Just got back from a trip to Alaska, where I purchased possibly my favorite souvenir of all time: the Bottercelli

40 minutes. You can do it! Get those Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding votes in!

Kathryn Duval@kathrynduval.bsky.social · yesterday

Tick tick tick. Only an hour left now.

The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.

A ghost ship with a crew of cats? Empty boat near Tacoma beach full of mews

The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.

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Delighted to be at Dublin Comic Con this weekend giving away free books on the Wicklow level (2nd floor) on behalf of @dublin2029.bsky.social. Come get a book or two, hear about our plans to bring the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) back to Dublin in 2029, and maybe sign up to help!

Is my ACTUAL birthday

Wangleberry@wangleberry.bsky.social · 2d ago

It's my birthday tomorrow In honour of my birthday, give me a prompt and I will write you a limerick and / or four-line stanza of rhyming iambic pentameter (I choose on vibes) All donations in the hat welcome but not necessary (I am a bit fucked for uni fees this year) ko-fi.com/wangleberry

Eugenia has already said here everything I was going to say about this. One thing I will add is that the lasting thing I gained following this project was a deep hatred for AI slop and LLMs as anyone who has heard me speak on ths subject since knows. I saw how the sausage was made and rejected it.

Eugenia Triantafyllou@foxesandroses.bsky.social · 2d ago

In 2022, before Chatgpt and everything that came next, I participated in this study. It was framed as a research on a new tool that I could try and offer my opinion on. I didn't know that it was trained on copyrighted material.

If you are a lawyer barred in Minnesota, I will personally sponsor your admission to the District Minnesota (you need one other person as well) and teach you how to do habeas cases. It's going to be all hands on deck.

Mara Abolish I.C.E.@mauratwit.bsky.social · 2d ago

A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnesota next week. A concentration camp will begin hiring and operations in Minnes

In 2022, before Chatgpt and everything that came next, I participated in this study. It was framed as a research on a new tool that I could try and offer my opinion on. I didn't know that it was trained on copyrighted material.

Wordcraft Writers Workshop

The Wordcraft Writers Workshop is a collaboration between Google's PAIR and Magenta teams, and 13 professional writers. Together we explore the limits of co-writing with AI.

wordcraft-writers-workshop.appspot.com

I found it to be of little use in writing anything of substance and I haven't used AI to write my stories. I've come to hate LLMs and I would never participate in a similar study today. I have been vocally against AI.

Binbag by name, binbag by nature. But the best binbag of doggo kind.

Lady Stardust@lizblackdog.bsky.social · 2d ago

My name is Philip Binbag Ortus the Ninth and today I ate half a dead rat

I wouldn't use the phrase "suck it up," but I would tell men to read the things they've been culturally conditioned to reject, the same way I'd tell them to do all the things they've been culturally conditioned to reject, because the cultural conditioning is doing everyone a lot of damage.

victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 2d ago

i suppose my conclusion is: Men Not Reading is a real structural problem in publishing and telling them to suck it up and read something they’ve been culturally conditioned their entire lives to reject is not a solution to it but you’re allowed to roll your eyes at them

Even more visitors will be flocking to Iceland for the solar eclipse, so here’s a much-requested phrase in Icelandic (“Hello. I am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?”). Icelandic pronunciation tips: youtu.be/ivLPqkEaKOI

Final 26 hours to cast your ballot! Historically the Lodestar tends to be on the lower end of total votes submitted, and I would be thrilled to see that change this year.

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 5d ago

Don’t forget to cast your vote for the 2026 Hugo Awards! Did you know that voting on the entire Hugo Awards ballot is NOT required? Do you know films and video games, but not novels? Do you love art and graphic stories, but haven't read the novellas?

It was so much better than I imagined.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 2d ago

gets incredible air here

We're looking for volunteer online streaming producers for #Octocon2026. Training will be provided. If you're comfortable with tech & have access to a reasonably capable computer, we'd love to hear from you! Experienced streamers are welcome too! Find out more at octocon.com/join-the-oct...

