Nothing has consistently ruined my day more often lately than the ad that starts with Nelly’s “Hot in Herre“ and ends with Queen Latifah talking about menopause.

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

surprise! the real challenge was always getting us to recognize the humanity of other humans! we can anthropomorphize the fuck out of wall-e but genocide is "really complicated"

Arted today and was charmed by this little guy I don’t think I’ve ever noticed before!

this illustration from a 1920s newspaper ad is still possible in 2025

As the (healthy, so far) mother of three daughters, a reader, and a grateful acquaintance (however briefly met) of Jennifer, this one had me crying softly into my coffee this morning. (I have shared it with the book club she so graciously visited a few years back.)

same energy

The great thing about Rosh Hashanah and Fat Bear Week starting the same day is apples and honey is completely appropriate for both

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Such a perfect dovetail of some of my most beloved interests: infrastructure and art. Very excited to have picked up a few copies in person this past weekend at #cleanwaterfest!

Oh my god, these numbers! TWENTY point spread!

Home from @neorsd.org’s Clean Water Fest, and a baby needs to be held.

I almost exclusively wear these (Powecom headband style) and the kid size are the only ones that fit my petite 7YO well (and they work!). We’ve already stocked up for the fall, but this is a good deal.

I hate a lot of people I don't know very well so I have to keep my facts straight on why each of them are bad

1. Love this. 2. I went to Oberlin and teach in art departments, so I have no real sense of what “eccentric” even means in academic contexts anymore.

Says “hey,” in eternally haunted by “lascivious,” and “quiche.”

Love to put things like, “watch Nintendo Indie World Showcase” on my to do list so that it looks like I’m getting a lot done today.

First week of school and my kids had a lockdown, a friend’s kid had to hide from a suspected shooter at the University of Arkansas, my class last night was instructed to shelter in place because of a shooter near campus, and now Minneapolis. When the fuck can we be free from guns??

Not my favorite alma mater, but I 100% bought Boston University Red nail polish because I’m an alum (and did it for the first day of classes today!).

Obtaining a computer science degree once seemed like the clearest path to a steady job and a big salary, while art history majors could expect some of the highest unemployment rates. Now, it seems, the tables have turned.

YES. WATCH OUT.

My kids are into Roblox.

The definitive and correct take on this movie and also Keanu.

Oh. OH!

chatgpt is just a sycophant you carry around in your pocket

These beloved glasses have been wobbly for a long time and my husband dropped them off at the eye doctor today and they're replacing them because they're still under warranty, and I'm OVERJOYED!

Pumpkin is not my cat.

Pumpkin, too, would like to learn about pagan precedents for Byzantine icon painting.

Shoutout to the sixth grade teachers at my kids’ school for including “Deodorant” on the supplies list. 💀💀💀💀💀 We don’t pay them enough…

I have survived both taking three kids (and myself) to the dentist AND taking the diabetic cat for a checkup today. Only two kids and one cat cried.

This. Evaluations by students have never produced actionable items for teaching improvement and they were never meant to. They provide post hoc justifications for personnel decisions (whether positive or negative) and encourage students to think of education as a transactional activity.

the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this

Further, trying to distance yourself from politics is another (political) choice!!! It’s politics all the way down!

This is us! We all rushed to get anything we might need and are crossing fingers for the youngest among us who aren’t eligible for some (and those not-quite-old-enough of us who want shingles and pneumonia vaccines and have been denied).

We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.

This week, I have been to every friend with a pool’s pool! Friends with pools really showing up and showing out this week, and I really love that for me.

Today, I art-ed with my dad and my kids and went mostly fine!

We’re going to see the Takashi Murakami show tomorrow and the kids and I made friendship bracelets to wear (including one for my dad!).

Found myself in an exhibition titled “Grandma and Grandpa’s Attic” today.

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WHAT A GOOD BOOK DAY! THREE Jewish graphic novels/adaptations arrived at the same time! Two for me, one for the biggest kid (thanks to PJ Our Way).

I think talking immediately about how it's too bad Zohran can't run for president or how Lander should run for Congress is missing the point. we don't need to elevate individual heroes as high as possible, we need to find as many principled people as possible and empower them everywhere

It me.

If you see this, quote with the last 4 games you played.

WHEW, same!

Everything is terrible and bleak and at least I’m at an outdoor concert in perfect weather with my whole family and @alisonbechdel.bsky.social?

Started the day holding some baby chicks, ended with the new Jurassic World movie, which feels a little on the nose/full circle.

This is the one.