Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Today's funny posts
Vin Diesel sells Street Shark toys in 1994https://t.co/KOX8MChS0b— Matias Hannecke (@MatiasHannecke) August 4, 2020
Objects in our collection that have killed Sean Bean – a thread.— York Museums Trust (@YorkMuseumTrust) August 1, 2020
Happy #YorkshireDay everyone. pic.twitter.com/w77UJqc7d8
Giannis telling the referee "I'm gonna f*** him up" is killing me ๐ pic.twitter.com/ByfzvL7JAt— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) August 4, 2020
Sneaky good stick theft from Markstrom, love the flip to the referee pic.twitter.com/hn7bnDXL6y— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) August 3, 2020
This was unbelievable pic.twitter.com/UV3ixIlZOt— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) August 5, 2020
The only thing I’ve discovered in the Netflix recommends section is I’m so bad at letting people in, even a multi million dollar algorithm doesn’t know anything about me— Laura (@fairycakes) August 2, 2020
I didn’t know people can just die. I was also 5 and it wasn’t until I was 7 when I asked my grandma about optimus prime and bless her Christian heart she laid it out pretty thick and I was never the same since lol— Genecast (@GenePark) August 2, 2020
Had the great pleasure earlier today of driving through Tightwad, Missouri, the nicest village in America. pic.twitter.com/s3rlt71bon— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 1, 2020
i’ve never been to an orgy but i have experienced the free-flowing erotic surrender of the entire class trying on my glasses— carter hambley (@carterhambley) August 1, 2020
please stop asking me to be in an orgy with u. it’s flooding my notifications. i’m trying to text my mom and i can’t because there’s too many hot people begging me to human centipede them— carter hambley (@carterhambley) August 1, 2020
"ur so quiet" thanks my brain is very loud— james (@heybuddy_comic) August 1, 2020
THIS is the only valid cooking show format. Sorry I dont make the rules ๐คท๐ฝ♂️ pic.twitter.com/pMXT06TeOr— Jimmy J ๐ (@_jimmyj) August 1, 2020
Today my dog went to daycare for the first time ever, and the owner sent me this picture, and basically, it’s the purest picture I’ve ever seen.— Tetyana Denford (@TetyanaWrites) July 28, 2020
(He’s the speckled puppy in the center) ๐ญ pic.twitter.com/gJvxZz0uXk
So I guess we got the dog a kitten. pic.twitter.com/s4Lle35Auw— Cat Herder (@echo262) August 1, 2020
Prussia is making sure the baby eats all her mushy food. (She gave the baby a bath after as well). pic.twitter.com/4Sa0Q6STjA— Cat Herder (@echo262) August 2, 2020
This picture may break the internet. pic.twitter.com/O2NwcBJwdY— Cat Herder (@echo262) August 4, 2020
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History of Bombs museum exhibit; Avatar Crabsuit; Combative logo redesign Tiktok
Ai Weiwei’s 'History of Bombs' @I_W_M, a site-specific artwork portraying the biggest and most powerful bombs ever built, depicted to scale on vinyl across the museum’s atrium. Spine-chilling.https://t.co/jnoDNdILKG pic.twitter.com/H4CVIi5PHz— Irรจne DB (@UrbanFoxxxx) August 3, 2020
Have you planned your visit to see @aiww's History of Bombs artwork in our atrium yet? Our doors are open again, so book your free advanced ticket here: https://t.co/waRGwfoVr8 pic.twitter.com/cwUh5huVZH— Imperial War Museums (@I_W_M) August 4, 2020
ONIGASIRA pic.twitter.com/2VcaiZmBce— ใใใฆใใ (@esuthio) August 4, 2020
The Crabsuit: A human driven multifunction submersible. One of the many new RDA vehicles that will be seen in the Avatar sequels.— Avatar (@officialavatar) August 4, 2020
Thanks to Producer @JonLandau for sharing this concept art! pic.twitter.com/8RwZ38nizj
tahra artwork— tahra (@tahraart) March 2, 2020
character concept study pic.twitter.com/9VfEAb1mzX
Dazzler covers by Bill Sienkiewicz @sinKEVitch pic.twitter.com/oru2BwdHB4— Cool Comic Art (@CoolComicArt) May 2, 2018
Logo redesigns are like rap battles now. https://t.co/oYe5V9uan7— Josh Van Gundy (@Joshua_Ariza) August 3, 2020
The Drifting Classroom omnibuses creating a mural of the chapter one splash page of the crater where the school used to be, the title and author credits descending deeper into the depths with each volume, is some A+ spine design. pic.twitter.com/lXUvyv1KSg— Minovsky (@MinovskyArticle) August 4, 2020
This is probably the best piece of clothing I’ve ever purchased for my son....and he hates it (those wet spots are his tears) pic.twitter.com/9RiqyIK03S— ✦ Joy Ang ✦ (@joy_ang) July 29, 2020
— Adrian Bush (@Plunteere) August 2, 2020
When someone reposts art with no credit attached, this is what happens. Yesterday my Toph painting was on the front page of Reddit with the only credit buried deep in the comments & my signature cropped out. Now its been set loose all across the internet with my name gone. pic.twitter.com/UUHlEp5lfm— Devin Elle Kurtz (@DevinElleKurtz) August 3, 2020
Guys I am absolutely blown away. So much respect to the mods for their prompt action. This is going to help so many creators, especially small creators who dont have people looking out for them the way I do. Shoutout also to the Facebook group for their response. pic.twitter.com/53jNwzN004— Devin Elle Kurtz (@DevinElleKurtz) August 3, 2020
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Covid19 is now "widespread" on Oahu; Can college football save us all?; Teens forced back to school post Tiktoks
#Hawaii Health Director Warns #Coronavirus Is Widespread On #Oahu @blyte @CivilBeat https://t.co/VNYG9N6ZcR— Yoohyun Jung (@yoohyun_jung) August 4, 2020
