Whoa. Continuous thunder, ongoing rain, lightning. Really dark outside. This is the monsoon Phoenix should have gotten in the summer time, except all in one day.

My favourite #SpookySeason T-Shirt "Poe's Cat" by @rainesz.bsky.social www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Po...

At work. Hear *clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk* on the roof. Look outside. "Oh, it's hailing." Little ice cubes all over the parking lot. Phoenix weather is so weird.

Waiting for when the National Guard will be sent to cities to make sure women aren't taking Tylenol.

This is Chanel, our security dog at my work. (My day job.) She's always scanning the perimeter. I help take care of her at work and go out and play with her every morning. Both she and I are aren't much fans of selfies.🐕‍🦺

...And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)

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 🧵)

Let's try this again, shall we? (Sadly, no guitar this time around.) www.masterreplicas.com/en-us/collec...

Way to go Arizona! Congratulations Adelita Grijalva and #AZ-07 on the historic win 🫶🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I find I can’t muster a proper response to either the Tylenol madness or the U.N. appearance. At some point it is just too ridiculous. It would feel insane to offer sane commentary.

Arizona is highly likely to elect a new Democratic House member in a special election Tuesday. Adelita Grijalva plans to become the 218th and clinching supporter of a bipartisan effort to force public disclosure of the Jeffrey Epstein files. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

The UN audience should have burst out in laughter and jeers.

I’m autistic. Not because of Tylenol. Not because of vaccines. Not because of some headline. I’m autistic because that’s how my brain works. Stop treating us like a problem. Start listening to us.

Why are they so afraid of autism. Is it the swag. Is it the autism swag

Yeah, still not going to resume my Disney+ account. Nope. You blew it, Mouse.

I had avoided reading this for years due to the subject matter. (It's heart wrenching. Also gory.) But I finally borrowed it from the library this weekend, via Hoopla. And it's brilliant... ...and I don't think I'm capable of ever reading it again.😭😭😭😭 #we3 #grantmorrison

Currently listening to this. Grant Morrison is one of my favorite comics writers. youtu.be/lByJIegGWKA?...

James Gunn continuing his tradition of showing animals getting revenge. (I'm here for it.) #Peacemaker

Preorders in my shop are temporarily paused until I get caught up with my backlog. If you want to support me in the meantime, I have a handful of ready-to-ship items in my shop. You can also join my Patreon/Ko-Fi for as low as $2/mo or send a one time tip. Lnk.bio/verdantsculpts

That’s how censorship operates in the USA (and many places) government pressure is used to force people & groups to self-censor. It’s a constant pattern: The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. It’s the goal

Andor would want you to cancel your Disney+ subscription. It's the least you can do for the Rebellion.

Happy birthday to the late Tanith Lee! To celebrate, we're featuring a guest post by @rinrocio.bsky.social, author of the incredible “On Her Crown a Head of Twelve Stars." Indulge in Rocío’s velvet prose as she contemplates the joy of beautiful books essentialdreamspress.substack.com/p/guest-post...

Reading this on loop today.

Stephen Colbert is on fire tonight. youtu.be/ZdGLJly6P7c?...

All right, changing the subject. I'm new to KPop. (All I knew was Gangnam Style). So, curious, I watched a video about the evolution of KPop dance moves (as you do). But this older song stopped me in my tracks. "Ooh, I quite LIKE that one." Can't stop playing it now. 🙄 youtu.be/ZAzWT8mRoR0?...

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Anyone else feeling this way these days? 😂

First thing they did is take over the Kennedy Center. They canceled Colbert. Superman is a weirdly powerful icon right now, bothering all the right people. Don’t let anyone tell you the arts aren’t crucial.

It's pretty easy to cancel your Disney+ subscription, and a coordinated, national day of cancellations would send a very clear message about our values as Americans.

After the election, I left FB, Instagram and Threads in protest. (I'd already abandoned x-Twitter long before that.) Looks like Disney + will also be getting a cancellation from me now.

Driving to work. The first song on my playlist (on shuffle) this morning was "What the Hell is it This Time?" by Sparks. Yep. Definitely my mood.

Happy birthday, Rob. (Who likes the weird stuff.) youtu.be/GwIb3Rj-2dE?...

I guess I picked a bad time to taper my antidepressants. 🙄

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

Sketchbook drawing of Twelve and Nardole rescuing a thylacine. Mostly done because I wanted to draw an angry 12th Doctor. Done for a fanfic I wrote a while back on AO3, called "Endlings". archiveofourown.org/works/64358173

I learned a lot about some folks this week. Whew.

Had a long, wacky, stressful dream last night. Was trying to get to my bathroom and people kept walking into my apartment, thinking it was a bookstore. They kept taking things off the shelves and sitting down and reading and I kept trying to push them out the door, but more kept sneaking in.

Enough "news" for this morning. Nope.

#StrangeNewWorlds That Pelia gets around.

I figured they'd probably met. 😉

No surprise that it's the type of person we all knew it would turn out to be. Which means there will be no apologies to the people they accused and threatened with violence in "retaliation."

I haven't come to grips yet with the fact that I'm an elder. Mentally, I still feel like an awkward 25-year old fumbling around, trying to find my place in the world.

This cheered me up! 😄 Robbie gives you the skinny on some sweet mor-chandise he obtained from from the upstanding wiseguy, Uncle Aldo. Robbie's wife, Mrs. L-Space (a swell dame wid a heart-o' gold) is, incidentally, my little sis. youtu.be/5CfrxV0yv8g?...

Right. Time to have some coffee and read a book and try to pretend that there's still hope for humanity.

Enough.

Watching traumatizing videos isn't activism. Protect yourself.

He laughed at the violence People are laughing at him getting shot. None of this is civilized behavior.