Mike Chen
@mikechenwriter.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author Dabbles in time travel and vampires, Star Wars and Star Trek, novels and comics. Former NHL guy. Friend of dogs. Next: The Photonic Effect, Star Wars: Low Red Moon Mikechenwriter on all socials.
I didn't think anything would be more annoying than crypto bros, but congrats AI bros, you've raised the bar in the last two years.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 10h agoMy 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.
folks this is what Vote Blue No Matter Who actually means we buckle down and beat Mike Rogers in November no matter how this finishes
I'm definitely willing to give this longer R-rated cut a second chance. We saw the original film at a midnight release screening with about 20 X-Files fans and no one left happy. I am hoping they tweaked the "Scully research montage" where she writes "STEM CELL RESEARCH" in big letters.
Kelechi Ehenulo@kehenulo.bsky.social · 23h agoI want to believe…again. #TheXFiles youtu.be/vbmA8V65czY?...
Five sharks. Loved by good, feared by evil. Together they form Jawstron, defender of the universe.
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo agolet's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
Politico@politico.com · 2d agoMichigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
Scott Wiener has pushed some good bills forward for California, particularly with establishing healthcare access to vaccines and treatments in the face of CDC/FDA/NHS collapse. But this loses my support.
Caræsten 🇵🇸@cara.city · 2d agoScott Wiener is so fucking creepy!!! making an AI chatbot of your woman opponent so she says all the things your campaign wants her to say is deeply misogynistic!!! holy shit!!!
In "small but helpful things" I have been surprised at how much using resistance bands instead of free weights has helped me specifically target muscle groups for my shoulders and core. This is my journey to undo the damage of "20 years of hockey with no stretching"
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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Ladytron (who has never had a bad album!) 604: Ladybird Light & Magic: Light & Magic Witching Hour: All The Way Velocifero: Tomorrow Gravity the Seducer: Transparent Days (instrumental) Ladytron: Paper Highways Time's Arrow: City of Angels Paradises: In Blood
stim possible@jessespector.com · 3d agohere’s a little game… pick a band/artist, and name your top however many songs you can do, limited to one per album
Star Trek: Resurgence was the best Star Trek game because it absolutely understood that teamwork and science were more important than other game mechanics.
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 5d agoName a videogame that deserves a comeback.
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
Once again: LLMs can barely manage to do spellchecks accurately with any consistency. We are still years from achieving AGI, let alone Skynet. Calm the fuck down.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoBARTIROMO: It feels like we're moving into a Terminator-type world HASSETT: I hope not and I think not. AI companies definitely have an incentive not to destroy the world. That would destroy their companies too.
"All who gain power are afraid to lose it."
Rachel Cohen@cohen489.bsky.social · 5d agowant to be clear there are absolutely big differences b/t Dems & GOP, don’t ascribe to all-the-same, and that said, it’s awfully telling how many high profile Dems now profess to prefer a Republican in office than a progressive and how that appears to be driven by who is closer to their values
Shit seems like a LOT today and also a heat wave is about to cast a magic missile on California, so here is a dog who has played too hard after breakfast
How many of these people were given the right personal protective equipment to do their job given the known and unknowns then? There were real failures and time should be spent addressing things we actually need to and can improve.
Christina Jewett@by-cjewett.bsky.social · 6d agoAll this talk about the early, terrifying days of Covid .. and I couldn't help but look back at a project I worked on at the time. We memorialized the lives of people who ran into the burning building. Time well spent and worth a moment of yours: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
When I was playing in bands/DJing around the Bay Area indie rock scene circa 2000s, I got flyers made by a friend who wanted to build up her design portfolio with fun projects. It's similar to how I built up my copywriting portfolio by volunteering for animal rescues. The resources are there.
Graeme Swanson@swansonian.bsky.social · 2mo agoI don't have any patience for the "but we're poor" argument for bands using AI for posters and publicity. Try to think back to roughly 3 years ago when you somehow coped without it.
I'd say that most (80-90%?) of the time people I know get covid, it's usually right after travel and an event with a lot of face to face time in extracurricular stuff (parties, karaoke, etc). FWIW my anecdotal flu stories tend to be more school/work. Both suck and can cause post-viral illness.
BigolasClitoras ✨📕📘📗✨@burstofhope.itch.io · 6d agoThere's always a non-negligible number of folks that go from SDCC to GenCon. I hate to break it to you, but COVID is still a thing, conventions are still super spreaders, and you should still test and wear masks if you care about community at all!
I got Covid for the *first time* a few weeks ago and let me tell you, please fucking test before you go to an event. Don't be that asshole. And if you are positive stay the fuck home. Some performers and event folks can't mask. The least we can do is test, the best we can do is mask. ✨
BigolasClitoras ✨📕📘📗✨@burstofhope.itch.io · 6d agoThere's always a non-negligible number of folks that go from SDCC to GenCon. I hate to break it to you, but COVID is still a thing, conventions are still super spreaders, and you should still test and wear masks if you care about community at all!
I'm laughing so hard at this thumbnail of my face It was an absolute delight to join @cartersherman.bsky.social for the Guardian Stateside podcast to talk about the messiness of the cyclospora outbreak response youtu.be/Cj_PWzqRuB0?...
I hate that we've memory-holed 2020. My spring 2020 experience was 1) seeing ambulances pulling out dying seniors from a downtown Palo Alto center 2) the GOP's claim of "brutal lockdown" was remote school for only spring/fall 2020, with masked return in Jan-and that was far stricter than most places
Shematologist, MD@shematologist.medsky.social · 6d agoBack in 2020, as a pediatric hematologist married to a physician, we signed up to volunteer in a field hospital for patients with COVID. We wrote our wills and worried about getting our kids sick. I posted about terrifying outcomes in kids and received death threats. Fauci is a goddamn hero.
Someone is happy about that Macklin Celebrini extension.
This whole exercise isn't about COVID-19 or Gain of Function research...this is about Congress putting a retired public servant through the wringer because they want to spook scientists. This is all a part of a plan to chill scientists from taking evidence-based and principled stands against govt.
I’m really liking @theunpopulist.net posts on India. We in the U.S., typically parochial, don’t pay enough attention to what’s going on over there despite its significance. But even just for American interests, Modi is the new Orban and a likely model for Trump www.theunpopulist.net/p/indias-gen...
India's Gen Z—aka Cockroaches—Brings Strongman Modi to Heel
But whether the mass youth movement can win the battle against his authoritarian misrule and nasty sectarianism remains to be seen
theunpopulist.net
I left early for a media hit that got cancelled (hearing ran too long), but you get the idea. The Democrats spelled it out clearly: this was a show trial designed to villainize civil service & science, revise history, & erode our Constitutional rights. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/live-cover...
LIVE COVERAGE: TONY FAUCI FACES OFF WITH RAND PAUL ON PANDEMIC ORIGINS
I left early for an interview that got cancelled but I think we all saw enough
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
I will protect my god damn em dashes, even if you leave me burning and dismembered on the lava shores of Mustafar.
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
This is worth reading. The West isn't covering this much, but Modhi is a terrible influence on global stability and liberty, and we need to support these protests. thewalrus.ca/the-cockroac...
The Cockroach Revolution: India’s Students Are Rewriting the Rules of Protest | The Walrus
How a slur inspired an unprecedented revolt against the Modi government
thewalrus.ca
