If I might brag for a minute, this was my beautiful lunch

I never again want to hear House Republicans disparage people they claim are too lazy to work

I enjoyed this book SO much

There was a 'womp' sound from the yard. I looked out the window. Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat. "Oi!" I called. "The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it." Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.

A message and a Lesson from Norway 🇳🇴 💙💙

This childish contempt for the public is entirely distinct from the haughty contempt for the public shown by the French ruling class before the revolution, no parallels at all

Beyond race, I'm glad activists here mentioned the attack on urban representation. This would turn the House into another Senate, heavily biased toward rural voters. A Tennessee with no representatives from Memphis or Nashville, or a Missouri with no representatives from St. Louis or Kansas City.

Happy birthday to Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) a physician who became the 1st Black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for NASA, on September 12, 1992! 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬 #histsci She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering, served in the Peace Corps,

is it good for people? for how many? which ones? to whose detriment? to whose benefit? what is lost? why is that loss acceptable? what seems to be gained? why is that gain necessary?

here’s a little beaver friend, as a treat

My friend tells me that her kid has started saying, "Do you want to be heard, helped or hugged?" when she (kid) clocks that someone is upset, & allowing for the cutesiness I think it's a pretty good buffet of options to remember

The mammalian instinct to destroy the loathsome gourd strikes again.

The Voting Rights Act was a product of a mass movement

Working on something for Signal about #NoKings but @texasaflcio.org alerted me that there is a virtual training happening TOMORROW from the national AFL-CIO for folks who might have some questions or concerns about taking part in a protest now www.mobilize.us/aflciotraini...

The thing about the Public Good is that it flows to everyone. Everyone deserves health care, just like everyone deserves good schools and fair governments and safe roads and clean water and open libraries and every other good thing from a functioning society. Punishing others helps no one.

thoughts and prayers lmao

If you’re interested in getting your hands on a copy of my chapbook, the best way to do that is to become a paying patron over on my Patreon by November 1st. www.Patreon.com/poetrycrow

Enjoy the Reformation and Halloween with the classic 95 Reese's being nailed to a door

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

The Aldi Thanksgiving meal for 10 is now available for $40. Bundle contains ingredients to make a 14 Lb turkey with 9 sides. MUST shop for each item individually, but products that qualify are labeled on the shelves. Deal updates at checkout, no coupon needed. Ends December 24th 🔗 shorturl.at/FZt6R

I am forcing my friend, whose mom was in Highlander fandom and wrote Highlander fanfic back in the day, to explain Highlander to me. I will be updating this thread with my findings.

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

There’s a very good reason that at university, debate is for an extracurricular club the same as kayaking and ham radio, and the actual development, testing and changing of knowledge is done through peer-reviewed research

Here's to every trauma survivor whose nervous & endocrine systems are always revving & red lining under the hood-- but who have been conditioned to either pretend they're not, or to numb out our own awareness of it. You're not exhausted or staring into space "for no reason."

I was a writing program administrator through all of these. We continued to use the research-based pedagogy to help overworked instructors successfully teach writing to 30,000 students/year. Last year, my R1 cut the writing program because it was connected to an ethics and cultures program.

I've recently been reminded that at least some of the immigrants that Abbot sent the Texas national guard to kidnap, are the same immigrants Abbott flew to Chicago in the dead of winter in flip flops and a t shirt to overwhelm the city. Instead Chicago residents clothed, fed and resettled them

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end. In the meantime: • Figure out a small way to help someone • Figure out a small way to fight back • Figure out a small place to find joy • Figure out a small way to grow and thrive And do it often.

Wildly, this happened on Oct 15th, today, then calendar.eji.org/racial-injus... @jamellebouie.net

The way these guys strain against mortality is only going to get weirder tbh. I would caution anyone against conspiratorial thinking that "they know something we don't" because, first and foremost, these techlord guys are morons

Is it really national #mushroom day? Fella directed me to this and said "you finally have your own creepy fungus right at home." He understands me.

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

🎃 October 15 🎃 Urban cowboy

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

Please join me in committing to donate to Platner every time this cabal of obsolete power misers sends a fundraising pitch for Mills.

Do you like archaeology? Do you like horror? Do you like archaeological horror?* I have the book for you. Ten stories, £5.99 for the paperback or £1.49 for the ebook. blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-37/ *different from horror archaeology like a winter watching brief in the snow, finding nowt.

Huh. “In fact, one way of looking at AI is that it’s main use is as a vehicle to give the fossil fuel industry one last reason to expand.” Fascinating newsletter from @billmckibben.bsky.social

yeah.

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces. This is truly terrifying.

Economists at Goldman Sachs have released an analysis estimating that US consumers are shouldering up to 55% of the costs stemming from Trump’s tariffs, even though the president has repeatedly made false claims that the tariffs on imports exclusively tax foreigners.

A bit of crucial life information: fingers do not felt, so stabbing them with a felting needle does no good for anything

It is a comfort to me, the way they never fail to eat their own and discard the bones.

Today, the #Maldives became the first country in the world to achieve triple elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B: bit.ly/491cMs9 This is a major public health milestone that will have a lasting impact on the lives of current and future generations in 🇲🇻.

savory oatmeal, y'all 👍

How I started to just cry and cry when the message from the frog resistance started...

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Greetings from Houston. Kyrie eleison.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

Happy Columbo’s Day