My god, they’re making furbys:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/openais-expensive-smart-speaker-will-use-moving-parts-to-seem-more-alive

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Glorious hometown W

Inventing new physics via chatbot is very unc coded

It all comes across as Synanon-lite, doesn’t it?

Fascism is all about surface-level appearences and vibes. I didn’t expect them to appropriate the mantle of “spork-wielding penguin of d00m,” though.

“Cult tryouts” is a keeper

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A sweaty, indecisive man holds his hand above two buttons. One button is labled “God,” and the other is labeled “Mr. Meseeks.”

AI: Aussies Innit?

I’ve been enjoying Ludicity Week very much!

you just know one of these guys has microdosed bath salts out of sheer contrariness

Have you ever tried meth, tho?

Tennessee here: what the chicken-fried fuck is wrong with these people?

I think we’re watching some idiots who are trying to move the overton widow by pulling on it, but they’re mostly succeeding at cutting their hands up really badly.

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Rapid unscheduled disinvestment

Breaking News: Mr. Ball Gets Testy

They’re sooo good

If I may add to these excellent suggestions:

The Night Circus and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Go in cold, do not spoil! Enjoy with a warm beverage. The readers are phenomenal.

The Laundry Files series by local hero Charles Stross, in which it turns out that P=NP, the Great Old Ones can be summoned in polynomial time, Cthulhu ate America via regulatory capture, and the world is suffering from the magical equivalent of global warming. Our protagonists have to mitgate all of this on a British civil servant’s salary.

The Quantum Thief trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi, in which Our Regular Subjects have become a problem.

Pairs nicely with the latest long-form Pivot!

patiently cross-stitching a piece that reads “Bless This Text”