Lottie is very tired after her first day working at Microsoft, please keep it down
charnel booty
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Well-meaning garbage mess. They/Them
Reading 2026 fiction? Try the short story "Welcome to Heroism" by John Wiswell! You can read it here! buff.ly/IGr3jar
A Paul + Linda McCartney shirt that I dyed recently
This is a valuable program. It also highlights the issue that should be actually discussed here, which is where are all of the school libraries and trained, professional librarians for these students? A mobile library from the sheriff isn't the same thing. abc7chicago.com/post/cook-co...
Cook County Sheriff's Office transforms prison transport bus into mobile library for children
A former prisoner transport bus has been transformed into a mobile library, bringing thousands of books to children in Cook County communities with limited access to reading resources.
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Icotto Jr., a living lighthouse, promotes fair elections and encourages residents of Yokohama to vote, illuminating the future of the city.
You can get the book this is from (which I'm still really proud of the stories in it) online in various places like here;
No Castles: Sci-fi & Fantasy Stories by Costa Koutsoutis
A collection of short weird sci-fi and fantasy stories about worlds to come, worlds that happened, worlds that could be.
nightmare-party.itch.io
Working on my shop update today. Can't wait tho, gotta show you how my personal challenge paint set for this year came out! Earth pride: a single pigment earth for each block of colour on the inclusive pride flag. This turned out to be tricky in unexpected ways. But I'm verr proud of the results 😁
Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" (1961)
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d agoI am now imagining a support group where a Chinese honey trap, a Martian, and the Antichrist meet in a bar to vent about how exhausting it is to be loved by oligarchs.
Oh my G-d Wikimedia Commons has this: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor... If you ever need some!!!
Category:Text dividers - Wikimedia Commons
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Very happy to see a sci-fi title win the Booker. M John Harrison's The End of Everything is the sort of book I love to read, and the kind of book I love to write. If that's up your alley, then feel free to add my novel The Society of Experience to your to-read list.
The Society of Experience by Matt Cahill
"I'm in two places: here, but there still" – so begins this captivating literary thriller. When his father – a distinguished writer – unexpectedly passes away, Derrick van der Lem’s insulated world implodes, leaving it a much stranger and crueller place than the one he knew. In the midst of his downward spiral, the mysterious Society of Experience asks him to take part in a baffling science experiment involving time travel that promises to change his life and pull him out of his rut. When the experiment begins to untangle, Derrick finds himself out of his depth and in the middle of a nightmare, with only the company of a mysterious woman to steer him from chaos to heartbreak. Meanwhile, who are the Society, and what are their true intentions for Derrick? Is time travel real, or is it yet another contrivance the Society has invented? Part Philip K. Dick, part postmodern mystery, The Society of Experience is an inventive, fast-paced story of a man’s journey through streets, alleyways and deserted buildings in search of a better tomorrow.
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Hm. They’re screening Being Heumann at the Gateway, only one showing of course but I guess it’s good they’re showing it at all. IDK if I’ll make it, but maybe it’s a sign that I should finally read her book.
Being Heumann (2026)
Scrappy, defiant, and done being treated like a burden, Judy Heumann turns her outrage into a revolution. In 1977, she and more than 100 disability rights protestors send a very loud message: The syst...
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This weird thing stuck in culture's throat where "over 50" still evokes images of the Family Circus grandparents and not folks with Clash and Joy Division t-shirt stretched over their middle-aged bodies occasionally sneaking a cigarette behind the garage, hoping their kids don't see them.
If you suggest any of its mission logs were falsified, this starship will punch you in the face
Ramona Flowers (Not That One)@hiccupmistress.bsky.social · last wk.A short-lived experiment, the Aldrin Class was one of the earlier ships in what became known as the “Galaxy Family”. Although this particular design did not stand the test of time, it helped to inspire the later Nebula and Parliament classes. #StarTrekOnline #VirtualPhotography
bro lmfao they are pinning every war crime on him he’s going in the oubliette
One week and a cancellation later, this post is truer than before. This is the first year I'm not blocked until January, so if you need #editing or know someone who does, maybe check out my page & get in touch. www.oceansedgeediting.com/services.html #writingcommunity #amwriting #writers #books
Lee Burton - Author | Editor@leeburton.bsky.social · 2w agoToday I was like, Dang, I don't have much editing work lined up for the end of November. It typically takes about two months after I put word out that I begin to get queries. I should get on it. Then I was like, Wait, shit. Time goes back an hour but I'm still in September.
Just learned that an instructor has given their students an assignment to write a research paper about “something weird about themselves,” which may be a new low in terms of privacy violation, shaming, AND making students pick often-unresearchable topics.
There's a special place in hell for people who vandalize or illegally raze trees.
Isaac Callan@isaaccallan.bsky.social · 4d agoA Toronto developer is facing new accusations of illegal tree removal at a residential property in the west end. The company has faced numerous similar accusations in the past, with 10 open investigations related to its work as of early Sept. #Topoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
it's so awkward in LA when i see a Waymo with a young woman passenger and think "is that the Waymo's kid or the Waymo's date"
Meow. Toot-toot! I've just read 30 job applications and now am reduced to this. One post on BlueSky led me down this rabbit hole. www.youtube.com/playlist?app...
Katze vs. Gartenbahn
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Great thread. The problems involved in trying to run everything as a business with an eye toward the next quarterly balance sheet.
BWJones@bwjones.bsky.social · 5d agoSee McKinsey & Company. At my prior institution, the University of Utah, our president and provost gave them over $6 million so they could help the university with “efficiency”. This meant job losses of course and not even the academic senate was allowed to see the full report.
Out of context this is incredibly menacing and I love it
nora "nora.jewelry is now open" rude@nora.zone · 2mo agoi have knives because i lack sharp edges on my body
The cyber truck is getting canned. Post a vehicle women actually like
Columbo's Car | Columbo
YouTube video by Columbo
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Scary Gorgon is going to Thought Bubble@scarygorgon.bsky.social · 6d agoThe cyber truck is getting canned. Post a vehicle women actually like
I’m not sure what she won but she definitely deserves it 💕
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 7d agoCATURDAY: VICTORY EDITION. everyone post Champions Only
The wizard sleeps peacefully. The little cat appears to be reading a spellbook in the library.
2024: Triumph of the asshole. We talked to these 6 assholes about it 2026: Rebuke of the asshole. You guessed it, we talked to the same 6 assholes again