tour claws ready

oh do news reporters know what it's like to be a public school teacher now

me every single day

If you ever witnessed pancreatic cancer, god forbid witnessed it in someone you love - you could NEVER be against a potential cure.

I would rather something mildly painful happen than have someone knock on my door with no warning.

cue the "another disappointing week in men" klaxon.

one month out from my first tour of 2026 🤞

MARINERS!

That's right

Never sure if I should be horrified or flattered when EMT's / ER Docs / Attendings ask what part of health care I work in. My career? Oh no. It's just the trauma of loving ill people in America & having to sound like a PhD to be believed in medical settings as a woman.

the human brain is a fascinating, terrifying thing. my beloved dad has been in the hospital for over a week. he doesn't remember most of the last week - but he daily remembers listening to Dolly Parton's "Rockstar" record the morning we took him to the ER (1/2)

it's wild his full name was entertainment entertainment cummings

An anti-suffragette postcard from the early 1900s 'First she gets the vote, then she gets your wife!' #WomensHistoryMonth

In the last week my mother was diagnosed with metastatic cancer and my father has been hospitalized with severe delirium - which has not improved for five days. It has been like being hit with a firehose of my worst fears all at once. And it's not getting better.

made my psychiatrist cry today, how's your week going?

My stereo shuffle is an emotional terrorist - on the way to a scary medical procedure for my Mom it played "Helplessly Hoping" by CSNY, "Brokedown Palace" by The Grateful Dead, and "Summer's End" by John Prine. 1-2-3 punch of devastation.

having an existential crisis choosing a shirt for tomorrow, which is sure to be one of the hardest and saddest of my life. i don't want to ruin a favorite by forever associating it with the day, but also want something that brings me comfort on such a day.

3 years ago I went to the hospital w/ a fever & minor abdominal pain & was admitted for sepsis from a perforated bowel. The pain was no worse than any period I had to go to school or work with. Women downplay health concerns to themselves because they are not believed in clinical settings.

The peak of civilization

man, i click on lots of stuff, new and old, cool and cringe and everything in between. lots of those clicks are inessential and some are good but boy howdy i was not prepared for this performance of 'these days' to hit me between the eyes like a brick

ah, the american experience of rushing to the gas station before the barrel increase for the war of the week goes live.

Pay attention when women don't come forward in support of men with shared history. Sometimes speaking out isn't an option, but if someone i've been involved with is called out and I don't publicly have their back - there's a reason.

I have adored Mary Chapin Carpenter's work for decades. One of the great honors of my life to collaborate with her on this single of two covers of songs we love, out today! themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/put-th...

welcome to bluesky, here is your copy of the communist manifesto and a complete world baseball classic schedule for some reason

Pete Hegseth making me long for this crazy motherfucker.

American Goldwing is the first album I sold on tour (alongside a lot of copies of Furr). Blitzen Trapper is truly one of america's best live bands & you should go see them since i'll be on tour.

Don't recommend learning the most important adult of your teen years was a predator via podcast. Don't recommend confirming the artist who broke your heart is abusive via substack. Definitely don't recommend doing both in the same week, yet here I am.

Second after the burn on Randy, the giant Steve Keene Wowee Zowee Pavement painting is my favorite. See you at one of the shows this summer @minakimes.bsky.social ?

We need national broadcasts of the Rick Steves hour on Iran and Anthony Bourdain’s hour on Iran. Back to back, every day on multiple outlets and at different times.

Anywho, there's no better time than now to put your ideas out there and invite other people to do things with you. Might as well try. You don't have to know everything before starting. You can just start.

Got in my first band van 14 years ago today and changed the entire course of my life. Grateful.

operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s

Been another real disappointing week in men.

Honestly just fire all the men. Into space.

Ah, the modern curse of one of the most tragic events of your life being turned into an investigative podcast.

grateful for my years of van touring that means i don't think twice about a trip that'll involve 5-6 hours of driving in a day. that's easy!

Man, he was so good in Tommy Boy.

tattoo number 30-something

Legend

wild to learn you still know all the words to songs you learned drunk decades ago. also this era of Seattle house shows and Blue Moon Tavern ragers was such fun.

It's been 14 years since I stopped drinking myself to death. In the 14 years that followed the best & worst days of my life have happened & none would have been made better by booze. Sobriety is possible no matter what you do or who you are.

I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.

Part of the writing residency i'm doing asks us to make a zine on any topic to leave behind - so obviously mine is about what to read next after watching Heated Rivalry. @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social

excited to spend five days & nights writing at Sou'wester this week and celebrating 14 years of sobriety from alcohol.

If I were going to buy my very first hockey tickets to see @pwhltorrent.bsky.social, where's the best place to sit?

Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

I walk thru the mall a lot lately (don’t ask) and I just saw some bonafide mall goths. had to stop myself from clapping for them like troops in the airport

In my nearly 14 years of sobriety to treat alcohol use disorder, I've never felt more seen / represented in all the reading, watching and listening I've done, than by a character in a queer baseball romance novel by @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social.

As a woman in a field, where we were only welcomed as "groupies" man do I feel this.

The people of Minnesota are showing us a better world is possible. One where we stand up for our neighbors and one where what happens to the most marginalized MATTERS. Until we are all free, none of us are.