I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Calafiori does not play when it comes to Martinelli. 😂

YES, MARTINELLI!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR HIM!!!!!!

Oh, no, not Robert Redford!! The Sting is one of my all-time favorite movies! Damn, this one hurts.

Political violence and threats are not the answer. This is a watershed moment — we can choose to stay silent and live in fear, or we can choose to be loud for peace and compassion. We must work together to stop this crisis, and it should start from the top with the President.

Question: When in the actual fuck, as a country, did we decide that our government gets to demand that we mourn someone in some particular way?

The admin of the official Champions League Twitter account posting a thirst trap photo of Calafiori is both deeply relevant to my interests and incredibly hilarious.

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

Our streetlight made some cool light streaks in the fog last night.

Eze coming in at the 60th minute when Liverpool’s legs are starting to wear is gonna hit so hard.

FULLBACK FC!!!!!!! TIMBER GOLDEN BOOT!!!!

The football gods giveth and the football gods taketh away.

No no no no no no no no, not Saka!! Wtf, first Ødegaard and now this?!??

YES, GYÖKERES!!! LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOO!! Pass in was from Calafiori, too. Timber has a goal and an assist, now Cala. Fullback FC.

Sky was so pretty tonight!

I've been wondering where all the anti racist authors and activists who were highly visible a few years ago have gone. Now that there's no money to be made and the work isn't safe, where are they? My latest on the blog. blackgirlinmaine.com/current-even...

The Eze transfer has been the best thing that’s happened to me all week. Ludicrous levels of dopamine right now.

LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Please let Eze come to Arsenal, PLEASE let Eze come to Arsenal. He and Calafiori are going to cause so much chaos on the left, let’s goooooooo!!!

One thing I love about Calafiori is how he’s always seeming to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy himself. Singing North London Forever before a match, joining in chants for his teammates. I like seeing players appreciating this sort of thing and having fun with the game.

Newsom: If California, one of the most un-Trumped states in America, is not successful, it’s at our peril. We may not get this back. I’m telling you, we may not. He is rigging this next midterm election before one vote is cast. He tried to wreck our democracy after the last vote was cast last time.

I saw my boy Gudea at the Cleveland Museum of Art today! My favorite piece in the whole place. I’ve been captivated by the existence of these statues since college, and I’m always so happy to see one. Kind of like the joy of Ea-Nasir memes but Gudea actually was cool.

I’m spending the evening adding more yarn to the mane of the unicorn I’m knitting for a friend’s daughter.

This morning, ICE rolled into a Home Depot parking lot using a moving truck loaded w/agents, like a Trojan horse, to snatch up Latino workers. Whoever they could find. No idea if they were undocumented or not. That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.

Very late to the party, but Nimona is so good! My kids and I read the graphic novel this week and watched the movie tonight!

America in 2025.

Pam Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared It’s officially happening: the use of the machinery of justice to go on fishing expeditions about political predecessors. Absolute madness.

Forgot a bowl to harvest my cherry tomatoes, so I turned my shirt around and used my hood. Got three more heirlooms, too!

Made some delicious wedding soup for dinner tonight.

Me: I have way too many Ed/Stede WIP ideas, I really need to buckle down and write some of these. Also me: A Pillars of the Earth AU where Ed is the stained-glass artist for the under-construction cathedral where Stede is the bishop, and they fall in love & Ed pours his love into the windows.

So proud of my curly spider plant who started as a baby and is finally growing really well!

Today’s tomato harvest.

How have I called myself a fan of ancient history and just now learned about the Herculaneum BRAIN GLASS?!?!?!?!

GYÖKERES IS OFFICIAL, LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I love heirloom tomatoes. First one of the season!

The sky was very beautiful tonight. #unfiltered

We just had the first check-in for writers and everyone's story ideas sound amazing! If you would like to create some wonderful art for one of the fics, artist sign-ups are still open! They'll close August 25 (or until all fics are claimed.) forms.gle/4DqbcrMyoVRH...

Colbert comes out swinging. Gonna be a fun 10 months...

I was evicted today :( My landlady wants to move back in so now I have to find a new place until September, to help with the deposit + moving costs I have: - Opened emergency commissions - 30% on all shop items until August ko-fi.com/neslee Thank you guys for reading ❤️‍🩹

Calling all artists for a new fundraiser project! From the team that brought you #ofmdCraftFair... it's time for You Wrote Me A Lovely Postcard ( #YWMLP )! We're looking for folks to make 5x7" postcard art to raise money for The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. 🧵🔽 for details!

Found a moth and a bee sharing the same coneflower in my garden today.

I spent this week knitting a Hello Kitty for my niece! The dress part is the same royal purple as the bow.

Game Changer should have been nominated for an Emmy for Best Game Show, and I’m 100% serious.

When The Horrors get to be too much, I like to remind myself that at least I get to live in the same time period as Pedro Pascal.

My older son texted me this meme because he knew I’d like it, and I’ve never been so proud.