Ken
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WOW…Jell-O shot artists‼️
Those look magnificent‼️
Those look magnificent‼️
January 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
WOW…Jell-O shot artists‼️
Those look magnificent‼️
Those look magnificent‼️
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Not much went right this year but to hear of fresh sightings bringing the total to 14 new documented calves for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is most welcome news in these final days of 2025 (photo credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, NOAA permit #26919)
December 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Not much went right this year but to hear of fresh sightings bringing the total to 14 new documented calves for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is most welcome news in these final days of 2025 (photo credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, NOAA permit #26919)
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Great cover on this new Hayakawa edition. Does Case look almost but not quite Keanu-esque to you?
January 2, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Great cover on this new Hayakawa edition. Does Case look almost but not quite Keanu-esque to you?
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Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
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AHHHHHH
At last, we've reached number one in our countdown of our most-read pieces of 2025. Here it is, written by the brilliant @gregmania.bsky.social, a hilarious defense from this year's most maligned punctuation mark.
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buff.ly/BQmeypF
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
Our most-read article of 2025. (Originally published Juily 17, 2025.) - - -“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academi...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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You don’t get good at a thing by not doing it
D1) again, this is difficult to pull off at longer lengths. But you don't get good at a thing by not doing it.
E) YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT done is better than perfect. Don't worry so much about "practicing right" just practice. You can adjust as you need as you go on.
E) YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT done is better than perfect. Don't worry so much about "practicing right" just practice. You can adjust as you need as you go on.
December 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
You don’t get good at a thing by not doing it
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This is a photo of the surface of an asteroid
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
December 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is a photo of the surface of an asteroid
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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My top four from September 2025. If you have a favorite amongst these, let me know.
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*All SOLD
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*All SOLD
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My top four from September 2025. If you have a favorite amongst these, let me know.
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*All SOLD
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*All SOLD
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make a Bond movie casual
From Russia with Best Regards
From Russia with Best Regards
make a Bond movie casual
regular-pussy
regular-pussy
Make a Bond movie casual
Quantum of Snickerdoodles
Quantum of Snickerdoodles
December 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
make a Bond movie casual
From Russia with Best Regards
From Russia with Best Regards
Mode Collapse would make a good title for his next collection of stories
*I quite like these existent, actual-technical-problems, as opposed to vague, handwavey, Torment-Nexus issues like "why would any sane person ever want to do 'Novel View Synthesis' in the first place"
December 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mode Collapse would make a good title for his next collection of stories
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sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers
December 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers
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i sold my antipsychotic meds to buy my ai girlfriend a new model upgrade for christmas. but then i found out she sold her data center to buy me a gun
December 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
i sold my antipsychotic meds to buy my ai girlfriend a new model upgrade for christmas. but then i found out she sold her data center to buy me a gun
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I've posted a story for Christmas Eve on my blog. It's called "Manger Animals" and I'm rather proud of it.
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/12/mang...
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/12/mang...
Manger Animals: A Christmas Eve Story
. Manger Animals There is a legend that on Christmas Eve the animals can talk. Yet of all the many...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I've posted a story for Christmas Eve on my blog. It's called "Manger Animals" and I'm rather proud of it.
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/12/mang...
floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2025/12/mang...
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#ArtAdventCalendar
Dec. 22
We never thought we’d get to see them living in their own home. But on a recent trip to Kruger Park, South Africa, we were fortunate to see a scene I’ll never forget.
The Matriarch appeared out of the bush and slowly led her small elephant herd across the river.
#Mammals
Dec. 22
We never thought we’d get to see them living in their own home. But on a recent trip to Kruger Park, South Africa, we were fortunate to see a scene I’ll never forget.
The Matriarch appeared out of the bush and slowly led her small elephant herd across the river.
#Mammals
December 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#ArtAdventCalendar
Dec. 22
We never thought we’d get to see them living in their own home. But on a recent trip to Kruger Park, South Africa, we were fortunate to see a scene I’ll never forget.
The Matriarch appeared out of the bush and slowly led her small elephant herd across the river.
#Mammals
Dec. 22
We never thought we’d get to see them living in their own home. But on a recent trip to Kruger Park, South Africa, we were fortunate to see a scene I’ll never forget.
The Matriarch appeared out of the bush and slowly led her small elephant herd across the river.
#Mammals
One for the Beltway driving lifers.
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
One for the Beltway driving lifers.
Cannonball!
Incredible video: an underwater photographer captures humpback whales breaching, including one that lands *very* close to him. You get to see the full cycle of the jumps: both the above-water and underwater views. [kottke.org]
Underneath a Breaching Humpback Whale
Underwater photographer Álvaro Herrero positioned himself in the midst of a humpback whale pod and captured on video several of the whales breaching high out of the water, including one that landed incredibly close to
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December 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Cannonball!
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The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 22
Today Jonathan and Gary chat with James S.A. Corey about writing, reading, the holiday season, and their new novel, The Faith of Beasts.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-sticx...
Today Jonathan and Gary chat with James S.A. Corey about writing, reading, the holiday season, and their new novel, The Faith of Beasts.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-sticx...
Episode 710: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 22 - James S.A. Corey
Today Jonathan and Gary spend some time talking to Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who write together as "James S.A. Corey", about what they've been reading, what they'd recommend, their seasonal readin...
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December 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 22
Today Jonathan and Gary chat with James S.A. Corey about writing, reading, the holiday season, and their new novel, The Faith of Beasts.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-sticx...
Today Jonathan and Gary chat with James S.A. Corey about writing, reading, the holiday season, and their new novel, The Faith of Beasts.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-sticx...
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i enjoy checking in on a post from the previous day and looking to see how many people lost their minds and immediately began imputing the worst faith motives and assuming the worst possible interpretations
December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
i enjoy checking in on a post from the previous day and looking to see how many people lost their minds and immediately began imputing the worst faith motives and assuming the worst possible interpretations
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I'm very honored to see THE PROJECT on the longlist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm very honored to see THE PROJECT on the longlist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction pen.org/announcing-t...
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Here we are catching up with Al Reynolds again, 25 years after Revelation Space helped redefine Space Opera.
The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 17
Today Gary and Jonathan chat with Alastair Reynolds about his new novel and very busy year. We also chat about what he's been reading and his seasonal recommendations.
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Today Gary and Jonathan chat with Alastair Reynolds about his new novel and very busy year. We also chat about what he's been reading and his seasonal recommendations.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-u3jmn...
Episode 705: The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 17 - Alastair Reynolds
It's Day 17 of our Advent Calendar and today Gary and Jonathan chat with Alastair Reynolds about the 25th Anniversary of Revelation Space, his new short story collections, and his latest novel, Halcyo...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Here we are catching up with Al Reynolds again, 25 years after Revelation Space helped redefine Space Opera.
Whoever they are @srtwofourfour.bsky.social was right about Acme Pie biscuits
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Whoever they are @srtwofourfour.bsky.social was right about Acme Pie biscuits
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'My year end reading statistics' (originally for @theguardian.com books).
p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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