This is especially amazing because the base barely wobbles a millimeter on some of those wildly difficult catches!

I know we don't do the Constitution anymore, but am I mistaken in thinking this is exactly what the 25th Amendment is for?

the man’s a human being just as I am: he has just as much reason to fear me, as I have to be afraid of him

I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one. It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.

Asking for a friend whose book club just read Rebecca Solnit's A Paradise Built in Hell. I suggested they could read Naomi Kritzer's "The Year Without Sunshine" as a chaser & friend asked for 2-3 short recs (short thru novella length) that she could suggest as a grouped reading. Thoughts?

Margin Call But maybe I like it? I don't know. My feelings about Margin Call defy categorization. I definitely don't think it's GOOD

when i saw this headline ("Snowman appears at Eiffel Tower after Paris Snowfall") i was really hoping for something more like @jackielaubooks.bsky.social's "Magically Generated" www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-r...

Are you a PhD student interested in using museum collections in your research? Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections. collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...

Keep your weather eye open, and sing out every time.

A pregnant queen surrounded by threats and caged by expectations. Two loyal bodyguards who'd die for her but want to live for her too. My X-Files-inspired MMF romantasy novella is out now at all the usual e-tailers. Get Frostburn for $2.99! books2read.com/u/47aYWq

omg I am SO EXCITEEEEEEE

Date Night — Anatoly Kuvin, 1956

i was thinking about watching the new mad max movie with chris hemsworth as the villain and then i learned they put him in a fake big nose and brown color contacts to make him look more evil plus ça change

I can't even remember the last time I got on the Broad Street Line that it didn't reek of smoke

A number of weeks ago, I mentioned that I keep a "craft journal" — a journal that's about the books I've read with analysis through the lens "how can this inform my writing?" Many iterations later, have a free PDF of what I'm calling "Reading Selfishly:" dl.bookfunnel.com/6dvlo8cnxx

This one is public so you don't have to be a member to read it! But would you or a loved one like a membership for Christmas perhaps?? 👀😘

This week on Patreon I shared an excerpt from my notes for Rafe Cohen's book (a scene where he and Ash try to have an honest conversation about Ash's mental health) www.patreon.com/posts/146556...

The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.

Need a last-minute gift for a friend who loves cultural criticism, feminist media, and independent, worker-owned collectives? Get them a gift membership to @theflytrapmedia.com! www.theflytrapmedia.com/gift-subscri...

Similarly, turn away from falling glassware. Do not get a spray of glass up into your face. I know you think you can catch it in time but you probably shouldn't try. I have literally picked tiny jar shards off my face and if I didn't wear glasses they'd probably have been in my eyes.

JFC PLEASE LOCK YOUR RPF AND SPREAD THE WORD, FRIENDS (reposting bonibaru's img with alt text)

Rose and I are friends so I’ve seen the research she does just for fun. If you need someone to help with this, she’d be worth every penny.

Sam is being much too modest here BUT ALSO did you know you can hire me to do research for you??!! 🤯🤩 rosedoestheresearch.com

Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach

I love this thread!

I am back to reading Richard Jury and you will be pleased to know that Melrose is still possessive as hell JURY: I have a crush on Jenny, I'm sure Melrose won't mind if I bring her to dinner ME: Melrose will ABSOLUTELY mind MELROSE [a bit later]: Ugh Jenny seems to be lurking around somewhere

My pickle menorah in action as promised! Happy Hanukkah!!! www.patreon.com/posts/146109...

I love this. It looks incredibly comfortable.

:D

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

Happy Hanukkah everyone! Got home too late to light candles tonight (I am going to BED!!) but tomorrow I hope to show you my pickle menorah in action

7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed A 43 year old married father of two He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland No experience with guns He was walking past He has two bullets in his arm

For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

There's still time to order fantasy subway map for Christmas presents! Surely you know someone who needs: - a Hobbit subway map - a LoTR subway map - a Narnia subway map They're right there, at my Etsy store, waiting for you! #LOTR #Narnia #Maps #Subway www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

On imdb the description for the 2007 Mansfield Park is "The classic tale by Jane Austen of family scandal, social graces, and the unrequited love between cousins." Who wrote this and why

When so many examples of so much inanity are out there, I'm stumped by the ongoing enthusiasm for substituting this for credible sources and actual thinking. (I use Duck Duck Go with the AI disabled as my search engine.)

wtaf

Ooh I really want to read the book this is excerpted from! But it doesn't seem available in the US

coe cherries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1915

last week on my Patreon I talked about "parlour knitting" which is a very specific style I discovered by watching "Miss Marple" www.patreon.com/posts/spoile...

Yuriko Hoshi in Ishiro Honda's MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964) She was BOTD in 1943

Actual Soviet poster about achieving the five-year plan in four years, just in case anyone wanted to know the origins of that famous example in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Yakov Guminer, 2 + 2, plus workers' enthusiasm = 5, 1931

This is my big soap box. We gave the presidency too much power with the PATRIOT Act, extrajudicial drone strikes, indefinite detention and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump is just using executive authority Congress gave to the presidency after 9/11 to maximum effect.

royal novelle cherries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1911

An amazing lady and artist.

"the industry" A stark reminder that the wealthy donate to a) clean up their reputations, b) get tax benefits/hide income, and c) influence politicians. (Apparently not what Mackenzie Scott is doing, but certainly what all the tech bro fuckers do--starting with Bill Gates)

"Tonight is a sign that 2026 is going to be a bitch of an election cycle," one House Republican said. "Republicans can survive if we play team and the Trump administration officials play smart. Neither is certain." www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Neighbors - you do not need anyone's permission to sound your whistle when you spot ICE. Nor do you need to attend a whistle training first. Here's everything you need to know.

Consider me influenced.