I have to assume @nbcnews.com uses an LLM to generate its news summaries. #charliekirk

Cygnus Wall, part of the North America Nebula in Cygnus. Imaged with APM 140mm, asi1600mm, and ZWO SHO filters. 3.5 hours integration.

Cygnus Wall - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mor5kA

has anyone actually read the imperial presidency

Feels like it might be worth going over again given the whole endless war thing

If you don't know Blair Mountain, kindly shut the fuck up about "rednecks" or "hicks", or really any broad, sweeping dismissals of the South as uniformly Red State ignoramuses in general.

This field is *so* broad and rich. I read way too much golden age sci-fi as a kid and there’s so little I’d bother recommending to anybody but a scholar.

Does feel like after a certain point you’d rather buy bullets.

that the phrases “intentionally destroying the economy” and “worst economic president of our lifetimes” arent being said everywhere right now by dem politicians makes my head want to explode

Honestly I always figured Congress would be more resistant to the president trying to nationalize municipal police. I guess that just shows the benefit of purging all dissent in your party.

"if men pay a bride price, they treated women better, because you value what you pay for."

No, when you pay for it, you believe you own it, and can do whatever you want to it

Fam, let me tell you about slavery. 🤠

(This was from the audience, not the panel, at least)

#worldcon

The WHITE HOUSE The White House V* @WhiteHouse X.com OPERATION MAKING D.C. SAFE & BEAUTIFUL ARRESTED CARRYING A PISTOL WITHOUT A LICENSE The WHITE HOUSE 2:01 PM • 8/11/25 • 1M Views

The White House’s official X account has a long thread in which they’ve posted pictures of people arrested during the feds’ occupation of the city. Every single person in the thread is a person of color.

If you know me at all - here, elsewhere, or irl - you know how important I believe it is to understand history. That it’s being perverted in this way and for this reason is obscene.

Free Access to New Cambridge U Press Book: "The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times" #ELB This is a great collection edited by RonNell Andersen Jones and Sonja West, and even better that it is open access. I’m honored to have the final version of my chapter here, “From Bloggers in Pajamas ...

Free Access to New Cambridge U Press Book: “The Future of Press Freedom: Democracy, Law, and the News in Changing Times” electionlawblog.org?p=151397

A tragic role-playing story game about the heroic women spies of the SOE in WW2 France.

Together as players you tell the lonely stories of these brave women through their deployment, missions, and eventual capture, and discover their lives through flashbacks.

peregrinecoast.press/products/a-c...

My wee cousin is having an ongoing meltdown and my uncle comments on what I must think and what I’ll tell people when I go back to the states.

Meanwhile I’m just reflecting that, somehow, 30 years later I’m still being used as a goad for misbehaving children.

This is what I really needed in middle school to captivate that table of adolescent murder hobos

My favorites would have to be:

Mage The Ascension - Coming out of D&D, the flexibility of the magic system and reality itself was exhilarating.

7th Sea - Hands down some of the most entertaining games I ever ran used 7th Sea. It had a way of encouraging people to stop fearing death and have fun.

“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.

Just out of curiosity, what parts of STEM do you think Dune and Foundation convey?

Nope, that's basically it.

So the latest sign of aging is that when people see me reading in public they’ve started asking if I’m a teacher instead of a student. I’m sure my thoughtful demeanor is also a big factor they’re failing to mention.

Obligatory mention to look up a nearby Indivisible (indivisible.org) chapter to organize with as one of the more functional progressive groups.

The "bottom-feeding hatemongers" part *should be adequate on its own.

variety.com/2025/digital...

It's not just these people are bottom-feeding hatemongers but they're also almost universally incompetent hatemongers.

If you’re new to programming and you had to edit or write any scripts, look into using git for source control so you can have a history of what you did and can restore it if needed.

Things also aren't so bad that we're not allowed to have a laugh here or there and social media is basically what we have in place of water coolers and telephone poles or a recognizable public square.

I've been relatively dormant on social media for a while. I enjoyed doing slice of life posting for a long time but it feels weirdly dissonant to post an amusing anecdote about a comedy of errors at the grocery store amidst the encroaching fascism.

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

Hello! I would appreciate an invite. I write fantasy and host a Shut Up and Write chapter, and would appreciate an online forum.