I woke up today ANGRY. Not at any particular thing (though… take your pick *waves at world*), just generically furiously angry So picture me bopping angrily along to Feel the Magic in the Air 😡💃🏻😡💃🏻😡 music.apple.com/us/album/mag...

Humans: lose a war with emus, create art about it youtu.be/gHkwunBvpMk

The ubiquitousness of In the Hall of the Mountain King in 2025 canNOT have been forseen by Grieg (This post brought to you courtesy of Alessandra’s latest single) youtu.be/SyDK9Stoa6E

The ubiquitousness of In the Hall of the Mountain King in 2025 canNOT have been forseen by Grieg

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I believe you’re doing the best you can in some really hard circumstances.

continually confused by the entire principle of "I just want people who don't agree with me to like me" because theoden of Rohan would not stand for this disrespect, he would say "fell deeds awake" and break your shield and destroy your front lines with his cavalry

If anyone needs this tonight: You are not alone, and this will not last forever.

It’s not easy, partly because it requires asking a lot of questions instead of giving a lot of answers, and because it means giving people room to change The Knitting Cult Lady on YouTube is a good resource for some of this

Have you considered the sincerity of your pumpkin patch recently?

A friend just reminded me about the Eggs song from Reading Rainbow 😂 youtu.be/HWApFf_wM18

The Sword & Laser podcast is reading Interview With the Vampire for October. I’ve never read it, so I went on Goodreads to see what my friends & following think of the book Never have I ever seen such a gap in how friends rate a book. It’s wild. Not even the Da Vinci Code is as polarizing!!

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

Siiiiiigh Pointless theological clarification because NONE OF THIS MATTERS, but: the Rapture =/= the Second Coming of Christ =/= the bit where the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse show up

That thing where you’re used to reading scores on your iPad and swiping to get to the next page… …and you’re watching a YouTube video that has the score as the visual and you go to swipe only to realize you don’t control the page turns on a YouTube video 🤦‍♀️

The Fat Bear Week bracket comes out today Just in case you wanted to know www.nps.gov/katm/learn/n...

Hopes for today

What’s making me happy today is the Dog Report at the end of the latest @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social episode 🐕 🐶

A bunch of stories we really loved, a bunch of stories we'd love to see more of, and a Lot of stories in which a bad adult gets turned into (metaphorical or literal) bacon: it's time for DWJ's short fiction of the 70s and 80s! zencastr.com/z/1eIt9L0F

Paris Paloma’s new song doesn’t miss #GoodBoy #ParisPaloma youtu.be/5NfyIpE4zaw

🎶 Cosi fan tutte All rooty Cosi fan tutte All rooty Cosi fan tutte All rooty I got a girl named Fiordigli She knows what it's all about really I got a girl named Dorabella She knows how to get a fella We hatched a plan to swap those fiancées They're gonna get their men one of these days 🎶

Friends! It's the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, polymath, mystic, & eel truth-teller. Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch. No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2 🗃️🧪

HAPPY HILDEGARD VON BINGEN DAY

Joy during the apocalypse. Yes, more of that, please (Guest post on @dlmayfield.bsky.social ‘s Substack) dlmayfield.substack.com/p/10-steps-t...

Joy during the apocalypse. Yes, more of that, please (Guest post on @dlmayfield.bsky.social ‘s Substack) dlmayfield.substack.com/p/10-steps-t...

Pope Tropes that need a rest: - Pope is actually Ryan Seacrest in disguise (every time!) - gets souped up Popemobile (it talks!), becomes world's greatest race car driver - takes up MMA, fights Dalai Lama in cage match - defeats skeleton army by canonizing them so their bones become holy relics

Quoting with all the energy I bring to Bluesky

Someone just asked what the show Severance is about and I replied that it’s about bad corporate work environments I’m not wrong, but I don’t think I helped them any

Guys (gender neutral) if being on social media is screwing up your mental health then don’t be on social media If it’s screwing up your mental health but you can’t *not* be on social media then mute keywords and only use lists you’ve made of mutuals/accounts that don’t activate the bad feelings

“When the Lord comes back I’ll do my best To share my okra and cigarettes Break every law I can’t respect Leave some tall grass for all the critters’ rest When the Lord comes back I’ll do my best To share my okra and cigarettes” music.apple.com/us/album/hil...

