Matt Betts

Super cool!

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

The big problem with being an adult is that there’s no nurse’s office to go to when you just need a little break from it all

Screenshotting for posterity before I block them

Anyone have a favorite science fiction/speculative poetry editor or coach they’ve worked with for collections?

Thanks!

Awww! Lucky!

I did something like this in a book, only in reverse! These nations built war mechs, but they were so impractical for combat, the mechs were refitted as rescue and construction tools!

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I create a binder as part of my prep. I start with a page for each character which includes a picture, everything I know about that character. Then, as I write, I update each page with major things that happen to them. Same for locations, etc for exactly the reasons you pointed out!

YouTube video by CBS Mornings Pee-wee's famous bike sold for thousands. Here's where it might end up next

Guys, Pee-Wee Herman's bike was bought by The Alamo. It'll be on permanent display.
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Scully!!!

Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani

I love that former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is public-editing from the outside.

"With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani.

"And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."

I was thinking about that the other day. We were discussing sequels that just ruined what should have been a slam dunk. That particular movie stuck in my mind.

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Plotting a novel, editing poetry. Ignoring a super long poetry rejection and moving on!

Same.

Nice! Great setup!

Soul Coughing - Irresistable Bliss Album - YouTube

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Meet me at the all new Dublin Barnes & Noble for their grand opening celebration!!

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George Harrison at Apple Studios, 26th January 1969. It is quite frankly, all about the boots.

Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of ‘storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there | CNN Politics The battle over immigration came to a dramatic head Friday afternoon when Democratic lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers as they tried to visit a Newark, New Jersey Immigrat...

"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.'

The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."

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AOC: We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces — and, in many cases, their identification… The idea that we’re going to allow a paramilitary force to bloom, one that isn’t accountable to the Constitution… we’ve got another thing coming.

Radar screens at Newark airport went black again overnight Radar screens at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport went black again early Friday morning.

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Basic fitness for writers No, seriously!

Wrote a thing because I want to yell at writers and anyone who works sitting down to take care of themselves. Thanks for reading!
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I have just called NJ senators @andykimnj.bsky.social and @booker.senate.gov to express my outrage at the firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and to request their help in restoring her position. Please contact your legislators, too!

I knew it! The White House is considering SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS. And here I thought I was being paranoid.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.

Cool! Awesome artwork!

Resistance is NOT futile