They should make a version of The Odyssey, only it’s set in Dublin, Ireland in 1904 and Odysseus is a Jewish man whose wife is having an affair and Telemachus is an aspiring author who gets into fights in pubs and wanders the strand brooding on his mother’s death.

may i interest you in some ethics? no? how about some scruples. smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on...

Thank you @gramsofgnats.bsky.social for going to the source with a question I worry about whenever I wait for a bus. True service journalism! Schrödinger’s Bus Stop www.thestranger.com/city/schrodi...

I love a “here are some good trees to recognize in your region” book. It’s like when you start a new job and you can check the staff page on the website to help you remember people’s names. But for trees.

1) USPS did not lose $3.3b. It provided a service that cost $3.3b. *The Pentagon* loses you money, however, every time it accidentally yeets a fighter jet off the deck of a carrier

It costs $0.00 to simply not wish “happy Mother’s Day” to people you don’t know

My backyard resident mockingbird has been out here doing their whole repertoire for about 20 minutes now, including a white-winged dove routine that fooled the Merlin app

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you cannot optimize yourself into being a good person

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

The California Farm Bureau Federation has reported a decline in the citrus harvest in the Central Valley. The bureau estimates that 55,000 migrant workers are essential for the valley’s operations, and their absence could lead to unharvested crops. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/califor...

Please send this information to any trans writer you know. We need their voices now more than ever.

Someone recently asked me what's the point of having two or three buttons on a tailored jacket if the bottom-most button isn't meant to be fastened? It's easier to understand style if you think of it in terms of social language, not purely as function. Let me give you some examples. 🧵

On this Elementary rewatch, I’ve noticed Sherlock has multiple playing-card brand t-shirts. He wears the Aviator logo in 1x17 “Possibility Two,” and a Bee design (😉) earlier in Season 1

Hello friendos Your librarian here with the library tip Your library might have a collection of Useful Things you can check out for personal use. Anything from tools to baking pans to garden seeds to home projectors to toys to science kits to sports equipment to music instruments. Take a look!

Strand Bookstore workers are going on strike starting tomorrow. And take it from someone who had a stint at the Strand…these workers deserve what they’re asking for and more

Just listened to the @badinfinity2.bsky.social episode of Gender Reveal and I feel ALIVE gender.libsyn.com/episode-179-...

Feels like every year we get new studies that say "trickle-down economics are bullshit" and "UBI is a good idea" and "just give homeless people money" and duh, we all know these things but hey, none of them help rich people get richer, so we keep on Groundhog Daying the stupid bad cruel shit, whee.

Safe haven in my work, I promise.

Former Amazon worker here; do not cross this picket line. Don't do it. Don't even order from them (unless absolutely necessary). They're a disgusting company to work for and the reason for my knee problems that required years of physical therapy. Fuck Amazon. We stand with the workers! 👊🏻✨

I truly hope someone out there has analyzed the futuristic features of Snow Crash in comparison to the real life 2010s–2020s because I would get such a kick out of that

Re-reading Snow Crash in 2024 is wiiild. I’m so glad I read it early enough the first time that it still felt futuristic, because it certainly does not anymore. Now it feels like an anachronistic present-tense and it’s *delicious*

What’s the super-specific German word for the feeling of returning “home” from a place you’re homesick for?

endless life

I need one of those deranged powerpoint presentations that were so popular on tumblr in 2014 to explain Formula 1 racing to me

Re-reading my emotional support novel via audiobook for the first time and wow, it is wrecking me anew

Also, a myriad blessings upon the patrons who simply have never used a gendered term about me within my earshot. I have no idea what you think I am (maybe you don’t either!) and I’m grateful that I do not have to care

God grant me the serenity to accept that the gender strangers assume I am has nothing to do with me, The courage to correct the people it’s worth correcting, And the wisdom to stop waiting to “pass” before I’ll let myself express my gender the ways that actually feel good

My cat only wants three things: food, entertainment, and snuggles. But good luck figuring out which one he’s screaming about at any given moment

For some reason I love it when this happens. Maybe it’s comforting to see that everyone ages. That they’re still here (those of them who are).

Life hack: write “goof off for 2 hours” at the top of every to-do list

Paxlovid really is not playing around with this “my own saliva tastes like Lysol” side effect

I'm not saying you SHOULD stab a wanna-be dictator to save the republic, but you should remember the reason for the season.

“can’t wait to purge all my belongings and finally start living my best minimalist life” in the streets, “every object has significance and you touch my stuff at your peril” in the sheets

Hey, I'm finally recruiting for a paid study! This is for anyone over 18 and fluent in English who uses neopronouns (like "xe," "fae," "thon," etc) as their personal pronouns. If you're interested, you can sign up to receive more information at the link below! Please share far and wide!!

My mom has been sending Blue Mountain E-cards since approximately 1997, when I discovered and introduced her to them. 26 years.

Reminder to new users here: Eastern skunk cabbage is thermogenic, which means it can produce heat like a mammal. It uses this to melt through snow and ice in early spring so it can sprout while the ground is frozen. It can reach 63F above the ambient air temperature!

Sometimes when the Sonoran Desert is doing its soft winter rain thing, the phrase “there will come soft rains” will pop into my head. But that’s a very creepy Ray Bradbury story (and also a war poem) and not at all the nice atmospheric meditation my brain seems to think it is

Wandering around the just-okay chain bookstore because god forbid I simply walk in, get what I came for, and walk out

Went to a queer chorus concert and a solo bass singing Tim Minchin’s “White Wine in the Sun made me cry. Am I entitled to financial compensation or something? Pls advise

Try bullet journaling! Now you can procrastinate on doing all your little tasks by writing and rewriting all your little tasks

God, grant me the serenity to allow my hyperfocus when there's nothing else I have to do, the executive function to task switch when there is, and the decision stamina to know the difference

a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.

If I’ve learned anything about myself it’s that I love to find the most boring new American brunch place around and go there by myself every weekend

As a person of large forehead experience,