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Today in "leaving money on the table"
After 40 years of publishing, Harlequin will end its iconic historical romance line in 2027:
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Harlequin Is Ending Its Historical Romance Line After Nearly 40 Years - Reactor
The publisher's decision to end its historical romance line in 2027 comes on the heels of controversial changes to its international publishing tactics
reactormag.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Today in "leaving money on the table"
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In the wake of a massive confirmation that the tech industry’s run by deranged pedophiles, not a single tech platform should have the balls to start demanding ID and enacting invasive policies.
Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.
Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
In the wake of a massive confirmation that the tech industry’s run by deranged pedophiles, not a single tech platform should have the balls to start demanding ID and enacting invasive policies.
Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.
Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.
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Abusers do this. You can never hate them because of what they’ve done to you. You’re just an easily suggestible person who has been duped by malevolent forces working against them. They can’t reckon with their own evil or the fact that they’re undesirable.
They think it's a trend because the media is influencing their kids, never dawns on them that their kids just don't like them because of how they treat them & now that they have a choice, won't choose their company.
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Abusers do this. You can never hate them because of what they’ve done to you. You’re just an easily suggestible person who has been duped by malevolent forces working against them. They can’t reckon with their own evil or the fact that they’re undesirable.
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I actually don't think there's anything more beautiful than a group of dorks with varying flavors of neurodivergence pretending to be a group of equally varied little freaks who wander the countryside seeking adventure and justice for a few hours a week.
February 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I actually don't think there's anything more beautiful than a group of dorks with varying flavors of neurodivergence pretending to be a group of equally varied little freaks who wander the countryside seeking adventure and justice for a few hours a week.
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
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scroll up for a heaping list of citations you can share with anyone who says "but what about the children??!?" to you
The conclusion of every responsible social scientist that has studied the effects of social media is that it helps a bunch of kids, is harmful to some others, that the helpful effect is most pronounced among kids from racial minorities and LGBT+ kids--
February 10, 2026 at 11:07 AM
scroll up for a heaping list of citations you can share with anyone who says "but what about the children??!?" to you
dogs curled up next to me on the sofa: ❤️❤️❤️
dogs cutting righteous farts while curled up next to me on the sofa:
dogs cutting righteous farts while curled up next to me on the sofa:
a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and says i regret everything
ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and says i regret everything
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
dogs curled up next to me on the sofa: ❤️❤️❤️
dogs cutting righteous farts while curled up next to me on the sofa:
dogs cutting righteous farts while curled up next to me on the sofa:
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Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Okay, I’ve heard all the criticisms. I agree now that my plan to create a Jonestown on Mars was foolish and dangerous. I will instead be building a much more achievable Jonestown on the Moon
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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We do Bones 💀
Gideon the Ninth mockup dust cover, front.
Gideon the Ninth mockup dust cover, front.
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
We do Bones 💀
Gideon the Ninth mockup dust cover, front.
Gideon the Ninth mockup dust cover, front.
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mmm tea
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
mmm tea
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Really funny how the ruling class keeps justifying infringing on our liberties with "we gotta protect the children" while bombing palestinian children, protecting a global billionaire network of child trafficking, and building measles infested children prisons
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Really funny how the ruling class keeps justifying infringing on our liberties with "we gotta protect the children" while bombing palestinian children, protecting a global billionaire network of child trafficking, and building measles infested children prisons
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Fanfiction doesn’t exist to be “good” it exists because something went horribly wrong with you while you were watching a tv show and you’re gripped by madness
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Fanfiction doesn’t exist to be “good” it exists because something went horribly wrong with you while you were watching a tv show and you’re gripped by madness
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a birthday gift for my friend ❤️
February 8, 2026 at 9:02 AM
a birthday gift for my friend ❤️
during Friday night's game, my grave cleric Tali decided that it was a good idea to have sex with a mysterious NPC while trapped in vampire territory. he got hella laid and was very pleased with himself. the party was less pleased with him given the thin walls.
February 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
during Friday night's game, my grave cleric Tali decided that it was a good idea to have sex with a mysterious NPC while trapped in vampire territory. he got hella laid and was very pleased with himself. the party was less pleased with him given the thin walls.
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An attempt at Mari ‘ing up the Caldwell Higgins picture
February 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
An attempt at Mari ‘ing up the Caldwell Higgins picture
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the idea that making art is embarrassing if you don't do it well enough to make a career out of it is an objectively harmful and toxic brainworm.
An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible
February 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
the idea that making art is embarrassing if you don't do it well enough to make a career out of it is an objectively harmful and toxic brainworm.
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I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.
Kids can't hang out in parks. They can't hang out at the mall. They don't have 3rd spaces because no one wants kids around and then we are surprised when they rely on SM for connection.
If you take that away, what do they have left?
If you take that away, what do they have left?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.
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Self portrait of the artist as a goblin trying to learn another language on her sending stone (phone)
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Self portrait of the artist as a goblin trying to learn another language on her sending stone (phone)
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Understanding society is dangerous to reactionaries selling racial animus & crushing austerity, while enriching the rich
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Understanding society is dangerous to reactionaries selling racial animus & crushing austerity, while enriching the rich
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this may be the single most insufferable thing about the radical centrist caucus - not just extending good faith to obviously bad faith people but demanding everyone else do the same and chiding them when they don’t
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
this may be the single most insufferable thing about the radical centrist caucus - not just extending good faith to obviously bad faith people but demanding everyone else do the same and chiding them when they don’t
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February 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I really hope people advocating to ban kids from SM read this. Some kids are isolated by disabilities or circumstances. Furthermore, some kids grow up in abusive households. “Ideally, a child’s exposure to online worlds should be moderated by their parents” isn’t a reassuring sentiment for everyone
writer hubris: "I can totally get a few minutes of quick writing done while I wait for my tea to steep and then take the teaball out!"
forty minutes later, I look up and realize that my tea is ice cold AND strong enough to kill a water buffalo.
forty minutes later, I look up and realize that my tea is ice cold AND strong enough to kill a water buffalo.
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
writer hubris: "I can totally get a few minutes of quick writing done while I wait for my tea to steep and then take the teaball out!"
forty minutes later, I look up and realize that my tea is ice cold AND strong enough to kill a water buffalo.
forty minutes later, I look up and realize that my tea is ice cold AND strong enough to kill a water buffalo.