Saturday morning puffin crew.

No bookstores, the coffee houses are dreadful, and the fee for get a breakfast sandwich delivered is literally astronomical. www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/s...

Now go away or we will taunt you again. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I'm reminded of AE van Vogt's short story "The Weapons Shop" www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

My Minnesota Rebel Alliance T-shirt.

I predicted last year that Romance would be the first genre to be invaded when AI came for fiction writers. AIs don't write well, but a writer skilled in their use them can go from publishing 10 books a year to 200 "AI assisted" works. #booksky www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...

Taking a break from digging neighbors' cars out of the snow.

Any recipe that begins with sauteing bacon in butter is a recipe I can get behind. #CoqAuVin

Minnesotan hearts are gentle, generous, and have a core of steel. One oughtn't fuck around with them unless one wishes to find out. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

Let’s be clear about what the Trump regime is saying to Minnesota: “We will continue murdering your citizens unless you help us rig your election.”

Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.

Even before Saturday’s killing, Minnesotans were angry. The police chief called for protesters to stay peaceful. If they manage that, they will have demonstrated considerably more restraint than the armed officers of the federal administration

Post a flower

You know you want to.

Stopping off-duty police at gun-point based solely on their skin color isn't part of a targeted immigration operation. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Friend’s extremely Minnesota protest sign

By the same token, will we soon have to go to European authors and publishers to escape US publishing's Romance/Romantasy monoculture. 🤔#booksky www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

O.o

Jaffacakes. Serbian edition.

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

I get that ICE is frustrated. Likely they expected those shy Minnesota folks to roll over after Good's well-documented murder. But Midwestern hearts have a core of steel, and Minnesotans do not suffer injustice gladly.

A worthwhile listen. In this episode I learned it's possible to play far, far too much "Vampire: The Mascarade".

Hazelnut butter delivered by HALO drop.

Warm current scones for a rainy morning.

Excellent NYTimes analysis of multiple bystander videos, filmed from different angles, shows the ICE agent was not in the path of the victim’s SUV when he fired three shots at close range, that the vehicle was moving away from the agent when he drew his gun, and the agent is uninjured afterwards.

STRAIGHT UP MURDER

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"Some of the literary imprints at the corporate houses are feeling reticent with certain categories, moving away from more literary titles or translations." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...

House of Corn and Crabapples

House of Snorts and Herring.

All I wanna do is have some fun. (I've got the feeling I'm not the only one.)

The conversation on Threads

Happy New Year, Blue. Especially to those content providers who were sources of grace, kindness, and solace in a year often defined by the absence of such graces.

"Childe Robot to the dark tower came." - The Barrens of Quitratue

Dear UK friends, I'll be spending a month in Devon next Summer. Let me know if there are any good writing/book events in Devon, Somerset, or Cornwall. Would love to meet some of the UK crowd.

Nothing. Good fries don't need any help.

Humble joys of tea, and toast with honey during a writing break.

Happy Winter Solstice to my fellow polar bears.

Braiding bread for the solstice.

Let's see.... "Die Hard" is a Christmas/Holiday movie.🤨 Though the "Fifty Shades of Grey" series has sold over 125 million copies, finding someone who read it is really difficult. 🤭 I'm puzzled as to why Iceland's Yule Cat (Jolakotturinn) hasn't appeared in any Hallmark Christmas romances. 🤔

As she flew by and we regarded each other from a meter and change distance, it occured to me that I was encountering an alien intelligence in its own environment. It also occurred to me that @aptshadow.bsky.social would love this meeting.

🎶Me and my manta🎶

Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild this year. Fox Sea Lion Coyote Giant oceanic manta ray Clarion angelfish

Oceanic mantas are smart, curious, and quite fond of bubbles.

No one gets to appropriate apple pie. It's not conservative. It's not political. It definitely doesn't belong to the "womanosphere". You'll have to tear my rolling pin and paring knife out of my cold, dead fingers. @economist.com doesn't grok apple pie. Stick with plumb pudding, ya Brit so and sos.🤨

You keep saying this but the words make no sense.