This is an incredible, crazy story that really drives home the value of local publications like @phillymag.com. It's a story with very obvious interest/implications beyond Philly, but one that probably would not exist if it weren't for local editors who know their city/are known by their city.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, or, "what if each Kardashian had a nuclear-capable jet fighter?"

Life was so life I forgot bluesky existed but my columbine was very happy this year.

Insomnia is fun and I like it.

Community news! Volunteers are needed to search the lonely hill of goat tombs for the last group of volunteers sent to the lonely hill of goat tombs.

Nobody's perfect. Unless your body is slowly being taken over by the forest, and your skin is now bark & moss, and your antlers & talons are sharp and ready, because that's nearly perfection.

This is Stevie. He's on squirrel watch. His stuffed friend is also a squirrel, but he's one of the good ones. 14/10 (IG: longdogstevie)

Cowpig!

the kind of wisdom one would hope to find in anxient tomes 🩸

What do we know about the warehouses ICE plans to use as immigrant prisons—and what we can do! (Disclaimer: Not made by GBDSA) youtube.com/shorts/mRXJV...

This man's speechwriter 💯

tube is worm, butt is legs #p4a2026

I have a lot of thoughts about the "I can generate 200 books a year you can only do 2 at most if you actually write the things, I win" bullshit, and no time to yell about all of it. So I'll just say this:

one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social about these bills being too damn high. In my experience, cooperatively owned public utilities deliver better service for a better price. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/baltim...

“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.” "Okay I get that," Meg whispered back, "but I've been angry for over a decade straight and my arteries are basically solid carbon fiber at this point. Do I ever get a freakin' break?"

I would trust him with my case

A new @FAO.org report reviews antimicrobial use in the livestock sector in Georgia, and calls for targeted action to close knowledge gaps and reduce the need for antimicrobials, to reduce in turn the related risk of antimicrobial resistance in the future. 🔗 buff.ly/1xSZrVt

Been meaning to check this out but also I'm v cheap so this is nice :)

We did it! Avelo Airlines has announced that it will end its deportation contract with ICE due to "financial concerns". DSA chapters across the country worked with allies to kick Avelo out of airports, push for a consumer boycott, raise awareness, and end city contracts with Avelo.

girls hate it when a last alliance of men and elves marches against the armies of Mordor

went to the austin kinokuniya and the store manager sure is Going Through Some Shit. also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist

CHIMERA, Felker-Martin (2027)

Excuse me. I already watched The Odyssey.

Hair color refresh day always feels nice ☺️

BUCKLE PUP 10/10 pun Pup Safety 0/10 put that babby in the back.

I cannot read one more headline that is some shocked version of "Trump said he stands for X values/people but is doing Y thing that undermines X values/people." This isn't news. The people that voted for him will not admit facts into their worldview and the people who didn't already know.

Come on down to Peabody Heights Brewery for the Feed Your Neighbor Flea Market! There will be clothes, books, household items, baked goods and more! All proceeds will go to local Baltimore food pantries. 📅 Friday, Dec. 12th | 6-9pm 📍 Peabody Heights Brewery

In addition to being an incredible game, just figured out the title of Blue Prince (blueprints) is a stellar pun. I am delighted.

Got the 'vid but at least the babies like it when I'm home sick.

Offered seasonally with book selections by guest curators, this new collection highlights renowned and modern artists practicing within ... themes of poetry, visual art, critical thought, design and ... more. Works can be borrowed by readers for 45-days, free of costs to our U.S. based community.

Absolutely beefed it down a flight of stairs today and bruised my tailbone. Standing still is fine but getting in and out of chairs and my car now requires moving like an action figure without articulable joints. Like, I'm in motion, but like a Happy Meal superhero is in motion 😅

you work hard at something, you read, learn, unpick your own internalized shit, and the hope is that when you express all this through art you can help someone else feel less alone. it's a good day whenever i hear from a reader like this.

So many people who are otherwise so committed to good things are on Substack, which is very nice to bad people, ideas, and lies. My own newsletter was launched on Ghost because the bad news about Substack isn't new.

"I'm canceled," he says in the sleek profile they gave to him in the New Yorker while his latest special & his new novel is coming out. A lot of people wish they were that canceled.

In this house we believe: - love is love - science is real - carbs are our friends - gravy can fill the cracks in your heart - turkey ghosts rule the night, and their terrifying gobble will one day find us all

Tomorrow I will defeat my family.

This was a wild read. 🍿😯

My favorite poem from Bulley's "Quiet". Also, v gay. 11/10 youtu.be/NlwpVhwq7kI?...

Eeep new Imperial Radach book dropping in my birthday month! Thanks for the gift 😜. For those who like to support their local indie bookstores (like the incredible worker owned Red Emma's in Bmore) here's the Bookshop .org link. Radiant Star by Ann Leckie bookshop.org/p/books/radi...

Crime son.

Lil sis said my Halloween look was giving gender swapped Terry Pratchett, and I'll be living off that compliment for months.

Just listened to Victoria Adukwei Bulley's collection Quiet on audiobook and it is incredible (the writing and the performance).

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

Some of the most heartbreaking calls I took at the COVID info hotline were from meatpacking workers who wanted to know how to protect themselves at work from getting sick.

Back on my visual poetry nonsense. #poetry Wrote this a few days ago while I was thinking a lot about how our country's hard fist (fed gov) doesn't want to help the hungry and how our country's open hands (states, localities, local communities) show up to feed the hungry.