Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot. The story follows Rig as she embarks on a journey across the galaxy to save her estranged sister from her former faction – who are trying to blackmail her into returning what she stole from them.
The National Park Service race to rewrite history becomes a slog by Heather Richards “The sheer volume of park signs, panels and museum exhibits flagged by park rangers because they mentioned topics like slavery, climate change or violence against Native Americans overwhelmed the Trump administration from the beginning, said three people familiar with the process used to evaluate potential changes, granted anonymity because they feared retribution.”
Unpublished Games Network (Unpub). We support the game design and development community by organizing events intended to help designers receive public playtests and feedback, and connect with other tabletop gaming industry folks. These events are open to anyone who wishes to bring their game to the table.
Limitations of serial cloning in mammals. “…we continued serial cloning for 20 years from a single donor mouse. These re-cloned mice appeared normal and had normal lifespans, but large structural and lethal mutations accumulated in their DNA with each generation. The birth rate of serial cloning began to decline from the 27th generation, and the 58th generation was the last.”
Nature article on cuts to Science funding under the Trump administration. Cuts of 25% to 35% this year. Fewer new grants funded. Science agency staff cut 20%. International students down 17%. Nature analysis.
“From today until 2030 big tech firms will spend $5trn on infrastructure to supply AI services. To make those investments worthwhile, they will need on the order of $650bn a year in AI revenues, according to JPMorgan Chase, a bank, up from about $50bn a year today.” link
How to Make Repeat Patterns: A Guide for Designers, Architects and Artists. by Paul Jackson. Designing tessellations : the secrets of interlocking patterns. by Jinny Beyer.
“My Turtle Pancha will, my love pick up my new mover,Ginger”
“my movie monkey plays in, a favorite bucket
ship my puppy michael to sullivan’s backrubber
a really open music video cheers jenny F. jones
have a baby fish knife so marvin will marinate the goosechick
Using word length: Pie, I wish I could remember pi, “Eureka!” cried the great inventor, Christmas pudding, Christmas pie, Is the problem’s very center.
Scientists just cracked the mystery of why cancer immunotherapy fails. “Unlike ordinary stress responses that slow protein production to help cells regain balance, TexPSR drives protein synthesis into overdrive. The result is a relentless buildup of misfolded proteins, stress granules, and toxic aggregates ¾ similar to the amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimer’s disease. This overload poisons the T cells, crippling their ability to attack tumors.”. Nature 01 Oct 2025.
Pluralistic: Apple’s unlawful evil (06 Oct 2025) by Cory doctorow. Apple has removed ICEBlock, a totally legal app that helps people track the movements of the masked snatch-squads who illegally terrorize brown people in America’s cities, capitulating to a warrantless demand from Trump’s DoJ boss Pam Bondi. link.
No Californian gentleman or lady ever abuses or opposes a [Chinese person], under any circumstances, an explanation that seems to be much needed in the East. Only the scum of the population do it – they and their children; they, and, naturally and consistently the policeman and politicians likewise, for these are the dust-licking pimps and slaves of the scum…
Political books that look interesting: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions by Jason Hickel How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy by Stephanie Kelton The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay by Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy by Matt Stoller Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
Anton Schmid. “He was one of only three Wehrmacht soldiers who were executed for helping Jews.“
How SUVs Are Making Traffic Worse. As larger, taller sport utility vehicles took over US roads, they also aggravated highway congestion, according to a new study. It’s yet another ill effect of “car bloat.”
