daniel apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1895

Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania. The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown. 🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...

Even MORE good news from Bucks County, PA!

Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."

This person took this when they called the race

The Trump administration is considering reopening federal lands around Chaco Canyon to mineral development, the New Mexico congressional delegation is reporting. sfnm.co/4oqLz7c

Finally

The Smiling God welcomes you. buff.ly/ULp5YUw

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

Happy Halloween and Happy Bat Week! Here's Halford in his marigold costume. 🦇 #bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife #batweek #batweek2025

Creepy cartoon fun! 👻🎃 In THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1929), #MickeyMouse faces a swarm of skeletons who make him play the organ — with some animation from THE SKELETON DANCE! 💀🐭 More spooky season ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ste... #Halloween #SpookySeason

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Hosting a #Halloween party on the weekend? A book from 1920 on decoration and costume tips: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dennison-s-bogie-book-for-halloween-1920?utm_content=buffer30e33&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

Giant, floating pumpkin races have drawn large crowds to the Oregon city of Tualatin.

“Despite how terribly damaged America has been recently, that country and those ideals remain worth fighting for."

“I want a lawyer.” These words are so important, friends. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

i have posted before that i think you are an artist before you ever make a painting or song or book. i understand it is a unique perspective and that is okay, but i am thinking on it again after seeing post from buckaroo @scalzi.com specifically how it relates to my perspective on grief and death

This is good stuff that I believe will help people in the world Chuck. Grateful for you

Breaking: The Supreme Court is now officially considering taking up a case overturning same-sex marriage. This is the first time in history the court has considered rolling back this right.

David Ball, the non-singing half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic “Tainted Love,” has died. He was 66.

Marketing matters. And: there are no small writing jobs.

Every Dem should be posting like this

In her conversation for Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians, Monae recalls jetting back to the 1970s to see Bowie perform 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.'

the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution

joe wright, director of pride & prejudice (2005) reading letterboxd reviews

Cancelled Spotify today and will be upping my monthly donation to my favorite local radio station!

Very sad to see NBC Out go down. I know journalists who have worked there and it was home to some of the best in depth reporting on LGBTQ+ issues out there from a legacy media outlet. Legacy media continues to abandon us, and it seems only we can tell our own stories these days.

One of Peter Cushing's best performances - a terrific crime movie spin on A Christmas Carol.

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior. To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also. Sick.

#HappyThanksgiving2025 🍁🦇 Give thanks to bats! Alberta’s bats munch millions of insects, saving farmers & foresters on pest control—and helping our health by reducing pesticide use. Overlooked & underappreciated, these tiny insectivores quietly make life better for us all. #ThankABat

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! If you want to get into the Halloween spirit and want to support Indigenous people, may I suggest you pick up Never Whistle At Night, edited by Shawn Hawk with an introduction by Stephen Graham Jones. www.goodreads.com/book/show/75...

BREAKING: Scientists have found wild #wolfdogs roaming the mountains of Greece. In nature, wolves and dogs rarely interbreed. This is fascinating. "An Incredible Wolf-Dog Hybrid Has Emerged from the Mountains of Greece" www.popularmechanics.com/science/a689... #wolf #wolves #canislupus

🚨 #Pennsylvania Republicans are pulling out all the stops to remove 3 Democratic State Supreme Court Justices this year! 25 DAYS TO GO. Help keep them on the bench. There's also seats up in #WI & #NC next year. Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/state...

Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of digging without approval, releasing untreated water onto city streets and spilling muck from its trucks, according to a new document obtained by @citycastvegas.bsky.social and @propublica.org.

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value. This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025. Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment. Be warned.

"I would want my legacy to be: If it ain’t right, fucking fix it, whatever it takes. I’d want to be remembered for trying to do the right thing and care for all people." A legend and an inspiration. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she's leading the department's "final mission" to shut down. But @megomatz.bsky.social and I found it's more than that: Political appointees from ultraconservative groups are in power at ED now, and they hope to dismantle public schools.

What does it take to be a Revolutionary War reenactor? Caity Weaver traveled across New England and to New York’s Fort Ticonderoga, put on period clothing, and shot a musket to find out:

"Never before has access to so many stories been stolen from so many children." We continue our #BannedBooksWeek coverage with @penamerica.bsky.social's Sabrina Baêta. She joins Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social to discuss PEN's new report "The Normalization of Book Banning." LISTEN: bit.ly/3KHHVXy

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine -Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

"Democratic strongholds" in this militaristic context makes it sound like we're terrorists or insurrections or warlords. I cannot express how angry I am at American journalism for enabling this moment.

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws" [via @theguardian.com]

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

How ‘Woke’ Went From an Expression in Black Culture to a Conservative Insult | “Wokeness” originated decades ago as African American cultural slang for having awareness and enlightenment around racism, injustice, privilege or threats of white supremacist violence, reports @apnews.com.

Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) to direct a "Moomins" animated feature film. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

"We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context." Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border. From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.