A very happy belated book birthday to this absolutely charming cozy! What a delight to be back in this world with these characters (& my old NorCal stomping grounds). Tx to @maddieday.bsky.social & @tantoraudio.bsky.social! @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social #audiobook #cozy #cozymystery #newrelease

ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.

The room. Consider reading it? It’s an idea.

Maybe I’m an optimist, but when I see businesses jamming AI in everything, using it to replace human talent and experience… without having a grasp of what it can (AND CAN NOT) do, I am reminded of producers thinking software could replace expertise in my old career. And I’m not scared.

“Gilbert Baker created the Rainbow Pride flag as a symbol of hope and liberation,” Charles Beal, the president of the Gilbert Baker Foundation, said in a statement announcement the deal. “Today, that symbol is restored to the place where it belongs.”

Everything Mamdani is doing in NYC is wildly popular and even winning grudging approval from those who voted against him: Competence, compassion and delivery on things that make lives better—without compromising ideals. That “coastal” strategy would work in the Midwest and everywhere else, Elissa.

Today's the day. America has no king. Come out and stand together in solidarity for freedom. #NoKings Find your event: www.nokings.org

Amazing work FL, GA, VA, PA, IL, NC, OH, NY, and NJ. You’re showing up. From small towns to big cities, massive crowds are already gathering and the day is just getting started!

“Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ that ‌people have access to the health services they need.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

"Look, I understand the anxiety. I really do. It’s uncomfortable realizing that the same technology that drafts awkward emails and pretends to be your therapist also shines in the cruelty department and may one day bomb you out of existence." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

Still coming down. And our 14-year old girl is *here* for it. ❤️🐾🐾🐾❤️ #abominable #bombcyclone #snowdog

Our local spot got a shout in Hell Gate!

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“You're thinking of the $175 billion in tariff money all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in the White House ballroom, the renaming of the Department of Defense, the $10 billion transfer to the Board of Peace, and a hundred other unauthorized actions.”

Thank you—but until actors are offered credit, consent & compensation for the use of their voices, there is no ethical use for AI. The models are trained on stolen data. Please: you have a platform, @libro.fm. Use it. Don’t steal.

I love Libro.fm, but please oh please: commit to no AI voices on your platform. (Because that would, in fact, be “supporting shady tech companies”.)

At long last, updates! I’ve been tweaking & jiggering, and though not exactly *all new*, it is definitely streamlined & prettified & has a bunch of new samples to listen to. lindajonesnyc.com, or for the really direct: lindajonesnyc.com/audiobook #actor #audiobooknarrator #actorwebsites #thisisme

I’ll take this America, please.

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

McSweeney’s is undefeated.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

“We didn’t do all that because we are heroes and saviors. We did it because we understand the meaning of our faith: that we are all connected. We join together. We are a part of a people, a body of humanity that is made in the image of a loving and beautiful God that wants all God’s children free.”

Share someone who looks stylish wearing boots.

See also the 1945 educational film created by the US Department of Defence, Department of the Army, about fascism, entitled "Don't be a sucker". It seems more needed now than in 1945. youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4?...

That last paragraph..man

In May 1945, the War Dept publish a pamphlet on fascism for the US Army. It brings to light what the Trump regime and the Rs are doing now. We must continue to fight this regime w/ everything we have even when they’re flooding the zone w/awfulness to make us exhausted. We must not relent!

“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.

capybara reading a good book

If we're doing an economic civil war, then blue states need to prevent their residents from paying federal taxes

Please read the whole article. There are some fascinating data in here!

Another astonishing night at the theatre. I first saw BUG by Tracy Letts in 2004 and it has only gotten more potent. So happy to be out on the town with @jfoster.bsky.social & @mmdevoe.bsky.social! #Broadway #TDF #roots

Well okay!

this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted. www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

The wee hours of 2025 were spent, eating too much rich food and laughing with @jfoster.bsky.social, @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social and Alexa (who is not on bsky). A fine finish & a wonderful beginning. “Every exit is an entrance somewhere else.” Here’s to a happy, prosperous & peaceful 2026!

JUST IN: House Judiciary Committee releases a full transcript and video of former special counsel Jack Smith's closed-door deposition before the Republican-led panel earlier this month.

How I’m walking out of 2025

I don't want gen AI in my browser. I don't want gen AI in my PC. I don't want gen AI in my art. I don't want gen AI in my games. I don't want gen AI in my music. I don't want gen AI in my movies. I don't want gen AI in my books. I don't want gen AI in my cart. I don't want gen AI in my LIFE.

From our house to yours, Merry Christmas!

Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.

The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.

This, this, this! “Translation at the literary level is creative work.” A translation can be brilliant and revelatory, but it takes extraordinary human skill, talent, sensitivity, training, experience and perspective. Only a human is capable of doing this kind of fine detail work well.