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This cheery little fellow was part of yesterday's lunch. (It's a green onion roll from Seattle's Dim Sum King.)

ok but this is actually an appropriate way to honor Bacchus and i think the ancients would have agreed

I thought she had brand loyalty to eggo waffles. Do they make waffles in the show? I haven't seen it in a while

It's "too loyal to fail."

Hear me out. All police misconduct cases paid out of police pension funds. Because as a citizen I'm really sick of public funds being used to pay these AND having to worry about a cop doing something shitty to me because they have no accountability.

Holy shit.

Carl Sandburg said the fog comes in on little cat feet, but this morning's fog in Puget Sound came in on big stompy boots.

The Constitution requires a Supreme Court but does not specify how many justices it should have Congress decides that

Breaking: The Atlanta Hawks offer to send Jack Smith a DVD of their thrilling February 3, 2024 overtime win over the Warriors because apparently he missed it.

A reminder that if you see someone stealing baby supplies in a grocery store YOU DIDN’T SEE A DAMN THING.

to be that gullible about something so obvious is DEEPLY embarrassing, especially for folks whove positioned themselves as 'deeper thinkers than most, who see all sides.' tromp has proven they were just wandering through life as endless marks with their own homemade t-shirts that say 'big smart boy'

I often listen back to our podcasts and agree with myself. (though not always, which is odd) Referencing the "competency porn" label that things like Project Hail Mary get and saying The Legends of Ethshar by @wattevans.bsky.social is "thought process porn" is one of those times I agree with me.

What is best in life, Conan? CONAN: To vote out the fuckers, to prosecute and imprison them and their accomplices, and to hear their whimpers of despair from the dark depths of a supermax.

Happy belated 102nd birthday to the first Black pitcher in Cardinals history, Bill Greason! From being one of the first Black Marines and fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima, to the last surviving Negro Leagues player, to a pastor for 50 years, Bill is a LEGEND and an inspiration. Happy birthday!

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Rough Draft vs Final Draft

You absolutely do not have to meet Republicans or MAGA down middle on any issue, fuck them. Push for what you as an opposition need and don’t give them an inch. Stall the government indefinitely if you have too. Better to freeze the process than allow injustice and fascism room to grow.

It's the end of an era. I just received the final payment for my share of Beyond Comics. I am no longer part-owner of a comic book shop.

Got a fan letter about my short story "Jim Tuckerman's Angel." Flattering and thoughtful -- but he got the title wrong. Interesting. (And no, it's not AI. I've heard from this guy before, and he's definitely real. I'm guessing he knows someone with the name he substituted for "Tuckerman.")

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Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

I was four, by the way.

friends, please: don’t use transreads dot org they claim to support trans authors, but take our entire texts, post them for free, fundraise off it, and have the gall to claim it’s about preservation they are literally taking money from trans creators and make it harder for us to keep creating

I struggle to resist one-upping these posts. Gonna yield to temptation on this one: "Verify your age" My favorite TV show when I was a kid was The Lone Ranger, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels.

Long ago, F&SF held a competition for science-fictional Burma Shave verses. Here's one of my entries: A spacewarp drive Is something rare By the time you leave, You've gotten there!

You're going to get left behind if you don't use Al." Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long- form, and books without needing Al summaries.

There's even a term for works where the current copyright ownership is unclear: Orphan Works. Be aware that just because a work is orphaned does not mean it is in the public domain. Typically, one would have to wait for the full run of copyright for that to happen. www.copyright.gov/orphan/

There was an earthquake last night about sixty-five miles away on Whidbey Island. A 3.8. We didn't notice. Didn't feel it at all.

Democratic politicians alarmed by the DSA should, I dunno, try to make themselves more attractive to voters as leaders who'll make people's lives better in some way, rather than just fret loudly that the voters don't obey them.

My books. Not book. Books. Many books.

I just searched my name on Bookshop.org, and it brought up lots and lots of my book -- but also a bunch I had nothing to do with, such as Sten and the Mutineers, Osama the Gun, Outlaw Ranch... Not sure what's up, but be careful.

What gets me is how often basic decency gets dismissed as some elite obsession. You don’t have to be rich, educated, religious, or secular to recognize cruelty when you see it. Most ordinary people do it every day.

Rome?

I'm sorting old photos, and I thought some of you might be interested in this picture of my grandfather standing in the unfinished Panama Canal in July of 1912.

Watched the "Top Chef" finale. We're happy with the outcome -- and some of those dishes looked amazing.

"You’re going to get left behind if you don’t use AI.” Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long-form, and books without needing AI summaries.

maybe it's women using AI less because we're already good to go on the experience of rich men stealing our ideas, taking the credit, not paying us for them, and selling us the results at rapidly increasing prices

I wonder if on that cold Nebraska night when she ran calling Wildfire, the neighbors thought there was an ACTUAL wildfire, thus using valuable emergency resources for a non-existent emergency. She should have named the pony DONUT because then people wouldn't get scared every time he went outside.

Here's the first one I think of. It wasn't the only one.

If the actor with British accent is evil then you’re watching Sci fi. If the actor with a British accent is good then it’s Fantasy. If the actor with a British accent knocks something over then it’s a Rom com.

I personally want superheroes who are more inspired by firefighters than cops or soldiers and I want them to have the moral core of Mr Rogers. I also feel like society wants hope right now, they want morally righteous people overcoming nihilistic despair. Excuse me while I go yell at clouds.

Yeah, we have no chill whatsoever. www.makeship.com/petitions/pe...

Today's mail held a pleasant surprise: An author copy of the hardcover edition of Charming Sharra. This was the first I'd heard of a hardcover edition. The price is a bit daunting, though. amzn.to/4d1YoQO