So, while I have your attention, because I can’t just be all unfounded optimism and doomscrolling, may I direct your focus to @femiandfoundation.bsky.social whom I found via this here website and have been enjoying most of this morning. cc: @kylemeredith.lpm.org

Just so we’re clear on the facts: 1) Tylenol nor acetaminophen causes autism. 2) There’s absolutely nothing wrong with being autistic 3) Also, nothing wrong with being transgender. 4) There IS something wrong with murdering people in boats with no evidence of anything. 5) Presidents aren’t kings.

My most Gen X complaint is that this question ignores our existence.

From a speech in 1947 about the House Un-American Activities Committee. #DorothyParker

Really @repmcgarvey.bsky.social? REALLY?! I look forward to voting you out in 2026.

Lookit, I understand that nothing this fool does is rooted in rationality or legality, rather everything is pursuant to power and hate, but what is the point?! If a person wants an identifier that is neither an ‘M’ or an ‘F’ then why does it matter to anyone, least of all the government? So tired.

They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn/ But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn/ We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn/ That the union makes us strong. ‘Solidarity Forever’ Pete Seeger

I hope that @repmcgarvey.bsky.social is not one of those pandering to Christofascism. And if you are, sir, I sincerely hope you don’t expect my vote next time.

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

🧵 🎯 All of this. Every bit of this thread.

Family includes everyone! ❤️

it is not civil when an evil person says evil things in a calm tone of voice. conversely, it is not uncivil when a good person uses curse words to denounce evil things at the top of their voice. it is evil to pretend not to understand this.

To add insult to *gestures* everything, apparently there’s an actual dump(ster) fire in my town. That probably won’t smell too bad or anything for the rest of forever.

I’m not sure how we legitimately continue to cite Supreme Court cases from ‘the before times’ as precedent knowing all the while that we live in a terrifying reality where the Roberts court just throws out any sense of normalcy to pander to White, Conservative, “Christian” individuals.

Sports Night Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Pushing Daisies

Slightly diminish a book A Tale of Two Gated Neighborhoods

Lamar Jackson. That is all. #RavensFlock

All day, every day, until I die.

Wow…I’m just barely old enough to remember Walter Cronkite, but this bullshit must have him absolutely spinning in his grave. In the span of two generations, CBS has moved from trusted news source to cowering sycophant.

If you see me reading a book in public, well, that's not really all that amazing. And, if this is a 'performance,' then I'm going to suggest I'm a 'professional reader.' Anyone out there willing to pay me for this 'performance?' Currently I'm performing Kuang's 'Katabasis' in Louisville, KY.

I truly did not have ‘being on Thomas Massie’s side’ on my bingo card for this millennium (and, frankly, my Spideysense tells me that there’s ulterior rannygazoo on his part), but I guess there’s a first time for everything.

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Okay #birds people, how do you manage your life list? For example, I only add to mine if I have definitively identified visually the bird in question. Today, #Merlin heard a Common Nighthawk as I was walking into work. Entirely possible. I could also see the bird, but at that hour 1/2

I solved the Saturday 8/30/2025 New York Times Daily Crossword in 6:43! A new personal best. A full 10 minutes under my average. That takes the sting out of the #RedSox loss…a little.

Wow. Weissert gives up a double to Pham to erase the absolute gem that Tolle pitched and follows it up with another double to give up the lead. Maybe Weissert should follow Buehler out the door. #RedSox Yes, Tolle put the men on base, but still…Weissert’s issues of late have been discussed.

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A petitiom re: the dress code at my youngest’s school. I cant believe we’re still having this argument. c.org/hcqydQbR4W

No one is attacking private prayer. The problem is treating it as a substitute for action while in office, leaving solutions to divine intervention instead of doing your job. Kids being shot in a church isn’t God "working in mysterious ways" — it’s a failure of policy.

Your prayers after the last school shooting are just as helpful as your prayers before the next one.

Had my first therapy session this morning, and that felt pretty good. I scheduled another one for next week, because that hour goes quickly. So, more to come, but this may be a good thing for me.

[writing the constitution] Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president" Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down

If you’re looking for an excuse to get outside and get a little exercise, come join me on Saturday, 9am. I generally ‘run,’ but if you want to walk it, I’ll walk it with you!

Slightly Diminish a Band: Earth, Wind, and a Puff of Smoke

More reporting like this, please:

Drop an alien that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek

Post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.

Okay, I’m willing to admit I was wrong about the #RedSox this season. I truly didn’t think they had the personnel to make the playoffs. But they’ve shown life, particularly since the Devers trade, and are flirting with first. I don’t think they’re a championship team, but I’m pleasantly surprised.

@astrokatie.com I finished ‘The End of Everything’ over the weekend. #TeamVacuumDecay Followed it up with a trip to see ‘Hamlet’ by @kyshakespeare.bsky.social Maybe not the best idea, psychologically, to pair those two, but both were very good.

Catching the last performance of ‘Hamlet’ by @kyshakespeare.bsky.social this evening in Central Park. Plenty of good seats available. Come on down and join me!

Watched ‘Superman.’ I don’t get the whole ‘woke’ thing some are complaining about. It’s a comic book movie with goofy humor from a great cast that was the sort of two-hour escape my brain needed. It had a poignant father/son moment and a line about humanity, but otherwise… It’s entertainment.

Seeing ‘Superman’ with the oldest. Need a couple hours to just let everything else go.

The only good thing I can say about the debacle that was last night’s #RedSox loss is: at least the Yankees didn’t win. Also, I do not understand Cora’s management style of using Chapman in a tie game in the 8th, but there’s maybe some 6-d chess going on there that I don’t get.

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Walker Buehler, shades of his Dodger days tonight for the Beantown Nine? I’ll take it! Of course, as I type that, he gives up back-to-back hits for a tying run from the Phils. #RedSox

Re-upping this, because it's a solid tool against #BookBanning and #censorship. "This stops 90 percent of them in their tracks."

‘When A Man Loves A Woman’ with Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia. Nothing says romantic evening like a relationship ruined by alcoholism.

We at Louisville Public Media just lost $376,000 due to Congress passing the rescission bill last night to claw back funds from public media across America. Today we’re asking those who value our work to help make up those funds in an emergency drive so we can maintain the staff/services we provide:

Never gets old but I wish it would.