I had such grand plans to edit a podcast after I finished recording a podcast. But a migraine struck while I was recording the podcast so... 😣 Best laid plans... 🙃

I have never recorded a podcast with as much didgeridoo as today's Random Pursuit

The cards won't put themselves away! (alas)

It's a Fountains of Wayne Day 🎵🎶

"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret. But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.

Just sent off a podcast production proposal to a potential client. Turns out I will absolutely deepen a discount when it's for a podcast on a topic I like or a show I already listen to. "If you edit what you love, you'll never work a day in your life" 😆

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@incomparable/115845424920260170 I am so excited about tonight's recording! Listen in, if you'd like!

I have a filter here for various US political words like Trump, MAGA, etc. Those have been getting a great workout today. What I really like is I could tell something was happening this morning and pick WHO I wanted to see hot takes from, instead of getting everyone’s. And tonight, as I’m tired […]

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@selfcare/115838269065780206 No, no, no, and yes. I should probably get up at some point 😆

Reminding myself (again) and anyone else who needs to hear it: You don't have to bear witness to every atrocity just to stay informed Shielding yourself from some of that psychic damage is not a lack of caring Doomscrolling offers illusory control but real despair

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@incomparable/115828457685473042 I'm talking about PLUR1BUS! Right Now! #pluribus

Want to help some orgs that support civil rights (trans and immigrant rights in articular) and get some great horror #comics while you're doing it? Check out this fab Kickstarter I just backed! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slowfeetcomics/horror-not-hate?ref=thanks-copy

Boppin' to Semisonic while I work a weird island of a Friday in a week that was otherwise all holidays.

The two divisions in the US right now are quite clearly “Hey, we’ve got to do our best learn to love other people and love ourselves” and “see that guy? hate that fucking guy! HATE HIM HARDER!” These sprawl over all other cultural and political factions.

"Let's give it up for the new year" #nye #happynewyear https://youtu.be/wJt_Beb2D8Y

"Maybe this year will be better than the last" #nye #happynewyear https://youtu.be/1D5PtyrewSs

"This must be it, welcome to the new year" #nye #happynewyear (To be clear, im not feeling as melancholy as this song, I just love this band) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzD2V_0TX8

Telling myself what I want to hear 'cause I have to believe "This Willl Be My Year" #nye #happynewyear https://youtu.be/Xf1Y2-AQWpk

Spending my NYE editing @TPK, reading an epic fantasy, listening to @defocused, and watching PLUR1BUS. Because I know how to party. (Not all at once, to be clear. Im rotating them.) Will I pause the TV to observe 2026 rolling in in about 10 minutes? Maybe. 🤷‍♀️

I finished my 90th book of 2025 just under the wire! So here's a long #bookreview to celebrate! (1/3) KINGDOM OF ASH by Sarah J. Maas -- There's a lot of warfare and a lot of battles in this book, and I won't lie, some of that dragged for me. That said, this book contained several of the most […]

Something else to look forward to in 2026! CRAWLSPACE by Adam Christopher. It's been compared to EVENT HORIZON, which is a hook for me! "...their journey between dimensions is one they never trained for. Strange voices in the corridors. Long lost faces not forgotten. Strange symbols carved into […]

And one for the #nonfiction fans! Alec Nevala-Lee's COLLISIONS: A PHYSICIST'S JOURNEY FROM HIROSHIMA TO THE DEATH OF DINOSAURS, a biography of Luis W. Alvarez, "the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who became the greatest scientific detective of the twentieth century." […]

Another one for #comics fans! A new #lovecraft adaptation of THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP by writer Simon Birks, artist Willi Roberts, and letterer Rob Jones. "Daniel Upton and Edward Derby have been bound together since youth—until the day Daniel puts a bullet in his closest companion within the […]

2025 saw the 20th anniversary of Sophia McDougall's ROMANITAS! I know this'll interest some of y'all: "In a parallel modern world, the Roman Empire stretches from India in the East to the Great Wall of Terranova in the West. A runaway slave girl with a strange gift sets out to rescue her […]

I may have already mentioned this, but it's worth mentioning again! Tade Thompson wrote a #doctorwho book that features the 4th Doctor and Fela Kuti! (Fela Kuti is a fave of @Legopolis, so this caused some real excitement in our house!) […]