These are the stories I want from social media 👇

Slightly contextualized QOTD, about the opening of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: “But look what he does! That’s written for BASSOON!”

“Who’s the composer you’d most like to have a beer with?” Haydn. Definitely Haydn. “Who’s the composer you’d miss the least if you could never play their music ever again?” Haydn. Definitely Haydn.

This creator argues that The Scarlet Pimpernel 100% deserves an anime version, and I haven’t heard someone be so right on the Internet in weeks youtube.com/shorts/mrGty...

Twiddlin’ them thumbs 🎶 If I’ve gotta have an earworm, this isn’t a bad one at all music.apple.com/us/album/thu...

If raspberry is your shade then how is this for an eyeful of colour. Embracing the aniline dyes, the #1860s witnessed an explosion of vivid hues. This is trimmed with satin ribbon and small glass seed beads, designed by Marie & Josephine Virfolet in NYC #albanyinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

You know the Lego Movie “Everything is Awesome!” song? Please tell me I’m not the only one who gets it stuck in my head, but with “Everything is Awful!” as the lyrics instead #HashtagBlessed #HashtagWorstTimeline

Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹

Here it is!!! I have it!!! Your Sunday song about dinosaurs, all in German!!! 🦕 🦖 What do you mean you weren’t waiting eagerly for this? You mean you weren’t expecting a dino song in German on this Sunday?? Never mind. It’s here now. Enjoy. youtube.com/shorts/vCxAJ...

I've been informed that today is Read A Book Day How I plan to celebrate it: on other days, we can read (all or part of) several books, but on read a book day we must sadly confine ourselves to reading just one book, in memory of all the people who tragically haven't had enough books to read

Look there has been no official word on why all our salt trucks are out. But Chicago having all our Salt trucks blocking street access while ICE is trying to invade our city is just perfection. We are the City of Big Shoulders; we are also a poem.

To the older woman out on your daily walk, wearing a sleeveless periwinkle top covered in sparkly silver polka dots: 10/10, immaculate choice

This is a beautiful version of “describe your job as weirdly as possible” 😄💙

that said, if you're looking for a reading list beyond DWJ herself, this is the episode for you: in addition to Farah's own book (linked below) we discussed fellow critics Catherine Butler, Teya Rosenberg and Martha Hixon, & authors Ruth Manning Sanders, Jo Walton, Hilary McKay, Anne Fine, and more!

Fun fact! Did you know that in 1983-1984 Mitch McConnell (yes, that Mitch McConnell) became an expert in pedophiles and serial child predators and testified multiple times before congress on the issue? Weird how when he became a Senator he suddenly forgot everything he knew about these guys.

Here are some Indigenous books you can buy today and subscribe for free to my Bindery newsletter and support Indigenous publishing: boozhoo.binderybooks.com

My pharmacy sent me an email reminder to get to the pharmacy at least five minutes before my vaccination appointment The email arrived five minutes after my appointment (Don’t worry, I still got 💉, I didn’t read the email until I got home)

This is Leo. He is patiently waiting for this guy to throw the ball. Gonna be here a while. 13/10 (TT: twogoldenleos)

Wuthering Heights, ‘90s Teen Adaptation, from the brilliant Hedge Bette youtu.be/F9dvvky2jTo

they keep changing size but whats really inportant is one big one small

I called my local CVS this morning to book my #COVID vaccine and #Flu vaccine shots. I was simply asked if I qualify and answered yes. No further details or prescription was requested. My appointment is made. The shots will be available in the pharmacy September 4th.