Why not? It's time for THE BEST ROASTS I READ THIS YEAR: “Hear me proclaim this, you loathsome turd from the ass of Typhon.” - Stephen Fry, "Troy" "The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behavior." - Stephen Hawking, "Brief Answers to the Big Questions"

Absolutely right. AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there. Let me illustrate …

Pink peppercorn and cherry with a spicy book of gestures that I apparently acquired in high school at some point and forgot about until rediscovering it in a box recently? Day 18 of #ThisIsMyJam

Euryale tends every one of her sheep like it is a child. Sthenno learned to cook so she could feed me when I was little. They care about me and protect me. That is beauty. - Natalie Haynes, "Stone Blind" Precious bb Medusa 😭😭😭 @nataliehaynes.bsky.social

Bring me no more reports, let them fly all.

"They have been trained from their earliest years to pass exams and write essays so that they may one day be lucky enough to study for their finals in an Ivy League classroom where, randomly, at any moment, a shooter might open fire." - Xochitl Gonzalez www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect. -- Rob Reiner

FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.

I have no idea what a mail merge is. And at this point, I'm too afraid to ask.

Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes" But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger" Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!

I never read Isaacson’s Musk biography. But finding out he describes Elon as a “man-child who resists potty training” is sending me 🤭 @michaelhobbes.bsky.social @notalawyer.bsky.social

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

How can one person make a difference? "Find stuff to do every day. Make it part of your identity. Do it with other people. Don't let the big goal distract you from the small stuff that [helps make] that goal present in your community, in your daily life, for people around you." youtu.be/A0O6p4p_vfs

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“I came to resent labels of all kinds. What were they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you’ve never met?” (Neil deGrasse Tyson, from his book “Starry Messenger”) #booksky #NdGT #cosmos

"Banning books just brings them attention!" is a good hope. But let's be real: banning books is an act by those in power to restrict education under the guise of "appropriateness." Vanishingly few banned books go viral. And those left behind also deserve support. Get involved in your community.

"It's early! I don't have any words. All my words are still asleep." - My husband, with three new indescipherable utterances

Found out last night that my friend has 16,000+ unread emails in their inbox. These effing heathens!

TWO new books out, both titled “What a Time to Be Alive” @nytbookreview.bsky.social In other news, we live in a simulation.

Listen to me ruin Kali's innocence while I explain what a "shadow daddy" is: youtu.be/p3lwKayw4B8

Tom Clancy’s Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir

- People like certainty more than they like hope. - Oh god, that's true. Put that on a tea towel. And then never sell a unit because it's too sad. (Josie Duffy Rice and Sarah Marshall on "You're Wrong About") @jduffyrice.bsky.social @sarcher.bsky.social @yourewrongabout.bsky.social

I admit, we've looked at properties in other states, and while it's useful to know things like average income, nearby schools, and weather norms... What I really want to know is which five authors get requested most often at the local bookstore.

Some of y'all don't need Jesus, you need fact checkers and just the tiniest bit of critical thinking skill

Once again reminded of this.

"Women smile and laugh, but mid-century men, apparently, can only grin and chuckle. At this stage of research, we cannot fully explain this odd phenomenon..." (Underwood, Bamman, Lee, "The Transformation of Gender in English-Language Fiction," Journal of Cultural Analytics, 2018)

Book challenge: - read a book published in each year of your life - read books that scare you - offer a librarian whiskey & chocolates to show you hidden books of dark spells & maps to the realm of faerie - build a wizard tower out of books, hide inside for 1,000 years, and emerge with untold power

Sea nettles: sound like they should be tiny urchins with fun colors Sea nettles: IRL are angry jellyfish that attacked my friend THRICE #nothankyou

Someone should study why it’s possible to just throw my hair up and have it look fabulous on days when I’m not going anywhere, but it inevitably looks awful when I do the exact same thing on a going-out day. Rocking the perfect bun today… alone in my office. Sigh.

"If women could afford to burn that many bras at the time, they would have had fewer things to protest about, frankly." - Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes debunking bra-burning protests Old eps of "You're Wrong About" just do not disappoint @yourewrongabout.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social

Yall. There’s plastics in the rain. What are we even doing.

"Welcome, soft idiot. You've been issued a Human Body™, the most fragile, overpromised, poorly updated model in the known universe. It arrives preloaded with ten to fourteen irrational fears, a vague longing for something you can't name, and knees made of soup."

"Her grandparents spoke in casual poetry, dropping phrases like “you’re blooming today” and “you bury me because I love you so much.”" Susan Muaddi Darraj, "Behind You Is the Sea" Why am I crying Grandparents in their native language: there's no greater love #amreading #booksky 📚

“What does it matter? They’re coming, and we’re staying, and at the end of the day whoever is alive is the side that wins. War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.” (The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang) #BookSky

If the enemies to lovers aren't trying to actively kill each other for at least 50% of the book I don't want it

Timeline cleanse! Enjoy a fluffy cat and a bonus bumblebee ❤️

Happy 4th of July, Batman.

As a cranky elder statesperson representative of librarian bluesky I feel very comfortable saying that anybody trying to replace librarians with AI has a serious misunderstanding of the value of librarians and probably libraries too.

Our galaxy is shaped kind of like a big pancake. There should be a day each year when we celebrate the galaxy by eating big pancakes. Maybe today. 🔭

- Jim Carrey in 1994

All the discourse on what "real" enemies-to-lovers is has me re-sharing our convo on this: open.substack.com/pub/theinksi... #booksky #enemiestolovers

BURY YOUR GAYS is out in paperback today and i am overwhelmed with gratitude for our journey together. thank you buckaroos for meeting me with so much love. cant wait to see where we trot from here. BURY YOUR GAYS PAPERBACK anywhere books are sold: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Disney and NBCUniversal is suing Midjourney for mass copyright infringement - commencing the first major legal battle against an AI company that could dictate the future of generative AI. (Read more: Deadline)

I once worked at a news org that just straight up banned authors from using semicolons. They could use en-dashes or ellipses. But none of that semicolon-ising ish out here.

Turning off the lights and closing the curtains. If I sit quietly, all my responsibilities can’t find me.

They really do find ways to hand out the goods and services. the most radical of folks.

Every writing/editing pro talks about Strunk & White - either it is “the wooooorst” or it is “the ancient texts!” Anyway, I finally read it. And, for real? Dryer’s English is better. @bcdreyer.social

We made it to double digits. We'll be here until Issue 100 in June 2055. Hopefully by then the world has learned from our anti-fascist sc-fi dystopian stories. And by then we increase the release speed by getting enough funding to go quarterly instead of triannual. www.radonjournal.com/issue10

*throws a brick through the window* Pride started as a riot and one way to protest is to continue telling our queer stories, no matter what. That's why this queer editor, who already offers low rates, is giving 50% off to queer writers who book this month. *sets timeline on fire* #queerwriters