Weirdmaggedon remains as one of the best season finales ever.

favorite artworks I've done in 2026 so far 🌸💗✨

I recognise the specific context here but “Please, I need my car to meet criminals” is a very funny plea for leniency.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Author Lynda La Plante banned from driving for six months

The NYPD costs taxpayers $11 billion annually.

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.

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...

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So Queen Demon is a finalist for a Dragon Award for fantasy novel! Yay! Congrats to all the other nominees! awards.dragoncon.org/2026-ballot/

75% of ALL AMERICANS -- including 60% of Americans under age 35 -- have at least one chronic illness and are thus disabled. Remember that a lot of common brain issues, such as ADHD, lead to vastly reduced lifespans.

Stephen Nuñez@socio-steve.bsky.social · 2d ago

Not a big fan of the "sick, elderly and/or disabled people don't count" discourse that appears to follow public health disasters these days.

This is the play in every single industry at the moment. A massive bailout for mediocre white underachievers .

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2d ago

After a middling WNBA career, blonde haired, blue eyed Sophie Cunningham has positioned herself for post-basketball success and riches as a conservative mouthpiece. This is the pattern that always works because conservatives are very very dumb and will latch onto anyone who promotes hate.

Estoy en una nota de recomendaciones culturales de mi ciudad natal, Toluca. A mi mamá la hubiera hecho muy feliz saber que soy una atracción. 🥰 Gracias a AD Noticias. adnoticias.mx/no-sabes-que...

¿No sabes qué hacer este fin? Estos son los mejores planes en Toluca - AD Noticias

Te dejamos la agenda de actividades en Toluca para hacer este fin del 31 de julio al 2 de agosto de 2026; puedes revisar la lista completa de eventos aquí.

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USA Wrestling: Violent Cirque du Soleil

"Being trans is sad Being trans is horrid." Shut up. Being trans is great. Look. I've got inner peace and a fucking scythe.

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 4d ago

Today at the convent: the nuns have been teaching me to scythe.

if you want to see normally sclerotic do-nothing local governments suddenly snap into action, do some quietly beneficial tactical urbanism type thing like this and watch how quickly they race to remove it

wishda@wishda.bsky.social · 5d ago

The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.

REMINDER that today is the last day of the month! If your library offers purchase request slots, they probably reset tomorrow, so make sure to put in those library requests today! Here are some intersex books for ideas -

Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced!@bogiperson.bsky.social · 2y ago

#IntersexAwarenessDay was on Shabbat... so this is me belatedly letting you know about some of my intersex book resources! Intersex books BY intersex authors: www.bogireadstheworld.com/intersex-own... All the books (any topic) by Black intersex authors: www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...

Y'all, you loved to hate "Black Fatigue," and you'll never guess what nonsense the media is about to drum up next.

Isekai as a genre is exploding in popularity because it appeals to a universal desire to get hit by a truck rather than live in the 21st century.

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looks like there may be a new way to listen to some of the serials I worked on at Realm/Serial Box: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Podium to Publish Fiction Podcasts as Audiobooks

The catalog, which begins rolling out August 4, comprises audiobook adaptations of 35 serialized podcasts currently hosted on the Realm network. The L.A.-based Podium has enlisted such celebrity narra...

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Not sure why this is news, it's called a lunch break

I interviewed independent climate reporter and notable mayo-hater @kendrawrites.com for recommendations about how journalists should cover wildfires and smoke: emergencymode.news/no-longer-ni...

No Longer Niche: How Journalists Cover Wildfires and Smoke · Emergency Mode for News

As wildfires and smoke become more frequent and widespread due to climate change, news coverage needs to be more creative, comprehensive, and anticipatory.

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Yeah so NYT asked me ~2 yrs ago to write an op-ed about how the Colorado is running dry, & what we should do to keep this exact thing from happening. I said "There's only one real answer. Bill farmers by how much water they use. Duh." NYT editorial staff freaked tf out & cancelled the piece.

Elias Thorne@truebe.horse · 6d ago

saw an article today about an az politician saying how great it was that we're now in emergency drought conditions because the farmers get automatic bailouts and I feel like way more Professional Rural Understanders just breeze by sentences like that. www.paysonroundup.com/news/arizona...

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Hang on, I have another Vision

I have a Vision

We're near the ten-year anniversary of this interview, which was viewed as wildly controversial at the time. It led to hit pieces on me from liberal outlets like The New Republic as well as death threats. Now it's seen as conventional wisdom -- but it always was!

Avoid such fates by doing as I do: (1) Never use AI for any part of your book, (2) loudly tell everyone how much you hate AI on social media

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · 6d ago

One thing I can confidently say is that more than a few other books have been canceled for AI use--including by established authors and non-fiction books--that have just not made the news yet.

Clam chowder that makes high pitched beeping sounds

davemakes🔶@mixolumia.com · 5d ago

obsessed with the font on IKEA's clam chowder packaging. this is what's in the freezer on the Nostromo

Yes. I keep applying “The purpose of a system is what it does” to the media and becoming enraged.

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 6d ago

Remembering how the "Ebola Crisis" was literally *the* most covered news story - consistently framed as though it was a huge embarrassment to Obama - before the 2014 midterms (after which the media totally abandoned the story)

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

There are a lot of important things going on. Maybe this isn’t a top twenty concern. But, this is actually workplace harassment, the kind that can get people killed.

@carmenlynn.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Koch Nazis are back “A shadowy network of conservative activist groups, backed by Koch-linked dark money, is deploying hidden cameras and mass public-records requests to hunt down and destroy the careers of college professors and administrators — and it's working.”