Yeats’ SECOND COMING feels too easy to quote these days but the one bit of it that stands out it again and again is: “The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” Such capitulation and acquiescence at every turn. All this bowing and scraping.

If you see this, QRT with a gif of your first anime

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

My writing career summed up in one image:

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

We should take a lesson from Beverly Hills Cop, and carry bananas around in case the appropriate occasion arises.

The Good, the Bad and the Coyote Ugly

This! I am continually boggled at videos of representatives telling their constituents they won't vote the way they're being asked to. They need to be put in detention and assigned to write the definition of "representative" 100 times, until they understand it.

so ICE is a jobs program for men who like to hit women and get away with it

Post a female character you love.

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep: 1. Tim Powers books 2. Hurricanes 3. Belly dance

Hey, my locals, there are a couple of stations y'all can boycott. Greenville-Spartanburg, SC WLOS (ABC), WMYA-TV (MyNetworkTV) Greensboro, NC WXLV-TV (ABC), WMYV (MyNetworkTV)

Opening my Shakespeare themed restaurant tonight: Twelfth Nugget

What was your childhood emotional support book that you read over and over again? Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key Father O'Day saying that the God he served would never be so limited as to make only humans was so profound to me.

Technologically advance a band. The World's Pinkest Pink Floyd

Nobody dances if they want to anymore and that's sad.

As someone who has been tear-gassed, briefly, you cannot underestimate the sheer determination that must be driving him. He’s a role model, and the photographer should be in contention for a Pulitzer.

We're watching All The President's Men, and I'm wistful for the days when the press had guts and wasn't afraid to hold the government accountable.

As it happens, we're doing a Redford weekend at my house. We've started with A Bridge Too Far, and we've got The Sting and All The President's Men for later. (We thought we had Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, too, but the library sent a documentary instead of the movie.)

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, me hearties! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8S9h1F6/

How you treat the most vulnerable members of your community is how you yourself should expect to be treated by the world at large.

I heard this morning that Kimmel's suspension happened b/c Disney feared retaliation from the administration. Since when did Disney fear anybody?

BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.

I'm starting to wonder if it's all been a skillful fake, and in a few days you-know-who is going to rise from the grave and announce that Jesus sent him back to proclaim the orange guy's godhood.

I went to a super conservative grade school school in a super conservative state that worked very hard to indoctrinate us with unquestioning patriotism and american exceptionalism. One of THEIR key points was that in the US you're allowed to make fun of the president.

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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

I can't tell you how often my parents told me to eat carrot sticks when I wanted chocolate. They're not even in the same universe.

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1: Listening to the ocean 2: Reading in bed 3: Watching the sky for meteors 4: Snuggling a baby 5: Hearing an old favorite song I'd forgotten I loved

Dessert mode: ACTIVATE! Best pie: Bourbon pecan Best Ice Cream: Peppermint stick Best Doughnut: Plain cake Best Bar: Cadbury Roasted Almond Best Cake: Red velvet Best Other: The strawberry creme croissant from Tous Les Jours

Carnivàle And Miracles. Did anyone but me ever see it?

QT with your weekend plans

There is nothing like getting a "Well done!" from your editor. It's up there with surprise ice cream.

Of the two incidents today, I'm much more broken-hearted over the shooting in Denver. Children deserve peace and safety in every aspect of their lives.

You don't have to feel bad for Charlie Kirk. But you can believe that gun violence is fucked up. Those two thoughts can exist together.

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." Sonia Sotomayor

This actually sounds comfortable. Let me grab a blankie, my Moopsie and a handful of ginger snaps, and I won't make any trouble.

Slightly diminish a book Puzzled Kestrel 😁🏴‍☠️

Most recent line you wrote? "I cried every night for my mother," she said, her voice languid. "I was hardly out of my babyhood when the Danisobans took my family from me." "Your magic? Was that the reason?"

I reiterate my suggestion that someone buy an old trophy from the thrift store, glue on letters that say "Nobel", spray paint the whole thing with gold paint and tell him the Committee sent it. He'll never know the difference.

What is your favorite sci-fi film? This is a complicated question, so I'm going with the first one that popped into my head.

A reminder that "But what if people on YOUR side are on the Epstein list?" is a bullshit argument, EVERYONE who was raping children needs to get into the bin right now, that's the deal here and it ain't exactly complicated

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

It’s Saturday 📺 Post a cartoon TV series you love.

I imagine a million people have already mentioned this, but...

we were all happy for an evening and that’s not nothing

#3GoodThings 1. I'm almost finished with a story revision. 2. I've got two new editing projects lined up. 3. There are still ripe peaches in my fridge.

Which movie character reminds you the most of yourself?

I'm watching people post about being on their way to DragonCon. I chose long ago to stop going (for my emotional well-being - it's too overwhelming for me) but I'm still suffering massive FOMO right now. Could somebody please tell me they wish I was going?