Headline:”Families push back on Trump’s autism rhetoric: ‘We’re not a disease’” Welp, neither are LBGTQ, women, non caucasians, religions other than the correct form of Christianity…anyone they see as “other” and someone always see someone as “other”.

Been away since 2:30. I get 3 hours sleep out of my ambien an then have terrible time going back to sleep.

happy bday writer T.S. Eliot, b.1888, St. Louis. “We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to discover...

I have been taking surfing lessons. Still in the beginner kook trenches, but celebrating my last time on a foam board 😎 Graduating to a hard top next session. It’s fun to learn new things! Even if you look like a goober at the beginning. 🏄🏽‍♀️

"Free speech is not about whether someone else agrees or disagrees; it's about whether you are able to do it." --Jasmine Crockett, just now to Chris Hayes.

Love this so much!!! Especially given how much I sweat over the pacing in this book and others, hearing that my book *wasn't* a slow burn is so incredibly welcome <3

Satire is not fluff, it’s a mirror. Well done, South Park. SMITE!

I have had difficult times at home lately . I need to say that my interactions with people here have been immensely positive and helpful. Thank you all for your kindness, compassion, generosity, cats, books...community is wonderful. I love the generosity, rare these days. I'm not talking about money

Lexie! The love of my life (so far 😁). I don't even care that it's rainy #Spike #PuppyLove #DaySchool #Dogsofbluesky

Headline:”Black Kitten’s Tiny ‘Espresso Toe Beans’ Have Everyone Totally Obsessed” Cute? Yes. Making me “totally obsessed “ uh, no, not really. I don’t like these over the top article titles…like I’ve got time to be obsessed?

Time for this old crone to put on the CPAP, take the pill and shut the eyes. See ya on the flip side

I’m reading one of those books that annoys the-reader out of me. The mc is, theoretically a ghstwrter of mystery, doesn’t know what belladonna is, can’t recognize abbreviations like MTNGS, CLNT, GSTS…in their 30s,current time, never heard of Mesmer, mesmerizing, no wonder the gstwrtng gig dried up.

Sitting at a car dealership waiting for an oil change and window fix. Usually patronize private businesses for that kind of thing but got the car here, oil change came with, figured they might be able to fix window at the same time. Driver side window will go down but…

Breaking news: Taco truck outside ABC Studios finally reopened. 🌮

Some of us do.

My hubs is 69 and went to his doctor yesterday. The doctor said he didn’t need a COVID vax, just flu. He didn’t ask why (men!) and I’m disgusted. I tried to get vaxxed at Kroger and they said I needed a prescription. I’m older than he is. He tends to get bronchitis every year…

the Tom Homan bribery scandal is the latest example of how a felon in the White House is making crime legal

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

“I’ve worked for this health department for about 18 years, and we’ve never seen a case of measles that I know of up until this point. We are just at that low rate of (vaccine) uptake that does leave us open for this kind of an outbreak.”

I don’t think I’ve been raptured, but I’m in a bookshop so it’s hard to tell.

Headline:”She is suing her parents for giving birth to her: “I didn’t consent to being here”” Sue her back. I didn’t consent to have a kid like you. (I didn’t read the article but suing because you’re born seems lame)

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

The alt: Arthur Caplan, the founding head of the division of medical ethics at N.Y.U. Grossman School of Medicine, wrote: "The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies and dangerous advice I have (cont)

Was putting in my order with my drug dealer. He was fine with the crack cocaine and the crystal meth, but expressed concern for me when I ordered the Tylenol. #Satire

So how are they planning to spin the whole ‘rapture didn’t happen’ thing?

This Tylenol pregnancy thing is another way to try to blame mothers for everything that might go wrong with a pregnancy and birth. Oh you took Tylenol and now…put her in jail. Oh, you had an extremely high fever and now…put her in jail. Miscarriage, arrest that woman.

Headline:”Only those with a high IQ can spot both cats in this 1800s-era image” I don’t see what high IQ has to do with visual acuity. Some of us are great with word patterns, others with visual. Don’t see what it has to do with IQ.

Never seen a mouse that looked like that…rat. Did not click.

@cadwellturnbull.bsky.social Starting A Ruin, Great and Free. Read the others and have been watching eagerly because I liked them. Time has gone by can’t remember well…trying to decide whether to binge on all three in order or jump in 3 and see what it pulls up, excited. Hooked from the get-go.

Some of these are pretty cute junk, but cute junk. www.buzzfeed.com/chelseastuar...

Meta and Zuckerberg exploiting girls for clicks: “With 267 followers, her Instagram account usually had modest reach but the post of her child attracted nearly 7,000 views, 90% from non-followers, half of whom were aged over 44 and 90% of whom were men.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Anyone remember being taught this in school ? It’s one i do not remember ever being addressed I’ve had my stuff highlighted so often and hadn’t bothered to fibd out why. www.grammarly.com/blog/commonl...

@scalzi.com Started the Shattering Peace and saw rabble-rousers used in a sentence and oh, I can’t help it, I immediately hear Pontius Pilate from Life of Brian saying it. I don’t think he actually said those words but…he should have. Now everyone read the book, please.

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Headline:”Democrats, Hollywood condemn suspension of TV host Jimmy Kimmel over Charlie Kirk comments” Next on the agenda, falling from windows of tall buildings.

My new book, KARMA DOLL, third in my DOLL detective series, will be out January 14, 2025, six days before...well, on we go!

@jonathanames.bsky.social Just beginning Karma Doll. You really know how to hit the spot, exactly what I needed for breakfast. Hubs and I both read Happy Doll’s stories. Beautiful descriptions of…all sorts of things. George is one sweet dog. Everyone, read the series, be surprised.

@maddiesmartinez.bsky.social Just finished the Maiden and Her Monster. It was fascinating seeing how a religious and political group demonized another group who were…not them. I had no trouble with the way the Yahadi were treated and the way their neighbors would so easily turn against them.

Bleesed are the humans who look beyond the outside. www.boredpanda.com/beforenafter...

I would like to remind everyone that the #Nazi order to euthanize those with mental health issues (and other #disabilities ♿️) was called Aktion T4. This involuntary euthanasia killed 300K people by conservative estimate. Kilmeade is promoting Nazi killing protocol. Literally, he is saying we should.

Rewinding a little and listening to a whole bunch of Harry Nilsson. I have not forgotten how wonderful he was.

BELIEVE THE WOMEN NOW ! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES CHUMP.......

Stopped at Kroger to get a prescription. Guess what? I can’t get a Covid vax without a prescription. I’m 73 years old, you’d think I’d be the right demographic for Covid vaxes.

@wiswell.bsky.social Finished Wearing the Lion earlier this week. What a different way to view the Olympians. Wasn't sure if it were going to work for me, but, damn, it did. You got some tears and emotion there...good job again. Those god types are pretty weird.