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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:

"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"

"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"

"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"

"About as intelligent as a border collie."

"So, intelligent. Why?"

"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."

I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya

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As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.

I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

Anyway, healthcare is a human right and no one should be making profit on it. Full stop.

It was a really good night!

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Thursday, 6pm, Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City

Friday, 7pm, Brookline Booksmith in Brookline MA

Saturday, Loyalty Books, DC, they haven’t told me the time yet

Sunday, 2 pm, me and the man with an apple heart,
@chuckwendig.bsky.social at Doylestown Bookshop, Doylestown PA

I lost it at “FUCKING KYLE!”
#caturday

I have no need for genAI. It would improve nothing in my life. It wouldn't save me time. I could not trust any text it assembled. It cannot research. It cannot write like I do. It cannot create like I do.

It cannot justify its existence or its expense.

It is not inevitable. It is not unavoidable.

AI = Absolutely Incorrect

JA Westenberg @Daojoan@mastodon.social My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.” Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner Kiddo: that’s AI Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

They've lost the 9yos

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

NORTHEAST PUBLIC HEALTH COLLABORATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2025-2026 COVID-19 VACCINE ver: 9/15/2025 Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for all children 6-23 months All children ages 6-23 months should be vaccinated. Recommendations for vaccination against COVID-19 for children 2-18 years Children and adolescents ages 2-18 years who fall within one of the following subgroups should be vaccinated: o At high risk for severe COVID-19 (Table 1) o Living in a long-term care facility or other congregate setting o Have never been vaccinated against COVID-19 o Whose household members are at high risk for severe COVID-19 Healthy children and adolescents 2 - 18 years, who do not fall into the categories above, may be vaccinated. Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for all adults 19-64 years All adults 19-64 years are recommended to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This includes the following groups of adults 19-64 years who should be vaccinated: • Persons with risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease (e.g., chronic conditions, immunocompromised status) • Persons at higher risk of exposure (e.g., healthcare workers, congregate care settings) • Persons who are who are household contacts of persons at high risk of severe disease Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for all adults 65 years or older All adults 65 years and older should be vaccinated. Vaccination against COVID-19 is recommended for all pregnant persons People who are pregnant, contemplating pregnancy or have recently been pregnant and those who are lactating should be vaccinated. o Vaccination may occur in any trimester. o For lactating individuals, there is no need to stop or delay breastfeeding. o There is no need to delay pregnancy following a COVID-19 vaccine. Immunocompromised individuals should have a conversation with their primary care provider about additional doses needed.

One of the first actions the Northeast Public Health Collaborative has taken is to issue their own COVID vaccination recommendations, based on professional medical societies.

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I don't know if this is what "end-stage capitalism" is supposed to mean, but it's what I think of when I hear the phrase "end-stage capitalism."

Claiming that routine immunization requirements for school are an issue of parental rights dehumanizes children. Kids have intrinsic rights just as anyone, and parents are obligated to provide the best care possible for them. That includes providing them with indicated medical interventions.

Awww those little feets

Once again a job I have been putting off for 18 months turns out to take approximately 20 minutes.

An old attempt to record how I hear it

Tweet by @jon_snow_420 god: i have made Mankind angels: you fucked up a perfectly good monkey is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

This is Ziggy. He couldn't contain his excitement for pool day. There's nowhere he'd rather be than here with his fish. 13/10 (IG: k9aquaticcenter)

A cover illustrated by James Fenner. A woman with long red hair and padded clothing sits on the ground, petting the head of a smiling serpentine dragon. But the dragon has more than one head! On the left, a second giant dragon head emerges, frowning, looking at her while wearing a monocle. On the right, a third giant dragon head emerges, jaws wide, screaming in anger. The text is teal, contrasting sharply against the red and maroon of the creatures. The text on the cover reads "THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS. JOHN WISWELL, author of the Nebula and Locus Award-winning SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN."

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!

Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.

Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

....I forgot this one when I placed an order last night. Guess it's time to start another Order This list (not to be confused with the I Already Ordered This Do Not Buy Again list)

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Canoeing in Banff National Park: #AGoodPlace

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If you missed the live recording of the Murderbot interview episode at WorldCon, you can watch it here:

Health officials from Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania met this week to consider coordinating their own vaccine recommendations, separate from the federal government.

Good.