Elf M. Sternberg
@elfsternberg.bsky.social
Husband to a gorgeous wife, father to two great kids, greying leatherfairy, infamous furry, and world-class software engineer. If you can read this, you're running code I wrote.
Dunno if it's our fault, but it IS remarkable that a film that is such an incredible technical achievement comes with a story that has almost no presence or mindshare at the several science-fiction conventions I've been to in the past few years.
‘Toxic’ music video director claims Avatar had no cultural impact because gays don’t like it
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/joseph-kahn-music-video-director-avatar-gay/?utm_content=1764314400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/joseph-kahn-music-video-director-avatar-gay/?utm_content=1764314400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Joseph Kahn says Avatar had no cultural impact because gays don't like it
Music video director Joseph Kahn suggested the Avatar film franchise has had "no cultural impact" as gay people don't "give a f**k" about it.
www.thepinknews.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Dunno if it's our fault, but it IS remarkable that a film that is such an incredible technical achievement comes with a story that has almost no presence or mindshare at the several science-fiction conventions I've been to in the past few years.
I saw an AI-generated porn film prompted by a physics nerd. It was called "The Double Slit Experiment."
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I saw an AI-generated porn film prompted by a physics nerd. It was called "The Double Slit Experiment."
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Like, see: I grew up reading Cooper, Alexander, Tolkien*, Lewis; people born before at least one and occasionally two world wars. A lot of them wrote stories about the magic going away.
I *expressly* write books in conversation with those. I resented the *fuck* out of the magic going away.
I *expressly* write books in conversation with those. I resented the *fuck* out of the magic going away.
December 16, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Like, see: I grew up reading Cooper, Alexander, Tolkien*, Lewis; people born before at least one and occasionally two world wars. A lot of them wrote stories about the magic going away.
I *expressly* write books in conversation with those. I resented the *fuck* out of the magic going away.
I *expressly* write books in conversation with those. I resented the *fuck* out of the magic going away.
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Macrophiles (people into giants as a fetish) have a very different vision of what it means when a woman "comes around a mountain."
People used to love music about a lady coming around a mountain when she comes but at a certain point that message fell on deaf ears
March 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Macrophiles (people into giants as a fetish) have a very different vision of what it means when a woman "comes around a mountain."
One fun thing about being a science fiction writer with large, alien characters is that you get pretty good about judging the size of bodies in... unusual configurations. Just one of those thoughts when you see art of an absurd character and think, "Good lord, her breasts are 25kg. Each."
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
One fun thing about being a science fiction writer with large, alien characters is that you get pretty good about judging the size of bodies in... unusual configurations. Just one of those thoughts when you see art of an absurd character and think, "Good lord, her breasts are 25kg. Each."
Reposting with alt text. Sorry; I'm usually good about that.
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Reposting with alt text. Sorry; I'm usually good about that.
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the next time the Needling misses will will be the first
Picky Orca Calf Won’t Eat Rich Unless Cut Into Little Yacht Shapes: tinyurl.com/2uwf6ezp
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
the next time the Needling misses will will be the first
"In general, furries show no significant deviations from the general population in terms of mental health. On scores of well-being, however, they tend to score higher."
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Kids are Alright: Furry Well-Being and Mental Health
PDF | We begin this chapter with a short introduction to well-being and how to measure it. Next, we compare furries to other groups on measures of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"In general, furries show no significant deviations from the general population in terms of mental health. On scores of well-being, however, they tend to score higher."
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Did you really read this whole long thread? Wow! Go spread the word: DOGE isn't actually over.
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Did you really read this whole long thread? Wow! Go spread the word: DOGE isn't actually over.
It isn't just our guts that have a microbiome of bacteria that, when healthy, help us digest food and ward off disease. Tiny little bacteria actually live inside our cells and, as far as we know, do nothing but hijack the chemistry for their own survival: www.quantamagazine.org/a-cell-so-mi...
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It isn't just our guts that have a microbiome of bacteria that, when healthy, help us digest food and ward off disease. Tiny little bacteria actually live inside our cells and, as far as we know, do nothing but hijack the chemistry for their own survival: www.quantamagazine.org/a-cell-so-mi...
The Republican Administrator says, "This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before I fix it. Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!"
The marble pool was built in 1932.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
The marble pool was built in 1932.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Republican Administrator says, "This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before I fix it. Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!"
The marble pool was built in 1932.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
The marble pool was built in 1932.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
The Republican Administration is on track to spend more than a quarter-billion dollars on recreational travel by the President alone.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Second-Term Tab For Trump’s Golf Hobby Tops $70 Million, On Track To Exceed $300 Million
The total would double the $151.5 million taxpayers shelled out for him to play golf during his first term.
www.huffpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Republican Administration is on track to spend more than a quarter-billion dollars on recreational travel by the President alone.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Inspired by hateful rhetoric and manosphere anxiety around LGBTQ+ people, a man in Florida repeatedly attempted to run down an LGBTQ jogging group.
www.wpbf.com/article/flor...
www.wpbf.com/article/flor...