We're all stuck at home but here's ppl throwing bills from a balcony. Hundreds are partying at a mansion in Beverly Park (above Beverly Hills). Complete with a poolside DJ and no physical distancing.@MayorOfLA What happens next? Are there consequences to breaking health orders? pic.twitter.com/pesYmc5otq— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) August 4, 2020
#UPDATE: @LAPDHQ says they, like many other law enforcement agencies, aren't enforcing health code violations. They were originally called to the house party for a noise complaint, but say the partygoers aren't breaking any laws and unless they do, the party can continue @ABC7— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) August 4, 2020
1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Beverly Crest house party police were called to hours earlier, @EllinaKTLA reports https://t.co/1lDXHxAAcj— KTLA (@KTLA) August 4, 2020
BREAKING: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issues statewide mask mandate.— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) August 4, 2020
"I want to see college football. The best way for that to occur is for us all to realize is that wearing a mask, as irritating as that can be & I promise I hate it more than anyone watching, is critical."
— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 3, 2020
This is like if you put Russell Wilson’s anti-concussion water in charge of pandemic containment— Barry Petchesky (@barry) August 4, 2020
The "Die for Darkseid" stage of Covid response is real. pic.twitter.com/VGeqVonlMr— David Al (@nearit) August 3, 2020
Wow, that's almost 3% of how much they spent buying Fox! https://t.co/GDkSgFQEIY— Rob Yeo (@robjyeo) August 4, 2020
Houston now issuing $250 fine to those who won’t wear masks in public https://t.co/x0RrUoRklp— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 3, 2020
I was wrong. Thanks to all those who offered constructive criticism https://t.co/oHbz02AJ6I— Steven Salzberg (@StevenSalzberg1) August 3, 2020
My twitter feed is just a series of newly minted explosive experts who until this morning were viral disease experts.— Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) August 4, 2020
I remain utterly baffled by your ability to run maybe the best science and public health coverage of the pandemic, and then also op-eds that completely and utterly undermine those same long reported stories.— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) August 4, 2020
I’ve seen several videos of teens posting that there are no distancing efforts/ masks https://t.co/9GPty3JSkI pic.twitter.com/YUwj5wiz7A— Haleigh Hoffman ๐ท (@HaleighHoffman) August 4, 2020
Here’s another look inside of a school https://t.co/lcsdar5YJV pic.twitter.com/kPflEwOTef— Haleigh Hoffman ๐ท (@HaleighHoffman) August 4, 2020
Why I Wear A Mask To Protect Ms. Frizzle’s Class Inside My Esophagus: https://t.co/b1T3LtjERU pic.twitter.com/lKnZayaG2w— Reductress (@Reductress) August 4, 2020
All the Clippers fans behind this shot pic.twitter.com/CWiEUkX4vj— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) August 4, 2020
It gets real suspicious when Trump doesn't take credit for a deal; WNBA team campaigns against Leoffler; Did you know Yosemite Sam's full name?
Aspiring video producers & editors should study this. Notice when the camera is locked off or handheld. The way the cuts jump late to emphasize Trump's confusion, and rest into the presenter's control. The framing on the flat wide. Presenter leaning back too. Well executed. https://t.co/42uo8vUTBU— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
I mean the 2-shot is hilarious. They bias the presenter in the frame but POTUS is literally behind the show's logo. This was most likely filmed much wider and on 4k cameras so they probably decided to push in like that. amazing. pic.twitter.com/HKQtmVbGJy— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
this one shot sits for 10 seconds while they gain-down the microphone on POTUS to make him sound secondary. it finally cuts on the line "I'm talking about death" to see Trump's non-reaction as he rattles off some BS.— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
editing is storytelling folks. pic.twitter.com/qG7gidCnOg
these 3 shots are a good example of smart editing.— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
- close up on unconvincing graph
- close up on crazy old man trying to make sense of it
- wide on reporter looking disgusted
if CNN edited this it would have had 6 locked-off cameras on POTUS & fucking classical music playing pic.twitter.com/5B5jhKJnw9
Gotta say, it’s immediately suspicious when Trump *won’t* take credit for a deal. https://t.co/80uFZDwikz— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) August 4, 2020
Breaking: evidence obtained by BBC on COVID quarantine in Xinjiang shows Uyghur model handcuffed to bed in health station, young men who violate quarantine beaten until they "scream like babies", crowded detention cells where detainees infect each other... https://t.co/8lnTRfEskW— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) August 4, 2020
This is nutsoooooo https://t.co/dN3OIQyemu— Molly Jong-Fast๐ก (@MollyJongFast) August 4, 2020
Sometimes, these lists speak for themselves. But I want to dig a little deeper into today's list, because I think it illustrates something that isn't immediately obvious. https://t.co/aCMdO18EDM— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 4, 2020
Now, normally, you'd be surprised that a $35 million grant by an obscure federal agency would be the highest-performing story on Facebook.— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 4, 2020
But people who follow this stuff know that stories about human trafficking, *especially* stories involving Trump, are a QAnon bat signal.
