Elly Bangs
@ellybangs.bsky.social
Author of the apocalyptic cyberpunk novel UNITY, available in bookstores and libraries near you. Short fiction and more at elbangs.com. Queer and trans. Loneliness elemental. (She/her)
They'll be profitable real soon, okay? They just need to alter the electric charge of the entire earth a little and then it'll all work as promised.
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
They'll be profitable real soon, okay? They just need to alter the electric charge of the entire earth a little and then it'll all work as promised.
I'd have two nickels. But it's kind of weird that it's happened twice.
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I'd have two nickels. But it's kind of weird that it's happened twice.
LOL. The thing is, though, a ludicrously unscientific premise is very forgivable as long as it's dreaming big and trying to imagine something cool. Sticking rockets on a space elevator is the opposite of that! That's just an extra-boring rocket!!
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
LOL. The thing is, though, a ludicrously unscientific premise is very forgivable as long as it's dreaming big and trying to imagine something cool. Sticking rockets on a space elevator is the opposite of that! That's just an extra-boring rocket!!
I tried to watch the sequel, but they had a space elevator powered by rockets and I just couldn't. I couldn't take any more.
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I tried to watch the sequel, but they had a space elevator powered by rockets and I just couldn't. I couldn't take any more.
Having flash-forward vision to five years from now, asking an ICE agent why he's had both hands surgically replaced with chainsaws, and he shrugs and says it's the currency of the realm.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Having flash-forward vision to five years from now, asking an ICE agent why he's had both hands surgically replaced with chainsaws, and he shrugs and says it's the currency of the realm.
Proutic Haripotator
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Proutic Haripotator
Raiders of the Lost Lunch 🤢
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Raiders of the Lost Lunch 🤢
He is if we believe in him.
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
He is if we believe in him.
What's cooking potatoes? What is cooking those potatoes? What inhuman sapience chops, oils and seasons them? What rough beast, its hour come 'round at last, takes them from the oven to be served?
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
What's cooking potatoes? What is cooking those potatoes? What inhuman sapience chops, oils and seasons them? What rough beast, its hour come 'round at last, takes them from the oven to be served?
Looking at adrenaline and dopamine side-by side: Wowza! They're almost identical but have such radically different effects! Adrenaline's one added hydroxide group is really powerful.
Looking at a peptide: WHAT IS IT DOING WITH ALL OF THOSE ATOMS. WHAT IS IT PLANNING.
Looking at a peptide: WHAT IS IT DOING WITH ALL OF THOSE ATOMS. WHAT IS IT PLANNING.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Looking at adrenaline and dopamine side-by side: Wowza! They're almost identical but have such radically different effects! Adrenaline's one added hydroxide group is really powerful.
Looking at a peptide: WHAT IS IT DOING WITH ALL OF THOSE ATOMS. WHAT IS IT PLANNING.
Looking at a peptide: WHAT IS IT DOING WITH ALL OF THOSE ATOMS. WHAT IS IT PLANNING.
Indeed. Further evidence for the Everyone Is Twelve theory.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Indeed. Further evidence for the Everyone Is Twelve theory.
Nuclear plants aren't safe if they aren't built properly. The linked article isn't about using AI to operate the reactor, but to rush through the processes that certify its safe construction, in the USA, at a time when the regulatory agency that would normally oversee that is being 'overhauled'.
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nuclear plants aren't safe if they aren't built properly. The linked article isn't about using AI to operate the reactor, but to rush through the processes that certify its safe construction, in the USA, at a time when the regulatory agency that would normally oversee that is being 'overhauled'.