A contractor just looked me & my neighbor in the eye & said with a straight face that it would cost $50,000 to replace her ground level French doors. The previous 3 estimates have been 25-35k. Which also seems insane. 2nd good laugh of the day tho. cc: @beckyhammer.bsky.social who might want a laugh

I can’t stop laughing long enough to explain how this might actually be true. IDK because I was banned from the group a long time ago. 🤣🤣🤣

Have you signed up for this talk yet? It's on Saturday. Come explore early tales of Egyptian horror, Egyptomania, and women getting vengeance

If you missed the talk this weekend, you can watch it here! Listen to Anna Milon explore the idea of antlered goddesses youtu.be/FO2z0KNC_Lk

Very sad news, ocean ecology & Coastal Gothic friends:

Every day is a great day to subscribe to the Alexandria Brief. If you can pay or are extra cool & can become a founding subscriber you can fund in-depth on the ground indie journalism that has the bonus of enraging BIBA on the regular. Who could ask for more?

Widow’s Bay is 💯 gonna be the gift that keeps on giving

Classicists! I know we know the names of Actaeon's dogs (shoutout to the Dogalogue) but is there any documentation for the names of Artemis/Diana's dogs? Bonus second question: Any ancient dog names that would be the equivalent of 'eater of shoes'

I had an article out recently on the complex ways in which ‘post-colonial’ (archaeological) knowledge moved, the conditions that allowed it, and why it’s important to finally move beyond that old Bruce Trigger article characterising types of archaeological work: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Tomorrow! Peace Park! 9am-1pm @ Gazebo Park in Takoma! Come hang out & color with us, pick up some zines, stickers, & narcan & learn about supporting your unhoused neighbors!

The kids are alright. Or at least could be, if they could just get safe bike lanes & sidewalks to their school.

Crossing in the crosswalk w the light while a jeep of teens swerves at me & yell at the “fat old jaywalker.” I wonder how the 8 of them thought that was going to go for them if they succeeded in hitting me, sitting in laps w no seatbelts & smoking a joint. (Obv they weren’t wondering at all).

ALX skeeters in/near del ray who need a vast assortment of probably not cursed housewares, clothes, kid stuff, a stationary bike, or an angry birds costume should drop by our Unsale. DM me for the location or look for my neighbors’ posts on Buy Nothing. Today & probably tomorrow.

For @artologica.net

I’ve been writing all week, so I’m far behind on Discourse. But certain TTRPG nerds should add to your weekend reading @meganlcook.bsky.social & her glorious exploration of “dirtbag medievalism” — preferably while listening to Wheatus.

We saw her again on Thursday but our conversation was privileged and I’m not at liberty to discuss our progress.

This is the thing I’m saddest to miss today!

Today today today! ‘Stars & Screen’ Cinema & Media History! Very excited, as always, to see @katelaity.eurosky.social present “Haunted: Where Gothic Bleeds into Noir.” & hear many others tell their tales of archival research adventures.

Congrats to Scott on this important and (unfortunately) all too timely book. Really looking forward to reading

This sounds amazing! GNSI is a great group.

I’m so excited this — *rereads the absolutely not a scam email* — prominent romance book club wants to read & promote my “sexy and provocative romance novel.” There are a few problems with their pitch, since Mainstreaming Torture is neither romantic nor fiction & also not a book I wrote.

News you can use!

I made you a very important sticker. eatf.art/sticker

I don’t have any reading or panel obligations at StokerCon so to share my schedule I’m whispering it to strange cats. What they do with this information is their own business.

Saturday! Free! Stars & Screen! Cinema & Media History kalaity.com/2026/05/09/s...

Magical. These are the best smelling peonies you’ll ever stick your snoot in. Although mine are quite fragrant this year, I’m pleased to say, but the scent is pretty subtle unless you bring them indoors.

3 word solution: Giant skeleton shenanigans.

🧵#BikeToWork 2: Anacostia River Trails West side: from The Wharf, then Buzzard Point, past Nats Stadium, over the bridges and passages of the Southwest Waterfront, past the historic navy yard and up to the old RFK stadium where you can cross over to the… #pedalpower #sustainability

I hope @ospreygames.bsky.social finds a new home. They've been a strong publisher of affordable games over the last decade.

This is going to be so much fun! Sadly (but not sadly) I’m hosting a big event so l’m saving my book energy for StokerCon. My fave public defender & I are drinking coffee & enjoying the schedule & being jealous tho. This panel sounds like a reverse-Misery & we obviously need to get out more. 🤣

I’m currently accepting proposals for non-fiction pieces for the next issue of HELLEBORE: Yuletide Hauntings. *Please do not pitch me via DM. Instructions below: 👉🏼 helleborezine.com/pages/submissions

Bog body klaxon! Attention @hells-beekeepers.bsky.social

Thank you to @sciam.bsky.social for letting me dig into the protein enhancement fad. 1. If you are an elite athlete, OR elderly/frail, maybe you do need extra protein. 2. That's not you. You're not an elite athlete. 3. If it is you: consider yogurt. www.scientificamerican.com/article/prot...

🚨ALL HANDS ON DECK, ALX: the speaker signup form for the Council public hearing on Saturday is live - apps.alexandriava.gov/SpeakerSignup/ Braddock Road bike lanes are docket item #12

Connie Sellecca’s groovy above-the-knee socks from the title sequence of the TV series Beyond Westworld (1980). I will not be taking questions, or clearer screenshots, at this time.

This is going to be super cool & I won’t be wildly jealous if any of you can go. Nope. Not. At. All.

I won’t joke about a local civic association resuming the CIA’s remote viewing experiments. I won’t joke about a local civic association resuming the CIA’s remote viewing experiments. I won’t joke about a local civic association resuming the CIA’s remote viewing experiments. I

"Scientists don't want you to know-" Buddy there are so many things I, as a scientist, want you to know and the only thing stopping me from writing more papers and posts about it and then starting a podcast to tell you even MORE things is that I am limited by hours in the day

In 2017, a seagull allegedly tore off a sunbathing man’s testicles. Does anyone know how to get in touch with that bird because I think we need to introduce him to some influencers. www.suffolkgazette.com/seagull-rips...

With A+ alt-text

This episode gets me youtu.be/KOOjRxGL9RI?...

Correction. I began establishing my alibi at 1:48pm & made sure to do a little bump & grind in front of many of the RingCams along the 6 blocks to Grape & Bean just for good measure. bsky.app/profile/mean...

East Potomac Golf Links isn't just a golf course — it's part of a critical bird migration corridor. After the Trump administration ended the lease of the nonprofit that was managing the course, will years of efforts to preserve and protect wildlife habitats be erased?

The facts where these

Fascinating!

23rd May we're joined by Jay Sullivan to talk 'Women of the Egyptian Gothic' at 10am and 7pm BST Jay is the author of Egyptian Gothic: 1884-1920 and is sharing research from the book! 10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman... 7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

16th May we're joined once again by Anna Milon to talk about Antlered Goddesses! Join us at 10am or 7pm BST 10 - buytickets.at/romancingthe... 7 - buytickets.at/romancingthe...

9th May we're joined by Roshelle Patterson at 4pm and 9pm BST to talk Ghosted: Black Women, Spirits and Hauntology in Games Come join us! Free and online! 4 - buytickets.at/romancingthe... 9 - buytickets.at/romancingthe...