We will never know or properly appreciate how many lives have been saved by librarians. The right book in the right hands at the right time. Astounding.

This was a week ago btw. Think it’s important and entirely reasonable to remain skeptical. www.nps.k12.nj.us/press-releas...

My 2 year old tonight: “I LOVE ROCKS! I want to hug them!” 🪨💕

The Mr: “I think these Rangers (Kitchener, who he played for once upon a time) could beat the real Rangers this season.”

I'm so tired of being expected to read things that no one has bothered to write.

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It took me a long time to really internalize this fact, but the truth is that almost no one, across the entire spectrum of US politics, really cares about climate change as such. Almost everyone, on every side, from every angle, is using it as a canvas upon which to project their priors.

The last thing you see before opening ChatGPT

To do list.

I spotted coyote scat on the sidewalk during my evening stroll with my toddler down the block.

Variety: CBS is "standing down" and has stopped issuing takedown notices on Stephen Colbert's new "Only in Monroe" public access series Public pressure works, kids variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Memorial Day is heavy, deeply personal, & a reminder of profound loss—not a festive long weekend.

On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying.

When I was in the Peace Corps I had an incredible dog. Whenever I left my village, she came with me- even on my 30 kilometer bike rides to go to the market and get the mail. When I took the bus places my host family had to hold her back. I cannot have another dog.

Four years today.

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

CBS canceled Colbert. join me—cancel CBS!

A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵

Wtf

"Children’s literature is not held together by perfection. It is held together by connection." knowledgequest.aasl.org/when-the-amb...

I’m not financially qualified to give this advice but I think you should quit your job and just come read all day.

The horrors persist but so do I.

On Saturday, May 23, 2026, the Hawai‘i Bicycling League will host its first-ever “Costco Gran Fondo”, a 76-mile bike ride connecting all four Costco locations on O‘ahu in one food court-fueled adventure. 👀

The Mr and I are watching The Dark Wizard. As an air combat veteran his theory is that what Dean Potter endured during his fear inducing feats generated secondary PTSD that wound up sabotaging his relationships and being too much to cope with. Be kind to the veterans in your lives, in other words.

quite a headline (and it’s right)

Find a place in the world that fills the broken parts of you. A place that brings light to your darkness.

This is a cat check point; relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone. Molly has no sense of dignity.

BlueSky Trending shows Bezos as # 1 and World Bee Day as # 4. Whatever we can collectively do to replace bees over bezos, you know that you need to do. #WorldBeeDay

100% #BookSky

Very rich people getting booed during commencement speeches is my new favorite genre of entertainment.

The top 3 Yoto cards for my kid: Number Blocks Caspar Babypants RAFFI

Please never give up on your dream that one day, you will finally have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.

Seth Rogen has more artistic integrity and understanding of creating than … whatever this is jfc. Let me revisit his words and remember that not everyone is terrible. (Via: variety.com/2026/film/ne...)

I’m firmly in favor of each and every one of these guys coming face to face with the public and realizing in real time that they’re unlikable, antisocial goons

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

If direct donation is not your thing, I have a merch shop with, if I do say so, pretty cool stuff, including shirts, stickers, posters, and more. We make our merch in collaboration with local artists who are all paid for their work (this should be a given, right?) SquidFacts.net

We’re watching the Q playoffs heading into the Memorial Cup. Saaugney could really do a thing with their music in their rink and play Angine de Poitrine, but they’re playing “Cotton Eyed Joe” instead.

Democracy is more than voting every couple of years and Americans have lost sight of this fact. That’s why constant electoral prognosticating is not just misleading but a means of diverting actual democratic energy. We can make this stop. Every passing day is another opportunity.

And yet he sold his soul to bring us RFK

Justice for Philosophy Majors!!! Too late for me though.

🥕 This Groundhog has been stealing a Farmer's crops for years and eats them right in front of his camera @depressionlesss

France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks.

Today was the last day of Waldorf playgroup, and we celebrated with a trip to our teacher’s house. The kids fed her goats, planted sunflowers in a pot for home, and we had one last puppet show in her garden. I’m sad to end this chapter but am looking forward to preschool.

Breaking: Tracy Beth Hoeg, the Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, said she was fired from the agency Friday after she declined to resign. W/ @by-cjewett.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

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HHS official Brian Christine, a urologist and former host of ‘Erection Connection’ who led a U.S. hantavirus press conference, platformed far-right conspiracies about COVID and the 2020 election on his podcast, according to a new CNN report.

Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...

geotripper.blogspot.com/2026/05/geot... Who is your favorite geologist character in the movies? Does your list match well with mine? Can you guess my favorite geologist? We are showing my favorite at the State Theatre in Modesto as a fundraiser for our students on May 20 at 7pm.

🧵as I read this piece. My first thought: Teachers and professors have long been sounding alarms about declines in student skills, knowledge, and behavior. But test scores are all political and school leaders attend to. This attention cuts all ways, as I'll come back to. #GiftLink #GiftArticle