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If you live in North America, you can purchase my book 'Pan: the Great God's Modern Return' and many other titles on sale in The Great Chicago Sale from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Use the code SALE2026 at checkout.
Pan
From ancient myth to contemporary art and literature, a beguiling look at the many incarnations of the mischievous—and culturally immortal—god Pan, now in paperback. Pan—he of the cloven hoof and lu...
press.uchicago.edu
February 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
If you live in North America, you can purchase my book 'Pan: the Great God's Modern Return' and many other titles on sale in The Great Chicago Sale from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! Use the code SALE2026 at checkout.
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I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at [email protected] to let them know what you think of this.
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I'm a Gallup pollster. You can contact them at [email protected] to let them know what you think of this.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
I really love the Winter Olympics. Everything is “what if we came up with gravity-defying things to do on ice and snow that also have a high probability of personal injury”
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I really love the Winter Olympics. Everything is “what if we came up with gravity-defying things to do on ice and snow that also have a high probability of personal injury”
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"In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."
time.com/7338205/rage...
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."
time.com/7338205/rage...
It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."
time.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
"In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."
time.com/7338205/rage...
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid..."
time.com/7338205/rage...
The original thread and the replies
You know he would have had like 750 emails in the Epstein files
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 AM
The original thread and the replies
If I weren’t seriously concerned about my epic klutzyness, ski jumping seems like it’d be a lot of fun
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
If I weren’t seriously concerned about my epic klutzyness, ski jumping seems like it’d be a lot of fun
I have zero clue how curling works and honestly am just happy to watch giant stones be slid across ice
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I have zero clue how curling works and honestly am just happy to watch giant stones be slid across ice
Nooo 😫💔
Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit 'The Distance,' dead at 56
Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit 'The Distance,' dead at 56
Greg Brown, a founding member of Sacramento alt-rock outfit Cake, has died. Friends honored the guitarist, who wrote the band's enduring hit 'The Distance.'
www.latimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Nooo 😫💔
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EXCLUSIVE: Since the FBI seized 2020 election materials from GA, questions have abounded as to what evidence justified the raid.
@ProPublica has obtained audio of conservative activists discussing providing files and exhibits to the Department of Justice…
www.propublica.org/article/kevi...
@ProPublica has obtained audio of conservative activists discussing providing files and exhibits to the Department of Justice…
www.propublica.org/article/kevi...
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the fede...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Since the FBI seized 2020 election materials from GA, questions have abounded as to what evidence justified the raid.
@ProPublica has obtained audio of conservative activists discussing providing files and exhibits to the Department of Justice…
www.propublica.org/article/kevi...
@ProPublica has obtained audio of conservative activists discussing providing files and exhibits to the Department of Justice…
www.propublica.org/article/kevi...
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“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
Opinion | Ring is using lost dogs to make the surveillance state adorable
The same technology the Amazon-owned company uses to find lost dogs could easily be turned against their owners.
www.ms.now
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
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Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
Why ruin an amazing halftime show with the rest of whatever this game and commercials are. Time for Olympics
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Why ruin an amazing halftime show with the rest of whatever this game and commercials are. Time for Olympics
I need live TV to catch up to SM and allow me to mute commercials containing “draft kings” and “fanduel”
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I need live TV to catch up to SM and allow me to mute commercials containing “draft kings” and “fanduel”
May the court side with his wife in all things and give her 75% of the total assets
February 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
May the court side with his wife in all things and give her 75% of the total assets
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Last week the far right started peddling a narrative that the outrage over Epstein is a moral panic. Today, like clockwork, a more polite version of that narrative appears in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Last week the far right started peddling a narrative that the outrage over Epstein is a moral panic. Today, like clockwork, a more polite version of that narrative appears in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Spam account posting fake Bad Bunny images and harassing accounts that speak up for immigrants
February 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Spam account posting fake Bad Bunny images and harassing accounts that speak up for immigrants
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Please stop typing. You’re making it worse.”
“Please stop typing. You’re making it worse.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Twist a thin-cut swatch of lemon peel over the top."
"Twist a thin-cut swatch of lemon peel over the top."
February 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Please stop typing. You’re making it worse.”
“Please stop typing. You’re making it worse.”
Oh that’s gorgeous
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Oh that’s gorgeous
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We're exploring the story of troll dolls - and tales of trolls in folklore - over on Fabulous Folklore this week! pod.co/fabulous-fol...
February 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We're exploring the story of troll dolls - and tales of trolls in folklore - over on Fabulous Folklore this week! pod.co/fabulous-fol...
Sigh. Your periodic reminder that biometrics can be compelled and passwords are (for now) protected under the 5th. Biometrics have their place and are helpful in so many instances, but save them for devices you keep HGTV beige
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Sigh. Your periodic reminder that biometrics can be compelled and passwords are (for now) protected under the 5th. Biometrics have their place and are helpful in so many instances, but save them for devices you keep HGTV beige
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I am also offering a $250 level which is just the voice, video, or chat coaching session without the read, critique, and edit.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I am also offering a $250 level which is just the voice, video, or chat coaching session without the read, critique, and edit.
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The price for each session is $500; that includes a detailed critique and edit of up to 7,000 words of fiction, plus a one-hour voice or video, or a 90-minute chat consultation-slash-coaching session-slash-AMA scheduled at our mutual convenience.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The price for each session is $500; that includes a detailed critique and edit of up to 7,000 words of fiction, plus a one-hour voice or video, or a 90-minute chat consultation-slash-coaching session-slash-AMA scheduled at our mutual convenience.
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Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Hey folks!
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.
Due to a series of unforeseen expenses, I need to raise some cash before royalty season rolls around at the beginning of April. Because of that, I am going to do something I don't usually do and offer paid mentoring sessions for aspiring writers.