For me, this was a little shop in NYC called “Sci-Fi Mysteries and More.” We worked in his backroom organizing books. Not because he asked us to. When we did he would let us take “as many books as we want.” We always took 4-5 - not wanting to abuse the privilege. We had Not-Official-Dates there.

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 10h ago

small, single corridor shopping centre in Stevenage Old Town. Called the 'Magnet centre' after the family that owned the land. odd nik-nak and dress shops... ...and in the mid-90s briefly, hidden at the back, the town's first comic shop. we discovered it as teens. it was like finding heaven /1

Checking the ethics on trying to get time off law work for a professional networking convention and not mentioning it’s Worldcon.

Guys, guys. I know we’re all having fun mocking this, but the clear answer is to *bet* you can do so, then profit off their madness. Also, we live in hell.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 7h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

I’m lucky enough to date a man who spent enough time in the Middle East that he showers twice a day. If I had to go out in a market like that I would simply become a nun.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 16h ago

amazing how so few of the gazillion think pieces criticizing women for not dating straight men fail to mention the whole “many of them literally don’t wash their asses” thing:

People should also know that the concentration camps have decreed the fee you have to spend to appeal your removal was raised this year by 836%, likely specifically because they know most people can’t pay that.

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

This article, for me, really shows the lack of depth in going in on veteran PTSD. Veteran PTSD occasionally causes intimate partner violence - mainly when people try to restrain the veteran, block doors, etc. It doesn’t cause people to lock others in rooms.

The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity

How much of Graham Platner’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?

newyorker.com

The way you know the “she assaulted a National Guardsman” charges are bullshit is that she’s a retired captain and they could absolutely have brought UCMJ charges themselves if it was real.

NPR@npr.org · yesterday

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home. n.pr/4wyjw9S

This is an excellent way to ease into a boycott. Just a few more things that you ordinarily would have bought there.

Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · yesterday

A reminder: If you absolutely cannot boycott Amazon, don’t. But can you make them NOT your default? If every Amazon customer cut their spending by just 10%, Bezos would burst his facelift sutures. This doesn’t have to be an all or nothing.

My fellow left-leaning folks: I urge you to give this a listen. You don’t have to agree, but he lays out incredibly important points.

soonergrunt@soonergrunt.bsky.social · 2d ago

Remember, everybody-- the 2nd Ammendment is for ALL Americans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfNe...

*puts hand to ear* Hold on, I’m hearing we’ve just had someone shit in Iran’s military dining facility, and it’s “totally epic”?

Glaxton T. FireTheWholeDamnBullpenWolf@8stringandsushi.bsky.social · 2d ago

This war is now a Teams meeting.

I love, and don’t hate, how the VA will frequently demand faxes, yet have nonoperational fax numbers.

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Federal government taxes currently subsidize concentration camps but sure the problem is not using a grocery store.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

a $20 boot lasts a month but a $200 boot lasts 50 years but the company that makes the $200 boot got bought out by private equity and changed factories to the same one that makes the $20 boot so now it only lasts a year but another company bought the original factory and is selling boots for $400

🚲insert into warcrimes_users where profession = 'maga'@db-user.bsky.social · 3d ago

"people long for cheap disposable things" or buying goods has become a crapshoot of quality and people are focusing on the only signals that are reliable: price and social signals

Not surprising at all that Cornyn & Tillis went for it, but it's kinda remarkable how credulous virtually every media outlet (@nytimes.com; @politico.com; @thehill.com; @bloomberg.com; etc.) has been in parroting Blanche's transparent nonsense about his May 19 immunity directive. [1]

“An Army marches on its stomach” -some loser, probably, definitely not part of the Hegsethian Imperatum.

Task & Purpose@taskandpurpose.com · 2d ago

After specialist contacts congressman, Army admits soldiers got ‘sub-optimal’ food trib.al/R27Sn7b

This exchange is the strongest argument I have ever seen either for genetic continuance, or that @kathryntewson.bsky.social is a timelord who’s trying to *convince* us this was her “grandmother.”

Kathryn Tewson@kathryntewson.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Also, if you thought I was going to ascribe even a shred of good faith to the conduct of the invaders, think again”

Kid: “I’m mother. I don’t want to do my criminal law work on the weekends. That’s why I will solve a FAKE CASE murder mystery” Me: *dead*

Needs to be said: the qualifications for registration to vote are not “are you physically present in that state at this exact moment.” If someone shames me into registering while on vacation, it’s not a crime.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Courtney Milan has perfectly explained the worst bit about ADHD. D stops me every time.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 5d ago

c) use my planner and do a task dump: list all the things I need to do that I am feeling intense shame about not having done d) figure out which of those tasks are sticky: things that I'm not doing, and which are also preventing me from doing anything else because I feel anxiety about them

Here’s the fucking thing. The Vatican wouldn’t have needed to restrict the Latin Mass if these places weren’t hotbeds of heresy. Find me a single US-based Latin Mass church that’s adhering to the preferential option for the poor and defending the dignity of migrants and I’ll eat a mantilla.

Thomas Reese@thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 5d ago

religionnews.com/2026/07/31/a... @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social

I chose to believe this is the real Dale saying that.

“You fascist piece of shit, stay the fuck out of New York. Where the fuck is your warrant?” I miss home right now.

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 5d ago

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

Wake up kids new reliable informant challenge just dropped.

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Citizen please stop kicking and crushing the robot like a tomato can"

*Standing up on the plane* This is the story of "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy." Perhaps the most remarkable - certainly the most successful - book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor. More popular than "The Celestial Homecare Omnibus," better-selling than

Sarah Pinsker@sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 6d ago

*standing up on the plane* We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of

‘I have good news & bad news The good news is that we just started production on #ThimbleweedPark2, due out in early 2028 Mark Ferrari, Gary Winnick, David Fox, Octavi Navarro, Robert Megone, & others from the original team will be back! Now the bad news There is no bad news, it’s all good news’

Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍‍♂️🖥️📼@ronscompvids.bsky.social · 7d ago

Some good news from @grumpygamer.com! www.grumpygamer.com/twp2_announce/

I wish i wasn’t regularly getting this series of: Me: what you want isn’t legally likely, would you like a plan? Them: it’s cool, I’ll just go pro se and have ChatGPT write filings for me Me: I strongly advise against that Them in 2 weeks: it didn’t work, help? Me: *giant sigh*

At least for myself; I think those contracts are problematic as hell. When I was a kid you could get used books dirt cheap everywhere. Now, not so much. It’s the literary equivalent of pouring bleach on food so people can’t eat it.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 7d ago

i have no opinion on AI companies doing it because i don’t know what they are shredding but there sure are a lot of people on this website outraged about something literally every bookseller in the world is required by contract to do on a practically daily basis