Rhys Howell

LAcon graphic "Hugo Award Nominations Now Open" with the url for the website LAcon.org the logo of the convention and the dates August 27-31

Your Hugo Nominating ballot can make a difference.

There are a total of 7718 people with the right to cast a nominating ballot in the 2026 Hugo Awards.

As of this morning, 1293 of those people have cast a nominating ballot in at least one category.

www.lacon.org/hugos/

Sign the Petition Replace the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square with an Evangelion

It is not enough for Churchill to be replaced on the £5. We must also replace his statue with something that can truly unite the country at this difficult time. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/uk-parliam...

We won!!!!!!!!!! How’s that for impact, huh?!!

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gravestone with daffodil (Yoksel 🌿 Zok at unsplash)

The Diocese of Oxford has warned against a social media trend in which well-meaning people clean gravestones in churchyards. They say “Many churchyard monuments & gravestones are made from soft stone such as Portland limestone or Bath stone, which can be easily harmed by harsh cleaning techniques.”

"We can't be together anymore. Don't cry. It's not you, it's-a me, Mario"

if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good

We call AI output slop not because it's incapable of regurgitating something beautiful, but because vomiting up chunks of mixed restaurant meals is not the same as being a chef. That some of the upchuck can still be parsed as it was on the plate is not thanks to digestion or emesis, but to cooking.

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music

Several dozen folks did

Some even dubbed music over the original clip.

I haven't been able to get this out of my head.

So I give you

A Bluesky exclusive:

Reservoir Ducks

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A design that reads "PRO WRESTLING ANTI FASCISM" There are photos of a moonsault in the top image and protest in the bottom image

Had this idea rolling around in my head the last couple days, is this anything?

Our #eurovision entry this year feels like it's broken containment from #morlvision. That is a good thing. youtu.be/niMKvJ-Itq8?...

We apologise to people with screen readers: this is a flowchart aimed at answering the question "Which Greek Philosopher Are You?" First question is: "Do you prefer the indoors or outdoors?" If you choose "indoors", the next question is "Do you feel disdain for the common man?" If Yes, you're Plato. If No, you're Aristotle. If you reply "Outdoors", the follow-up is "Do you enjoy masturbating in public?" If yes, you're Diogenes. If no, the next question is, "Do you like crowds?" If yes, you're Socrates. If no, you are asked "Porch or garden?" If your reply is "Porch", you're Zeno; if it's "Garden", you're Epicurus.

Couldn't trace this back to a definitive creator, but: Epicurus all the way, bro

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Molly Lambert @mollylambert I respect the moon's unwillingness to be photographed on a phone 12:31 PM • 12/12/19 • Twitter Web App 59.5K Retweets 294K Likes

Lance St. Laurent @LanceStLaurent When you see this blatant anti-moon propaganda, consider the source The Sun @TheSun • Jan 18, 2019 'Super blood wolf moon' may trigger end of the world this weekend thesun.co.uk/news/8223896/s. 8:32 PM • Jan 20, 2019 • Twitter for iPhone 49.9K Retweets 493 Quote Tweets 238.7K Likes

Paul Ford v @ftrain When the moon hits your knees And you mispronounce trees Sycamore 5:14 AM • 2/27/18 • Twitter for Android 13.6K Retweets 37.3K Likes

dustin Couch @Dustinkcouch nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's haunted nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon's haunted 10:18 PM - 29 Oct 2018

please enjoy these classic Moon Tweets™

For those who are minded to do so, there's now a petition to sign too...

#DirtyBusiness

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

A photo of the cast of FRIENDS with Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation added over on the left side.

Never have I witnessed a small dog trailing a chain of sausages escaping an angry Butcher, or a plump child rewarded by the Vicar, with a gigantic plate of mashed potato & sausages. We've been lied to for years. Children's comics are corporate propaganda for Big Sausage.

I had not clocked that connection.(To fair he's got more identities than Grant Schapps.)

Having watched lots (I mean lots) of cbeebies over the past 7 years, we can only wish for our politicians to be more like the on-screen team there. #TumbleforPM

They didn't but they do now.

I was at the count and this is not entirely true. It paints Goodwin in a bad light. He wasn't being a greedy boy. He was simply breaking down the tough starch in the ballot papers so he could spit the nourishing pulp into Nigel's mouth, like a mother with a baby bird, to aid Nigel's digestion.

white voters get their legitimate concerns addressed, non-white voters are pandered to. it's an irregular verb.

Everyone in Britain knows Gorton and Denton

(Thanks for engaging with my slightly flippant comment BTW. As it is forcing me to think more than a Thursday should demand)

Fair point. But you don't know 100% for sure that won't happen. (What if the earth stops turning? Unlikely but possible?) So aren't we only able to say that is a lie in retrospect? At the moment we can say it's your intention to mislead but it can't be a "lie" until it's provely false.

Tolkien mentions bicycles in the Shire in an early draft of the Hobbit.

Could the Fellowship, mounted on lightweight mithril-alloy mountain bikes, have simply ridden into Mordor? In this essay I will...

I know this is more philosophical than this thread was looking for but is it possible to lie about the future?

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

Jodie's Covid video that she recorded at home. That was some good doctoring right there.