nothing is more cringe than describing things as cringe

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and the children’s book world, is saddened by the news that author, mentor and friend, Jane Yolen, has died. She was 87 and her loss cannot be measured. Please find the full obituary here: www.scbwi.org/remembering-...

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congratulations to everyone celebrating sports I'm sorry to everyone doing the opposite of celebrating sports

I tried to just peruse, but it sucked me in and I read every word

Metaphors! Hot metaphors for sale!

the perpetual Wicked stan in my life squealed at two former Elphabas winning Tonys tonight. Caissie Levy has built a heck of her career since she was Broadway's Elphaba understudy in 2006-07!

Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

This is the inflection point for the political momentum shift in the US

There is a certain bleakness in finding hope where one expected certainty.

HERE WE GO @truahrabbis.bsky.social LFG

Always love to performatively demonstrate that I have fascist friends

Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City. Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation.

Reminder that Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS BRING HONOR TO YOUR HOUSE

be still my heart

We have to stop data centres from being built.

An ERC-funded philosopher at Ghent University appears to be openly adopting Richard Lynn’s strategy of “hav[ing] a go at the rehabilitation of eugenics”

“The pitch is simple: put Colbert on public television as the host of a series of specials built around the same mix of comedy, politics, culture, and civic-minded mischief that made him broadcast television’s No.1 late-night host.” Put me down for a tote bag.

The most strategic fumble I’ve witnessed among dem leaders is letting their cops beat up their constituents. And it’s been going on for years and weakening us all. It leaves people with few options but to lose faith in the entire system. And faith is all you got because there isn’t very much proof

...Bill Kristol endorsing AOC for president feels like a fever dream but also kind of here for this fever dream.

Fascinating, and oddly beautiful, story of how an Ithaca cemetery was/is home to a colony of some 5.5 million subterranean bees: but also a sign of how animals have needed to adapt to human presence and action that threatens their own survival. www.wired.com/story/millio...

My daughter instantly got the message of this Banksy. I have hope for the future when these kids are old enough to run for office. The statue was really interesting up close!

I’d rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.

let's be clear, let's be very clear, let's be incredibly clear about something: Marcia Lucas is why you love Star Wars. She's why Star Wars worked. She's why it has heart. She's responsible for the in-media-res beginning, she's responsible for basically everything charming and unique about >

modern society shows you just how important feeling superior to others is to a frighteningly large part of the population

I think about this a lot.

my favorite erick erickson moment is when he said that his family refused to eat asian food on the anniversary of pearl harbor to honor the tragedy. a reporter reached out to his mom to confirm whether this was true and she was like “i don’t know what the fuck he is talking about”

Greed puts out the sun.

I just spoke with Sister Sharon of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Philly. She drove straight from the ICE prison there where she was doing a weekly prayer session to Delaney Hall to support the hunger strikers. This is what she had to say:

"Excuse me? Have you considered our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ?"

Historian of slavery here the Pope is single handedly showing us the best of America in these very troubling times and needed on the 250th of the republic, to see the virtues that made the U.S. admired all over the world, the ability to admit a mistake. apnews.com/article/pope...

Loved reading @sorayanadiamcdonald.com's piece on Denyce Graves's final performance & her future with opera. Masterfully written piece, great example of how much a culture writer needs to know in order to convey meaning.

They should do that Jubilee show with the Pope. Like "1 Pope vs 20 Conservatives Catholics Who Just Converted."

I’m so sick of former bird app takes, I want to hear everyone’s parenting hot takes

Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.

You have to help another person. But it's not right to play God with masses of people. To be God you have to know what you're doing. And to do any good at all, just believing you're right and your motives are good isn't enough.

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

A bit ago a gay tiktokker posted a thing about how "looksmaxxing" is (and this is an exact quote) "toxic muscle gay circuit party culture escaping containment". Worth a watch. www.instagram.com/reel/DUyutaX...

I was watching videos from the late 90s / early 2000s and I don't think we talk enough about how the current standard for male beauty is men using steroids or how much that dynamic is for the male gaze.

Literally just finished reading this piece. It's quite good. cheftova.substack.com/p/i-met-clav...

On this day in 1985, the city of Philadelphia went to war against its own citizens. I wrote about it for @teenvogue.com back in 2020: www.teenvogue.com/story/histor...

Really. You've got to watch this. It's brief.

fish in a barrel for Chotiner on this one but I had a good laugh at this part of the exchange www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

A lot of wealthy people view reading as a thing that their grandparents and parents had to get into in order to make gains in society!

Lynx held a moment of silence for Alex Pretti and Renee Good ahead of the season opener at Target Center:

In 1841 Mary Richardson married John Jones of North Carolina. They carried free papers when they settled in Chicago & Mr. Jones established a successful tailoring business. Active in abolitionist politics & voting rights campaigns, they hosted & dressed John Brown & crew en route to Harper’s Ferry.

A visibly emotional Anne Hathaway responding to a trans kid--who named herself Ella after Ella Enchanted, and thanked Hathaway for her courage as an ally--saying "Ella, sweetie, I want to make something absolutely clear: It takes zero courage to love you"......now I might cry too

Hate living in a Christian world where the dumbest shit like “does calling yourself gay distract from your true identity in Christ?” is a Serious Topic of Grave Conversation