Driver arrested, accused of trying to run down LGBTQ running group in West Palm Beach
A man was arrested after allegedly trying to run over members of an LGBTQ running club in Howard Park, West Palm Beach, with his SUV.
www.wpbf.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Inspired by hateful rhetoric and manosphere anxiety around LGBTQ+ people, a man in Florida repeatedly attempted to run down an LGBTQ jogging group.
www.wpbf.com/article/flor...
www.wpbf.com/article/flor...
I get twitchy and pedantic when people use the phrase "quantum leap" when what they actually mean is closer to "phase change" or "thermocline." A quantum leap is the SMALLEST possible change a sub-atomic particle can make!
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I get twitchy and pedantic when people use the phrase "quantum leap" when what they actually mean is closer to "phase change" or "thermocline." A quantum leap is the SMALLEST possible change a sub-atomic particle can make!
A judge in Washington State has ordered any city using surveillance cameras to reveal ALL the data that collect and correlate with those cameras, so that the public understands just how badly their Sixth Amendment rights are being violated:
neuburger.substack.com/p/cities-pan...
neuburger.substack.com/p/cities-pan...
Cities Panic Over Having to Release Mass Surveillance Recordings
Flock's 'licence plate readers' read much more than license plates. A judge says what they record must be released.
neuburger.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A judge in Washington State has ordered any city using surveillance cameras to reveal ALL the data that collect and correlate with those cameras, so that the public understands just how badly their Sixth Amendment rights are being violated:
neuburger.substack.com/p/cities-pan...
neuburger.substack.com/p/cities-pan...
The far-right, desperate to preserve the masculinity of a fossil-fuel-based lifestyle, are celebrating conquest and dominion over smaller countries that have fossil fuel reserves. Meanwhile, the rest of the world moves on.
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/gop-...
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/gop-...
GOP Rep: Seizing Venezuela's Oil Will Be A "Field Day" - Joe.My.God.
“We can take him [Maduro] out, we can extradite him, or we can go in and try and finish his regime. This is very good news for the American economy. This is a number one goal for this administration f...
www.joemygod.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The far-right, desperate to preserve the masculinity of a fossil-fuel-based lifestyle, are celebrating conquest and dominion over smaller countries that have fossil fuel reserves. Meanwhile, the rest of the world moves on.
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/gop-...
www.joemygod.com/2025/11/gop-...
Banning teachers from discussing their spouses dehumanizes all teachers. Worse, when a teacher says, "I can't talk about that," students get the impression that marriage itself is weird and dangerous.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/04/pare...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/04/pare...
Parents took over a school board meeting to support a gay teacher & his husband - LGBTQ Nation
When the teacher was reprimanded for telling his students not to say "gross" when he mentioned his husband, the parents weren't having any of it.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Banning teachers from discussing their spouses dehumanizes all teachers. Worse, when a teacher says, "I can't talk about that," students get the impression that marriage itself is weird and dangerous.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/04/pare...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/04/pare...
Opposition to Garadasil was always predicated on the notion that sex should always be unhealthy, dangerous, and possibly fatal. Eliminating the risks of sex eliminates the fear-based incentives that enforce a conservative point of view.
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Opposition to Garadasil was always predicated on the notion that sex should always be unhealthy, dangerous, and possibly fatal. Eliminating the risks of sex eliminates the fear-based incentives that enforce a conservative point of view.
The most remarkable thing about MAGA Christians is that the last thing they want is to bring more people to know who Jesus was and what he represented. Their entire movement is about driving people away until the only people who remain are a core elect. www.milwaukeeindependent.com/editorial/fa...
A faith hijacked by hate: Why MAGA Christians are a cult of power disguised as religion | Milwaukee Independent
www.milwaukeeindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The most remarkable thing about MAGA Christians is that the last thing they want is to bring more people to know who Jesus was and what he represented. Their entire movement is about driving people away until the only people who remain are a core elect. www.milwaukeeindependent.com/editorial/fa...
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Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Definitely an important safety notice.
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Definitely an important safety notice.
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The only way we can fight against censorship is with SPITE
July 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The only way we can fight against censorship is with SPITE
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Battle Maids @pinkfloofer.bsky.social has arrived! She offers delectable cakes and refreshments to all who might visit the manor, but beware, break the rules (or insult the chef!) and get ready for an ass whopping!
#Battlemaids #taur #furryart
#Battlemaids #taur #furryart
June 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Battle Maids @pinkfloofer.bsky.social has arrived! She offers delectable cakes and refreshments to all who might visit the manor, but beware, break the rules (or insult the chef!) and get ready for an ass whopping!
#Battlemaids #taur #furryart
#Battlemaids #taur #furryart
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"I heard theres a spot inside Taur Town you will just adore" Rei said over the phone with a giggle, "but first I have to show you this amazing arts and crafts store I found there!"
Art Fight Attack on @wmdiscovery93.bsky.social
#Taur #ArtFight #Team Crystals
Art Fight Attack on @wmdiscovery93.bsky.social
#Taur #ArtFight #Team Crystals
July 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"I heard theres a spot inside Taur Town you will just adore" Rei said over the phone with a giggle, "but first I have to show you this amazing arts and crafts store I found there!"
Art Fight Attack on @wmdiscovery93.bsky.social
#Taur #ArtFight #Team Crystals
Art Fight Attack on @wmdiscovery93.bsky.social
#Taur #ArtFight #Team Crystals