This is also why "banning QAnon" isn't really possible. It's in the bloodstream. Right-wing influencers know they'll get huge engagement on posts about child trafficking, etc., and they can post them without fear of being censored. (Because, after all, it's just a news story.)— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 4, 2020
This seems obvious to me now, but until my husband sent this screenshot to me this morning, I had not put this together. From @curaffairs. pic.twitter.com/HCFOfu2Xkn— Carolyn P. Fox (@carolynpfox) August 4, 2020
Wyoming becomes the first state in the country without a daily, printed newspaper.— Lauren Fox (@FoxReports) August 3, 2020
Corners of WY lack fast internet and coastal media tends to miss stories happening in rural states like this one. This is a blow to WY and storytellers everywhere. https://t.co/BmNBrojgp2
Women are being killed in Mexico at record rates, but the president says most abuse calls are 'false' https://t.co/KR9dA2j7UF— Guillermo Barba (@memobarba) June 6, 2020
What is happening in Mexico because sadly i don’t see many talking about this. A thread: pic.twitter.com/Hv4R6bs0Kc— ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ♡︎ (@tpwkmich) August 2, 2020
Former king Juan Carlos leaves Spain, reports say, amid corruption allegations https://t.co/IwRuLtOSG0 pic.twitter.com/HTaN7KeeiD— Reuters (@Reuters) August 3, 2020
all of los angeles wants to know who was on this guest list https://t.co/DAkFbVz0cm— Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle) August 4, 2020
The illusion of choice in a two party system. pic.twitter.com/9tFCcJttpo— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) August 2, 2020
We've reached the point of collapsing society where rich people are privatizing teachers one-by-one. https://t.co/lR9hl3JU41— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) August 3, 2020
— Chris Mohney (@chrismohney) August 3, 2020
It being a strange world, Yosemite Sam is actually Jewish. He bore more than a passing resemblance to his creator, Isadore Freleng, and his full name is given in one episode as Samuel Rosenbaum.— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) August 4, 2020
But until today, it never occurred to me to pronounce his first name like that. https://t.co/LDZHgbxRVz
The Chicago Sky are wearing Vote Warnock t-shirts as they play the Atlanta Dream. Warnock is ome of the Democrats running against Kelly Loeffler, the Republican Senator who is an owner of the Dream https://t.co/3QWLHq0w5K— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) August 4, 2020
Photo by Lebanese photojournalist Bilal Jawich of a nurse at Beirut Roum hospital maternity ward, cradling 3 newborns and calling for help pic.twitter.com/GWopsPi4Tg— Kareem Shaheen (@kshaheen) August 4, 2020
FYI, there's one more day to buy the Paradox HumbleBundle, which I highly recommend
From what I've seen, Europa Universalis IV, which is part of the $1 bundle, is an incredible way to let kids enthusiastically teach themselves history and geography.
The Star Trek RPG bundle is still available, too.
Today's funny posts
Kunin held Ferland's stick after the hit and Ferland speared Hartman pic.twitter.com/AKY8JCTLCQ— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) August 3, 2020
I will be exactly two weeks behind the discourse for the rest of my twitter life. And now for some witty Quibi memes— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) August 3, 2020
This tweet is really cake lololol— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) August 3, 2020
Rey and Ben checking if Snoke was really cake pic.twitter.com/9r8ZL2Id1c— Hammie (@balancedpadawan) August 3, 2020
it's 2028. gen alpha is posting to quanko. gen z is reminiscing about quankos that have chaotic tiktok energy. millenials are buying their first homes— dom hofmann (@dhof) August 1, 2020
One of Ebert’s all-time sickest burns on Siskel after he talks about how Hugh Grant’s arrest impacted how he watched NINE MONTHS pic.twitter.com/By8e6mfYOt— Rob Plainview (@ClooneyDisciple) August 3, 2020
incredible pic.twitter.com/lvcccrx8k4— Nicole Clark (@nicalexiac) July 31, 2020
batman pic.twitter.com/4YF4Ffoa5Q— Jason Acab Katzenstein (@JasonAdamK) July 30, 2020
— Cooper Fleishman (@_Cooper) July 27, 2020
We’ve seen all the fishing content from the NBA bubble, but @JaredSGreenberg is reporting that apparently the league stocked the lake with fish to make sure the players had fish to catch— Madelyn Burke (@MadelynBurke) July 31, 2020
a vampire who got turned in 1992 and now they have a rat-tail haircut forever. they try to cut it off but it grows back every time. a sisyphean torment— Ryan Boyd (@ryandroyd) July 30, 2020
so we got out of our boat because it was sinking while we were stuck there and the disney world employee decided to tell us that we should’ve stayed in the boat but it went under as soon as we all stepped out... nice #DisneyWorld #splashmountain #MagicKingdom #disney not okay???? pic.twitter.com/15zMnP1wgX— sky๐ซ (@skyelaringrsoll) August 3, 2020
hmm I think this Apple power adapter might be counterfeit pic.twitter.com/sGatuHqQoh— Cabel (@cabel) July 31, 2020
i went to a chinese buffet once and this was one of the translations ๐ญ pic.twitter.com/cQX8KUCnmn— roo-roo (@teayongroo) July 29, 2020
Two nights ago I closed the garage door and, unknown to me at the time, locked a raccoon in. We discovered him at about 10:30 am yesterday, asleep on some shelves. pic.twitter.com/NBKWQdmeed— Laura June (@laura_june) August 1, 2020
