Contemporary fiction teacher who gave us a quiz on Ordinary People, with the question "where did the protagonist take his love interest on a date". Those who wrote "bowling" were correct, while those who wrote "McDonald's" were wrong. "That's not the date. They just ate there." 😐

Who needs blurbs from people who like the book when those who ban it already make it sound so cool?

London-area folks! I will be in town for the Amelia Project live show in August! I'm excited for the show as well as to meet up with friends! ameliapodcast.com/live-at-thea...

If you haven't yet seen the beautiful animated short "Dragonfly," by the wonderful @juliamorizawa.bsky.social, here's your chance! Watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXlq...

The child had MCAS testing today, and made a point of using the word "floccinaucinihilipilification" in his answer to an essay question. Exquisite trolling, or just showing off? (It means judging something to be worthless.)

I haven't seen my phone since Thursday night, but GPS tracking says it's in my house *somewhere*. We've torn the place apart top to bottom multiple times. Drawers, shelves, freezers, cabinets, laundry, I got as far as looking in boxes of Pop Tarts, since it would fit in there so nicely. Vanished.

The best thing about two-factor authentication is how if you misplace your phone, you can never login to any of your accounts on any device ever again.

I don’t consider myself an expert at asking for help, but I’m out here asking all the same: My car is in need of critical repairs at the worst possible time and I just don’t have the money for it. If anyone out there has any change to spare, your help is so appreciated gofund.me/75670e806

Anyone who isn't eating blue cheese every chance they get is wasting their entire fucking life, and that is the hill I will die on.

Julian (age 16): Why live life if you can't talk like a poet from the 1700s?

I've successfully made a tasty cocktail out of my lapsang souchong tea infused-vodka. I've successfully made a tastey cocktail out of my black trumpet mushroom infused-vodka. The brown mustard seed-infused vodka is proving a greater challenge. But by god, I will make this happen!

Things I have infused vodka with this week: Lapsang souchong Black trumpet mushrooms Mustard seed and coriander

Yesterday I tried to describe something as "navel-gazey," but instead said "nasal-gazey," and now I am offering that phrase to you, dear world. Please make it happen. Feel free to shape its meaning as you like, so long as it takes flight into our language.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

ICE is in Maine right now because Trump and his lackeys are racist, and are particularly hateful towards Somali Americans. They've given their mission a cutesy name that I won't type here; you can look it up if you want to feel sick.

If you're not ready for Stranger Things to be over, might I suggest the comics that myself and other creators have been writing since Season 2? I've had a blast telling stories with both familiar characters and new, and happy to have contributed my small part to Hawkins and the Upside Down.

Part of the brilliance of Labyrinth is it really took to heart the fact that the best song in any musical is the villain song, so they just went all in and made every song a villain song.

Followed the instructions on this thread and it was super easy and quick! I had to leave the window open after hitting submit for it to process, but they sent a confirmation email when it submitted.

The moderate position here is that every single ICE agent should be tried and put in prison for their many crimes. That's the baseline

ICE IS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Jeff Van Dreason writer, director, sound designer says, "Equal parts funny and furious, Two Thousand and Late taps into the growing anger we all feel and channels it into a narrative we all need to hear." Listen to @vandreasonable.bsky.social! pod.link/1835711536

I don't know what to expect from Starfleet Academy, but in all of my secret speculative Star Trek show bibles for shows I'll never be invited to make, the the Chief Medical Officer is always Klingon. So they've got my interest just on that point.

It rocks to tell people their shit rocks. Every single person who has ever been nice about my work has been appreciated for doing so. I take time to say I love stuff and it’s always the right time to remind somebody you value their work! You don’t need to get into detail either. Just say it rocks

Oh heeey! Me, @laurenshippen.com and @jonnysims.bsky.social are talking about audio drama in just under half an hour over on Twitch and Youtube. It'll be the first hour of Lauren's marathon livestream to mark the end of the Phantom Pulse crowdfunding campaign (21hrs left, go go go!) Come join us!

FACT: openly expressing love and joy and compassion and affection are meaningful virtues in the fight against fascism.

Reposting to spread the word! My good friend Rebecca has a new book releasing soon, and is giving away three ARCs (advance reader copies)! I've loved her previous books, and wholeheartedly recommend checking her work out! I'm not entering the contest because I've already pre-ordered my copy!

