Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI

Say what you will, “The moon has clearly seen better days” is a perfect sentence

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

The Fae: so we’re going to take you away from here and— Me: I accept! The Fae: and you won’t remember anything and you will not return for a century— Me: I ACCEPT HARDER

It might not be a full synopsis, egg-to-apples type thing; it might not be a full outline; you might get editors like "Yeah just give me a paragraph or so." BUT if it's IP work or it's going to an acquisitions committee... they'll want an outline. Know how to write one even if you don't use it!

anyway, if anyone has a lead on jobs for a science journalist/writer who has been a planetarium director (meaning I can talk to the public), please let me know. I am *awfully* broke.

I’m a little further south than this but I wouldn’t let the kids go outside today. We have a wildfire *season*, there is NO reason we don’t have legislation about when people aren’t allowed to work outside (and how much they should get paid for those days) already on the books 😐

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · yesterday

"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

SDOT is updating our Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan, and we need your input. Please take our survey by Tuesday, September 15, 2026: www.seattle.gov/transportati... Your responses and feedback guide how we make Seattle's public spaces more accessible for all.

Full quote: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund, that he wishes it still exists, but the fact of the matter it's dead and that's all we could do under these circumstances."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

“I was experiencing a health crisis, but thank god people I don’t know gossiped about me for years. That saved me.” - Nobody. Yes. Something is obviously wrong. Nobody is debating that. You as a stranger are still not being helpful.

lol. lmao even.

UFC White House: UFC loses $30m staging Freedom 250 event at White House

UFC owners lose $30m (£22m) staging the Freedom 250 event, which was attended by US President Donald Trump, at the White House in June.

bbc.com

"The Army has used up 'virtually all' of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts"

EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say

The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, ​raising concerns about th...

reuters.com

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

Important to know/remember: States are generally terrible at notifying formerly disenfranchised people of their voting rights. Many have no idea they’re allowed to vote. Many more avoid voting because they’re not sure if they can. I wrote about this in Kentucky but it’s a problem all over.

Kentucky Activists Step In to Deliver on the Promise of Voting Rights Restoration - Bolts

After the governor restored hundreds of thousands of people’s rights in 2019, a coalition led by formerly incarcerated Kentuckians is working to inform people of their rights.

boltsmag.org

Finally, someone mentions that Todd Blanche has stood in front everyone and with his full throat refused to investigate the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. And there is no federal investigation—at all—of Renée Good’s death.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Klobuchar: "More than six months after Renee and Alex's deaths when I asked Acting AG Blanche if the department would finally fully cooperate with state law enforcement in these investigations, he said 'it depends on what full cooperation means'...Minnesotans deserve transparency and accountability"

New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...

‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

404media.co

That’s democracy. Direct democracy. Tear that shit down if they don’t want to.

Defiance Dispatch@defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 2d ago

Cities that cancelled contracts keep finding the cameras are still on, even though the contracts have been fully cancelled. Cities are ending contracts and Flock isn't starting removal for sometimes over a month. #Flock #Surveillance Have you fought Flock in your city? Tell us more about it.

Congrats to @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and the entire GCWS team (volunteers, speakers, everyone) for what everyone is saying was a fantastic weekend!

Jason Sanford@jasonsanford.bsky.social · 3d ago

FYI that this year's Gen Con Writers Symposium has been the best and most diverse conference in years, with writers and readers packing panels and workshops. Props to @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and the GCWS staff for doing such amazing work! 3/

"The FBI office in charge of maintaining the terrorist watch list is seeking an artificial intelligence system for pre-crime policing, according to procurement documents obtained by Reason."

Minority report: FBI seeks AI for political watch list

Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watchlist's focus moves toward domestic dissent.

reason.com

oh shit you can currently watch The Repair Shop for free on Tubi and the Roku Channel! Let me please take this opportunity to encourage everyone here to watch The Repair Shop! people come with their Old Items, and a bunch of highly skilled craftspeople fix the Items

thingswithwings@thingswithwings.bsky.social · 2d ago

not enough people are out here talking about The Repair Shop!!! what about the sacred quality of objects that humans invest with their own history and emotions! what about the value of handcrafting processes that go back generations! what about the rich interconnections between craft and carework 😭

We live in the age of heroes.

The Hermit of Everything@hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yes..other half paddled a kayak dressed as a T-Rex this morning…

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the creator of the viral Crewkerne Gazette series of AI clips, is due to stand for election to Somerset council next year in a new Crewkerne South district. He told the Guardian he was an executive member of the Tories’ Yeovil branch, working as an events organiser. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

And she is paid with the money they steal from US. Money that WE waste our limited time on this earth making so that we can survive this hellish system they have created. Money that we could all be using to make life better for every one of us and our communities. We are not angry enough.

DivestSPD@divestspd.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Let's not and say we did" -Old Seattle police public records proverb An SPD records employee was caught delaying bodycam requests for months. She claimed she was waiting for the video specialist to redact them. She never submitted them. open.substack.com/pub/divestsp...

For the love of humanity…Please vote. Even if it’s just to make sure a klan member doesn’t get a position of power. There are many of them running for office in the PNW and elsewhere. In Washington State, we REALLY need people to show up to vote against some initiatives that are also klan endorsed.

WA Office of the Secretary of State@secstatewa.bsky.social · 2d ago

You have until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 4 to turn in your ballot! Find a drop box near you: VoteWA.gov

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

So awkward and desperate

The closures come as the National Weather Service forecasts a high risk of dangerous rip currents and breaking waves of five to seven feet along the region's Atlantic coastline: gothamist.visitlink.me/5t6Nvo

Breaking: Another victim, Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo, has died in ICE custody at Delaney Hall prison after being denied vital medication and family visits. Depriving sick detainees of care until they die is murder by neglect. We demand complete transparency and justice for Edwin! 🎥 Statuscoup

The greatest magic trick of them all is *lying*. The reason you can't figure out that coin vanish even after the conjurer performs it three times in a row is that they *didn't* do the same trick three times in a row! 1/

I was beaten to it by the amazingly generous @mollytempleton.com but yes! The blog I was nervous about yesterday is a reality today. She’s free. She’s long. She contains multiple cat photos. www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...

My Favorite Thing: The Cat That Hates Me + That One SFF Author Who Hates Everyone (Thoughts on Exile) | Micaiah Johnson

The first time I fed Sasha she sliced open my hand and bit my leg so hard it bruised. The second time I fed Sasha she hissed and swiped, but

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Thread.

Kameron Hurley@kameronhurley.com · 2d ago

I consider the folks in the industry I meet and interact with as colleagues, and think of these relationships as being exactly like relationships with my day job coworkers. I will like some folks more than others. Some may annoy the shit out of me. Very few are "file a complaint with HR" worthy.