What's a book that you loved as a kid that nobody stands to read or even remember now? Middle grade theater story with stained glass and lighting

This speech is extraordinary. What a gift it is that Sarah is such an incredible writer, but also that they are a wonderful orator.

Preorders might seem small, but for authors like me, they mean everything. They will help Free Piano (Not Haunted) reach more readers, booksellers, and libraries. Thank you so much for supporting this haunted little book and the very human person behind it 👻🎹 bit.ly/FPpreorder

My husband has already watched the first season of The Last of Us without me, but is rewatching since I said I wanted to see it. He will say "oh, this one's a rough one" before an episode, which can mean either "oops, lots of death and zombies" or "uh-oh, EMOTIONAL GUT PUNCH COMING."

What's up to any moms out there planning the grocery lists for this week all "so do...I plan and put what I want for breakfast on Sunday in the cart or..."

I can think of a few foreheads I would love to staple the linked piece to

Christ, this is so dark

I'll be honest - I don't want to do my own research. I want to have trusted doctors and scientists who can produce peer reviewed data and best practices and tell me how best to keep my kids safe.

One of the purest joys in my life is taking photos for groups outside of the theater. Yes, I WILL gleefully take your phone and snap 12 straight photos of you with the marquee or poster. People excited about theater makes my heart grow three sizes, ALWAYS.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

I thought this was a bit before I confirmed that the Paladinos have made a SECOND ballet show

I cannot believe how ridiculous AI is with the lying (if you try this, don't go overboard, it's still AI and uses a lot of resources)

My friend's barista wrote a song rec on her cup she couldn't decipher and as a result I've been listening to Dispatch for the past 5 hours

I love Glen's Easter stuff

A...pplause???

This made me giggle

I'm so hyped for @heywhitney.bsky.social's forthcoming book

Yeah, here's the problem. The ones who list the tariff out as a line item or the more ethical smaller companies might roll back, but I put no trust in corporations in general, it's going to hurt no matter how this shakes out.

My husband just told me a joke he found on the Internet and it was so stupid and silly that I laughed for 90 straight seconds, and he kept giggling to himself about it and setting me off again

I'm shored up by the idea that some very rich and powerful people are screaming down the phone at their reps today. I hope everyone's crying 🫶

It seems NaNoWriMo is shutting down. In case it's helpful to hear: It is entirely reasonable to grieve the loss of the thing the institution represented to you, even if the institution itself has been rotting for a long time.

Let’s strive to amplify trans voices And stories everyday #transgenderdayofvisibility

Someone pleeeeeeaaaase come talk to me about the season finale of Paradise, I have many exclamations I would like to throw at someone but they're all spoilers and I respect everyone else too much to do them in the main feed.

Evergreen reminder

Substack discourse again so I am moved to reiterate: getting off Substack is one of THE most straightforward and effective ways to get fascist stink off your work. If you choose not to do it because it seems too hard, then I do not trust you to do literally anything in the face of fascism.

Like the saying goes: "Disability is the Only minority anyone can join at any time, and the only one everyone *will* join if they're lucky enough to live that long"

Oh hey! It was easy to miss, but dd you know in 2008 the CIA declassified the OSS WW2 Field Manual to Sabotage? It's a very interesting insight into how regular folks fought the nazis in small & myriad ways. And who doesn't enjoy historical documents! www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184

I purposefully did not look up the songs or too much about & Juliet before seeing it and I am now feral about the Max Martin jukebox musical. (I did figure out the best musical joke about 4 minutes before they deployed it and still SCREAMED with glee when it happened.)

sudden unhelpful realization that every lede graf of every reported WH piece reads like the opening crawl of a star wars movie

I'm in a lot of communities that have people excited about starting Substacks and I feel like a broken record bringing this up, but it's seriously not clear enough

How much is Doomscrolling and how much is Hopescrolling: scrolling in hope to see evidence that those with power are doing something, in hope to find something to do yourself, or just acknowledgement? I've been trying to share mostly posts that answers that, b/c that's what stops my scrolling best.

🚨 Everyone's debating DEI, but did you catch the sneak attack on accessibility? The executive order doesn't just target DEI—it's DEIA. That A? Accessibility. Fun fact: 90% of people without disabilities use curb cuts by choice. Ever pushed a stroller through one? Thank accessibility advocates. 🧵

The federal government is positioning itself to police classrooms, criminalize educators, and silence discussions on race, equity, and justice under the guise of eliminating "discriminatory equity ideology." THAT is what they are calling anti-racism and the teaching of true history.

...sigh

In addition to Level 2 and 3 snow emergencies, the bus will now be also free during the worst heat waves and cold snaps.

When one worst person on earth sends the other worst person on earth into space to get away from him

Good job, buddies

I could list 50 times where living my life like this — “A.I. thinks this isn’t the kind of thing that usually works out for you” — would have made my life emptier, bleaker, duller. A.I. has its applications, but fixing the “problem” of uncertainty isn’t one of them, because that’s not a problem.

Here’s a fun activity.

New bucket list item: ▪️Live through some precedented (ideally good) times

Schools are designated “sensitive locations,” meaning immigration enforcement actions generally cannot be conducted there. [Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights]

Been spending a lot of time finding “my people” in the online business space so that I have echo chambers to help me survive what is coming in the years ahead. Don’t do this alone, folks.

I am both the person who eagerly claps for Tinkerbell when beseeched by Peter and tears up a little as well as the person who can't stop thinking of that one Christopher Durang play that I'm sure every school with a drama major puts on every 4-6 years

I'm not even sure how many times I cried during the series finale of Somebody Somewhere, let alone the whole final season, what an absolute gift of a show, it's perfect

God, Somebody Somewhere is the kind of show you just want to hold a big fluffy pillow throughout

Took advantage of free Apple+ this weekend to cram in the second season of Shrinking and cry. (Wondering if my husband can be talked into watching Cougar Town now after we finish Somebody Somewhere or if he's been spoiled by the more emotionally rich version of the Cul de Sac Crew.)

Is this good or bad, unclear

Once the boho boys are gone, the power mysteriously comes on

Our one lonely grapefruit spoon has mysteriously disappeared. It took me so long to remember how to eat a grapefruit without it.