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“Fun” as Baudrillardian third order simulacrum

*doing a merry jig with rictus smile and wide eyes and singing*
“thhheee techbro streamers annnd financialization guys drove onnne of America’s
healthiest industries into ditch for a decaaaade!”

Cracker Barrel. 1969. A menu that says, "Damn those feds and hippies for taking away the Sundown Town laws Jesus himself wrote into the constitution!"

THIS.

Also, for people who think old movies are dull or uptight, BORN TO KILL is a riveting depiction of ferocious lust, blatant sociopathy, and gleeful amorality, with Trevor the heart of it. So worth a watch.

I summon the meme!

And there should be lawsuits. Many lawsuits.

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The ACME, er, Warner Brothers/Discovery/Paramount+ Skydance corporation is releasing this film for accounting purposes only and does not condone its storyline in any way.

Social media is the place where folks who haven’t published anything share strong opinions about publishing, writers without an agent tell you all about working with agents, AI sloppers demand to be called authors, and writers who can’t write tell you editors are the enemy.

a cartoon of clocks with the words and then one day you find ten years have got behind you no one told you when to run ALT: a cartoon of clocks with the words and then one day you find ten years have got behind you no one told you when to run

Congratulations on surviving another trip around the sun! Have some cheerful Pink Floyd songs!

"It's costing us three times as much to use AI as it would to hire a human! But at least we don't have to deal with their stupid 'I have bills to pay and a health condition' whining. They should have just inherited genius and money, like me."

I wrote a report on the future of management for the IC in 2017, when this kind of tracking software was just being developed. Now, it's ubiquitous in the US

It's 7am and I’m $25 short for the room. Cutting it close this morning. If anyone can help, it would mean a lot right now. Thank you 💜

Floofy cream coloured cat snoozing under a patio table on a bench cushion. He's stretched out with his eyes closed and his paws toward the camera.

Same cat different angle. Now we're seeing him on the couch from under a patio table. He's rotated onto his back and has his front feet tucked up like an otter and his back feet in the air. Chubby little belly pointed skyward.

Dey cawlinit onna de gratest nappso awlltime s

Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin

Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

This is one of the saddest pieces I’ve read in a long time; brace yourself, it’s devastating

I wish RFK Jr and his MAHA movement would read it (they won’t)

🎁 Link

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

Deal with the Devil: A Mercenary Librarians Novel A Mercenary Librarians Novel

All at @bookshop.org and with DRM free ebooks and audiobooks

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Making RAM at Home YouTube video by Dr.Semiconductor

if you're writing your post-apocalyptic story you have to take into account in your "lost technology" narrative that this guy figured out how to make RAM in his garage.
youtu.be/h6GWikWlAQA?...

WTF

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

#IndieApril #IndieBooks

When current events get to me I read some Wendigogo from @gravewriter71.bsky.social. Today is the 6th publication anniversary, but it's still just as relevant as it was the day it hit the streets. #EatTheRich #EatTheBadPeople

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Go kick rocks, Thiel

Our cat would LOVE this.

He expects to die in... 2025.

This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.

One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.

Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

Another data point for the "everybody is 12 now" theory. That's the billionaire CEO of the world's biggest and nastiest surveillance company who also just released a high concept technofascist statement. He and I are the same age. And I am, I cannot be clearer, an Old Man.

LAcon V Announces 2026 Hugo Awards Finalists LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, announced the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards, the most prestigious honors for excellence in science fiction and fantasy, on April 21. First p…

Congratulations to all who were nominated:

This is a yes.

This is also a likely lie. He'll 'sell' them to an entity that exists to just 'sell' it back to him after confirmation.

I'm sure whatever it's about it will be a steady and measured and well thought out discussion on the topics at hand.

Or, you know, this.