August, like the month
@month-of-august.bsky.social
Came for the books and sciency stuff.
Stayed for the doomscrolling.
Stayed for the doomscrolling.
Pinned
Them: "Name?"
Me: "August, like the month."
The order: "Aguest."
Another order: "Auguest."
And another one: "Agast."
On the way home:
Me: "August, like the month."
The order: "Aguest."
Another order: "Auguest."
And another one: "Agast."
On the way home:
No one asked for this math to be done.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
No one asked for this math to be done.
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Something to be thankful for: independent journalists continue to do amazing work and @gilduran.com has a pub date for his book! Pre-order now:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Something to be thankful for: independent journalists continue to do amazing work and @gilduran.com has a pub date for his book! Pre-order now:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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This #thanksgiving, snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) geni.us/Solarissale
And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This #thanksgiving, snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) geni.us/Solarissale
And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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In times of uncertainty, independent bookstores are a constant — and we’re thankful for them today and every day. 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In times of uncertainty, independent bookstores are a constant — and we’re thankful for them today and every day. 🧡
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social told @npr.org “I love the idea that Pascal, at the age of 19, was just bored of doing the arithmetic for his dad at work... ‘I don’t want to do this anymore’—just like any teenager would and should—and went, ‘I’m going to make a machine instead that will do it for me.’”
One of the World’s Oldest Calculators Was Up for Auction. Then, Scientists Rallied and Temporarily Blocked Its Sale
by Margherita Bassi
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/o...
About Pascaline at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69386
#books #calculating_machines
by Margherita Bassi
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/o...
About Pascaline at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69386
#books #calculating_machines
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@dreugeniacheng.bsky.social told @npr.org “I love the idea that Pascal, at the age of 19, was just bored of doing the arithmetic for his dad at work... ‘I don’t want to do this anymore’—just like any teenager would and should—and went, ‘I’m going to make a machine instead that will do it for me.’”
ALL YOU CAN STOMACH
WELCOME TO THE DAY OF MANY CALORIES
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
ALL YOU CAN STOMACH
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The perfect read for #nativeamericanheritagemonth - Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA!
🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series
🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska
📕 A Reactor "Most Anticipated" book of 2025
🐦⬛ Ft. REALLY rude Raven
https://geni.us/doorsea
🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series
🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska
📕 A Reactor "Most Anticipated" book of 2025
🐦⬛ Ft. REALLY rude Raven
https://geni.us/doorsea
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The perfect read for #nativeamericanheritagemonth - Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA!
🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series
🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska
📕 A Reactor "Most Anticipated" book of 2025
🐦⬛ Ft. REALLY rude Raven
https://geni.us/doorsea
🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series
🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska
📕 A Reactor "Most Anticipated" book of 2025
🐦⬛ Ft. REALLY rude Raven
https://geni.us/doorsea
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Real conversation:
Them: I think I'm in an open relationship with cheese.
Me: Is that your way of offering to share?
Them: No.
Them: I think I'm in an open relationship with cheese.
Me: Is that your way of offering to share?
Them: No.
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Real conversation:
Them: I think I'm in an open relationship with cheese.
Me: Is that your way of offering to share?
Them: No.
Them: I think I'm in an open relationship with cheese.
Me: Is that your way of offering to share?
Them: No.
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A book is not a luxury item.
(It can be, but so can food.)
Books are both amazing and cheap.
After all my years, I'm still thrilled by a new book.
Even a bad book is full of potential before you read it.
Read* more books. You'll see what the fuss is all about.
[*read paper or screen or listen]
(It can be, but so can food.)
Books are both amazing and cheap.
After all my years, I'm still thrilled by a new book.
Even a bad book is full of potential before you read it.
Read* more books. You'll see what the fuss is all about.
[*read paper or screen or listen]
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A book is not a luxury item.
(It can be, but so can food.)
Books are both amazing and cheap.
After all my years, I'm still thrilled by a new book.
Even a bad book is full of potential before you read it.
Read* more books. You'll see what the fuss is all about.
[*read paper or screen or listen]
(It can be, but so can food.)
Books are both amazing and cheap.
After all my years, I'm still thrilled by a new book.
Even a bad book is full of potential before you read it.
Read* more books. You'll see what the fuss is all about.
[*read paper or screen or listen]
Former boss: "You are a tool I did not know how to use."
Didn't think I was any good as an engineer until then.
Didn't think I was any good as an engineer until then.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Former boss: "You are a tool I did not know how to use."
