Congrats, Jen!

Bluesky Disrupted by Sophisticated DDoS Attack Bluesky reported service outages last week due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at its systems.

Iran attacking Bluesky is just about the weirdest plot twist I could imagine. www.securityweek.com/bluesky-disr...

as the halo era ones cuz..those are BURNED INTO MY MIND

uh...

well it ended in...

i mean technically...

look, im sure it's nothing at all and just neurodivergent pattern recognition and completely random...but i do wonder why they be running just so much ads that are nearly verbatim the same--

I have not seen this many military recruitment ads over all my network/media sources/shows w.e. ever in my life except...for during the early years of halo ce and 2...which were right before and during the second desert storm and iraq...and led to massive middle east occupation that...:checks notes:

The gentle acts of small joy are making ramen and eating it out of the bowl your lovely gf bought you as a gift so I could enjoy the act of well, making small acts like this just a bit more special. <3

signal boost

Love this

I love this. <3

OMG TYLER! I LOVE SEEING THIS. IDK YOU TWO KNEW EACH OTHER! <3

I mean. . .

Congrats, Mike!

:Checks news on Schrodinger's Strait tonight:

"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."

"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...

www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

I don't visit enough, but each time I've done an event there, the food and folks have been wonderful.

You know...valid. Fair point.

Yeah, y'all don't play about nothin'.

that they are freaking out this badly over a surtax on second homes worth more than five million dollars - the most excessive rich person thing imaginable, which doesn’t even affect most of them - really makes it clear how little attention you need to pay to the freak outs

Thyme Travellers 2 An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

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Baltimore is not playing around with their street art. Straight to the point.

B-more is not a game. Don't play with that city, remember...Tupac's mom left Baltimore for the projects...for a better life.

Accurate take on this is accurate.

North American cover for J.R. Dawson's THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD - a view through an elaborate wall of windows, overlooking a lighthouse and the city of Chicago in the background. Plus author and title information.

UK cover for J.R. Dawson's THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD - a view through an elaborate wall of windows, overlooking a lighthouse and the city of Chicago in the background. A person walks their dog in front of the windows. Plus author and title information.

THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by @jrdawson.bsky.social has won the 2026 Society of Midland Authors Award for Adult Fiction!

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Published by @torbooks.bsky.social & @torbooksuk.bsky.social

The last year and a half especially but...I bust my ass on this story

I'm glad it's out there.

I'm not crying, you are.

I forgot this was out today.

Life's been...lifing for a few years now and recently my family had to make/do a big thing regarding my terminal aunt's care considering her dementia.
I'm super close to her and even began a novel dedicated to/for her.

It's been...a blur

Bill Gates, he was a billionaire at 9!

me:no...no he wasnt?

parents: smack!

me:...guess I have to go be a billionaire now instead of playing siphon filter and final fantasy 8

give birth to you and come to America to make cents. Okay. We came to make dollars. Your chachu back home, he makes only cents in American.

Me:...wat? ...wtf is this conversation right now?

Parents: this is the stupid conversations that happen when you talk back to your parents, now go be

there's no other kind of gaslighting.
Im giving you advice, not gas, no light.

No...youre lying and or rewriting events.

Parents:...no no, this happens. This stuff happens in life and with parents :waggles hand dismissively:

...tf? That's not, that doesn't make any---sense?

Parents: We didn't

I mean...duh, we're brown...but yeah, Maga Desis are absolutely a thing and it is WAH-HA-HA-HIIIIIII=AHHHH-ULD!

Wild!

However, they can gaslight themselves better than the maga whites. How do I know?

Child of desi parents, I know how they gaslit me!!!!

Arrey, this is the gas, you light, you cook

Cancel Reply Forbidden Jay Bluesky is made with Al, the engineers and even some non-engineers use Claude code Can you ask them to stop?

Asking the forbidden question

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing banks to collect citizenship data Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration expects banks to comply in collecting citizenship information from customers.

Uh...
Creepy
U.S. banks may soon collect citizenship data from customers share.google/WQNiN0PnkoK0...