In November of 2016, nearly 60 years after the paper was published internally, I had discovered the joke.

A few years later, I filed to have the paper declassified, and the NSA eventually agreed, and even put it up on their webpage:

media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/14/...

To me, the rise of chatbot-based psychosis is a great way to show that language and (especially) writing are artificial constructs we engage in: we have an evolutionary response of the uncanny valley to things that look quasi-human, but not for things that facelessly produce quasi-human language.

I cannot stress enough: if you want to educate yourself on the healing properties of herbs & DIY healthcare DO NOT do a casual search online anymore

Anything GenAI has touched will be wrong & can endanger you and your loved ones

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Reading the Hermetica So, even though there’s been a slight uptick in activity here on my blog over the past few weeks and months compared to what went before (not that I ever truly went quiet or shut up, but long…

*triumphantly slams return key*

And with that, the last few posts for my "Reading the Hermetica" blogpost series (going on since April last year into late next month) are done.

For those who haven't kept up or checked out the backlog, start here:
digitalambler.com/2024/04/15/r...

Be mean to antivaxxers! They do not deserve respect.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, et al., * Plaintiffs, * Civil Action No. 8:25-cv-00951-PX v. * KRISTI NOEM, Secretary, * United States Department * of Homeland Security, et al., * Defendants. * *** ORDER Pursuant to this Court’s Letter Order Regarding the Filing of Discovery Motions (ECF No. 80), Plaintiffs have notified the Court of seemingly intractable discovery disputes that require immediate attention to remain on the expedited discovery schedule. ECF Nos. 79 & 98. To facilitate the just and expeditious production of discovery, the Court rules on Defendants’ stated objections included within their answers to Interrogatories and responses to Requests for Production of Documents (“RPDs”). 1

I know others have gone into detail throughout the day, but I just want to make sure I highlight how important Judge Paula Xinis's order from today in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case is.

It is about discovery — the evidence the gov't is to turn over — but her points are sharp and the context is key.

Muting this because the AI dorks and the "that's just progress, you can't fight it" morons have found it. All of you can suck it.

By queer women:
- Dragons and Blades series - Aliette de Bodard
- Winter's Orbit / Ocean's Echo - Everina Maxwell
- The Last Binding trilogy - Freya Marske
- A Taste of Gold and Iron - Alexandra Rowland
- The Fifteenth Saint - Ursula Whitcher (in North Continent Ribbon)

Queer dudes:
- Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo
- A Good Year - Polis Loizou
- Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy - Sam J Miller
- Avengers Academy - Anthony Oliveira (ongoing on Marvel Unlimited)
- A Con Affair - Joe Glass
- Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle
- I Want that Twink Obliterated! - ed.: Trip Galey et al

In the interest of loving and supporting backlist titles too, how about telling me some queer dude SFFH faves from the last five years?

All the better when written by queer dudes!

All Hail the Narrator. A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows. The Rebel Foxes by Noah Hawthorne. The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer. The Last Sun by KD Edwards.

All Hail the Narrator. Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White. Stars in your Eyes by Kacen Callender. Self Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas.

All Hail the Narrator. The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara. Silver in the Wood, Drowned Country by Emily Tesh. Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo. Spellbound by Allie Therin.

All Hail the Narrator. Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace. A Rival Most Vial by R.K. Ashwick. Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles. The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro.

All hail audiobooks, and the narrators who bring them to life. I discovered my love of audiobooks a few years ago, and without them I'd be truly lost.

Hoopla and Libby are my best friends, which is where I listened to most of these. A few are on the TBR, or I've listened elsewhere. (1/3)

Cover photo of Lee Mandelo's Summer Sons. Against a dark green and black background, a skeletal hand covered in vines reaches down for a human hand also covered in vines. The title is in white in front of the described photo.

Review: Summer Sons by Leo Mandelo 🏳️‍🌈
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Reading Method: 📘/🎧
This had so much of what I love. Southern gothic horror, murder (?), dark academia intrigue, ghosts, and toxic gay vibes. Highly recommend if you love any of these things (or street racing). #booksky 📚💙

If you're a horror kid and think that genre cinema isn't deeply tied to LBGT and black creators, think again!

@shudder.com has some incredible documentaries about the history of both black and queer horror cinema that I can't recommend enough.

Literally the best thing I did for Queer Horror: A Film Guide, after bringing on amazing writers and co-editor, was hire @brendohales.bsky.social to design our cover. I love our publisher, but their in-house covers can be a bit... drab.

(Get the book here:
mcfarlandbooks.com/product/quee...

Very cool book: queer authors describing how *they* interpreted their favorite horror movies, how very differently they perceived those movies from their cishet peers

A modified message from TikTok that (now) reads, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now. A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now. Because Meta bought Congress.

Fixed it.

Employee: [via text] “A disaster twink is twirling around the store in a harness.”

Me: “I’ll give you a raise if you trip him.”

Employee: “On it.”

I should probably write back to let him know I was joking, but… eh. My Advil PM is kicking in. Plus disaster twinks are pretty resilient.

Trump grants sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who violently attacked police President Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.

Congrats to the AP for getting this headline right.

Please notice who runs the wire story and doesn't.

Can someone remind me what it’s called when the government seizes private businesses?

Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack The sweeping pardons would mark the beginning of the end of one of the largest investigations in FBI history.

Don't EVER tell me you "back the blue" again, you seditious felon. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things:
1) "nah, I'm not doing that"
2) "nah, you're not doing that"

a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one

Shortly after Trump was sworn in as president, the official portrait of Retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was removed from the Pentagon hallway where portraits of previous chairmen are displayed.

Donald Trump is a tiny and petty man

Democratic and anti-Trump PACs would be smart to have TV and social ads starting TOMORROW with videos of individuals attacking cops and “FREED BY TRUMP.”

And every one that commits a crime, from domestic violence to DUI, should be its own ad from now to 2028.

This is important.

More powerless flexing — it’s 98 pound weakling vibe

While I'm librarying this: if y'all aren't aware, @queerliblib.bsky.social makes a great collection of queer resources, info, and literature available FOR FREE in the U.S. Check them out.

My fellow queer indie authors, you can also donate the cost of your book for them to add it to the collection.

Do you know about Lama Rod Owens?

“There’s no liberation without actually leaning forward and looking at the things that we habitually run away from, in order to see things as they really are, not as we have imagined them.”