Once again: read @mariahblake.bsky.social's "They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals" bookshop.org/p/books/they...

Fancy ginger beer is one of Iife's greatest pleasures.

"As long as policymakers continue to flood money into AI, small press publishers will only grow in importance. The quality of the books they produce, driven by that creative, alternative thinking & integrative design focus is only set to become more in demand." www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...

HAPPY MONDAY WOOT!!

You know you're too online when you initially learn about shitty Christian Nationalist podcaster Andrew Wilson and lament that your favorite Wilson brother has fallen so far from the glory days of "Whip It." I am so very happy to be mistaken.

I have been leaning into music as my anxiety has been spiking lately (because of *waves hands*) and it truly does make a difference 💞

Better Off Ted was ahead of its time.

If it weren't for the nature and bird accounts I follow I would have succumbed to poster's madness long ago. Just try to watch this half-minute of owl floof w/o feeling more relaxed.

This is a reminder that you don’t have to do the holidays “right.” This can be a tough time for people and however you get through and over, well done.

Scarleteen does incredible, necessary work on a shoestring budget. They’re raising money for a fund to help their brilliant volunteers pay for healthcare. Please help them out by kicking in what you can. They’re an unparalleled resource for teens and young people figuring out sex and relationships.

quick Q, what else is higher in blue states

It’s a fuck racism and fuck AI kinda Sunday.

no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply

I’m a VO artist and audiobook narrator so people assume I hate AI because I’m afraid it’ll take my job(s). Nah. I hate it because it sucks, it’s contributing to climate change, it‘s dehumanizing, and also it sucks. I’m a freelancer. Job precarity is kinda my thing.

Bluesky is on fire this morning.

I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?

It’s always about the racism. Particularly targeting Black people and Black woman. They stole the term woke from Black culture, fucked its meaning, and used it to stoke anger. Utter bullshit.

Nah.

I love New York. Fuck AI.

Celebs interviewing celebs podcasts are multiplying at an alarming rate. It feels a little circle-jerky.

I was lucky enough to direct Ted Danson for an audiobook essay. That man was a total gem and loved collaboration. While on Zoom, he took a call from his incredible wife, Mary Steenburgen. The love in his voice knocked me out. Seeing them together on season 2 of "A Man on the Inside" is a delight.

Started it as soon as I got home and my butt hit the couch. It is SO SO good. Love that they found a way to keep Stephanie Beatriz's wonderful character in the show without straining reason.

Correct Answer

A moment of change? Toward what? This seems like a really gnarly misappropriation of language about trying to do good things, used to make a simple money grab sound like advocacy. Do not like!

“Are you still there? I feel like you‘ve died.” The way I cackled.

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

“The review found that Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department and readmitted him the following year. And the review concluded “it is likely” that Mr. Epstein visited Harvard more than 40 times after his release from jail, between 2010 and 2018.” BRO.

I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again! My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.

I love Klimt's work. And this is really gross. Stolen by Nazis and now sold for an obscene amount of money? Eat the rich, y'all.

...can someone explain why everyone was raving about the first kiss in "Nobody Wants This"? Does no one read spicy romance? Watch soap operas? Or any foreign films with sparks and passion? That kiss was fine.

🤩🤩😍

I need it

Do NOT license your voice to ElevenLabs. Their highest-paid actor made $30k last year. Sounds a lot, but that’s from 1.2 bn paid uses - $0.000025 per job. ElevenLabs charge 20 cents per 1,000 words. So they’re making at least 8,000 times what their artists are. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

No, autocorrect. I did not mean uncles. Incels. INCELS.

I think I’m just not going to respond anymore to foolishness about how LLMs are a true substitute for thought. It’s an utter waste of time. People who commit to that idea will find out that it’s nonsense in time, and they aren’t going to listen until then.

every time some prominent man is like ‘but all men want to fuck 17 year olds! every last one!’ i feel just fucking empty man. because there’s no way to confirm it isn’t true is there? i can’t prove that all of civilization isn’t just an elaborate cover for men’s supposed desperation to fuck children

There are many many many books that are romantic but not romance novels if you want the "I don't know if they're going to end up together" feeling. I read romance because I get the beautiful drama of people falling in love without the stakes of not knowing if my heart will be broken at the end.

Does anyone else ever worry they respond to/interact with their faves on Bluesky too much? It sounds weird, but like, social media makes interactions strange even when the convo is super benign.

I LOVE this for Sarah Snook because I watched one season of Succession and just couldn't. It was not for me in any way, but I dug her. Will be watching this in a hot second 😍

Y’all, CBS Sunday Morning is the best show on tv. No notes.

William Shatner is 94 and looks and sounds amazing. Dunno why. Luck, maybe. But I will try to be that curious and active and open to possibility. Life doesn’t always work that way but I shall do my best.

Evergreen words.

Megyn Kelly's comments about Epstein are not career ending. She is a terrible person who has said awful shit for years. Her career won't end because way too many of her listeners agree with her trash opinions.

No more "Wuthering Heights" adaptations, please. Throw "Jane Eyre" and all Jane Austen novels in there too. There are more stories.

He does economically hit the highlights. Plagiarism, energy/environment, and horseshit. Check, check, check.

One hill I will die on is that every single kid/teenager/human under 22 must have hated Rory Gilmore (save for Lane). #gilmoregirls

This is why no one and I mean NO ONE else could have sung "On My Own" with Ms. Patti LaBelle. It's perhaps the greatest breakup song of all time. "Now we're out here talking divorce...and we weren't even marrieeeeed..."

feeling sorry for all the millionaires and billionaires who didn’t get to see this perfect NYC sunset because they fled the city forever today. 😞

I love Keri Russell. Probably in part because I saw her at Marshall’s with her son looking like the most normal Brooklyn mom ever.