I named him Nermal. He slept all day. And several times, he moved locations to different, better shelf locations in the garage. pic.twitter.com/QF4JL7duAp— Laura June (@laura_june) August 1, 2020
I consulted two wildlife experts who assured me Nermal would leave when the sun went down. He did. Eventually. But not before he moved shelves one last time and stole my heart. Bye Nermal. pic.twitter.com/Y37kwX3Rcz— Laura June (@laura_june) August 1, 2020
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Monday, August 3, 2020
There's no fans, but the NHL was ready to properly celebrate a hat trick
Edmonton having someone throw hats on the ice for Connor McDavid's hatty pic.twitter.com/kRLjUzQW79— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) August 4, 2020
NHL going all-out with the hat trick celebrations in the bubble. pic.twitter.com/IkcVnS8ow0— The Comeback (@thecomeback) August 4, 2020
.@cmcdavid97 hat trick!!! ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ pic.twitter.com/4jQ6KNIp43— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) August 4, 2020
Bizarre story about a neuroscientist who allegedly has been running "a catfishing scam for years"
A bizarre saga of events played out on social media over the weekend, embroiling much of the close-knit world of scientists, academics, and researchers on Twitter. It started with accusations that Arizona State University’s actions had exposed one of their faculty members, an Indigenous woman and anthropologist, to an ultimately fatal case of covid-19. But it ended with allegations that the death was a hoax, carried out by someone who also faked the supposed professor’s entire existence.Buzzfeed describes a Zoom memorial that was held following the apparently imaginary professor's "death."
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many members of the science Twitter community now suspect that the academic who was the first to report the woman’s death...has pulled off a catfishing scam for years
Related, here's the story of a similar hoax:
To #epitwitter reeling from the @Sciencing_Bi— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) August 3, 2020
hoax. (Hoax: person pretended to die from COVID due to being forced to in-person teaching). My book (creative commons copy available: https://t.co/7GlSlpKIDd) has very similar example from the Arab Spring: Tom MacMaster's cruel hoax. pic.twitter.com/Qu9A4ZFRUv
Frog Fractions 4 was released in secret; New Overwatch costume is armored-lifeguard; Pet this robot enough and it'll die for you
Now that it's public knowledge that Frog Fractions 3/4 exists, and *where* it exists, I am proud to finally announce:— Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Werewolf Bar Mitzvah (@WritNelson) August 4, 2020
HELL YEAH I WORKED ON FROG FRACTIONS 3/4https://t.co/2DuO8tQjl1
Long time no sea.— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) August 3, 2020
Dive in as Lifeguard Pharah (Legendary)! ๐♀
Start your training for Overwatch Summer Games, arriving on August 4 ⚽ pic.twitter.com/nzQA5hd625
Iron Harvest Open Beta - Command Giant Dieselpunk Mechs in this 1920's Alternate Reality RTS Game!https://t.co/ys5qdYTIk2— Alpha Beta Gamer (@gameralphabeta) July 31, 2020
by #gamedev @KingArtGames #indiedev #gaming #indiegames pic.twitter.com/WywsausQ7T
VTOL VR is now out of early access! Version 1.0 Released! https://t.co/agK9u1A5HG— Paolo Encarnacion (@bahamutod) August 3, 2020
Fully interactive virtual cockpits, challenging missions, detailed weapon and sensor systems, Steam Workshop support...#VR #VTOLVR #fighterjets #flightsimulator #steamvr #vive #index #oculus #wmr pic.twitter.com/iJjjjBXwjd
Yep, SEGA had an official The Typing of the Dead T-Shirt which was available through the SEGA Ebten Japanese store. pic.twitter.com/gmtrFpu5uQ— Manuel Garcรญa Melgar (@Kopke) May 26, 2020
— SunhiLegend (@SunhiLegend) July 30, 2020
— Aram Jabbari (@aramjabbari) July 30, 2020
only finding out now that if u repeatedly pet the pod in automata it will literally swear to protect 2b with it's life ;-; pic.twitter.com/gLdBtDk4rZ— ✨ Storm Yorha ✨ (@StormYorha) August 2, 2020
7'2" 16-year-old "Victor Wembanyama is one of the best long-term NBA prospects in the world"
"Wembanyama said that he now stands over 7-foot-2 and weighs around 198 pounds, with a 7-foot-8 wingspan."
Try not to wince every time he comes into contact with another player or the floor:
Some of the questions Isaac Chotiner asked an adviser to the Lincoln Project
In his latest interview, he interviews a man who worked on Bush's two campaigns, was Romney's top strategist, and who has a new book:
Bush clearly is a nice guy in certain ways that Trump is not a nice guy. But when you look back at the Bush Administration, and you look at what’s going on now—when you talk about contempt for science and you look at the way the Bush Administration dealt with global warming, when you look at spurning expertise and making decisions and how Iraq ended up playing out and Katrina played out, do you think that even if we see that the intentions were different and that cruelty was not the point of the Bush Administration, to take a phrase from another writer, that there were more commonalities there? And that it’s not a coincidence that the last two Republican Presidencies are ending in failure, assuming that Trump’s Presidency is ending soon?
