My military specific beta reader handed me my ass yesterday - now I need to go do a bunch of research on Soviet tank battles “You cant write about tankies without them doing tankie things!” Writing epic fantasy set in the 1930s/40s has its own set of challenges. One of those is tanks

Journathan holy shit

The woke college students did not appreciate my commencement address “you will all serve me as I collect your precious fluids” guess another institution of higher learning failed to prepare them for the reality of having a job!

Gerontocracy is how I still occasionally see people talk about AOC being too "young" and "inexperienced" for a presidential run despite the fact that in 2028 she will be 39 and have spent a quarter of that life as a US congressional member sitting on 5 different oversight and finance committees.

The writing life.

it is my favorite time of the year, i.e., when my solar panels mean that my monthly power bill is < $10. we also just got a level 2 charger installed for the car, and as i’m thinking of doing some more serious renos to the house, i may get more panels installed + a battery. fully green house baybee

I got a $300 check in the mail for a piece I wrote that took me 3 years to finish I’m putting it into sensible index funds which feels like a flex- last time I got a writing check it went to other more pressing things. My lifetime creative writing income is now up to a grand total of $4700

Good read www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Bastard sons in fantasy novels are so angsty

The same week that Leo Garcia Venegas was detained for a third time, a top immigration official told a border security conference that arrests “where we thought they were an illegal alien but they were actually a U.S. citizen” had “happened zero times.”

So writing instead of exercising is actually good for me?

Spotted on Tumblr…

Decades after I was diagnosed with PCOS - now PMOS - I really started reading about it. And I started to get really angry… #pmos #pcos #womenshealth #indigenous #nativehealth #indigenoushealth #americanindian #health #healthcare verastarbard.com/2026/05/13/a...

And another one, going to the beach after work was the right move

Had a nice time wandering around the PNW after work today

It's impossible to be a parent of a very young child and respect bodily autonomy and consent at all times, because toddlers do not want to do things like get poop wiped off their butt or be vaccinated against polio. The important thing is that you take it seriously and only do it when necessary.

"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."

Letter: After driving an electric school bus for 100,000 miles, I would never go back to diesel

The American Heart Association just posted this and tbh, I LOLed.

“Parents have the right to choose what their children are exposed to or have access to.”

A fully, forward-funded education system is essential, just as a defined benefit retirement for our public employees is essential. We can build a stronger, more reliable education system in Alaska, and we can make sure public employees have a retirement after years of serving our communities. 2/2

After meeting with the Anchorage Central Labor Council earlier this week, I jumped on a flight to Fairbanks. It was good to meet with firefighters at the statewide convention and to have a chance to observe part of the negotiations between teachers and the school district in Fairbanks. 1/2

73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare -Universal healthcare (But get your mom flowers, too)

Headline of the day.

People are comparing this photo to the 60s when most of you were actually alive in the 2020s when young Black people have essentially had to confront white cops in this same way.

the fact that this photo looks like it could equally have been taken in 1968 kind of proves the point

Why is it 39 degrees and raining outside

Ran out to get some fresh tulips because I need some color in my life, came back with tulips and anchovies Husband is at the assembly so I guess I’m having a nice night in writing and eating anchovies straight from the tin

Fairbanks! If you’re opposed to Barbara Haney being confirmed to the Fairbanks economic development commission, please email the borough assembly at [email protected]

The key to understanding this is that the Demographic pushing back against being "Educated and Cultivated" isn't the working class; it's the petty-rich. It's the car-dealer class. It's wealth-inheritors who went from high school to their Dad's job, and resent the respect education gets.

I have realized that I’ve unfortunately made it onto a ship creek group donor list so now candidates from all over the state are calling me to ask for money. Great I’m not against giving money to campaigns I just know that SCG campaigns tend to over raise and choke out other campaigns

Emailed my agent to tell him I’ll have a novel draft in 4-6 weeks feels like I just jinxed having a novel draft done in 4-6 weeks

This is good content

Aside from the embrace of Wellness Eugenics I think RFK jr's moves all make sense if you are trying to destroy actual medical industries and replace them with wellness snake oil. We can all agree on the greed of the former but at least they create actual usable products

horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...

7 dollar gas. Well, I guess I'll buy an electric car. Oh those are 60 thousand dollars? Well at least electricity is cheap. Oh the government won't build solar panels because it's "Too transgender"? Well at least wages are going up. Oh the idea of jobs is fake now? Well at least everyone is happ

The vast majority of those "medical kidnapping" cases you hear about in the news are really stuff like this but the parents are smart enough not to explicitly admit it to the press and the hospital can't issue a public statement correcting the record due to HIPAA.

The Federal government cannot be trusted on health issues over the next few years. We have to rely on blue state health departments.

"The Pearl Creek we remember is gone. Our kids have moved on. It’s time for the adults to do the same." Great LTTE by Sean Holland www.newsminer.com/opinion/comm...

Pearl Creek APC found out last night that lawyers will be involved. The agenda for today's board meeting was posted Friday. If you support the FNSBSD litigating Dunleavy and Bishop's egregious usurping of local control take a moment to e-mail the school board: [email protected]

Solo should've gotten sequels. Teras Kasi should've been shoehorned into everything including Solo sequels. Kit Fisto is a terrible and perfect name. Dexter Jettster could have his own series a la The Bear. Ben Kenobi is handsome but not bright. We are one of the most brain poisoned fandoms.

The phantom menace is the best prequel because it’s just a dumb kids movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously

Filled up at Costco today for $4.99 a gallon- before it hits $5 this weekend But tell me why Trump said he’d make prices go down again right?

"No, no, great job, you disintegrated the first-ever pedestrian-only planet. You drove a million miles just to ruin a perfectly lovely living space."

Meanwhile on writer threads, which is the distillate of the most toxic parts of writer twitter ground into a paste

It’s the Starbucks CEO that can write his private flights off on his taxes. It’s the Starbucks employees that Cannot write the clothing they have to purchase for the dress code off on they taxes. Do you get it yet? I need you to get it.

i see a horse has won the kentucky derby again. this is beginning to feel rigged

I have less than 100 pages of this novel left to edit somehow Wow Anyway, Costco and then more writing