How to troll chess players:

Last Edit to THE ALL BANGERS LIST Made By Your Sex Robot at 11:39 A.M. A sex robot cross-references his lover's dating history, period tracker, and Spotify Wrapped — and realizes he's the only one not on her list.

Toy or companion? 😘

"Last Edit to THE ALL BANGERS LIST Made By Your Sex Robot at 11:39 A.M." by @zutsuit.bsky.social

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Excited that InfoWars has switched sides in the infowars

Some conversation swirling today about how to write even when your first draft will be terrible. This book has a lot of the answers + motivation.

Here's alt-text for the Madam Stryzga image you uploaded: "Vintage Quaker Oats advertisement parody with 'DO YOU EAT' at the top in large serif font. Left side reads 'ANCIENT' vertically, right side reads 'MONSTROCITIES' vertically. Center features a detailed black and white engraving of a demonic creature with horns, spiky hair, sitting cross-legged surrounded by various objects. Bottom text reads 'IF NOT * * * * * YOU SHOULD / THEY ARE / THE BEST' in serif font."

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A WWII-era color photograph of a woman in a red uniform and red knit cap, working inside a bomber's plexiglass cockpit canopy, overlaid with the text "Spirit alembic keeper by Emma Burnett — Adventitious, Issue Two."

Guess what's free to read today.

Hey guys! I'm doing a @sfwa.org poetry reading this Saturday at 11am PST (with an open mic beforehand!).

I'd love to know which poems you'd like to hear me read! (here's a list of them all: liu-angela.com/poetry-2/) 🙏

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

Spirit alembic keeper by Emma Burnett In a war that extracts soldiers' souls for safekeeping, one alembic keeper processes an endless stream of conscripts — until they can't anymore. Flash fiction by Emma Burnett.

If you're looking for a different kind of ghost story...Spirit alembic keeper by @slashnburnett.bsky.social has:

⚗️ soul storage
🪖 war conscription
🎷 dancing spirits
🍎 crabapple-based bartering economies
💔 so, so many who should not go off to fight

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With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

Please stand by for more.

"Dude! That image of malice and hatred made visible was fuckin' cool! Perfect rep for our company."

Get Ready for [RECORDED] — An Anthology of Found Media Fiction! From Merc Fenn Wolfmoor - Get Ready for [RECORDED] — An Anthology of Found Media Fiction!

INTERESTING.

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What book/short story from 2006 deserves more love?

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

Sorry. Spider dreams not guaranteed.

Two Lius for you to peruse.

kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain and saying hooray . ALT: kermit the frog is dancing in front of a red curtain and saying hooray .

Hell yes.

I see you avoided saying "try to get along with..."

Magenta and pink cosmic nebula with white Archivo Black sans-serif text reading "WHEN THE GOD SPEAKS" in bold capitals. Stars dot the swirling gas clouds. From "Penance" by Jennifer Hudak, published in Adventitious Issue Two.

Vertical Milky Way galaxy photograph with teal and gold tones. White serif text centered in the middle reads "I'm not supposed to listen." A quote from "Penance," exploring forbidden knowledge and cosmic communion.

Penance
by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social

screenshot of the front page of my threadless shop with 4 bestselling tees

$14 Tees + Up To 35% off Everything in me Threadless shoppe! Promo ends April 23rd!

If you wanna inject some positivity into this world, my request to you is:

If you like a creative person (artist, musician, craftsperson, literally anything), tell them you like their stuff. Doesn't have to be me, in fact I'd prefer it if it wasn't, but you'll make their day, I promise.

Anne Hathaway bought the rights to a novel about a tradwife influencer who wakes up in 1855 and has to actually live the life she's been selling online. The book is called Yesteryear. It came out 3 days ago. The film rights were already sold to Hathaway, who will produce and star.

Holy shit, I have NEVER been more excited for a movie.

A Dutch Golden Age floral still life painting—a terracotta vase overflowing with colorful flowers including peonies, dahlias, and tulips in shades of cream, coral, red, and deep blue. Overlaid in white serif font: "They used to plant them together." A thin gold line appears beneath the quote. The painting evokes 17th-century European botanical abundance; the quote speaks to historical division and rediscovered unity.

A lie needs division to blossom.

But the truth?

"We Decay in the Dark" by @ayidashonibar.bsky.social is now live on the site.

Thought I was gonna go with a Star Wars joke, but I zagged. That's for if the headline had used his stage name.

Dude's got "ambitious minor nobleman from Caladan" written all over him.

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

Same, robot. Same

David Byrne - Life During Wartime - Live at Coachella 2026 YouTube video by Coachella

Music for the day:

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