Help send fans around the world to future Worldcons! The fan funds started in the 1950s as a fannish cultural exchange program that sends fans from one geographic area as ambassadors to another. Potential delegates run for the funds, and other fans vote and pay a small voting fee.

You won't have to trek from Crumlin to Lucan to pick up your parcels, An Post says. It's planning a new system where missed packages will be held for pickup at a local post office, rather than at the depot, a spokesperson said.

Trans people who lie sick, injured or maybe even dying deserve the same treatment as any cis person of their gender. This is an outrage to human dignity, and yet another moment of intense shame for the Labour Party in their crusade against trans people.

Cats on Shirts (amidst plenty of non-cat shirts) www.teepublic.com/user/nobodys...

Plenty of people asking about cloud forecast for solar eclipse next Wednesday evening and this far out cloud forecast are very subject to change but it is looking pretty good at present for many areas in the path🤞

it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout

Wow, that sucks. Anyway, here's the Steam page for Trash Goblin, it's on sale and there's a demo to try, do with that information what you want. 😉

Save 33% on Trash Goblin on Steam

A wholesome, cosy shopkeeping game with no pressures, no stress, and endless good vibes! Uncover and clean trinkets then upcycle them to sell to endless colourful and quirky customers. Spend your savi...

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Simon Roth@simoroth.bsky.social · 2w ago

An "indie" publisher that strung us along for months and then backed out of publishing Trash Goblin last minute.. causing layoffs and almost killing the studio by doing so.. is now publishing a TG clone. Wow, just wow. 😅 Amazingly this isn't even the first time I've seen this happen first hand.

The dress code said “wear a tuxedo”. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Never too late to learn how to add ALT text to your images! It's a simple way to let people with visual or neurological impairments know that you care about making them feel included in the Bluesky community.

Cats of Yore@catsofyore.bsky.social · 2y ago

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

julia sanches on translating eva baltasar 💖🖤 #WITmonth 💙📚 #booksky lithub.com/on-translati...

On Translating the Musicality of Sentences From One Language to Another

Permafrost started as a prompt in a therapy session. “Write about your life,” the author’s therapist instructed, and Eva Baltasar obeyed. Before long she grew bored of the truth and began to inject…

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We have money in the Octocon Community Fund that we really really really want to give to people! Thank you so much to everyone who's donated so far, and you can give more via our Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/s/7a65a28733 We also have several free memberships available for Cork locals.

Octocon@octocon.bsky.social · 4d ago

The deadline to apply for the #OctoconCommunityFund is 15 Aug! The fund supports less well-off fans who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend #Octocon2026 with bursaries towards accommodation & travel. More info on applying or contributing to the fund here: octocon.com/octocon-comm... #Octocon2026

There was a mass disabling event in recent history that could cause long term health issues including but not limited to mobility, recent studies showed that nearly half of those diagnosed with Long Covid have suffered mobility and balance deterioration. I imagine some may need mobility aids.

Nick Barlow@nickbwalking.bsky.social · 3d ago

In a move that will surprise absolutely no one who's been paying attention, Stock has decided that women with disabilities are suffering from "social contagion"

Hey BlueSky, you’re neat, so you get this first: the clip I asked @dropout.tv to do for me of @dimension20.dropout.tv Adventuring Academy, because “community” gets tossed around a lot in TTRPGs & game studies but @analoggamestudies.bsky.social is doing the work.

here's the union minimum rates for members of the animation guild. see how much you will be to ripped off by the mouse for doing all the work by yourself 😘 plus pension and healthcare 😘😘😘 animationguild.org/wp-content/u...

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 4d ago

Disney and TikTok have announced a new partnership that will bring select Disney fan-made TikTok videos to Disney+. As part of the initiative, creators who opt in will receive access to official Disney assets, with their videos featured on both TikTok and Disney+.