And now your moment of zen.

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

A really good funnel cake might fix me

Hang in there, y’all.

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

Just remember: historically the vast majority of technologies entering the Trough of Disillusionment just…disappear. The Hype Cycle is astrology for business bros. It has no predictive or analytical value. Good sales tool, though.

For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care. www.transyouthemergencyproject.org

Doing some cute calligraphy

📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts: 1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org) 2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦

After episode 1 of Ken Burns' American Revolution, I'm left with two takeaways: 1) The Great American Experiment has been a hot mess since day one. 2) You don't fuck with Boston.

May I recommend a new end of year holiday tradition? In this season of email onslaught, join me in my annual celebration of The Great Unsubscribing. Do 2026 you a favor and help unclutter your Inbox!

You didn’t have to hear anybody’s opinion about literally anything unless they were within slapping distance

If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

It’s been said that everyone should work a service job for a year after high school, and I think that’s true but I think it should be a five-year plan including… - living in another country for a year - caring for the elderly for a year - teaching for a year - surviving as an artist for a year

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Bluegrass Coal

We don't have the talent! Our nation has let its education system be defunded a little bit more each budget cycle for the past 40 years.

Imagine being a political party and not immediately getting on every outlet possible to scream about how the opposition party just got a show with 1.6 million viewers canceled because a president with a 30% approval rating didn't like it.

Well, that was a new one - I wrote overdue and spell check changed it to ovaries. That would have been a really F'd up business email.

Hey if the witches were thinking about maybe gathering in the wood at all, now would be a good time 🤞

No. F#ck heroic. Don't romanticize this. We allow our kids to be killed because our country values the 2nd amendment more than a life itself.

Don’t outsource confusion. Before you outsource, name the constraint: Capacity/skill/churn/speed/compliance/ETC. Act strategically, not reactively. Learn more from @thetraciecantu.bsky.social on Modern Learning on the Air. 🎧 youtu.be/r2lUIgi7GEI?... #learninganddevelopment #outsourcing

Fiction: Rivers of London Series by Ben Aaronovitch Non-fiction: "Whose Middle Ages? Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past." and "A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Spy Who Helped Win World War II"

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend. abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...

So the freshman has debilitating social anxiety, to the point she had to do all of 8th grade online last year. We thought things had gotten better with medication and some therapy. Day 2 of high school in a new state just showed us how deluded us parents were.

In the original box too!

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally:

Today, President Trump signed a bill into law that will eliminate $1.1B of federal funding for public media. This devastating act tipped the threat against journalism in America into a crisis. Millions depend on the NPR Network. Now, we’re counting on you. Donate here: n.pr/458sOhq

One of the delights of the Internet these past few days is following @erininthemorning.com as she shares her and her wife Zoey's honeymoon adventures in France. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

“This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of federal policy choices — most immediately, sweeping job cuts across public-sector agencies where Black women have long held the strongest foothold in middle-class employment.”

There is nothing more punk rock in the world than empathy and kindness. You will never convince me otherwise.

I just sent this to Rep. Brandon Gill's communications director:

he's right and he's right to say it

It’s weird that the only time a Democratic consultant enters my feed, it’s because they’re mad that a Democrat got voters excited and won an election.

Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

Notion or Confluence? Or would something like BaseCamp do the same?

100 fucking percent this!

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

Not interested in any small talk other than “would you like some chips and salsa while you wait?”

You heard me.

24 Hours in Schaumburg: The behind the scenes story of the Kenosha Kickers. Or the offsite I have to attend. I prefer option a.

Happy Pride Eve!

I now need @troysivan.bsky.social to do a club REMAKE of "Proud to be an American" to match the energy of this year's @hrc.org theme. I fucking love this - the symbolism, the reaffirming of strength and resilience, and the general fuck you we belong here too. 🩵🤍🩷🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Love this

Dear nations of the world, I too am a pretty pretty princess, and have much simpler gaudy wants.

1. Don't make yourself small to make others comfortable. 2. Be the real weirdo you. You'll find your ppl, personally and professionally, and be 1000 times happier. 3. Pick a general direction for life; not a rigid plan. The side quests give you the best XP and prepare you for more challenges.

“When Black creators reach the highest levels of visibility while asserting structural autonomy, their success is not simply celebrated. It is managed — the institutional framing shifts from recognition to risk assessment.”