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Let me ask you, though, about your mental state. You write about the deficit and “out of control” federal spending being a phrase Republicans use. And then you say, “But no one really believes in it any more than communicants believe they are actually eating and drinking the body and blood of Christ.” Putting the latter aside for a minute, when you say no one really believes it, are you implying that no Republicans really believe it, or that you didn’t believe it when you were working in Republican politics?
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I think a lot of people acknowledge that Romney is in many ways a pretty decent, honorable man. Certainly, I think a lot of liberals think this now, and a lot of centrists think this now. At the same time, you’ve just finished talking about how Iraq was a disaster and how Republican economic policies don’t really make much sense. Romney was, essentially, running on “doubling Guantรกnamo,” and an aggressive foreign policy, and the Paul Ryan budget. If Romney had been elected, would his have been another Republican Presidency that ended the way the Bush Presidency did? Is that sort of more important than the fact that Romney is an honorable guy?
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Paul Ryan helped pass the Trump tax cuts, which, as you say, were deficit-exploding. He was the one who shepherded it through the House.
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The Lincoln Project ads have obviously been very effective in getting a lot of press. Do you think that they’re aimed more at รฉlites to signal the Republican opposition to Trump, or are you really trying to get voters to switch? I’m not saying the first is necessarily unimportant, but what’s the goal?
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Let’s say I’m a little bit of a cynical person, and let’s say I’m, like, look, these Lincoln Project ads have been really good, but the people who are doing it are these former Republican operatives like Steve Schmidt, who was working for Howard Schultz a year ago, and John Weaver, who got in trouble for agreeing to do lobbying for Russia a year ago. It’s all these operatives, and they’re coming together to make money off anti-Trumpism. Why is that too cynical?
Ann Leckie explains why she withdrew "The Raven Tower" from consideration for the 2019 Hugos
when the email came telling me that The Raven Tower was a finalist for the Hugo Award, I thought of the books in that longlist, how often I’d had a bite of this cookie, and how many of the amazing books from 2019 were debuts, and/or were books that, when I’d read them, my first thought was, Oh, this should be on the Hugo ballot. More books than there were spots, for sure. And I realized that I could do something about that, at least in a small way.(I've already read the book three times.)
And so I withdrew The Raven Tower from consideration.
New Marvel Legends figures available for preorder, including War of the Realms Punisher
Pyro, Rogue, and Punisher with motorcycle, multiple heads and weapons, and war helm.
Today's funny posts
“not today satan,” i mumble as i lay out the red carpet for u guessed it, satan— rahel (@cnqmdi) July 24, 2020
Seeing the Larry Bird trend on Twitter made me paranoid that he had died or something but it's just people talking about how he looks like a tomato pic.twitter.com/HwBbprJC4B— Jordy ๐ฎ The Last of Us Part II (@JordyD127) August 2, 2020
The US healthcare system https://t.co/AsaFy7FY5D— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) August 2, 2020
The "Guy Running Stone Pillars" video, but at the end they pan down and the ground is littered with hundreds of his bloody shirtless clone predecessors, like in The Prestige.— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) August 2, 2020
Randomly on this subject, my (Egyptian) wife had never heard of Stonehenge when I mentioned it recently, so I showed her photos of it, assuming she’d recognize the look but not the name etc, and she was just like, this is pathetic, your ancestors were small and weak— Tom Gara (@tomgara) August 2, 2020
Whenever I've been asked what my dream project would be for a Collector's Edition Blu-ray, it's this... and it's happening. pic.twitter.com/9JoXCeDnWz— Anthony Nield (@antnield) April 2, 2020
One of the best inscriptions of all time. @AlLeiter22 signs his 1988 card “This is not me!” It’s actually his brother Mark and was a desirable error at the time to get in packs. pic.twitter.com/OvHJ0Wq0e9— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 31, 2020
— Nick Miller (@NickMillerMusic) July 31, 2020
The Gransta underground shopping arcade in Tokyo Station, due to open next week, has water-themed toilets. If you are desperate to go, and there's a long queue, I not sure you want a pane of running water next to you. pic.twitter.com/m1XhZuG2Y5— Mulboyne (@Mulboyne) July 31, 2020
These dudes are putting roller blade wheels on their desk chairs and simply gliding through lifehttps://t.co/DNqCIN0bw2— MEL Magazine (@WeAreMel) July 31, 2020
I saw this windshield shade in Kansas City when I was 9 years old and lost my goddamn mind. pic.twitter.com/3qZYaNCipX— Paul Rust (@paulrust) July 31, 2020
a personal fave of mine pic.twitter.com/yaCrCWdaO1— Nicole Wiegand (@nicolemwiegand) July 31, 2020
take me back to the days..... of ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/dpPjtfFGkE— แดIOแแฉ • BLM (@fionais__online) July 31, 2020
'Fox Found with Impressive Shoe Collection' is a news headline worth waking up for. ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ก๐ขhttps://t.co/jt7bcGqxho pic.twitter.com/KBpMRjq8iw— Deadly Knitshade is overthinking this (@deadlyknitshade) August 1, 2020
this week’s dog video is of Arnie, who got to show his tiger friend to the window washer pic.twitter.com/cbjJm4ASyy— We Print Video (@infiniteobjects) July 31, 2020
There’s an enormous, leggy Rottweiler named Maurice in my apartment complex. He’s terrified of every tiny dog and I recently had the pleasure of hearing his owner say “GET IT TOGETHER, MAURICE” as she picked him up to carry him past a chihuahua whose path he refused to cross. https://t.co/uwBQG6rcjC— Kellie Herson (@kellieherson) July 31, 2020
*More funny posts.
