Want to be terrified even more? Check out these scary novels from my recent Minnesota Strib roundup.

A great visit to the Minnesota Arboretum @MN_Arboretum yesterday with our littles. Sorting pumpkins in little houses and voting for the best scarecrow display.

Pittsburgh here’s your special assignment. These are the advertisers on your local Sinclair station that refused to air Jimmy Kimmel. Free speech.

Today’s winner is ….

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

An important read and disappointing decision (at least 2/3 of it).

Students, prof of 40 years here. If you don’t want your profs to use AI, find a school where lectures, CANVA & Power Point are NOT the primary modes of delivery. Demand better. #assessmentaslearning #authenticteaching #teachingandlearning #educationmatters

Aw, come on!!! #wordsmatter #wordle #iwrite

Please read this by the great @sifill.bsky.social . We must come together to pass this test. ⬇️ Our humanity demands it.

The more they lie, obfuscate and deny the glaringly obvious facts, the more I suspect they’re trying to protect the signal chats we haven’t seen yet.

Descartes when he realized that people who don't think also exist.

If your books, like mine, were pirated and then used illegally by META to train its AI, here’s an update from The Authors Guild. authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...

Right now, it’s the little wins, my friends (see below). I snitched on a bunch of lit characters. Professor McGonigall for supporting Hermione more than Harry, that Miss Jean Brodie was only encouraging her ‘girls,’ that Mr Brockelhurst was abusing Jane Eyre, a white student.

Hanging with John & Scott’s pups in Palm Springs: Dixie, Jack & Tito #dogsrlove

Yes, NYTimes, we do. Our brains are on fire right now so sshhh!

According to #broadwayworld Cynthia Erivo will Star as Jesus in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at the Hollywood Bowl. #shewalksonwater #hosanna #musicaltheater #superstar

“Let me in.” #aliens #daleks #doctorwho #phonehome

Issa Rae cancels her event at the Kennedy Center after Trump was announced as chairman: “Due to what I believe to be an infringement on the values of an institution that has faithfully celebrated artists of all backgrounds through all mediums, I’ve decided to cancel my appearance at this venue.”

Indeed.

Yes, that was him flashing a lowercase “a” necklace.

The half-time show was exactly what we needed: “The revolution will be televised…”

My morning almost took a nasty turn. #notfiber #gravyanyone

On a different note 🎵 Heard these birds on today’s morning walk. Excited about the Verdin & Phoebe #birdnerd #listen

TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.

Karen Attiah nails her response. This is what we need. DEI has been around for years—the sixties right? It’s called civil rights. Trump is not getting rid of DEI. He is trying to destroy civil rights. Get it RIGHT.

Omg!! Say ‘hello’ to the 14th amendment, my little friend. www.huffpost.com/entry/karoli...

Heads up Bluesky and #Blacksky Author extraordinaire Jesmyn Ward is here at @jesmimi.bsky.social! Give her a follow and make her feel welcome. www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jesm...

LETS DO THIS: Close your Threads, Instagram and Facebook accounts … at high noon on 20 Jan 2025 right after you do it to X. The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff. Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.

Trump says “They should give it up, because we need [Greenland].” We need universal healthcare. We need reproductive rights. We need a President who isn’t a fucking twat. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...

This is just to say I poached a pear in my InstaPot. It was so sweet and so delicious.

Happy Love Day to my brother in-law, Scott Gill, and brother, John Barrowman. I can hardly keep track of my own anniversaries, but I think this might be 31 for them. #loveislove #everlasting

The Milwaukee Bucks are the 2024 NBA Cup champions 🏆

I'm teaching my first live HYBRID Afrofuturism writing class w/ @kundalinisteve.bsky.social Jan. 25 & it's half price until 12/31! (Virtual and in SoCal) Black creators or non-Black creators Writing the Other, join us to learn principles of powerful Afrofuturism. www.steven-barnes.com/live-classes

An important Christmas message from the UK comedy troop. May cause pearl-clutching in some 😜 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

My segment on some unusual gifts for Book Lovers! www.tmj4.com/shows/the-mo...

Today’s #wordswithweight www.threads.net/@carolebarro...

Today’s #wordswithweight in honor of Percival Everett winning the National Book Ward. From James. 📚✍️

Today’s #wordswithweight from Kevin Hawkes’ “The Wicked Big Todlah.” My grand babies have read it so much they have Maine accents #hihowareya

Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies. #bydhttmwdi

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

BLUESKY HAS ARRIVED. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

#wordswithweight from Patrick Nathan “I’ve always thought if ghosts were real they’d be our depressions — the dent in the couch, the groove in the floor, the desktop’s finish worn away where you type. Life is routine and that has to leave some scratch, some way the world and its things get used.”

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