I had to draw some no berries One in just nonbinary colors, and one with support from the "she berries" and "he berries"

Damn, this is good

“I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights. And I will stand firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. Those are not two different jobs. They are the same job,” Brad Lander said.

no but seriously does anyone like their dishwasher? ours now looks like a Terminator skull robot

If you're pre-ordering books during Bookshop's free shipping sale or during the Barnes & Noble 25% off sale, my first full-length short story collection comes out on September 8th. You can pre-order here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-arts... or here: bookshop.org/p/books/blac...

Well, given the number of unsolicited pitches we've already gotten for books to review...we were clearly right about the need for more review outlets! :)

The modern convenience of the internet allows you to see that absolutely every dishwasher has its haters, and no dishwasher you buy will be without deeply felt regrets, which is great, psychologically

I loved this book. My favorite of Adrienne's excellent body of work!

Take advantage of free shipping from @bookshop.org! Do it! And maybe pick up a fabulous now-in-paperback copy of We Lived on the Horizon. Keep your local Erika in business. 🥹1/3 bookshop.org/p/books/we-l...

Free shipping today on Bookshop.org! Maybe find out what happens when two women on the verge of a friend breakup get stuck in a time loop in the Louvre. Art! Deceit! Ambition! Slow apocalypse! Tech idiots! Love! End of the World House! bookshop.org/p/books/end-...

Me: “I wonder why my bra feels weird.” [reaches around to adjust garment; finds Diddy Kong race car in there.] Me, calmly: “Ah, I see.”

Me: “I wonder why my bra feels weird.” [reaches around to adjust garment; finds Diddy Kong race car in there.] Me, calmly: “Ah, I see.”

fucking bummer

Extremely Sesame Street voice

Oh I'd like to visit the stars But I don't think I'd like to live there Yes I'd like to visit the stars Way up high in that rarefied air Tempting though it may be to soar into the black I have a deep fear that I'd never come back From the chilly dark void to the icy hot flare Oh I don't think...

If leaf blowers and lawnmowers cannot be abolished, they can certainly be restricted to one three-hour period per week

‘An unseen fog machine pumped the Cadillac of Incense. It was so thick and blue that God, in the rafters, coughed delicately.’ @tricialockwood.bsky.social attends a tradcath wedding in St Louis. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

We've heard reports all morning of anti-ICE observers being arrested or searched around Minneapolis and St. Paul. A legal group says about 15 detained. I'll be covering a first court appearance in St. Paul early this afternoon. There have also been calls for protest.

Ms. Rachel: As the American Academy of Pediatrics says, there is no safe amount of time for a child to be in detention. The Dilley immigration detention center must be shut down. We need to end the cruel policies of family detention and family separation.

Knicks in five.

Nostalgia Content xkcd.com/3256/

Omg this was in fact the one thing that I was hoping cowboy Kennedy would greenlight www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

I must unfortunately be the millionth person to report that it really does help to read your MS out loud to yourself

Oh no Giles

Today, in a first for me, I got an AI marketing slop email about someone else’s book

I saw Marjane Satrapi speak about her work at Smith College 19 years ago, and she said something I have thought about and taught ever since when I teach comics. “I draw what I can’t write and I write what I can’t draw.“

Wow, this is heartbreaking www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

Unexpectedly, my toddler really took a shine to the Poe albums I played him, so next we will embark upon House of Leaves

California friends, your signatures count the most. This bill would be incredible to force AI companies to show where their data came from, please take 2 minutes to sign!!

I cannot tell you how much I hate the new culture of sending medical bills out by text message, but it’s a lot

california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...

Find a drop box, go to a polling place, or go to your county election's office. Info on finding the spot closest to you right here: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...

gasp

Sometimes I think that the explosion of AI use among "writers" is the result of people unable to admit that what they really want to do is read, because reading is not "productive" and therefore is not deemed worthwhile by our cracked society

Sometimes I think that the explosion of AI use among "writers" is the result of people unable to admit that what they really want to do is read, because reading is not "productive" and therefore is not deemed worthwhile by our cracked society

Absolutely not me

The crossover I didn’t know I needed

Craft advice: while you're writing, wear a sheet mask. That way, when you get frustrated, you can literally tear your face off.

Maybe I can find this, but I doubt I will: during the PDX AWP I went to a ramen place and accidentally ordered a vegan hazelnut ramen which was so good I went back the next day and got it again. Never found anything like it since.

Craft advice: while you're writing, wear a sheet mask. That way, when you get frustrated, you can literally tear your face off.

If you're an artist following me, please make sure to block @curation-lab.bsky.social to protect your work. Don't let this AI bot critique your human-made art.

I did not know about udm14 but you can search “disregard” there lol

This is a low-stakes problem, but has anyone else noticed cardboard milk cartons getting worse? I've had like three in the past month that leaked or would buckle around the middle when you picked them up.

It had been awhile since I saw The Lion King, so I forgot that “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” is exactly the same song as “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid

HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2)

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

Not now, Elder Gods From Outside Reality Frozen Under The Ice For Aeons

Today I'm loving this poem "About Saudade" by Sydney Lea in @eldiagram.bsky.social thediagram.com/26_1/lea.html

In a historic moment, I was interviewed by fellow Black woman particle physicist Dr. Katrina Miller. Few people can understand my journey the way she does. We talked about my new book, why poetry matters, and yes, how the *fact* of non-trinary neutrinos challenges anti-trans rhetoric. #GiftLink

Very excited to read COYOTELAND, and celebrate @vanessahua.bsky.social at @booksmith.bsky.social tonight!!!