I never for a second understood why everyone was talking about the rapture happening today, and honestly it's none of my business

On absorption vs theatricality - an interesting read thepointmag.com/criticism/a-...

First CA earthquake ✔️

Our movers, who carefully and lovingly wrapped almost all our unbreakable objects, tossed my turntable into a box sideways with no padding and it unsurprisingly no longer turns

One thing about leaving the desert is that wherever you go, you will despair about how nothing is ever going to be dry enough again

Well this fucking sucks

Fucking grim out there

Personally I don't think the medical industry should have been so twisted by financial incentives and insurance structures as to make it functionally impossible to find a primary care physician, but that's just me

I was unfamiliar with Emily Mason's work, but the images in this piece by Elisa Wook Almino (and the piece itself, which is lovely and economical) immediately captured me

Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years. Speaks for itself.

Please help me solve the mystery of my oven's temperature dial, which runs: 200, 240, 270, 350, 380, 450, 500, 550 WHY

Tim Walz, you're great, but you've sent me twelve different emails with the same subject line about your reelection campaign and I do not live in your state, do you see the problem

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

I could not figure out why everyone was talking about 9/11 today, if you want a picture of where my mind is at

Despite my desire for instant planting gratification, there is something deeply satisfying about having tulip bulbs in my fridge for several weeks

Just checking my itinerary for tomorrow.

This has been a day of very limited triumphs for me, the most clear-cut of which is getting proof that Asian pears do, as I always believed (often alone), also go by “apple pears”

No one in the history of the published book has ever had to decide what to do with $1.5 billion.

I’m bisexual, so I can do childcare tasks and assemble home furniture, but frankly I’d prefer not to do both on the same day

Wrote for The Metropolitan Review about the pros & cons of working w/ small indie presses vs. big presses, the journey from almost being a big fancy author to being a medium unfancy author, and mid-career re-evaluation of what I want out of the writing life www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...

please help us spread the word about this mentorship opportunity for writers of color & share it with anyone you think might be interested!

In celebration of Werner Herzog winning the GOLDEN LION at the opening of the Venice film Festival here are his 24 rules for filmmakers. What's great is that they can apply to any creative project.

One thing about me is that I’ve completely lost the will to air-dry my period underwear

Everyone keeps saying “Kennedy curse” but I think it’s already abundantly clear what the curse is for this guy

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)

I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.

Sen. Patty Murray is calling for RFK Jr. to be fired. "We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired." "I hope my Republican colleagues who have come to regret their vote to confirm RFK Jr. will join me."

Hang onto this image of CDC's full list of underlying conditions tied to severe risk of COVID. If you're an adult aged 18-64, RFK Jr. is now making you show some proof of one of these underlying conditions in order to get a COVID vaccine.

Robert F. Kennedy is "an existential threat to public health": www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Please share your strong feelings about Room & Board vs. Crate & Barrel couches? Comparable couches, C&B is slightly cheaper and will arrive faster, but will R&B last longer with a kid? Please keep in mind that we just moved and my sanity is hanging on by a thread.

It's not that I can't believe they are doing this, but I am horrified to my very core.

Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.

Well it finally, happened, the NEA sent an error-riddled message announcing Literature grants are cancelled this year. (Basically the same word salad as the cancellation of the org grants w/r/t "new priorities.")

Are West Elm couches acceptable again or does our generation remain traumatized by them?

The FDA is expected to license the new Covid-19 booster on Friday -- reportedly only for adults 65+ and people at high risk.

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

OK #BookSky, here it is, our first micro-course on close reading! We’re hoping to help you slow down, have deeper & richer reading experiences, & spend some time enjoying one of the cool things your brain can do. This 1st one is definitely designed as an intro. Read on! 1/5

I am now trying to meditate the free pickup of this, suddenly the most popular giant desk in the world

New comic, many feelings loveamongthelampreys.com/archives/2252

I resent how poignant I’ve begun to find the Cars soundtrack

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

New comic, many feelings loveamongthelampreys.com/archives/2252

the weird thing about the fall of our personal republic is that instead of an authoritarian regime installing a propaganda arm, the propaganda arm is installing the regime

desk for sale way bigger than you need large adult desk come take this desk away from me how did I ever get such a big desk the desk is too big would you like my desk? I miss my desk in the abstract, in reality I still have this enormous desk desk for sale OBO

[yelling over club music] I said grief is a rain that falls on everything

A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵

I ran out of Doctor Odyssey episodes and nothing else is stupid enough

I truly love Patricia Lockwood www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

So relieved the Tucson City Council rejected putting a (shady, secretive, heavily NDA’d) data center in town azluminaria.org/2025/08/06/t...