I just finished @marthawells.com’s Witch King. I’m so excited that there’s going to be another book with these complex characters and lush world. And it also gave me hope that you have to “find something to unburn.” Good stuff!

800 detainees are missing after being held in Alligator Alcatraz in July, showing no record of their location in ICE’s database. Other detainees have been mistakenly deported or sent to detention centers thousands of miles away. The cruelty is the point.

This is an absolutely terrific piece from @texastribune.org and reinforces my belief that the best coverage of right-wing cancelations occur at the local level, after years of the national media focusing on threats from the left. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

TIMELINE CLEANSE!!! #Bloomscrollong

This is #TheDoubleTax. Might I also add that Black women in the South are likely experiencing the brunt of Black women "leaving" the labor force because they are significantly overrepresented in the federal workforce.

“Working For AI” contexts.org/blog/working...

It's Hobbit Day! Happy Birthday, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins! #HobbitDay #JRRTolkien #FrodoBaggins #BilboBaggins

Washington Post vs Democracy Docket If you want independent, pro-democracy media that you can trust to never bow down and never obey, subscribe today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best. This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

My mom is having this exact problem, and the N.C. DMV has been virtually inaccessible for a year now because of short staffing.

Look, when you're a zombie star eating the entrails of a hot planet, sometimes you just need to cool things down a bit. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/astronomer... 🔭🧪

omg!

It’s also Hobbit Day!!

I just opened the box with a copy for me and a copy for my friend. Can’t wait!

The Jets are using up all the good luck! I love it when the defense scores.

I’m trying to channel my inner hobbit and plant a garden to attract all the winged creatures. I planted four different species today and spread some Daddy Pete’s out to fill in all the eroded areas from these wild, torrential rains.

There were several tools to estimate the number of fake followers a Twitter account had. I haven’t seen anything similar for Bluesky. I wonder if 30-50% of followers of the typical active Bluesky account might be bots.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy” V-Dem data

*taps the sign*

My most Gen X complaint is that this question ignores our existence.

Trans people just want the right to exist safely as their true selves, like everyone else. But they’ve become easy scapegoats for the GOP, who vilify them and threaten to criminalize their very existence. It's straight from the authoritarian playbook.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Our bird feeder ran empty while we were away for the weekend and I came back to it’s camera roll full of disappointed looking birds

“Who me? As a tripod fish, I deal with stress and fear by transforming into an eyeless abyssal predatory elder god. What about you?” 🎥 Huge thanks to @frida.yolotzin for letting me use the baby tripod fish video, and @schmidtocean for permission to share the adult video.

“Humans evolved in a world marked by resource scarcity and unpredictability. Having people impulsive — and curious — enough to explore unknown or dangerous situations would have helped their group’s survival”. #scicomm #ADHD #hypercuriosity www.sciencenews.org/article/adhd... 🧪 🧠

So JWST has seen these weird objects called Little Red Dots that appear to be extremely luminous and way on the other side of the universe from us. What the heck are they? Well, they could be immense star-like objects powered by black holes. So, yeah. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/little-red... 🔭🧪

Loyalty is an incredible bookstore with an incredible team. I've done in-person events there, we did the Comfort Reads panels there with @marthawells.com @kjcharleswriter.com @tkingfisher.com, it's a wonderful place. please support if you can. www.crowdcast.io/c/comfortrea...

If you need a little hope this morning - the current tween trend involves decorating clothespins with affirming messages, then clipping them on friends' backpacks when they're not looking. Here are a few that my 11-year-old decorated this weekend ❤️

Yeah, everything is a nightmare, but I have not seen a single person complain about email signatures all year. So that’s one benefit to things being godawful. I embraced chaos and started using “best fishes”, which is objectivity asinine, & nobody even cares anymore because everything sucks so bad.

Feels like the world is burning so time for weird jellyfish facts 🧵

your moment of calm

UPDATE: At least 19 states have issued orders to protect COVID vaccine access including AZ, CO, CT, DE, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MN, NC, NV, NJ, NM, NY, PA, RI, VA, WA. Almost all orders allow pharmacies to give vaccines without a prescription, some states have taken steps to ensure insurance coverage.

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has issued a standing order which allows seniors 65 years or older and adults over 18 years with eligible conditions to get a COVID vaccine at a pharmacy without having to get a prescription from a provider.

Exercise and suppression of cancer wapo.st/47EINFQ

I just bought one for me and one as a Hobbit birthday gift for a friend!

I do not care for the number of cameras I am captured by on any given day. I'm a nice little lady doing no evil deeds but on my walk to the damn library I hear this little voice coming from above saying "You are being recorded" and I feel like I'm in a dystopian teen novel, I hate it.

I care for children in the hospital on inpatient & consult services. Most weeks there are at least a few kids admitted with vaccine preventable diseases. Often in children who can’t get vaccinated themselves. 15 years in pediatrics and I’ve never seen a single one admitted with vaccine injury.

One of my brush pen explorations, inspired by watching clouds drifting over the hills on autumnal afternoons ✍️⛅ #inkdrawing #illustration #brushpen #traditionalart #penandink #drawing #art

This afternoon in TIME MAGAZINE, @mariannecooper.bsky.social and I discuss why 300,000 Black women leaving the workforce is bad for the economy, bad for society, and bad for you. In the piece, we argue that Black women are the canaries in the coalmine and why ignoring #TheDoubleTax harms us all.

ok so on 16 June 2023 I had a dream that I was writing an album, and that the album was called "Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan." I wrote the dream down and went back to sleep In the morning, I said: "What if?" Today, the first song from the album is released! www.mountain-goats.com

Me, today, almost in tears because life.

I hope everyone on the other side of the Earth is enjoying the total lunar eclipse! Except for flat Earthers.

They turned the Rose Garden into the garden dining patio at the Fort Wayne Marriott

this is my favorite piece of music writing I have read all year. you don't have to know anything about opera to enjoy it. what a treat www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Resistance Is Inevitable. We’re sick & tired of ICE & FBI agents profiling, harassing, & violently arresting our neighbors. #wearealldc Incredible turnout in DC yesterday, including a strong AAUP contingent. @aaupmason.bsky.social @gwaaup.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social

Best glory I’ve ever seen from a plane! It’s an optical phenomenon that occurs when light interacts in and around tiny droplets of water in the clouds, in the direction opposite the sun. More complex than a rainbow. Here’s a link to some more info: www.zmescience.com/science/phys... #optics #physics

Yes. I'm here to have fun. Everything else is incidental.