This made my night. Bless your heart, Jerry.

And, of course, when I point this out to people, they get mad and/or tell me I'm nitpicking their language. Then after I mention my hearing disability, it's, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know!"

🫠

Evergreen.

To belabor the point, if every user who blocked @attie.ai would do the following I think cool things would happen:

1. Stop asking for an edit button
2. Go make a post on the User Intents proposal demanding that @bsky.app and the @atproto.com teams ship it (link below)
???
3. Now you're not in attie

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Thank you to EVERYONE for this, we all made a lot of people belly laugh. I don't have a soundcloud but I adore+ support this wonderful organization close to where I grew up in Maine that provides summer retreats for trans kids. Please support if you can.
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This makes me cry laughing every time I see it. I cried laughing, locating it to make this post.

Strongly suspect that as this war and its negative effects escalate, we're gonna see a massive increase in disinfo and unsourced "news" - starting right the hell now.

PLEASE don't share "breaking" news from rando or disreputable accounts who provide no links.

- image without alt text
- image without alt text
- repost of image without alt text, with no added context
- image without alt text
- link to substack

... sigh.

I don't want to read a book written by AI.
I don't want to read a book half written by AI.
I don't want to read a book narrated by AI.
I don't want to read a book with an AI cover.
I don't want to read a book written by somebody who supports AI.

“Stay Gold,” by First Aid Kit. Specifically, the chorus. It’s actually the first lines in the story.

Descriptions! First draft is a slightly more meaty zero-th draft, so my beta readers help figure out needed descriptions.

Tightening the emotions! WIP sequel is supposed to be a combo tearjerker/anger-inducer. First draft isn't there.

Having a child.

(Technically a spoiler but not really, since I've stated many times that my MCs will match the journey my wife and I took.)

#WritingPrompt

Just scrolled past 15 images in a row without ALT text. Many would have benefited from context, too. 😖

Drop an alien that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek.

Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

The wikipedia page lists two athletes and some other person but leaves off (in my mind) the biggest one:

The creator of npm.

When I lived in Southern California & worked at an Apple Store, many of my coworkers were actors. They needed the extra money from selling iPods and Macs.

I can’t imagine that’s somehow gotten better since then! 😖

I haven’t gotten this one yet. Are you able to share the url?

Please recognize that some people will be into things that are upsetting to you but that does not necessarily make them evil or harmful to society. It is 2026, can we please leave this worthless discourse cycle behind? This petty arguing only distracts from the real issues of our time

If you also don’t want to see the bad takes from the hell site — highly recommend this labeler!

Today is an excellent day to support an Indie romance author:

The Demon and The Wish by Rebecca Crunden
The Postman Becomes a Bunny Goddess in Another World by Autumn Wolff
Barrow Maid By Dani Finn
Shadowbeast By Michelle Franklin
Zimanges by MC Burnell

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.

Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

Yeah, I’m not sure I understand why but earlier today the maintainer deactivated it.

Putting a pin in this because I, too, am curious. The gambling is beyond out of control and that is [opposite of arousal]. (None of the listed antonyms is good enough.)

I should add: If I don’t follow you, or you don’t follow a lot of the same accounts as me, my apologies but I am skeptical. That isn’t an outright no, but I need to do some vetting.

“Why should we pay for something you couldn’t be bothered to make?”

💥💥💥💥💥

Viewing it as a race tells me all I need to know about the person.

First book: bsky.app/profile/mvc....

Illustration of several battle-hardened resistance fighters in front of a space ship (by Jaroslaw Marcinek). Text over it reads: Beta readers needed for Fragile Gamete of Resistance, by MVC. Bullet points note: Adult sci-fi, main character is deaf, infertility awareness, heavy on drama & mystery [a.k.a. Six Feet Under in space], no punching down, anti-fascism, no A.I., and a kitty.

Hey #WritingCommunity friends – it's finally time! I need a couple of #BetaReaders for the first draft of my sequel. I put all the info in the image & ALT text. I'm more than happy to swap, too.

(Also, friends, I don't have a lot of reach here, so if you can boost this, I'll love you forever!)

This is a great server! You should join!

Snowstorms are hell for wheelchair users—but they don't have to be "You can't physically move. You can't do anything."

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