Oh Seattle. Keep going as you do.

Jacob Lawrence, American (1917-2000), The 1920s . . . The Migrants Cast Their Ballots, 1974, serigraph, 32 x 24 1/4 in, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA

Watching #Hunting. Tone and topic, it’s in the world of Being a Hero. So, it’s not a #cdrama to watch for relaxation. But: Wang Yang.

Ask an inner-city checker what people shoplift, they'll say: you'd be surprised but mostly diapers, infant formula, laundry soap. So, Inspector Javert, if we care about babies, how about if WIC covers more of what's crucial? Or how about ...

Wow. Went to a chain grocery in a small town and they didn't have double entrances or police checking your receipt. Nothing in the drug section was locked. There were hand baskets and more live checkers than robots. Conclusion?

This is such good news from Rep. Jayapal. I'm so lucky to be in her district!

Yesterday's long hours of research caused me to understand that the first line of Maniac is "just a steel town girl on a Saturday night" ... NOT "small town girl." So, it turns out this song is not about me. So mistaken for so many years.

I just submitted my Anthropic claim and asked my landlord to return a $400 overcharge, which means by end-of-fiscal year 2027, I may be $400.05 richer! If the US dollar is still honored as currency.

So, wyb hones his body to perfection (ref: his racing gear) and his brand flies him half way round the globe, dresses him in blah that's 3 sizes too big, and leaves him alone in a pressing crowd. This satisfies no one's thirst. Why make him look like he's from Seattle...and lost?

Last night's performance was amazing, thrilling... And everything you'd expect and hope from xz ... Except that coat wasn't tailored for him, so the shirt had to do all the work.

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

I got my copy today! #hellosunshine

When someone you admire does something stupid. (No click thru) It's the "he's a principled leader" quote that slays me.

8 #wangyang titles with TBD release dates. Some are years old. How high and how deep are the shelves these are sitting on? Why does the universe willfully frustrate me?

This is the last day for the Murderbot + Witch King and my other fantasy Humble Book Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/martha... We've raised $89,000 in donations for World Central Kitchen so far!

So many new Follow requests from "liberals" with thin BlueSky engagement, no interests matching mine...& that just feel sus. Sometimes I mute + don't follow back. More often, my life is not diminished if my Annoyed Owl blocks. If that annoys you, unfollow me pls.

BREAKING: In Chicago, Illinois—U.S. citizens protesting ICE were dragged into vans by masked federal agents with no badges and no warrants. People screamed: “Who are you? Where are you taking them?” This is authoritarian control in real time.

share.google/ylbL5H1uYd2L... Yes! The audiobook is now available— Thank you, Stewart Crank! 😊

Good trouble. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Well, I'll be damned. It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up. newatlas.com/infectious-d...

Can folks do me a favor? I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January. I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am. I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics. Here’s two favorite set photos. Repost? I am in the wilderness.

My life, as I am living it. Yet #amwriting

In a note under "art knows art": Remember to send oliverjune a New Year's present in return for all that was given to you. #wyb

Back to writing full time after 2+month hiatus. (Being a caretaker full time absorbed all energy, like a black hole.) First day: change a MC's name, since it no longer sparked joy. Or anything else. At least it involved the keyboard.

It's amazing that coney isn't in Spelling Bee's word list today. I bet rabbits are offended too.

WOW. This new Ari Kuschnir short about Donald Trump's White House ballroom is AMAZING.

My view: #coronersdiary is straight up competence porn. Leads are quite competent too. I am happy.

new signage outside the Neptune Theatre gave me a little jolt of happiness

I asked my favorite indoor plant person for advice, and this is what I got. Can anyone here do better, please?

I think I muted enough words this morning that I can bear to be online. For now. Why are crowds of people so easily irked by minutia today when we had a flood of soothing pics from Paris yesterday? Take a breath. #wyb

Liu Yu Ning leaving the palace as the 7th Prince, existential sorrow etched on his face, pages of the Treatise on Filial Piety falling from the battlements behind him, fake snow not touching his hair or cloak: #cdrama perfection.

#LiuYuNing seems to work all the time. Does he even sleep? And btw, #ADreamWithinADream is frickin' hilarious.

Venetians know something about oligarchy.

I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.

Happy shortest day of the year to southern-hemisphere friends who celebrate. Here in the PNW, we are celebrating the longest day of the year with rain. It's a tradition: we never remember that it always rains here in June.

Three different books about prickly STEM lesbians having adventures in space! All available now!

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

Spent 6 hours doing print-book price updates on KDP. It'd go faster if the little boxes wouldn't switch the 9 I type to 0, which it has been doing to me since 2012. Updating the 20+ Opera en Espanol titles about did me in, since KDP forced updating categories. My mouse-clicking finger needs a G&T.

#LegendOfZangHai rises to highest quality in part coz excellent older actors play worthy antagonists. #JoyOfLife also gains due to its older actors. Li Hong Tao & Duan Ran improve #youthfulglory. #ThePrisonerOfBeauty lacks high-quality older actors who could have added depth to the story.

Making the first pitcher of iced tea for the season, so it's there and exquisitely cold when I get back from walking by the water. #seattlesummer

kinokuniya expeditionary report: 1 pr 1.75 readers; 1 fancy key holder, 1 pr fuzzy sox for hospitalized friend. Investigated and tested pens, but resisted all stationery temptations and the Baili Hong Li "action figure".

someone should market logo'd robes as soft and comfy looking as the non-court costumes in #cdrama #legendOfZangHai ... I haven't seen similar "looks like natural woven cloth" in other costume dramas. Or maybe it's just the people wearing these...

Can someone convince me (maybe in chat?) that the unreconciled private conflicts in ZH's legend constitute a deep subtext that will drive a meaningful resolution at the conclusion? Coz I'm losing faith.

Basically the musk story boils down to: immigrant on drug-fueled rampage massacres hundreds of thousands of innocents and robs your social security checks and Medicaid plans as law enforcement shrugs.

I'm so mesmerized by Huang Jue's acting abilities. He takes advantage of that mustache to the nth degree. Such a superb antagonist.

#spoiler Okay Mr. Zeng. You should be weeping over your own gullibility. Do the math, genius.

Does anyone reading “Catching Chèn Qíng Lìng” want to offer a knowledgeable critique of any chapters that are deeply wrong? I get mesmerized by the scholastic writing and footnotes, and end up nodding my head. #cql

In #NiF, it seems like Su Zhe will get together with Mu Ni Huang, & you want it so bad coz you can't stand his pain. Then Sir Su changes the story direction (again) to make it impossible. I get why [weeping], & so does she. [I'm pondering why HEA romance cannot fit in a 9.5-rated revenge story.]

#cdrama Liu Duan Duan and Liu Yu Ning share a bed. One asks, "Do you still steal the blanket?" Which of 5 kinds of laughter do you bark? #PrisonerOfBeauty