Shirley Will
@shirley-will.bsky.social
Angry at the government, but also into fiber arts, dancing, SF&F, documentaries, and K- pop & dramas. Don't forget to vote in local elections.
The Museum of Brisbane has an exhibition called Precious. In short, "A bunch of local nerds had extremely specific collections, and their next of kin didn't know what to do with them, so here they are." I love it.
i feel like a good metaphor for this would be a hot new chef having a meal laid out when their investors arrive (they actually ordered take out) so they get huge investment and on the restaurants opening night their kitchen staff immediately realizes the chef dosent know how to even turn on the oven
Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social · 3mo agointeresting thing that is rarely talked about with authors trying to use AI in debut novels: you will get caught once edits start or at MOST on book two. self publishing is different i suppose, but anyone out there trying to break into traditional publishing with AI clearly does not know the process
The amount I won't be buying anything like this is all of it
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3mo agoCompanies are all in on selling folks the idea that it’s in your best interest for your products to “know you” as if you are getting a dedicated servant but what you are really getting is a spy.
dang @beetlemoses.bsky.social is just so incredible. every time i see one of these comics it makes me smile and sometimes laugh but honestly the thing i see the most is such a potent sense of beauty. there is just so much sincerity within the absurdity. i love it. resonates with so much power
beetle moses@beetlemoses.bsky.social · 3mo ago
the thing Star Trek got most correct is that, if advanced sentient life exists, we will fuck it immediately and some of us will be marrying into the species within a year
Micah@rincewind.run · 3mo ago“can we fuck (in) it” truly the driving force of human nature
Increasingly, Soylent Green serves as one of the best metaphors for AI -- it's taking all that we are, as people, chumming it up, and feeding the slurry back to us. We're told that we need it, it's nutritious, it'll save the world, even as it damns it and us.
if elected president, i will dissolve the Department of the Navy and hand their funding, and nuclear fleet over to the Internet Archive. They'll know what to do.
Jason Scott@textfiles.com · 3mo ago
Look I don't normally respond to allegations like this with "seems low", but as we're talking Jared Leto this has to be the start of an avalanche.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm weirdly happy People decided to publish this article. this lady got very close to the peak and decided to turn back because she wasn't totally confident in her technical ability. That's praiseworthy wisdom, and a good example for others. share.google/d8Xi4aZ8aKkW...
Hiker Forced to Make Impossible Decision Just 405 Feet from Grand Teton’s Summit. Now She’s Issuing a Warning to Fellow Climbers (Exclusive)
After stopping just 405 feet below Grand Teton’s summit, a 25-year-old climber whose emotional TikTok struck a chord with millions tells PEOPLE why she chose safety over the summit and why she’d make ...
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Senator if God wants to punish your friends through the vaccine who are you to think you know better
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoSen. Roger Marshall: "Who didn't have a friend who took this vaccine and had some time of complication? A stroke, a blood clot, a young man getting some type of heart inflammation. That's what destroyed the trust in the American people for our government."
You may know I love etymology, and this video about the history of some typography symbols is really interesting! youtu.be/cSsyG2pE-GY?...
The hidden logic behind #, @, & and §
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the fact people are fighting about interpretations of a Homeric epic in 2026, makes me want to cry with happiness
"This is just to say" -- the blockbuster movie about friendship, betrayal, hunger, and cold, delicious plums
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · 3mo agoStudio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
I am forced by a time-traveling version of myself to remind you that if you preorder THE CALAMITIES from @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social by 8/2 you get cool demonic goodies from me — so you should do that or you’ll make both the demons and the time-traveling version of me so mad
PRE-ORDER THE CALAMITIES FROM THE DOYLESTOWN AND LAHASKA BOOKSHOPS
All pre-orders will be signed by the author and include a unique personalization featuring your very own, unique-to-you, DEMONIC ANCESTOR, written just for you on a diabolical postcard that may or may...
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The Cleveland Public Library's union voted overwhelmingly, 97%, to authorize a strike, which will happen in August if the administrators continue to stall contract negotiations. As an author whose work is carried by those libraries, I whole-heartedly endorse the library workers.
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Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo we announced this at SDCC, but I didn't make a huge fuss, because I was at SDCC and I don't have Bluesky on my phone. But. Starting this November, I will be writing the My Little Pony comic, with art by @amymebberson.bsky.social, colors by Joana LaFuente and letters by @longtalljodie.com.
This is *precisely* correct, and I was thinking the exact same thing. What a lot of people (on the right, but only mostly) are doing is antisemitic by calling things antisemitic when they're not. And again, for the record, I'm Jewish by upbringing and it's absolutely a genocide.
The Volatile Mermaid@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 3mo agoTHIS IS GOOD MESSAGING AND NOT ANTISEMITIC. Criticizing Netanyahu is not antisemitic. Lumping all Jews together like we’re a fucking monolith is.
If you ever wanted to hear my thoughts about Seek the Traitor's Son, this is the interview to read!
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 3mo agoDivergent introduced dystopian fiction to a legion of young adult readers. Now, @veronicarothbooks.com returns to the genre with Seek the Traitor's Son. In this new interview with @mcflycahill90.bsky.social, Roth discusses dystopian fantasy, yearning, and the moment when a character becomes real:
when a thing upsets the literal worst people in the world you should do more of it not less
Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 3mo agoHilarious that the Hindu right in India is trying to make an issue of protesters using foul language after spending 12+ years calling every Indian woman on social media every variation of 'bitch' 'slut' etc and making receiving rape & death threats a regular-ass part of online life in India.
If your customers are writing in saying "hey your choices are funding trans genocide and I am not giving you any more money," maybe "every purchase comes with a 5% donation to GLAAD" is not the glory-restoring answer you seem to think it is.
it's always really funny when you meet someone you know from from online for the first time irl and they're like "wait you're actually like this" lol you think if I had the ability to fake a whole persona this is the one I'd have gone with
“This is terrible, comrade! The whole train is burning! What do we do?!” “Drag that shit to Moscow! I’m not going to suffer alone!”
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 3mo ago🔥🚂Footage from aboard a speeding Russian military train engulfed in flames after its fuel tanker convoy was struck in occupied Ukraine.
While I was out, Sky & Telescope posted this little story of mine about the *second* meteorite to crash through a New Jersey roof in the last few years: skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
New Jersey Meteorite Offers Early Solar System Clues
When a meteorite tore through a New Jersey home, the homeowner quickly preserved the fragments. Now, they're giving scientists a look at Earth's early history.
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this hotel: take free candy this hotel: have this on the house this hotel: want a complimentary side this hotel: for toothpaste you must defeat our strongest employee in single combat
somewhere in D.C. a room full of consultants are staring at the words "genocide = unpopular???" like it's the Monolith from 2001
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoEnten on the 67 point swing (!!!) against Israel among Americans: "We're not just talking about the Democratic base anymore. The general electorate has turned against Israel. This is not just a left issue. It's an American issue. The trend line is unbelievable."