There is still beauty in the world. (photographer unknown.)

Our cover this week.

No news organization should ever use the words "third term" without the word "unconstitutional" preceding it

Does anyone know the unemployment rate for Veterans ? If 30 percent of the federal workforce is Vets, the number could get ugly quickly. Any data out there ?

blue sky is supreme because every time you post you get 100 school principals in the replies asking to see you in their office

Stop discoursing start organizing Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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Can’t stop staring at this gorgeous picture of Isabella Rossellini and Viggo Mortensen by Bruce Weber

This is America being great?

I will not obey in advance. Fvck them.

Bread maker jam! While I tested a (new to me) thrifted Breville bread machine with a tried-and-true recipe, decided to see how my Zorushi bread machine fared when making jam. Now I'm dreaming of expanding my bread and jam empire. #grayhair #silversisters #homemade

Mom + kid (s): a transformation story. The first is from today, the second was taken 2 years ago (and is one of my favorite pics of all time). #naptime #silverhair #greyhair

I wish I could adopt every stray cat ❤️ #cat #catlover #pet

Posted this at the old place, but thought folks on @bsky.app might like to know I finally met my "mother".

Accidentally found my favorite combination of clothes ever. Can I wear this every day? Pretty please? 😊 #thrifted #thriftstorefinds #thriftedstvle

Good morning!☕️✌️

Every time you go on Amazon or Goodreads to leave a review for Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ibram X. Kendi, or Alexander Chee, leave one for a first-time Black woman author, too. We need support so much more than well-established millionaire male authors.

Me pretending to pay attention during Zoom meetings:

Congratulations to Dick Allen and Dave Parker, the newest Hall of Famers. Both very deserving. (I voted for Parker every year, and would have voted for Allen, too, if I’d had the chance)

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok? Signed, a librarian

Just me and my wild child hanging out yesterday. If you look closely you can see the jellyfish she drew on me. .#grayhair #greyhair 😁💙

if i were the NYPD i would try releasing some facts about the shooter that do not make him sound awesome

I think I found Assad.

In case you didn't know, librarians are educated professionals with a master's degree and don't just willy nilly buy any old books for their libraries.

Trying out this hairstyle today at work. Let's see if it gets me through 12 hours in my feet. (Spoiler: it's not doing as well on day 2 hair). In other news, the thought has been creeping back into my head that maybe it's time to end my journey with silver hair.😊

It’s a gorgeous sunny day, currently 65 degrees. The Xmas tree has been placed and is awaiting its bling. The plan for the next 4 years is to savor simplicity while keeping an eye on the cabal of crooks taking over D.C.

I've experienced this bliss several times in my social media life.

I imagine Tulsi Gabbard did not expect this part of the movie.

Mark Aeling’s Chromorafice, Based in St. Petersburg, Florida The piece uses thousands of carefully arranged pencils to create a vibrant, textured depiction of human lips, blending pop art aesthetics with technical precision.

I know there are bigger issues to focus on, and I haven’t lost sight of them… But can movies/TV figure out sound so one volume works the whole time? Why is the dialogue a whisper, but a passing car sounds like it just drove through my wall? Rant over 😑

I heard honking when I was walking on Bank St. and turned to see families jammed into cars waving Syrian flags, celebrating the end of Assad’s brutal rule. I thought of all the families I met who came to Canada as refugees & how happy they must be. I cheered along! 🇸🇾

Since yesterday I was talking about Gates McFadden’s struggles to get behind the camera opportunities, it’s time for me to share a story about the Doctor and how she’s one of the reasons I’m a Professor. 🧵 (Here’s us at the 2024 #StarTrek convention #STLV)

Bluesky is proving well up to the task of providing helpful & informative Syria coverage. Some amazing footage around. Verification etc can only make things better moving forward.

One reason Bluesky (still) works for news is that there’s no obvious, pervasive culture of misinformation. If someone you trust reshares something on, say, Syria, the odds that it’s a chud trying to troll people remains relatively low.

I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them

South Korea fought back an attempted coup, a CEO was assassinated, Syria overthrew a dictator. The season finale of 2024 is popping OFF.

Won't someone think of Disabled children('s parents)?! is a take I have exactly zero time for.

Happy belated Thanksgiving. Still gray, still here. Got lost in knitting and books for a while there, and I'm better for it. Hoping this finds you well. Remember, you are loved. I'm glad you're here. . . Just joined here #thanksgiving #grayhair #greyhair #selfie

My former Florida cat sees snow for the first time today. We are both happy to be free of Desantis.

The FBl is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the backpack shooter. The NYPD has added another $10,000. UnitedHealthcare is kicking in a $25 copayment.

You will do readings where no one shows up. You will set up at events and sell no books. Rejection will show up in your inbox again and again. You will say “I wrote a book!” and folks will stay quiet or say “Cool!” and then not buy it. It’s all good. Part of the gig. KEEP AT IT.

We shouldn’t accept that a CEO killer must get a national manhunt when cops don’t solve most murders at all. A migrant teenager was just murdered in NYC, cops just killed a guy here — the lives of these other people are worth just as much as that CEO.

Assad has arrived in Russia, granted asylum by Putin. Now they'll all be in one place for their meetings with Tulsi

Watching Star Wars and rooting for the empire because it represents law and order

I went to a pop-up holiday market and this white lady selling hand made ceramic earrings was proudly displaying the political message left by an assassin on bullet casings after a successful murder so that’s a bit of a data point for Where Things Are