Why do concert tickets have to be so expensive? (Rhetorical, I know all the whys) It just sucks.

This is a fantastic thread on last night’s show!

40 (!) years later, same old sinking feeling.

These are recession commercials.

Still true

Game still on course to finish 6-7.

Szoboslai! How?!?!

Romance has had its fair share of grifters forever, but congrats to Coral Hart for getting a Times mugshot out of it I guess.

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “Please don’t put that in your mouth.”

Ski jumping- the ultimate test of Douglas Adams’ assertion that the key to flying is throwing yourself at the ground and missing.

Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month. Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday

Cross country skiing variations: Biathlon- shoot a gun every lap Skiathlon- switch skis halfway through Bovathlon- milk a cow every other lap Mathathlon- complete five math problems in the final 200m of every lap Groovathlon- half the race must be completed while doing those rave dancing hands

Anyway, here is Pope Leo asking if he needs to wear gloves to touch a Renaissance Bible and being told "no," so gently www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxNj... 📚 📜

DC (dis chud) sleeps alone tonight.

It’s International Clash Day on KEXP and elsewhere, and it’s more relevant than ever. www.kexp.org/events/kexp-...

Most Heated Rivalry coverage has been focused on what young people, particularly younger straight women, think. I cover aging and decided to ask older gay men about their thoughts. I found: A founder of what may have been the first gay hockey blog, a wedding cake shaped like a Zamboni and more.

Type Punch Matrix has done a beautiful Gen X catalog. typepunchmatrix.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/uploa...

I want to lie shipwrecked and comatose, drinking fresh mango juice. Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes- fun fun fun in the sun sun sun.

Remembering Fobazi Ettarh‬ by reading her brilliant work. I read about vocational awe in my last year of library school & she provided the vocabulary I needed to describe some of my observations & experiences as a BIPOC worker. She will be missed. www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocatio...

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

It’s finally happened! In a perfect Derek Craven Day celebration, our Trailblazer conversations continue this week with thee Lisa Kleypas, historical romance royalty, who changed the game when she brought working class heroes to historicals.

Cats teach us to be present in the moment. Also they teach us to complain incessantly if we are not being fed. What spectacular creatures.

In 2020 @totallydonna.kitrocha.com & I started a trilogy about 3 book nerds (w/ superpowers) who just want to build a library for their community but shitty tech bros suck so they have to keep doing crimes. Tor was kind enough to put book one on sale for $5.99! www.kitrocha.com/book/deal-wi...

I’ve written an editorial for @consequence.bsky.social revealing the inspiration behind my song ‘City of Heroes’ and reflecting on the role that music can play in the struggle against oppression consequence.net/2026/02/bill...

Yearly PSA y'all, because people argue this on every platform every year during Black History Month and when talking about Black Romance. Not a hot take, clear definition: Black romance is: written by a Black author, the main character is Black, and all the love interest(s) are Black. Every time.

One day until mixed doubles curling starts! Will anyone beat Constantini/Mosaner this time? I mean, probably not!

It's black history month, and so our writer S. Baum decided to cover black trans people you may not hear about in your history classes. Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...

I skeet, you skeet, we skeet, they skeet.

Important thread:

Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today..

I feel like there’s a real market for hyper-local erotica out there. A little disappointed there’s no mention of Squirrel Hill Tunnel, that feels like a missed opportunity.

I can't stop laughing about how we wrote a trilogy about lady book nerds fighting tech bros with community organizing and 3d printers and 6 years later a bunch of lady book nerds Nick Fury'd the whistle avengers. 😂

February is often the month that #romancelandia wonders if Black authors still exist. But they’ve been here all along, friends.

Commentary: Don’t turn our backs on our Haitian neighbors who’ve built a life in Ohio: Ending TPS will tear families apart, deepen labor shortages, and send people back to chaos and danger. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/29/d...

It’s so interesting having Heated Rivalry and new Bridgerton so close together, doing the same Romance Work but from different angles.

We have a running joke in our house because I always look for the third solution to trolley problems. But this is why- there is always another way.

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: -Methodologies of Gender & Women’s Studies -Methodologies of Sociological Research -Qualitative Reseach Methods -Gender, Race, and Media -Unruly Bodies I really like research, okay???

THIS. IS. SERVICE. JOURNALISM.

My song of resistance for the people of Minneapolis - St Paul is now available to stream on these platforms bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes

Somewhere, Elvis Costello just began humming “Less Than Zero” and he doesn’t know why.

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds playing CSNY’s “Ohio” with a little “Killing in the Name Of” thrown in.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Maybe just this once February 2nd can be Whistle Pig Day.

I’ve never had a chance to post this before, and am a little nervous about it, but: I would be absolutely delighted if you put Murder by Memory on your Hugo nomination list, please and thank you.

Interested in finding out more about @zaranosaur.bsky.social journey and how she founded AAT? Perfect timing, because you can do exactly that right now on @3spoonies.bsky.social recent episode!

Hey y'all! While the fight in Minnesota is FAR from over, I have been keeping an eye on Maine as well. I connected with the awesome folks over at No ICE for ME and got some links to share! The biggest one is the Maine Solidarity Fund. They are doing EVERYTHING right now. We just sent them $1000.

📖 Welcome to The Unbanned Book Network! This is a new program from WNDB designed to break the mold on what children are reading in classrooms while also combatting censorship, which disproportionately targets both diverse books and marginalized authors. 📖 bit.ly/UBNapplication

The whole damn system is guilty as hell, from @lollardfish.bsky.social in today’s print edition of the Strib (and on the facing page, letter after letter excoriating ICE and the businesses that prop it up)