Reposted by Elf HerselfJason E. Dunlap, Valeyard @redeyedjedi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Tax TF outta billionaires & corporations Add more seats to SCOTUS 13 minimum (one per circuit +1 tie breaker) Recruit LeBron for secretary of Education, (use his schools as a base model, free breakfast & lunch, no fees, reform college sports) Partner w/ Dept Ag, to grow food for schools, locally 072
Reposted by Elf HerselfMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Years ago, I remember someone writing a screed about someone Carly Simon befriended on an AOL board. She responded with one word, "Goodness." Some drunk stayed up all night to write a loooooong email about how horrible I was. I responded, "Goodness." It drove him crazy. Thank you, Carly Simon. 1816360627
Reposted by Elf HerselfMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The best birthday present imaginable. #DollyDay 💖 923193323042
Reposted by Elf HerselfT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Few things say "billionaires are so cloistered they are incapable of behaving like normal humans" quite like "I couldn't pump my own gas because I don't know my own ZIP code" 1928362
Reposted by Elf HerselfKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING NYT: The California Supreme Court just ordered a county sheriff to return about 650,000 ballots he seized from election officials as part of an investigation into voter fraud that state officials said had no basis in fact.nytimes.comRepublican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court RulesThe California Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County to return ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation. 1281787575
Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Your tractor threw a gear and crashed into 4 cars? You owe each owner the cost of a car." "Your dog mauled a person? You are responsible for their medical expenses." "Your AI agent stole $1M worth of data? You owe…" c'mon, techbros, fill in the blanks… The only legal issue is ID'ing the owner. 050
Reposted by Elf HerselfClastic Artistic @clasticartistic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026At 54% of the sales goal, the current Scanned Textures sale ends on the 5th of October Midnight (UK time). itch.io/s/198768/sca... #art #design #graphicdesign #textures #assetpack #gamedev #ttrpg #indieitch.ioScanned Textures - Aug/Sep/Oct Sale by Clastic ArtisticA bundle by Clastic Artistic, $24.00 for 6 games 05131
Reposted by Elf HerselfOrganization for Transformative Works @transformativeworks.org · 24/09/2026#AO3 Tag Wranglers have canonized some new "No Fandom" additional tags and revised subtag and metatag relationships of existing "No Fandom" canonical tags. Check out the latest news post for details: otw-news.org/2v7kdchj 06820
Reposted by Elf HerselfJohn 'Magus of Thebes' - Land Of Myth PbtA @johnhaygood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And they're here! All the way from Canada to Greece! #pbta #ttrpg 051
Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My account was labeled "spam" this afternoon. I appealed and it was removed; I'm not sure why. However, I did alternate between the home & work computer today, and the work computer is on a VPN. So maybe posts from the same account that look like they're in different locations were a red flag. 040
Reposted by Elf HerselfAli Gundam @aligundam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Okay, so until this April, I ran a TTRPG club. A lot of industry folks don't believe me when I speak about the harm that performative D&D and actual plays do for new players entering the hobby. But I'd see it at every session. So. Let me tell you about Lisa. 163
Reposted by Elf HerselfJules @ds9official.singles · 23/09/2026one thing about newsom is that once you notice his gul dukat vibe you can't unsee it 11447101
Reposted by Elf HerselfElf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Whie ranting about the Republican Administrator, I ticked off on seven fingers, "This slothful, rage-filled, envious, lust-driven, prideful, greedy, gluttonous man..." ... while I memory palaced that in my head: "Gilligan, Skipper, Ginger, Mary-Ann, The Professor, Mr. Howell, Lovey..." 1102
Reposted by Elf Herself#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 23/09/2026For the first time ever, a group of Senate Democrats will unveil a bill tomorrow that would impose sanctions on "foreign companies, individuals or other entities" which are involved in the E1 settlement project in the illegally-occupied West Bank. Its authors are Warren, Coons, Gallego and Wyden.reuters.comUS Senate Democrats seek sanctions over Israeli settlements, bill saysA group of US Senate Democrats will introduce legislation on Wednesday to sanction individuals or groups that facilitate Israel's "E1 project," a widely condemned West Bank settlement plan cutting ac... 10783187
Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We need to show up in numbers that will overwhelm the amount of voter suppression they're going to enact. Help people register. (Help registered people *confirm* they're registered.) Help people vote early or by mail; help people who can't, get to the polls. 021
Reposted by Elf HerselfGareth-Michael Skarka @gmskarka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Folks, this is what they’re doing: 1) Kick 750k who haven’t used their insurance (i.e. healthy people) off Obamacare. 2) without the premiums being paid by the healthy (paying in without taking out), the system can’t sustain. 3) say Obamacare is “insolvent”, and kill it entirely. 042
Reposted by Elf HerselfElf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In a study of doctors in Poland, using an AI for three months, then ceasing to use it, resulted in a 20% loss of skill and accuracy. Cognitive systems are metabolically expensive. When your brain knows there's a substitute, it resents not having access to it.medium.comAI Took Something From Doctors and Nobody Noticed. The Lancet Caught It. Here Is the StoryA landmark study in The Lancet measured what happens to a physician’s diagnostic instincts when the algorithm is switched off. The findings… 115583
Reposted by Elf HerselfPlaytest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A serious one today. "This is a call to our readers and future readers: please, consider before scrolling away, if you think our magazine is worth £18+postage. It is not just an investment in a bundle of paper, but in meaningful critique in the ttrpg space." playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...playtestmaterial.orgPlaytest Material launches its first ever subscription drivePlaytest Material needs 75 subscribers to break even — one of those could be you. 6120105
Reposted by Elf HerselfMicah @rincewind.run · 19/09/2026anyway congratulations to Calvin’s Dad on diesel prices 131760295
