One of my favorite fun facts is why the TMNT are named after artists (it’s because the type of turtle they are is a “painted turtle”). I told my nephew about this and he immediately replied that there should be a Bob Ross turtle. So rather than explain the renaissance movement to him, I-

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

Loved this story by @nadiaborn.com in this morning’s Commuter (@electricliterature.com)!

1) Crickets and cicadas in the fall 2) New record from an old favorite band 3) Costume dramas 4) Sleeping in 5) Tea with honey

Tiny cat with tiny amp.

Make a band singular: The Stroke

Dollhouse nap.

@pghcitypaper.com reprinted my @mcsweeneys.net piece. Unfortunately still highly relevant here!

I would love someone to make a global streaming service where I could watch shows from other countries. I would pay whatever for that. Let me see Survivor France or whatever!

My neighbor Wayne – a truck driver and former roughneck – is cranking Juice Newton’s Angel of the Morning Right now and while I think that’s adorable, I’m also going to give him some space today

Saw my first monarch cat in my city yard. Can’t explain how worried I am about this dude. He’s so small! There’s just one! Monarchs are endangered! My milkweed is a little sparse so I bent a frond from a nearby one to make a bridge for him and he’s using it! So proud.

Ooh. @offassignment.bsky.social is reading me. Link to essay (involving waking up surrounded by deer carcasses after a long night in the wilderness) in first comment.

pulling out my Chase debit card to buy something stupid online

Nice little urban #nativeplants corner if you can ignore the knotweed looming over it all from the next property

Swamp Mallow on a swampy day. #nativeplants

Quietly exploring the night on their outsize feet, the smallest of the kiwi family has defied the odds to survive on mainland Aotearoa/NZ - not lost for half a century as folks believed. Kiwi pukupuku stomps back onto the stage to bring new hope for conservation - and clever sniffer-dogs. Kia kaha!

💯💯💯 Many ancient homes all over the world had no private kitchens/food prep spaces, period! Especially if you were poor! This is why the discovery of a largely-intact "fast food" shopfront in Pompeii was such a huge deal, a few years ago. These places rarely survive the passage of time.

Great article on urban micro forests!

Depending on your childhood, this hat may stir powerful memories. IYKYK. #corningware

I use the em dash so heavily I'm turning into a robot. @mcsweeneys.net

Le country canadien s’ouvre enfin aux artistes francophones

My four favorite butterfly photos from the week… (It was a tough call) Eastern Tailed-Blue Pearl Crescent Spicebush Swallowtail Clouded Sulphur (White form) #Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋

I love Bobbie Gentry

A man (30s?) strides into a craft shop with a small human (5?) at his side. He says "Right. We're going to keep on track here today. What's the one thing we're here for?" Small Human grins and shouts, "Sparkles!" Dad nods decisively. "That's right. Sparkles. Nothin' else, okay? Just sparkles." (5)

Read of the week:

Goodnight. The Great Comet of 1843, Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1840s.

Khruangbin at Stage AE last night! They are committed to the wigs, even in 90 degree swelter

So let’s just all agree that Brian Wilson’s arrangement of a cappela voices in the final third of Surf’s Up is one the most beautiful things ever conceived in music and has thrilled me since I was a teen listening over & over in my room (and that group intake of breath as it starts is beautiful)

Wine Cup closing for the night #nativeplants

Making It Safer To Bike Gets More People To Ride Bikes, Shocking Study Shows

Impatiens pallida out in my yard after a rain shower, showing off why they call it "jewel weed." 😍😍 #nativeplants

Do any plant people know what’s up with this rose bush? Is this black spot? It’s been SO rainy here.

#classicalart #classicalartmemes #memes

I feel like I need to retract one of these and add The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.

#booksky 📚 💙 #bookmemes

@catsofyore.bsky.social I am a big fan of the historic cat photographs that Ms Hogdon posts Here's favourite from my family's collection. Hope she adds it to hers. Grandad (my great grand) feeding the kittens, southern Saskatchewan, 1930s

Something so tiring about adulthood is you have to know everything. What do you mean I have to change the furnace filter and teach a child to ride a bike AND be good at choosing rugs and want to do that

Futurama Mad Men Downton Abbey Bojack Horseman Weeds

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

the 90s were a wild time. if i told you how many magazines there were you wouldnt even believe me

I had no idea samurai in feudal Japan were that dedicated to troubleshooting Flash

heeey 🌱 we 🫶 u

"Despite near-constant whining about how impossible it is to be a mother, it’s really simple: you just have to be perfect."

"what kind of books do you write?" me:

Easy Breezy Beautiful

The craft brewery near my house has paywalled their beer. Looking for a workaround.