Capsicum pelvis, watercolor and colored pencil on paper

Weird to miss the robber barons of yore, but at least Carnegie built libraries. He didn't buy the publishing company and threaten to take all the books unless the government built him a better library...

read a book! read something other than self-help or a bestseller! read a book published more than 50 years ago!

Yesterday I found out that someone who I was best friends with in our teens and 20s died. It’s unlocked a lot of complicated feelings. I’m oscillating between sadness, anger, guilt, and resentment. I cut them off pretty mercilessly because of their dependence on drugs. But I think part of me —

Being added to a list of people to be blocked for being Anti AI is a point of pride, I do have to say.

I could not be more done with the E. It’s just sad and pathetic at this point. I don’t feel any FOMO about missing shows, or not knowing what’s going on with storylines. I just hope more people start to wake up.

All that pushback for not liking Liv Morgan, and yet again, I may be early, but I’m always right.

I don't understand the hate towards Taco Bell. They don't grow the lettuce, they just buy it. Bitch about Taylor Farms.

journalists, especially cultural, do not need to contend with AI. It's a machine fed and wielded by billionaires and fascists that is destroying every little corner of the world, and to treat it as a fun toy some people have learned how to drive is advertising for capital interests. Have some class.

All I know is in the universe where the Black lady with the funny laugh is president, I probably had a salad today.

My husband is buying me coffee with the money he made chopping someone after his show last night. Pro wrestling is weird.

I fucking hate Las Vegas so much. Having my main interest’s convention there is a nightmare. I want to go and do the things but I don’t want anything to do with Fremont or the Strip, or the casinos. For our last night, I skipped the final convention party and went off strip with a friend for pizza

This 1963 watercolor book by Rex Brandt 😍

I’m old enough that I remember cassette Walkmans but young enough that my first portable music player was a mini disc player.

I'm not paying for this free appetizer. Where's what I ordered?

Bringing one of the best tweets of all time over to Bluesky in honour of the Three Lions QF victory

*pinches bridge of nose, eyes closed, takes a deep breath* so do we have ANY idea how many living US Senators there are right now?

A couple of larkspur (and a blackbird singing) in Wicken in June:

I love it when a book starts this way

Just remembering watching Christopher Hitchens on FOX News with my mother right after Jerry Falwell had passed, when he said, "If you gave Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox."

California's desert transforms into a sea of wildflowers during a super bloom, a rare event that can take over a decade to return. Poppies, phacelia, and sunflowers take over Anza-Borrego and Death Va

The Democratic Party's approval rating is in the toilet, and the main reason is voters see Dem leaders and prominent members acting like things are basically okay instead of fighting like there's an emergency. Slot "my friend Lindsey Graham, so funny, how great to work with him" comments into that.

Took my husband on a little walk through the pedway under downtown Chicago. He was very shocked at things I barely register anymore. Like a man peeing next to a trash can in the walk way.

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

I was raised to not speak ill of the dead. In therapy, I learned that speaking honestly about the harm done is more important than protecting the dead. Lindsey Graham caused more harm to this state than anything else in my lifetime. His legacy is hatred and brutality. Now, SC can move forward.

Well, Lindsey Graham, hell hath opened its gates.

The old superstition is that deaths come in three's, right?

Most of all, Lindsey Graham should be remembered as a passionate defender of rapists.

“But I want to tell you what he was like to hang out with in private when there were no stakes” is a very common response to the death of a person who had immense power in situations with high stakes.

counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them

So, let's talk about Lindsey Graham's now open senate seat. South Carolina has elected only 2 men to this U.S. Senate seat since 1954. Over 70 years. Let that sink in for a minute. Before... Disneyland (1955) The Interstate Highway System (1956) The Beatles (1960) Barbie (1959) ZIP codes (1963)

My friend Dave was interviewed about losing his job as a result of DOGE cuts. Give it a listen. www.podbean.com/ep/pb-shjsm-...

Parsing out some leftovers for my child and myself and here comes my mom: “What about grandma?” Grandma is an adult who can fend for herself?

I’m so tired of being in survival mode.

centrists love to be like “when are you socialists going to win regions and states that we centrists currently also don’t win”

Our president is officially a rapist today. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

There are certain truths in this world. One of them is that if you gotta problem with Cardi B, there’s something wrong with *you*.

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

Music is not a luxury here. It is proof that we are still alive. Two young women. Two banduras. One bench in a Ukrainian city. They played. People stopped. No one said a word. hfu.org

SCOTUS refused to hear E. Jean Carroll. So it’s official: he is a predator.

All those cuts and WWE still didn’t have enough money to pay a real artist instead of AI?

Blogged about Alice Coldbreath’s books this time. If you love romance that isn’t about the world’s skinniest 18 year old secret goddess with all the special powers and is also the most beautiful ever and has zero flaws: this one’s for you.

Josh Hokit would drag his balls across broken glass to fuck Michelle Obama, and I will not be elaborating on this.

Read another book I hated ☹️ It is NOT the series reflected in the post image, that’s just the good news I share at the end.

I remember when Michelle Obama was criticised for wearing a sleeveless dress, saying her attire was inappropriate for a First Lady.

It’s fine not to like writing. It’s fine not to be good at writing. There are plenty of other things to enjoy and to excel at. No need to pretend you can do it by using A.I.

You see how little this administration cares about you, my fellow Americans….

"I never see you at the club" Ok? Well I never see you at the procession by the ancient dolmen