Just finished rereading Dogs of War by @aptshadow.bsky.social after recommending it to a friend. WOW! Sometimes knowing the shape of a story diminishes the enjoyment but I think I liked it even more the second time. I listened to the audiobook this time and it was superb. Rex was a Good Dog.
September 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Just finished rereading Dogs of War by @aptshadow.bsky.social after recommending it to a friend. WOW! Sometimes knowing the shape of a story diminishes the enjoyment but I think I liked it even more the second time. I listened to the audiobook this time and it was superb. Rex was a Good Dog.
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shoutout to this iNaturalist user who appears to be an ROV pilot in the gulf of mexico and posts occasional biological observations, including A GODDAMN TANINGIA ATTACKING THE ROBOT ARM OF THE ROV
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Dana Octopus-Squid (Taningia danae)
Dana Octopus-Squid from Golfo de México (Golfo de América) on August 24, 2025 at 06:43 PM by Daniel Godínez
www.inaturalist.org
August 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
shoutout to this iNaturalist user who appears to be an ROV pilot in the gulf of mexico and posts occasional biological observations, including A GODDAMN TANINGIA ATTACKING THE ROBOT ARM OF THE ROV
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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"That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times."
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
August 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times."
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
So I just started Hungry Gods by @aptshadow.bsky.social & told my teen there are 'Rabbit People' & since it's Tchaikovsky, I don't know yet whether this is some sort of tribal affiliation reference, or if they're going to turn out to be ACTUAL rabbit people.
Teen: it's probably just spiders.
Teen: it's probably just spiders.
August 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
So I just started Hungry Gods by @aptshadow.bsky.social & told my teen there are 'Rabbit People' & since it's Tchaikovsky, I don't know yet whether this is some sort of tribal affiliation reference, or if they're going to turn out to be ACTUAL rabbit people.
Teen: it's probably just spiders.
Teen: it's probably just spiders.
I knew from the very first paragraph that I was going to love Bee Speaker by @aptshadow.bsky.social and it did not disappoint. In fact, it was even better than I expected. I just love how Tchaikovsky explores non-human sentience. It is my favorite thing.
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I knew from the very first paragraph that I was going to love Bee Speaker by @aptshadow.bsky.social and it did not disappoint. In fact, it was even better than I expected. I just love how Tchaikovsky explores non-human sentience. It is my favorite thing.
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"That everything has to be in competition with each other is not necessarily true. Everything has to work out how to work *with* other things…. That’s what people don’t tend to get about Darwinian survival of the fittest."
I talked to @aptshadow.bsky.social for @nautil.us: nautil.us/what-we-misu...
I talked to @aptshadow.bsky.social for @nautil.us: nautil.us/what-we-misu...
What We Misunderstand About Robots
Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science
nautil.us
June 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"That everything has to be in competition with each other is not necessarily true. Everything has to work out how to work *with* other things…. That’s what people don’t tend to get about Darwinian survival of the fittest."
I talked to @aptshadow.bsky.social for @nautil.us: nautil.us/what-we-misu...
I talked to @aptshadow.bsky.social for @nautil.us: nautil.us/what-we-misu...
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something I say about my exercise game Zombies, Run! is: try to make your physical fitness product something that will remain fun even if you're not improving. even if eg you have a longterm degenerative condition that means your physical fitness slowly gets worse.
because, you know, we all do.
because, you know, we all do.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably.
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
June 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
something I say about my exercise game Zombies, Run! is: try to make your physical fitness product something that will remain fun even if you're not improving. even if eg you have a longterm degenerative condition that means your physical fitness slowly gets worse.
because, you know, we all do.
because, you know, we all do.
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A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.
June 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.
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"We'll just terraform Mars," they insist, unable to terraform Earth, a planet that is already perfect except it's like 2° too warm.
May 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"We'll just terraform Mars," they insist, unable to terraform Earth, a planet that is already perfect except it's like 2° too warm.
Just finished listening to Usurpation by @sueburke.bsky.social and I think I'm going to go right back and listen to the last bit again bc it was that good.
May 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Just finished listening to Usurpation by @sueburke.bsky.social and I think I'm going to go right back and listen to the last bit again bc it was that good.
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Really hard to get any work done when there's a constitutional crisis on
February 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Really hard to get any work done when there's a constitutional crisis on
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💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”
@marthawells.com now that I've reread the entire Murderbot series in preparation for the show release, I have to know- are there any plans for more Murderbot stories? Please say yes 🙏
April 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@marthawells.com now that I've reread the entire Murderbot series in preparation for the show release, I have to know- are there any plans for more Murderbot stories? Please say yes 🙏
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Faux News seems to have created a Department of Self-Owns.
April 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Faux News seems to have created a Department of Self-Owns.
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Cory Booker has been filibustering longer than JD Vance was in Greenland.
25 hours, 5 minutes.
And a call to action.
Go pee, Senator.
And a call to action.
Go pee, Senator.
24 hours and 45 minutes.
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Cory Booker has been filibustering longer than JD Vance was in Greenland.
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The worst people in the world are like "They must be getting paid to hate me" when in reality everyone is happy to hate them for free
March 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The worst people in the world are like "They must be getting paid to hate me" when in reality everyone is happy to hate them for free
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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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March 28, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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March 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I hate everything about this.
OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait.
Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.
Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.
OpenAI's Studio Ghibli meme factory is an insult to art itself
Sam Altman is promoting his new image generator by appropriating the work of one of the greatest living animators—who is "disgusted" by AI.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I hate everything about this.
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Looks like it's Phase 1? But huge if it pans out.
March 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Looks like it's Phase 1? But huge if it pans out.
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On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
March 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
On the other site, Studio Ghibli-style AI output is going viral and allow me to just say it is profoundly depressing to see that stuff being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to him.
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this is a golden age for walking out of your lab with a USB key in your pocket getting on a plane and going to Luxembourg
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
March 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
this is a golden age for walking out of your lab with a USB key in your pocket getting on a plane and going to Luxembourg