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I was strongly moved by this story by Pamela Gordon of @theguardian.com, about a boy put into foster care by his mother at age 13, who grew into a man who couldn't/didn't learn how to live in society without trouble. Social services didn't help (enough).
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
When I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
The long read: I knew he was running away from something. It wasn’t until many years later that I discovered the truth
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I was strongly moved by this story by Pamela Gordon of @theguardian.com, about a boy put into foster care by his mother at age 13, who grew into a man who couldn't/didn't learn how to live in society without trouble. Social services didn't help (enough).
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic version of Lipitor. (@us.theconversation.com)
https://to.pbs.org/47SVJrd
https://to.pbs.org/47SVJrd
What to know about the recall of atorvastatin pills for lowering cholesterol
If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic ...
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic version of Lipitor. (@us.theconversation.com)
https://to.pbs.org/47SVJrd
https://to.pbs.org/47SVJrd
I understand this is a luxury with everything going on in this country and around the world, but I'm struggling to finish a book recommended by a friend for my annual October scary read. I'm 3/4 of the way through & I'm determined to finish it, but Interview with the Vampire is a slog.
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I understand this is a luxury with everything going on in this country and around the world, but I'm struggling to finish a book recommended by a friend for my annual October scary read. I'm 3/4 of the way through & I'm determined to finish it, but Interview with the Vampire is a slog.
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“They” is not a “made-up pronoun.” It has been in use since the 13th century. And has been used by the likes of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen.
“Them" is also not a “made-up pronoun.” It has been in constant usage since before the 12th century.
Chaya Raichik is a dangerous, bigoted fool.
“Them" is also not a “made-up pronoun.” It has been in constant usage since before the 12th century.
Chaya Raichik is a dangerous, bigoted fool.
October 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“They” is not a “made-up pronoun.” It has been in use since the 13th century. And has been used by the likes of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen.
“Them" is also not a “made-up pronoun.” It has been in constant usage since before the 12th century.
Chaya Raichik is a dangerous, bigoted fool.
“Them" is also not a “made-up pronoun.” It has been in constant usage since before the 12th century.
Chaya Raichik is a dangerous, bigoted fool.
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It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
September 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.
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Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away.
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
August 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away.
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
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Also people keep asking me if I find AI translation helpful in my work and AI TRANSLATION IS NOWHERE NEAR COMMERCIAL QUALITY and NO I DON'T EDIT AI TRANSLATION BECAUSE IT'S MUCH FASTER FOR ME TO JUST DO THE ACTUAL TRANSLATION THAN EDIT CRAP because PAINTING CRAP WITH GOLD DOESN'T TURN CRAP INTO GOLD
Someone recently wrote a book using ChatGPT and emailed it to me, asking if it's any good, as if I would ever waste a second of my time reading it? Why are people so shameless? Why do people want to be seen as "writers" so much? Why can't they use AI to get a lucrative job in coding instead?
Just received a blanket pitch from a children's book author (sent, presumably, to many indie bookstores) pitching a clearly AI-illustrated book. In the interest of public service, this was my response. I'm fucking done with being nice to these people.
August 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Also people keep asking me if I find AI translation helpful in my work and AI TRANSLATION IS NOWHERE NEAR COMMERCIAL QUALITY and NO I DON'T EDIT AI TRANSLATION BECAUSE IT'S MUCH FASTER FOR ME TO JUST DO THE ACTUAL TRANSLATION THAN EDIT CRAP because PAINTING CRAP WITH GOLD DOESN'T TURN CRAP INTO GOLD
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If you, regular person, did anything like this after a fatal car accident, you would be prosecuted for a variety of crimes, including insurance fraud.
If you then repeatedly lied to the courts about it, like Tesla did, you'd get prosecuted for that too, plus stiff monetary sanctions.
If you then repeatedly lied to the courts about it, like Tesla did, you'd get prosecuted for that too, plus stiff monetary sanctions.
“.. Within about three minutes of the crash, the Model S uploaded a “collision snapshot”—video, CAN‑bus streams, EDR data, etc.—to Tesla’s servers .. The vehicle then deleted its local copy, resulting in Tesla being the only entity having access.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
August 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If you, regular person, did anything like this after a fatal car accident, you would be prosecuted for a variety of crimes, including insurance fraud.
If you then repeatedly lied to the courts about it, like Tesla did, you'd get prosecuted for that too, plus stiff monetary sanctions.
If you then repeatedly lied to the courts about it, like Tesla did, you'd get prosecuted for that too, plus stiff monetary sanctions.
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Can you tell whether Pedro Pascal's suit was made by machine or by hand?