Sunday, August 2, 2020
Unorthodox on Netflix is great
Basically a four-hour horror series about fleeing an insular community. The actor that plays the "renegade" Moishe is a terrific creep.
Navy Seal Museum menaces Kaepernick stand-in with dogs and assault rifles; Tribute to shooting victims looks like something from the Southern Reach; Using Dungeons and Dragons to increase inclusiveness
Martin mispronounced names of nominees and celebrated the achievements of dead white men over the actual winners.https://t.co/VEMs9hyfL7— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) August 1, 2020
As far as I know, mystery fandom--mystery fans--don't tell you that the only way into the genre is through Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, though of course fans of both want you to read the works of both authors.— Jess Nevins (@jessnevins) August 2, 2020
In their way, the SFF gatekeepers are the equivalent of the Lost Cause Southerners: clinging for dear life to this fantasy construction of the past that is at angle to the real thing, making secular saints of white men of reprehensible moralities and behavior.— Jess Nevins (@jessnevins) August 2, 2020
Campbellian sf looks quite restrictive and even stunted when you read the sf that was appearing in the other pulps & the mainstream magazines at the time. These sf stories were all over the map philosophically and aesthetically, and ranged from far-future adventure to social sf.— Jess Nevins (@jessnevins) August 2, 2020
So Martin's speech wasn't just racist, transphobic, sexist, and deliberately offensive, although God knows those are enough to earn him a good shunning. It's that he left out all the authors and stories and history that gainsay his preferred version of the genre's history.— Jess Nevins (@jessnevins) August 2, 2020
Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce used “Colin Kaepernick stand-in" for K-9 demonstration at fundraiser last year #BecauseFlorida https://t.co/COHFCeJ3GN pic.twitter.com/EpcELHxrSe— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) August 2, 2020
In another video, after “Navy SEALs and Navy SEAL dogs take down Colin Kaepernick for not standing during National Anthem,” he moans something like, "Oh man, I will stand” #BecauseFlorida https://t.co/uZ3ervZguB pic.twitter.com/6vi1uCGIt5— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) August 2, 2020
— US Navy SEALs (@us_navyseals) August 2, 2020
The first question to Gregg Popovich in this afternoon's pregame Zoom session: Will Marco Belinelli be available today?— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) August 2, 2020
This was his answer ๐ pic.twitter.com/AatAoPAHBx
Jonathan Isaac’s jersey sales have skyrocketed after he stood for the National Anthem.— Top Ball Coverage (@TopBallCoverage) August 2, 2020
He is now number two in jerseys sales among players only behind LeBron James. pic.twitter.com/1JLwEPtLG8
If I'm... seeing this correctly, a private boat floats by the Crew Dragon recovery site dozens of miles off the coast of Pensacola, Florida waving a TRUMP campaign flag. pic.twitter.com/cK6b29TysU— Joey Roulette (@joroulette) August 2, 2020
Boaters gatecrash SpaceX's 1st splashdown with astronauts. 'We need to do better,' NASA chief says. https://t.co/zRxiJqZktI pic.twitter.com/gk88ACefmL— SPACE.com (@SPACEdotcom) August 3, 2020
Here's @KappKtsm's full story on the sculptures and where you can see them this weekend. https://t.co/mTatGaYDuy— andra litton (@tornandra) August 1, 2020
Dead people even hate you @realDonaldTrump LMAO ๐ pic.twitter.com/f8p4r5XpnN— lynn smith (@lynnluvseddie) August 1, 2020
— mr brightside (@ex_aItiora) August 2, 2020
Iran is grossly understating Covid19 deaths; The jobs are essential, the workers are not; Fisher Price's "work from home" playset
"In the confrontation between the governments of the US and Iran we are getting crushed with pressures from both sides,” said one doctor https://t.co/SSMZwZRVTp— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) August 3, 2020
Terence Davis is a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist so he’s purposely wearing a mask with a hole in it... pic.twitter.com/TkzosKC3J6— Rob (41-24) (4-3) (@Hou5ton4L) August 2, 2020
every single person in this room is wearing a mask except for one person pic.twitter.com/AOB0xnERrV— Todd Vaziri (@tvaziri) August 2, 2020
When Yoenis Cespedes didn't show up today, the Mets sent security to his room. They found it empty. He had taken his belongings, just up and left, and through his agent informed the team mid-game that he was opting out, according to Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 2, 2020
I haven't gotten over the realization that it's the jobs that are considered essential, while the workers are considered to be fungible.— Michael Hannemann (@mr_hannemann) August 2, 2020
— teri.zin, Fรคttรฉ Mother Mousse ๐น๐น๐ (@intelligentwat) August 2, 2020
If he fights TikTok as successfully as he fought Covid, you'll find it running on your toaster in six weeks with no way to uninstall it.— Elliott Downing (@elliott_downing) August 1, 2020
you know, suddenly it makes a lot of sense now why so much YA dystopia only took place in America with no mention of what was happening with the rest of the world— chloe gong ๐ค (@thechloegong) August 2, 2020
they were all probably just chilling
The perfect toy for 2020 doesn’t exi- pic.twitter.com/XavMaDlXmh— adam.the.creator (@AdamPadilla) August 2, 2020
lol I love 2020 walk-off celebrations so much pic.twitter.com/E890bWoBed— Lucas Dolengowski (@LDolengowski) August 2, 2020
There's a campaign to pressure a Southern California beach town to atone for how it destroyed a resort for Black people
LA Streets, summarizing from various sources:
In 1912, the beachfront site was purchased by Charles and Willa Bruce, who, starting in 1915, built a beach lodge there. By 1920, Bruce’s Beach was a popular destination for Black Angelenos, who were denied access to most Southern California beaches.
