Wavy Jones

It's an honor to be selected as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org)! Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa...

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Musk would do this through those f*cking Trump Accounts they opened in every child's name without parental consent. I HATE these SO much. Parents cannot close the accounts. Parents cannot reject donations to the accounts. And we must hold on to donations for at least 5 years. I'm a state lawmaker.

There is no reckoning coming

A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey

Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.

I am absolutely thrilled to present to you: How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking) available for pre-order now, wherever you buy your books! www.simonandschuster.ca/books/How-to...

Ooh ooh! Happy August -- turns out THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is discounted at ebook retailers this month! :D $1.99 CAD at Kobo! The Tyrant's children have gone missing... and Veris Thorn is the only one who's gone into the magical forest and returned. So who better for a coerced rescue mission?

And don’t forget the sequel, MENEWOOD! nicolagriffith.com/books/menewo...

evergreen

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

"nearly always wrong but never in doubt." If you're only going to read one obit of Alan Greenspan, make it this one, by Elizabeth Nelson, who's also written the best song about him. @paranoiacs.bsky.social theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/ive-got-a-...

you should listen to my podcast about reconstruction people.com/barack-obama...

Let's see how it goes

OPINION: "Effective fisheries management requires accurate estimates of fishing activity. Without that information, officials may overestimate fish population size, which could lead to unexpected population collapses and new fishery regulations and closures," Matthew Robertson writes.

Heard through the ceiling of my apartment tonight: (cat wailing) Person: No!! (cat wails some more) Person: You do not want that! Spit it out! (even louder wailing) Person: That is a potato! You are an obligate carnivore!! #ahcats #lifeinapartments

"Mohamed, a rising star with immense talent across the speculative genres, may be an author you are discovering today." Waaaaa thank you @raforall.bsky.social !! For the kind words and for including the (hem hem multiple award-winning) NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US!

Now, I’ve heard there was a secret chord It segments circles like a sword But you don’t care for arc lengths, do ya?

I would like to personally award Afroman the Bluesky Medal of Valor for Exemplary Service in Bringing Back Shame

idk I did see this meme today which made me laugh so hard. lol

Good morning. I wrote up the WNBA’s labor crisis. The players are gonna get screwed. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

Texas A&M has decided that Plato is woke & thus has forbidden a philosophy professor from teaching Plato's works. Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us. dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

Can't sleep, surprised to see that THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST ebook is on sale for two dollars (in Canada at least) though! Even after thirteen books I always get a little jumpscare when I see my name www.amazon.ca/Butcher-Fore...

POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Make excellent enemies and defeat them

Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I am proud to be born a Muslim. I am proud to be born in Somalia. I am proud to have become an American. None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet. Drink some water and touch grass.

they were developed in a fentanyl lab located in Asbestos, Quebec, to be Woke, fireproof and deadly to the touch. their glands secrete generic prescription drugs and they all believe in climate change. these aren’t your granddad’s 30-50 feral hogs. they’re bilingual. they will win

Imagine if your own T-cells could be taught to sweep out the viral ghosts of COVID still haunting your body. That’s TechImmune’s moonshot. And the team behind it? Absolutely stacked. techimmune.com/about-us/

For context that's a third the price the RIAA expected a single human to pay for just downloading 24 songs a decade ago (after cutting the ruling down from $1.5m, or $62,000 per song), and that's not adjusting for inflation:

Osaka researchers report the FDA will review Shionogi’s ensitrelvir, the first oral drug tested to prevent COVID-19 after exposure. If approved in 2026, it could stop infection before symptoms begin. www.shionogi.com/global/en/ne...

NJ students in grades 6-12 will now learn about “the history of organized labor, notable strikes throughout history, unionization drives, and the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace.” This is genuinely so important, and so good to see. Jersey strong, baby!!

Anyway HELLO AND THANK YOU I cannot help but notice that THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is still reaching people more than a year after it was published! :D (I assume the... things... that live in the woods are involved. But thank you anyway!) If you haven't yet, pick up your copy today!

I don’t know, man. It’s hard to convince me that the democratic leaders included in this piece aren’t working for republicans. It’s either that or I need to give nihilism another look…

The Great Potato Chip Payoff is the best story ever, a perfect combination of important and stupid, with a beautiful visual, I’m so happy for The City!

it is incredible to see the extent to which the Sensible Centrists are simply incapable of grasping the very simple and obvious fact that the president's concern with crime is a pretext, and that to deny claims of a sudden epidemic in crime is not to say that crime is nonexistent.