On December 18, 1917, it seems there were one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight patents (including design patents?) published in the United States of America.
I have looked at eight hundred and twelve of them.
THIS IS FINE.
I heard about it yesterday and nearly threw up, if it helps.
A black cat with white whiskers. He is wearing a small sign on a lanyard that days "less bombs more tuna."
Icarus says humans are weird, WTF (where's the food), and don't we know that being snugly and bringing gifts is the way to make peace and friends?
...jesus *fucking* christ.
It went further than I thought, and then went further again.
Jesus Christ.
None of this is legal, none of this is necessary, none of this is moral.
I am pretty sure this is the worst one I've ever heard.
There's a line in Stephen King's DANSE MACABRE about how you feel your mouth trying to laugh and scream at the same moment.
I just feel my mouth trying to scream.
(NB: I am not listening to "Vermis".)
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"I curse you and all your descendants with long lifetimes of dry and flavorless pancakes, you fuck!"
Highly recommended. 😂
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I have begun the day by relearning the difference between BSW and BSF head sizes, worrying about my to-do list, and watching a Paul Sellers video on French cleats.
There are worse ways to start. Next time I will try to skip the worrying. :)
I have spent enough time in Hookland to not be surprised by seeing a car park sign that reads: ‘This area liable to sudden flooding. Parked vehicles at risk of partial submersion and Stay Below Vandalism.’ - #MattAdams, 1981
respectfully tapping the "support billionaire-free, worker-owned, independent media" sign again
Tedious of me to repost this but pretty much every time I do, about four more new people read it, and it seems that at least one of them then tells me it's inspired them to buy the book. Plus the book got absolutely shat on by my ex-publisher.
Also, the book's fucking great.
So here we are again.
Started the morning with an advertisement for a cocaine prescription from a Martian prince.
And this is why I love podcasts.
Today is the last day to read this piece for free.
It might work quite well as an intro to my writing for people who only know it via Bluesky.
P.S. It's much better if you read it all the way to the end.
I mean, I would say that, but I promise: it really does.
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When I started a Substack in 2022, Substack suggested I charge £70 per year for people to access my writing.
I ditched Substack last summer.
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Today is the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Adar, Lunar New Year and Mardi Gras.
This means that for one reason or another, the majority of humans on the planet have a reason to eat fried food, and that is beautiful.
Weeelllll if you want to read about at least one person learning* to see the world through other eyes... may I recommend the anti-war, small acts of resistance and malicious compliance** book ONE MESSAGE REMAINS?
*being forced
**also occasionally blowing up train tracks
#GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie
I...
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What the *fuck*.
Will be watching that again.
...no seriously WTF
A selection of six bookmarks by my mum, linocut, on expensive card
My second novel, 1983
My latest novel, Everything Will Swallow You
Exciting news! My mum has just kindly given me this bundle of handmade linocut bookmarks. I'm giving one of these away for free with signed copies of my two latest novels. Please let me know if you'd like to grab one of these bundles for just book cover prices plus p&p.
Only sending to UK, BUT...
The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
“I don’t think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don’t take the toys out of their hands, we’re fools.” — Ray Bradbury
Just copying this here -
This was just for the "drive it from his grieving mother's house to his house, because his mom was scared being alone in the house with this rifle" and I think we were called three times AND the Mounties checked on the mom during this.
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Screenshot of text reading At least 10 people were injured between late 2021 and November 2025, according to the reports. Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads during operations. Cerebrospinal fluid reportedly leaked from one patient’s nose. In another reported case, a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients each allegedly suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured.
Screenshot of text reading In May 2023, Dean was using TruDi in another sinuplasty operation when patient Donna Fernihough’s carotid artery allegedly “blew.” Blood “was spraying all over” – even landing on an Acclarent representative who was observing the surgery, according to a lawsuit Fernihough filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth against Acclarent and several manufacturers. One of Fernihough’s carotid arteries was damaged. She suffered a stroke the day of the surgery, according to her suit. Acclarent “knew or should have known that the purported artificial intelligence caused or exacerbated the tendency of the integrated navigation system product to be inconsistent, inaccurate, and unreliable,” the suit alleges.
Screenshot of text reading The FDA requires clinical trials for new drugs, but medical devices face different screening. Most AI-enabled devices coming to market aren’t required to be tested on patients, according to FDA rules. Instead, makers satisfy FDA rules by citing previously authorized devices that had no AI-related capabilities, says Dr. Alexander Everhart, an instructor at Washington University’s medical school in St. Louis and an expert on medical device regulation.
*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
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The entire purpose of the SAVE Act is to make sure trans people and married women can no longer vote. That's it.
"Oh, for fuck's sake."
$30 closer, and I deeply appreciate it! But I'm still only at $210, with about 13 hours to catch up to $700 rent, which is the absolute minimum that I can survive with. Also badly need help with storage and groceries!.
My survival is in your hands! Please help quickly if you can, and keep sharing!
My student loans’ occult advisor says forgiveness makes them really sad. They thought you were a better person than that. :(
I am really not bragging, this is just the bare minimum you can do to be of use
