The iron stomachs you all have to watch that funeral.

Who cares what causes autism? Let’s just celebrate that it exists!

There's maybe never been a more important moment for #BookSky to get REALLY into small & indie presses. If you don't know where to start, tell me what you're into and I'll give you a recommendation

geez good thing we’re only using it for health insurance claims, legal arguments, mortgage rates, teaching students, predicting crime, mental health care, automating government services, fact checking, and pointing out other AI

If you are one of the almost 100 Dems who voted to honor the guy who said the Civil Rights Act was a huge mistake, don’t bother asking Black people to vote for you, donate to you or canvass for you next year. Don’t bother. Please. And don’t be shocked if you get a primary opponent.

It really is staggering to see so many people willing to abandon our 249 year experiment in democracy for an increasingly unstable criminally convicted reality show charlatan.

Disney sponsers to remember & avoid.

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

Hulu crashed when I cancelled my subscription. Took a few tries!

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Make Disney feel like Target.

Loved popping into @brownbaglit.bsky.social to talk multi-POV novels!! @regalhouse.bsky.social

Calling all Guild members, labor allies and anyone who believes in a free country — Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live! RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally

Get a stamp, write a letter!

Heartened by the literal shit ton of people in line at the pharmacy for the Covid vax.

The Internet of the 21st century was a mistake. We're going back to the internet of 1995. You cannot use the internet and talk on the phone at the same time. Amazon is a website that sells books. There is no social media. There are message boards, chatrooms, and everyone gets one (1) Geocities page

It is just factually not true that no one tried to have conversations with evangelicals. None of us were attention seeking assholes trying to stir up hate and views so I guess it doesn’t count.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

Taps the sign.

Update:

Sort of a "Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport" response to the madness. Good on ya, @miriamgershow.bsky.social.

Things are very not-good, so I'm self-soothing by inputting the capsule reviews of our amazing, talented, erudite reviewers for 100 Notable Small Press Books 2025 who've been reading small press books for the past 9 mos. Final list in Nov in Lit Hub! #100smallpress

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They had kids, too.

Every few months Dark Owl Publishing does something bad and every few months I come here and remind people that shitty indie presses run by racists always do bad things.

And fuck RFK and his fucking brain worm.

And before Friday, when access is reportedly going to be even more restricted!

On my way to Albertsons in EUG w a prescription from my doc. Waiting to hear back from pediatrician. requiring a prescription is so messed up, but get one if you can!

This beautiful and haunting piece

Again, if you want to get a COVID19 vaccine this year, please consider getting it before RFK Jr’s fraudulent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets on September 18-19. There is every reason to believe they will further restrict access. Absolutely shameful.

OK folks. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is meeting on Friday to discuss Covid vaccines. If it is possible, I do recommend getting a Covid vaccine before then. I know due to out of pocket costs and prescription requirements in some states it is easier said then done.

From an enthusiastic voter, @tinakotek.bsky.social, how is it possible that you can't get this figured out? Give us vaccine access.

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

This was a word AND he cussed 😂

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

One of the few good things about early Bluesky culture is the commitment to accessibility. A lot of people who've been here longer than Nov. 2024. won't share your skeet if you don't use Alt text. Adding #Alt4Me can summon help and many of us will pitch in as we have spoons if you don't that day.

It would be a lot more awkward if my two boyfriends, Stephen Graham and Noah Wyle, were nominated in the same categories.

THE MAJORITY!

My hot take on social media in moments of crisis is: I learn a lot from reading and listening to folks.

Look who came home from WA to fond a collection of dark n moody PDX books waiting for me. @keithrosson.bsky.social @gregrucka.com

We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet

I regret having to learn groyper.

"Ultimately, it’s the same story I am always telling: how people want desperately to be close to each other, often get it wrong, try again, and hope (against hope?) to get closer." Huzzah, @miriamgershow.bsky.social!

"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you "Cancel culture" = when you criticize me

A beautiful reflection by @miriamgershow.bsky.social. Deliciousness, as it were.

Just because a bigot hates me doesn’t mean my existence should be considered political.

Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs.

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When dad was dying, my son was 10 & scared. My dad's speech & movement were wonky & his asst living was loud & weird. My son normally called him "Papa" & started calling him "Quokka" to see if my (nearly deaf) dad could tell. He couldn't. e.g. "Hey Quokka look what I made in school today." 1/2