“I believe in the night.” Rainer Maria Rilke

I'm doing that "I'm just going to buy these last few things for my kid and THEN I AM GOING TO STOP" thing for christmas

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

two of the best gifts I ever gave myself:

Poirot, Columbo, hell, even the original Scooby Doo gang, I dunno what their backstories are! Jessica Fletcher is a subversion of this in that you learn SO MUCH of how insane her life is and how many places she's met and people she knows, it might as well be nothing.

✅ weird as hell ✅ morally strong

I went to art school and took an elective on voice: "a limited, comfortable artist eventually ceases to be an artist of any kind."

Wild, I was just talking about Parade's End (Tom Stoppard adapted the Ford Maddox Ford novel for the BBC, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Rupert Everett, Stephen Graham and loads of others).

Krampusnacht is December 5, so in preparation, I give to you my favorite krampuslauf video: youtu.be/mojrfw7SJ14?...

I just became aware of this incredibly relatable drawing by John Singer Sargent.

One of my favorite things about this season is YULE LOGS (videos of fireplaces, not the food). This year I've been digging winter forest campfire versions, ex: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9jX... Enjoy!✨

I am trying to unstring a pre-lit tree and: 0/10 do not recommend.

whoever came up with the kale + poppy seed dressing + pumpkin seeds + dried cranberries combo really did a service to humanity

My child is making sigils on the banister (using my lipstick)

The number of times I say my name to strangers and they wildly mishear it makes me wonder... am I saying my own name wrong??

I've been watching Supernatural from the beginning since June and I'm on Season 8 and I gotta tell you... the no-Cas episodes really are, generally speaking, a slog to get through

Just referred to handcuffs as manacles AMA

My favorite kind of people use an uncommon word and then define it right after. (that did not happen here, but it made me think about it)

I bet the new pope watched conclave

Today and every Wednesday through Dec. 17, get free admission to the Seattle Art Museum with a donation of at least two non-perishable canned food items, supporting the Pike Market Senior Center and Food Bank. Details below:

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

back here again! ✨

When you have to pat yourself on the head for doing a good job because no one else will 👍✨

Let the record show: I tied a tie without having to reference a "how to tie a tie" graphic, so basically: witchcraft!

I went to The Movies to see Frankenstein and it was great

this is a popular opinion (I think) but Frankenstein should've had a longer theater release. I really want to see it on THE BIG SCREEN but it's not playing super near me.

I have seen the new Frankenstein (I loved it, it made me cry) and I have unsurprisingly fallen on the "that's a baby I need to care for" side of things

No aurora for me last night but how about some gorgeous fall color and a Red-shouldered Hawk? #birds 🌿

UPDATE: A CHANCE to see NORTHERN LIGHTS in DC area TONIGHT (Tues into Wed). A strong geomagnetic storm is hitting Earth NOW (8p Tuesday) w/ aurora erupting to our north. It could get stronger & reach severe levels into Wed. Clouds are an impediment though. Read more: www.facebook.com/capitalweath...

I saw a big Buddha this weekend. (and also @mishacollins.bsky.social 😌)

Great news, everyone: 'tis the season for Peppermint Stick Ice Cream! This is the best you can get (in a store): www.perrysicecream.com/products/ice...

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

what a good day.

BREAKING: Californians overwhelmingly approve Prop 50, a pro-democracy measure that allows the state to redraw its congressional map to counter Trump’s election rigging efforts. The Golden State moves one step closer to gaining five Democratic U.S. House seats in 2026. More to come.

I will add this is also what Michelle Wu did— she’s not going to get as much attention tonight but that’s in part because she crushed her opponents so hard in the preliminary that she ended up uncontested tonight. Moral clarity and standing up for your neighbors is what wins.

AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."

A lot of Very Serious People will be pretending to be confused about What This All Means as a way to avoid the simple inconvenient reality: Voters like it when candidates are kind sincere non-weirdos who are passionate about big popular ideas that will actually help real people.

it’s funny how a simple message like “you should love where you live” resonates, isn’t it

Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.

JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

This is incredibly important: we must frame tonight as a resounding victory — an electoral landslide, a mandate from the universe itself and as a repudiation of MAGA, of Trump, and of vichy democrats we must be relentless, we must not shut up

BREAKING: MAMDANI HAS WON according to Decision Desk

this is frankly stunning.

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.