May be suggest a wheezing chicken instead?

It was supposed to go back to mid60s today after a record breaking high temp weekend (88F Sat, 85F Sun), but now we’re getting one more day of 80F before normal autumn temps. Wtf. Climate change sucks so hard.

Text messages say #Colorado voters' 'ballot request is in.' No request is needed Don't click the link in the text – it's from an Elon Musk conservative political action committee designed to collect information from voters. www.9news.com/article/news...

#Booksky Lots of great vendors at the Fall Mini-Market at Cream & Amber Books in Hopkins, MN today from 10-2PM, including author @mmerriam.bsky.social, who’ll be there with his books and some of ours! Go say hi! creamandamber.com/event/2026-1...

There’s nothing like gaining your superpower of invisibility once you turn 50.

Africanfuturism is an anchor point for science fiction that is not just by Africans, or set in Africa, but about Africa. This is an excellent sampler from my brilliant publisher @dawbooks.bsky.social Its a great deal! www.humblebundle.com/books/africa...

African Futurism: Nnedi Okorafor, Wole Talabi, and Adam Oyebanji by DAW Books

Read daring, imaginative science fiction stories in this African Futurism ebook bundle! Pay what you want and support BINC!

humblebundle.com

Shame on us. And jail for these kidnapping human traffickers

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d ago

No punishment will ever be too harsh for ICE agents and the leaders who empowered them

The only fighting back we will continue to do will be against these fucking fascists running this country.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"

It's quite possible burrowing owls are known as the adorable goofs of the owl world.

Wendy Miller@burrowingowl.bsky.social · 5d ago

Why does today feel like another Monday? Anyway, here's another owl video. #birds

🖤 OPEN CALL: Venom and Velvet Seeking dark romantasy with obsession, devotion, desire, enemies-to-lovers & morally gray characters. 📅 Dec. 1 💰 $10 original | $5 reprint 📖 5,000–10,000 words 🔥 Explicit okay 📚 Reprints welcome horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Eugenicist bragging about his mass murders.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last wk.

“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight. HHS will never go back to what it was before.”

#Booksky TODAY’S the day! Come see us and a bunch of other fun vendors at the Haunts & Horrors Book Fair at Bad Weather Brewing @badweatherbrew.bsky.social in St. Paul 1-5PM!

Queen of Swords Press@qospress.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Booksky Haunts & Horrors is coming up next! Find us at @badweatherbrew.bsky.social in #StPaulMN next Sunday 10/4 1-5PM for Haunts & Horrors Book Fair! #bookfair #spookybooks

Definitely the voodoo pork youtu.be/pUGNlgufgsk

Kids in the Hall Salty Ham Sketch

YouTube video by VHS Comedy And Music Vault

youtu.be

don't hug me I'm porksweats@porksweats.bsky.social · last wk.

what's your favorite kids in the hall skit that's not girl drink drunk or the daves i know

Did I just spend the evening 3D printing 'dickfetti' in a variety of colors? Yes. Yes, I did.

Speck Magazine submissions are open!

New game:bird or tornado siren?

Jonathan Slater@jonathanslater.bsky.social · last mo.

I give you : the Potoo

Literally zero amounts of mind-boggling for sane people who recognize why international visitors are avoiding the US without needing to be told why.

Semafor@semafor.com · 2w ago

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

Doing an old folks defensive driving class tomorrow night for reasons I don’t understand. Why did I sign up for this?

New level of obsession unlocked: 3D printer has been set up and running this weekend!

Kobo sales have done so much better than Amazon for me this month! I'm really glad to see more sales on Kobo, and more consistently :)

Kind of chilly in here, but I need the window open and the fan going because I'm dehydrating jalapenos overnight LOL. Food dehydration experiment #6, following: tomato paste, dill, pineapple, zucchini, and bell pepper.

In absolute 'wtf mode' of the woman who said "Are you still getting those? I haven't gotten the COVID shot since the first one (2021)", when I said I was getting the COVID vax today. Woman, it's still out there.

International indie bookstores! If your YA readers like swords and sapphics. Fire Heart: bookshop.org/p/books/fire... Cold Steel: bookshop.org/p/books/cold... Both covers are done by @yasuartstudio.bsky.social

Fire Heart

A coming-of-age fantasy story, set in the City of Swords. Wehia t'Doniyat, the eldest daughter of a knifesmith's holding that specializes in ornamental daggers, wishes with all her heart to make a lon...

bookshop.org

Got the 3D printer set up, and have spent the evening test printing doo dads to get familiar with the processes. Still have a LOT to learn, but wow, pretty amazing how easy it's been so far.

Open call for submissions to Speck Magazine Volume 2: Masks is now open! We are so excited for another year of Speck. 💜 Send us your unpublished speculative fiction, poetry, and art!

I’ve been on a HOA board for 21 months 🙄 & had to miss 3 monthly meetings in a row + another earlier in the year. The HOA Prez sent a snarky email suggesting I resign if it’s a burden, & how it shouldn’t be a hobby. I sent a snarky reply back resigning & noting that I’ve been putting my

I love autumn but dealing with fibromyalgia during the seasonal change is pretty rough. Did too much over the weekend and spent whole day in bed Sunday.

Made event promoter mad by calling poster an AI-generated poster. It might not be, but it looks like it. They sent out a rather unprofessional email to all vendors on list saying we shouldn't criticize people who are using AI to support authors...

Horrible stuff here. Really important. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

theguardian.com

Awww you mean sucking up to him and not calling out his bald-faced lies didn’t ultimately work out for you?

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 3w ago

I'm told that Trump's decree banning CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO from the White House not only caught the news orgs by surprise, but also people inside the White House. A White House spox claims "everybody" in the building supports the ban. More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/trump-pres...