Kelly McCullough
@kellydmcc.bsky.social
Author: WebMage and Fallen Blade series, School for Sidekicks, Numismancer, Dragon Diaries, Morning Arrived, etc. Also local elected—I might be the head of a small government in a purple state, but don’t tell anyone.
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trump is truly doing an amazing job at promoting a stronger EU.
There are lots and lots of problem with the EU and its governing institutions, but his reckless and illegal behavior is actually going to help address them IMHO.
There are lots and lots of problem with the EU and its governing institutions, but his reckless and illegal behavior is actually going to help address them IMHO.
Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
trump is truly doing an amazing job at promoting a stronger EU.
There are lots and lots of problem with the EU and its governing institutions, but his reckless and illegal behavior is actually going to help address them IMHO.
There are lots and lots of problem with the EU and its governing institutions, but his reckless and illegal behavior is actually going to help address them IMHO.
We had visitors.
January 18, 2026 at 12:04 AM
We had visitors.
If LLM AI makes you a better writer, you really really need to step away from the LLM and practice your writing, because wooo boy do you need to work on the basic skills that your LLM use is eroding and degrading.
January 17, 2026 at 11:41 PM
If LLM AI makes you a better writer, you really really need to step away from the LLM and practice your writing, because wooo boy do you need to work on the basic skills that your LLM use is eroding and degrading.
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I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Yep. I think this is right.
I saw this take on TikTok a few days ago and wanted to share it here. I had to truncate it because it's a bit longer than 3 minutes. Her central argument is the US govt has a problem in that decades of stochastic terrorism from gun culture has made us less scared of guns.
January 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Yep. I think this is right.
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
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rare photo of a dog where the halo is visible
January 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
rare photo of a dog where the halo is visible
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I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
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Do you know I've got a poetry collection coming out next year? & you can preorder it? (Some links below, but you can preorder worldwide.)
Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."), & mythology? You're in luck.
Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."), & mythology? You're in luck.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Do you know I've got a poetry collection coming out next year? & you can preorder it? (Some links below, but you can preorder worldwide.)
Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."), & mythology? You're in luck.
Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."), & mythology? You're in luck.
It’s tough out there, have a leezard
January 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
It’s tough out there, have a leezard
Not my baguette, not my weasels.
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Not my baguette, not my weasels.
DragonDiaries: Decided to make lemonade. Took a bunch of broken up ice and tossed it in a big old hollow log to make a giant kaleidoscope. Such pretty pictures… And it makes a pleasing sound when you shake it.
January 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
DragonDiaries: Decided to make lemonade. Took a bunch of broken up ice and tossed it in a big old hollow log to make a giant kaleidoscope. Such pretty pictures… And it makes a pleasing sound when you shake it.
Morning arrived like a sack of angry badgers superglued to the dining room table. You can’t leave them in there, but you also don’t want to be the first thing they see when they get out.
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#BadNoir
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#BadNoir
January 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Morning arrived like a sack of angry badgers superglued to the dining room table. You can’t leave them in there, but you also don’t want to be the first thing they see when they get out.
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#BadNoir
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#BadNoir
I’m not sure I’d call it a _downside_ since it’s one of the chief limiting factors on their vast overreach, but the rest of this? Absolutely.
A downside to literally no one in this Administration understanding basic economics is that "we're going to raise tariffs until you give up Greenland" is the econ version of "I'm going to repeatedly kick myself in the testicles until you do what I want"
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
Trump: NATO members to face tariffs increasing to 25% until a Greenland purchase deal is struck
Trump recently hinted that he may pursue a tariff strategy on Greenland similar to the one he used to force foreign countries to change their drug prices.
www.cnbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I’m not sure I’d call it a _downside_ since it’s one of the chief limiting factors on their vast overreach, but the rest of this? Absolutely.
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A downside to literally no one in this Administration understanding basic economics is that "we're going to raise tariffs until you give up Greenland" is the econ version of "I'm going to repeatedly kick myself in the testicles until you do what I want"
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
Trump: NATO members to face tariffs increasing to 25% until a Greenland purchase deal is struck
Trump recently hinted that he may pursue a tariff strategy on Greenland similar to the one he used to force foreign countries to change their drug prices.
www.cnbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A downside to literally no one in this Administration understanding basic economics is that "we're going to raise tariffs until you give up Greenland" is the econ version of "I'm going to repeatedly kick myself in the testicles until you do what I want"
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
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It really matches so well with my experience of AI, but Ed knows what he's talking about. I suppose the idea that Salesforce had actually learned, well, anything at all, was too good to be true.
These are totally unsupported claims with no links, citations or even statements like “sources familiar with the matter.” I read basically every single story about AI efficacy at big companies, especially salesforce. These are either made up or egregious extrapolations of things.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It really matches so well with my experience of AI, but Ed knows what he's talking about. I suppose the idea that Salesforce had actually learned, well, anything at all, was too good to be true.
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I think it’s fair to say that under any previous president a White House staffer who spoke about a NATO ally like this would have been hog tied and throw bodily out over the White House fence in propitiation of the ravening congressional committees marching down Pennsylvania Ave to investigate.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I think it’s fair to say that under any previous president a White House staffer who spoke about a NATO ally like this would have been hog tied and throw bodily out over the White House fence in propitiation of the ravening congressional committees marching down Pennsylvania Ave to investigate.
No new pictures.
Where are you at mentally?
Where are you at mentally?
January 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
No new pictures.
Where are you at mentally?
Where are you at mentally?
I can’t believe we have to keep reiterating this stuff because the dipshitiest health grifter dipshit on the planet is now in charge of HHS.
Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A new review of the evidence just out
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 17, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I can’t believe we have to keep reiterating this stuff because the dipshitiest health grifter dipshit on the planet is now in charge of HHS.
Tolkien is a great writer for dark times, not least because he understood that fighting even when you are certain you will lose is infinitely more moral than giving in to despair and doomerism.
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Tolkien is a great writer for dark times, not least because he understood that fighting even when you are certain you will lose is infinitely more moral than giving in to despair and doomerism.
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DHS blames Minnesota family driving home from kids’ athletic event for their family (including 6-month old baby) being tear-gassed, then deletes tweet.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
2 children, including infant, hospitalized after federal agents deployed tear gas in Minneapolis
Follow for live updates on President Donald Trump’s administration, including unrest in Minnesota over ICE operations.
www.cnn.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
DHS blames Minnesota family driving home from kids’ athletic event for their family (including 6-month old baby) being tear-gassed, then deletes tweet.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Not my little red Corvette, not my cliched mid-life crisis.
January 17, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Not my little red Corvette, not my cliched mid-life crisis.
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I mean,
Christ, this (from Lizza's latest) is pretty fucking damning of...literally the entire media(?) What the fuck?
January 17, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I mean,