New Everina Maxwell! Yay!!!!!

Monday morning ear worm: youtu.be/5oWyMakvQew?...

200 pages in and I've told myself that I'll go shower after one more chapter for... a few chapters.

all this is both foolish and unnecessary

I was being careless (it was so stupid! I know better) while cutting carrots and managed to slice my index finger in a spot (side of the tip) that's going to be exceedingly irksome to keep a bandaid on effectively. *sigh*

Someone on here (a mutual, I think, but don't recall who) was talking about 'The Kingdoms' by Natasha Pulley, possibly in their "Things I read in 2025" list. I got it out of the library yesterday because of that and I'm almost 100 pages in and don't know what's going on in the most delicious way. :)

She's blissfully unaware of the news and the fact that I have to go back to work tomorrow.

PSA: Penzeys Revolution blend is good in scrambled eggs.

It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.

Deep in the forest, a forgotten temple ruin overgrown by moss is the final resting place of an old god. A stone is heaved aside, sunlight warms ancient flagstones. An offering is placed on the altar - salt, bread, oil. A prayer is said: "If you can help, do so. If not, persist." It is answered.

not to put too fine a point on it, but this is what the internet is actually for

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

Man, I wanna take a walk around the city tomorrow and then sit in a park or cemetery or by the river or something and read a book. It is, however, winter, so while the walking would be fine, outdoor reading would *not* be comfortable.

Saturday night ear worm: youtu.be/rWlEumkCIf4?...

So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.

KUMAIL on TASKMASTER. I’s calling it: The all too rare CONFLUENCE OF AWESOME. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8613...

Saturday evening ear worm ('cause it was playing in the grocery store): youtu.be/oKOtzIo-uYw?...

Trying to bribe myself into going grocery shopping by planning a library visit in the same outing

Grim bipartisan commitment to the idea that the US govt gets to decide everything that happens in the world

I can put these pants in the dryer on low, right? That's a thing I can do without fucking them up?

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

The number of Americans—ESPECIALLY people touted as “reputable” journalists—who treat American preemptive bombings of sovereign nations with the same enthusiasm & awe as a patriotic fireworks display always sends a shiver up my spine.

forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus

i don’t accept your premise @ cnn commentator!

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

I've been awake for like 20 minutes so far today, and... what the fuck? Relatedly, when I was at my mom's earlier this week, I found a copy of Time For Kids from the early 2000s about the invasion of Iraq. I think I'll probably take and share some pictures of that later...

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

Friday early afternoon ear worm: youtu.be/yn55-xvyBh0?...

Folks who work in office type settings, where do y'all get your work pants? My previous go-tos don't seem to be made anymore but I'm rather desperately in need of more work pants.

Friday late morning ear worm: youtu.be/v71QgHSMpnk?...

The number of people who understand that it's not cool to be on Twitter but who insist on being on substack is fucking bizarre

This pigeon has the look of someone who was dragged to the party, but put on the silly hat & did the festive thing because they love you, but now would like to leave, please and thank you.

Whoever's setting off what sound like massive fireworks in my neighborhood can fuck right off.

So glad her husband got that job so at least one cartoonist in New York can have health insurance.

Thinking about this again today. Good luck to you, Mr. Mayor.

A young woman leads a group of protesters into chants of "don't be afraid, we're all together" in Tehran's Grand Bazaar. Location: maps.app.goo.gl/sDDP83mJR1GH...

May this be a year of justice.

Watch Lucy Dacus perform at Zohran Mamdani's inauguration

They gentrified the tinfoil hat

Mandy Patinkin & a public school children's choir from Staten Island sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at Mamdani's inauguration today! I love my city. 🌈😍🥲

I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

I did it.

Nice touch - the trans announcer from the subway (“Stand clear of the platform edge”) is doing the announcing

Sami Uçan

Someone get Sam Vimes in to explain this one

Okay, Rachel, you've lounged around enough, it's a new year and it's time to clean the damn apartment! Or at least your bedroom + a hall/living room vacuum.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!

a lovely personal essay to start off the year, about a pingpong club in Iran that has taken on tree planting: "even a small sports association in a remote county can help protect nature while building a stronger community." globalvoices.org/2026/01/01/t...