"now is not the time for smug i told you so's" omg my bad!! when is a good time for you? how's your august looking

People love a champion of the working class who just so happens to hate women and black people

Now, I have always clocked the anti-anti-racism of the so-called “dirtbag Left” but this does seem a good time to point out the aggressive misogyny that elevated Platner’s “masculine” appeal as a necessary and aspirational aspect of his candidacy

that man has been cheating kentuckians since 1985. i guess i shouldn't be surprised he's trying to cheat me out of my champagne, posthumously

picked up NOTES FROM A REGICIDE off this list and it absolutely whips. the story of two revolutionaries in the distant future, as told by their son. I've cried twice, and a third time from envy

It just occurred to me that genAI is laying waste to the Wolf Howling at Moon with Wolf Portrait in It genre of mall t-shirt art, and that makes me so, so sad.

7yo said they were bummed they could never play for the USMNT. i tried to comfort them like "it's okay hon if you practice really hard--" and they were appalled. "what?? i meant because i was born in KENTUCKY." uppps

listen i know soccer has a reputation for exaggerating injuries but if someone tripped me at that speed i would need three to six months of physical therapy and brand new kneecaps

Four years ago, a coordinated right-wing smear campaign condemned Monticello for "going woke." Bridget Gillespie was working there at the time, and she gives this revelatory inside account of the harassment staff endured and ultimately how the institution buckled. Amazing piece.

so i log off for a couple of days and now we're debating whether books need big words and sex scenes??? two of my favorite things a book can have???? no. i don't believe you. this is a prank pulled on me specifically

"Wait for me, beneath the yew tree" 🍃 I've been thinking about 'The Everlasting' by @alixeharrow.bsky.social ever since I read it earlier this year, so here's a personal piece inspired by it

not only are the green county cops collaborating with ICE, they're also harassing an attorney for attempting to offer legal representation:

Our statement on ICE actions in Greene County today. Links to take action in comments. We stand with our immigrant neighbors. #AbolishICE. If you are looking for something to do, here are three concrete ways to take action to support our immigrant neighbors:

i keep trying to find a chill or ironic way to post this and there is simply nothing chill about it!!! ahhhhHHHhhhhhhhh!!!!! variety.com/2026/tv/news...

author, editor, and personal bud Lee Mandelo is trying to get (the hell) out of kentucky this summer. if you can-- gofund.me/e45094aec

it's legit amazing that entire national teams are like okay all we have to do is guard messi and they still can't guard messi. looking around like "now where'd that lil dude go--" and it's always the goal

in 2009 a truck driver in downeast maine called me a party pooper (POTTY POOPA) and my husband and i still quote it to each other 🙏

i get to share some kind of wild book stuff tomorrow around 12:30ET! huge news for people who follow me for publishing updates instead of bitchy local politics takes

oh okay so Widow's Bay is like if a mike schur protagonist was the mayor of a stephen king town

saw this and immediately understood their dynamic as a couple

.....the *men's* world cup scoring record. marta is still up by one.

It seems worth noting that Charlottesville and Albemarle County will complete a $70 million jail project before they will get to building a year round low barrier homeless shelter.

9yo and i are keeping a loose tally of the culturally specific body language for telling the ref that you are an innocent man, falsely accused so far we have ☝️👐🤌🙏 and 🤷

“It Begins Where It Ends” 2026 This piece was a challenge start to finish, but I’m SO proud to say it’s finally complete! This is fan art for one of my top ten fave books “The Everlasting” by @alixeharrow.bsky.social This book is an anti-fascist time travel fairy tale and an absolute masterpiece.

man I'm so lucky i get to work with the people I do. look at the cover for my short story collection!! LOOK AT THOSE LIL BIRD MONSTERS!! out 10/20 from tordotcom, cover by spencer fuller 💕 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

asked my 7yo why (the fuck) they were lifting each spoonful of cereal up to the window. "i just thought they should see the sky. before....you know"

even if libraries caused readers to buy fewer books* it would be worth it, in order to live in the kind of society that produces readers and books. *they don't, and this survey doesn't successfully demonstrate that they do

sylvia townsend warner in 1926, foreseeing the type of author who would use AI:

"women are just less aggressive" okay well a friendly between brazil and the us just ended with three red cards and the refs protected by riot gear so

cville! on friday i get to talk to @mkengland.bsky.social about their wonderfully warm new fantasy novel!! queer rurality!! stardew valley references!! "cozy" vibes in the wake of trauma!!!

neat to see the syntax of mad max invented in real time, almost like we're living in the prequel of an apocalyptic franchise

it's cool that we get to re-live the 1936 olympics

keep seeing posts like "now is not the time for your hot takes!!" and the takes are just that women should feel safe with their partners and white supremacist tattoos are bad 🥴

canon event

my edit letters:

9yo absolutely refused to be signed up for any camps, classes, or lessons this summer in order to "focus on his own stuff." the stuff:

thanks to AI, i now get to say "oh fuck OFF" at least five or six times a day

spent two hours at last night's cville school board work session and....if anybody wants to run for board next year i will personally distribute your yard signs 🙏

the everlasting won a locus award last night?? by, i assume, a series of lucky coin-flips to break the ten-way tie. what a shortlist, and what an honor 🥹 locusmag.com/2026/05/2026...

charlottesville city schools happily announcing their new police hires on the same day the nyt puts out yet another damning report on police violence against school children 👍 great policy work guys what could go wrong 👍 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

lmao. if kids only want relatable content™ then explain to me why my 9yo wept when hazel-rah joined the heavenly owlsla of el-ahrairah

extremely honored & lucky to be listed in this table of contents!!! @olivieblake.bsky.social has excellent taste in everything 💕

The Spanish translation of "The Knight and the Butcherbird", by @alixeharrow.bsky.social (originally published by Amazon Original Stories) is now up in Cuentos para Algernon. Enjoy it! cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/e...

incredible that we are still producing movies, in 2026, where the joke is just "what if a man raised his own children 🤭🤣"

so cool to see a governor elected by a historic wave of anti-conservative backlash fulfill her mandate by [checks notes] vetoing affordable prescriptions, collective bargaining, and weed 👍

You will likely have to tap the picture to get a full view of it, but here is the start for a rather large fan art piece of Owen and Una from “The Everlasting” by @alixeharrow.bsky.social This piece has been an incredible challenge, but I am proud of the work that has been done so far.

“I think the moment you fully settle into adulthood is the moment you learned how to use professional stress to cover for emotional distress. Who could say where the depression started and the burnout began? It was convenient if you’re uncomfortable with your own feelings.” Oof, @trungles.com

At Monday’s 6pm Charlottesville city council meeting, council will act to officially permit future Swords Into Plowshares public art in the park. A show of support will help the @jsaahccville.bsky.social and our community as we move forward to make art that expresses multiracial democracy.

oh! for the special edition folks, illumicrate has done a really lovely job, as usual. on sale july 2nd in the US!