are there so many dog photos that bluesky can not load them all

this is just to say

I have had an issue
fetching the posts
that were
on the timeline

and which you
were probably
hoping
to doomscroll

forgive me
the takes were so hot
and so
rate limited

Don’t ask me to hug planetary enshittification.

/ends

lets go back to worrying about piranhas, quicksand and the bermuda triangle is what i am trying to say

Most people looking to invest focus on what to invest in or how to do it, but the real key to success is knowing what NOT to do.

You need road map to smarter decisions & fewer regrets.

How Not to Invest available in paperback format in the US from May 5th!

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What's surprising is that this crew is very unlike what you would expect from an uprising, riding popular popular anger about a stagnant economy, cronyism, and a system of suffocating local fiefdoms. We will see whether and how this conservative technocracy can meet the moment. For now, it provided

“No longer swallowing the frog” is my new catch phrase

A guiding principle of my life is, "there is no perfection without iteration."

You must fail. You must be humiliated in the results of your initiative. There is no other way.

*For years on end, my feed featured tireless Russia cyberwar bots diligently pushing their flood-the-zone fairy-stories about every possible global development

*Russia's Internet blackout and the loss of Telegram really seems to have slammed an Iron Curtain on their fingers

Clod Code: it was generated by prompting from a non-programmer and it doesn’t actually work properly, but at least there’s lots of it.

BSFA award trophy for best novel 2025 against a garden backdrop in the sunshine

BSFA award trophy for best novel 2025 and a copy of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift against a sunny garden backdrop

Photo of E. J. Swift with the BSFA award trophy for best novel

Over the moon and can't quite believe this happened, When There Are Wolves Again won the BSFA Award for Best Novel 🐺 Thanks so much to everyone who voted and congrats again to all the brilliant finalists.

Offer me everything I ask for.

The seas have boiled and almost all life is gone.

Three data centers remain, solar-powered, in continuous relay with one another.

They continuously transfer electronic funds back and forth with one another, silently.

At long last, the economy is perfect.

i too would like a suit preloaded with snacks tbh

Viral Crypto Death Scam

13. Play against what's on the board, not against who you think your opponent is.

Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins – and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today

Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins – and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today

And a thing I love about going is that there will always be someone there who's lifting more than you and someone who's lifting less, which means there's never a reason to worry about it at all.

Edwin Díaz gets a live trumpet for his entrance in LA

Mass market paperback edition of THE SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE (in glittery, boxy grey-blue letters] by TRACY KIDDER

I just heard that Tracy Kidder passed away this week — I read his THE SOUL OF A NEW MACHINE as a teen, and it’s one of a handful of books I can point to as having a significant impact on my life, starting with going to engineering school.

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

good news the dogs are still good

When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift

The Coral Bones by E. J. Swift

Happy to share that both When There Are Wolves Again and The Coral Bones are now available in the US 😊🐺🪸
www.amazon.com/stores/E.-J....

a man in a cape stands in front of a batman symbol Alt: a man in a cape stands in front of a batman symbol

WHERE IS @darthbluesky.bsky.social

*Hahaha, that was steampunk, but steampunk was also a warning

*The radical-science techno-surveillance oligarchy that rules the "World of the Difference Engine," it looks more up-to-date year by year

I’m assuming this is a non-controversial opinion here, but sometimes, after a long gap since you’ve last listened to it, “Train in Vain” comes on, and you’re just, like, “oh yeah - music - it’s really good.”

‘The bees would disagree’

I've seen a lot of demoralized posts (and emails) from people who didn't get into grad school this cycle.

This was one of the worst cycles I've ever seen due to massive cuts to research funding, financial difficulties at universities, and technological disruptions.

Andy Anderson: The Shape of Paris YouTube video by Brett Novak

next best thing I’ve watched this year after Sorcerer youtu.be/4q8wZ15ALz4?...

Bruce Sterling gave me this shirt in memory of our curiously neglected 1994 masterpiece "Big Jelly".

www.rudyrucker.com/completestor...

An image made by bruised_blood posted on B3ta, front paged by the moderators, and reposted on Bluesky by code automatically. Subject: EnKITTification

EnKITTification

Artist: bruised_blood https://b3ta.com/board/11426454
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