This is far and away the most comprehensive book on fairy phenomenon and belief that I've read. @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social combines his strengths as folklorist and historian to write a book that is respectful toward fairy belief and deeply researched. Enchanting in every sense.

This is what we're working to turn our front yard into.

Don't want negative attention for selling slop? Don't sell slop.

Join Shut Down Etowah on April 25, 12-2pm at the Etowah County detention center for the national day of action to close all detention centers! bit.ly/47Z6fNu - register

I'm a writer, and a good on at that. I need to publish, and that is terrifying to me, but I can do it. I used to be a technical writer, until this year. My friend and manager had me pivot to be the Product Owner, because people do not value language, only information. I'm so sad and angry. Fuck AI.

People, broadly speaking, are meant to make things - maybe it's painting a portrait. Maybe it's planting a garden. Maybe it's building a house. Maybe it's singing a song. Maybe it's writing a story. We can also build things that are meant to destroy, but why?Aren't gardens so much better than guns?

The TTRPGs for Trans Rights charity bundle on itchio supports two incredible queer orgs in Idaho! There are over $500 TTRPGs for a donation of $5+ 🏳️‍⚧️ itch.io/b/3525/ttrpg...

We keep seeing pro-facist pundits, the most awful people, saying "Oh, huh, maybe the pres is a bad dude". Great, let them learn. Stop platforming them. They are not your friend or ally. They still want your death and pain. They just don't want to get dragged down with him. They all need to go.

Subtitles are a must for all series and film That baby will always be on

It's amazing what people can do when we work together in a spirit of curiosity and discovery. Let's do more of the mind and soul-filling stuff. Create! Build! Discover! Experiment! Sing! Play! We can build a better future for ourselves, our families , our neighbors, and our world.

Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

Choy Moo Kheon (Singaporean, born 1950) "Blue Whispering Day", 2022. Acrylic on Canvas, 139.7 × 114.3 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II

I grew up with the TV always on. Like, it was never off and many times no one was watching. My Mom does this now in assisted living, as do all her neighbors. She tried the "you are always on your phone" once when I was using it for work. You've been watching TV for 50 years nonstop Mom.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

#ArtemisII A photo from a passing airliner of the Artemis II launch yesterday. 📸unknown

View from Artemis II today. Crescent Earth. A view humans haven't captured since 1972.

"Among young American men, the strongest predictor of support for the tradwife lifestyle was not gallantry but hostility towards women" Apparently this is not what researchers "expected". Which makes one wonder: had these researchers thought about it for 30 seconds? www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

Artemis II lifts off

I went back to capture what the astronauts said in full when the clock was stopped at T-10 minutes and they were asked if they were go for launch: This is Victor. We are going for our families. This is Christina. We are going for our teammates. This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.

I am once again reminded that AI, itself a construct incapable of emotion-guided or rational though, is vehmently uplifed as a golden bull to people who are so creatively & intellectually incurious that they honestly believe that the prompt | output loop is indistiguishable to the creative process.

I bawled watching Artemis II liftoff today. And I still keep checking in because it's so amazing. I had almost forgotten what it feels like to be proud of my country. We humans really can do some amazing things when we try.

Shout out to Birmingham, Alabama and Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska! 🎉

No Kings in Utqiaġvik (Barrow) Alaska!

The Birmingham 50501 table at today's Railroad Park No Kings ❌👑 event! Good turnout and a perfect day for it!!

I knew this kind of love. Nana and Aunt Connie knew all the upcoming release dates of Nancy Drew books. And made sure I got them on the days they came out.

MN State Capitol. #NoKings

San Diego just gave us the best reveal of No Kings Day. #NoKings

Holy New York.

F👑cking Do Something: A grassroots community event at Five Points South, 5 pm, tomorrow (March 28) with so many great organizations coming together, we don't have the characters to write them all out -- check the alt text! Want to know what you can do? Join us to plug in tomorrow!

Fuck yeah. Abandon all assholes and read better books. #booksky

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

Seven-word death punch

Goodnight owl friends. Ferdinando Noulian, 1891-1984.

Sometimes one kiss isn’t enough. 🎥 Brix is on a log and Bernoulli comes to kiss him before scampering off.

movie about all the world's nations working together to stave off an environmental apocalypse succeeds by completely avoiding politics

I have no grace for people who voted for concentration camps, killing people on the streets, and Project 2025

No Kings this Saturday we all need to show up.

We're talking about gas (which is *still* cheaper than it should be) instead of important things, so good work on being distracted. I get that's what MAGA *said* was the reason for voting for a pedophilic felon & I get that people are pointing out the hypocrisy. Dare we look past the pocketbook?

Here is my pride flag everybody! I hung one up yesterday in my office at Boston University, as they seek to enforce and defend a policy of removing them (along with other banners in public view, they say). This is a small act of love for my corner of the world, in a dark time. This flag goes deep.

Timeline cleanse Because we live in hell. I give you, a cat, riding his horse. In a tiny cat saddle.😻😸 #SheShed

Facts. Getting real tired of feeling like Cassandra when it's painfully obvious where things are heading..

We are so excited!! See you on March 28 for the biggest No Kings Day yet!

🧪A brilliant narrative by @ellecordova.bsky.social on how the current administration has politicized and crippled the National Park Service, EPA and other government agencies.