Julie Patrick

My son, who works in AI programming, explained that dealing with AI is like making A wish to a genie - unless it is worded perfectly, likely to be a disappointment or even worse, a disaster.

Worth it, though.

I love the Jane Austin one!

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Do they realize they are now property of the United States military?

Yes. I agree.

Is he selling digital copies?

How will they cope with the summer heat? Will the delivery vehicles be air conditioned? Human delivery agents don’t have that luxury…

Twelve books by Gareth L Powell, including Who Will You Save?; Doctor Who: The Well; Future's Edge; Descendant Machine; Stars and Bones; Light of Impossible Stars; Fleet of Knives; Embers of War; Ragged Alice; The Recollection; Light Chaser; and About Writing.

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Found this in my front flower bed - Oklahoma. It’s a “stinkhorn”, I think.

Probably a tarantula hawk. They kill tarantulas and lay their eggs inside them. They are also huge!

I have failed so many of them, it’s embarrassing.

She’s correct.

I wonder what the trial judge is going to do with this case.

He is going to lose the custody of his children with this tweet.

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The gorgeous, funny, smart, kind and indefatigable Magda Szubanksi just posted below on Twitter about her Bluesky name & handle.
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I think most artists feel like they're screaming into the void at the moment.

If you see a piece of #art posted here today, into which someone no doubt poured a full measure of love and toil, please do them the kindness of reposting it. Art that's never seen is like a caged bird.

Thank you.

It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton Episode 3 – The God of Minor Troubles by Megan Chee It’s Wednesday, which means I get out of my comfort zone and promote the hell out of my podcast! This week’s story is The God of Minor Troubles, by Megan Chee, originally published in S…

It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton Episode 3 - The God of Minor Troubles by Megan Chee wilwheaton.net/2025/04/its-...

Yeah, but 100 million is only like 40 billable hours.

I was a foster parent and I’m also an adoptive parent.

RT = endorsement

Morgan Freeman introduced them. Amazing!

I think Musk is underestimating just how much misery government workers are capable of tolerating.

I am just going to buy a horse instead. Is it legal to ride one to Target?

Crypto crashes two or three times a year.

YouTube video by The Bulwark BREAKING! Trump & Vance Pick NAUSEATING Fight with Zelenskyy! SHAMEFUL Moment in History!

A day like that will live in infamy.

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The shelves were full at the Walmart I went to earlier today because (I assume) they are so expensive no one will buy them- $9-$10 a dozen.

A person dies of measles in West Texas outbreak At least 124 cases have been reported in Texas, with at least 18 hospitalizations. Most are children.

First measles death in a decade. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Thanks. Great landing, by the way.