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This country is being run by someone who couldn't find their ass in their own pants with both hands and looks like he washes his face with cheese. This is fine.

In Tagalog, an equivalent phrase to "Jesus take the wheel" (for leaving things to fate) is "leave it all to Batman" (Bahala na si Batman)

Shit is hard out there and it's easy to lose focus. What are the tiny joys that are getting you through it right now?

It's the little things, the tiny joys, that are getting me through right now when the howling void Out There gets to be too much. Watching hawks circle in the updraft like a mobile. The smell of the ocean. The satisfying snap of putting a puzzle piece in the right spot.

Come on, everyone, let's go! Seven years will pass in the blink of an eye.

@cheriepriest.com has been a longtime favorite, but I love to revisit her stories around this time of year. I was first introduced to her with "Four & Twenty Blackbirds" and I ate up her steampunk series, too. But nothing beats "Maplecroft" and "Chapelwood" for excellent Spooky Season reading.

It's officially Spooky Season, so it's time to read some books. Some of my faves: "Meddling Kids" by Edgar Cantero, "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson, "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury, and absolutely anything by Cherie Priest.

Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

49 years ago today "Cherry Bomb" is a punk-influenced hard rock single by the all-female band the Runaways from their self-titled debut album, released on this day in 1976 #punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #therunaways #cherrybomb #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

my favorite robert redford story is that mike nichols considered him for dustin hoffman's part in THE GRADUATE. during their conversation nichols asked redford something like, "have you ever struck out with a girl?" and redford's response was basically, "i don't understand the question"

I had to do a double-take at this label. I thought they were stashing Goth Clowns in this drawer.

Rest in peace Robert Redford. You will be forever loved, never forgotten and always missed. Your star will shine bright for eternity. #RobertRedford #Film

The Radcliffe Camera: beautiful since 1737. With thanks to student Shabnam Taghiyeva for the video.

There are plants putting forth little flowers in the overhead gutters at work. Don't forget to look up, there's beauty everywhere.

'Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. Fought against it for a minute. Then looked out the window at the rain. And gave over. Put myself entirely in the keep of this rainy morning' excerpt from Rain, by Raymond Carver.

Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal. This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer. #MedievalMonday

There's a bit toward the final pages of the book that actually brought me to tears. Too long to quote here, but it was a beautiful thing about how telling stories is what we do when the void becomes too much. Thanks, @pattonoswalt.bsky.social. I needed that reminder today.

Just finished "Silver Screen Fiend" by Patton Oswalt and man, I needed this book right now. It brought back memories all the theatres I spent my time in the 90's in LA, and the flickering education I got from sitting in a dark room with a bunch of strangers at 3 in the afternoon.

Terry Pratchett's observation that we are not homo sapiens (wise man), but instead pan narrans (story-telling ape) is one that I come back to all the time.

Stop reading the news and normalize lounging inside “Visiona 2” by Verner Panton at the Cologne Furniture Fair in 1970.

Explain!! 😻😆 OK! Here it is: The Japanese text (ネコ飛出し注意) translates to “Watch out for jumping cats” or more literally “Caution: Cats dashing out”. It’s a local road sign sometimes put up in Japanese neighborhoods where there are many stray or outdoor cats.

first we weren't allowed to say anything mean about Charlie Kirk so the right wing didn't get mad and kill thousands of people and now we're not allowed to mention the fact that they threatened to kill thousands of people bc that would be impolite

It's interesting that it's been pouring rain for almost an hour here and none of the local radar shows anything but clear skies. And my therapist wonders why I have trust issues.

Listen when I say you are not ready for this cover of Bohemian Rhapsody.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblj...

So glad ICE is in Chicago. The city is a lawless hell-scape. Blues musicians wrecking hundreds of police cars. High schoolers doing weird scientific sex experiments. Kids home alone during the holidays. Women killing their husbands and lovers and then SINGING about it sassily. This has to stop.

I love this! Graveyard pond, perfect for neighborhood critters and spooky season.

45 years ago 16 year old Adam Yauch photographed at Rat Cage Records in NYC, September 1980 Photo rights by Getty Images #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcore #hardcorepunk #mc5 #adamyauch #history #punkrockhistory

10 Haunting Sculptures by Philip Jackson From cloaked figures with hidden faces to elongated women draped in textured gowns, the sculptures of Philip Henry Christopher Jackson transform landscapes into theatrical stages. Seen in ruins, gardens, and historic courtyards, his creations carry masks of…

Ferndale, Michigan, July 2025

no argument from me; adjacently related:

If you've never seen this piece, please read it. In looking back, I think the majority of my oversized depression during my life comes from the deep despair I carried around with me from being poor most of my childhood, young adult and adult life.

This song still sounds like the future, one we could've easily had but was taken away from us without our permission. Piped in from a different, better dimension. An existential plane we were on and from which, all the sudden, without warning, we were removed.

Yuuup. I mean, sure, I'll tell you about my upcoming book here (see previous post). But I'm mostly here because I want to have fun talking about stuff to and with other people. Commodifying social media is like monetizing your hobbies: It stops being enjoyable and starts being work.

Yyyyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaah, i got some major beef with the evangelical interpretatation of Corinthians 13:11 and how its been used over time to shame people away from things that bring joy. Talk about cherry picking the Bible. 🙄

I'm considering going with the opening line, "I hope this emails finds you before I do" at work.

This is some poem:

Happy Labrador Day, I hope your day was filled with Canadians and dogs (listens to earpiece) Sorry, LABOR Day, I hope you passed a small human out of your body in a relatively non-punishing way (listens to earpiece again)

“Cut Through History” in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. <3 Take a journey into Fabian Bane’s amazing murals, full of bright colors, cool designs, and stories that make you stop and think. Bane turns ordinary walls into incredible works of art that people all over the world love... 👇

All the credit for these unique pieces of street art go to @davidzinn.bsky.social

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

This week’s kitchen diary… observer.co.uk/style/food/a...

At last.

I was just telling my girlfriend the other day that the old world is dying. And, my stars, the new world is struggling to be born. And now is the time when you meet such INNNNteresting monsters.

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books