eastern Ice" was hugely acclaimed in 2020 and "Tigers" may be even better....enlivened by the insights of Slaght, whose compassion and curiosity make his book suspenseful and urgent." 💙📚 🌍
There are some fascinating now-lost inscriptions from #Roman Britain. This one, originally on a rock-face in Coombe Crag (near #HadriansWall) reads: "Apollonius; I, Daminius, did not want (to do it)" But what did he not want to do? And why take the time to carve it into rock? #AncientBlueSky
Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
Not new, but new to me, is W Social. There isn't much info about it online yet, but I found this decently-researched piece from last May. blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-s...
The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of c...
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A bold #Roman glass bowl, with quarters in blue, yellow, red, & clear, & a floral garland decoration in each section. It is a really skilled piece of ancient glasswork, & looks amazing given that it was made more than 2000 years ago! 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology
#NowPlaying at LGFHQ: Vulfmon > Vulfnik > James Jamerson Used One Finger
Vulfmon - Vulfnik
James Jamerson Used One Finger
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The Otherwise Award takes recommendations from the public. If you've read something that you think should be considered by the jury, please fill out the form here: otherwiseaward.org/award/2026-o...
2026 Otherwise Awards Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Awards jurors to consider!
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THEY'RE SO COOL I LOVE THEM CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY DO NEXT YEAR also I asked and the Latin means "We stick together" lmao
folk tune stan account 🎻@folktunes.bsky.social · 5d agoTHEY'RE BACK AND THEY'RE THE KNIGHTLY ORDER OF DUCT TAPE THIS YEAR YEAAAAAAAHHH THERE'S MORE OF THEM NOW TOO FOR SURE TAKING PHOTOS WHEN I RUN INTO THEM NEXT
Rep. Max Miller’s repeated abuse of my daughter and granddaughter makes him unfit for public office. Thank you for your patience as I awaited results from the focus group before releasing this statement. by Sen. Bernie Moreno
By the way COVER LETTERS: Name, story title, wordcount. Nothing else matters at this stage, so don't stress! WORDCOUNT STRICTNESS: Extremely so. One word below 4000 is a rejection, at the other end we allow up to 100 words of elasticity if you really need it but 6101 or higher is also a rejection.
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 4d ago📣 New Edge Sword & Sorcery is open to short story submissions now through 8am EST, Sept 1st! 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/
Factum esse scelus loquuntur faciuntque. —Tacitus, HISTORIES "They say a crime has been committed—and they commit it." From Rome's civil war of 69 AD "that long but single year". Possibly applicable to hypocrites in civil conflicts in other eras.
"Bartleby is not a self-starter or self-motivated and he did not make an effort to fit into, much less champion, our workplace culture."
I Cannot Recommend My Former Coworker Bartleby for Your Scrivening Position
“Bartleby is not a self-starter or self-motivated and he did not make an effort to fit into, much less champion, our workplace culture.” Aug 1 2020 Aug 1 202...
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Can't have people telling the truth when your world is built on lies.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d agoLAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping, because what he uncovered is just plain embarrassing to the force. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller August 01,1945
LISTEN TO TWEEL, YOU DOLTS! I like that—amid the torrent of imaginary erotic delights—there's a guy in a chef's hat offering a platter of (what is supposed to be) tasty foodstuffs. One of those guys at least must have been 80% horny, 20% hungry. (Paul's art for Weinbaum's "The Valley of Dreams".)
🧵A thread of SOME things I'd love to see more of - ✨not✨ the ONLY things I'd publish: - Wuxia S&S - South Asian S&S - Middle Eastern S&S - Indigenous S&S - Comradery - Sincerity - Unique, Weird creatures & other supernatural elements you invented for your story. - Leiber-esque humor. 🧵 1/?
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine@newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 4w ago📩New Edge Sword & Sorcery magazine opens for submissions soon!📆 ✍️ Subs open on August 1st, run for the entire month, and we are hoping to buy more stories than ever before! Learn more here 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submissions/
📣 Did you know we have a ⚔️Sword & Planet🪐 special issue, featuring stunning cover art by @partyinthefront.bsky.social, interior art by @decassette.bsky.social & more, and plenty of great tales & non-fiction? Well! 👉 newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-cate...
Holy wow. We've been tracking the DOJ withdrawals of indictments, dismissals by judges, rejections of subpoenas, no bills by grand juries and more. All those are collected here: www.justsecurity.org/146665/court... Add this one to the list:
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
You wouldn't know it from how some people talk, but it is incredibly easy to not use AI for anything.
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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