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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 1d

damn though

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 7d

financially ruin the AI industry AND get a few thousand dollars in the pocket of your old pal gerry? that's what we call a win-win

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 8d

CFP closes in three days! SFRA 2026: Into the Slipstream: Watering Futures

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, USA
June 17 – 21, 2026

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SFRA 2026 Conference | Science Fiction Research Association

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 9d

happy birthday... to me?

superman looking in a mirror and discovering he has suddenly grown old

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 9d

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs

A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 10d

Coming up at 3 PM at MMLA today: "University Teaching in a Moment of Danger" roundtable with me, @bpladek.bsky.social, Liza Strakhov, and Meg Paonessa!

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 12d

it's a hell of an act -- what do you call it

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12d

The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 12d

turning a big dial taht says "Mortgage length" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 13d

FHFA'S PULTE SAYS ‘ACTIVELY’ EVALUATING PORTABLE MORTGAGES

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12d

The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 12d

things getting hot in the Dune class

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 13d

FHFA'S PULTE SAYS ‘ACTIVELY’ EVALUATING PORTABLE MORTGAGES

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 15d

the reason for the season

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 15d

Coming in 2026, the next book in the Mass Markets series: NEXT TIME ON DRAGONBALL by the great @vincenthaddad.bsky.social...

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 16d

lol these are the last days of america

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Trump has announced a $2,000 payment to most Americans, funded by U.S. tariff revenues.

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Trump has announced a $2,000 payment to most Americans, funded by U.S. tariff revenues.

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 17d

so far so good

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 17d

vince gilligan you crazy for this one

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 17d

assault on precinct 14

Cris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social · 17d

Everything else? What, are you gonna make THEY STILL LIVE? You gonna follow up Prince of Darkness: What's Behind The Mirror? Just don't. Carpenter is best when you give him the least to work with and that includes the head start of building on a classic

Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 17d

Can't wait.

Andrew Ferguson @epikt.bsky.social · 17d

peter watts waiting by the phone

Brian Thill @brianthill.bsky.social · 17d

if they don’t call this AND ANOTHER THING they are fools

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 17d

obligatory James Cameron at the white board: THE THING$

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 18d

John Carpenter says he's working on a sequel to 'The Thing'

"We'll see"

Cris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social · 17d

Everything else? What, are you gonna make THEY STILL LIVE? You gonna follow up Prince of Darkness: What's Behind The Mirror? Just don't. Carpenter is best when you give him the least to work with and that includes the head start of building on a classic

Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 17d

dang

Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 17d

Let's make it official:

SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.

If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:

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Shelved By Genre

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Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 17d

Let's make it official:

SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.

If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:

bookshop.org/lists/shelve...

Shelved By Genre

These are books discussed on the podcast Shelved by Genre!

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 17d

alas, strange new worlds lareviewofbooks.org/article/stra...

Strange New Lows | Los Angeles Review of Books

Adam Kotsko boldly goes into season three of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” with high expectations.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 18d

John Carpenter says he's working on a sequel to 'The Thing'

"We'll see"

IGN Deals @igndeals.bsky.social · 19d

LEGO Star Trek: The Next Generation USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D officially revealed. 3,600 pieces and 9 minifigs: Captain Picard, Riker, Worf, Data, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Geordi La Forge, Troi, Guinan, and Wesley Crusher. https://zdcs.link/aeKZxA