Happy #BlueSkyMonday! Our version of #CyberMonday but, with, like cool book recommendations rather than gross algorithm driven sales. So we'll be giving out recommendations ALL DAY & all recommendations will be 10% off. Make your requests now or just watch for posts throughout the day!

Happy Audio Drama Sunday!! Have you backed Phantom Pulse on Kickstarter yet? We think that you'll fall in love with this rock album/audio drama, but we need your help to make it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aty...

There are many benefits to the general digitization of media, especially for those of us living in apartments. But come the time of year when people are asking me for wish lists, I miss being able to fill it out with CDs and DVDs. It was so much easier to ask for things. (Or buy things for others.)

Yes, I am! And it's wonderful! (Even if I must accept that canonically, I am most likely dead in this universe. Oops!)

Exercises in Sound will be on break until after the holidays. Those last two episodes took more time to produce than the typical episode, and I've eaten up my buffer. I have some other deadlines demanding my attention, and honestly, I could use a little break anyway. But I'll be back in January!

Y'all, my band @ghosttour.bsky.social dropped our first full-EP that we recorded together in March of this year. I cannot understate how much it's meant to me to have a chance to do this kind of thing again. Would mean a lot if you listen! ghosttourrocks.bandcamp.com/album/feel-s...

Chili!

A nice little late dinner meze!

Version two of the meta-autobiographical version of the Exercises in Sound script. In the director's clip, you'll hear James express some self-consciousness about asking Felix to perform an irreverent version-but this one actually sounds most like how I heard it in my head while writing it.

Here's an interesting new study exploring whether LLMs are able to understand the narrative sequencing of comics and... even the best AI models are *terrible* at it for pretty much all tasks that were analyzed aclanthology.org/2025.finding...

I'm not joking when I say I would, in a heartbeat, follow an account that just posted Disco Elysium edits of news footage, current memes, and random media scenes.

In honor of his passing, I think it's vital that we take a moment to recall the glorious comedy of that time Dick Cheney accidentally shot his friend in the face, soon to be followed by said friend publicly apologizing for having been shot in the face by Dick Cheney.

In ep 7 of Two Thousand and Late, there's a moment where Harper (@laurenshippen.com) goes on a rant, where her feelings get muddled with those of her personal demon, Havoc (also Lauren Shippen), with not just the demon's syntax and vocabulary slipping through, but also just a touch of her accent...

So, did I just slip probably the most personal and confessional writing I've ever done into the middle of my weird sound design experiment? Yes, I did. This one is a long time coming. Special thanks to @felixtrench.com for bringing this to life! (Several times. More versions to come.)

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

I'm reading about the difference between "impulsive" and "compulsive" behavior. I'm looking at clinical usage here, specifically because while I think there's a common understanding of compulsive behavior as a clinical concept, impulsive behavior is more often viewed as a personality flaw. #adhd

For anyone who is (or should be!) a Ghosts in the Burbs fan, @ghostsintheburbs.bsky.social is currently donating all proceeds from T-Shirt sales to @prisonbookprogram.bsky.social! She's raised $1400 so far, and I'm floored! PBP is the same org I volunteer with. They're good people doing good work.

If you use Spotify for your podcast listening, may I recommend Pocket Casts instead? It has an excellent desktop player that will sync to your phone, just like Spotify!

PSB is holding literal civics workshops now! Wouldn't it be nice if our primary education system did that?

A new cast member joins Exercises in Sound today! The wonderful @felixtrench.com, best known as Rudyard in Wooden Overcoats, steps into the role of Character A! We're starting light, just playing with a simple cast change, but we have bigger plans down the line. www.exercisesinsound.com/felix/

Right? It’s like the old Kevin Drum piece’s weird, afterlife coda.

It's Indigenous People's Day! Here's some places to donate 🧵 Partnerships with Native Americans provides aid intra-tribally, they cover a lot of groups and a lot of needs- secure.nativepartnership.org/site/Donatio...

Proud to see my local bookstore, where I spent several happy years working, supporting The Prison Books Program, where I currently volunteer a few nights each month! Buying the program books directly from their wish list is *very* helpful.