Angostura bitters always deliver. This time in a NA sparkling seltzer limeade. The color. The flavor. The aroma. The full sensory experience set in context. Bitters are good.

Maybe not only... but it's a major goal among just a few other big ones.

I don't even know if this is an artifact but I actually don't care because it's funny and punches up.

That's another GREAT syllabification of that genre of music!!! Onomatopoeaiafication ftw.

The feeding of the island of misfit cats is a sacred ritual. It carries me RIGHT to the present moment.

What Elon Musk and a shit ton of other humans are doing with his LLM? Is rape. And child abuse. Period.

DING DING DING!

Yes. And his Flint water-drinking stunts, for me.

::Superman Dead on ground dot gif:::

::Drake hamming it up in Blackface dot meme::

I am definitely a Luddite.

I know I’m probably just a foolish Luddite, but I am pretty sure we can do without plagiarism and misinformation machines that generate horrible sex crimes for the amusement of rape aficionados.

Shout out, team this sentiment:

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you. Hey, I'm chronic and decades-long developmental and complex traumas as a stuffed in the closet multiply neurodivergent, 2e, neuroqueer closet until 2020.

In "The Miracle of Mindfulness," TNH illuminated the construct of everyday meditations. Walking meditation. Doing the dishes meditation. Etc. The infusion of mindfulness, intentionality, gratitude, and ritual into anything I do.

I appreciate this sentiment. But... (considering the alt text) this is not the Hermit. This is the top half of the Pamela Smith drawn 8 of Cups. And the message, "Bring forth what is within you or it will destroy you," is neither particularly related to The Hermit or the Eight Cups.

In 2026, I’d like for people to speak more honestly and openly about dental health. It’s grim, expensive, and also shameful? I’m looking at at least $5K out of pocket this year (with insurance) to deal with various needs, conditions, and disasters

If it's not on Earth? Sure.

Roses go limp, Sea lions repose,

In this Year of Reading, a gentle reminder: The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.

"Boots 'n' Cats 'n' Boots 'n' Cats 'n'..." really is a pristine way to do basic vocal percussion for what is also onomatopoeically called "Oontz Oontz" music.

*big sigh* it's all so very silly 1) unverified personal gnosis is very important to witches 2) you won't have evidence for every part of your practice and that's fine 3) everything is made up at some point 4) if you're going to cite stuff cite it properly, & know that doesn't make it more "real"

This is one perfect manner of framing what happened and what is happening. "No Consent Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women. This is awful."

i urge y'all to listen to music w/your kids & point out samples, then let them hear the original this is how i make sure mine has at least a minor understanding of & tether to what came before. it's hepled shape their music tastes. they recently ✌🏾discovered ✌🏾 jersey house music

The sea lion sees not himself reflected in the responses he receives.

You need to double, and then some, whatever you were making in 1995 just to exist, today, with whatever level of comfort and security you had 30 years ago. Double, and then some.

My GOODNESS, yes. Golly.

And it's down-punching praxis, to boot. Always punch down is the modern male comedy/humor ethos. And break consent. And violate boundaries.

I didn't realize David Lynch was in the exclusive cult of Transcendental Meditation and created his own sub-group.

DHS tweeting how it will deport 100,000,000 people in the upcoming year, encased in a shitty meme, is yet another trial balloon... and I have yet to see any real opposition or fight... from Democrats. Or Republicans.

The Baroque pop queen and my favorite person I share a Bday with

The minute they got everyone talking about LLMs with human attributes and pronouns and shit, it was so clear that, in fact, "a.i. is coming and there is nothing you can do about it."

No it fucking didn't. Grok... didn't say... anything.

No it is not. Human beings are modifying it. Fuck sake.

The state of Israel and the Israeli government and media apparati know it's fucking lying through its Islamisic, genocidal teeth.

Please. Understand. This.

I *a d o r e* this.

Respectability politics are the tools of white supremacist forced assimilation and punitive compliance.

Alas, the worst men in my life were not.

The whole thread is a marvelous read and share. Insightful and thorough. Here is the conclusion.

Still, eh?

May the New York Post be visited by the ghosts of Countess Markiewicz and William Heywood.

Reminder, folks, that materialism is compatible with socialism. It's the supremacist and hierarchical capitalism that has to go.

Hows about there is *no such thing* as a "Real American" or "The Authentic People," and let's NOT do photo-negative Volkish nationalism?

Pine-scented deodorant named Lumbersnack. ...'course I had to.

And it's why I love NYC.

Mind expanding.

I'm gonna try to relinquish rage posting AND rage responding AND rage quoting in the new year. It's good for me, it's good for you, it's good for all of us.

"Culture writer at Slate," psshhht.