If you have not already, today is a good day to contact your Congress people and express your malcontent.

Scooby break.

For anyone not in the know, basic cognitive tests include prompts like "name three states" "draw a clock" and "look at this picture, what is this animal?"

2.- The Helm of Midnight (The Five Penalties #1), by @marinalostetter.bsky.social (pub by @torbooks.bsky.social)

And 2026 off to a lucky start. Damn.

ARE WE THERE YET?

Gentle Reminder: Your Library card fights fascism. Get one.

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Put on a cute outfit for New Years, but replaced it with comfier clothes after my migraine, so last selfie of 2025 is entitled "Please Just Let This Year End All Ready, Fuckin A."

Opening booster packs, and apparently 2025 decided to give me a peace offering.

Opening booster packs, and apparently 2025 decided to give me a peace offering.

Put on a cute outfit for New Years, but replaced it with comfier clothes after my migraine, so last selfie of 2025 is entitled "Please Just Let This Year End All Ready, Fuckin A."

bye 2025👋

Capping off 2025 with a migraine, which, you know, just figures.

This perfect good boy just got admitted to the ER overnight so if anyone feels like buying digital albums on Bandcamp this is a great time to do it.

Scooby, who does not do well at the vet, has a broken tooth, and she was SO GOOD today when we had to take her to the vet. I am so proud! Three cheers for this good girl!

Scooby, who does not do well at the vet, has a broken tooth, and she was SO GOOD today when we had to take her to the vet. I am so proud! Three cheers for this good girl!

I can't be the only one amused by the fact that the only thing standing between canonical Galinda/Elphaba in Wicked is a literal straw man.

How I'm walking out of 2025:

How I'm walking out of 2025:

Sandra Bullock in the early 2000s (probably): Ah-ha-ha, it's gone forever, no one will know about Bionic Showdown. Sandra Bullock today (probably): Noooooooooo. Curse you, Peacock, curse you!!!

If you see a post on Discover, your job is to *like* and *not be weird.*

women do not want men who look like Andrew Tate, we want men who look like the ghost of Christmas present in The Muppet Christmas Carol, especially when he goes silver fox mode

Imagine being Stephen Miller, and just so mad that other people exist that you waste your life...well, acting like him. Like, who the fuck thinks like this???

Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days: REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY. IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.

The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse? You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.

It really sucks that I've just had to go to ignoring any book club/podcast emails that aren't small and local and easily verifiable.

Tell your congressperson to vote YES to impeach this quack! Now's the time!

My brother gave me a marvelous gift.

For any artists coming in from Twitter: We do alt text here. Settings -> Accessibility -> Require alt text before posting Please make it REAL alt text and not just a random emoji or stuff like "art" just to get reposts. There are people who genuinely need it + the text is searchable, k thx ❤️

Very cool that one of the top movies at the box office right now is about propaganda, and many of the people who've made it so successful seem to not realize or acknowledge the role of propaganda in their lives re: our political environment right this very goddamn minute. 🙃

My brother gave me a marvelous gift.

Just went to Twitter on the web, found a posted image by a photographer whose work I enjoy ( @markdenney.bsky.social who is not really here, alas ) and confirmed I could alter his art. Yes, you too can take the real art posted by humans and turn it into AI slop.

Are teachers playing "catch-up" or "whack-a-mole"? Bet you can guess which I think it is.

It's not sexy to talk about "effective communication" but "are you communicating your intent effectively?" Is the only real question you should concern yourself with. There are indeed techniques you can use, but no "do or do not." There is literally only "try."

Literally anything prescriptive. "You should" and "you should not" are the enemies of creativity.

"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025

Why is my brain trying to blend "Popular" from Wicked and "If You Were Gay" from Avenue Q together? I don't think they're even in the same key?

Dear Brad, your frog has found a good home.

This holiday season, get ready to tell all your older relatives "That's very cute, but probably fake. Very cute, but probably fake. VERY CUTE BUT PROBABLY FAKE."

This is your cookie auntie reminding you that you don't have to roll out cut-out cookies with flour, you can use powdered sugar instead

Normally I don't comment on aesthetics, but this is pure "I don't have an aesthetic and have completely misunderstood a classical aesthetic."

Hold onto your eggnog, if you're in Austin this weekend, I'll be at the Little Gay Shop's Last Chance Christmas Market this Sunday, noon to 4pm with the last of the Prosper with Dragons co-op card game decks! 1902 E 12th Street, in the parking lot FREE | OUTDOOR | ALL AGES | PET FRIENDLY #elfie

RIP to everyone born in 1987.

In the face of today's insanity, here is a friendly reminder that The X-Files - How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (s6 e6) is one of the best Christmas-themed episodes ever and that government officials can strive to be both competent and sexy.

Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose

I don't know what to say about this garbage vote to criminalize gender affirming care btw. Been trying to find the words. I hear so many friends in sadness and fear today but of what use is "I hear you"? Not much I fear. To live through this moment sucks ass (negative). We must find a way through

What does it mean when your shuttle bus driver is taking pictures of the traffic, is that good?

Guess who've been married for fifteen years today!

This year, man. I've been having trouble envisioning anything past 2025, which I assume is a stress response to all the *waves hands,* and the hits just keep coming.