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Eirik Gumeny
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Cardigan-wearing depression enthusiast. Writer. Editor, @AtomicCarnival.bsky.social. Cystic fibrosis-haver, lung transplant-getter. He/him.

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egumeny.bsky.social
So, uh, the pneumonia's not going so well.
White guy with glasses and greasy hair (me) lying in a hospital bed.
June 18, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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kilgoretrout.bsky.social
I am once again asking you to consider that an entire information ecosystem established as the primary form of communication over a hundred years and allegedly regulated by the federal government was destroyed by scammers virtually overnight and we just don’t, like, ever talk about it
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 17
The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones.

Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.
Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone.
Phone scams are still hugely popular — and they depend entirely on people curious enough to answer.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 17, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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willoremus.com
The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
June 17, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
Meet the BRAVE NEW WEIRD class of 2023!👽💀

We're no stranger to @lcvonhessen.bsky.social's brilliance--their story kicked off our YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY anthology--& we're thrilled to have them back in our pages.

Read our Q&A w/LC here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2024/6/...
Meet the BRAVE NEW WEIRD-O'S: LC von Hessen — tenebrous press
tenebrouspress.com
June 17, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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dandock.bsky.social
I wrote about the 70th anniversary of Them!, a pretty effective creature feature that grappled with America's nuclear legacy in a way that was both contemplative and clumsy:
70 Years Ago, a Wild American Sci-Fi Thriller Beat Godzilla to the Punch
Months before 'Godzilla' changed science fiction forever, America's own monster movie offered a very different look at the horrors of nuclear weapons run rampant.
www.inverse.com
June 16, 2024 at 12:39 AM
egumeny.bsky.social
Woke up spiraling, convinced my pneumonia was getting worse again and I was going to have to be admitted and maybe even need another transplant and everything was terrible -- and then I took my anxiety meds and everything's fine. Don't forget to factor in your mental health, folks.
June 16, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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comiccontext.bsky.social
From Kirby krackle at the bottom of the panel emerges a rainbow to the skies above. Narration: "Something BRIGHT, something WONDERFUL, is once again set FREE!"
June 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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locusmag.bsky.social
We're excited to welcome Thomas Ha and Naomi Kritzer to our Locus Awards reading series!! Join us as they read from their work Thursday 6/21 at 6 pm PDT.

Full schedule here: tinyurl.com/locusawa...

@thomasha.bsky.social @naomikritzer.bsky.social
#LocusAwards2024 #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy
June 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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octobeth.bsky.social
Bumped into this today, and it gave me joy.
The gravestone of George A. Romero. Two skeletal arms reach out of the grave toward the stone. A third gives a thumbs up.
June 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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ajaxsinger.bsky.social
Uh, holy shit. This is actually awesome.

www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-p...
Biden preparing to offer legal status to undocumented immigrants who have lived in U.S. for 10 years
The program would offer work permits and deportation protections to unauthorized immigrants married to U.S. citizens, as long as they have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years, sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
June 14, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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atomiccarnival.bsky.social
Finally feeling slightly better than hot-boiled shit, so a very belated update: Happy Pride, congrats to all the Stoker and Nebula winners, billionaires shouldn't exist, fuck the police, and have a great weekend!
June 14, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social
Reminder that I am running a promotion to get The Nightmare Box into libraries! 📚 See below ...
Text from an image: 1) Request The Nightmare Box and Other Stories at your local library; 2) Reply to this post with a screenshot/receipt of the request; 3) On 7/1 we'll enter you into a drawing for a free copy of the book
June 14, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
Bump stocks have no purpose outside of mass shootings, but the Republicans on the Supreme Court believe there's a fundamental right to commit mass shootings, and now we all have to live with that while they party on billionaire's yachts and ranches.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Jun 14
This is the Thomas opinion: a parsing of firing mechanics to assess of whether a semiautomatic rifle with bump stock meets the federal definition of "machine gun"
This argument rests on the mistaken premise that there is a difference between a shooter flexing his finger to pull the trigger and a shooter pushing the firearm forward to bump the trigger against his stationary finger. ATF and the dissent seek to call the shooter’s initial trigger pull a “function of the trigger” while ignoring the subsequent “bumps” of the shooter’s finger against the trigger before every additional shot. But, §5845(b) does not define a machinegun based on what type of human input engages the trigger—whether it be a pull, bump, or something else. Nor does it define a machinegun based on whether the shooter has assistance engaging the trigger. The statutory definition instead hinges on how many shots discharge when the shooter engages the trigger. And, as we have explained, a semiautomatic rifle will fire only one shot each time the shooter engages the trigger—with or without a bump stock.6 Supra, at 7–12.
June 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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angelaliu.bsky.social
I think about this letter from Kurt Vonnegut to a group of NYC high school students often.

“Practice any art…no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.”
A letter from Kurt Vonnegut to Xavier High School students and teacher where he says: “Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.”
June 14, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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russbengtson.bsky.social
the only good tesla
June 14, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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james.tarnation.lol
Kinda crazy that artificial intelligence needs the entire output of a nuclear reactor but actual intelligence can run on Twix bars and cocaine, for example.
June 12, 2024 at 11:47 AM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
hague trials needed for the people behind this. Pure evil. Also publish names. We want their names.
June 14, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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rachellense.bsky.social
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖
A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
From the mead halls, snake pits, and dragon dens of the north, we present some of the most epic fighters ever immortalized in song, saga, and myth!

reactormag.com/five-legenda...
Five Legendary Warriors of Northern Myth, Epic, and Saga - Reactor
When it comes to epic feats on the battlefield, these warriors, valkyries, and shield-maidens were always ready to rumble...
reactormag.com
June 13, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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raea.meangirls.online
the CDC is again trying to limit the 2024-25 booster availability to provably immunocompromised and elderly people. they’re taking written comments through the 17th. please take a minute to let them know boosters should be available to all who want them: www.regulations.gov/commenton/CD...
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
June 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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booktweeting.bsky.social
even with COVID absent from the equation, which it isn’t, this would keep transplant recipients and people immunosuppressed from chemotherapy and other causes—and their caregivers—from being able to use the transit system safely

it is thunderously illogical and cruel
luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 13
UPDATE: NY Governor Kathy Hochul said on CNN last night that she is considering a ban on masks.

This is absolutely shameful! New York has suffered so much from COVID, and COVID is not over. We should be normalizing and depoliticizing masks, not banning them.
Laura Coates, CNN: There is also a call some have talked about, some Jewish leaders actually in New York are calling tonight for a mask ban. Saying that covering faces allows protesters to have some level of anonymity to be more aggressive, to me more entitled to say what they want because they don’t fear repercussion in the same way. Would you support that endeavor? Governor Hochul: There was a ban on masks before the pandemic that you couldn't have face coverings that didn't serve a purpose. For example, a surgical mask for someone who is elderly or ill — the pandemic removed that from our State Law. It was repealed at the time, but I absolutely will go back and take a look at this and see whether it can be restored because it is frightening to people. You're sitting on a subway train and someone puts on a mask like this and comes in — you don't know if they're going to be committing a crime, they're going to have a gun, or whether they're just going to be threatening or intimidating
June 13, 2024 at 5:07 PM