I have the last remaining THREE copies of my debut book “The Fangirl Diaries” from my San Diego Comic Con sale. It’s very rare that I do direct sales, this is your chance to get a personalized copy from me! Can we sell all three of them by Friday? Order here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This has been studied quite a bit, the solar panels create a sort of greenhouse effect for the plants underneath them while also generating energy which feels like it should be cheating but is real and literally only has upsides.

Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦@earhart.bsky.social · 3d ago

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...

how it feels missing a social cue

clap if you believe in fairies or if you believe in surgery scheduling calling me in the next 24 hours

As my fiance once said, Muppets are the ultimate triumph of Kayfabe.

Leaf~@leaftilde.bsky.social · 18h ago

Okay we all have criticism for the hegemonic goliath that is American culture but one thing that I love is the continued practice of treating the Muppets, including the denizens of Sesame Street, as if they are real, living entities. I dunno I think it's a charming bit of collective whimsy.

whenever someone abbreviates Ghost in the Shell as all lower case “gits” I am absolutely and utterly incapable of NOT reading it like British slang

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me: i'm so exhausted. i can't believe it's only Tuesday. i looked at a computer 12 hours straight today and now i am going to sleep like the dead... my cat: HEY I FOUND MY TOY WITH THE JINGLE BELL IN IT AND AM SUDDENLY INTERESTED IN IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS

Going to be real upsetting when I move that towel... #bunny #rabbit 🐇 🐰

I’m going keep on the job hunt and working on my case with the state, but for right now, it’s not safe for me to work full-time. Mutual aid makes it possible for me to still subsist with dignity while disabled.

A lot happened today and I only just not realized I never reshared this but I got to about 90%, so that final push would be very welcome because I’m already looking at more specialists and tests (including likely having to have an endoscopy) just to figure out why I’m so so sick.

Cy Catwell@pixelatedlenses.bsky.social · 3w ago

I got a verdict today: after ten weeks, the state of WA is denying my unemployment, leaving me with an amount in the negative (currently at -$120) and more legwork to do to try and stay afloat while I make an appeal and try to survive until then. Calling again for very immediate aid:

why is Fuchikoma so CUTE

It's apparently brushbug's official birthday so y'all best be celebrating HIM

Borg ship is what if you make entire thing out of greebles

Casey Explosion@caseyexplosion.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh, and for folks who've not heard the term greeble before, think little details added to model spaceships in sci-fi to give them more texture, make them seem bigger or grander than they are. To greeble something is to give it more little bits, so that's what I mean when I say "overgreebled"

(still unaffiliated but I have gone to this one) want to go to a yaoi convention, but you're not able to travel or don't want to? Check out @citruscon.bsky.social an annual, FREE TO ATTEND virtual convention!

You should read this novelette.

Catherynne M. Valente@catvalente.bsky.social · 6d ago

And hey, if you wanted to read my novelette When He Calls Your Name & consider throwing a vote at it, that'd be swell! I'm kind of the Susan Lucci of the Hugos at this point--I've lost 11 Hugos so far! I EXCEL AT IT. Wouldn't it be cool to break the streak? www.uncannymagazine.com/article/when...

Well, here it is, FOTNS mahjong set. Ken's line here is "You've already busted," and the box is covered with other HNK lines rewritten with some serious groaner series-themed mahjong puns, incomprehensible unless you're a huge nerd for both things. "I did it again... even though I hate chombos..."

Oscar doodles using a multi color pencil I was gifted recently

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I am going stir crazy from there being only one safe room to exist in without smoke

If you're part of the BioWare or Sims community and want to talk about how those studios' queer characters and themes have impacted you and your fears for those series moving forward after this sale, I'd love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. Can be reached here or email kshepard@kotaku.com

Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterday

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

1977 poster for Queen's "News of the World.” Art by Kelly Freas.

if anyone here uses Reddit, it’s worth logging on today. They sent a random sampling of users an opinion survey about how they feel about a “hypothetical” AI summary search feature. You have the option, if you got this message, to tell them how you feel about AI search summary. 😏😘🤬🔥

I hate the fact that life has turned into an endless series of single-use kitchen gadgets. Want to go to a theme park? Better install their proprietary app. Want to go to another theme park owned by the same company? That will be another app.

It is so goddamn depressing that we all still have to make Dick McNuggets PSAs

Vic WAS nice to me. Many times. He also did some borderline-creepy things to me, AFTER he knew I was friends with one of his young female friends/fans. He also sexually assaulted one of my close friends. Almost like people (narcissists!) can hide their true colors when it’s advantageous to do so.

Lizzy Rose Oliver - Voice Actress@lizzyrosevo.bsky.social · 2d ago

The number of times I've seen the "BUT HE WAS NICE TO *MEEEEEE*" defense for Vic is maddening. Bro, that's not a defense.

Today marks a very special day in science fiction literature. May I present to you, "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury: