August, like the month
@month-of-august.bsky.social
Came for the books and sciency stuff.
Stayed for the doomscrolling.
Stayed for the doomscrolling.
Pinned
Them: "Name?"
Me: "August, like the month."
The order: "Aguest."
Another order: "Auguest."
And another one: "Agast."
On the way home:
Me: "August, like the month."
The order: "Aguest."
Another order: "Auguest."
And another one: "Agast."
On the way home:
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Maybe AI can eat their shit-ass hamburgers, then. I mean, if you don't want people to make your stuff, then I don't think people really need to consume it, do they?
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Maybe AI can eat their shit-ass hamburgers, then. I mean, if you don't want people to make your stuff, then I don't think people really need to consume it, do they?
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Read and/or own more books.
It will make you godlike.
You'll be able to fly.
Take my hand.
(wait, no, that's Blue Oyster Cult)
Books good. That's what I'm saying.
It will make you godlike.
You'll be able to fly.
Take my hand.
(wait, no, that's Blue Oyster Cult)
Books good. That's what I'm saying.
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Read and/or own more books.
It will make you godlike.
You'll be able to fly.
Take my hand.
(wait, no, that's Blue Oyster Cult)
Books good. That's what I'm saying.
It will make you godlike.
You'll be able to fly.
Take my hand.
(wait, no, that's Blue Oyster Cult)
Books good. That's what I'm saying.
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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Grab the fourth instalment in @maryrobinettekowal.com 's Hugo and Nebula award-winning #ladyastronaut series - THE MARTIAN CONTINGENCY!
"A deeply personal novel about whether the human race will survive and, if it does, what it will be" - Bookpage
Buy now: geni.us/lamarcon
"A deeply personal novel about whether the human race will survive and, if it does, what it will be" - Bookpage
Buy now: geni.us/lamarcon
December 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Grab the fourth instalment in @maryrobinettekowal.com 's Hugo and Nebula award-winning #ladyastronaut series - THE MARTIAN CONTINGENCY!
"A deeply personal novel about whether the human race will survive and, if it does, what it will be" - Bookpage
Buy now: geni.us/lamarcon
"A deeply personal novel about whether the human race will survive and, if it does, what it will be" - Bookpage
Buy now: geni.us/lamarcon
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Fantastic book, highly recommended for fans of giant robots punching things.
#DEAL ALERT! One clickers unite because HARD REBOOT @djangowexler.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only!
amzn.to/4oIRDXP
#HardReboot #ad
amzn.to/4oIRDXP
#HardReboot #ad
Hard Reboot
Django Wexler's Hard Reboot features giant mech arena battles and intergalactic diplomacy. When did academia get to be so complicated?
amzn.to
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fantastic book, highly recommended for fans of giant robots punching things.
More books need soundtracks.
Did you know that @artofelaineho.bsky.social 's dark political fantasy debut has its own original soundtrack?!
The Bookish Songs Collective have now released their 5 songs (Godkiller, Nobody Cries for the Queen, Wounded Bird, Iskanti Lullaby & Faceless) - find them wherever you listen to music!
The Bookish Songs Collective have now released their 5 songs (Godkiller, Nobody Cries for the Queen, Wounded Bird, Iskanti Lullaby & Faceless) - find them wherever you listen to music!
CALLING ALL POLITICAL FANTASY BOOK LOVERS 📚Cry, Voidbringer (Original Literary Soundtrack) is out now, everywhere you…"
CALLING ALL POLITICAL FANTASY BOOK LOVERS 📚Cry, Voidbringer (Original Literary Soundtrack) is out now, everywhere you get your music! Written for @artofelaineho’s debut novel of the same name, it features five new songs as follows:“Godkill...
www.instagram.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
More books need soundtracks.
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Capitalism has built a society that encourages and enables these tech oligarchs to believe they're important, that they're critical thinkers, and that they know what's best for us and society. It's well past time to eat the rich.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Capitalism has built a society that encourages and enables these tech oligarchs to believe they're important, that they're critical thinkers, and that they know what's best for us and society. It's well past time to eat the rich.
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no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
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Turning it off and leaving it off also solves many problems
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Turning it off and leaving it off also solves many problems
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Imagine wasting that much money on a pet project and not only do you keep your job but you get a bigger bonus than ever. I literally cannot imagine this even though it's exactly what these execs get. The privilege of fucking up repeatedly with zero consequences.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Imagine wasting that much money on a pet project and not only do you keep your job but you get a bigger bonus than ever. I literally cannot imagine this even though it's exactly what these execs get. The privilege of fucking up repeatedly with zero consequences.
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Some files are haunted, and that's okay. Every project needs lore.
