Alex Acks

Alex Acks

@katsudon.bsky.social

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aka Alex Wells, certified gentlethem. Author, geologist, "asshole geographer", cyclist, cat dad. Union strong and queer as hell. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊Currently writing Thor and Loki for Marvel Move. (they/them) https://katsudon.net/

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I will say, send sufficient money my way and I'll whip up an opinion on whatever topic, in as many words, and on whatever timeline someone wants. 😁

idk i feel like expecting everyone to have an opinion on every horrible thing happening is how we get into a very big mess of people who cannot possibly have all the info saying wrong things very loudly and influencing more people to be loud and wrong

Cats can pin someone at a level a professional wrestler could only dream of.

There are some days when I set aside my well-known dislike of engineers 😂

> Republican primary candidate for Missouri governor Jay Ashcroft says he's an engineer > He's not a licensed engineer, it's legally dubious at best to say he is, an actual engineer files a complaint > Ashcroft suggests abolishing engineer licensing altogether in Missouri as unnecessary "red tape"

Missouri governor hopeful Ashcroft knocked off balance by complaint about use of ‘engineer’ • Missouri Independentmissouriindependent.com Jay Ashcroft’s use of the title "engineer" and whether he is using it honestly has become a flash point for his campaign for governor.

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Secretarybird vs lappet-faced vulture!!! I just got back from a reporting trip to the Masai Mara. These were two of the birds I most wanted to see and never did I imagine I’d see one kicking the other in its lappety face. (Also, hello. Get ready for a month of Kenyan wildlife pics.)

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Strange Horizons do amazing work and bafflingly have never won a Hugo for it. I really hope we can change that this year - they would absolutely deserve it.

This is the last week of Hugo Award voting and we would like you to consider Strange Horizons for Best Semiprozine. For over 20 years, Strange Horizons has been publishing weekly issues filled with new stories, poems and non-fiction. Here are some more reasons you should vote for us below!

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The Duke at Hazard is out on Thursday. Incognito duke! Disgraced gentleman! Regency road trip! Deceit! Gambling! Silhouettes! books2read.com/u/4A1xGA

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This summer I will be supporting the Mongolian Olympic team because this is their uniform and it is a thousand times better than anything Nike has ever made.

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You have 2 days to find the Funk. Find it. Fund it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mvm...

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Orcas and raccoons unite against assholes!

timeline cleanse hat tip @penryu.bsky.social

Yup, this right here. I'm in awe of people who can do their own marketing. I can't if I want to maintain a level of mental health that allows me to function. And, you know, *write*.

Many trad pub authors are in trad pub because we can't handle the needs of indie publication. I am in awe of my indie peers. My ADHD, however, says that is not a route I will ever be able to take. Just sourcing covers for my Patreon chapbooks strains what I'm capable of, executive function-wise.

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“The assassination attempt saved Reagan’s presidency” requires you to believe nothing else could have defeated the implacable political juggernaut that was Walter Mondale

Been working on the business meeting agenda all day wonder if anything's happened

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Tomorrow is International Non-Binary People's Day, which ends Nonbinary Awareness week. We exist. We belong under the queer and trans umbrellas. We famously don't owe you androgyny, though some of us are happy to give you that anyway. Not me, though. At best, I'm a bit confusing.

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Ha ha ha

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Some glamour shots from the bird feeder spy cam

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Over the course of 15 months and with 62 Lakota speakers involved, The Avengers has been dubbed fully into Lakota by the original cast: reactormag.com/the-avengers...

The Avengers Cast Reassembles to Dub Film in Lakota Language - Reactorreactormag.com Working with The Lakota Language Reclamation Project, the actors came together once more for a very important cause.

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Jeff Regensburger

Which is to say it's a great time to revisit this interview that @marisakabas.bsky.social did with Spencer Ackerman, the journalist who penned Henry Kissinger's obit for Rolling Stone. www.thehandbasket.co/p/writing-an...

Do McConnell next

Former U.S. senator James M. Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican who served for nearly 30 years in the U.S. Senate, where he chaired the Armed Services and Environment committees and became known as an outspoken skeptic of climate change, died at 89.

James Inhofe, Oklahoma senator and climate change denier, dies at 89wapo.st The long-serving Republican chaired the Armed Services and Environment committees before stepping down from the Senate in 2023.

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god I love this story

abcnews.go.com/amp/US/femal...

Female bodybuilder, 82, beats home intruder so badly he had to be taken to hospitalabcnews.go.com An 82-year-old award-winning female bodybuilder turned the tables – literally – on a home intruder and beat him badly after he broke into her house.

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Breaking news: The first projections after polls closed in France’s legislative election put a leftist alliance in the lead, as the populist, anti-immigration far right falls behind and performs far below expectations.

France election live updates: Left-wing bloc leads in results projectionswww.washingtonpost.com The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister.

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Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures

You can contact us at that address in advance if you need help crafting your proposal into the correct format. You can find out more information about the business meeting and submitting a proposal here: www.youtube.com/live/4J8fHaC... (3/3)

Glasgow 2024 Virtual Town Hall Webinar: The Business Meetingwww.youtube.com Our Website: https://glasgow2024.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlasgowIn2024Twitter: https://twitter.com/Glasgowin2024Instagram: https://www.instagra...

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Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures

Any two or more Attending and/or Supporting members can submit business to the meeting. To submit a proposal, send it to the business meeting staff at [email protected]. (2/3)

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The deadline for submitting proposals, as well as reports from committee and previous Worldcons, to the 2024 WSFS Business Meeting is Wednesday 10th July. Proposals received after that date will generally not be considered, subject to the provisions of Standing Rule 2.1. (1/3)

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Working on getting things set for #GlasgowWorldcon @glasgow2024.bsky.social! Our authors Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social, Alex Acks @katsudon.bsky.social, Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social and #CatherineLundoff will all be there! Will we see you there? glasgow2024.org

Glasgow 2024, a Worldcon for Our Futuresglasgow2024.org Bringing the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) to the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 8-12, 2024

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ICYMI: I have a patreon and that you can follow me for exclusive excerpts of my work in progress, behind the scenes and recipes Here's an example of the latest one: mango mochi www.patreon.com/posts/joyful... Currently working on a wok recipe that involves broccoli 😋 Would love if you subscribed

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I’m teaching the online workshop "Writing Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" on July 20 through @apexmag.bsky.social's Reach Your Apex series. I'll share all the tips and strategies that help me as a neurodiverse author. Register today! reachyourapex.com/product/writ...

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Hello social medias... You may not be aware a major Cat 5 hurricane struck an area that normally doesn't get them. The eye passed directly over Carriacou and Petit Martinique. The devastation is tremendous. The need is great. You can help and make a difference: www.gofundme.com/f/the-people...

Help the people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique recover, organized by Marine and Yachting Association of Grenada MAYAGwww.gofundme.com On 1 July, the eye of Hurricane Beryl bore down on two tiny i… Marine and Yachting Association of Grenada MAYAG needs your support for Help the people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique recover

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We’ve had the rule for how ever many years but I still click and watch the video every single time. Some days it can end up in my feed half a dozen times and I will still watch every time. It never gets old. I love it every single time I watch it

Tom Holland's "Umbrella" | Lip Sync Battleyoutu.be Tom Holland, the stars of ""Spider-man: Homecoming" performing his dance and lip-sync with Rihanna's "Umbrella". Check out his jaw-dropping performance now!S...

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Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...