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Per @yarotrof.bsky.social: “The sea shift in the mood in Europe — including the UK — may not be evident to Americans. Here is the cartoon in yesterday’s The Times of London.”

submitted 22 hours ago • 177 comments

This is really fun.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

submitted 8 days ago • 732 comments

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

submitted 269 days ago • 1241 comments

My latest response to hearing "What the sigma?" is to go "Pff, that's so 2024". Unexpectedly, this is being taken as a sick burn.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Thinking about the tepid responses of some of our elected representatives to the current crisis, I recalled this line from Ada Palmer in her book Terra Ignota: “Our modern moths have bounced so many times off lightbulbs, they aren’t prepared for torches, and forget that wings can burn.”

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Tens of thousands of people turned out across Australia today to protest the transphobic decision by the Queensland government to suspend access to puberty blockers and gender affirming hormone treatment for people under 18. (Warning: video is LOUD) #transjustice #transrights #protecttranskids

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

submitted 31 days ago • 33 comments

Trying to work out how many items on my life admin holiday to do list I can knock off on the last day. 🤔

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

For the last few weeks I've been working with Chris Barkley @cmzhang42.bsky.social of @file770.bsky.social on a report about censorship in the 2023 Hugo Awards. Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3

submitted 389 days ago • 65 comments

Announcement from Worldcon Intellectual Property: McCarty and Standlee have resigned, McCarty, Standlee, Shi, and Yalow 'censured or reprimanded', Eastlake elected chair of the Mark Protection Committee/CEO and COB of Worldcon Intellectual Property. file770.com/worldcon-int...

submitted 404 days ago • 13 comments

I had a wistful minute of thinking about how much this would piss off the fantasy bros on Reddit, the ones that only read Tolkien, Sanderson and the like, and froth at the mouth if anyone mentions Fourth Wing.

submitted 410 days ago • 0 comments

theres room for everyone at the table we can always grab more seats (if you do not require a seat or have your own we can always scoot over)

submitted 410 days ago • 14 comments

I've returned to social media due to a terribly nosy fascination with the Hugos debacle. 👀🍿

submitted 411 days ago • 1 comment

Today I am thankful for the kid who, despite spending the first part of lunch hyper-focusing on making a functional catapult, let me 'look after' both it and his scissors for the rest of lunch without argument.

submitted 518 days ago • 0 comments

Every time I drive is an adventure... but a stressful, dangerous adventure, rather than the cosy type with friendship, treasure and ginger beer.

submitted 527 days ago • 0 comments