Reposted by Elf Herself👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 18/09/2026if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep 251821533
Reposted by Elf HerselfBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...ballsandstrikes.orgA Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter FraudHis conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds. 409104902650
Reposted by Elf HerselfHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm in love.youtube.com2026: Time for the MidtermsYouTube video by Hamilton 15040711885
Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Bought Philz coffee yesterday - Ecstatic, which is my favorite. I asked for it ground for K-cup, but apparently they didn't hear that, so now I have a pound of whole beans that I have to figure out what to do with. Dammit. Not the first time they've missed the grind request. I forgot to check. 120
Reposted by Elf HerselfAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth 11077423611
Reposted by Elf Herselfthe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do. 3639541857
Reposted by Elf HerselfCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/09/2026Me to just about every author on the planet, even ones I have locked horns with in the past: Look, go get your money. Do not stop. Get it ALL. Get every cent you can get. 340470
Reposted by Elf HerselfCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/09/2026Since we are here, I want to point out that DreamSpinner did register some copyrights. I don't know how many of their registered copyrights have reverted to them, but I'm guessing they'll get into the six figures from the Anthropic settlement. 18120
Reposted by Elf HerselfCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/09/2026Authors who are members of the class in the Anthropic Settlement, please be aware that if you have a work in the settlement which has multiple authors but is self-published (or the rights have reverted), the settlement allocation is buggy. Explanation below 2210175
Reposted by Elf HerselfCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/09/2026The settlement administrators have written back and explained to me that indeed, if you select either "author" or "author loan-out company" as your entity when you first signed up, it will assume that there is a silent publisher, unless you say that you are the sole owner of the work. 5306194
Reposted by Elf HerselfYet Another Enby Dragon @heavenscalyx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy 60 years of Star Trek! 60 years of hopeful science fiction! 60 years of slash!static.klipy.comSpock: Live Long and Prosper (Star Trek)Alt: Spock: Live Long and Prosper (Star Trek) 074
Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I've had two companies recently that did not shut off autopay when I cancelled their services. Apparently "autopay" is a different department or something. One of them will take 4-5 business days to refund the charges. The other expects two weeks. They are both very sorry for any inconvenience. 030
Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 06/09/2026AMAZON: We require you to order $25+ of next-day delivery items to avoid the $5 delivery fee. ALSO AMAZON: We're gonna split that into 4 separate deliveries; that's the most efficient use of our resources. Expect items to appear between 10 and 3, except for the one that'll be delayed until 7 pm. 130
Reposted by Elf HerselfElf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One of the things I heard last night at my financial advisor's annual regional meeting was "Inflation is just about average. 3.3% is where we are." That's 3.3% core. Do you know what the current food & energy inflation rate is? 8.4% If you were barely surviving before Trump, now you aren't. 162
Reposted by Elf HerselfChuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026thank you lesbian tractor witch 13491962971
Reposted by Elf HerselfMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/20262 months from TODAY is the beginning of the end of the Orange Embarrassment. Check out these Screenshots (as if you needed any more motivation to VOTE on 11/3/26!) Register- Iwillvote.com vote.org Get involved at- Rockthevote.org GoodParty.org DemCast.com Postcardstovoters.org movement.vote 697124923820
Reposted by Elf HerselfT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If I had my way, the next President would write an Executive Order summarily repealing every other EO since the beginning of time, without exception, to take effect in 90 days Use the 90-day period to identify which EOs should be recreated 1635134
Reposted by Elf HerselfAl Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4 10492262509
Reposted by Elf HerselfRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here? 1003262599025
Reposted by Elf HerselfMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Surest sign that the crooks in the Texas GOP know that James Talarico is surging.newrepublic.comTexas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate RaceIf you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it. 16547791938
Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 30/08/2026There are plenty of cases where AI doesn't follow instructions. However, when it's "Change the tree in this photo from oak to pine," and it puts in a pine forest, that's an ok mistake. When it's "rename the files in this folder," and it renames the whole hard drive, that's "escaping containment." 120
Reposted by Elf HerselfElf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Yes! The Ninth Circuit Court has ruled that "prediction markets" are not "event insurance markets" and defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, they are gambling houses and can be regulated like any other gambling house. www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/b...cnn.comStates can regulate prediction markets as gambling, federal appeals court rules | CNN BusinessA federal appeals court ruled Friday that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling, dealing a major blow to the booming industry. 2115
Reposted by Elf HerselfLibreture - your personal ebook & comic storage @libreture.com · 29/08/2026Black Library customers have until 31st of August 2026 to download their purchases from the website before they lose access to all their DRM-free ebooks and audiobooks for good.libreture.comDownload your Black Library ebooks before 31st of AugustIn February 2026, Games Workshop announced that The Black Library ebook and audiobook shop would be taking a “...well-earned rest from the 31st of August”. 021
Reposted by Elf HerselfMitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Thread: 1/ Dolly Parton is Dayenu, come to life. For those who do not know, "dayenu" means "it would have been sufficient" and is the refrain to a Passover Seder mainstay. If Dolly Parton had learned to play music, but never left her holler, Dayenu. 2524