The crop art is going to be lit this year but now a drinkable ranch dressing? I mean, other than the 'drinkable' ranch dressing?

While both of my grandmothers were highly skilled at crochet, one also handled snakes and the other once sneaked up and put a gun to the head of the boy who had a gun to my head. So, yeah, hobbies. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...

I had to explain the entire tainted lettuce story to a housemate yesterday. Is there a super-slimmed down news...anything...that a 30-something American might be interested in? I drink from the international media firehose, so I haven't a clue where to start.

I woke up to this guy and James Naughtie every morning in London, even with a boyfriend calling me posh for it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Please send something! sahanjournal.com/climate-envi...

Recommending 'Transient Worlds' from Arthur Sze for the Back to School displays. www.centralavenuepublishing.com/the-poetry-s...

What a life, wow. www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

This from @stuartbladen.bsky.social sums it up nicely! This is a chance for the people of Clacton to go into the history books, I hope they don't pass it up! I might add as @andrewbod.bsky.social said, Ich bin ein bin liner!

REAL HERO SHIT: HARDER THAN IT LOOKS is a medieval fantasy comic starring four messy adventurers stumbling into much bigger problems than they bargained for. It's very queer and very trans and very horny and has a bunch of big ass anime fights. Coming 7/28/26 👹🗡️ bookshop.org/p/books/hard...

Buy a book or something from this shop today. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...

“Would you like to hear one of my dadaji’s old stories from Pakistan?” Abdullah’s eyes lit up. “Yes!” He loved the stories Abba told him. “Can you tell me the one about the mighty horse?” Celebrate #SouthAsianHeritageMonth with Abdullah’s Bear Needs a Name by Yasmin Hanif and Sophie Benmouyal!🧸

NYT article about AI-generated biographies had me checking on famous friends without books of their own. So far, so good, but ready to get those things pulled if needed.

Loaned this to my housemate to read while she was redoing her twists late last night. It's not just for the African diaspora: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Such a cute book available in Spanish and English! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

When I say I want to see 'The Odyssey,' I mean the actual film, in a canister (?) for IMAX, because it's apparently 11 miles long.

I’ll do both. But also watch Widows Bay if you haven’t yet! It’s fantastic. #booksky

This place sounds awesome. www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

Wahey!

There was a moment in the 2010s when a lot of us believed this, myself included! But sousveillance really hasn’t brought about the justice we want from video evidence. If anything, we have fed training data on how best to abuse us and anesthetized the public to death rituals.

TV PSAs: Parents, get your kids into sports! Parents: I can't afford to feed these kids. I need them to slow-burn those calories.

10 Menopause Myths the Experts Can’t Stand www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/w...

I think of it like folks who buy gold. Those same guys are going to go solar out of fear.

If you asked me who was the most enjoyable interview I’ve ever done. It was Sam Neill. We discussed what James Mason taught him & being in that truly terrible FIFA film.🎬 Afterwards he came back to tell me it was a really fun experience for him too… such sad news. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Oh dang. These look good!

Childhood friend's granddad did this with joints. AND it was drive-through.

I loved this story.

Hugs to the good guys who have to return to working in the Whipple Building this week. Especially the ones who HELP people, such as our veterans, and not ICE, who pretend they're military.

Last couple of years I've been banging on about Munir Hachemi's novel Living Things from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social. For this week's @ftweekend.com I reviewed Hachemi's latest, The Mulai, which is again translated by Julia Sanches www.ft.com/content/dfbd...

I was watching the con artist episode of 'Peacock' and thought of DJT during John Cho's monologue. Also, how beautiful John Cho, but this too.

The Big Book Project with Lori Feathers is a multi-venue reading experience for lovers of long, rich, and complex novels. Pick up your copy of DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT before July 13th, and check out the reading schedule to get ready! #bookclub #bigbooks #ducksnewburyport #readtogether #substack

'And They Laughed At Me' in the Financial Times.

Whenever I see “BookTok” mentioned on the back cover of a book I pick up at the bookstore I just put it back where I found it. I’m not getting roped into this

Oh, Amy. This is why we can’t have nice things.

Just remembering 2002 World Cup and I was in Spain (Gran Canaria) watching Brazil beat England in knockout stages. Despite the Euro on par with the USD, I struggled with prices because I'd been using GBP for nearly a year and was later horrified at my bar bill.