The union is certainly in a state

5 authors by whom I’ve read at least 5 books: C.J. Cherryh Octavia Butler Nicola Griffith Elizabeth Hand Jeff VanderMeer

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your mobile device.

Ok I saw this thanks to @rimrunner.bsky.social and you need this. Esp. If you recognize Southgate Roller Rink. Even if you don’t. Even if you don’t know this band. I didn’t. ( @catacalypto.bsky.social hope this repays other cool vids you have shared) m.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKj...

Korpiklaani are my favorite band, I had to look up translations of their lyrics from Finnish. Many songs about drinking, elves, or drunk elves.

Happy Superb Owl Sunday! #gohawks

Memory is weird. The other day I was in a conversation about the original ending of the Little Shop of Horrors musical, and I've had “Don’t Feed the Plants” stuck in my head ever since. I probably last heard that song in 1985.

The one where Kid Rock mashed up two songs by far better artists than he could ever hope to be, because whenever I hear it at first I think it’s one of those, but no, it’s Kid Rock

Column A, column B, one apiece, etc.

Describe your BlueSky account in a single image:

GSV STOP CARRYING OUT YOUR INTENTIONS is my Culture starship

I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one. It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.

"Only being able to mourn or demand justice for the purely innocent binds the public into a tighter and tighter trap that ultimately harms everyone. If the government can bend the laws or the judicial system’s interpretation of them, it is possible to make it so that no one is innocent."

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Arkona Warpaint First Aid Kit Thunderpussy

Can't imagine why this quote's been playing in my head on repeat lately

I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

Perhaps the surest sign of AI not being super intelligent is the amount of tailored scams targeting the finances of authors, which is as rewarding as trying to mug a seagull.

"Whatever your quiet superpower, it is needed now."

You best start believing in history. You're in it.

A thing I first started doing habitually during the first year of COVID is go outside to a specific spot that feels copacetic and just hang out there. Notice what's going on. Count birds or dogs. Maybe bring a notebook and a pencil. Never my phone. I bring this up right now for no reason at all.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

combine and ruin two bands Butthole Zeppelin

There's research showing effects of using your phone while driving that are tantamount to being drunk, so effectively making the entire dashboard a phone always struck me as a really bad idea.

I spent a week in the Kalahari Desert last year without a streetlight within a hundred miles. It’s not just the absence of electric lighting. The stars look close enough to touch, and there are so many of them.

Still looking for proof that Doris Lessing actually said this: "Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible." Lovely sentiment. Can't find evidence that it came from Lessing.

Need some faith in humanity this morning? Here you go:

You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father. However, this was before Inigo’s wound reopened, and Westley relapsed again, and Fezzik took the wrong turn, and Buttercup’s horse threw a shoe. And the night behind them was filled with the crescendoing sound of pursuit….

Praise be Hot Rat Summer, for it is eternal.

Gosh I've been thinking about this movie a lot lately, for SOME reason

A few years ago I gave a talk at a library conference on wildlife tracking as a metaphor for information seeking. It's not really a metaphor--tracking *is* information seeking, typically using incomplete evidence and with a necessary building of context to understand what you do find.

Cleanse your feed with these adorable murder tubes

Dude... give me the bottle

Such a very excellent thread about a movie I’m still thinking about two days later. I left the Church over 35 years ago and have complicated feelings about it but I loved this movie and what it says about faith, power, and trying to be good.

This might go without saying, WA friends, but before going anywhere the next few days make sure however you're getting there isn't underwater/collapsed/covered in mud and downed trees. #wawx

"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—" Reviews. Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.) Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!

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Look, the shingles vaccine laid me out for 24 hours with a migraine both times, I felt like complete ass, and Everyone I've ever known who's had shingles has said that it's a thousand times WORSE. I had chickenpox when I was 5 (no vaccine was available then), no way am I risking that misery.

I get my blood flowing plenty when they change my gate for the third time and I have to get to the other end of the airport in twenty minutes, SEAN.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar. tenor.com/view/sword-g...

History says, don’t hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme. (Seamus Heaney)

Yeah, I got stories. Here's the books they're in and links to get 'em: welltemperedwriter.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/o...

But that's an emotional load-bearing darling

That Douglas Adams passage that ends with "To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

Libraries are really THE place to find out without fcking around all that much tbh

"[I]f that you wait for certain victory to act, you’ll never do anything. Change starts with smaller actions, with going against the odds. And the strangest possibilities can sometimes lead to the biggest gains. So open every door you can to the future that you want to see."

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Honey badger Moose Black bear African elephant Western rattlesnake

Yeah, I got stories. Here's the books they're in and links to get 'em: welltemperedwriter.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/o...