I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

Also, if you're on Reddit check that setting too - mine is always (annoyingly) resetting itself to autoplay.

Your pet's name in a gif

Oh, look, it's a shrivel of Congressmen.

"And that's how, after several hours, five people and a citywide network of volunteers got a 12-year-old girl her first menstrual pad." America.

I finished the final draft of my sweet-happy-ending-project and now I can start the second draft of my a-previously-nice-lady-who-seeks-revenge-and-kills-them-all-project. I need this.

via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook

I suspect that @scalzi.com may know something about this.

Celebrate the new year + go get a library card this weekend!

Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...

I am so ready for our haunted Victorian shoe era!

when some people choose between a weekly injection or daily pill to regulate their hormones so as to align their body with their desired appearance i guess it's no big deal

can confirm

Become ungovernable

SIR. 🫡

For a particular sector of Gen Xers, this performance is a siren song.

"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either." youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY

FUCK YEAH!! (also... suck it, losers!)

I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.

I wholeheartedly endorse this level of grudge-holding.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win

My quarterly opportunity to once again say... Eat shit, Target.

I haven't been able to stop thinking about @pastpunditry.bsky.social's comments last week about the further splintering and radicalization of the m@ga movement and what may be coming down the line. It's chilling but it's a clarity that I find helpful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

[Montananly] Citizens United was actually a case arising specifically from Montana's experience of and resistance to copper baron capture of the state's political system

What Karen says! Related, the day after the election, I hit a new deadlift PR. It wasn't a coincidence.

I research Black history in Montana and all I have to say is, YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!

less punditry and much more organizing.

Absolute, complete, fucking dummies. Imagine half your new hires being dropped bc they couldn't manage an open-book test.

Remember our mantra: Don't Engage, Just Block.

Welcome to the world of “inclusions,” an ecosystem known to archivists the world over in which they come across all sorts of things readers have purposefully or inadvertently left between a book’s pages. Recently at the Library, the objet du jour was... a snakeskin. 🐍 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/...

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall. It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

The stuff of dreams: a LOC library card!

Collective action [aka: our grudge] is the gift that just keeps on giving. Once again, I say: Eat Shit, Target.

Lads the HONK I just honked

Eddington is absolutely wild. A favorite of the year, so far. I think the folks who hate it do so because it's a little too close to the bone for them.

Looks like CBP/ICE - that just received a $170 BILLION budget upgrade - is in the market for a new CFO. www.usajobs.gov/job/840604600

Encountered my first AI-narrated book on @hoopladigital.bsky.social this morning. Immediately smashed the one-star button & as a possible tip off to others... the "narrator's" very generic name was Jason Smith. Every other public domain book attached to that name is suspect.

Who wants to do a #NICAR26 immigration data panel with me?

Today is #NationalWritingDay and the theme is ‘Share Your Voice’. So, whether you’re an aspiring writer, a published author, or something in between: tell us what you're working on! Pictured: Mary Shelley’s first draft of Frankenstein, which is safely stored at the Bodleian.

Bombing Iran is to distract us from ICE which is to distract us from tariffs which are to distract us from the looting of our country

What @kathleenbelew.bsky.social said. We Refuse is one of my favorite non-fiction books of ALL TIME.

DJ Morgan & @djjohnrichards.bsky.social have been on air at KEXP.org non-stop for 23 hours raising awareness about the cuts to public media & now rolling into their one-day fund drive. Give if you can. And listen for a dose of joy + community this morning. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

as someone who lives in roll coal country, this is exquisite.

I'm always trying to learn from our country's history and a book I can't stop thinking about is @kcarterjackson.bsky.social's We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance. Right now might be a good time for more folks to read it. Also, that cover! www.kelliecarterjackson.com/we-refuse

Eat shit, Target. I took all my business to Costco (where I spend more money bc I buy too much) and a local drugstore (where I spend more money bc things cost more). I'm happy to do this bc it means you don't get a single cent from me. www.thestreet.com/retail/targe...

you love to see it.