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Or impatient.
There are some important things to remember in terms of Awards-shortlist day etiquette. A short thread.
Even folks I really like and respect make some blunders on this stuff.
1) Allow people to enjoy the shortlist. Avoid dismissing the finalists (whomever they are) for at least a month.
My wife asked me to repost this in case some folks missed it.
She is de-stashing her treasure hoard of yarn. There's a lot of it. It's kinda taken over the house. I'm in the attic of the garage right now. Help?
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An excellent plan!! It could even turn into its own thing.
of Achilles, son of Peleus
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
The Thing, a mutated human with a rock-covered frame, looking down to see a diminutive green mutated turtle beside him. Each is caught in a terrible downpour, each has opted to wear a brown hat and trench-coat that barely disguises how untypical they are. Each looks severe but determined. The effect is in truth sweet and touching.
Benjamin “The Thing” Grimm of the Fantastic Four and Raphael of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, caught in a real Eisner of a downpour, by Jon Bogdanove & Fernando Peniche.
A crossword puzzle Across 1 - belonging to Ernie’s best friend Down 1 - the things you should be buying today
A cursory search on the internet has told me that on this day in 1924, the first book of crosswords was published.
And we must always believe everything we read on the internet.
Graphic with yellow text at top, whit etext to the right and a book to the left. The book is River in the Galaxy and has a blue spacey cover with a wooden ship flying through outer space. The text from top reads: Earned out! 347 sales. 3,032 copies distributed, 18,540 KU page reads
MY DEBUT EARNED OUT!
It's taken 3 years + 1 month to earn back the £470 I spent on cover, editing, isbns, merch etc. Considering all the factors against me/this book, I'm so freaking proud. It's the *first* book I wrote in English.
I hope I can hit 350 copies sold this month 👀
I don't know that it is the easiest answer, but it sounds like an excellent answer to me. Open and flexible and puppy piling is good, and perhaps there is a risk of tantrum ("Don't TOUCH me!!" screamed at an ear splitting decibel in a crowd), but if requesting consent becomes the default, yay!
I write gibberish\chatter. "I am stuck here, and this plot isn't working, and the characters annoy me except for this one, but the sky is a pretty blue today and only a few clouds, and how am I ever going to move this story forward if I keep writing gibberish?" Eventually something shakes loose.
I have a Birthday Weekend Extravaganza (TM). The length depends on where the day itself falls in the week. For decade milestones I take the whole week. And by Extravaganza I mean pajamas amd Chinese take out and reading and knitting and whatever else strikes my fancy that is not work.
I am so fancy that I buy pre-made refrigerated coffee in plastic containers. (And by fancy I probably mean lazy.)
A name that continues the exploitation of Rosalind Franklin’s life and work, James Watson couldn’t have done it any better himself.
Tell a librarian you love them tomorrow!
"Despite its hand-drawn aesthetic, anti-gravity antics, silly sound effects, and ceaseless funny business, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a grim and very serious movie about the disenfranchisement of a group within society labeled as lower-class."
I wonder how big her team and support staff was.
Not enough people are LISTENING to the people who are talking about how difficult it is.
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The 2 wisest mice on Earth, Pinky and the Brain.
"Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. We heal. We take our tatters and form them into bandages. We eschew all tortured reality and vow no one else will live it."
But they're dinky. They're only Pinky and the Brain.
Have you ever wanted to kill a billionaire?
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Maybe. I drank the KoolAid in 2024, and the aftertaste is still bitter and rage inducing.
First Mage On The Moon by Cameron Johnston. Against a twilight blue background, a rusty magical rocketship readies for launch, with engineering diagrams off to the side.
Happy Launch Day to me!
First Mage On The Moon is out today.
an egyptian goose gosling foraging on grass while another one is behind them, out of focus
"Yes, I'm sick of this shit too and I've only been around a couple days" - gosling 🪶 🐣
This morning, I became the first New York City Mayor to visit Housing Court. And what I saw will stay with me for a long time. Families on the brink of losing their homes. Tenants navigating unsafe conditions, harassment, and uncertainty, searching for justice in an overwhelming system. Small property owners trying to keep up with their mortgage payments. I met with Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, New York City Administrative Judge Shahabuddeen Ally, and other members of the bench, and I walked through Resolution, HP, and NYCHA Parts. I spoke with people in intake, with legal service providers, and with the advocates who show up every day to stand beside New Yorkers who need support. Housing court is where the promises we make about dignity, stability and public excellence are tested in real time. In the months ahead, my team will work closely with the Chief Judge and the Chief Administrative Judge to confront the concerns we heard - directly from judges, tenants, landlords, legal service providers, and advocates.
Hormuz has WOMAN SCORNED ENERGY.
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Disabled doesn't mean discarded. Claire Rosewood takes what she deserves, even when people don't think she does.
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