Will "scifantasy" Frank

Same.

It started as electric cars and mansplaining, so this is either a step up or down.

If you like pizza coladas...

I mean, yes, but this is also "the most the trademark office can do is deny you a trademark."

Eater layoffs statement Today, 15 members of the Vox Media Union working at Eater were notified without warning that their jobs were being eliminated as part of a major restructuring of the 20-year-old brand. This was especially shocking considering that Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff told Puck’s Dylan Byers just last week that he did not anticipate any impending layoffs at the company. But, of course, we’ve learned that we cannot trust Jim Bankoff’s word when it comes to layoffs. This is the second major round of layoffs at Eater this year, following a round earlier this year that decimated Eater’s award-winning cities network. To be abundantly clear: these layoffs are a gut-job, one that eliminates roughly a third of Eater’s union jobs. It is also a cowardly capitulation to the fallacious insistence that generative AI is the future of search and publishing. We are devastated that our colleagues have lost their jobs, and we are deeply worried about the future sustainability of Eater without them. Eater is currently in the midst of celebrating its 20th anniversary, and right now, there is not much to celebrate. We will have more information forthcoming about ways to support our laid-off colleagues in the coming days. Solidarity forever, The Vox Media Union Committees

Vox Media Union statement on today's devastating round of layoffs at Eater. We stand with all of our wonderful colleagues. #solidarityforever #unionstrong #1u

The old world is dying, and the new world is so fucking stupid dude

Do we know that he did those things? He got told that he should know when to do so, but...

I know you like to start shit, Gail, but on this one, I think you're...

Gambling.

And in trademark, the ability to do anything is limited too.

It was becoming a lawyer that made me realize that everything that computers and encryption and authentication is designed to protect is all ridiculous because once you peel it back it's all humans.

Privacy, for example. Entirely a social construct.

Which is why we're fucked.

Um. My dude?

It's more than two.

Yeah, but you can rest assured that this won't end well for them.

I think it was @garius.bsky.social who said that the genius of "Ferris" is that who the bad guy and the good guy is changes depending on your age when you watch...

Her and Jay and Silent Bob...

So are most people who annoy you on social media. I'm pretty sure I never got into personal attack or reply-guy behavior, though. So, um, bare level of decency at least theoretically achieved?

(Yeah, but I know exactly what did it, and these days Rah and I are are kind of on the same side.)

That is a high bar! (I'd know, I failed it years ago. :) )

Two minutes between "I genuinely want to know" and "tell me that it's what I think it was that minimizes the entire circumstance."

relevant to several people on my feed - the Seattle Art Museum is half a dozen blocks from the Worldcon site and open late Thursday and Friday

Public defenders are the absolute champions of the legal profession.

In Medieval Europe, Jews were often considered special property of the king, nominally under royal protection. This “protection” almost never extended to actually saving Jews from pogroms, but it certainly contributed to antisemitism by creating a (false) perception that Jews got special treatment.

I just didn't think it would be this pathetically dumb.

every single time

The irony of using a Substack while claiming to be anti-Nazi is a nice touch.

Le Sin.

Hivemind! Children's book research question: Dr. Beer and I are looking for picture books for children under five that grabbed your kids and made them happy.

Published in the last decade and great art are bonuses.

Recommendations?

Time to Yet Again share my favorite "essay" of all time on classic SFF.

Sounds XCOMish?

two iPhone leaning against an easel - both have small oil paintings on their surfaces. the left shows a strawberry moon and the right shows earth facing north and South America.

obsessed with these