"A toast!" <raises glass of amontillado>

When asked if there was any restraint on its power, AI responded, “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”

"Mayfield’s novels 'The Hit' and 'The Long Night' were both essentially domestic dramas about the struggles of family joys, laughter, tears, and blues ..."📖 #BlackHistory is #AmericanHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

Maybe it's a function of my age, but I do love a deep-dive book review. Something beyond, "I loved the book, you will too." And not a plot recitation. Something that looks under the hood, that tells me what makes this book "good". Or not good. 👇

Love this quote 👇 Thank you!

🩶🤍 25% off sale is still on in my shop! 🤍🩶 An Uppity Bunny, out for his daily constitutional, no matter the weather. He's a bit sniffy, so please don't take it personally if he doesn't stop to say hello. Link to this new shop addition is conveniently located here www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1781...

"Live the life you love" 🌎☮️

I was on the receiving end of some kind words today. It was exactly what I needed. Thanks for the priceless reminder.

It's Friday! I just wanna bang on the drum all day ...

These also look like perfect gift items for friends and relatives for personal events like graduations and such. Something unique; utilitarian in purpose but artistic in effect. ✏️🖊️🖌️🖋️

When you place your order for feelings, consider the possible side effects before you "super-size" it.

Some days be like "While some on principles baptized To strict party platform ties Social clubs in drag disguise Outsiders they can freely criticize Tell nothing except who to idolize And say 'God bless him'" Actually, any verse. Every verse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CJH...

I wish you both luck on his de-wilding. Thank you for caring.

My coffee is always just coffee. I have tried different blends and flavors but I always come back to <name brand> medium roast. Yet I always have several kinds of tea in the cupboard. Either way I have specific steps for preparing it.

Please support creativity and originality and patronize local/independent/analog artists and creators. Shop human. #SmallBusiness #ShopLocal #MadeByHand

The sound of silence ... a koan: Open the jar with one hand while clapping with the other.

As the days grow longer, I can feel the lightening in my soul. Some call it SAD, an invented term, a diagnosis without a disease. Feelings and emotions are not a disorder. But it is real. I have my own name for that deep well that swallows me whole every year I call it the Winter Dark #LoveYourMind

This is one of those "yes, we CAN do this, but SHOULD we?" There are serious moral, ethical, and social considerations due serious thought. Start here - we spend billions of dollars on robotic dev, but can't afford to feed the poor or provide healthcare. #PieInTheSky #UntilWeDie #TheNewCaste

Knowledge is power! 🌈💚 Keep sharing and teaching and learning my advocate nature besties! Education is resistance. ✊🤓 #environmentaleducation #RESIST #knowledgeispower

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein Two things you should know about this quote: - It demonstrates Einstein's ability to take something simple and make it profound - Einstein could often be seen tooling around campus on his bike. 💫

So simple, so profound. Didn't Blake say something about seeing the world in a grain of sand? (At a certain level, life is simply matter in motion.)

This is what it's like when you buy an older house - say fifty years old. Renovations tend to snowball ...

Hi! I'm Angela, an artist & illustrator (& SCBWI member!) based in the PNW of the US. In our harried, overstimulating world, I embrace the use of analog mediums to create calm, cute & cozy art for people of all ages. Portfolio: angelamariemorton.crevado.com #kidlitartpostcard #seekingrepresentation

Want an alternative to Amazon? Biblio.com is the largest independent book marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books, bringing together thousands of professional booksellers from around the world. #Indiebookstores deserve an indie marketplace. www.biblio.com/company/soci...

It's the right address. Something's off. The scattering of single story looks like the medical offices next door, but there are no signs. I try the knob, it's locked. There's a window next to the door, the blinds are open, and I look into a brightly lit kitchen. I look at my wife and we tiptoe away

Those shuttle times, long past, when every trip seemed to be centered around ferrying a child from place to place. Miss 'em.

Do we even know how to treat children for PTSD? If so, what will be the social cost?

"Brick by brick" - a short bit of a poem Bricks in a wall Your sudden Steady Studied silence Will not fall My attention Contention Intentional insolence Notwithstanding. #poetry #poem #freeverse

Lady and the Sausage

"... can it be that you have forgotten, that you have never even discovered what lies beyond the mental Zoo and the inner Asylum and all that Broadway of imaginary theaters, in which the only name in lights is always your own?" ~ Aldous Huxley, "Ape and Essence"📖 #RealityBites #NoCharade #BeHereNow

Every day I do what I can. Some days that's not much. Some days I have to grit my teeth and put my head down and simply concentrate on pushing forward - to pushing through a wall I cannot see in the hope that there is free air on the other side. Keep doing the thing. 🌎☮️

Woke up with this song playing in my head for no apparent reason ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YP3...

Nothing compares ...

I moved my old bones to a warmer clime, but sometimes I do miss Colorado. You captured a moment I have known. Thanks.

To paraphrase: Rewrite articles produced by AI so they sound more human. Then your changes will be reviewed by our AI - I guess to verify your humanity.

The side benefit of not having been here very long is that it's really easy to push the algorithm in a different direction. Noticeable difference.

If that a "sticker moon" peeking out from behind the cloud? Dusk or dawn? Very nice.

Looking through my timeline it is clear I need rework the algorithm. 😱

Ike, on the danger of the Military Industrial Complex.

Happy first #KidLitArtPostcard Day of 2026! Here's to a creativity-filled year. I'm Angela & I create cozy, gentle art with analog mediums for children & people of all ages. #SeekingRepresentation as well as projects in #KidLit, especially #PictureBooks. Portfolio: angelamariemorton.crevado.com

The HR rep sees an opening, and leans forward. "We're not interes ..." His words die on his lips. His eyes drift helplessly to my tie as the pattern begins to move. The small opal in my tie tack slowly pulses with light. He stares, mouth agape, eyes blank. "My work here is done," I tell him.

It's up to us. There's no one coming to save us.

This resonated with a separate post by someone I follow, by way of my reply to you. I feel this will be a day of resonance, if I pay attention.

Love the sneak preview of your work! Starting in November I had the opportunity to do some protracted introspection and examination of my life. The results both widened my perspective and narrowed the scope. I am determined to actuate more of my plans in 2026. I sense this resolve in others as well.

Maybe it's me, but the older I get, the more Leonard Cohen's music resonates with me.

Jack Smith's deposition to the House Judiciary Committee. 👇

I stay the hell away from cornfields. And scarecrows.

I would be remiss, Not to repost this.