Here's an un-paywalled version, because I think this is an article every American, and possibly every English-speaker, needs to read. archive.ph/WvW1F

We replaced textbooks with "ed tech." Half the time my kids need to study for a test, they can't access the information they were taught in class bc it's all fragmented behind various apps. If you want your kids to retain any information, you have to re-teach at home. This is where we are at.

(lovingly) It is so refreshing to watch a tv show that refuses to be acceptable

wishing a joyous and camp Vampire Lestat day to all who celebrate

My daughter's beloved child is the one I hold here. The one that I held on my lap While we looked at the light of the sun when we were alive, And that I still hold, now that we are both dead. - inscription on this c. 400 BCE Greek grave marker, carved with a grandmother holding a swaddled baby

When I got a job at Elliott Bay Book Company in 2000, I created the store’s first-ever graphic novel section. During my 8 years there, Satrapi did more than any other cartoonist to get general audiences interested in the medium of comics. Persepolis was the invitation that the world needed.

This!! This is me for the next month!!!

Truth be told, even when I can, its not my style! I use this space as Alison the Person, not just Alison the Narrative Director. I don't want social media to become an extension of my dayjob— I'll still keep lore question-answering to formal interviews or material for work.

The Traveler has returned, the Earth may yet begin to heal, and we take one moment to look where we are, where we’ve been, and what could be.

Kratos somberly reckoning with his violent and aspiring to be a better father while his dead wife is doing double jumps and air combos in another realm is so fucking funny. imagine if Laura Palmer was doing DOOM shit in the Black Lodge

Had a lot of fun with this tonight! I'm a sucker for deduction games. jamwitch.itch.io/trevosa

You ever just remember that raul esparza exists, damn

2026 feminism is about rejecting the emotional & mental labor inflicted upon you by Okta Verify

woke up mad at euphoria all over again lol

Watching Euphoria really does feel like a horrible job i have to clock into once a week

Don Draper: All life is based on rotation. The orbit of an electron. Planet Earth turning on its axis. Two lovers dancing in a waltz. A fetus drifting around a womb. We aren’t just selling a spinning product. The story of Beyblade Burst Turbo is the story of humanity

A thread of recommendations for those looking to read some of the best and more overarching books in Destiny. And a reminder that you can explore much more at www.ishtar-collective.net

she got a little one

(weeping) But doctor... I AM the uncle from nintendo....

you know what time it is baybeeeee (dissociating on the couch)

Every release the narrative team hosts The Endies, a little ceremony where we celebrate our work and each other. Usually we give a custom like trophy for each ND, but this time we did something special, and everyone got their own Ghost I love us, I love this team, I love what we made together. 💠💙

driving in the middle of absolute nowhere while listening to emotional music and making up stories

The color of the sky in Seattle is gainsboro #daddd6

we all deserve happiness like this

Fragrance fan level 1: I like smelling nice 🤗 Fragrance fan level 2: I like smelling a little weird 😈 Fragrance fan level 100: I wanna smell like a rusty wheelchair you threw in the east river and I will pay 300 dollars for the privilege

"A thousand years ago is also right now, and in this infinite heartbeat, his loved ones are dead, and they are also alive. 'Time is not linear,' sing Louis's electrons. 'You will always be with your family on a patio in July.'" www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/thir...

❤️💔❤️

On June 9, 2026, we will be releasing our final live service content update for Destiny 2, Monument of Triumph, available to all players. 📰 For full details: bung.ie/d2_may_21_2026

Life hack from a marine biologist: When your blue sea dragons need a little snack, remember that they never evolved to swim, so you have to drive the Portuguese man-o-war around and pick them up like a little bus 🎥 by me during field work :)

Staying in a hotel, a rogue 6yr old ran into the elevator and vibrated up and down while motioning for me to hit a button, I ask where he's going, he looks me dead in the eye; "I just wanted to go somewhere" before bolting out the door with his mom's yelling echoing from the floor below

I can’t successfully complete one load of laundry in 3:43.

Immortality (2022)

Missing Katmai. Hope to go back someday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZd...

Thief! 🫵

Heart is very full, having a very special weekend full of wonderful friends

The color of the sky in Seattle is snow #fefafe

But they were all of them deceived, for another leche was made...

(weeping) But doctor... I AM the uncle from nintendo....

today in my intentionally circumpolar Facebook feed: I got an ad for a class at an Iqaluit food center on how to process seal and other traditional foods, which is pretty neat, so I donated a few bucks and you can too: qajuqturvik.ca/donate

Blue Prince (2025)

Ok ok ok new video game discourse: Forbidden Solitaire is really good

what if we kissed in the 1896 cabin on the MS Fridtjof Nansen www.travelhx.com/en-us/campai...

a ghost story

The game discourse of this weekend reminds me of my theatre 101 professor putting on his biggest brain voice and positing "Are sports art????" on day 1 of the lecture

Gaming night with girlie