The Bruces and their patrons endured harassment and persecution, including from the Ku Klux Klan. In 1924, the city of Manhattan Beach officially voted to seize Bruce’s property via eminent domain, ostensibly to build a park.
By 1927, the resort had been shuttered. The land went undeveloped for decades.
In the 1950s, fearing that Bruce heirs might sue to get their land back, the city developed the site into a park, named Bayview Terrace Park in 1962.
...
Also note that broadly, the civil rights struggle for beach access for communities of color continues today. One example of this is how South Bay cities colluded with Metro to prevent easy direct transit access to beaches; it remains difficult to take a bus from South L.A. to South Bay beaches, though they are only 4-10 miles apart. Metro is planning to someday partially remedy this in its as-yet-unfunded Transit to Trails Plan, but beach access remains an issue.
Today's funny posts
i just think everyone should see this photo of my brother's youth soccer coach whose name was, i kid you not, danny marinara pic.twitter.com/n7Dg7xyvnE— Victoria Edel (@victoriaedel) July 31, 2020
the second you say “family group chat” I know we are not the same— chrysanthemum tran (@chrysanthemvm_) July 19, 2020
Steve Englehart writing a fake-letter as a minister praising his own Doctor Strange run in order to get Stan Lee off his back is still maybe the most Steve Englehart move ever.— Ritesh (@GhosttGray) July 29, 2020
(That he traveled all the way to Boston to mail it in, is just icing on the cake of the story.)
can cats get assimilated— Riker Googling (@RikerGoogling) July 30, 2020
I once designed this thing where a person's screen will gradually fill the more they spoke.— Yatรบ (@thecpe) May 27, 2020
After some time, it would fade out of the color. https://t.co/K7D6I9Lnsf pic.twitter.com/iWSXVLQLuM
If you’ll need me, I’ll be thinking about this promotional still from SORORITY ROW (2009) again. pic.twitter.com/z1aabownNm— Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith) July 31, 2020
this is such a fucking Ender's Game move https://t.co/YfyGyLzLAQ— Karla Z (@zusty) July 31, 2020
I like edible flowers because you can pretend you’re a monster who eats beauty. pic.twitter.com/gclZWHGOfd— Jana G. Pruden (@jana_pruden) July 30, 2020
can't stop thinking abt this one pic.twitter.com/Kmp8605Rcr— sword ๐ฆ๐ซ Art Raffle @ 8k! (@swordknights) July 29, 2020
danger nibblehttps://t.co/G9SRWOFsyr pic.twitter.com/Wig9CcmpNN— potluck miscreant ๐ฒ๐๐บ (@BinAnimals) July 31, 2020
i drew my favorite animal from memory pic.twitter.com/5OiCB6QaZG— Absinthe ๐ (@AbsintheOTL) July 31, 2020
I’m fascinated by the rules of this game pic.twitter.com/JIIzJKvGOD— btw there's still a pandemic ๐ฃ (@ziyatong) July 31, 2020
#Tardigrade is scratching its back on a bubble— Tardigradopedia (@tardigradopedia) July 31, 2020
Rebecca Stern @RebeccaArielS and Scott Chimileski @socialmicrobes
Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative @HarvardMSI
This video is among the most amazing tardigrade videos ever. pic.twitter.com/LYChIuRHK3
The implications of this is that tardigrades would love to be petted.— bbk (@bbk_42) July 31, 2020
*More funny posts.
