I'm...rather surprised that saying "hey please don't take something w/o paying for b/c it you could damage a writer's entire career" got so many negative reactions. Let's not do that okay? Remember, we follow Bill and Ted's advice in my feed. The4re's enough negativity in the world right now.

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

by the way we have a union you can join uvw-cwa.org

I genuinely think this is the best thing AI has achieved outside scientific data crunching

Me: Tonight I'm going to show myself some care and go to bed early for a good night's sleep. Ah, 'tis ten, time to head up to bed. Just let me check one thing... MUCH LATER: Ah, 'tis 12:49 and I'm so tired I feel nauseated. If nothing else, I'm consistent...

A faint mist rising in the walled garden.

If you’re in the Eastern District of Virginia and you get a jury summons, maybe don’t sit this one out. You could end up on a Jim Comey or Tish James case.

Each line is a gem of absurdity. 1) "My husband got a tattoo of Charlie Kirk." y tho? 2) Self-explanatory. 🤣 3) ...ok mid at best. 4) "White Power" (but hey he wasn't racist, right???) 5) He has so many name spellings... 6.) "WE ARE CHARLIE KIRK!" ...but...again...y tho? Finally: MORRISSEY.

"If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better" — Anne Lamott

Don't ever let yourself think that boycotts aren't effective. Disney losing $4 billion in a matter of days had them TERRIFIED! 💪

This tweet was relevant for less than two hours xD I HOPE ALL OF YOU APPRECIATE THE HORRIBLE, PAINFUL SACRIFICE I MADE FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH (I don't think we'll resub until after we've seen what having Kimmel "back" sounds like though...)

Y’all…I lose a lot of sales when my books get pirated. Some authors have had their careers destroyed by it. Please don’t tell creatives to pirate creative works. :/

Disney now has a 5 step process to cancel their account. I walk you through it because it shouldn't be this annoying. Also, after you cancel, invest in people *actually* committed to free speech. Welcome your support to my daily human rights newsletter ❤️✊🏽 www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

I've always loved Disney. I always loved Star Wars. I really enjoyed the Marvel movies. But when my housemate, who is paying for the Disney+ subscription, said he wanted to know my thoughts on cancelling...well, let's just hope Disney does the right thing soon, because I'll miss it till they do.

my application to write the next season of our reality if selected for this role, I will: - recast everyone in power - throw DJT and co. in jail in the first episode - change the tone from horror show to crowd pleaser - devote entire episodes to science education thank you for your consideration

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

There is a deep schism in how Americans understand the assassination that took place a little more than a week ago and that gap is being widened by social media.

Evergreen post for every writer ever

Raindrops on the compass stone. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor.

More great images of today's Moon-Venus-Regulus occultation event from around the world, courtesy of Heiko, Ulbricht (Germany), Bruce LaFrance (Phoenix AZ) and Maximilian-Vlad Tedorescu (Romania), and Alan Dyer (Alberta Canada) :

This is a lovely edit, using scenes from both seasons of Andor and also Rogue One. Fair warning, it reveals tons of spoilers about the show and the characters' futures, so if you've not seen it yet, DO, and then watch this. If you have seen it, carry on.

Ahhhhhh this makes me so happy.

Oh. My. God. I laughed the long silent laugh followed by whooping shrieks of distilled delight many times and for many minutes. Felt great.

I think I'm the only person who's not excited about player housing or mogs because omg you people, I can't even make decorate my literal house and I reach for comfy pants and a T-shirt every day because it's an easy decision. Hell I already had vaults filled with stuff I didn't know I had. STRESSING

The Gateway into Glendalough Thought to date to around the 12th century, this is a rare surviving example of an early monastic gatehouse in Ireland. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #IrishHistory #Medieval #DiscoverIreland

These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them.

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

Thinking about Arcane again and that for now and always whenever anyone brings it up, I must say in a broken voice, “Viktor, my love!” Don’t @ me, I don’t make the rules.

NEWS: The D.C. Council just passed an emergency bill allowing anyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine without a doctor's prescription, which have been requested recently due to changes in federal vaccine recommendations. (And some D.C. residents have had to go to Maryland or Virginia.)

Analysis by Lena H. Sun and David Ovalle: For people 65 or older, this week might be the best opportunity to get vaccinated. The CDC is weighing changes to coronavirus vaccine recommendations that could make it harder for some seniors to access them.

...That's Kate Middleton he's ogling. JFC. *flips the ENTIRE BANQUET TABLE*

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

I hope we are amassing a stockpile of vaccines for when an outbreak of measles, Mumps or rubella reminds us that these can be dangerous. I think people may suddenly want to vaccinate. Want scary stuff? Look up what happens to an adult male when he gets Mumps and it descends into his testicles.

I think one of the better, more subtle tributes to Robert Redford's life is the string of utterly iconic female co-stars who've come forward to eulogize him; each of them take-no-shit types like Fonda and Streisand, and every one of them without a single bad thing to say. A model for male behavior

this fireworks jellyfish serene and floaty does not watch the news

When life gets chaotic, return to rhythm: Sleep well. Eat simply. Breathe slowly. Speak kindly. And move your body like it matters.

i am once again asking if you know that if you routinely sing to a cat while they're curled up on your chest they will learn that singing means cuddle time and come trotting over from wherever they are when you do. it's important that we get this message out to those who need it most

It brings me no pleasure to report that completing a minor task you've been avoiding (1) is not very hard and (2) makes you feel better afterwards

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#KeepMoving #CoffeeNotes

1. The perfect cup of coffee 2. The first hint of each season's scent in the wind 3. Cats who love belly rubs 4. A great massage 6. Chocolate

We currently have torrential rain, thunder and lightning This morning's sunrise on Glastonbury Tor almost seems unreal, like it never happened. I just showed my daughter the photo and she said "That was never today" 😂⛈️☂️

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

When the sunrise hits the morning mist juuuust right. Jordan Creek in Allentown, Pennsylvania. #photography #sunrise #lehighvalley