Smalls: did you leave milk and cookies out for Santa when you were a kid? Me, not thinking: no, my dad told us to leave out a glass of rum because santa didn’t like dairy. Smalls: let’s do that! Me: it was less about Santa and more about your grandpa liking rum. I regret answering this question.

Those twinkling lights are load bearing.

Things to celebrate this holiday season: - festive cheeses - time traveling ghosts - weird relatives - potatoes - weird relatives who like potatoes - your normal feeling of dark dread is now illuminated by twinkling lights

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Hogather by Terry Pratchett, which I have, and love. It is a book about monsters, stories, and love. It's a Death book, but it can be read standalone with a bit of information:

Was an honor to play a few tunes for striking @sbworkersunited.org workers at the #Starbucks in Newton this morning. No contract, no coffee!

I would like to sleep for 1,000 years in a castle on forgotten shores with a cat wizard curled up on the bed next to me, as we’re watched over by the ghosts of benevolent cheese mongers, ready to offer snacks the minute I wake up.

Tony Shaloub in a Life Less Ordinary. (Or really anything.) youtu.be/BX1duGJYRN4?...

Deleting this photo is such a dumb move. It’s like a two year old with frosting all over her face trying to blame grandma for eating the cupcakes. We have eyes that see things! Many of us have developed object permanence!

new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced

This is a very good thread:

I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.

With the heinous shenanigans involving that awful bill, I want to take a sec to tell any of my trans friends out there—I’m sorry. I’m sorry you can’t just exist and be happy and live your life without a bunch of shitbirds villainizing you. You don’t deserve that. No one does. I’m glad you’re here.

here they are with phone numbers bsky.app/profile/thre...

Stay safe out there y'all

This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands

And if you wonder who we are, these are the super gayz: www.peculiarityshop.com/theteam

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

I was looking for an anniversary gift for @jsking.bsky.social, I was served a random ad for a Star Trek advent calendar which I bought without really thinking about it. On December 1, he *really* looked at it. "What does that say?" "To boldly go this Christmas" "Does it?" "OH." (1/?)

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

Smalls: I found the best book at the school library. Me: great! The book:

If you see this, quote with your model of masculinity

Bookish friends—this is a long shot, but I’m trying to remember a book based on the cover. From the art, I would guess it was 1970s SFF. Painted cover. Had a bear on it and a few people. I think the bear had an eye patch? I remember it being in blues and greens. ringing anyone’s bells?

Last day of sale!

Friends, a little gift from me to you—the ebook of Necromancing the Stone is on sale for 2.99 across all platforms. This is the new edition with two bonus short stories. Goes until 12/9! 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

Smalls, watching a commercial: do you use that face cream? Me: no Smalls: you don’t need to. You look beautiful just the way you are Me: thanks, buddy Smalls: See, Bigs? THAT’S how you love your mom Bigs: I know, kid. I’ve been playing this game a lot longer than you have Me: *cackles*

Friends, a little gift from me to you—the ebook of Necromancing the Stone is on sale for 2.99 across all platforms. This is the new edition with two bonus short stories. Goes until 12/9! 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator. Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE. Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.

Leave me alone, AI

Hey, if you're feeling thankful for all the bounty in your life right now, it's not a bad idea to toss some coin to trans people who are struggling. (I boosted two folks that I know personally just now, but there are so many, many others on here.)

good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong this story delights me every year

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer (Necromancer Series Book 1), by @lishmcbride.bsky.social, which is a favorite of mine. I mean, it starts with this poor teenager finding his friend's severed head and then it talks to him! #KindleBookGiveaway

If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.

This part. Teachers are so undervalued and underpaid and loudly told both "you're essential" and also "you suck and if you say a word out of line, you might get fired and/or be targeted for harassment by the most powerful people in the country"

Sitting in the airport next to a group of hunters and one is very seriously talking about how he always packs silver bullets. …are werewolves more of a problem than I realized?

Periodic PSA, the only currently licensed Murderbot merch is at Worldbuilders Market, where it's sold as part of a charity fundraiser. You may want to sign up for their new product notices because they should have a new Murderbot thing coming up: worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/...

BRING THIS SHOW BACK, YOU COWARDS. comicbook.com/tv-shows/new...

I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott

More kind words for Most Likely to Murder, out 3/26, this time from Marissa Meyer! 🥰

100% Slumping pumpkin.

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

Tonight film has me explaining to Smalls who Rowdy Roddy Piper is.

The audacity.

It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal

Timeline cleanse: Yesterday I was introduced to the teporingo (volcano rabbit) — it’s like a rabbit crossed with a pika and is only found on Popocatépetl and three of the other volcanoes near Mexico City: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano...

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to "help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.

Smalls, age 11: can I watch Who’s Line is it, Anyway? Me: No. This is a no improv comedy house. It corrupts the youth. Smalls: *scoffs* as if I’m not already corrupted. Me: touché.

It's now only 8 days until The Dead Man is out. If you've enjoyed the Mennik Thorn books or if you're curious as to what they're like, the prequel novella is for you! books2read.com/thedeadman

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage