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Well at least the Board of Peace ain't no protection racket.

Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYn4...

The kids don't know about the Amanda Bynes poster hastily airbrushed to avoid implying she endorsed peace

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Read any good books last year hint hint?

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize-nomina...

a reminder that Graham Platner is the grandson of the designer of the "Windows on the World" restaurant at the WTC, has considerable family money, and his main business is selling oysters to his mom's two restaurants. These people are fucking marks.

Media Do announced today they acquired US Manga Publisher Seven Seas for 12.4 Billion Yen ($80 Million USD)

• As of reporting, Seven Seas has not issued a statement in regards to the acquisition

Source: www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

could a dying empire do THIS

So this is your reminder that for all the talk of supporting indie bookstores, if you want more diversity, or if you want books outside the purely commercial, please make sure your store supports all kinds of authors, not just huge names by huge publishers.

Incredible. Kalshi is not paying out "Khamenei out of power by [date]" contracts because he died.

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to bomb this elementary school full of kids because he thinks it makes him look cool. also his scheming viziers will be betting money on it for fun. good luck soldier

I spent most of the day yesterday at #lich2026 selling books in the vendors room. I met a lot of interesting people, which made it fun, and also got to spend some quality time with friends I don't see often, like @joecorallo.bsky.social, @rbwood.bsky.social, and @nmamatas.bsky.social.

User Chris: What was the core difference why you think the DoW accepted OpenAI but not Anthropic Sam Altman: I can't speak for them, but to speculate with the best understanding of the situation. *First, I saw reporting that they were extremely close on a deal, and for much of the time both sides really wanted to reach one. I have seen what happens in tense negotiations when things get stressed and deteriorate super fast, and I could believe that was a large part of what happened here. *We believe in a layered approach to safety--building a safety stack, deploying FDEs and having our safety and alignment researcher involved, deploying via cloud, working directly with the DoW. Anthropic seemed more focused on specific prohibitions in the contract, rather than citing applicable laws, which we felt comfortable with. We feel that it it's very important to build safe system, and although documents are also important, I'd clearly rather rely on technical safeguards if I only had to pick one. *We and the DoW got comfortable with the contractual language, but I can understand other people would have a different opinion here. *I think Anthropic may have wanted more operational control than we did

I saw some folks asking what the difference was between what OpenAI signed with the DoD and what Anthropic said they wanted, and Sam more or less admits here the key point: OpenAI's deal requires them to trust the NSA. Anthropic's contract had real safeguards.

Are you a fanhausen?

Footage shows three US Patriot air defense missiles fail to intercept an Iranian ballistic missile before it strikes Al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar.

Great opener with the right winner. Jade vs Rhea has low key Andre vs Hogan vibes.

Tiffany Stratton was outstanding, it must be said. Spent 90% of the match bumping and making others look good. Took a hell of a beating.

#WWEChamber

Tiffany Stratton: It Would Be Nice To Get Caught When I Do Dives Tiffany Stratton is asked why fellow talents don't catch her when she performs dives. Her full answer is inside the article.

Tiffany Stratton: It Would Be Nice To Get Caught When I Do Dives

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So sorry, stay strong!

How many bombs to kill an 86-year-old who was likely to keel over at any moment?

CEO Richard Wood (white shirt) in front of his table, with a big fox poster and copies of 120 Murders and my other things in the foreground. Other books too! Bring a big bag.

Here's the @ruadanbooks.bsky.social table at @lihorrorcon.bsky.social! Come see us for great books including 120 Murders!

I also have BillionsvsBillionaires zines and a couple copies of Perfect Crime Party and Wonder & Glory Forever!

U.S. launches 'major combat operations' in Iran, Trump says On Saturday Donald Trump announced the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran with strikes designed to prevent nuclear weapons and help Iranians.

“This is the eighth military intervention of Trump’s second term in office”

BREAKING: Israel has preemptively bombed Iran in a joint attack with USA.

This is illegal. Trump has 0 authority to wage war. It violates US Constitution & UN Charter. Iran says it will retaliate.

Impeach & prosecute Trump & end this criminal’s reign of terror. Further delay invites nuclear war.

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

I wrote last June about the difference between preventive and preemptive strikes

Israel attacks Iran as blasts heard in Tehran – live updates Israel’s military sounded air raid sirens across the country ‘to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward Israel’ in retaliation

Guardian's live coverage, they're being wise/careful about sources and attribution: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

My favorite take on him is the NPR review of Flashback.

"I suppose it's possible for an author to combine an entertaining story with explicit political evangelism and come up with a book that works on its own merits. But Dan Simmons is not that author, and Flashback is definitely not that book."

Daniel Simmons Obituary - Longmont, CO Celebrate the life of Daniel Simmons, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Ahlberg Funeral Chapel.

"In 1987, Dan took a daring leap and left teaching to follow his dream to work full-time as an author. His debut novel, Song of Kali (1985), was inspired by three days that he spent in Kolkata, India"

I guess he didn't like it.

Dan Simmons wrote some excellent books and his writing also inspired a wonderful bon mot from Hal Duncan: "Ah, Song of Kali. The book that did for India what the Gor books did for women."

This, uh, would ban the nonbinary middle grade manuscript I'm shopping for all schools nationwide, as if Florida's laws weren't bad enough.