Bennett McKenna

There is no way in hell a business executive for Yahoo and Google was unable to think of three bullet points. There is, however, a way her PR team was able to guarantee her new company's name would be spread across social media.

Currently being a very loud cyborg in a very quiet office. Lots of things beeping and making mechanical noises and I'm unsure whether to apologise or to just pretend it's not happening.

Next week is the last week for a long time that we will leave the office in daylight. The big dark is coming. Be prepared.

Are you looking to be existentially terrified by a beautiful object this weekend? If so, I recommend @nghivo.bsky.social's The Scarlet Ball, which will show you a good time for a given value of good.

The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence

This is going to be great... And I have three months to think of how to word the questions I have been mumbling to myself.

There's a group of Americans on my train playing true crime 20 questions. Bizarre to hear a cannibalism case described with yes or no answers.

Paramilitary groups are murdering and killing people on the streets. Sorry, individual states, but it's not ignorance of your beautiful foliage that's stopping people from visiting. Your tourist ads have limited power.

I was gobsmacked that this one didn't turn out huge. I thought it was going to put her on everyone's radar. I still think it should have done.

I have an ex who was a professional, orchestral level woodwind player. Her speciality instrument was the recorder. She got a recorder scholarship that paid for her entire university education. She had recorders that needed insurance. Recorders: they're a real instrument!

I don't think anyone will be surprised to learn Harry Potter fans have priorities that are in complete opposition to real people and culture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Remembered as a solitary genius by straight people whose entire experience of him is that awful biopic, maybe. Queer mathematicians I know think of him as a sociable role model who was charming at parties.

If you're part of the BioWare or Sims community and want to talk about how those studios' queer characters and themes have impacted you and your fears for those series moving forward after this sale, I'd love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. Can be reached here or email kshepard@kotaku.com

A lot of people are just posting his article where he said he wanted to shag kids, which isn't fair. We should also remember him as a virulent racist who had several IPSO complaints upheld against him and who cheated on his wife, impregnating a 22-year-old he then assaulted.

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If you're based in the UK, be aware that the eligibility for a Disabled Persons Railcard is expanding in September, and you might now be able to get one even if you couldn't before. www.disabledpersons-railcard.co.uk/eligibility-...

Happy 66th birthday to John Leguizamo, who has always understood the assignment.

Were people who play videos on public transport never taught manners? Is politeness a code of conduct which, like chivalry, is now seen as old-fashioned and irrelevant? And if so, what comes next?

Was not at all surprised to learn this morning that the humans in Thomas the Tank Engine speak Sudric, a Goidelic language family conlang. Of course a guy who builds a world of trains included a conlang.

Just made my own pesto! I bet most people don’t know that with just a little effort, a bunch of ingredients that cost more bought separately than together, and SO MUCH CLEANUP, you can make something only slightly worse than you would buy in a jar at the supermarket. And it’ll go off quicker, too 💖

The BBC asked the White House if they considered American women in the military "low-T". The White House refused to acknowledge women in the military existed.

A weird part of reaching your 30s is that sometimes, your friends' parents will start dying of old age.

I go to at least half a dozen hospital appointments every year, and have done so for my entire life. Every time they ask me to hop on the scales, I answer with a cheery, "No thanks!". No argument. No justification. That's skinny privilege.

While JK Rowling and Amnesty are being mentioned in the same breath it's worth remembering why she lost her job there.

Don't have to worry about coordinating your mask with your outfit if the whole con, including parties, is online! I've already got my ticket and will be in my PJs for at least half of it.

This is something I've chatted about with friends before: even in SFF, there's an acceptable way of structuring stories, and anything outside of that is lucky to get a look-in.

It's so hot right now that on my morning commute the lads who'd usually be in shorts and football shirts had already changed into their Friday robes.

Also don’t invest in Space X… Per ig: @/your.richbff

Humans tend to assume that their fellow humans have broadly similar basic skill sets to themselves. It's why so many people who know how to evaluate writing have been shocked by the slopocalypse.

The USA is the only eligible country to never have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The current administration's move to bring back child labour is part of a longer cultural history of refusing to recognise children as a protected class.

The problem with researching new cities as travel destinations is how many comments and reviews are written by suburban Americans whose issues aren't with a particular city but with cities as a whole. (They never realise this.)

Just went to a talk in which the speaker said "a square meal" came from plates being square, "cut from the same cloth" from medieval use of tablecloths, and "pumpernickel" from pain pour Nicole.

An elderly lady in this café is talking about how, with her husband's death, she feels she's finally old enough for casual sex. And has been having it frequently in various combinations.

The real problem is trying to get scientists to shut the fuck up, as anyone who's worked in security will tell you.

Kids these days don't discover Harry Potter. Whenever I talk to one who's into it, it's never because they picked it up at a library, or were recommended it by a friend; it's exclusively because a fan parent read it to them. Harry Potter fandom is no longer organic.

Natural History Museum membership is £68. V&A membership is £82. Science Museum membership is £1000, for which I can only assume you get a go with the lightning rod and your choice of dead body.

I am not saying you need to embrace him as an amazing ally, but people need to be able to change their minds for the better. Obviously time will tell if he does make up for his previous association and position, but it is genuinely good that a high profile person in her orbit changed.

Seven months until this one, which looks like exactly the sort of thing to put on a Halloween reading list. I'm looking forward to it; Nghi Vo knows how to treat a reader well.