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Some files are haunted, and that's okay. Every project needs lore.
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Also, "we can bring back that ugly-fuck car from the 1970s whose gas tank you gotta fill up every 1,362 feet" is not a sales pitch.
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Also, "we can bring back that ugly-fuck car from the 1970s whose gas tank you gotta fill up every 1,362 feet" is not a sales pitch.
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🚨SALE ENDS TONIGHT!
Snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) https://geni.us/Solarissale
And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
Snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) https://geni.us/Solarissale
And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🚨SALE ENDS TONIGHT!
Snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) https://geni.us/Solarissale
And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
Snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) https://geni.us/Solarissale
And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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He also gave it to Coke cheap in exchange for the agreement that they would help him distribute a portable and easy to use water purifier he had invented to poor rural areas around the world, so is by all accounts a very good guy
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
He also gave it to Coke cheap in exchange for the agreement that they would help him distribute a portable and easy to use water purifier he had invented to poor rural areas around the world, so is by all accounts a very good guy
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rian johnson needs you in the next film
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
rian johnson needs you in the next film
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How Ramanujan's formulae for pi connect to modern high energy physics
by Rohini Subrahmanyam
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#books #mathematics #physics
by Rohini Subrahmanyam
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#books #mathematics #physics
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
How Ramanujan's formulae for pi connect to modern high energy physics
by Rohini Subrahmanyam
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#books #mathematics #physics
by Rohini Subrahmanyam
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#books #mathematics #physics
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Have I foisted Automatic Noodle on you yet?
It's a quick read and it's so sweet and I want everyone to read it and love it
It's a quick read and it's so sweet and I want everyone to read it and love it
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Have I foisted Automatic Noodle on you yet?
It's a quick read and it's so sweet and I want everyone to read it and love it
It's a quick read and it's so sweet and I want everyone to read it and love it
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December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Pitching Predator Badlands 2 subtitles:
* One Ugly Mother
* The Wrath of Mom
* Back in the Habitat
* Here We Go Again
* Dek & Thia's Bogus Journey
* From Yautja Prime with Love
* One Ugly Mother
* The Wrath of Mom
* Back in the Habitat
* Here We Go Again
* Dek & Thia's Bogus Journey
* From Yautja Prime with Love
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Pitching Predator Badlands 2 subtitles:
* One Ugly Mother
* The Wrath of Mom
* Back in the Habitat
* Here We Go Again
* Dek & Thia's Bogus Journey
* From Yautja Prime with Love
* One Ugly Mother
* The Wrath of Mom
* Back in the Habitat
* Here We Go Again
* Dek & Thia's Bogus Journey
* From Yautja Prime with Love
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ofc quitting spotify is good, but i wish that not using streaming services at all got mentioned as an option. it's not that hard to host your own Plex server or get an mp3 player
also the 24-bit/96 kHz "hi-res" audio quality that's advertised by Tidal and Qobuz is completely inaudible snake oil
also the 24-bit/96 kHz "hi-res" audio quality that's advertised by Tidal and Qobuz is completely inaudible snake oil
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
ofc quitting spotify is good, but i wish that not using streaming services at all got mentioned as an option. it's not that hard to host your own Plex server or get an mp3 player
also the 24-bit/96 kHz "hi-res" audio quality that's advertised by Tidal and Qobuz is completely inaudible snake oil
also the 24-bit/96 kHz "hi-res" audio quality that's advertised by Tidal and Qobuz is completely inaudible snake oil
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Readers tend to accumulate books, whether they plan to or not; @jdnicoll.bsky.social offers some advice and approaches he wishes he'd considered before diving headlong into assembling a massive book collection 📚
Things I Wish I'd Known When Starting a Book Collection - Reactor
Handy advice for overly enthusiastic bookworms (you know who you are)
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Readers tend to accumulate books, whether they plan to or not; @jdnicoll.bsky.social offers some advice and approaches he wishes he'd considered before diving headlong into assembling a massive book collection 📚
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Weird fiction
“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?”
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Weird fiction
I want that free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut and tickets to a Six Flags amusement park.
Who is counting your reading. Why are they doing that
December 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I want that free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut and tickets to a Six Flags amusement park.
You really need to twist my arm off to get me to buy more books.
(No you don't, and it'll grow back.)
(No you don't, and it'll grow back.)
I'm sure *nobody* out there is completely sick and tired of promotions (...🙃...), so here's a reminder our 40% OFF SALE is still good through Friday, Dec. 5th. Use Code CYBER40 at checkout.
www.jackanapespress.com
www.jackanapespress.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
You really need to twist my arm off to get me to buy more books.
(No you don't, and it'll grow back.)
(No you don't, and it'll grow back.)