Saturday, August 1, 2020
LA Sheriff's say it wasn't them at the party; MLB player's heart has been damaged by Covid19; Geisha with transparent fans instead of masks
Among the drugs Kodak initially will focus on will be hydroxychloroquine. https://t.co/5uYtiyQ9kt— David Wessel (@davidmwessel) August 1, 2020
Meanwhile, in an alternate timeline, we’re 3 months into a Senate investigation to determine exactly how President Clinton’s negligence led to 132 Covid-19 deaths.— Ethan Simon (@ethanisimon) July 31, 2020
Video appears to show maskless LA County Sheriff’s employees arriving at party at Hollywood bar. Approx 100 ppl were expected to attend, @JamesQueallyLAT reports https://t.co/kzApEBGBQo— Matt Hamilton (@MattHjourno) August 1, 2020
Last night LASD was made aware of a video from "Knock LA", alleging members of the Department attending a "party" in Hollywood.— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) August 1, 2020
The persons identified in the video are not employees of the Sheriff's Department and this event was not hosted by the LASD. https://t.co/ByVjzYQIWc pic.twitter.com/3VCLJLEho9
How hate & blame spreads: two angles on the same mosque (Noorul Islam Masjid on Audley Range, Blackburn).— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) August 1, 2020
The first one to make people think there’s no social distancing, shared 100s of times
The second from the cctv from the mosquehttps://t.co/9kuI8JQ0tQ pic.twitter.com/ymle5PwaLP
BREAKING: Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom has announced that pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez has been ruled out for the 2020 season. The 27-year-old lefty developed a heart issue following a bout with COVID-19. #MLB #baseball #Boston #RedSox #breakingnews #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/DGLltcbCMn— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) August 1, 2020
The idea of a bus load of COVID-infected Miami Marlins players riding a bus to Florida as a hurricane approaches the state is one of the most Florida things I can imagine.— Jason Cole (@JasonCole62) August 1, 2020
Geisha, maiko in Kyoto given clear fans instead of face shields as industry adapts to virus https://t.co/fkhNjiVQid— The Mainichi (Japan Daily News) (@themainichi) August 1, 2020
Geisha, maiko in Kyoto given clear fans instead of face shields as industry adapts to virus https://t.co/fkhNjiVQid— The Mainichi (Japan Daily News) (@themainichi) August 1, 2020
Where’s Waldo now feels like a horror movie of enormous crowds not socially distancing or wearing masks on the beach, airport, ski slopes, etc.— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) August 1, 2020
Steven Adams' wife saw the bubble food pics and baked him 2 extra pans of lasagna to bring with him pic.twitter.com/rBne6tOGWM— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) August 1, 2020
The leader of the birther movement won the presidency; Fogger manufacturer objects to use of its product in Portland; Cobra was made up of accountants and orthodontists
Stephen Miller not sharing or offering his pregnant wife the umbrella in the rain is the perfect encapsulation of the selfish, all-about-me priorities of this administration. https://t.co/JvMBHO7JLi— Sam_Page (@Sam_Page) July 31, 2020
This phenomenon is similar to political reporters’ continuing inability or unwillingness to recognize that the leader of the birther movement won the GOP presidential nomination and the presidency. https://t.co/keRDFDuANY— Stan Veuger (@stanveuger) July 31, 2020
Nothing like a Friday news dump. The Navy responded to a year-old email from @McClatchyDC & @KCStar about @EricGreitens' return to service. Among the revelations: The role VP Pence's office played in helping Greitens. https://t.co/z1jkBwbYkK— Bryan Lowry (@BryanLowry3) July 31, 2020
Feels like there’s a more important role he should resign from https://t.co/qrGb4DTwqb— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 1, 2020
the last paragraph of this excerpt is important. i'll never forget taking a political science course in grad school that indexed levels of democracy and made the note that american democracy did not truly begin until 1965. which absolutely makes lewis a founding father. https://t.co/NElm55yTIy— bomani (@bomani_jones) July 30, 2020
Clippers’ Doc Rivers closed his media session with this:— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) July 31, 2020
“The hardest part of the game for me was the kneeling for 2 minutes. In 2 minutes my knee is hurting, yet there was a guy who had his knee on someone’s neck for 8 minutes… That’s nuts when you think about it.” pic.twitter.com/3g7OVwRkZU
The use of these devices against human, which we produce in order to make the world more livable to fight with viruses and deases, is alarming.— White Fog (@WhitefogTurkey) July 30, 2020
The authorities should explain to the public the chemical components of the formulation they uses.
when i left downtown last night there was a “free bibles” truck conspicuously trying to get people to take free bibles. Wake up this morning to conservatives losing their mind on Twitter about Portlanders setting fire to some bibles— sarah jeong (@sarahjeong) August 1, 2020
America in general is to the left of Europe on social issues, but Democrats especially. Find me one European center-left party that thinks undocumented immigrants in their country deserve a path to citizenship. https://t.co/6WCnnzVwWW— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) July 30, 2020
the way of actually understanding communism is: imagine if the absolute worst, most petty people in whatever institution you've worked with were in control of *every element of your life*— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) July 31, 2020
do you ever just think about how culturally relavant JRPGs are right now, with themes such as "attack and dethrone god" and "never give up even if everything seems hopeless and the boss only takes 1HP of damage every turn"— sisi ⚡️ ๅงๆ็ช (@six6jiang) July 31, 2020
One of the intresting things about Larry Hamma's Cobra is that so many of them represent higher middle-class fears and identities.— Tom Shapira (@tomshaps) August 1, 2020
Cobra Commander - the used car salesman who think the world owes him more pic.twitter.com/vmmFxB8UYS
Raptor as a bored accountant taking his hobby too seriously pic.twitter.com/9MyJXSh29G— Tom Shapira (@tomshaps) August 1, 2020
Doctor Mindbender is basically your nice neighbour who one day starts watching too much Fox news pic.twitter.com/KSGEwCxyRN— Tom Shapira (@tomshaps) August 1, 2020
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