Please decide before opening the thread. 🧵
Please decide before opening the thread. 🧵
July 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Can you tell whether Pedro Pascal's suit was made by machine or by hand?
Please decide before opening the thread. 🧵
Please decide before opening the thread. 🧵
Yes. Sinwise Farms Southern Indian Coffee - Oatmilk Latte.
June 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yes. Sinwise Farms Southern Indian Coffee - Oatmilk Latte.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launch was a pathetic flop.
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
June 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launch was a pathetic flop.
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxi launched yesterday to much acclaim from the Tesla Cult. Since nobody who was at the event has properly summarized the first day, we thought we would do it.
Below are our findings. 🧵
At @sfopera.bsky.social, local fave #LauraKrumm subs for #DanielaMack as Idamante in #Idomeneo. Unexpected treat to hear Krumm. Wishing a speedy recovery for Mack. #Mozart
June 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
At @sfopera.bsky.social, local fave #LauraKrumm subs for #DanielaMack as Idamante in #Idomeneo. Unexpected treat to hear Krumm. Wishing a speedy recovery for Mack. #Mozart
I was looking forward to seeing/hearing Will Liverman as Marcello in tonight's Bohème at SF Opera. I hope he returns in something else soon.
June 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I was looking forward to seeing/hearing Will Liverman as Marcello in tonight's Bohème at SF Opera. I hope he returns in something else soon.
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Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Not true.
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
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Anyone who will be in Madrid between now and September should visit this exhibition. Graphic novels, like those of Paco Roca, have been a very important means of communicating experiences of the Spanish Civil War and Francoist regime. #Publichistory #🗃️ #Spain
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘People were repressed into silence’: the Spanish artist creating a visual memory of fascism’s horrors
A Madrid exhibition of work by the celebrated comic book artist Paco Roca marks 50 years since the death of Franco
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Anyone who will be in Madrid between now and September should visit this exhibition. Graphic novels, like those of Paco Roca, have been a very important means of communicating experiences of the Spanish Civil War and Francoist regime. #Publichistory #🗃️ #Spain
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Next up is Double Star in June, followed by these three! Dust off your Teixcalaanli names 😃
A Desolation Called Peace
The Diamond Age
Forever Peace
A Desolation Called Peace
The Diamond Age
Forever Peace
May 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Next up is Double Star in June, followed by these three! Dust off your Teixcalaanli names 😃
A Desolation Called Peace
The Diamond Age
Forever Peace
A Desolation Called Peace
The Diamond Age
Forever Peace
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Talking about the future is a form of protest. Reading is a form of protest. Giving yourself a fucking break is a form of protest. It's time to rise up, however we can. That's what this episode of @ouropinions.bsky.social is all about.
Let's take to the streets! Our new episode is about protests in science fiction & fantasy — and why protests are so vital in battling authoritarianism.
Plus we talk to @andrecarrington.bsky.social about his incredible new book, The Black Fantastic.
ouropinionsarecorrect.libsyn.com/the-power-of...
Plus we talk to @andrecarrington.bsky.social about his incredible new book, The Black Fantastic.
ouropinionsarecorrect.libsyn.com/the-power-of...
May 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Talking about the future is a form of protest. Reading is a form of protest. Giving yourself a fucking break is a form of protest. It's time to rise up, however we can. That's what this episode of @ouropinions.bsky.social is all about.
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Proposed cuts to the NASA budget are the largest in the agency’s history. If approved, major programs to study exoplanets and to bring samples back from Mars would be cancelled. This week, we look at “NASA Under the Axe” bigpicturescience.org/episodes/nas...
May 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Proposed cuts to the NASA budget are the largest in the agency’s history. If approved, major programs to study exoplanets and to bring samples back from Mars would be cancelled. This week, we look at “NASA Under the Axe” bigpicturescience.org/episodes/nas...
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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Loved the first half of tonight’s SF Symphony concert. I was already a fan of Gabriela Montero’s piano concerto No. 1. It had more resonance after hearing her speak about her intentions before the performance. I also liked Gabriela Ortiz’s “Antrópolis,” a tour of the antros of Mexico City.
April 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Loved the first half of tonight’s SF Symphony concert. I was already a fan of Gabriela Montero’s piano concerto No. 1. It had more resonance after hearing her speak about her intentions before the performance. I also liked Gabriela Ortiz’s “Antrópolis,” a tour of the antros of Mexico City.
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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In February, the Trump administration removed information - including health and behavior data - from CDC websites. Some of that data has since been reinstated, but not all. It's "Disappearing Data" bit.ly/4iz0PMv
March 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
In February, the Trump administration removed information - including health and behavior data - from CDC websites. Some of that data has since been reinstated, but not all. It's "Disappearing Data" bit.ly/4iz0PMv