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Finally, the one opinion on the suit debacle that matters:

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The populist right is damaging US science. Here's what I think we should be doing to ensure that the UK does not suffer the same fate. 🧵 1/37

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What is babygirl? (And is Niles from Fraiser babygirl?) @ifycomedy.com

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I was privileged to know Gene Hackman because he played tennis with another Gene—Gene Wilder. And that Gene told him about a little role called The Blind Hermit in our movie YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN…

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A message from the Skype CEO, @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social

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I've found out that at least a few colleges and universities have assigned my short story "The Lie Misses You." A funny thing: this story was rejected fourteen times before @castofwonders.org published it. You really never know what the fate of your work will be. Keep persisting, friends.

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Seriously, this. :/

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One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/

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No more US Worldcons while this policy is in place. It's probably too late for @seattlein2025.org , but @laworldcon.bsky.social should consider whether it's possible to move to an alternate location outside the US. Certainly going forward we shouldn't seat any more US Worldcons.

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Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]

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Raise your hand if you have been personally victimized by Brennan Lee Mulligan inventing a guy he introduces as a “evil reptilian abacus of power” and then that imaginary man says “I don’t like how you don’t give me what I want” in a creepy voice 😭🖐🏼

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I am now exclusively talking to my friends using Tadpole hands from now on 👍🏻 @aabria.bsky.social @samanthabeart.bsky.social @neilnewbon.bsky.social #MCChicago #MagicCon

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This is a level of cool that may not be achieved again in our lifetimes.

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GET READY FOR...TITAN TAKEDOWN! ⚡💪🏔️ Premiering April 2nd on Dropout, the ultimate 4-episode THROWDOWN is happening on Dimension 20 with Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan and WWE Superstars Xavier Woods, Bayley, Kofi Kingston, and Chelsea Green! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-91...

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Dimension 20’s new season is a mythology-themed smashfest played by WWE stars

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"You're not dead. And every morning that there's blood pumping in your body, you get to decide what to do about that big, bad world waiting for you out there." I love @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social so much.

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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”

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just updated this list, maybe about 50 new channels--you can grab the new json or copy paste the new text into the channel id block segment of the blocktube plugin!

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The magic schoolteacher book: privilege, institutional inertia, demons on the loose, the inescapable Haunting of all your past selves, still need to plan your lessons and write up these meeting minutes, you barely even have time for the bisexual situationships honestly. Out in May. Preorder now.

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We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. -Ursula K. Le Guin

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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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We're cooking up something a little different for our next workshop series livestream! Join us Thursday, Feb. 27 @ 3pm ET to learn about culinary worldbuilding with Indigenous Chef Shane Chartrand! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpYn...

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Compound bows are scary. Imma shoot it again.

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I tell my cat “I know” when she meows at me but if I’m being honest? I don’t always know

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How to change a swastika that cant be removed

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Deathless genius Ariella Bouskila on writing. A lot of extremely useful approaches here. I think about the problems bucket basically all the time.

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In terms of the female bald Centauri, some of those were skull caps, and others weren't; we let it be known that we wanted to support women going through chemo or other treatments who had lost their hair by casting them here, money that could also help pay for medical bills.

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I keep coming back to this photo I took yesterday of the Stonewall Inn, and the vow written in neon in the window, which I think we would all do well to live by right now: “In the name of those who came before me, I pledge to be brave, to be true to myself, and to fight like hell for equality.”

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This thread is one year old today, and, unfortunately, it is even more important to be reading and preserving trans stories than when it started. I truly thank everyone who has contributed to it, everyone who has kept sharing it, and everyone who has made a point to buy books from these authors. 🧵

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Jeannie: There should be two types of car horns, a rude fuck off one and a polite sorry to bother you horn Me: yes, but a normal horn and a darude sandstorm horn Time to link my favourite video of all time.

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We really don’t. That’s a plain fact www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Upon this response, JK burst into a million shards and a great wind scattered her unhappy soul beneath the arc of a newly formed rainbow.

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Extremely metal

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"Science fiction lends itself readily to imaginative subversion of any status quo. Bureaucrats and politicians, who can't afford to cultivate their imaginations, tend to assume it's all ray-guns and nonsense, good for children." - Ursula K. Le Guin (2012) [Anthology idea: Ray-guns and Nonsense]

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BRB new campaign just dropped

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"I heard a Xturi refer to you as a 'Noagai'," Captain Jones said. "Is that a title?" Her navigator, a Yuun, nodded. "Have you heard the saying 'For every problem, there's a Human that can solve it'?" "No?" "Well, how to find that Human?" "Er..." "They ask a Noagai." "A... You know a guy?"

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this is also one of my favourite videos of all time. the lorry driver is complaining about fools who try to cut in front to change lanes to get to the turnoff so he strategically deploys the darude sandstorm horn to get them to move lmfao

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I'm about $650 from my next milestone. My surgery is in less than 3 weeks. If you could see your way clear to a donation, no matter how small, I'd greatly appreciate it. If not, kindly share and boost. Thank you!

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“Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii” is out!! This wild & incredibly fun journey has been a blast. Majima is an absolute ICON whom I continue to grow with behind the brilliant OG seiyuu Hidenari Ugaki (who is just soooo good). I hope you enjoy all the love (& karaoke) that went into this! <3

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yall are worried that fictional villains will teach people the wrong lesson but sixty years of fiction has failed to teach people that that nazis are the bad guys so idk

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You know, last year when I wrote a book about the moon turning into cheese, I didn't know that when it came out the most fantastical thing about it would be a functional US government

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