New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger brains do.
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John Scalzi
Cornfields and Clouds: The Midwest Story
what people are saying about "Shallow Grave," the song of the summer:
"the song of the summer"
--the entire world
"so a friend said he wanted to bury some people in a shallow grave? but in the song you are in the grave? hmm"
--the therapist I don't have
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John Scalzi
the Mountain Goats
The year's first daylily.
I checked and over the years I've sent money to over 80 Kickstarter campaigns, every single one of them has funded, clearly this is causation not correlation, I will henceforth rent myself out to Kickstarter creators - for a fee + expenses - to contribute to their project, thus ensuring its success
Seems reasonable to me
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Perhaps the greatest newspaper editorial of all time
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John Scalzi
It's never too late to write your first novel. Congratulations, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social!
‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51 | Books | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Now comes the time where I do the most important work I will do the entire day: shovel cat shit into a bag and then take it and the rest of the trash down to the curb. The romance of the writing life is staggering.
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators ...
Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where the...