Happy #N7Day to those who celebrate!

For those of you participating in #sdcc returning registration, may the odds be ever in your favor!

SIR MIX-O-LOTL

For online communities to thrive they must have rules, and those rules must evolve as the community grows, changes, and learns. I'm glad to hear Bluesky is paying attention to this. techcrunch.com/2025/08/14/b...

I've been reading #Ironheart since issue #1. Love her MCU character even w/ some differences b/w the comics & the MCU versions. I enjoyed 99% of her Disney+ show.

I am absolutely FURIOUS with how badly they blew the ending of that show. Such disrespect to the character & the audience!

TFW you discover you missed that @dennisetaylor.bsky.social wrote a new Bobiverse novel months ago, but Amazon didn't link the Kindle and Audible versions. (Yes I'm that sort of weirdo that buys books in 2 formats. Amazon sometimes makes this mistake. Also, if you like scifi read the Bobiverse!)

As i say every year at this time: those of you participating in #hotelpocalypse, may the odds be ever in your favor.

Happy First Contact Day! 🖖

My final job at Google was as a Program Manager specializing in online content moderation. This week's Last Week Tonight takes a great look at how truly difficult moderation is, especially at scale. It goes by quickly, but pay special attention to the statue example.
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I've owned a copy of this book for many years, it's amazing. Here's the story behind it (article may be behind a paywall).
Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

The Overview Effect, my new favorite YouTube channel, scores again - this time with spin gravity! From 2001 through the Bobiverse and everything in between, he's got it covered.

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I feel like enough people I know IRL or people from other social platforms I'm interested in are starting to show up here. Maybe I should start using this channel more? Or turn on feddiverse postings so Threads crosses over here?

For those of you attacking #sdcc #hotelpocalypse today, may the odds be ever in your favor!

The Overview Effect is my new favorite YouTube channel. Here's a new video visualizing the relative real-universe locations of the planets from the Dune books:

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Sometimes actions have consequences.

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SDCC 2024 prereg checklist: multiple computers & browsers? ✅ Conference call open? ✅ Caffeine? ✅ Let's do this! May the odds be ever in your favor....

@scalzi.com I'm totally enjoying Starter Villain but what a surreal first few chapters it was for me! I was also laid off this year & just lost a family member to pancreatic cancer. And the funeral home staff was eerily similar. As best I can tell so far I'm not inheriting a villainous organization.

Hello world!