Paul Jacobson

Taking our enemies at their word One of the lessons from October 7 is to take our enemies threats seriously. I hope this is an enduring lesson.

Taking our enemies at their word

One of the lessons from October 7 is to take our enemies threats seriously. I hope this is an enduring lesson.

Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms | Decoder YouTube video by Decoder with Nilay Patel

I really enjoyed this discussion between @reckless.bsky.social and @hankgreen.bsky.social . Such an interesting episode!

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Quietly preserve your WordPress site with the Internet Archive Wayback Machine

Link rot is an increasing issue on the Web, leading to inaccessible sites and broken links. To address this, Automattic and the Internet Archive have launched the free Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer plugin…

My homework assignment to visit a museum from our CEO So, our CEO suggested a fun "homework" assignment—visiting a museum. I chose the Hasmonean Heritage Museum and really enjoyed it! The hands-on exhibits about Modiin's history were super engaging. The highlight was the interactive timeline and a cool 4D movie. Overall, a unique experience that connected past and present nicely!

My homework assignment to visit a museum from our CEO

So, our CEO suggested a fun "homework" assignment—visiting a museum. I chose the Hasmonean Heritage Museum and really enjoyed it! The hands-on exhibits about Modiin's history were super engaging. The highlight was the interactive timeline and a…

A silver menorah with one candle lit on the first night of Chanukah. The menorah is on a silver tray against a background with various candlesticks.

A little more light from central Israel on an otherwise dark day for the Jewish people.

It really does seem to be tough to be less successful than major artists! 💔 I use Spotify daily although if I come across a band I really like, I'll often check if I can buy their music on Bandcamp (DRM-free and high quality options) or Apple iTunes store.

Hi, this is the first of your videos that I've watched. I don't know much about the hardware and techniques you used although I'm curious about what sort of braid you used to remove the solder? How does that work? What is the liquid you add beforehand?

I enjoyed the video and learned something. ☺️

That's awesome! Enjoy building it.

I am, although the further I go into the series the more horrified I am about attitudes in the Society, especially because I am sure they have a basis in historical fact.

I've been reading @emmanewman.bsky.social 's Split Worlds series. Really good stories, well worth reading. Especially if you are into relatively modern fantasy based on Fae lore.

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Cover of THE VENGEANCE, a novel by Emma Newman with background of purple skies and dark seas, with Solaris logo bottom left corner

Please could you help me to spread the word about my swashbuckling adventure story with a pirate protagonist, sapphic romance, with a dash of werewolves and vampires? My latest novel THE VENGEANCE is available in all formats geni.us/thevengeance Perfect for escaping the horrors of our time.

The Planetfall series is among my Top Five, Ever books! So amazing.

I'm reading the 4th book at the moment. They're terrific stories!

Planetfall (Planetfall, #1) From the award-nominated author Emma Newman, comes a no…

I just finished Planetfall by @emmanewman.bsky.social and really enjoyed it. Terrific book, I recommend it!! Now, on to the second in the Planetfall series www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

Just finished @scalzi.com's The Independency Sequence and it's terrific. Even better than the Old Man's War series. Really enjoyed these books.

50 hostages.
680 days.

How many more Shabbats must pass without them?

The media may stay silent, but we never will. Don’t let the world forget.

This episode was a lot of fun. Really enjoyed the short story collection. Like Adrian, I listened to it as is my current habit.

Smaug Treasure GIF Alt: The dragon Smaug emerging from beneath a mountain of treasure

I'm watching the extended version of The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. Still thrilling, excellent over a decade later.

The Vengeance by Emma Newman BUY NOW:

Word of mouth, either in person or wherever you hang out online, is priceless.

The most recent novel is THE VENGEANCE, the lightest adventure story I've ever written, with sapphic romance, swashbuckling, pirates, vampires, and werewolves. geni.us/thevengeance It's perfect for summer read escapism.

I'm super proud of that series too, because it is... just weird! It has elements of portal fantasy, politics, lashings of feminism and characters that I love and miss spending time with, like the Gargoyle. And the fae are proper scary. None of that disney-esque nonsense in these books!

If fantasy is more your thing, I have an unusual urban fantasy series (5 books, need to be read in order, series is complete) called The Split Worlds. It has fae, mad sorcerers, feuding dynastic families and three levels of reality set in Bath, London and Oxford. The 1st novel is BETWEEN TWO THORNS

Em's bad year support fund Our dear Emma Newman is having a shite year. First she broke her ankle walking on flat pavement, now she's got breast cancer fucking up her life. The broken bone put her out of commission for almost t...

Okay, deep breath.
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
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If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?

I'm enjoying "Old Man's War" by @scalzi.com . I started reading it after I saw a recommendation from @jamietoddrubin.bsky.social on Goodreads. Enjoying this book so far.

There are pink and blue bands in the morning sky. And clouds!

Good morning, folks. The sky says trans rights are human rights.

I can see why some unscrupulous person would do this. Still, 🤬

I frequently opened Google Maps to look up locations in your Green Man books to see where all those places are. Really interesting.

Is this becoming a big issue? I didn't realise this was happening. 😱

A sign you are getting older: The actors you watched in the past, and who played unattached characters in their 20s, 30s are now playing characters who are parents of characters in their 20s, 30s …

Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes “I have failed you completely and catastrophically,” wrote Gemini.

Version control is your friend!

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The Mummy (1999) ⭐ 7.1 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy 2h 4m | PG-13

Lesson from the movies: If your dire, ancient punishment for the main villain risks unleashing them as an all-powerful supernatural force of they are dug up in the future, maybe skip it and just cut their head off.

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