Didn't think I was any good as an engineer until then.
Didn't think I was any good as an engineer until then.
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Is that cloud a guy? It looks like a guy to me. Is he a big guy made of water in the sky?
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Is that cloud a guy? It looks like a guy to me. Is he a big guy made of water in the sky?
I'm definitely enjoying not watching Tron Ares from the comfort of my home, @gizmodo.com.
You'll Be Able to Not Watch 'Tron: Ares' From the Comfort of Your Own Home Next Week
Disney figures that you'll be more inclined to watch the Jared Leto vehicle at home than you ever were in theaters.
gizmodo.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I'm definitely enjoying not watching Tron Ares from the comfort of my home, @gizmodo.com.
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Our Black Friday Sale is now active! Take 42% off everything with code BLACKFRIDAY25. Grab the books you’ve been eyeing. Sale ends 12/2.
https://nostarch.com/
https://nostarch.com/
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our Black Friday Sale is now active! Take 42% off everything with code BLACKFRIDAY25. Grab the books you’ve been eyeing. Sale ends 12/2.
https://nostarch.com/
https://nostarch.com/
Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate, argues Jonas Staal, author of "Climate Propagandas."
The Extinction Loop
Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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"Sheer retro bliss, no spandex."
Our newest Radium Age anthology, "Before Superman," has made the Financial Times’ list of the Best Science Fiction Books of 2025!: www.ft.com/content/a218... @financialtimes.com
Our newest Radium Age anthology, "Before Superman," has made the Financial Times’ list of the Best Science Fiction Books of 2025!: www.ft.com/content/a218... @financialtimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
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I say this 100 percent without irony: there is a reason why artists, craftsmen, and philosophers all have the same patron deity within my stories. Because artistry requires both craftsmanship and philosophy, and it's as simple as that.
Anyway, since it's come up again, a friendly reminder that artists are craftspeople, and if you don't think carpenters are "cabinetry landlords" then artists can't be "ideas landlords" either.
It's not "left-pilled and based" to steal others' work, you fucking ghouls. Fuck off with that shit.
It's not "left-pilled and based" to steal others' work, you fucking ghouls. Fuck off with that shit.
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I say this 100 percent without irony: there is a reason why artists, craftsmen, and philosophers all have the same patron deity within my stories. Because artistry requires both craftsmanship and philosophy, and it's as simple as that.
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Anyway, since it's come up again, a friendly reminder that artists are craftspeople, and if you don't think carpenters are "cabinetry landlords" then artists can't be "ideas landlords" either.
It's not "left-pilled and based" to steal others' work, you fucking ghouls. Fuck off with that shit.
It's not "left-pilled and based" to steal others' work, you fucking ghouls. Fuck off with that shit.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Anyway, since it's come up again, a friendly reminder that artists are craftspeople, and if you don't think carpenters are "cabinetry landlords" then artists can't be "ideas landlords" either.
It's not "left-pilled and based" to steal others' work, you fucking ghouls. Fuck off with that shit.
It's not "left-pilled and based" to steal others' work, you fucking ghouls. Fuck off with that shit.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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For the astronomers: I found an accretion disk diagram cheese. A quesar.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
For the astronomers: I found an accretion disk diagram cheese. A quesar.
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The shockingly spare OSHA compliance on Mars, further hampered by the presence of the Ancient Ones. Reading the Weird revisits Caitlin Kiernan's “Our Lady of Arsia Mons”!
Quirky, Quixotic, and Inspired by Dark Dreams of Madness: Caitlin Kiernan’s “Our Lady of Arsia Mons” - Reactor
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we cover...
reactormag.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The shockingly spare OSHA compliance on Mars, further hampered by the presence of the Ancient Ones. Reading the Weird revisits Caitlin Kiernan's “Our Lady of Arsia Mons”!
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This is wonderful, and shows where curiosity can take you and others (including professionals!) even if you're 8 years old. It helps too that the Astronomer Royal is aces.
Enquiry from an 8yo asking what the Fulton Orrery planets were? Apparently the #Kelvingrove museum staff didn't know, so he e-mailed the Astronomer Royal to find out! I also didn’t know, but the AstroSociety of #Glasgow did (after watching an old VHS recording on the topic!) 🔭 #histsci 1/2🧵
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is wonderful, and shows where curiosity can take you and others (including professionals!) even if you're 8 years old. It helps too that the Astronomer Royal is aces.