A lovely mossy boulder with a face. I walked past this venerable stone gentleman on Dartmoor when I was beginning to write my first novel, Villager, and it whispered all 104,000 words of the book to me. So now I have to pay it all of my royalties. Unfortunately my ex-publisher stopped paying me royalties last year. Understandable, the boulder was not happy. But now I have a new publisher and the book has been republished. So remember if you purchase a copy you will be helping a boulder to eat, pay the rent on his riverside moss garden, and feed his boulder family.

Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

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Canadian litigators: The Advocates' Society ( @advocates-soc.bsky.social ) is now on Bluesky. You'll find them in vol. 2 of my CanLaw starter pack: go.bsky.app/SRL8PuM

Toronto:).

Fresh out of Evil Dead: The Musical (a couple of weeks ago) - I’m told tix are still available:).

Poor guy. I hope he sleeps with one eye open.

Before and after: Aerial photos show what being Elon Musk's neighbor can do to your land Cards Against Humanity, which owns land in Texas, is suing the space billionaire to “un-fuck” its property and reputation, to the tune of $15...

These photos are VERY clear that Cards Against Humanity is right in its claim against SpaceX, in the 2nd weirdest legal story happening right now sherwood.news/power/elon-m...

Fuck him - do what feels good:).

“Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis. A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far"

Dude, really???

Clearly it should be "The Ocean at the End of the Lane."

Is there a single word that would communicate "a certain lack of appreciation" with a soupçon of disdain?

I find it distracting - I always want to rush outside and try to see the planes!

Yikes. What kind of proof would be required to argue transportation was in aid of an abortion? In considering the consequences of declaring a "sanctuary city" for the unborn, is anyone else reminded of pre-unification West Germany's abortion policies?

@qjurecic.bsky.social does a nice job contextualizing the current crisis via Watergate: "Later, testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, Dean recalled his astonishment at the realization: “How in God’s name could so many lawyers get involved in something like this?”"

Oh god - it's probably me!

Musk’s new Twitter policies helped spread Russian propaganda, EU says A study commissioned by the European Commission found that “the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.”

Twitter under Elon Musk ownership has played a major role in allowing Russian propaganda about Ukraine to reach more people than before the war began, according to a year-long study released this week by the European Commission, the governing body of the European Union.

A memoir

This thing looks eerily similar to my dishwasher and any other random piece of industrial kitchenware.

I'm with you on all of the above, with the exception of Thomas Dolby...

Ha!

It’s the only way to travel, you know..! 😉🙌

Never Too Old to Save the World: A Midlife Calling Anthology by Jim C. Hines (et al.) These 19 clever stories reimagine the Chosen One trope, giving the mantle to older, more experienced heroes. Among the strongest...

I’m biased due to being one of the authors, but I think Never Too Old To Save The World is pretty good. :)

www.publishersweekly.com/9781954255470

Confronting a pair of dangerous arguments as trans people remain under attack On protecting transgender people's lives and dignity in the face of this week; Yglesias's "compromise"; and Singal, Powell, & Drum's anti-advocacy cry.

Trans people are under attack, with government laws that take away their rights. For some, the pushback against that hate is the problem. “Compromise” is needed, and “aggressiveness” is a problem. This is a dangerous path, and I address it at Law Dork.

I'm just going to leave this here...