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obviously i am going to white sox pope hat night

“what are your pronouns?” - rigid, unmoving, exclusive “what pronouns can I get started for you?” - fluid, welcoming, open to growth and evolution

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

The Wisconsin Badgers win the NCAA women's hockey national championship

TRANS RIGHTS READATHON is back! all kith eBooks are free until the 31st! free books are great but trans people are better. donate, fundraise, tell a friend, gift a book, thank an author, post your reads, spend a little money at your favourite trans press #TransRightsReadathon kithbooks.com/digital

it's international women's day. every person should venmo me if they misgender me as a woman.

we 💚 longform prose excited to be co-editing another anthology with @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social, click through to learn more!

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST LAILA EDWARDS

I don’t usually campaign for awards, but this year I’ve decided to go for broke for a Fan Writer Hugo Award. Yay me! 1/

my “journalism” “career” started just like this and lasted from 2012 to 2021 and the bookends of graduating from college into all that and COVID were pretty perfect, almost scripted

In case you were worried women's hockey has gotten too advanced, let me remind you today is the first time three Black women have been on the ice together at the Olympics. Canada's Sarah Nurse and Sophie Jaques plus USAH's first-ever Black women Laila Edwards

I love her and I think sometimes she doesn’t need to make the extra pass and should in fact shoot the puck

yes even curling like why do they know how to do those angles

I was among the layoffs at The Washington Post today. It has been an absolute dream to be a small part of this incredible team. Covering the Caps has been an honor; being a beat writer is an all-consuming thing that I love deeply. I hope I’ll get to continue that in whatever is next

I was among the many sports reporters laid off by The Washington Post today. Feeling a lot of gratitude for my time working for this paper. Not looking back. Looking ahead to what’s next!

I was laid off by The Washington Post today. This is gutting for our readers and our section, but I’m grateful for the 4 years I had to cover sports alongside friends and legends. If you’re hiring or know of someone who is: spencernusbaum(at)gmail(dot)com

succumbed to the 202 books read in 2025 to 1 book read in January 2026 pipeline (it was @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social’s “salt box” and I read it on January 1)

coming to terms with the fact that a lot of people who I think are very cool actually like me, and sometimes even love me

The FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS cover and preorder links are here!!!!! 😍 A couple of suggested vendors: @astoriabookshop.bsky.social: www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJw... @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/find...

Want to make a zine in 2026 as a goal? You could start w/a quick+handwritten minizines: only 6 tiny (4.25"x2.25") pages to fill + a cover + back cover (I usually fill w/credit/sharing info). See prompts from thatclowngoddess.bsky.social's Zine Idea Generator or check out @cms.bsky.social's zines!

my 32-year-old body decided a weighted blanket was too much heavy lifting and I threw out my back

I resolved to make more quick/unserious zines in 2026, so here's one: "notes app apologies," a collection of lines I jotted down in my phone notes last year that did not go anywhere (but still might be something). if you will, it's like a micro-chap but totally unedited! #DHmakes

“weeding is bad but late fines are good” lol I am never disappointed by the energy from non-library workers on this app

Laila Edwards' family is fundraising to be able to join her in Milan for the Olympics. If you're able to help or share this, please do.

four calendar years of asking for one (1) simple feature: letting specifically me and jen co-skeet

this is a Laila Edwards Is An Olympian account now

truly if @cms.bsky.social and I were ever given co-skeeting abilities, it's all over for everyone

being ace rules

welp, that’s 365 letters in 365 days

Quick thread of zines I published in 2025! 📓

if I sent holiday cards you’d all be done for because mine would be unbeatable

the product is great, and the community makes it for me I was a sportswriter for several years, and when I burned out (followed closely by leaving twitter before most others), I felt like I’d lost all my people now I have a beautiful and supportive new discord server of sports fans I can yap to 🥹

Today’s post is offering resources for learning about & honoring the rightful stewards of the land we occupy here in the U.S., with a special focus on athletics bc this *is* a sports newsletter!

can’t believe people would use genAI to write emails when what really gives sending emails the juice is spending ten minutes agonizing over word choice, hitting send, and realizing you used “I’d be happy to…” twice in a row anyway

my explicitly aromantic little piece is now award-nominated 🥰

Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read

#6294 was seen outside Madison a few days ago, change is coming

sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are

the worst part about adulthood is that you are constantly running out of stuff and need to replace it

today at work i joked to the correct person "we have a tool library, why not a fool library" and ten minutes later i had a meeting on my calendar for the beginning of next semester to make it happen librarians are never beating the world's weirdest people allegations

you wouldn’t download a hockey team

yes!

UCLA Maryland Michigan Washington USC Iowa Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State Nebraska Illinois Oregon Indiana Wisconsin Northwestern Penn State Purdue Rutgers 18 Previews. 32,853 Words. In 18 Weeks. ‼️ OFFSEASON GRIND IS OVER, READ ABOUT ALL THE BIG TEN TEAMS ON HOOPLA ‼️

Ok, back to rooting for the Giants like a civilized person

wrote letter #300 today and starting to reflect on what it'll be like in 2026 to not be thinking about a different person in depth every day

Did you know that if you chant “add alt text” three times in the mirror, a social media manager appears behind you with a cat meme!

just had the epiphany that the reason everyone thinks I’m so busy is that I AM so busy, and the reason I don’t see how busy I am is that I don’t write things down anymore because I don’t like seeing all the things I have to do

regular PSA that when an independent literary magazine is “hiring,” it is likely unpaid because no one is paid, not even the people doing the hiring if you’re looking for a paid literary opportunity, the “we operate at a loss so we can share cool art with the public” crowd is probably not for you 💕