Shecky
@shecky.bsky.social
Geek. SF/F copyeditor (500+ works edited, rehomes feral commas, hot-glues dangling participles, etc.). Quantum comma mechanic. He/him. NO "AI." (Avatar by Howard Tayler.) sffcopyediting.com
Oh, this is a lovely story. (Shared final post to avoid thread-breaking; click through, scroll up and start from the top.)
John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 8h agoi LOVED Star Wars. this was when the extended universe stuff was just kicking in. He put me down with Bantam Press etc as the shop rep. For YEARS after they sent me promo book covers, details of upcoming releases, posters, the odd freebie. Dude was a legend. hope he found happiness elsewhere /end
She thinks he can help commuters figure out who has the reich of way
Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 6h agoIt's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
"Get out of your comfort zone". Bold of you to assume I have ever been comfortable in my life.
*leans in to microphone* CAN'T GIVE UP WHAT I REFUSED TO TOUCH, SPANKY
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 5h 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.
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Cartoon: I was thinking an angry Canada Goose would be a versatile thing to have in my Larchives. Xenomorph? Predator? Politicians? A million household uses!
FRY HER UP WITH BARBECUE SAUCE
Roberto Baldwin@strngwys.bsky.social · 3d agoImportant crossover event
It continues to fuck me up that we stay thinking about 9/11 but want to memory hole Covid so bad we're destroying the entire concept of public health in the US.
![In the United States, there have been 103,436,829[3] confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,238,563[3] confirmed deaths, the most of any country, and the 17th highest per capita worldwide.[43] The COVID-19 pandemic ranks as the deadliest disaster in the country's history.[44] It was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer.[45] From 2019 to 2020, U.S. life expectancy dropped by three years for Hispanic and Latino Americans, 2.9 years for African Americans, and 1.2 years for White Americans.[46] In 2021, U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 rose,[47] and life expectancy fell.[48]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ty2kxmxjmtealqi2kc7f4pww/bafkreiej6o22cdapxm6lj3rgrrznhhijzm5kpcjmvscemg2g7vg4tzm7na)
more good content! imagine publishing content that's just nice! reveals a little bit about having fun on the internet! people just doing things because they can and the internet was nice!
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 3d agothis owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...
A classic (i.e., it never stops being true, no matter how long it's been around).
@halltline.bsky.social · 2w agoI saw an interview with a park ranger who was asked "Why can't they build bear proof dumpsters?" His reply was perfect: "There's a considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people."
I was literally deceased by the end of this www.instagram.com/p/Dba8hsKyLXh/
my favorite religious theory is that "biblically accurate angels" is just someone tripping balls who encountered a peacock for the first time
This is Peak Fish. We have fallen too far from the light.
Kory Bing@korybing.bsky.social · 4d agoJust tried to look up the Ordovician jawless fish with the funny face and these are the things I searched for and got nothing because it was spelled SO wrong: -sacombabsis -sacombibabsis -sacobibastis The correct answer was: -sacabambaspis
Okay, who hand-wrote "Indoor rain" on their Con WTFery bingo card?
Mythworks is making the Myth Work@mythworks.bsky.social · 4d agoTornado Warning and Water pouring from the roof at Gen Con! 😱😱😱 Please everyone stay safe ❤️🔥
I don’t care whether this actually happened or not. I want it to be true.
As we enter the last week of Hugo voting, a reminder that October Daye is up for Best Series, and winning would be made SO MUCH SWEETER by the fact that I could take my trophy and inform the room "I'm going to Disneyland," then ACTUALLY DO IT, since Disneyland will be less than a mile away. WOW!
thinking about how ppl quit bosses but also the reverse- I know ppl who will not switch jobs because they love the person they report to so much plus in the current employment market a manager who won't throw you under the bus and stands up for you in the workplace is worth more than a salary hike
Listen, I've had wonky ankles literally as far back as I can remember, so I'm good 'n properly fucked, but it might not be too late for you!
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d agoIf you are 38 years old or older, I want you to start working on your foot strength and ankle mobility. Unless I hate you. Then I want you to rest for ten years and then suddenly try to hop off a step one day, cold.
Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.
A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work with the same urgency and ruthlessness to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 5d agoElon Musk is planning to spend at least $100 million to help Republicans in this year’s midterms. That’s just 0.014 percent of his current $702 billion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