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@incomparable/115815029373190361 The year-end episodes of The Incomparable Mothership are always chock full of great entertainment recommendations, and this year's is no different! I tend to focus on one or two things, but I heartily agree with many of the multiple […]

Dog viciously mauled by a tiger. #cats #kittens #caturday

"Radar Love" is recognizable based on the drum part alone. @Legopolis is playing a NYE gig, and he's practicing on the electronic drum kit. All I can hear is the tapping, but it's *recognizable* tapping. And no. I wont be going to the gig. A) it'll be too late for achy old me, and B) they're […]

I keep finding cool things to share as I continue end-of-year cleanup! For my #comics fan friends, check out ARCHAIC by Melissa F. Olson (story) & Sally Cantirino (art). "Meet Tess Halliday, a broke single mom desperate to protect her kids from vicious criminals trying to collect on her […]

Never forget that billionaires in the United States think the ideal society should be modeled on the kingdom of Saudi Arabia 700,000 slaves work to build everything and cook and clean everything in this country. This is the world the super rich are deliberately moving everyone into. If you […]

More good stuff coming in 2026! @aliettedb is relaunching the Dominion of the Fallen trilogy in the US with new, gorgeous covers!! *chef's kiss* "The Great War between magical Houses of Fallen angels has devastated the city. The Seine runs black with ashes, the great monuments are blackened […]

Good news from my pal Cav! GODFATHER OF HELL, his supernatural neo-noir (co-created with artist Pius Bak) will be landing as a graphic novel in 2026! I love this description: "The Sopranos meets Lucifer in the supernatural horror crime drama, Godfather of Hell, where friends are close, enemies […]

Our Hugo Awards from 2023 arrived over the holidays! That brings our household total to 16, including our two trophies from Seattle WorldCon 2025 that are still to come.

Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@incomparable/115785144999042663 We've talked about doing a SMOOCH ep about "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" for several years, and we finally did it! It's my favourite #doctorwho Christmas special, in part, because it's such a good holiday romance!

@FediTree 🎄

The tofurky is in.

I will reiterate: the #evoolutionadvent calendar was the best advent calendar I've ever had! I will definitely be buying some of these oils and salts in the coming months! https://evoolution.ca

#evoolutionadvent Day 24 Wild Blueberry Dark Balsamic Vinegar This is so sweet and flavourful it'sgonna be real yummy in a cocktail!

#evoolutionAdvent Day 23 Ginger & black Garlic Infused Olive Oil This is so smooth and interesting. Not sure I would have guessed the flavour in a million years tho. Weirdly, the finish reminds me of the flavour of really good broccoli stems -- the good […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends

Apparently the disinformation war now has Canada in its crosshairs. This web site is built to counter erroneous claims about Canada. It is fully sourced and verifiable. https://canadaisnotbroken.org

After being outed and tremendous backlash, Instacart has suspended AI price gouging temporarily until the outrage dies down and we quietly reinstate it when no one is paying attention. https://mastodon.social/@verge/115764206077696940

#evoolutionadvent Day 22 Golden Pineapple Balsamic Vinegar and Coconut Balsamic Vinegar blend The pineapple and coconut flavours are really well balanced and blend (unsurprisingly) well. This will make a delightful cocktail, but I can't imagine I'd like it on food.

Quite the balcony party this morning!

##evoolutionadvent Day 21 Olive Wood Smoked Infused Olive Oil This is really interesting! Nice, smoky flavour. Will probably try drizzling it over chicken later this week.

#evoolutionadvent Day 20 Ultra Premium Rosè Balsamic Vinegar This is probably wasted on me. I am not an ultra-premium gal when it comes to vinegar. It does taste fairly nice -- wine-ey and a bit vinegar-ey. If I liked sweet things in a non-dessert context, I'm sure this would be great.

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@incomparable/115747317600308566 I hadn't seen #topgun for many, many years, and golly do I see it differently now! A Kilmas miracle!

#evoolutionAdvent Day 19 Persian Lime Infused Olive Oil This has a very good lime-citrus flavour, but as a person who doesn't like citrus on non-dessert things, this isn't a winner for me. I did try it on a salad mixed with cranberry pear balsamic vinegar […] [Original post on wandering.shop]