Book rec: The Language of Liars Hello! Amplitudes is on the longlist for Best Collection in the BSFA awards, which I forgot to mention last time, so if you’re a BSFA member, do consider...

This really cool book by my friend SL Huang is out today! I wrote a bit about it before, and in case you missed it (or didn't preorder), take another look. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Naming my security company after the giant evil eye that, crucially, was too distracted to see the actual threat sneaking in

Männer werden Männern IMMER beim gesellschaftlichen Rehabilitieren helfen no matter what macht euch bitte keine Illusionen

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

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„Demontage des Sozialstaates“: Merz-Regierung plant massive Einschnitte für Menschen mit Behinderung, Kinder und Familien Ein Leak empört: Demnach plant die Koalition radikale Kürzungen bei der Teilhabe. Vorschläge kommen aus dem SPD-geführten Arbeitsministerium.

"Kein einziger Vorschlag fragt, was die (…) Einschnitte für die betroffenen Menschen bedeuten. Kein einziger Vorschlag erwägt, ob die Einsparung den Schaden rechtfertigt. Das Dokument behandelt Sozialleistungen wie Haushaltsposten. Die Menschen, die auf sie angewiesen sind, kommen darin nicht vor."

and "that sure makes me feel some kind of way"

Stonewall’s backsliding into their transphobic past is now complete.

Hegseth saying “The Pharisee Press” should be a fully mask off moment. He is saying “The Jewish Press”. But Christians of all political stripes are so devoted to using Pharisees as a rhetorical prop that liberal Christians regularly insist it’s totally fine, no matter how many Jews try to explain.

Vanity plate that says “SAPPHO” on a Subaru

it’s what makes a subaru a subaru

Deadnaming the Bad Transes, endless "Elonia" jokes, the reaction to Kristi Noem's husband...the Liberal heart craves transphobia, it seems.

That's Not What Unc Means You’d never know the meaning of unc or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media.

wrote about unc, and the way that the internet works as an accelerator of cultural appropriation aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...

Meme time! GIMLI (with a big TERF label over his face): Never thought I'd be fighting alongside the far right. LEGOLAS (with a big FAR RIGHT label over his face): Yes, you did.

ok no spoilers I haven't watched the finale yet but even in season one it's very clear IMO that this is intentionally a weakness of the character that exists for a very good reason, namely to show that his heroism as a doctor doesn't exempt him from all human foibles and power dynamics!

"Medical institutions must educate staff that Long COVID is a disabling condition affecting up to 40% of healthcare workers who contracted and continue to contract COVID-19 while working in hospitals that have failed to control the spread of the virus and other pathogens."

#LongCOVID

Screenshot of The Sick Times article. Headline: “I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me.” Written by Mustafa Talat, April 17, 2026. Image shows three side-by-side photos of the same person wearing protective medical gear, including a mask, goggles, and hooded suit. The central image is clearer, while the two on either side are tinted blue. Caption reads: Photo courtesy of Mustafa Talat.

"I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me"

"6 years later, COVID-19 continues spreading, killing, and disabling people, but many of my colleagues ignore it. Last December, a colleague said, “We can’t keep doing this. COVID is basically over”

archive.md/CLP40

I truly hate when little Right Wing Hitler youth open their mouths and give opinions in their over sized fake glasses, that they think will make them seem smart ,on things they know nothing about.

But listen to a real farmer rip her apart.

Jens Spahn: "Es gibt Studien, die sagen, dass die stillgelegten (Atom-) Reaktoren der letzten Jahre mit um die 10 Milliarden Euro wieder ans Netz gehen könnten".

Parallel läuft seine Parteikollegin Reiche herum und erzählt davon, wie "teuer" die Erneuerbaren sind.

Es ist nicht mehr zum Aushalten.

I’m looking for an automated way to read others’s scientific data without giving credit or acknowledgement, and also claim full credit for insights from it. And I want it to have a fitting name

OAI: say no more

In Ostfriesland ist ein Autokonvoi als Protest gegen die hohen Energiepreise geplant.

Was kommt als Nächstes? Kriege anzetteln für den Friedensnobelpreis? Seeblockaden gegen Seeblockaden? Von Milliardären gesponserte Rechtsextreme wählen, weil Milliardäre uns ausbeuten?!

SpaceX Was Buying Cybertrucks in Bulk. Tesla Didn’t Tell Anyone. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shareholders are about to start asking a pointed question: why did they have to find out from outside reporting that SpaceX was purchasing Cybertrucks in bulk, as Bloomberg is repo...

One more reason not to buy the SpaceX IPO
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CC @weirdmedieval.bsky.social

I’m a cognitive psychologist. Don’t tell me this isn’t a stroopwafel.

I really enjoyed this thoughtful discussion between @superlinguo.bsky.social and @ceaubin.com

Like I said. Kobo has been over there keeping on keeping on this whole time. If you don't know about them, it's a great time to learn!

Candidate 1 is bad so Candidate 2 must be good is a logical fallacy

Northern Europe is so fucked
Pity the German government loves cars and highways

imagine how fucking bad it's going to be when AI toddlers get a bit older, imagine how absolutely fucked their worldview is going to be, their perception of other human beings or humanity in general

Pics of airplane ears This is a subreddit for pics of animals with "airplane ears."

An employee at the eye doctor said his day was greatly improved because he overheard me say that there's a subreddit just for cats with airplane ears, so just in case you don't know: there's a subreddit just for cats with airplane ears. www.reddit.com/r/airplaneea...

She was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago, and had been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since.

But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport on her way to a job.