@nameshiv.bsky.social I'm going to need to you to get your team in gear because winning the Superbowl via field goals is not the vibe today.

@scalzi.com Are you SURE you wrote The President's Brain is Missing in 2010? Or did someone perfect that transporter and you just wrote it this year and took it back and stopped it off?

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

In case anyone is planning to buy some jewelry and wants to give a little boost to legal aid at the same time.

As someone who's introduction to the work of @scalzi.com came via the offshoot novels, going back and starting the OMW series is a bit of a culture shock. They're good, and I am enjoying getting back into sci-fi, but feel good books they are not. Ghost Brigades is beating me up.

We had a lazy, layabout sort of day today. Except for Miss- she was on bird feeder watching duty. Must keep an eye on those finches.

Had a chance to go to a signing with Bluesky's own @scalzi.com. He was a delight. Not only that, but so was the group of fans there to see him. It was such a nice way to spend the evening.

Koko knows he is a spoilt beastie. So far his favorite thing is for the kittens to get in the tunnel while he sits on top so he can swat at them as they come and go.

My baby is 3 years old now. He celebrated by being slightly unwell and needing a round of steroids, but he's feeling more perky now. He decided the best way to demonstrate was to look cute and cuddle to distract me before turning into a bitey gremlin and using my leg as a kicky toy.

Hey all, Odd Colored Sheep (patch moms) is doing patches to raise funds for Stem Fest in DC, whose funding was pulled. Go do the thing. Thanks to @karibyron.bsky.social for the alert. oddcoloredsheep.com/Robot-Fundra...

These two babies love an electric blanket. Cola is happy to curl up on the chair, but Koko insists on taking up my space and sleeping on my legs. The girls are content to sleep separately in their cat huts or their warming beds. (At least until morning, when Miss will take her turn squishing me.)

Spent some time getting caught up on @scalzi.com audiobooks this week. Constituent Service was a breath of fresh air in the midst of all the government craziness. Very talented narrator, too. Highly recommend. Now listening to Starter Villain, under the supervision of my very own cat handler.

This is the correct attitude.

That Paramount is even considering settling the 60 Minutes lawsuit is despicable.

Whhaattt? It's Friday? #cats

I have nothing to contribute today but pictures of two kittens who have finally realized there's a pet heater on this bed. They've been taking turns enjoying it. The big cats are suspicious. #cats

I am normally a text person, but I genuinely enjoyed tiktok in a way I hadn't enjoyed other video platforms. I got such interesting stuff and most of it was very kind. I sympathize with all the folks missing it today because when Google killed G+, that was really hard for me.

Bluesky, I looked at the "What's Hot Classic" feed once this week and now my normal Discover feed is full of dick pics. Tell me how to stop this, please.

I saw this earlier but now cannot find the post to share. I tried it myself and now I am amused. 27 is definitely greater than 32, according the the Google AI.

Koko decided I had worked long enough yesterday. #cats

I'm trying really hard to stay out of the "everything sucks, why try' mentality right now, so thanks Bluesky for helping me with that. Photo of some of the cats having a backyard camping adventure. They weren't impressed with the backyard noise or being restricted to the screen room.

Mom, you wanted help with this tablecloth, right? Mom? This one? Right here? I tested it for you. Very nice. #cats

Koko and I have been in bed for 3 extra hours this morning because it's cold and it's Saturday. He knows Saturdays are a good time for extra snuggles. On all other days he pouts and hides under the bed if I don't get up when he thinks I should. 😅

The cutest sleepy little biscuit maker.

Koko agrees that episode of Evil was so crazy not even he could sleep through it. #cats

My dad was changing out a ceiling fan for a friend today and sent me this picture of her cat "helping" him. #cats

Jimmy Fallon isn't even pretending to actually sing. He knows he's not fooling anyone.

A float that has matching themed music and dance? I think maybe it's in the wrong parade.

The parade today has too much central host coverage and not enough parade shots.

I finished the @scalzi.com K. P. S. audiobook last night. The book was great, but I think I enjoyed the afterword as much as the book. Nice to have what so many of us were feeling during that time put into words. The only struggle was remembering Wil wasn't playing himself. 🙂

My husband pulled this pickle out of the jar and said, "here, eat this smiley little guy" and now I'm concerned about what my face looks like when I smile, because this is clearly an evil pickle.

Koko, chilling out to the Red Clay Strays.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

I am attempting to make a baby blanket. As you can see, Koko assumes he is the baby.

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and Coraline fans, my daughter graduates from college next month. Coraline is her favorite. We are trying to find a quote for her hat. Being scared but doing it anyway is an obvious choice, but does anything else stand out? I'm trying to brainstorm.

Time to support indie booksellers! Check out The Storybook Garden, my local Latina-run book shop. They have curated lists of great books—INCLUDING a special one titled "Books by David Bowles”! They're the EXCLUSIVE seller of signed editions of my books. I will pop over and PERSONALIZE ANY ORDER!

What is this? I've never encountered this before. I've been almost entirely offline for 3 days, and I certainly didn't scroll through 3 days worth of posts. I didn't see a single @scalzi.com post, for instance.

I wait all day for him to do this. I live here now.

Since it's cat day, here's a pic of one of my monsters looking like a total goober with his teeth sticking out.

Another #BandcampFriday has come without my having anything new to promote (yet, anyway - I'm still hard at work on my next album). But go check out my catalog! I've got four full length albums and a number of standalone singles you can check out! https://jonporobil.bandcamp.com/

Tonia might murder me BUT I HAVE SWEETENED* THE DEAL! I'm going to raffle of 10 JARS OF HAUNTED HONEY from beeguyz.com! HONEY FROM GRAVES IN LOUISIANA! THE MOST HAUNTED OF HONEY! BUT ONLY IF WE REACH OUR FUNDING GOAL!! afflictedaudio.com/support !!!

I haven't been on social media much lately and I got on Twitter thinking that I'm out of touch on what is happening with the writers' strike. I realized that is largely because a trans writer I was following is no longer on socials. (At least publicly.) Now I just hope she is ok.