KNIT SPANIEL WITH KNIT FLOOF!!!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL

"It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated."

A med student asked me today: "If sore throats are caused by viruses or bacteria, why does drinking ice-cold water or sleeping directly under the AC seem to trigger one almost instantly?" It's a great question and the answer surprises almost everyone. Let me explain it.🧵

#Booksky Reupping for anyone who might have missed this - when we say we have great queer reads, other folks agree with us! ❤️

Fun facts about this quilt: I had originally made it for @louisathelast.bsky.social’s baby because I had wanted to do the pattern for a while. But I got done and was like “no, this is not their vibe at all” and did a different one. www.32auctions.com/organization...

So, Internet crash weekend. A few things didn't happen, others did. Hope everyone is safe!

It’s #WorldFireflyDay!! Here’s a great video, made as a fundraiser to support @xercessociety.bsky.social Fun fact: some of the firefly clips in this are mine. Ze Frank asked for clips and I am beyond honored he used mine! (I may have had a small fangirl meltdown in private) #invertebrates 🌿

"Utterly bogus."

Good information about basic ways to make sure we're all handling the heat better. I'm going to add in some coconut water, too. This is especially true for folks dealing with any type of chronic condition. Some heat intolerance is from dysautonomia. www.chronicpainpartners.com/pots-eds-and...

6:45p EDT: Hey, friends. Keep a close eye on radar if you are outdoors this evening. Storms are moving in from the west. They do have quite a bit of lightning with them, along with torrential rainfall and some brief gusty winds.

"The declaration is a document with flaws and deeply ingrained hypocrisies. It also laid the foundation for our collective aspirations, our hopes for what America could be. "So in that spirit, here again is the Declaration of Independence as read by NPR staff." www.npr.org/2021/07/02/1...

and then fix yourself a burrito to celebrate.

Need help keeping your creativity humming? We just dropped sign paperbacks of this lovely book for everyone creative and in it for the long haul.

It's a good thing we finally got a trailer to haul the peacocks.

A bit of fire flies, fireworks, and thunderstorms. . .

Reminder that I have a Patreon! If you enjoy my art please support me. Patreon.com/LardeSouza

My favorite word for you-know-what, this version by artist Lar deSouza.

Babe wake up new Canadian anti AI data center petition just dropped

If you visit American city, You will find it very pretty. Just two things of which you must beware-- Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air! --Tom Lehrer, "Pollution"

My Grandiloquent Word of the Day . . .

heads up to my DC folks

Caught in the act of being cute together -- the kitten and the old man. #Caturday

The gentler face of Lake Superior. Wishing everyone the best of the 4th of July. Stay safe out there.

500 of you have already signed up for this, which means 1) now Courtney is doing a second session & 2) $10,000 to voting rights in honor of a man who would *fucking hate that*

As my friend the EMT likes to say, "Don't make me work on a holiday." Have a safe weekend, everyone!

The Battle of Saratoga, fought in upstate New York in the fall of 1777, was the decisive turning point of the American Revolutionary War. This monument, erected 1887, honors one of its finest heroes, but only HIS BOOT. It's the 'Saratoga Boot Monument'. Let's talk about why.

Goodnight from The Screaming Monsters band practice where there have been artistic differences on the subject of which actual monsters are screaming. Goodnight from Rosie Reed, feeling the tides of her blood turn as she walks the long dark between villages. Goodnight from Hookland.

If you're an FBI analyst surging to Atlanta to review records, reach out to me. I'll keep you anonymous. Signal in bio. Please share this post widely.

Why. I thought they don’t work.

64 live hang buyers and 111 recorded, that’s $7,575 for voting rights to hear me scream about JD Vance (in October! maybe he will be excommunicated by then! don’t you want to hang out with me to talk about it?) if we break $10k (combined) I’ll add another half hour to the Q&A

If you missed out on the hypnotic dragon egg fidget toys, might I interest you in these chess piece fidget toys that can twist apart and be put back together in the most mind-bendy ways??? www.32auctions.com/organization...

Powell's Hathorne now has tons of my books, signed! Just in time for the holiday weekend. The Burnside location also has some signed copies!

I think I originally got this from some US Navy training material. It’s an easy-to use guideline for determining how well hydrated you are, by looking at your urine. And if you haven’t peed lately, you’re dehydrated.

26 degree drop in Heat Index in about 30 minutes. We'll take it. Next band of showers--69F!

People whom I have never heard of who follow 65K accounts and suddenly are following me? You may have a reality problem here. 🤨

"First Reads" is the poorest run Amazon "perk" ever. It tells you that if you have Prime (I do--I live rural & w/medical, punished them 18 months & once I broke them, I signed up again.) they will give you Z book, and you can pick another. All clicks suggest $.$$ cost. I never want selected book. 🤨

believe us, you want to brainstorm with the Slayer of Words

These will not last. www.32auctions.com/organization...

When you conclude you haven't been nearly imaginative enough thinking up scarecrows. I swear at least two of these moved slightly while I contemplated them.

Hi I meant to post this as us, not me, but PRETEND I DID IT RIGHT

I doubt I will ever witness a better description of pheasants than the time I heard a ten-year-old call them "fashion chickens".

PSA friends: I've seen a TON of recent account stealing, people who posted a few hours ago now doing bot posts in comments. Lock down that 2FA.

#Booksky It’s a holiday weekend and you need an alternative to doomscrolling - let us help! Our queer books are on sale at Smashwords right now - queer pirates, sapphic werewolves, gay Edwardian murder mysteries, dapper capybaras - get some great reads and deals! www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

I know it is a silly thing, but as a child I found the font in our church threatening. I didn't take the carved hands as a symbolic welcoming into faith. They made me think of being drowned, being held down in the water. They terrified me. – Jane Walton #VOH #FontsonFriday

Well, we lost power at some point. I woke up and was terrified the AC had died, because the air purifier had kicked back on. Nope, simple reset. But I have to plan for another solution here. I'm not finding a new place fast enough. 🤔

Want to know how Japanese swords work? How synthetic diamonds are made? How to make your spacecraft's re-entry shield plausible? I'm a materials scientist (MIT, UCSB) and technology journalist. Ask me anything about the stuff that builds the stuff in your book.

#BookSky #Cooks #Parents

FIREFLIES! 🥹 I've been leaving the leaf mulch under trees & bushes for years, and they're out there. Maybe I couldn't see all of them until I had my eye surgery. conservingcarolina.org/keeping-the-...