Really enjoyed (audiobook) The Folded Sky by @matociquala.bsky.social. Highly enjoyable space opera, good alien speculative culture stuff. It's the third in a series, but they all seem relatively independent of each other.
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Really enjoyed (audiobook) The Folded Sky by @matociquala.bsky.social. Highly enjoyable space opera, good alien speculative culture stuff. It's the third in a series, but they all seem relatively independent of each other.
Unfuckingbelievable.
Screenshot of Bluesky post: Post Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social this is like the thesis statement of our times Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrich... β’ 3h All the wrong people have imposter syndrome. 7:12 PM β’ Mar 6, 2026 Γ₯ Some people can reply
At senior levels, your own company doesnβt even have to be sexist to βbenefitβ from sexism - hiring a sr level employee means hiring someone who has had many previous jobs. Women get sidelined or stalled or burnt out due to bad workplaces so of course there are fewer sr level qualified resumes.
this is like
the thesis statement of our times
One of the party organizers just spent a minute telling us all about security and that consent matters and touching people without consent isnβt ok because βwe donβt do that at this partyβ and I fucking adore them for this. And now itβs back to the music. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Lake Merritt at night showing a glowing double horizon line of city lights.
Enjoying an excellent community dance party by the lake & loving my city. #Oakland #TimelineCleanse
8chan owner Jim Watkins says Epik, the site's domain registrar & web hosting company, has suspended Watkins' sites (including 8chan) from using Epik for violating its rules on animal cruelty content.
A bit of a tangent, but now I need someone to write a book about a chthonic entomologist who encounters a βhorror beyond dimensionsβ and realizes itβs basically a giant pillbug while everyone else is freaking out about demons.
Donald Trump is a child rapist
It's not hard to write good talking points and put them on a website and say them in interviews for an election cycle, but what someone actually believes is demonstrated over years. And someone who could live with wearing a known Nazi tattoo for decades has dangerously bad judgement AT BEST.
Come on, Erin, we should make it a fair contest - BOTH parties should be allowed to bite the other's head off!
Is your state so desperately hard up for Dem candidates that having had a Nazi tattoo for decades somehow *isn't* a dealbreaker? Do you have absolutely no PTA parents or social workers or progressive faith leaders or nonprofit marketing managers or leftish lawyers willing to run?
To expand on this point ... the thing is, bad actors LIE. Nazis LIE. My understanding is that his policies sound pretty good to a lot of folks, and that's great but - will he have your back? Will he really actually support immigrants against ICE? Is he honest? Does he have integrity?
Yeah, it would make sense if that's what's going on here. I can just see a bunch of GOP men being like "what can we do for the ladies??" and congratulating each other on a new plan after disclosing how often their wives get mad about their porn habits.
Hey remember when Protonβs CEO said Republicans are better than Democrats when it comes to regulating Big Tech and standing for βthe little guysβ?
The US and Iran have obviously not been at war for 47 years, as regime propagandists tell us. What has been going on for 47 years is the Saudi-Iranian regional proxy war. So the propaganda defines us as a Saudi proxy state.
So it turns out Ryan Grim got all of the "Platner's wife is Jewish, still think he's a nazi?" schtick from VDARE, a neo-nazi website, and now not only am I more convinced that Platner is a nazi, I'm also convinced Grim is.
2025 limited tone fantasy commission a child leans against the body of a large cat, raising his bugcatching net reflexively as he glimpses a lady bug in a foggy wood.
adventurer and familiar portrait (2025)
A dear friend's cat is dealing with anemia and needs blood transfusions, and I am so worried for her, but wanted to pause and remind folks that cats and dogs can be blood donors. If you have a healthy animal between 1-6 years of age, look for a program near you. Save some lives.
What an interestingly complex brain! That sounds like a LOT of trial and tribulation all wrapped up together.
oh god that's too many moons
If this company would be willing to accept pre-IPO stock options as payment, I sense a business opportunity....
I work with email professionally. Spammers are using AI to uplevel all their schemes, everything from sketchy quasi legal businesses to outright scams and crimes. They might want him as target or bait or to lend legitimacy or all kinds of unsavory plans.
One of my regular sayings at work is βspammers ruin everything.β Sorry to hear youβre dealing with that.
if you're feeling a cryptic unease about days and dates, this might be why:
right now, the days of the week match up with the dates they matched in 2020, and right now is roughly when covid awareness in the u.s. began to lead to shutdowns and the (not-really-locked-down) lockdowns.
More reason for renewables in the modern age... grim reasons but still.
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adultsβRachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebeβliving in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
So (1) if you *do* get this reference, do not miss the replies.
(2) I almost didn't believe this was real and there was *no* fucking way I was going to do a search while sitting on a plane with kids sitting behind me
(3) if you don't get the reference CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY.
Itβs a short train ride into the city from the airport, but getting luggage stored and getting in and out might eat up most of that time.