Be g dead inside, you’d think I’d be paid well. But here we are.
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Be g dead inside, you’d think I’d be paid well. But here we are.
When I was an Amazon driver, holidays weren’t really holidays. Nobody gets paid holidays. If the holiday falls on a day that you’re regularly scheduled, you have to make up that day to get your regular weekly hours. Would it kill the company to give everyone real paid holidays? Happy Labor Day.
Good to see you, pal.
Where da hell you been lady?
Speaking of which…
Having a hard time today. Spent the last hour on my bed, listening to Christie Moore, unable to move. Out from under the depression now. On to the coffee shop to do some work. It’s a weight today. But so is laying by idle and letting it crush me.
Fills me with joy, every dang time.
If your clothes were designed by someone, they’re designer clothes. Congratulations thrift shop and Marshall’s fans, you’re all fashion plates.
Ok... this is getting seriously suspicious now-
bases are loaded. we got a triple on deck
Trivia: this guy is the voice of Bradford in the Xcom reboot.
"Couldn't breathe from laughing 🤣"
While you are looking at Trump, the oligarchs are seeding themselves deeper into the fabric of society, your government, and your resources. Your media is captured, your institutions are captured, your politicians are captured, and your algorithms are captured. A full system reboot is needed. #3E
- Why Don’t We Do It With a Toad - Let Me Pee
this is why I pay for photoshop
Ok, hear me out: a Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
This is so damn disappointing. I just bought another of his books. I didn’t know.
I cranked out over 1,000 words today on a novel I haven’t been able to touch in over two years. It’s likely absolute trash. But it’s my trash. I’m back.
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Quote post a pic of you from another era. It took me a month to walk the Camino de Santiago. I just finished showing my credential to get certified. I believe I was 37 at the time.
Nah, that’s an editorial oopsie. You wrote how you write (and your writing is gorgeous). Challenging readers is good. Frustrating them or making them feel dumb because they’ve not your vocabulary is bad, at best. What comes out of your brain shoulda been filtered for general consumption.
Oh, and we’ll be building the sphere from the bodies of those laid off by companies that believe the calculator can replace their labor.
This.
Solid peace plan!
Good idea 💯
General Milley Monday: On the same day Trump said "A lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator," here's a reminder from General Mark Milley that "we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator." The oath is to the Constitution. Share this widely.
It's true 💯
CHICAGO…
A fabulous gig for those with the skills to pay the Africana Studies bills.
The seasonal CHANGING OF THE CLOTHING IN MY CLOSET is complete. Sweaters for days, yo.
Sir, I am not prepared to be trapped in a bathroom with me.
Welp.
Me when Amazon keeps asking if I'd like another look at the cattle inseminator I only clicked on because it wasn't clear from the picture what it was.
A bit of trauma kept me from writing anything reactive for two years. I was only able to start back up again, recently. 300 words is worthy. It’s a huge accomplishment after a drought. Tell anyone that says otherwise to kiss your ass.
It’s gonna be a nation of ice baths and carpet knives. Mark my words.
Our country has descended into fascism. Some critics think that that’s unfortunate.
"Did you people throw this kind of shit-fit at Denny’s, or did you just order a Moons Over My Hammy and keep on truckin’?"
Sure as shit Trump has his fingers in Canada.
Maybe I’ve been reading too much @marthawells.com recently, but I think I’ve found where Murderbot lives
It’s a machine, Robert, unethically programmed on the work of humans who have suffered and understand suffering. It’s mimicking our pain. IT’S A MACHINE, ROBERT.
Accountability: Outsiders, “Big Pharma,” government, shadowy elites, are blamed for everything. Inside the group, mistakes and lies are ignored as long as members stay loyal. Loyalty replaces truth.
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
And when disordered counterpublics capture institutional power, as they did under Trump, those same simulated VDA functions enter governance. Verification means loyalty-based “fact-finding.” Deliberation means performative echo chambers. Accountability means purges.
The danger isn’t only the spread of false claims, but the corrosion of democratic reasoning itself. When simulated VDA replaces real VDA, counterpublics harden into closed worlds where no correction is possible.
The problem with figures like RFK Jr. isn’t just that they spread bad information. It’s that they sustain disordered counterpublics, spaces where falsehoods are reinforced through imitation of legitimate democratic processes.
This lawsuit isn’t about how much compensation each of us will get. It’s about punishing those that would use the sweat of our brow and, at times, the pain in our asses, without permission.
Just finished watching @ewandaily.bsky.social and Charlie Boorman's Long Way Home on Apple TV. Two decades of travel television and they still make me smile.
