Oh wow, I managed to miss all of that. And yet somehow it doesn't surprise me one bit.
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Oh wow, I managed to miss all of that. And yet somehow it doesn't surprise me one bit.
I did like how all the articles about verification in the UK made sure to mention the names of the most popular VPN companies, just in case their readers were curious.
I'm guessing that's about the actor rather than the character?
FIVE DAYS TO GO. Please, I implore you, use the #Mums26 tag when replying, it makes my life a lot easier. Open for the names of your Remembered Mum/Mam/Mom until 10 pm Saturday. A fresh list every year, no names carried over. God bless 'em all. 👸
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
So they're bringing Wash back in firefly? Inevitable I guess, but I hope they handle it properly
I don't even get how people manage this. I've got the WiP and barely have enough space for that in my head, let alone more. There's the unsold novel that's the start of a series, but it's finished bar the edited and I'm still not moving on to bk2 until WiP is done & I have a plan to publish bk1.
Is there a way to include corrupting code in such books the way some images can poison the datasets that harvest them?
Adults voted for Brexit and Trump twice because they lapped up social media slop. Many TERFS have been radicalised by misinformation online. Deal with these gullible ppl first
Absolutely brilliant piece here by @karenmccombie.bsky.social about the year of reading.
"we all agree that having to know about fronted adverbials is a killer to freely enjoying stories for their own sake."
#ukkidlit
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Of course I suddenly find a bit of rhythm in this scene just as I need to stop and go about the rest of my day. Stupid brain.
Things look grim in the markets right now, but at least the U.S. economy wasn’t already being propped up by a massive speculative AI bubble that is highly sensitive to rising energy costs.
Bargain time :)
Shares very welcome and appreciated!
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Labour's core voters, on which its re-election entirely depends, are crystal clear about this: they absolutely hate its illiberal, intolerant, draconian, rightwards turn. Hence the total collapse in support. So how does the government respond? #SuicideMission🤦♂️
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Now hear me out, but I’m just beginning to think it may have been an error to appoint a deranged, narcissistic, psychopathic, criminal, sex offender, reality TV star on the run from justice with dementia to the highest political office in the world. Twice.
Is anyone else experiencing debilitating amounts of dread?
Oh yeah the good old times as told by Steinbeck
I am so serious when I say that there is a direct line to be drawn between Evangelism having no meaningful concept of the future save death and American conservatives having zero awareness of or interest in the future consequences of their actions
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Irish Americans have finally had an idea that is worse than the Hunger Strike Commemorative Plate. And yes, that was real.
Feeling a bit tired after reading an over-long, over-convoluted bestselling fantasy, so just as well the next Charlie Stross novel arrived at my door. It's also over-complex but that's because what's gone before and it's still a comfort read.
Yes, the French booksellers association forced the Paris Book Festival to drop Amazon sponsorship due to Amazon "seeking to flood the market with fake AI-generated books, promoted by fake reviews, written by fake readers [which rise] to the top of fake rankings"💥 MORE OF THIS, PLEASE 💥
A few beers during the rugby, wine during a lovely birthday dinner out, home for whisky. What could cap an excellent boozy day? Why yes, a child vomiting all over the place. Nothing caps a day off better than mopping up vomit and scrubbing the carpet.
#UKSFFBookBargains
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99p. No idea how long for.
And Scotland now have the talent to try for more. Hopefully the nouse to not always do so!
Specific songs for just before a competition: duality, rather die (Barnes Courtney), kiss it (Dorothy), howl or the drumming song (Florence), old gods (green lung), break stuff, screamanger, we've come for you all
For writing battle scenes, I need something that's not too distracting. First choice is usually hosannahs from the basement of hell, followed by once more round the sun.
Ah Wales, you almost had me believing there... Just for a minute. Take the points next time.
If you're happy for Dan Edwards to cover 9 (As he was for ten minutes today), then genuinely just put an extra forward on the bench. Wales were in a tight game today where Ireland had them make a crazy number of tackles and had two unused subs. That's borderline unforgivable.
