Every minute of playing Clair Obscur is a chore in boredom. I don’t get how it got GotY

A computer can never pack a bowl therefore a computer must never make a playlist

“Of course,” Astrid says with great professionalism. “There are many wonderful women-loving-women stories to choose from. Do you have any other parameters for me to narrow the search for you? Do you like stories set on the high sea? In the Old West? Or maybe with a speculative element, you know, like—” “Like in Barbarella?” Gus Anderson’s eyes light up. Astrid has only the vaguest impression of a young Jane Fonda in a skimpy outfit on the Barbarella movie poster, an image that serves the male gaze as its raison d’être. “Comparable titles in the sense that these stories are also set in the future, or in space, or sometimes both,” she says firmly. “Would you like some recommendations?” “Absolutely.” The old man sounds giddy. “Bring them on.” Astrid writes down This Is How You End the Time War and Gideon the Ninth for him, and then personally takes him to the stacks to retrieve The Stars Are Legion, by Kameron Hurley. “There isn’t a single man in this book. Everybody on this planet is a woman.” “Oh, my!” Gus Anderson, his head probably brimming with images of thousands of chicks making out with one another for his delectation, checks out the book and leaves happily.

A fan messaged me about this passage from Sherry Thomas's book, "The Librarians," in which a librarian has an annoying older male patron ask her for some woman-on-woman sf😂

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

BlueSky has invented a new form of ban where they ban you but it’s not a ban so you can’t appeal it because you haven’t been banned even though you’re banned.

How I ended up near this area is a mystery to me.

5 hours in and I still don't know why Clair Obscur is GotY. It's sooooo draggy, so overdone. I don't like any of the protagonists.

Goa — today @ 5 30 PM.

Irritating:
MSFS has great VR implementation but the yoke handling on my FFB yoke is trash
X-Plane has great yoke telemetry and absolute garbage VR implementation :(

This is a blast from the past!

Got the corniest corny keychains for my work bag for maximum cornitude.

@jk_rowling · Feb 2 This is beyond silly. Neither I, nor anybody on my team, ever met, communicated with or invited Jeffrey Epstein to anything. https://x.com/girlslasttourr/girlslasttourrr/status/2018093016548778327

Justice.gov Epstein Files official Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play invite to Jeffrey Epstein

Peggy Siegal Company: "Hi just liet us know where you like to send the tickets. Rhys Kimmitt "the tickets are on their way to Peggy's office. Please deal with Lila to arrange pickup" CC Jeffrey Epstein "Rhys please deal with Jeffrey Epstein's assistant [redacted] She will send a messenger to pick up his two dinner tickets. Thanks so much! xoxo Peggy"

To Jeffrey Epstein Ryhs Kimmitt Marisa Frank and Lila Walker from Peggy "To whom this may concern Rhys...what was not clear?" "I was very explicit with my staff and you about TWO tickets for the DINNER for Jeffrey Epstein. What genius filled the ticket order? Why wasn't his name on the DINNER list at the door? What genius thought my friend would not have a plus one when we ordered TWO tickets. What robot at the door would not let him in? This has ruined what was a perfect everning for all of us. I am incredibly emarabassed by the rigid behavior of some child minded door guard. Jeffrey is a captain of international finance and a close personal friend of mine. I know this was not done on purpose but it still is terribly upsetting. Please find out who did this and send an apology note. Thank you so much. Peggy. Jeffrey...of all nights, I left my two phones home, I was actually looking for you all night, I was with Soon-Yi and she thought you were having dinner with her husband. I am so very sorry. What a screw up.

JK Rowling has not tweeted since openly denying that her team invited the world's most notorious child rapist to a kid's play despite evidence directly disproving her claims

It really is perfect bait

vs. Richard Gere. His introduction sent me.

Everything is true but it was also such a stupid fun movie to watch.

Close up of a red PRS guitar with custom pickup covers in the middle of a performance.

Posting just to show off this really nice picture of my guitar that a photographer took during a recent performance at the Esplanade.

I bought this guitar based entirely on the looks. And it delivers.

A tiny 2 seater airplane at the parking ramp for GA aircraft against a vibrant blue sky.

Fun cross country checkout at the local flight school has now turned into 3 hours at Malacca cuz the plane won't start.

Coming very soon: open call for submissions for Vol 2 of the IF Anthology of New Indian SFF.

As last time (and always), no commissioned work, no pre-approved guest list, fully open call, and blind review.

Watch this space!

🛰️ Assam-Sat: The state government of #Assam has initiated steps with #ISRO for a dedicated satellite ' #ASSAMSAT ' aimed at flood forecasting, governance & public service delivery, reports The Assam Tribune.

I need to re-read it. I remember devouring it so fast with so many ideas and so much going on. Spectacular novel. Can’t believe it’s TWELVE years old.

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover

Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!

Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.

Many tanks! (Tank museum in Dorset)

The Bandigoat begins its journey into our reality!

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it's a vintage typewriter

"let copilot help you draft"
"can gemini write that for you"

I have now taken the only reasonable course of action in the circumstances

Ah yes Thom "both sides are at fault" Yorke

That's so nice!

We were there for about 4 days - 5 safaris in total. There are 3 ranges if I remember correctly so this was plenty of time to see all of them.

You'll see plenty of those. If you're lucky you can spot a hoolock gibbon (we did!) or a tiger (we didn't :( )

We didn't spot any sloth bears during the trip unfortunately! Other bears are not native to Kaziranga I believe.