Nothing bad can happen it can only good happen

True madness and poetry.

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After hiking in the mountains last weekend, my calves and quads commiserate.

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

BREAKING In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

yes this timeline is a rough route. yes there are waves of strife. but behind it all lies the inertia of all things which prompted fish to trot out of the ocean and humans to gather in commune. we are driven to fill the nothing with ourselves, with LOVE. its the unconquerable wind behind our sails

Whatever that praying means for you, get it done. That includes scientifically cheering for her wellbeing. Don’t fuss about it, just make good thoughts for a good woman.

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

NEW: If you've ever fought with your health insurer -- and, let's be honest, who hasn't? -- then this explainer on external reviews from @deldeib.bsky.social of @propublica.org will surely help you. www.propublica.org/article/heal...

We also desperately need better and more accessible public transit options. There will likely be a time before I'm elderly that I won't be able to see well enough to drive. But if I can't drive and maybe can't afford Uber/taxi, how would I get around? That's a recipe to be homebound.

Banned Books - Gator Days

Took the kid to Red River Gorge for the weekend so he could see the part of the country we come from. Ended up teaching him a lesson about the American health care system thanks to what turned out to be a kidney stone making its presence known in a rural area. 1/

This is absolutely buck-wild. I hope the poor truck driver is doing OK — he must have been terrified.

ProPublica and @theassemblync.bsky.social found that in some North Carolina counties, homeowners with the highest incomes received two to three times as much FEMA housing assistance as those with lower incomes after Hurricane Helene. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and Ren Larson

GET IN LOSERS WE'RE GOING HEXING. www.peculiarityshop.com/nightborne

i looked at the methodology for this and it is a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and b. p-hacked

If you sincerely think that condemning the murder of British Jews at a synagogue on Yom Kippur isn’t acceptable because of Israel, go fuck yourself on the nazi horse you rode in on

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

It's a myth that banning a book increases that book's readership. For most books, banning has the chilling effect the censors want. Your favorite banned books need to you be loud for them!

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

"Eat God" is live on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pen... Be a blue-furred social justice advocate with detachable limbs, a many-eyed horror with strong opinions about metaphysics, or a jet-powered telepathic crab and stick it to the Man though the power of gratuitous cartoon violence.

It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese hell.....yes

A friend just sent me this picture of his mastiff, Peanut. Let it wash over you.

Steve is trying to remember how many beers he's had. Alas, very high numbers like this are challenging, but he's trying his best.

If you insist on not obeying this sign in advance, just make sure someone is around to film your FO moment after you've FA'd.

Holy cow a lot is going on in the US right now. You may also need to take a deep breath and look closely at a painted lady butterfly.

Re-upping this one more time: this is the audio version of one of my new stories for the year, "Data Ghost" originally published in the Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Storyteller.

I have been assimilated by the Foccaciorg. Paging @mostlybree.kitrocha.com

LGTBQ+ youth disproportionately experience homelessness compared to their straight and cis peers. In the US, up to 40% of unhoused youth identify as LGBTQ+. That’s why this series was created - to provide support, essential tips, and resources to youth who are so often overlooked by the system.

Sure, it's great to have 'subversive' "the princess doesn't need a knight and rescues herself from the dragon," but we should have more stories about the heroism of the dragon attempting to save everyone from the monarchy.

Want to see the Most Done Turtle in The World? Please ewtach this video.

It's a sausage roll!!

Instead of the next judicial education session, all the judges watch this tiktok instead.

Please please please please please DM me or Wesley if you find this box. I can’t even describe how much it means to him.

Magic: The Gathering revives its prose novel line after 5 years, beginning with the wizard university Strixhaven in Omens of Chaos. @seananmcguire.bsky.social @magic.wizards.com Read on: www.thepopverse.com/literary-str...

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

Greek festival with delicious food and adorable dogs. Spanakopita. Tiropita. Meatballs. Baklava sundaes(!!!). Puffball pekingese sashaying along. Dancing and music with friends. It genuinely doesn't get much better.

Good morning. The world is a burning shit factory full of angry murder hornets, so take care of yourself.

A new month approaches! FIYAH will open to submissions on October 1, for our first *unthemed* issue of 2026! Polish up those pieces, we can't wait to see your work 🔥🔥🔥 Share with a hungry Black SFF author or poet who the world needs to know about ✊🏿🖤

WAKE THE FUCK UP BABE THEY'VE MANAGED TO SLOW THE PROGRESS OF HUNTINGTON'S BY 75%

I'm not saying I tagged along on a 5-hour round-trip for work today because I was pretty sure I could get pie out of it, but I did just savor a mini icebox lemon pie that *miraculously* appeared in my fridge earlier with four miniature companions.

Stolen from an Animorphs Facebook group.

Sometimes this is not the absolute worst timeline.

Subtly downgrade a band: Concerned