This looks like it might be a lot of fun!

On the one hand, reminder that these researchers are estimating the size of the Cretaceous kraken based on nothing but beaks, because octopuses famously don't have bones to fossilize. On the other hand, "They appear to have been up to 60-feet long — longer than a school bus." I love them.

Octopus! 🐙

I was trapped in an elevator for 15 minutes with ten teenagers* yesterday, and I'm pretty sure that means I don't need to do any real work today. I'm exempt, right? *Actually they were great and it was honestly pretty fun, but the whole "being trapped" thing was still a bit unnerving.

I’m here for it. 😍

No big deal, just a nice boat visit with some locals. 😂

There are many reasons I believe in the separation of Church and State and "you can't disagree with the head of state, that's against theology" is probably the most prominent "absolutely not" scenario.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

A sleepy Flounder for your rainy Wednesday 😴🦭

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) Deep Space 9 (1993–99)

Oh, wow! I've wanted to get back to the de Young basically since I left, but now I REALLY want to get back there!

Thank you, state attorney generals.

They are also, scientifically speaking, the cutest damned things in the whole ocean. 😍

"No more shoes?" "Nope. AI all day." "What does that mean?" "It's AI. It's in everything. It's the future. So we're the future." "What does your AI do?" "Multi-modal agentic self-supervised latent-space singularity." "You don't know what that means, do you?" "No." "Here's a billion dollars."

Vagueblogging: Today is apparently a day for me to have no idea what is happening on any front at all. This is strange and uncomfortable, and I'm going to go listen to a podcast and dive into a spreadsheet or something to feel better. Wtf.

So... the shoe company, Allbirds... is selling its business... to become an AI company. This isn't even about me hating AI. I just don't understand what the actual fuck is going on in the world anymore, and I don't think I even *want* to understand. www.inc.com/leila-sherid...

Spring break, day 3: Squidling is hanging out with my mom and grandma (and, most importantly to him, their cat) today! It's Party Time, by which I mean getting work done and maybe fitting in a walk if the rain stays away for long enough. 😅

So the big studios are abandoning the US and turning the staff workers into contractors to get out paying for healthcare. The United States is losing one of its defining industries because of not having universal healthcare and the people are going to be even more vulnerable to the industry.

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Seems legit.

So this arrived today:

The thing is, this is probably happening because AI book “authors” are uploading hundreds of books and then not selling many of them because that’s not the plan.

🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

Update on the Target thing.

Hey, I’ve undone my repost about Target because immediately after I reposted the original was deleted. Not sure what’s up.

Day two of spring break, and Squidling is doing some building at the Pacific Science Center!

That's a great cover. Even without the mugs (which is a brilliant touch) it still looks sinister. And then you add the mugs. I need to know what's happening. (And it sounds like he has earned those mugs.) #collectiondevelopment bookshop.org/a/4013/97814...

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Jenny, a UK-based freelance artist who loves painting colorful, dreamy environments, often inspired by my love of retro games. I'm available for 2D games concept art and fantasy illustration! 🖌️ www.jennyhainesart.com ✉️ [email protected] 🎨 cara.app/snarkylamassu

the detail in the NYT Lauren Sanchez Bezos piece about the daily 6 am 10-item gratitude lists with NO REPEATS felt like a challenge

One of the things this year's Locus Finalist lists show off is what amazing work comes out from such a wide range of writers, incorporating so many different ideas and themes. Some people think diversity is a weakness. Those people are fools. And they're missing out. locusmag.com/2026/04/2026...

My husband got shingles at 42. On his face. Thankfully we got him to the ophthalmologist so he didn’t go blind in one eye, but six months later he still has facial scarring and nerve pain. I want that vaccine so bad.

First day of Squidling’s spring break today! We went to @seattleaquarium.bsky.social and played at the nearby playground. This is from the aquarium’s ocean pavilion, which is endlessly awe-inspiring and beautiful.

Great reading list just dropped. 💙📚

Saving for "State your mood in one image" threads.

People HATE when I tell them that working in a library is like working retail. They HATE it. They think it's rainbows and sunshine. Today this man tried to argue with me and tell me what it's like doing my job and how I should feel about it. SIR?!?!

Imagine a study that found kids with ADHD have more visits to doctors than kids without ADHD — and used that finding to suggest ADHD treatment doesn't work. That's the standard of evidence the anti-trans braintrust is willing to accept.

CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

Lord, I see what you’ve done for others

“i hope you meet jd vance” is about to become an actionable threat

US IN 2.5 YEARS

Tulip fields at the Roozengaarde, Mt Vernon, Washington🌷 📸George Mamar

American/French dancer, singer & actress Josephine Baker died #OTD in 1975. DYK: In Nazi-occupied France, Baker was a French Resistance operative. She used her celebrity status to gather intel on German troop movements & smuggled the information using invisible ink on sheet music.😮 #WWII #histsky

“Sir, are you aware that you are a cat, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing right behind you?”

Orban's inability to prevent last year's Pride protests—attended by 300k despite being banned—was a turning point in his authoritarian grip of the country. Queer people are always leading the fight against authoritarianism, as we are often its first targets. Never cower to fear.

I love my representative. ❤️❤️❤️

Now send JD Vance to run the publicity team for the new Harry Potter series.

i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan

WNBA star Brianna Turner has written an article denouncing the new invasive sex testing requirements of the IOC. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.