I feel like this is real opportunity for NetScape to exact some vengeance.

Dear Stephen Colbert, You may be no fan of dictionaries or reference books, but we're fans of yours. ❤️ -The Wordinistas at Merriam-Webster

"No, I whisper, Thank you. For feeding my boy at midnight, his second dinner, our first quiet moment this bustling trip." Read @ronitplank.bsky.social's Beautiful Thing before you go to bed tonight. You'll thank me later. riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th... #WritingCommunity #NYC #FoodTrucks

Shop local. Shop indie. Shop bookshop.org

Tonight, NYC needs to raise one up for The City, for covering this early and consistently. It took massive tenacity to keep showing up, despite intimidation and scarce resources. Their presence in those hallways has been critical. Remember this next time you say there's no more good journalism.

#WritingCommunity, if you're not on StoryGraph yet, now's the time!

Billionaire GPT chat: how do I bury a body Billionaire GPT chat: so I wanna fire all the Black people at my company, what verbiage do I use to make it legal Billionaire GPT chat: please generate an NDA for sexual harassment settlement

And another thing about baseball. I was genuinely happy for Colt Emerson getting an HR on his first major league hit last night. And I'm a White Sox fan.

Oh hello! That’s me for @prisonjournalism.bsky.social’s YouTube Shorts.

"Uninvolved court staff were getting closer to get a better look at her giving birth. I heard court staff joking about her baby shower. The prosecutor came over to get a better look." No EMTs. No nurse or doctor or any kind of medical personnel. But handcuffed the whole time.

More excellent reporting from @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social, this time about a House committee voting to make EV cars less affordable. In the middle of an oil crisis. open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... #gas #GasPrices

interestingly under callais the only black lawmakers who could escape constitutional scrutiny are those elected by white voters, which is a pretty clear statement of who gets to be a legitimate political actor

They had contracts for prison labor at these camps?? Before they even bought them? www.projectsaltbox.com/p/contracts-...

what are the Six Genders? wrong answers only

Six genders is better than six bankruptcies, no?

The six genders are person, woman, man, camera, TV, and elephant.

The six genders are women, men, Pat, Calvin, Hobbes and Snoopy

"There’s a distancing from comics’ heritage – I’m like, ‘Our heritage is Peanuts! Accept it.’ " A great interview with Stella Prize winner Lee Lai. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... #WritingCommunity

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

I mean, LOOK HOW PRETTY!! 👀 👀 🤩

BRAVO, Kashawn!!

You know, I am starting to suspect that this supreme court may not be entirely on the up and up.

🚨We need elected officials who make public health a priority. This is not a drill, folks. We need me in the U.S. Senate. Andreaformaine.com.

this is a remarkable—and historic—image #tennessee #votingrights

Irene Zabytko offers a different take on The Canterbury Tales. lithub.com/fellow-trave...

Bumping this in case you know anyone who can speak to the science in "The Body Keeps The Score" or works with patients who've experienced trauma. Thanks!

Some say buildings with 99 apartments are exploiting a loophole to get access to a tax break for build housing, while others say it’s a rational approach to the constraints imposed. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/07/a...

It’s a clear trend: Developers filed permits for 154 buildings with 99 apartments in them in the past two years, compared to just 13 from 2008-2023.

Okay, I'm not watching anymore of the FEMA Review Council. I'm not going to sit here and listen to Kevin Guthrie propose his vision of an inequitable and ineffective recovery system. This shit is straight from Cato. Please be serious.

In 1996, gas rose 5 cents over two weeks, (14 cents over a year) and Bill Clinton not only released 12 million barrels from the strategic reserve, but he ordered Energy Department to review the reasons for the spike and to recommend government action within 45 days.

Or, how a writer saved her own life. A manual for other terrified writers. open.substack.com/pub/memoirla... #WritingCommunity

She really is a national treasure. ICYMI Dolly Parton gives a detailed update about her health: substack.com/@dollyparton...

So many people—more than you believe — are ready to lift you up if you ask, and sometimes even if you don't. "Teaching has always been more than simply the transmission of knowledge. It’s also been a process by which I do my best to prepare students for the lives ahead of them." #WritingCommunity

Learning this is a boomer take because some people do write on their phones, but wait until I tell you kids about printing the whole thing out and editing it by hand like you live in the 1800s because that shit works. Grab a candle and a quill if you want to do this right

Last night, I kvelled all through a book launch for a former student. Also I thought of two students who died before they sold their books, and two who are pitching agents now, and the many still plodding ahead. And I thought of this essay by Lee Martin. leemartinauthor.com/2026/04/19/s...

The internet didn't get worse by accident. Join Wendy Liu and Cory Doctorow live on May 14—they're discussing what Big Tech broke, who is profiting the most, and how you can fight back. www.eff.org/event/effec...

i'm actually not single, im in a polyamorous relationship with all the publishers who have auto-approved me on netgalley

Recently I took part in an extensive interview with Maine Women's Lobby where we talked about lots of issues facing Mainers. Go to this link to read the highlights www.mainewomen.org/andrealaflamme and scroll down to the bottom of the page to read the full transcript. andreaformaine.com

The average price for a gallon of gas just hit $4.54 this morning.

It's publication day for my former student Hafeez Lakhani, and y'all should go buy/check out/ read his lovely new novel Abundance! Here's an excerpt, which will definitely convince you. Though tbh, that cover alone should do it! Just look at it! lithub.com/abundance/

The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger consolidates power, crushes workers, and squeezes consumers. When one company controls what stories are told and what news is reported—that's not just bad business. That's dangerous for democracy.

I 💙 NY Empty water bottle dispenser installed in front of the Met Museum in honor of Met Gala 2026 sponsor Jeff Bezos….attendees paying $100k a ticket can use them like Amazon workers. #MetGala #MetGala2026 #peebottles #Bezos

The Plants Are Happy "that we stay inside I tell myself, guilty already for thinking of how we would flee them." Read the rest of the poem by my @gothamwriters.bsky.social colleague Kate Angus in ROOM: analytic-room.com/poems/the-pl... #nationalpoetrymonth #poetry

Clearing the way for @andrealaflamme.bsky.social

Glad that the vast majority of people with insane Maine senate takes don’t actually vote in Maine.

We can’t do anything to fix voting rights, repro rights, environmental rights, racial justice, the administrative state, without unfucking the courts. Court expansion NOW. Anything else is bitchmade bullshit. Everyone knew this was coming. What are Dems going to do about it? #Callais

Every major civil rights victory in our history grew out of setbacks like this one. We’ll continue using every tool at our disposal to protect our democracy.

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

"I am not much more than a promise of a song, that Brother never asked me to sing, our forever song..." Read the rest of this haunting ghazal by my @gothamwriters.bsky.social colleague Casandra López, in the NYTimes magazine: www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/m... #NationalPoetrymonth #poetry