Shoutout to everyone who suddenly finds themselves defending the Catholic Church decades after leaving to become an atheist/agnostic/pagan.

Holy shit, I have NEVER been more excited for a movie.

"Do you have a moment to talk about the good news? It's that I'm hungry." #asthecrowflies

I often pace when I'm talking on the phone (another reason I prefer the phone over video calls). But yesterday I was quite surprised to learn that I did over two *miles* of phone pacing, in a 1BR apartment, according to my step tracker. How?!

These hand-embroidered Passover napkins have me giggling uncontrollably. I love them so much! www.reddit.com/r/Embroidery...

We need the arts because science helps us understand why and how we exist, and often makes existing easier/more achievable, but the arts are what makes life worth living.

Thesis: Breaking Bad is just somebody's Pinky and the Brain fanfic that got out of hand

Brutal.

Anyone who's lived with an abuser recognizes this pattern.

I was raised Catholic and left for witchier, more inclusive pastures, so I feel absolutely authorized in assuring our nagging fishwife of a VP that God is absolutely not on our side. See also: THE POPE www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The pipeline from "this makes me uncomfy" to "this is not allowed to exist" is dangerous and REAL. There is value in sitting with discomfort and confronting/unpacking your own biases. People are so afraid of their own "icky" feelings that they would destroy art and other people to remain "safe."

All brutally and frustratingly true.

NEW: The President once again called to eliminate federal library funding in his federal budget proposal. We have been here before. And when we make our voices heard, we can overcome this again. Tell your Senators to reject the cuts & #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget: ala.org/showup

I think — aside from learning how to critically analyze EVERYTHING — the best thing anyone can do for their children is to teach them to be kind and pleasant to workers of all kinds. Do they even KNOW what can HAPPEN if you pleasantly say, "hello! I have a problem. Can you please help me?"

Yes, the world is on fire and I am doing something about it, but last night I found the exact right combination of bedding for last night's specific iteration of the SF microclimate I live in, and I have never slept so well. Before you get too jealous, I can assure you that it will be Wrong tonight.

shoutout to this magnificent piece of public art

The whole world will be your enemy, prince with a thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will smash you with a hammer. But first they must catch you.

Today's sourdough came out particularly nicely (fingers crossed it also tastes good).

Kat is amazing, if you're looking for an editor!

This happy agent just got promo stickers for OODLES OF NOODLES (out July 14!) from @jessieatkin.bsky.social And one of these animals is not like the others...

Spotted by @jenniekendrick.bsky.social at @booksonthepark.bsky.social!

There are two kinds of writers: writers who know exactly what they want to write about, and then write; and writers who discover that birds have sub-atomic magnet particles in their eyes to correspond with the earth’s magnetic compass so now they need to change their whole book to fit that fact in

When the world is insane, I take a lot of pleasure from plants. I've been growing buttercrunch lettuce in my hydroponic garden (dill and tomatoes too) for the last month and finally tried a leaf today. It's delicious. Tastes like emotional investment!

I don't know why I can't stop laughing

For the night crowd!

Got your weekend reading plans yet? If you're looking for a modern pulp/noir mystery novella series set in San Francisco (of course you are!), I had a hand in editing this series starter. Meet private investigator and prime candidate for therapy, Alex Sturmgarten:

An EXTREMELY helpful thing folks can do, if they live near a federal courthouse, is volunteer for Habeas Dockets. Docs in habeas cases aren't viewable online by default. But they are at courthouses. This site makes them available/searchable for free. Helps lawyers a lot habeasdockets.org/volunteer/

Seriously? Utah schools have banned Printz-honor-winning THE CARNIVAL AT BRAY? I am biased because I blurbed that book and I think it's a moody, musical, and beautiful treatment of teenage girldom, but seriously? I'm so sick of this shit

Look at this little dweeb (they're standing right in front of my door for the daily shakedown)

When you think about it, why SHOULDN'T your fridge be a small art gallery (a snippet of mine)

Everybody has their opinions on Daylight Savings Time, and mine is that it is remarkable how much more I get done when it's light out past 7pm. I always feel like someone has spoken to the manager of the sun about the poor service and they worked to make it right.

Over the holidays I played Legos with my 4-year-old nephew and I watched him round up all the sparkly crystalline bricks while whispering to himself “Beautiful. Beautiful. Only beautiful things” and this has become a permanent part of my lexicon

This is such a beautiful piece of writing (from WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés): "You can dent the soul and bend it. You can hurt it and scar it. You can leave the marks of illness upon it, and the scorch marks of fear. But it does not die..."

@safitaffy99.bsky.social can you DM me even if yours are turned off? You should! 😁

My crows are little shits. They will fly by my windows or sit on a car and click and scream and basically incessantly beg for my attention and then when I go out to feed them, they just preen and look around. I love them so much

For anyone who thought Imogene, my haunted doll lamp, was creepy, I would like to alert you to Margo over here. She smokes six packs per day even though she died last century and she's had just about enough of your shit. I saw her in a shop window and I left her there. But I love her

Hooray for Jessie! (Disclaimer: I had nothing to do with this being published, I just have great taste in clients. 😉)

BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS is both a page-turning tale of peril and a hopeful exploration of human connection and resilience in the face of hardship. Author Amanda McCrina joins us today to share how she developed Renata's story, how Polish folklore plays a part in the narrative, and more.

Tonight I heard a man incorrectly explain the Socratic method to a woman. Words cannot express how incorrect he was. I am positive I was not subtle in my abject horror (I couldn't help but overhear him despite my own conversation, my brain does this), but positively saintly in my restraint.

2026 basically

I am officially taking my mom to Nine Inch Nails for her birthday, which is like giving her the gift of reliving my angstiest goth years for a few hours, RIGHT NEXT TO ME. This is every mother's dream, right? Reliving and creating precious memories?

Valentine's Day for my two personalities

You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).

I'm not sure I'd sell my ENTIRE soul, but I would probably at least rent it out if I could just get a real-time directory of editors, where they currently work, when they're on leave, and when they're otherwise not acquiring. We have the technology. Now I just need a minor crossroads demon.

Are you an educator in a community that has been hit hard by book bans? We Need Diverse @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social is establishing the Unbanned Book Network. Educators have until February 13 to apply. 20 sites will be selected to receive free books, author visits, & other resources

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Hashtag he gets us

Happy book birthday to @mccrina.bsky.social and BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS! This book is absolutely gorgeous and I am so proud to have gotten to help get it out in the world. Get your own signed copy from Amanda's local indie here! boundbookstn.com/products/bey...

I recently got CHEESE MAGIC by Erika Kubick and spent the lead up to the Imbolc weekend making several of her delicious recipes: burrata with honey and chili crisp, a brie/raspberry tart with homemade black pepper orange marmalade, and a pickled beet salad with "seeded gravel."

I whistled for my crows and they came.