Kevin Phyland

Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.

If wading into the cesspool that is Epstein’s mail is your thing, two creative people have curated them as a pseudo gmail archive.

jmail.world/

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

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Susan Schwartz @gaashley.bsky.social Sean McMullen Mark D. Jacobsen Sean Monaghan Tegan Moore Eric Del Carlo Allen M. Steele Ray Nayler @gregegansf.bsky.social Isaac Asimov Harry Harrison David Magil David R. Bunch Bud Sparhawk Colin Kapp Eric Vinicoff Robert Bloch

What I’ve read in the last week:

ASIMOV’S Nov/Dec 2025
WORLDS OF IF Mar/Apr 1972
ANALOG Aug 1976
ETERNAL LIGHT - Paul J. McAuley (1991)
FIVE AGAINST ARLANE - Tom Purdom (1967)

@analogsf.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social Marcia Martin Robert Silverberg @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social

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@clbennettauthor.bsky.social A. C. Koch Joyce & Stanley Schmidt Lilian Garratt-Smithson @marissalingen.bsky.social @lancerobinsonwriter.com C. L. Schact David Ebenbach James L. Cambias Robert Chilson @rreedsf.bsky.social Steven Saylor @kjkabza.bsky.social Michael Alexander

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Nov/Dec 2025
WORLDS OF IF Jan 1972
F&SF Jul/Aug 2011
EUROPE AT MIDNIGHT - Dave Hutchinson (2015)
THE CLAW OF THE CONCILIATOR - Gene Wolfe (1981)

@analogsf.bsky.social Colin Kapp Harry Harrison Joe L. Hensley Doris Piserchia @hutchinsondave.bsky.social

vintageapple.org

Treasure Jim!

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Joe Haldeman Richard & Nancy Carrigan Mal Warwick Stanley Schmidt Isaac Asimov W. Macfarlane Milton A. Rothman G. David Nordley Geoffrey A. Landis @michaelswanwick.bsky.social @ianmcdonald.bsky.social @alyxdellamonica.bsky.social John Kessel Gregory Benford

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Jul 1976
GALAXY Mar 1972
ASIMOV’S Oct/Nov 2002
NOVA SWING - M. John Harrison (2006)
SHADRACH IN THE FURNACE - Robert Silverberg (1976)

@analogsf.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social James White Robert F. Young

Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.

This! So much this!

www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...

Large-area triple-junction perovskite solar cell achieves record efficiency – Physics World Novel design strategies provide a step towards more efficient and stable perovskite–perovskite–silicon solar cells

The 50% efficiency barrier is in sight for solar cells!

physicsworld.com/a/large-area...

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Stanley Schmidt Christopher Anvil Hayford Peirce Richard & Nancy Carrigan Scott Schumack James White Michael G. Coney T. J. Bass James Gunn @chetwilliamson.bsky.social Albert E. Cowdrey Steven Popkes Don Webb Alexandra Duncan Scott Bradfield @rreedsf.bsky.social

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Jun 1976
GALAXY Jan 1972
F&SF May/Jun 2011
THE HOUSE OF WOLF - M. K. Wren (1981)
FINITY - John Barnes (1999)

@analogsf.bsky.social @fandsf Kate Wilhelm

I wonder how they’d respond if all the citizens started wearing masks? It would certainly slow them down. ICE would have to take Halloween off…

3. Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
2. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5… - Midnight Oil
1. Avalon - Roxy Music

Tough year. A LOT of good music!
HMs to Tom Petty, INXS, John Cougar Mellencamp

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Richard & Nancy Carrigan George O. Smith Gordon Eklund John M. Ford Stephen Robinett Bob Shaw Terry Pratchett John Sladek @werefire.bsky.social Eric Brown Johnny Black Charles Stross Eleanor Arnason Brian Stableford Kage Baker James van Pelt

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG May 1976
INTERZONE #26 Nov/Dec 1988
ASIMOV’S Sep 2002
FARSIDE CANNON - Roger MacBride Allen (1988)
PATTERNS OF CHAOS - Colin Kapp (1972)

@analogsf.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social

3. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
2. Southern Accents - Tom Petty
1. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Archaeologists have found records of Ancient Egyptian excuses for missing work. They include ‘the scorpion bit him’, ‘brewing beer’, ‘drinking with Khonsu’ and ‘embalming his brother’.

Ok. Found the Doppler. It’s on the old site.

The new Bureau of Meteorology website sucks big time. Let’s just take the radar: No radial distance overlay, no Doppler option, no state wide option. I could make a list of other things but the lack of a lightning tracker on radar is huge.

New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert. Open Culture’s Colin Marshall writes: Brian Eno once said of the Velvet Un

Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]

Real Photos That Look Fake I’ve seen a bunch of these before, but it’s cool to scroll and get your tiny mind blown over and over again. Hum

kottke.org/25/10/real-p...

The Space Exploration Logo Archive Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fi

The Space Exploration Logo Archive kottke.org/25/10/the-sp...

The physics behind why cutting onions makes us cry – Physics World It’s mostly to do with knife sharpness and cutting technique

physicsworld.com/a/the-physic...

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Hayford Peirce Bob Buckley Mary H. Schaub Frank Herbert Richard C. Meredith J. T. McIntosh Ed Bianchi C. C. MacApp B. Alan Burhoe Joe Haldeman Charles de Lint Kit Reed @wattevans.bsky.social Carrie Richerson Jack Williamson Algis Budrys

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Apr 1976
GALAXY Dec 1971
F&SF Oct/Nov 1992
SPOOK COUNTRY - William Gibson (2007)
THE GODS THEMSELVES - Isaac Asimov (1972)

@analogsf.bsky.social @fandsf @greatdismal.bsky.social

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Keith Laumer Frank Herbert Herbie Brennan Stephen Robinett Harry Harrison Robert Silverberg Barry Weissman William Rotsler Irwin Ross William Sanders William Barton Norman Spinrad Brenda Cooper Larry Niven @abraham.bsky.social James White

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Mar 1976
WORLDS OF IF Oct 1971
ASIMOV’S Aug 2002
RUSSIAN SPRING - Norman Spinrad (1991)
LIFEBOAT - James White (1972)

@analogsf.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social