Alex Grey, Dying, 1990

A few weeks ago I realized that tomorrow is the date the Ray Bradbury story “There Will Come Soft Rains” takes place. It’s a shame science fiction from 75 years ago isn’t relevant anymore

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

short-stories.co

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

Jessica Knurick is a science communicator and nutrition scientist, specializing in chronic disease prevention. Here, Knurick details the inspiring life of Betty Carnes, an Arizona ornithologist who fought for smoking bans in public places after losing her friend to lung cancer. #WeAreAmerica250

They keep telling me media literacy is dead but then I see videos like this and I know it jot to be true

@dicknixon.bsky.social

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

They just keep further building out their plans: zeteo.com/p/trump-ice-...

Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’

Minnesota officials want to investigate ICE’s killing of a mother in Minneapolis. Team Trump has been planning for a moment like this.

zeteo.com

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.

I could watch six seasons of this

Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 3w ago

TIL the voice actors who record phone-tree messages are as pissed off as you are www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZPq...

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w ago

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

Forbes@forbes.com · 3w ago

Taylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.

*hacker voice* I’m in

Jeff Weiss@passionweiss.bsky.social · 3w ago

Herbie Hancock literally in the studio

Current* conditions near Grand Haven, MI:

A ton of American discourse about US foreign policy ends up in the Bojack Trap

AND AGAIN

The Weeknight on MS NOW@weeknightmsnow.bsky.social · 3w ago

BREAKING: Trump's Justice Department has just subpoenaed law firms it previously cut deals with at the beginning of Trump’s second term, according to new reporting from the New York Times.

holiday laundromat facade sign, dinosaur detail, route 40, vernal, utah, 1991

hear that guys? entirely new war. total reboot of the franchise, nothing before this is canon.

Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran

President Donald Trump's notification that the U.S. is again at war with Iran gives the administration another 60-day clock for military action.

politico.com

It appears the Super (Very Strong) El Niño ocean threshold has been reached at record pace (according to World Climate Service). This appears to be ~6 weeks earlier than any other time in history. The sea surface temperature anomaly in the main El Niño 3.4 region reached ~+2°C… 1/

Every day this post becomes ever more correct

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

I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.

Perfection m.youtube.com/watch?v=fAXO...

B.O.B. (Birds Over Big Bird)

YouTube video by Bell Brothers

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller June 04,1956

It's not prison. It's an election. Replace him.

it really speaks volumes about how FUCKING STUPID so much of the political class is that **Chuck Schumer** managed to determine that "no the guy with a nazi tattoo doesn't have the character to be a us senator" and huge swaths of the beltway was like 'akshually'

LOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍@lowrhoufo.bsky.social · last mo.

Warren comes out looking the worst in this I think. Sanders and the pod save guys having terrible judgement with people is a known quantity

new metaphor just dropped

gumby was always saying this

Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...

Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately

Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.

gizmodo.com

I cringe at the train coming at me in movies. I have never watched a train that was actually imperative to the story. It always makes me feel like the producer is trying to run me over with the train

When Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen — this will always be one of my favorite political anecdotes