For the last few years I’ve been working on a new book. This in the middle of a studio career & an amount of commissioned writing. I’ve never written fiction. No idea what I’m doing. Tonight I sent a partial draft to a dear advisor. The most I’ve ever sent. I want him to push me to the wall.

I am ridiculously late posting this, but I can't wait to hang out with these folks. Please, do come, these are wonderful, smart, funny writers. SUNDAY 12/7!!!

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism

Alice Wong has passed away. No more words than that.

DETAIL from "Portrait of a Marriage," 44 x 30, acrylic on watercolor paper. A long project. Click for full detail. More soon.

Dr. Stephanie Kielb and I are hosting a public conversation for the Medical & Disability communities 11/12 at Access Living's Arts & Culture Project on how to foster more effective communication between ourselves and our providers. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-risk-p...

I just donated 10 days' worth of grocery bills to CARE FOR REAL. They are a wonderful, tightly-run organization. PLEASE consider helping out. I cannot believe that Justice Jackson betrayed our most vulnerable. careforreal.org/how-to-help-...

Anyone out there know a lot about disability protocol and the TSA? Really need advice. DM me if you can.

Once again, Golem Girl is not out of print. We are having a problem with Ingram distributing it. If you or your bookstore wants to order it, you can get it directly from Random House. Please pass on this information if you are able. This is a frustrating situation that I cannot seem to fix.

This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.

Does anyone know what this says and in what language?

Honored to be part of this article on the strange life of the Mütter Museum. Thanks to Rachel Monroe for ending the story with me. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I am a member of both NPR & PBS. Yesterday saw the decimation of their funding by our government. What legitimate government wants its people to be stupid & uninformed. That is not governing. That is abuse in the service of creating thralls. Become a member of public media as quickly as you can.

Charles Schultz

I am writing a book about Batman and Robin, sort of, and once again Brian has sent the perfect gift.

Alison Bechdel at the Chicago Humanities Festival, Art Institute, 6.7.25 Image description: a light pencil drawing of a somewhat androgynous woman speaking at a podium. She has very short hair, is wearing round glasses, and a well-tailored suit.

Thank you, Jane Yong Kim, for including some of my thoughts in your homage to the great Christina Ramberg. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

I don’t know why anybody finds this particular T-shirt objectionable, but here we are: y’all means all.

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

Anyone out there ever go rock climbing in downstate Illinois? Especially interested in Starved Rock. I’d like to ask you a few questions if you think that’s of interest.

Anyone out there ever go rock climbing in downstate Illinois? Especially interested in Starved Rock. I’d like to ask you a few questions if you think that’s of interest.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605368... There has been a many-month glitch on ordering my book at bookstores. The memoir CAN be ordered directly through PRH, or at my favorite shops! If they say it's out of print, that is INCORRECT. Tell them to go to PRH to order stock:

We might be seeing a wave of LGBTQ candidates for Congress in 2026. Stay tuned to reporting like this by @jakewittich.bsky.social and @windycitytimes.com!

SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK: “.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration." @variety.com variety.com/2025/music/n...

Fiery-throated hummingbird dropping by for #Stunday #EastCoastKin #photography #photographersofBluesky #birds #PhotographersUnited

Opinion: Art fair flyers should showcase human creativity one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5344...

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

Looking for someone who did a PhD in animal science. Masters also possible; working on details for a novel. A particular focus on animal vision or at least animal sensorium. But I’m open. It could include veterinary students or veterinarians.

Please share.

Looking for someone who did a PhD in animal science. Preferably physical biology. Masters also possible; working on details for a novel. Help?

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. www.aclu.org

My iPad has a horrible bug in which it fails to save work on an image, but I do like using a pen function much better than a mouse.I need a drawing tablet for my desktop iMac 2023. I've never used one. Is this what I need? Wacom One Bluetooth Drawing Tablet, Medium 9.9" x 7.1"

I did not know about this! npg.si.edu/podcasts?mc_...

Mixed feelings about the orchestration, but Brittany Howard gives me the chills. youtu.be/sGrzWnT6NwY

Trump is shutting down at midnight tonight the federal website for ordering free COVID tests (four per order). I just ordered four—can’t be easier. Last call. ------------------ covidtests.gov Please share I just ordered mine.

the economic boycott on February 28 Posted by Jon Stewart but initiated by John Clemens: “The 24 hour Economic Blackout" As our first initial act, we turn it off. For one day we show them who really holds the power. WHEN: Friday February 28th from 12:00 A.M. to 11:59 P.M.

Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.

Antonio Segui, Box of Gentlemen, 1964 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135260

I have transgender members of my family. I have transgender colleagues. I have transgender friends. I have transgender collaborators. I have my own rage. I won’t say, I cannot imagine the rage of the transgender community because I am wide open to imagining and being present to that rage.

Senator Tammy Duckworth on RFK Jr.: "Put simply, Mr. Kennedy cannot be trusted with the grave, grave responsibility that comes with this job. He cannot be trusted with our lives." Fact.

"Democracy? Die in Darkness!"