So the Snark found the verdict, although, as it owned, It was spent with the toils of the day: When it said the word "GUILTY!" the Jury all groaned, And some of them fainted away.
Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author
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Self-published author, mostly sci-fi and fantasy with occasional forays into other fields. I also offer editing and beta-reading services. If you share A.I.-generated content, I'll Mute you; if you *create* it, I'll Block you. #ActuallyAutistic He/Him/His
If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.
404 Media@404media.co · 23h agoMike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
This article helped me reach what I feel is my conclusion about Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey". Like I always say, the characters are the most important part of any story, and the split over Matt Damon's Odysseus is that he's not as "cool" as in the original; his brains, his pride, his cheer...
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If he were alive today, he'd be 51. Happy Birthday, Andy Hallett, and RIP. youtu.be/tn--FjBYCV8?...
Andy Hallett - It's Not Easy Being Green
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller August 04,1945
I've got my voting shoes on and I'm going to vote in Virginia. Today may "just" be a primary, but primaries are where you make sure the right candidates are on the ballot. So let's see those "I Voted" stickers.
Happy Louis Armstrong's Birthday to all those who celebrate it. youtu.be/rBrd_3VMC3c?...
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Official Video)
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You know what else taxpayers "subsidize" that they never use? Tanks and fighter jets. If our taxes can kill people we've never met, then surely they can *help* people we've never met.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Explaining to a friend about the "rabbits in waistcoats" sbu-genre of british childrens lit (ie beatrix potter, wind in the willows, etc) and its american counterpart "possums in overalls" (pogo, emmet otter's jugband christmas, kissyfur)
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
"You may be right, I may be crazy; but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for. " - Billy Joel
"Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes! But we've got our brave Captain to thank (So the crew would protest) "that he's bought us the best— A perfect and absolute blank!"
What do you think of this bit of dialogue? CW, cheating: I feel like stealing you away; splitting up your marriage, whether secretly or publicly, and taking you to a place where no one would care so we could live out our days and nights ruled only by our desires. A grand piracy of love and lust.
Confession time: I some times confuse J. Michael Straczynski with Jan-Michael Vincent. (Wouldn't "Babylon 5" and "Airwolf" make for a great crossover, though?)
Today in History: August 3, Jesse Owens wins first gold medal at Berlin Olympics: https://mrf.lu/2ZQXH
Today in History: August 3, Jesse Owens wins first gold medal at Berlin Olympics
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If they could make a girl out of fungus, she would be better than this.
Primaries are about picking the right people to run; general elections are about damage mitigation. Virginia's primaries are in two days.
The Virginian-Pilot@pilotonline.com · 3d ago757 Votes: The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press 2026 primary election guide: https://mrf.lu/25llJ
Pornhub urges Spanberger to end Virginia’s ‘unenforceable’ age-verification law: https://mrf.lu/2Z2zT
Pornhub urges Spanberger to end Virginia’s ‘unenforceable’ age-verification law
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With all that Google's doing to ruin their brand, I thought it'd be a good time to revive this.
Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author@stephens.website · 10mo agoLearn to look stuff up *without* using search engines. Use a dictionary to look up the definition/etymology of a word. Pick some (trustworthy) sources for news. Don't use some algorithm that people pay to have *their* name show up first in, or worse, an A.I. program that has no idea how wrong it is.
Need a breather? How 'bout I show you the cutest thing in the world? #Schnappi
Schnappi Das Kleine Krokodil
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This scene and this song were a big factor in getting me to watch "Girls und Panzer" in the first place...only to find that they'd removed the song from the scene. With all the GUP projects in the works, I hope *someone* somewhere is working to restore this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu9E...
Girls und Panzer Katyusha full version with video)
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it is but well to be on friendly terms with all the inmates of the place one lodges in
The federal government is protecting the AI child porn apps and Google goes after someone wearing cat ears whispering into a mic while eating cereal
Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d agoa bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...
"Open your eyes! If you hadn't allowed evil to lead you astray with whispered untruths, there would have been no war. We could have all lived in peace!"
Sailor Moon Crystal Forever 🌙@newmoonpride.bsky.social · 2mo agoNeo-Queen Serenity briefly possesses Sailor Moon’s body, telling the Black Moon that they’re being misguided by Wiseman and the Malefic Black Crystal. <S2ep8 (“Act 22: Hidden Agenda - Nemesis”)> #SailorMoonCrystal