Room empties out at the #ONU as #Netanyahu begins his speech. ( They all should have done the same to #Predator47 ) @frankedson24.bsky.social @coolsprings.bsky.social @halostarmusic.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @tonyhq1985.bsky.social @resist4harris.bsky.social @57kev.bsky.social
Tim Rayborn
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Writer of books (history, arts, trivia, the unexplained, fantasy and sci-fi), ghost writer, PhD historian (medieval and more), musician (early music and more), aesthete, and sometime-curmudgeon. Literary Rep: Maryann Karinch, Rudy Agency www.timrayborn.com
Mark Carney’s approval estimated at 70% worldwide, Donald Trump has roughly 0.85%. The US crash out is reaching unprecedented levels.
If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.
They just always seem like they have no idea which direction their legs are going to take them 😂 #emuzoomies
Kitten suddenly wakes up, realizes she’s safe in her owner’s arms, mumbles something, and quickly falls back asleep. Original post
Saying it would be an “ill-advised moment” given current AI safety concerns, Sam Altman announced that OpenAI is delaying its IPO and will not go public this year.
Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year, saying an IPO now would come at an 'ill-advised moment' given AI safety concerns | Fortune
"I would say not 2026. Yeah, we got a lot of stuff to do, like meeting this moment of what is going to be required for safety and alignment, and how the industry and governments can work together."
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"books should start with action" "the first pages must introduce the protagonist" "world building should be invisible" hush child ms. robin mckinley is speaking
Today's reminder that the current genAI boom is powered by GPUs manufactured with a mineral called coltan (and other rare earths, and cobalt) mined through the labor of enslaved children in Congo, and the US and UAE fund the paramilitaries which protect those mines and keep those children enslaved.
"Gold-colored but struck from base metal" sounds like a sick Shakespearean burn
The new $1 coin with President Trump's face, gold-colored but struck from base metal, sells in 25-coin rolls for $61 and 100-coin bags for $154.50 as part of the U.S. Mint's series marking America's 250th birthday. The dollars are also in circulation.
Jake Lang getting his Nazi ass beaten by Spider-Man in Minneapolis today is the ray of sunshine I needed.
My biggest frustration with writing is that quite often, the SWOOP that takes a book from midlist to BIG DEAL is pure luck, and I personally can't do anything to make it happen. Publishing is not a meritocracy. It's skill + time + luck, and all you can do is be in position for possible liftoff.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! “My private island is simply an exclusive, quiet sanctuary.” ~Epstein “It wasn’t a sanctuary. It was a heavily guarded, highly funded slaughterhouse for children. You bought the absolute silence of presidents & princes while you traded our bleeding bodies.” ~Guiffre 💔😡🎅🏻
Fun reminder - in two weeks Sony is going to delist 500+ digital movies. If you bought one, they’re going to vanish from your library too. Oh, and no refunds, you didn’t actually own them in the first place www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06...
Sony Will Permanently Delete 550+ Movies You Already Paid For
"I won't be back"
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"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
Looking for fun weekend plans? Craft a cloak of moss gathered from the tombs of forgotten forest gods. Wear a crown of goblin bones to discourage faerie mischief. Travel on twisting paths, disappear into the green, and become part of the great unknown.
I’ve been standing stock still in this wood for about 10 minutes while I mess about with a photo on my phone. I look up, notice the shape, and slowly crouch down to film This has made me so happy I feel I could cry. It’s as close to magic as I hope to get.
just heard a foundation declare its mission as reducing "polarization" as though there's some sweet spot halfway between white supremacy/radical inequality/climate denial and the opposite we should all aim for. There isn't. Been railing against it forever.
Stop glorifying ‘centrism’. It is an insidious bias favoring an unjust status quo | Rebecca Solnit
The notion of a neutral and moderate middle is a prejudice of people for whom the system is working, against those for whom it’s not
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Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol
When you've defeated the cone they put you in the Hannibal Lector
Orphaned as a newborn and raised alone, this beaver built its first dam with zero instruction. The blueprint was already in its DNA.
Really crazy to learn that JK Rowling once worked at Amnesty International as a bilingual researcher but she was fired because she was too busy writing books during work hours instead of documenting war crimes in French speaking Africa.
I am so fucking tired of watching Democrats playing the game they want to be playing instead of the game they're actually in. 90% of this current elected party is worthless. Worthless.
None of this would be happening right now if Trump had gone to prison for January 6th like he should have.