Plus you get to hang out with Nick and he's pretty cool.

buy my book@nmamatas.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hey Bay Area, get writing with my six-week in-person workshop! Workshopped stories have appeared in Asimov's SF, Apex, and more and have been expanded into novels published by Harper, etc. sfwriting.institute/course/intro...

QOTD: If 666 is the number of evil, then logically we know exactly what the root of evil is. 25.8069758011.

A little public service announcement for the horror community: You are always welcome in the British Fantasy Society. We exist to celebrate and support ALL of speculative fiction - including horror, dark fantasy, paranormal and supernatural, and crime stories - across the spectrum. 🧵⬇️

I went out to see what Breitbart had to say about Milo Y getting ICEd and deported. Honestly it wasn't much. The comment section shows deep division in that collective. However the big ol McDonald's ad on the front page irritated enough that now I can't even have a burger at midnight after hockey.

Nepal has a flash flood that destroys towns and kills hundreds. Our president talks about construction projects and painting things gold. Everybody, we need to vote for responsible adults. You don't have to like their laugh. You don't have to want to hang out with them. No enablers.

I am willing to be open-minded about the possibility of an afterlife if Dolly trashes Mar-A-Lago. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

Experts note an 'astounding coincidence' after Dolly Parton's death

The next Atlantic storm to form will be named Dolly, a name picked decades ago. The name could be used within days of Dolly Parton's death.

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My husband hadn't seen this old Superbowl commercial. Seems apt now even if no one uses the service. youtu.be/1fK2hMQSDgE?...

Monster.com: When I Grow Up (Super Bowl ad)

YouTube video by Budding

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/ke...

Keep Transphobia out of the WNBA!

Anti-trans rhetoric flies in the face of the WNBA’s “No Space for Hate” campaign, one that WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert describes as “a unifying force—a place where people from all walks of life ...

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Sisyphus only had to push a boulder up a hill. We have to keep unsubscribing our parents' emails from spams and scams.

This song came up in conversation today, which means the video must be shared again. Rules are rules. Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. youtu.be/tYuVfAnBfHo?...

Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs: "Fast Car" Grammy Performance

YouTube video by Benjamín Muñiz / Saravá

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Women’s football shouldn’t have to copy a men’s game that isn’t working – just look at Ted Lasso | Karen Dobres

Women’s football shouldn’t have to copy a men’s game that isn’t working – just look at Ted Lasso | Karen Dobres

The rapid professionalisation of woman’s football has brought money and status. But copying the structures and culture of the male game risks undermining what made it distinct, says author Karen Dobres

theguardian.com

ICYMI, over the past two weeks, English-language Wikipedia editors have engaged in a successful effort to change the first paragraph of the Republican Party entry to reflect its current status as a "neo-nationalist" political party. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republi...

New from Courtney Thomas, in our magazine: Dildos were a means to an end in the gun-control-focused “Cocks Not Glocks” protest, but they were, and remain, a complex protest symbol. Unpacking a protest from a time with more freedom ...

‘Cocks Not Glocks’ at 10

A decade on, the iconic campus protest has come to symbolize a time of relatively free expression.

texasobserver.org

There are people that can just write and delight you completely. P.A. Cornell is officially on my list. Near future, distant future, fantastic, you name it. Her short stories are brilliant. www.writersdrinkingcoffee.com/posts/podcas...

Episode 230 - Interview with P.A. Cornell - Writers Drinking Coffee

Meet P.A. Cornell, a Chilean-Canadian speculative fiction author with a collection of short stories coming soon, The Astronaut Among the Flowers.

writersdrinkingcoffee.com

Hey, all three teams I coached won their hockey games tonight! Cookies in the locker room.

I want to share this article and hope others will too. I will also remind everybody the capital punishment is more expensive than life imprisonment. If you worried about your tax dollars. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Unmasked: the doctor who helps put prisoners to death

Dr Mark Fowler assisted in the failed execution of a Tennessee prisoner. Physicians are meant to heal patients - why is he working in the death chamber?

theguardian.com

Links to buy Of Dread, Decay, and Doom: www.starsandsabers.com/books/of-dre...

Of Dread, Decay, and Doom – Stars and Sabers

Of Dread, Decay, and Doom: a horror-themed anthology edited by Jendia Gammon, Gareth L. Powell, and Scarlett R. Algee, featuring masters of horror fiction.

starsandsabers.com

Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell@garethlpowell.bsky.social · 4w ago

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Observation from reading humorous news stories and their slant on the current administration (Wakanda in the trade list, Africa map): We have turned into a government of the AI, by the AI, for the AI. And there's nobody serving in the administration smart enough to check its work.

There are more cops facing current investigations and punishment for using flock cameras and the tracking network than there are trans kids in sports. Just a data point.

Heere ys the booke of the humoral and elemental values of the Teenaged Mutante Turtles Who Are Ninjas: Michelangelo - Ayre - Sanguine - Springtyme Raphael - Fyre - Choleric - Somer Donatello - Earthe - Melancholic - Autumn Leonardo - Watir - Phlegmatic - Wynter

Hockey Bench convo recently was me explaining to my D partner that birds have cloaca, where reproduction and excrement share a chute. Some species that mate in water or air have lymphatically-driven penile members with no ejaculate. The Ref post game said girl hockey is very different bench chat...

Because of another thread, I was reminded of these short videos on Disney couple therapy. What do those magic relationships look like 20 years in? Well! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Disney Couples Therapy (Full Web Series) - YouTube

Disney relationships aren't always “happily ever after!”

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Like all Canadian government surveys on AI, this is hilariously pro-AI. But it only takes like 5 minutes to fill out, and at the end you can make it clear that the only focus of the government when it comes to AI and culture is that Canadian artists need copyright protections from AI scraping.

Sonja Boon@storiedselves.bsky.social · last mo.

Canadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...

I got a finger wag from Bluesky mods. Ukraine bombed the Russian equivalent of Amazon - they hit one of the warehouses because they are being used for the Russian war effort. I said that when Iran etc. hits us in the Bezos, I hope my friends aren't at work. Apparently that's hate speech?

I have concerns. There are so many reasons not to have the FB app on your systems. secureish.substack.com/p/have-you-h...

Have You Heard of Patent US 2026/0182881 A1?

Me neither. Until yesterday. And now I cannot stop being concerned about it.

secureish.substack.com

This spoke to me. It is hard to forgive people who normalized lying and being lied to. hartmannreport.com/p/theyre-sho...

They're Shocked We Won't Pretend Anymore

The real divide isn't political:?it's between those willing to normalize modern fascism's cruelty and those who refuse…

hartmannreport.com

I see the trial has finally started for the guy that paid somebody to kill the reporter that broke the Panama Papers. Justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia begins! $5 says there will be a tie to the Epstein files. Any takers?

Great thread.

Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton)@funranium.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Look, you can't put F-35s in a flyover for the 4th of July celebration. That involves flying, which is very stressful on them. They're like the horses of the air and may go full HORF if you don't treat them right.

We understand at last that the most important thing in the minds a conservatives is property. It has always been property, and it will likely always be property. The destruction of property is the unforgivable sin. Theft is the ultimate violation. This is what 45/47 truly revealed.