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If you're a writer, write "I waited" without saying it. ". . ."

“…reinforcing previous studies, the researchers found that a patchwork of state, federal and local policies allow data center operators to avoid publicly disclosing their actual water use.”

"Slip inside the eye of your mind, don't you know you might find a better place to play?" #bestsongheardtoday #musicchallenge youtu.be/oplra1FJxWI?...

This morning, I went for walk with a coyote and a goose. Just another day in LA.

Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.

The powerful forces trying to dominate our country want us to fall into cynicism. That way, they win everything — and they'll be able to take it all without the rest of us putting up a fight. If you are worried about the future, you are not alone. I am too. But please do not fall into cynicism.

"you kept me like a secret but i kept you like an oath" #bestsongheardtoday #musicchallenge youtu.be/sRxrwjOtIag?...

Translating: The Trump administration is considering settling a lawsuit that Trump filed against the Trump administration (to get a huge payout straight out o from US coffers).

free read: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...

In this I will be no different than the vast majority of all writers (even the successful ones!) working today. The cultural sieve strains out nearly everything. And it doesn't take 100 years; there are "big" writers from the 80s and 90s whose names/works are already unfamiliar to newer readers.

Freddie Hendricks, a middle school theater teacher in Georgia, is getting a Tony Award. Hendricks estimates between 20 and 30 of his students have gone on to Broadway, including Tony-nominated Saycon Sengbloh, and one, Kenan Thompson, who is a household star on “Saturday Night Live.”

why brunch when you can book? (happy mother's day) #booksky gratis read: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...

nyt strands reminding me it's an east coast game

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated.

The Brawley swarm is continuing and getting a bit bigger. It began with a M3.5 at 4:14 pm. After 4 M3s, it gave us a M4.4 at 7:22. Then a couple more larger events M4.0 and M4.5. There is no sign of a drop off in number of events, so we shouldn't be surprised if we see at least a few more M3s.

another day, another day of hearing a neighbor slamming doors and yelling his head off at a soft-spoken woman in his household

these two voices together❤️ #bestsongheardtoday #musicchallenge #countrymusic youtu.be/b8dviCHB3kY?...

this is all wrong and everyone knows it

States in the South are moving rapidly to take advantage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling clearing the way for them to split apart, for political gain, congressional districts where a majority of residents belong to minority groups, Jonathan Shorman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/05/08/r...

"The children shout from the streets as they see police cars coming to raid their homes for one thing or another. They say, Khawuleza, mama! Which simply means: Hurry, mama. Please, please don't let them catch you" #bestsongheardtoday #musicchallenge #mamaafrica #southafrica youtu.be/Fqdcz0eYLSQ?...

hard to look away, close your ears. but why would you? #bestsongheardtoday #musicchallenge youtu.be/0unH11yjklE?...

It's National Cartoonists Day! Support cartoonists and free speech rights✊ @aaec-cartoonist.bsky.social @freedomcartoonists.bsky.social @cartoonistsrights.org @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social

lighting up my socials with this. this! 🪡💜

Award winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP. n.pr/4f7k5S2

I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them

devolved to drinking the cheapest tea bag tea brewed at home and i'm ok w/that

I just want to echo this, that my high school-age kid and his peers DO NOT want AI. They hate it, think it's gross and ignorant, and agree that it's ruining their lives.

May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

Ronald and Roxy are a piglet and a hedgehog who meet in Sequoia National Park, in a new kids TV show about the wonder and history of nature in America. #muppets #TV #KidsTV www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...

"'Disappointed,' 'Surprised,' 'Betrayed': 11 Palpatine Voters on What Has Gone Wrong"

read a book and thoroughly enjoyed it. read reviews and wondered if we all read the same book #booksky

gratis: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/u...

A superlative fried egg poppy that demanded admiration on this afternoon’s dog walk.

There are two types of people - those who squeeze the toothpaste from the bottom and those who squeeze the toothpaste from the top - and they invariably marry each other.

"Though they’ve only done preliminary analysis, de Guzman said that so far, they’re finding mature trees, no matter the species, tended to survive the flames better. And that most of the surviving trees they’ve surveyed actually grew in the last year." #zonezero #lafires

When you collaborate with folks in Louisiana.

"A common refrain emerged among the sources I spoke with: The Trump administration is trying to break the Forest Service, they claimed, to pave the way for privatizing or even selling off the 193 million acres of land it oversees."

"i just don't understand what is your master plan what would you have me do? confusion in my mind been hurt a thousand times now i know you're not true" #bestsongheardtoday #musicchallenge youtu.be/N4vTCKTBX6Q?...

HKFP Lens: ‘Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest’ – Gareth Brown’s 19 years of dance photography 🔗 buff.ly/q27dZFv

Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction.

"The row of paintngs,like much of Gaza life itself,was displayd outdrs,open to the weathr&curious stares.There was a paintng of a dove,a bullet hole,a persons silhouette in a territory where the war btwn Israel&the militant Hamas grp has killed well over70,000 ppl" #artsky apnews.com/article/gaza...

🍕 📖 I LOVED this program when I was a kid. I wish an adult version existed. #Booksky people.com/pizza-huts-b...

Gemma Correll's new graphic memoir feels timely #booksky www.npr.org/2026/04/29/n...