Three(!) of my books are nominated in a whole bunch of categories in the Indie Ink Awards!
To support Books and Bone, The Old Goat and the Alien, and Non-Player Character, please do go and vote for them!
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Wes Streeting slammed for linking intifada chant to 'terrorist action'
Pro-Palestine campaigners have criticised British Health Secretary Wes Streeting for claiming that the protest chant "globalise the intifada" is linked to terrorism.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
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The only use case where generative "AI" really works as advertised is "write this pointless but required email to my landlord/doctor/boss/etc".
And I just don't see how that justifies destroying all human culture, and reversing what little progress we have made towards slowing climate change.
People were publishing form-fill letters in books with titles like "The Fashionable Letter-Writer" in about 1810, and I suspect there's older examples too.
That said: I can see why particularly for non-native speakers, where there's often pressure to achieve a particular formal style of English and they're doing it as a second or third or fourth language, some might feel like turning to an LLM system to tune their writing. I'd rather they didn't but I see the reason.
The town had a local cryptid legend, a Kataba - half-man, half-animal - that people swore was real. They held a yearly Kataba Festival. Like many such festivals, it was a way to draw people in to a town that was otherwise slowly dying.
Earnest loved the festival. He wandered the stalls enjoying the sights and sounds, the colorful merchandise. It was a wonderful day where people would say, "Great costume!" instead of fleeing in abject terror.
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Wow, I didn't know that DHL had become part of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.
Bosnia Arrests Two Over Deadly Fire at Elderly Care Home
Investigators inspect the scene at the ‘Dom Penzionera’ nursing home in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 05 November 2025. Photo: EPA/NIDAL SALJIC.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
It's been 84 years. Please look at my ginger. - All For Gardening
I'm so proud of my baby. 🥹Gardener (All For Gardening)
If they don't understand the basic facts of reproduction, how can we expect them to understand evolution?
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How does this nonsense persist?
I keep seeing lies about biology like this on social media. This is all wrong. I have embryology textbooks all over the place, and this is what they have to say. Sperm can survive in a man’s …Pharyngula
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First Human Cornea Transplant Using 3D Printed, Lab-Grown Tissue Restores Sight in a ‘Game Changer’ for Millions Who are Blind
The first successful human implant of a 3D-printed cornea made from human eye cells cultured in a laboratory has restored a patient's sight.Good News Network
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Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake – Byline Times
Reform UK's biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operationNafeez Ahmed (Byline Times)
we should give replyguys a "your replies wrapped up" page where it highlights how deeply insensitive they are.
You've commented "Not all men..." to women venting about misogyny 500 times this year. 🌠
You've commented "There are two sides to every story" on 15 DV threads ✨
You've told 20 women, "I'm not just after you for the looks, I like your personality too" 🎊
Here are the names and proud (?) hometowns of 22 neo-#Nazis that marched in Little Rock, #Arkansas this past Saturday. Their cowardly faces were covered, but their identities are now being widely shared! arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/202…
"All hate begins as self-hate." - Dalai Lama
#Resist and #DoNotComplyWithFascists in #USpol.
Here are the names of the neo-Nazis who rallied at a Little Rock civil rights site on Saturday
LRPD initially said that none of the men were from Arkansas, but Helton corrected that Tuesday and said that one of the men in the truck moved to Arkansas late last month from Colorado.Arkansas Times Staff (Arkansas Times)
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Kane County state’s attorney, sheriff say new state immigration law to be enforced via lawsuits, not by local officers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/kane-county-states-attorney-sheriff-say-new-state-immigration-law-to-be-enforced-via-lawsuits-not-by-local-officers/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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45 projects strengthen Dutch open science infrastructure | Open Science NL
In its largest funding round to date, Open Science NL awards 45 projects that strengthen infrastructure for open science in the Netherlands.Open Science NL
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Maine Township District 207 officials believe students missed class, critical social services amid immigration enforcement. The board passed a resolution hoping to quell fears.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/maine-township-district-207-officials-believe-students-missed-class-critical-social-services-amid-immigration-enforcement-the-board-passed-a-resolution-hoping-to-quell-fears/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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