I met a dog named Todd. 10/10 no notes

Not Troy’s turn with the cell.

Cartoon by Nick Anderson. (Follow him on Substack: https://nickanderson.substack.com/)

When your kid likes estate sales and also gets you.

Joe: I am a 73 year-old retired mechanic in Forsberg, Nebraska. My 3 biggest problems are Iran's uranium enrichment capability, the casting of Helen in Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," and the ability of Tennesseeans to check out "Roots" from a library 1000 media outlets: can we please talk at length

Alex Haley grew up in Tennessee. He traced his family tree back to his original enslaved, African ancestor, then wrote 'Roots'. He received a Pulitzer Prize for it. Knoxville just banned it 'cause it might make white kids sad.

The shark whisperer who attends to their discomfort. To date, Tina has removed >300 fish hooks from the sharks' sore mouths.. 🦈 We, sharks and appreciative humans alike, are rooting for you 👌 #sharks #kindness #sealife

do not. address it

Virginia Dems asked for permission instead of forgiveness. A mistake, IMHO.

Disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

FYI you’re not being polite by waving someone through a stop sign when it’s your right of way. Being polite is moving your ass according to the rules and not confusing people.

Hot stones and Martha. Happy Thursday.

The Epstein class is out in full daylight with this.

And admitting he doesn’t care about American’s financial problems. Sure sounds like he doesn’t have an editing mechanism, any filter whatsoever… Classic dementia.

Saw another “we bought this before we knew Elon was crazy” sticker on a Tesla today. You know crazy isn’t the issue. I love crazy. There are a lot of fantastic crazy people. Really it’s “we bought this before we knew Elon was a Nazi.” And no you didn’t. That shit was pretty clear hella long ago

Fresh flowers feel like a splurge these days, but they are making me smile.

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

Oh my god

In the same press gaggle, Trump said he doubled the size of his ballroom and he doesn’t care about Americans’ financial situations. I am begging the media — act like Obama or Biden did this shit and cover it the way you would have then.

Happy book birthday to @erinentrada.bsky.social's The Second Life of Snap! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

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The rule appears to be that redistricting is always legal when it benefits Republicans and never legal when it benefits Democrats.

They’re like emergency responders who put on their siren and rush to the scene whenever Black people are trying to get representation

Didn't the Supreme Court say Texas couldn't use their old maps back in December because it was too close to the primary elections? But it's okay for Alabama, where voting has ALREADY BEGUN?

They’re fucking weird.

again, i don’t think any of this is necessary. just say that the court was out of bounds, that it may be correct on the definition of “election” but that this technical matter has no bearing on the results of the referendum, which occurred in a free and fair contest.

In history class, I never understood how “advanced” civilizations could collapse. It just didn’t seem plausible. Anyway, I’ve seen enough. I get it now.

Feeling super. Had a solid night of blinking.

THAT'S RIGHT, MOTHERFUCKERS, I WON A WEBBY AWARD. Here's my 5-word speech. #webbys

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

This is the University of Central Florida. So many people really have no idea how much kids hate this shit.

Gift link to this important op-ed by @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

Another idea for Virginia redistricting: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

VA AG Jay Jones: "My team is carefully reviewing this unprecedented order and we are evaluating every legal pathway forward to defend the will of the people and protect the integrity of Virginia’s elections."

virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling

Based on this Virginia ruling, the Tennessee and Florida maps should both also be shot down. If not, Virginia should just pull a Tennessee and change the rules to ram it though the legislature. 🤷‍♂️

One side is like “can we disenfranchise all the Black voters by this weekend” and the other is like gotta follow the rules that govern the rules that control the rulebook

Pete Buttigieg took a brief leave when his son was in the ICU and Republicans still attack him for it to this day. But Duffy goes on an extended vacation to shoot a reality show while there are all sorts of pressing problems with air travel and Fox News thinks it's awesome. Beyond parody.

yes. change the statute on which this decision turned and redistrict according to the legitimacy conferred by the people of the state

So I just wrapped up an online panel about having a long career in children's literature and want to share some of the resources I talked about. The secret to picture books? It's about practice and play. katemessner.com/picture-book...

Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable

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god forbid a French rat live out his dream of becoming a chef on a cruiseship

That is so fucking cute.

Question: Why would the Super Bowl ever come to a Jim Crow state that intentionally strips representation from Black people? cc: NFL

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

at the risk of ruining the best part of my day, the fab @emophilips.bsky.social followed me back. My sis and I WORE OUT a tape of his early work and it became part of our canon. Insightful, brave, weird, great timing He's fucking fabulous and a total inspiration for me as a picture book author.