The apple reviews continue until morale improves. Today's victim: THE CRIMSON CRISP.

WOW THEY'RE BOTH SO BIG

Speaking of struggling to create... Tuesday's post is up on Wednesday and that's OK.

Monster of the Week 289 is Trakz, sdoowkcab eht ni sevil, stoob gib, driew taht ton s'ti sdrawkcab tniop taht teef htiw stlits no tub sdrawrof klaw yeht kool.

I'm ready to start on my fall projects 🍂

Ok Bluesky, help me sleep because Google is getting me nowhere and I have places to be tomorrow. Is the washer/bolt I need to fix this a standard part or do I need to disassemble my toilet tomorrow and haul this bit to the hardware store? #advice #helpme #dad #tools #homeimprovement

Love cozy scifi? Feeling hungry? You're in luck! My fictional food blog (with real, delicious recipes) The Breakfast Serial returns TOMORROW! Subscribe today and get the next post in your inbox: stardustnews.magicrobotcarnival.com 🪐📚

Big brass balls. If there’s some “crisis of masculinity” in America, it boils down to man-children who lack the cojones of this polite, soft-spoken, badass accountant and therefore fail to understand that “showing up for our neighbors” is what being a man means if it means anything.

Sign up to vote for “ace in space,” do it, do it

If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

You may already know about The Toast's roundup, but just in case you're one of today's Lucky 10,000: web.archive.org/web/20160712...

Are you part of a trans knitting group, a queer poetry collective or a lesbian cricket club? (Or something else!) I want to speak with non-alcohol based, LGBTQ+ hobby groups about community, connection and the changing LGBTQ+ 'scene' Get in touch! [email protected] #JournoRequest

TONIGHT TONIGHT, there's readings for you tonight ... at BBB's September reading! Join us at 7pm to hear tales from awesome authors @cosbrarian.bsky.social @davidmack.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social and @randeedawn.com 📚🎙️🧉 See you there! More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com

i refuse to choose, i live in america, by god, if i want katsu curry for breakfast and tandoori chicken pizza for lunch and a sushi burrito for dinner, i barely even have to leave my neighborhood

Was too tired to finish the last bit of a full writing book review tonight so I went to schedule an older post. Internet flipped out in the middle, so tomorrow's #writingabtwriting post is early. Happy reading I guess? 📚💙🖋️ #writingcommunity #bookreview #booksky ⚡📚

One of the most pro-social things you can do right now is start a little something. A writers group, a book meetup, a fountain pen club, a music meetup. Anything that brings people together and brings them joy is a light in dark times. Here's instructions: 💙📚 #writingq #resist #writingcommunity

ICE has fired tear gas and pepper balls at protesters outside their Broadview facility. They are terrorizing immigrants across Chicagoland. The time to resist is now. It will only get harder as authoritarianism tightens its grip. Please pay attention to this struggle.

Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling. I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.

Fair warning all, I am in a mood and coming in to the recent thread to tell me why various good things don’t ACTUALLY count and everything is terrible will get you an increasingly less gentle lecture about how outsourcing your despair is a dick move.

If you've been using a 📌 emoji to bookmark posts, @rafael.my and @samuel.bsky.team cooked up a special tool you can use to migrate them to your Saved Posts. Try it here: pin2saved.vercel.app

The countdown begins to the next BBB reading at Barrow's Intense -- next week! Join us 9/17 at 7pm (Wednesday) for a great crowd, delicious drinks and fantastic tales from @cosbrarian.bsky.social @davidmack.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social & @randeedawn.com 📚🎙️🧉 More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com

Today's tea is a sample of Bing Dao Ancient Tree Raw Pu-erh from Teavivre. A bit more astringency than I prefer but good flavor. Working on #writingabtwriting articles and chatting with friends on the phone. #teasky

your moment of calm

there's a korean guy and a somali guy outside my apartment loudly and enthusiastically hyping each other up about each other's cuisines. it's extremely endearing

Been getting good steam. #teasky

This is the last day for the Murderbot + Witch King and my other fantasy Humble Book Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/martha... We've raised $89,000 in donations for World Central Kitchen so far!

Ten years ago we built an instrument so gobsmackingly sensitive that the first thing it did was detect the ripples in spacetime from two black holes merging more than a billion light years away. With its current upgrades it can measure a distance change ten thousand times smaller than a proton.

So yes, lots of bad shit happens, we are set back frequently by assholes and bad luck, but we still keep staggering forward toward a better world. I hate so much of what is happening in the US, but it’s actually still a really good time to be alive compared to all the others.

I've been struggling to write this story I've been working on...Too much class action lawsuit...Too much world insanity... But today I managed to clear a few hours & wrote a few hundred words & it was so restorative. The world is a fucking mess. I hope you find time to art in it.

If you feel like logging off for a bit today, can I recommend the 'Roverpowered' series by @drewhayesnovels.bsky.social. It's got a ridiculously cute corgi and a lite-danger plot and is all around just what I needed right now. Might go back and reread the whole thing. 💙📚🪐 #booksky

Take some advice from someone who has seen this play many, many times before: this is the same old predatory publishing model, not some innovative step forward. “We deduct our expenses before—“ No, that’s where you can stop reading, everything else is now irrelevant.

Slogan ideas… “Smoking hot body or your money back” – crematorium “The first one’s on the house” – chimney installers “We’re not afraid to raise a few eyebrows” – plastic surgeons “We’ll help bring out your inner child” – maternity ward “There’s no turning back now” – neck brace manufacturers

Pub day for a friend's piece "Pearl Plucking" in 4lph4num3r1c by @zoeticpress.bsky.social. The theme is Florid Fauna and all of the stories are amazing.

Don't assume something is "good" just bc it's worn by the wealthy. If your goal is to look rich, then great, maybe the outfits below achieve what you want. But not everyone is trying to. Thus, they'll have to wear something different: tailoring (confers silhouette) or drawing on different histories.

Random plot hook from the past… Plot Hook #235

If you're looking around and seeing only destruction, any act of creation and joy is resistance. The instructions are for a writers group, but consider it a template for starting anything. #writingabtwriting #resistance #booksky

Late night entry to the Appendix N blog bandwagon. Discussing one of my favorite fantasy trilogies The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon.

I have a challenge for you today, teaheart: why don't you make like an oolong leaf and open up your heart slowly, gently, and soulfully over the course of an entire afternoon?⁠ ⁠ 🍃 What does that look like for you? To give yourself space to soften and warm?

Today's tea is more of the 2025 Dragonwell. As I look at my tray I can't help but think of the wonderful mashup of culture I have here. The tea and brewing method are from China, the cup is from Iceland, the treat is from a Palestinian restaurant up the road, the plate is antique German. 🍵 🫖 #teasky

Hi, I’m Dana, I was the first out trans person in syndicated comics, and I draw unicorns and kids really seem to like them. Grownups too sometimes. bookshop.org/p/books/phoe...

If you don't even know where to start, check out the #DidThisToday hashtag where folks post some of the practical things they're doing to make the world a little better and push back against fascism. Lots of great, easy things to do there.

The time is now. Right now. Time for literally all of us to push back against fascism. You don't have to and literally can't do EVERYTHING. Don't worry about that! Just pick the one or two issues/things you know and care about and join the people who are doing practical things to help.

Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.

I am once again asking you to stop sending us money. But we do need your time. ⏰ zohranfornyc.com/events

Critters waiting for October 2nd. #Sketch #Drawing #Doodle #CriticalRole #Critters #CriticalRoleFanArt #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #CampaignFour #CR4 #speculation