Eirik Gumeny
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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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So, uh, the pneumonia's not going so well.
June 18, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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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
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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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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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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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
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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June 15, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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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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Bumped into this today, and it gave me joy.
June 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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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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Reminder that I am running a promotion to get The Nightmare Box into libraries! 📚 See below ...
June 14, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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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.
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"
June 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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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.”
June 14, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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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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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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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. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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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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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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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
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.
June 13, 2024 at 5:07 PM