Also, even though she's not here much, massive shoutout to @laurenthomanwrites.com who was canvassing everyday for @aftynbehn.bsky.social over the past few weeks. A great way to thank Lauren is to buy one of her books. bookshop.org/lists/books-...

There exists a book in which the gen-x/elder millennial childhood era is visited in such a way! @laurenthomanwrites.com’s I’ll Stop The World: bookshop.org/p/books/i-ll...

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...

Headed home from my first ever #DragonCon exhausted but happy. So much fun hanging with friends, meeting new ones, and getting to talk about books and stories and characters with passionate and talented people. If we hung out at all or if you enjoyed any of my panels, don’t be a stranger!

Hey I’m in here!

Surprise, I get to publish more books! So excited to finally be able to talk about my YA debut, DREAD CHASER, hitting shelves in 2027 from @simonandschuster.bsky.social, with the sequel coming in 2028! This book is absolute mayhem and I can't wait for y'all to read it. Some details in replies ⬇️

Replace "spongebob quotes" with "movie and actor trivia that people just use IMDb for now" and this is an actual scan of my brain

I kept blaming Mondays for my struggle to hit my word count targets at the beginning of each week, but then I remembered the genocide and fascism and robots and our melting brains and the crumbling climate and the death of democracy and was forced to concede that the problem *may* not be Mondays

GOOD. The fact that this actually had to be spelled out like this is wild, but I’m glad at least one state finally did.

NEVER EVER USE CHATGPT FOR MEDICAL ADVICE, OMG, IT IS FANCY PREDICTIVE TEXT, IT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING

1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state. 2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible. www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Theranos, is that you?

It is impossible to be on the right side of history while actively and intentionally starving children. There is no whataboutism on earth that makes that okay.

I don't need to fail up but it would be nice to stagnate at a modest incline every once in a while

Got a gorgeous visitor to the garden today

The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before? That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators. My how times change ...

My cucumbers decided to hold my green beans hostage

Happy #Juneteenth! Fig would like to remind you that one way to support Black-owned businesses, amplify Black voices, and learn from Black history is to read Black-authored books. They exist in every genre and age category, so no matter your taste, there’s bound to be something you’ll love.

Striking that Fry was a friend who genuinely tried to give JKR the benefit of the doubt--like we're always being told to do--but in the end was like "ew, no". In some ways, that's a more persuasive testimony than someone who naturally disagreed from the get go. www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/step...

I grew up going to the same high school as the country club kids. Some of my friends lived in those country clubs. I used to know the gate guy at one of them 'cause I spent so much time at that friend's house. racism is in their bones. even the ones who have learned to parrot progressive language.

I enjoyed The Handmaid’s Tale, mostly, but the persistent wyt feminist individualist perspective graaaaated on me. History exists. It would’ve been great if the show ever acknowledged that. Anyway I wrote about it for @thewrap.com www.thewrap.com/the-handmaid...

Husband flew to Vermont last week for work and came home with COVID. It’s still very much a thing, kiddos.

The front door babies have hatched and they are THE CUTEST LITTLE FLOOFS I just wanna boop all their wee beaks

“I asked ChatGPT and the answer seemed really reasonable to me” Yes, because literally the ONLY THING ChatGPT and other LLMs are trained to do is sound reasonable. Not analyze. Not fact check. Not research. Not even ADD. Just give responses that *sound* reasonable to folks who don’t know better

applying for jobs again

- Relationships where one person is always pouring energy in and the other is always taking energy out are not worth maintaining. Best to walk away and pursue healthy balance. - Moisturize and wear sunblock. - Decorate your living space in a way YOU enjoy, not what you think will appeal to others.

Having grown up 30 minutes from the new Pope's alma mater (Villanova)... I'm going to need to know if the Pope is a Whiz or a provolone guy

I got to meet horror/sci-fi great @chuckwendig.bsky.social tonight at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social and snagged a copy of his new horror novel THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS! Chuck is funny as heck! Can’t wait to dig into this book😃📖 Thanks to the witty & winsome @laurenthomanwrites.com for moderating ⭐️

NASHVILLE! Come see me and @chuckwendig.bsky.social TONIGHT at 6:30pm at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social! We’ll be chatting about his deliciously creepy new novel THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, which I slurped up with unsettling gusto. There’s still time to RSVP here: parnassusbooks.net/event/store-...

Come see us tomorrow night, Nashville!

Nashville-area friends, horror great @chuckwendig.bsky.social will be at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 6:30pm with @laurenthomanwrites.com! Gonna pick up a signed copy of THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS ⭐

A bloom five years in the making. I knew she had it in her.

If you’re boycotting Target for rolling back their DEI initiatives but still using ChatGPT, you’re betraying your own principles. A 🧵

Our front door is now a nursery. Thinking of putting up a “shhhh the babies are sleeping” sign on the wreath for anyone who comes calling.

Surprise foster dog swap! Bilbo desperately needs to learn some chill, so he’s gone off to doggie training camp, and in his place we now have Rambo, a sweet 3yo sheepadoodle who graduated from doggie training camp and is ready for his forever home!

Sinners was indeed super great and is getting better in my memory with each retrospective thought I have about it. Been a long time since a movie I already loved in the theater still climbed in my estimation the more I thought about it afterward. You should see it.

The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.

This article is paywalled; I'm linking it anyway because once this "master database" is tested on "immigrants", it will be deployed against other marginalized folks, then political opponents, and finally against just-plain-anyone whose neighbour/coworker has a beef with them. It's inevitable.

Just caught our foster dog carrying a potted plant around our house.

You love to see it

“Concerns varied by location. In Ketchum, Idaho … one sign showed Smokey Bear and read, ‘Only you can prevent forest fires. Seriously. We’ve been defunded. It’s just you now.’”

Death of a Unicorn was exactly as fun and ridiculous as the trailer promised. It’s an eat-the-rich unicorn monster movie that revels in the inherent silliness of that premise. IDK what else folks wanted from it. I had a ball.

Louder for the people in the back: If only citizens get due process, NOBODY gets due process. Because then all they have to say is that you’re not a citizen, and you have no right to due process to prove them wrong — even if it’s a lie.

Finished @chuckwendig.bsky.social’s THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS last night and I loved it SO much. Cannot wait to talk about it with him next month at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social. Going to ask so many questions about friendship, trauma, and what makes something truly scary.

You know you probably need a nap when you’re out walking the dogs and think, “I’ll just close my eyes for a bit and let the dogs steer; they probably know where they’re going.”

I always feel drop-dead exhausted after having to stand behind a table and pitch my books for a one-day book festival where I get to sit down, take breaks, eat meals, and go pee as often as I want. What @booker.senate.gov is doing right now is INCREDIBLY difficult. www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...

This dog has been literally bouncing off a different surface in my house every 3 seconds since we brought him home from the vet

New foster alert! Meet Bilbo, a 1.5yo schnauzer mix whose background is an utter mystery. We’ve only had him for a couple days, but can already tell that he’s an absolute sweetheart and total goober.

First blooms of early spring: Anemone Daffodil Hyacinth Hellebore Botanical tulip Woodland phlox