bryon
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Pinecones and pinwheel galaxies. That about covers things. Trek fan, history buff, believer in truth and justice. ME/CFS, FM, migraine.
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The other Klingon D7 model is in the Paul Allen collection. #TOSSatNight
January 18, 2026 at 5:26 AM
The other Klingon D7 model is in the Paul Allen collection. #TOSSatNight
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
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These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
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Similar to this, authors, check your contracts - you may find a clause that says royalties are not payable on books sold for less than a certain proportion of the cover price
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Similar to this, authors, check your contracts - you may find a clause that says royalties are not payable on books sold for less than a certain proportion of the cover price
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To the military, You Do NOT have to follow illegal orders . You know that already from basic, through the ranks, and Officers, it is repeated throughout your service. They are going after fellow Veterans and intelligence officers for saying what you are told on a regular basis. See the problem?
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 AM
To the military, You Do NOT have to follow illegal orders . You know that already from basic, through the ranks, and Officers, it is repeated throughout your service. They are going after fellow Veterans and intelligence officers for saying what you are told on a regular basis. See the problem?
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Snoopy has kissed every girl Charlie Brown knows 😘
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Snoopy has kissed every girl Charlie Brown knows 😘
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a child, in other words
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 8:16 AM
a child, in other words
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Marco Rubio, June 2012.
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Marco Rubio, June 2012.
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The Department of Labor has just posted its second Nazi slogan (in the original, "Germany for Germans") in the last two days.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The Department of Labor has just posted its second Nazi slogan (in the original, "Germany for Germans") in the last two days.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
No one believes this is a coincidence.
They are telling America exactly who they are and what they intend.
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From firing the local MAGA-allied police chief to calling for the abolishment of ICE, so much inaction by elected Democrats boils down to "but I'm scared!"
I am very sorry, but you said you could do this job when you were hired. Please step aside if you can't.
I am very sorry, but you said you could do this job when you were hired. Please step aside if you can't.
January 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
From firing the local MAGA-allied police chief to calling for the abolishment of ICE, so much inaction by elected Democrats boils down to "but I'm scared!"
I am very sorry, but you said you could do this job when you were hired. Please step aside if you can't.
I am very sorry, but you said you could do this job when you were hired. Please step aside if you can't.
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From an ICE agent who resigned his position.
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
From an ICE agent who resigned his position.
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wrote about this exact point yesterday in the context of figuring out what/where/how musk's power lies. musk making himself twitter (and vice versa) is a strength for musk but a weakness for twitter maxread.substack.com/p/why-wont-s...
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
wrote about this exact point yesterday in the context of figuring out what/where/how musk's power lies. musk making himself twitter (and vice versa) is a strength for musk but a weakness for twitter maxread.substack.com/p/why-wont-s...
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𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆!
Journalist Claire Hollingworth called the British Embassy in Warsaw on Sept 1, 1939, to report Germany's invasion of Poland, marking the start of WWII. To convince officials she held the phone out a window so they could hear the German tanks.
She died #OTD in 2017 at age 105.
Journalist Claire Hollingworth called the British Embassy in Warsaw on Sept 1, 1939, to report Germany's invasion of Poland, marking the start of WWII. To convince officials she held the phone out a window so they could hear the German tanks.
She died #OTD in 2017 at age 105.
January 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆!
Journalist Claire Hollingworth called the British Embassy in Warsaw on Sept 1, 1939, to report Germany's invasion of Poland, marking the start of WWII. To convince officials she held the phone out a window so they could hear the German tanks.
She died #OTD in 2017 at age 105.
Journalist Claire Hollingworth called the British Embassy in Warsaw on Sept 1, 1939, to report Germany's invasion of Poland, marking the start of WWII. To convince officials she held the phone out a window so they could hear the German tanks.
She died #OTD in 2017 at age 105.
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Renee Good would be alive today
if ICE hadn’t been there.
if ICE hadn’t been there.
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Renee Good would be alive today
if ICE hadn’t been there.
if ICE hadn’t been there.
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Cluster headaches are far more painful than the migraines I suffer. Unimaginable. My heart really goes out to these people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Full-blown agony: my battle against the mysterious pain of cluster headaches
They can hurt more than broken bones or pancreatitis. But with the right drugs and therapies, relief is possible from this debilitating and often misunderstood condition
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Cluster headaches are far more painful than the migraines I suffer. Unimaginable. My heart really goes out to these people.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
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Trump is the U.S. inside out. All of the hidden ugliness and secrets inverted to a proud boast.
He's our deepest shame, with overt pride. Our ugliness, paraded and applauded.
He's the Hyde of the American psyche - exposed and normalized.
He's deeply American. And America is deeply Trumpian. 🧵
He's our deepest shame, with overt pride. Our ugliness, paraded and applauded.
He's the Hyde of the American psyche - exposed and normalized.
He's deeply American. And America is deeply Trumpian. 🧵
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Trump is the U.S. inside out. All of the hidden ugliness and secrets inverted to a proud boast.
He's our deepest shame, with overt pride. Our ugliness, paraded and applauded.
He's the Hyde of the American psyche - exposed and normalized.
He's deeply American. And America is deeply Trumpian. 🧵
He's our deepest shame, with overt pride. Our ugliness, paraded and applauded.
He's the Hyde of the American psyche - exposed and normalized.
He's deeply American. And America is deeply Trumpian. 🧵
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
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So anyway if everything could stop being awful that’d be great
January 4, 2026 at 4:56 AM
So anyway if everything could stop being awful that’d be great
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.