I always leave a smidge of writing to do on the day that I’m supposed to hand it over to my editor. It leaves me with a feeling of immediacy that forces me to triple check my work before hitting ‘Send’.
Tom Clancy’s Roots
“If I look at them, I just know.“ Where have we heard that before?
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
In Ukraine, some people with tourniquets can’t escape because drones are waiting to kill them. “There are so many people [in] Ukraine now with tourniquet syndrome, because the tourniquet’s on for more than six hours. They’re all getting very high arm amputations, leg amputations.” on.ft.com/3TKYraF
But I mean, the cat fetus roomie and the shaman married and moved off together, right? Right?
Watch: Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region is on the frontline of the military and diplomatic battle over the country’s future. Our latest from Donbas. youtu.be/g1HM7-Vu_Wg
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Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,
Nah. Compared to the other trash you can get on an interstate road trip, it’s ambrosia.
Can you recommend any good guides for photo processing?
I love Inherent Vice so, so much. It gets better with each viewing. Highly recommended.
This argument is an Absolute Cinema... 👀😅🤣 #cat #catday #bluesky #animals
Zing.
Jesus Christ. If your credit isn’t frozen at all three bureaus, I would strongly consider doing that now
Well, scratch that off my Bluesky bucket list.
Oh that looks terrible. I hope you find a way to cope.
Having soldiers pick up litter during a security “emergency” shows just how dangerous DC actually is.
That supporting cast. That premise. Ethan looking like he's having the time of his fucking life. And bonus Macon Blair? In. So fucking in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE9b...
I miss it.
Kim Jong Un: "Dude, this is sad"
Because every engagement needs a hype man.
In hand-to-hand combat.
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
Wow.
I wrote on @boingboing.net about a new book collecting the very first Donald Duck work of comic book legend Carl Barks. boingboing.net/2025/08/25/a...
Our 3yo had like a hundred fuckin questions about the rules & logistics & moral implications of how mogwais become gremlins, but ZERO questions about "sometimes people change from girl to boy" or "sometimes boys marry other boys" or whatever, kids dgaf, the problem has ALWAYS been bigot ass parents
Just learned that the very first Hryvnas (official Ukrainian currency that symbolized the full independence and sovereignty) introduced in 1996 were printed in Canada (first in 1992). 😊
The fuck?
Journalists writing about Trump's plans to send the National Guard to cities in blue states have to think carefully about how to frame it. The federal government (including the National Guard) call it an anti-crime narrative. But it increasingly feels like that's a pretext for military occupation.
🚨And now - an arrest for videoing police. Pretty sure this was a violation of rights when we had them. We owe these people their voices as much as the oppressors must be exposed.
Can folks do me a favor? I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January. I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am. I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics. Here’s two favorite set photos. Repost? I am in the wilderness.
This is the first step in what would be called an economic blockade
I’ve used Apple News for some time now. I like the content and how many magazines it gives me access to. But I’m absolutely sick of the chum box bullshit ads that I’m getting, even with a paid subscription. It’s insulting to be treated this way when paying a premium for a product.
In the middle of reading my first @joe-hill.bsky.social book Folks? Folks: he’s really fucking good.
I mean sure the tiny concrete enclosures are ok. But they failed to jerk off the elephants.
Attempting to set up a UPS account. It’s been an honour serving with you.
Kharkiv tonight. People chanting “Putin Khuylo”, which essentially means Putin go f yourself
You do it so insanely well.
Parker was shot in the head back in June. She spent weeks in the hospital with a broken skull and a blood clot in her brain. Now she’s back in Los Angeles protesting Trump’s illegal immigration policies not far from where she was shot. Why? Because people shouldn’t be taken.
I bought a ton of these anthologies as part of a humble bundle-type deal a few years back. It really opened up the world of horror for me and introduced me to some awesome authors I’d have never read otherwise. Highly recommended.
My wife was able to fix damn near anything. Except me.
Please throw in a few bucks: www.gofundme.com/f/fantastic-...
Spent the day getting reacquainted with my novel and having a nap. Occasionally, life feels ok.
Here's the cover of THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR VOLUME SEVENTEEN Art by Asya Yordanova
And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...
i will never not be militant about trans rights cis people: demand nothing less than full, unequivocal rights for trans people and do not accept from anyone the idea that it is naive to demand it we deserve what you have
Dean Cain, when he got home from training camp—
“I can’t leave twitter, my community is there,” is a really weird way to spell, “I’m a Nazi,” but it works.
"I'm often on planes sitting in the economy class" vt.tiktok.com/ZSAS8Yfbs/