We've gotten a great response to this sale, so we're gonna keep it going! People are loading up for the holidays. I've packed boxes containing as many as 6 books for less than it would cost to get 2 on Amazon.

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

I swear to god if he outlives Dolly...

Without downloading anything where are you mentally rn?

It’s Banned Books Week. This documentary is terrifying and you should watch it. It’s about the far right targeting librarians (including with violence). I know teachers in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 who have been targeted. The homegrown fascists use this playbook #TheLibrarians www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC

My spouse's grandfather does the David Lynch in Twin Peaks yell-talking. The very first time I met him, he said "NICE TO MEET YOU. HAVE YOU EVER ASTRAL PROJECTED? I DID. I GOT STUCK ON THE ROOF." I thought it was a little joke, but it was actually a story.

We are just litel apes wyth thumbes, awkwarde, foolish, moodye: But looke at us when we are yn love -- have you seen such beautye?

"They put her in hand shackles and in leg shackles, and around the waist as well, like she's some hardened criminal. She had tears streaming down her face, and she told me one of the ICE agents pulled out his cell phone, laughing, and took a selfie."

Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship. Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire ever since.

Pete Hegseth: only clean-shaven men can win wars U.S. Grant:

Some books in this section are 75% off. We're gonna be adding more during the week.

The Generals: are we about to get Long Knifed? Trump: have some laughs and clappies fellas!

I hold many grudges against "Artificial Intelligence", but perhaps the biggest one is how confusing this era is for all us Weird Al Yankovic fans.

If you can't handle me at my worst (crying in the shower), you don't deserve me at my best (crying in the shower while eating cake)

Two backers to hit 5 backers on the crowdfund for JINX!! The support is amazing! Who will take us there! www.indiegogo.com/projects/jin... Get involved and be part of the making! Let’s go!

JINX has started filming! we have a crowdfund to try and get the film complete A dark supernatural horror set in the 1980s. A mute girl, Mia, finds a mysterious dollhouse linked to her brother’s disappearance. GRAB A PERK GET INVOLVED WITH OUR NEXT MOVIE www.indiegogo.com/projects/jin...

PULP! “We're coming out of the sidelines Just put your hands up, it's a raid, yeah We want your homes, we want your lives We want the things you won't allow us We won't use guns, we won't use bombs We'll use the one thing we've got more of That's our minds”

Through her creative platform, Saint Heron, Solange has launched The Saint Heron Library, a digital archive dedicated to making rare and out-of-print works by Black authors, poets, and artists accessible to all. 🔗 library.saintheron.com

I’m with Guild sister @karenattiah.bsky.social.

‘This Is Like Something Out Of A David Lynch Film,’ Says Man Driving Car With Headlights On

a million and one reasons to be furious about the autism/tylenol press conference but telling pregnant women they should really really "tough it out" rather than get pain relief is the one that's ... wow it makes me mad

if you’re in line to get raptured, STAY IN LINE

I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.

The cruelest thing about the Trump/Kennedy pseudoscience press conference today is that there are now women who believe they caused their child’s autism. To those women: you didn’t.

Comedian Josh Johnson’s work reflects what resonates most with society. He has mastered the art of storytelling, delivering it with a brevity uniquely his own. Shalise Manza Young explores the artist behind the laughs.

It's grape picking season and "Alma" works 7-8 hours a day in the Madera CA area. She is picking a special black grape for wine. She gets paid minimum wage and no benefits despite temps being above 100°. She doesn't have a choice. Her work feeds her family. #WeFeedYou #CALOR

Stop trying to argue with the logic of the right. The right purposefully employs inconsistent logic to specifically in order to make people show it is above consistency. It is purely about dominance. And it also has the added benefit of getting its foes obsessed with arguing instead of fighting.

A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick)

my return rewatch is thus concluded. pls enjoy this thread. probably will watch again very soon

"Perhaps prison would have persisted this way forever. Perhaps our granite hearts and iron wills would have never crumbled. Perhaps the prison mentality, that we be cold and heartless, would have endured. Perhaps. But then there were kittens."

New Book on fascism & populism! "This volume brings together leading international experts. The starting point is Argentine historian Federico Finchelstein’s assertion that the dynamics of transnational fascism and populist movements become clearer when viewed from the margins."

If you had to explain to someone in Washington who has never been on a farm what it’s like, what would you tell them? Willie: Well, I would tell them to pick cotton for a few days and then call me, you know, and tell me what they think about farming … www.instagram.com/reel/DOwgeqS...

My god, the people at the Egyptian tonight not only got to marathon a bunch of Twin Peaks: The Return episodes, but hear Ray Wise sing Mairzy Doats?!?!?!!

"By making a film that says there is no complicated legacy to Riefenstahl, Veiel’s uncomplicated … is strongly rendered into a direct, inarguable slashing of Riefenstahl’s importance,” writes @812filmreviews.com about RIENFENSTAHL.

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Final Cover Reveal for my novel #DontLetTheDarknessEatYouUp Pre-Orders 10.01.25 Releases 10.30.25 Nothing Feels Better Than Blood on Blood

The really interesting part of this obit of the Olive-Garden Reviewer (I'm using my library sub to read it) is she had a BA in Journalism - but faced gender discrimination when she graduated. So she was a professional journalist in a college town who raised kids & tried to freelance.

When someone says one thing to gain power and then a contradictory thing when exercising that power, the most useful lens for understanding it is power, not hypocrisy.

For #WyrdWednesday a couple of adorable spider vessels from Colina, Mexico 🕷️ (L.) c. 300 BCE-300 CE, private collection (R.) c. 200 BCE-600 CE, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

Portrait commission for a friend as a memento of their cat, Lemur 🥺😿❤️‍🩹

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Interview: Charlie Kirk Was ‘Face of Christian Nationalism’ Trying to Conquer the Education ‘Mountain’ | @matthewboedy.bsky.social spoke to us about his new book, “The Seven Mountains Mandate,” and how Kirk was part of this movement seeking right-wing Christian dominion over government and society.

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