C.A. Suleiman
@casuleiman.bsky.social
Writer, musician, game designer. Writer of Vampire: The Requiem. Creator of Mummy: The Curse and Hamunaptra, the original Egyptian fantasy setting. Dave Arneson's tabletop RPG developer. Editor-in-Chief of The Lost Citadel. Singer/songwriter of Toll Carom.
About 700 rural hospitals — one-third of all rural hospitals in the U.S. — are *already* at risk of closure over lack of funding.
Stripping over a trillion dollars from the healthcare system is going to pretty much devastate rural America.
Stripping over a trillion dollars from the healthcare system is going to pretty much devastate rural America.
July 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
About 700 rural hospitals — one-third of all rural hospitals in the U.S. — are *already* at risk of closure over lack of funding.
Stripping over a trillion dollars from the healthcare system is going to pretty much devastate rural America.
Stripping over a trillion dollars from the healthcare system is going to pretty much devastate rural America.
You have to be a special kind of person to believe that the oppressor is the starving civilian population of an open-air prison, and the oppressed is the nuclear-powered ethnostate backed financially and militarily by every western government.
March 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
You have to be a special kind of person to believe that the oppressor is the starving civilian population of an open-air prison, and the oppressed is the nuclear-powered ethnostate backed financially and militarily by every western government.
Google users, beware: Google just quietly enrolled every adult user into their AI program automatically.
Here's how to extricate yourself from it (for now).
Here's how to extricate yourself from it (for now).
February 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Google users, beware: Google just quietly enrolled every adult user into their AI program automatically.
Here's how to extricate yourself from it (for now).
Here's how to extricate yourself from it (for now).
So, I'm new here, but just about everywhere I've gone in life, I've gotten hounded by bigots of some variety or other, so...
In that spirit, I expect I'll be making future use of the block filters on this platform. Tips and advice appreciated.
In that spirit, I expect I'll be making future use of the block filters on this platform. Tips and advice appreciated.
February 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
So, I'm new here, but just about everywhere I've gone in life, I've gotten hounded by bigots of some variety or other, so...
In that spirit, I expect I'll be making future use of the block filters on this platform. Tips and advice appreciated.
In that spirit, I expect I'll be making future use of the block filters on this platform. Tips and advice appreciated.
please be a deep fake, please be a deep fake, please...
Zoinks!
Researchers believe they've recorded potentially the first-ever sighting of an adult abyssal fish, Melanocetus johnsonii, in broad daylight.
Normally found at depths between 200 and 2,000 meters, this predator was spotted just 2km off the coast of Tenerife.
Full story: tinyurl.com/5j37dnmw
Normally found at depths between 200 and 2,000 meters, this predator was spotted just 2km off the coast of Tenerife.
Full story: tinyurl.com/5j37dnmw
February 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
please be a deep fake, please be a deep fake, please...
In this fractured media landscape, knowing which outlets to trust more and which to trust less is key.
Any news outlet (or poll) that uses the term "Israel-Hamas conflict" in 2025 and beyond is one of those you can't trust. There's slant, and then there's propaganda.
Any news outlet (or poll) that uses the term "Israel-Hamas conflict" in 2025 and beyond is one of those you can't trust. There's slant, and then there's propaganda.
February 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
In this fractured media landscape, knowing which outlets to trust more and which to trust less is key.
Any news outlet (or poll) that uses the term "Israel-Hamas conflict" in 2025 and beyond is one of those you can't trust. There's slant, and then there's propaganda.
Any news outlet (or poll) that uses the term "Israel-Hamas conflict" in 2025 and beyond is one of those you can't trust. There's slant, and then there's propaganda.
Many great runs would qualify, but I'ma go with Floyd:
— Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
— Wish You Were Here (1975)
— Animals (1977)
— The Wall (1979)
— Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
— Wish You Were Here (1975)
— Animals (1977)
— The Wall (1979)
What four-album run is this?
For me, it’s M83’s Dead Cities (2003) — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
For me, it’s M83’s Dead Cities (2003) — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
February 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Many great runs would qualify, but I'ma go with Floyd:
— Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
— Wish You Were Here (1975)
— Animals (1977)
— The Wall (1979)
— Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
— Wish You Were Here (1975)
— Animals (1977)
— The Wall (1979)
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Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
February 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
Oh, sky of blue, I am in you now.
February 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Oh, sky of blue, I am in you now.