I think that’s very harsh on both dumpster fires and bullshit, but I also agree 100%.
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I think that’s very harsh on both dumpster fires and bullshit, but I also agree 100%.
Huh. Excellent question. I think … Tuberville is stupider in absolute terms, but Mullin is more aggressively stupid. Tuberville will say and do dumb things when the opportunity arises, but Mullin goes out of his way to make sure we all know he’s a moron.
Maybe? 🤷♂️
They’re both profoundly stupid.
It’s almost as though no sane, intelligent, decent human beings want to work for Trump … 🤔
One more in an increasing list of situations to file under “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice things”.
Wait a minute … 🤔 … ‘Darren’s ring to rule them all, Darren’s ring to find them, Darren’s ring to bring them all … ‘
Hey! Now just you hold on there! 😠
And don’t you forget it.
Good thing your name isn’t ‘Maxwell’, then …
It’s entirely possible that I’m an idiot for not realising this earlier, but I just tried the microphone function on the iPad and it’s making my marginal notes on manuscripts I’m editing *so* much faster!
Finally, he gets something right!
But I think it will take a major court loss by a Big Five publisher to incentivise the industry to take it seriously.
This is true. There is some wilful ignorance at work. And also the fact that extensive checking only goes on for high-profile books (legal reads on politicians’ autobiographies for example), when it really should happen for fad diets and cod psychology books.
Excellent point re: the woo-woo stuff. But still, we both know how little money there is in publishing – can publishers really afford to fact check every book? Are they entitled to accept that authors are being honest or are they being naive? I think it’s a really tough nut to crack.
TFW you’re trying desperately to get some momentum on an editorial read but you have to keep stopping every page to make marginal corrections to factual errors. Still, at least it’s only 145,000 words long … *sigh*
I don’t think it’s quite that clear cut. Certainly publishers could do more in the way of due diligence on manuscripts and authors, but they shouldn’t be responsible for an author lying to them. But, yeah, 100% ‘that’s an author problem’ is not the way to behave.
Absolutely. The question should not be: are they really popular guests on X television show? It should be: are they dangerous charlatans?
Bloom County comic strip featuring Opus the Penguin frustrating a Hari Krishna.
Excellent! Puts me in mind of one of my favourite Bloom County strips.
I’m on the train on my way to see @podsaveamerica.crooked.com live! Let the Trump-bashing commence!
Seriously, has anyone in all of recorded history ever had a hit-me face like JD Vance?
“Patriotism is not racism” sticker on car’s rear window.
Counterpoint: If you need to put this sticker on your car, yes it is.
Glazers out, Ratcliffe out.
Cowards and collaborators.
It’s peak hour and the train has half as many carriages as usual. Get your goddamn bags off the goddamn seats, you selfish, awful gobshites.
uk folks, an asbestos recall has been issued for 2 colours of colour forge hobby sand - www.gov.uk/product-safe...
stay safe <3
Guess who’s going to be just *thrilled* about this news? 😂😂😂
Just to fly the 🇦🇺 for a moment. Every Version of You is wonderful; @gracechanwrites.bsky.social is one of the most exciting new voices in Australian SF & I’m delighted to see her shortlisted. Also heartily recommend @ghostspecies.bsky.social’s Landfall, a terrific climate-change SF detective novel.
Oh yeah. Horrible person. Just not solely to blame for the anti-vax pox we’re currently suffering.
I mean, he’s still a fraudster who’s caused massive damage, but he’s certainly not the sole inciting individual. As you say, Charlie, the pit was already there; he just pulled up the cover.
IIRC, it’s also the case that Wakefield’s initial assertion was that it was the three vaccines *at once* that was the issue. He vilified the MMR but was happy to recommend single vaccines as long as they were spaced apart. It was only after he was struck off that he joined the full antivax brigade.
So, a slow day for him …
