Irony: Desmond Ridder is a backup QB for…wait for it…the Minnesota Vikings #bengals

Another pick?!?! #bengals

Any #bengals fans want to skip the rest of this game and meet up at @graeters.bsky.social to drown our sorrows in Buckeye Blitz or Boldly Bearcat?

Having to listen to Tony Romo is adding insult to injury #bengals

Football really looks like a greased pigskin today #bengals

#bengals are breaking my heart (again)

@tennbengal.bsky.social #bengals fan here. Add me to your starter pack?

Hi. Lilah wanted to tell you that you are enough and that you are a light in the darkness. ❤️ #dogsky #doodle

Dog in Sun #timelinecleanse #dogsky #doodle

The bestest co-pilot in the universe #dogsky #dog #doodle

She seems just as grateful for the sun and mild temperatures as I am! #dogsky #doodles

Centerville -> CVG -> IAD -> Scranton -> Milanville Grateful to @highlightsfound.bsky.social for the gift of a week to write and be in community #amwriting #booksky

I am in the middle of @anneursu.bsky.social’s Not Quite a Ghost and the physical reactions I’m having to her descriptions of middle school friendships, gym class, and the lunchroom are visceral and potent. Highly recommend! #booksky #amreadingMG @highlightsfound.bsky.social

My pup at Shakespeare in the Park. She was not afraid of the lion, perhaps due to the mechanicals’ prologue?? #shakespeare #dogsky #midsummer

Reason why I miss the DC area #12,698: I was looking for a paper copy of Sunday’s NYT. On Tuesday, I reached out to my local group on FB to ask if anyone “had a copy of Sunday’s NYT lying around.” Crickets, save one asshole who commented, “the NYT, lying,” Sometimes, I hate it here #lonelyliberal

Does anyone have any good news to share today? Everything feels heavy. It’s such a shitshow. Dog pictures? Cat pictures? Funny reels? #wednesday #dogsky

I know the world is hard right now. Lilah is sending you warmth and cuddles. We can persevere #tuesday #dogsky

This is the quality content I am here for #writersky #copyediting

Delightful surprise in the middle of a small evergreen tree in my yard. The natural world continues despite the hellscape many of us witness on the daily Bonus points for the type of bird who laid the eggs?? #birdsky #turned50andlovebirds

Motion to have mini signs I can stick in my purse to slap “Silence all cell phones. This mean you, too, Angela” in the waiting room in every medical office

Every other day…

It’s the cuddling the blankey that gets me #dogsky #doodle

Just pressed Submit on my revised manuscript for the @highlightsfound.bsky.social Whole Novel Workshop in August! Can’t wait to be with the awesome writers and faculty soon. Now to eat something more than popcorn and trail mix (my writer’s snacks) #writersky #booksky #ohiowriter #writingya

@bcdreyer.social I’m looking at a hashtag t-shirt to reward myself for a consistent writing streak. Are the sizes on your site men’s sizes? Thank you! #writersky #amediting #youcanprytheoxfordcommaoutofmycolddeadhands

Dear BlueSky, Will I ever stop feeling like an imposter in my own creative life? Signed, Wallowing and Writing #writersky #theatresky

There should be a special circle in hell for people who use speakerphone in a crowded plane stuck on the tarmac. I am tempted to broadcast this man’s conversation to BlueSky #americanairlines

Why is my feed filled with cats and bunnies? Don’t get me wrong. I prefer them to the poison that’s on the Other Place. But I’m curious how I’ve been overrun with four-legged furry creatures

Please join me in wishing Delilah a happy 5th birthday! My life changed forever when she trotted in with all her snuggles and unconditional love #dogs #dogsky #doodle

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Perfection #copyediting

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

It’s good stuff #booksky. Pick it up!

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

do you think Cory Booker can make it for 3 years and about 10 months longer?

How do we send @booker.senate.gov pizza or beer?

Thrilled that someone is standing up and speaking for those of us opposed to this admin. And I am sad but not surprised that major news outlets are ignoring the filibuster

Fees cleanse! Stop doomscrolling and go to bed!

#writersky Need a pick-me-up that benefits you and a great cause? Pick this up! tinyurl.com/2dc8szk6 with @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social @saraharonson.bsky.social @erinentrada.bsky.social and many others! #booksky #resiliance #creativity #hurricanerelief @belovedasheville1.bsky.social @wck.org

#writersky! Check out Spinning Toward the Sun, an anthology about creativity and resilience from 30 writers including @erinentrada.bsky.social @saraharonson.bsky.social @cloudbusterrob.bsky.social and edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter. It benefits NC recovery efforts bookshop.org/p/books/spin...

Monday feed cleanse

Ah, he never disappoints.

From How the Statehouse Works below: THANK YOU to these #Ohio House Democrats who are fighting hard against the Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) in committee 🔥🔥 Tell them we see and appreciate them. Names and contact info in thread

@bcdreyer.social I have a punctuation nuance question not completely addressed in @chicagomanual.bsky.social In nested lists, does one use a colon after the list item introducing the nested list? Only if the list item is a complete sentence? CMOS talks of outlining but this is more than an outline

Thinking during this awards season of all the writers working their fingers to the bone caregiving, dealing with illness or just keeping their family together and fed, or just doing things that have to be done other than writing in their life to stay afloat. You matter even if the words are scarce.

Who’s watching #Paradise? I have thoughts!

40 day Target boycott starts today

This Sat at Courthouse Square in Downtown Dayton. Make your sign and join us!

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT