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Sen @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2026

The Klingons are great when you realize they're not really a warrior race as much as they are a bunch of theater people with knives

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Think I can manage getting crowns at the dentist then go to a concert three hours later? Hmmmmm

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

LOL, I handed my Arkansas ID to the venue dude, and he was like, "Don't be embarrassed! You got out! It's all good!"

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Okay, I just subscribed to a year of AMC+ just for #Yaga, DO NOT JUDGE ME.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Everyone and especially all the academics on AI task forces and initiatives should read this.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Writing "wisdom" I hate: WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW. This is the worst advice ever. It would be better if it was KNOW MORE SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT. Every good writer I know is constantly researching and getting new information and asking experts. It's a terrible bit of advice!

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Lanterns 1×06 "I hope I mattered." Oh, how frickin DARE you, Lindelof

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Guys, the new #ResidentEvil slaaaaaaaps. Silly and also serious, quite gory, and just a dude trying to do his job. I dug it even though I have not watched any of the previous movies or play the games.

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R.R. Virdi | Buy The First Binding (from TOR) @rrvirdi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Has anyone tried kicking the US Constitution...see if it's awake? ...you know? Give it a few nudges? Nudgey-nudge? You seein' this shit, constitution? YOU SEEIN' THIS SHIT?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ask yourselves why people want panic for you and power for themselves. Who does that serve?

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 20/09/2026

I have been reading the Anne McCaffrey Pern novels for the first time yeah I don't know why I hadn't read them before and I don't know why I'm inhaling them so fast now BUT importantly I know they're not trying to actually do linguistic worldbuilding but BOY do I have linguistics thoughts anyway

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I usually drink wine (at the wine bar) at a leisurely pace, but fruit flies have shown up, so I have to shift to grad school wine-drinking speed

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I brought doughnuts to the office and there are only, like, two of us in the office, lol.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sorry I was late for the meeting; Hudson Williams

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

important theological question just dropped (nb generally Jews don't tend to go for the heaven/hell construct, but REGARDLESS our focus is on our obligations down here, SO.)

graffiti says do I go 2 heaven if my taxes kill kids

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The PBS showing is tonight, but if you want it via YouTube, that's available as of a couple of hours ago! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQz...

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Ghost in the Machine | What is Artificial Intelligence? | Full Documentary

YouTube video by PBS Documentaries

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you think about it, rosary beads are like the original fidget spinner

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

But I *did* a thing today already! Wdym I have to do another thing?

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

TFW you're pleased to give someone directions, and then twenty minutes later realize you sent them to the wrong building

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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I will say some of the push for AI in writing is how a lot of non-AI writers think the point of writing is to get published and no, the point of writing is to remove the weird little thing from your body and teach it tricks

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/09/2026

And the really sad thing that they don't get about it is that Harry Potter will never be that again, either. And a big part of why Harry Potter will never be that again is because JK Rowling poisoned it all on her own.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/09/2026

The reason that the Harry Potter apologists won't just read better books is because they're not looking for good stories...if they were, they wouldn't have glommed on to Harry Potter. They're looking for the camaraderie and social phenomenon that Harry Potter was in the 2000s.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Eating rambutan is kind of like being a zombie.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#TedLasso 4x04 Listen, Keeley, I know you think this whole "dating plan" is a great idea, but trust me, it does NOT end well. #SportsNight

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#Lanterns 1x03 I can't decide if it's better or worse if Hal knew exactly what he was doing when he called the Stewarts "Midwestern Huxtables," holy shit

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Guys, my dad has explained homelessness to me and now he's boosting GLP I just need to survive one more week of this

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E.G. Condé (Author) 🇵🇷✍🏼 @boriscrito.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The best way to support authors you love is to preorder their books. If that isn't an option for you financially, reach out to your local library expressing interest in forthcoming titles. For indie and smaller presses, sales keep the publisher's doors open.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Watching the new Harry Potter series is a clear signal that you'll support JK Rowling no matter how many lives she takes. It shows that holocaust denial and destroying human rights groups isn't a deal-breaker for you. It has never been easier to take the right side of history.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have not been 43 for a very long time, but one thing I remember vividly is that the collective delusion that "some of us look 25" lasts exactly until the moment that an actual 25-year-old enters the room.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wrapping up #WorldCon with a quartet of readings! First, Scalzi, who read from the upcoming "Monsters of Ohio." whatever.scalzi.com

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Whatever

DIGITAL CONTENT FROM ANALOG PEOPLE

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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So far on this road trip, I have legit bought three books twice. (CB Lee's "Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe," M Stevenson's "Behooved," and India Holton's "An Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love.")

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Monday morning #WorldCon panel! "Murderous Dragons: Fantasy Mystery" with Dave Dobson (moderator), Julie Lew, Emily Paxman, J.J. Unthank, and WBJ Williams!

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Johanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you’re tempted to use genAI to brainstorm for writing stories, please just talk abt your story to friends instead! Friends who have good story sense that you trust, writer friends who will give you honest feedback, friends who care & get excited about your ideas with you! I know it’s scary +

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm watching the Hugo Awards livestream and Ursula "Queen of Weird Animal Facts" Vernon may be the best emcee of all time. Of any awards show. They should have her do the Oscars 😂😍

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/08/2026

[reading a science fiction novel set in the future] man you don’t know

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

fwiw, one reason young people are more attracted to egalitarian philosophies is that no young person is actually rich. children don't own any property in their own name. this is not just a tecnicality; it's a material reality that has realy material consequences. 1

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The person who was marketing chatGPT to colleges was the head of marketing for Coursera and if you're an academic that actually should tell you everything.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/08/2026

Look where I am

The sign for the Hugo Awards. It's very old Hollywood classy.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So I'm not gonna livepost the entire #WorldCon Hugos ceremony, but I do want to point out live music is being played by Marcus Norris and the South Side Symphony. They did a cover of AALIYAH, y'all! southsidesymphony.org/pages/about

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Caroline Siede @carolinesiede.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On this week's Heated Rivalry reheat, it's time for "Olympians," an episode that inspired me to do a deep-dive into Ilya's cultural identity crisis, Shane's embarrassing (and relatable) behavior, and Jacob Tierney's stellar direction

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‘Heated Rivalry’ delivers an Olympic-sized identity crisis

Even the weakest episode of the season still serves up nuanced character work and impeccable direction

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Okay, one last panel for my #WorldCon today: "Fracturing Fairy Tales" with Jay Hartlove, Arendse Lund, and Caitlin Rozakis (moderator)!

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"But this never happens in [country]!" Yes it does. Wealthy nations with strong regulatory states still have a lot of outbreaks. Because rich nations also have lots of food, & it's not possible to 100% eliminate all problems. Rich countries also have enough scientists to notice the outbreaks.

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