It was so much fun to not just work on this post but to highlight the work of so many fantastic writers, including Sue William Silverman, @allisonlanda.bsky.social @kellymcmasters.bsky.social, @jennberney.bsky.social, @eirencaffall.bsky.social, Laura Cathcart Robbins, and so many others.

What is this hollow argument that says the ongoing problem of the pandemic is isolation? No, the problem is structural abandonment leading to personal abandonment that goes on and on. Isolation is a symptom of the problem. If you treat it as the problem itself, then the problem will never end.

Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

New story up at @craftsmanshipmag.bsky.social! Talking to sign painter Ira Coyne totally changed the way I experience my city.

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

After calling my reps today, I tried to call the White House to leave a 'comment.' Apparently the business hours of the comment line are Tuesday-Thursday 11-3. Not sure what other business runs with those hours but OK. If you want to let off some steam around midday tomorrow, call 202-456-1111.

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

I borrowed the wordless picture book A Ball for Daisy from the library. Every page had a blue post-it note where an adult had transcribed what a child saw in the picture. I was annoyed until I got to this charming annotation: "The other girl gived the puppy a new ball that wasn't popped"

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For The Scrap Heap, I wrote about Tahlequah, and the burdens we impose on the animals we love.

Monday morning we are entering a new chapter in this country's history and we are entering it together, with our friends and principles held close and our eyes wide open.

May we all age into our hairstyles this gracefully

The looters I want to talk about are the ones who stole our safe and stable climate from us. Millennia of planetary harm for individuals' profit. They set the fires.

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What if you lay down on the ground and start screaming and call that writing for the day?

I am still haunted and amazed by this video David Bowie released just three days before his death.

🕯️🌹Nikki Giovanni🌹🕯️

I could write forever and ever about the magic of Kim Deal, but I managed to keep this under 1,000 words.

A lot of people think everything will work out if we just play by the rules but don’t seem to recognize that rules only matter when everyone agrees to follow them and, well, that isn’t our present reality.

People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy. It’s not rocket science.

Earlier this year, I wrote this article on low-demand parenting for Romper. The more I learn about autism and neurodivergence, the the more convinced I am that we need to overhaul our collective definitions of what "good parenting" looks like.

It's been a minute since I laughed this hard

Bluesky has made it. I can once again explain very online things to my not very online wife and have her stare at me, bewildered. We’re back baby!!!!