Every morning I come here to Do Joke but every morning I instead Do Serious

Things to look forward to in May: A new Murderbot novella, a trip to Mexico, spending some time in California (which means great food) and wearing some nice clothes without everyone saying “ooooooh, it’s Mr. Fancypants!”

conservation of energy

A letter I wrote to my favorite director on his 80th birthday. I love you, John Waters.

seriously, get rid of your crap

Man, I love this so much. Dracula even kinda looks like Wick.

Could the Wild Boys video from Duran Duran circa 1984 actually be a manifesto and call to action against a totalitarian regime?

A new age-verification bill could make you show ID to use a computer or smartphone reason.com/2026/04/22/a...

Robin Williams offering “The Thinker” a toilet roll

The massive, uncontrolled fire burning near my home and work is creating a local AQI of 155. I don't know if it's the smoke or what, but I cannot get my brain in gear today.

everything went wrong when they stopped letting us put CDs in laptops

Fruit cart scene in AN ADVENTUROUS AUTOMOBILE TRIP (1905) directed by Georges Méliès. This is the earliest version of the chase movie staple that I have seen and it is enhanced by hand-colored oranges, courtesy of legendary film colorist Madame Thuillier's team.

ekko astral’s first live album is out now exclusively on @bandcamp.com. here’s a photo of liam jeremy & i looking at pretty waterfalls. oh & happy earth day! 😊

Happy Earth Day. It's 89 degrees in Minneapolis – 30 degrees warmer than normal – the country is in its worst drought since the 1950s and there's no snow left in the Rockies. I hate climate change.

BANSHEE

stood my old guy pickup basketball signup site back up. it features what is likely my peak creative contribution to society:

i think it is actually totally fine if urban areas with their higher density populations and higher levels of education have a proportionally greater say in national politics than less-dense and less-educated rural areas

Has science gone too far? #GoneTooFar

Happy Earth Day!

Good morning, book birthday is finally upon me!! Rabbit Test and Other Stories is out in the woooorld 🥳

went to bookcon as ryland grace today and i made a quick and dirty rocky to carry around and he’s such a star!! people kept yelling AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE at my back 😂

Homemade sourdough chocolate baked French toast for dinner.

"Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it" Or till the background is the street you grew up in. Hits home.

if i were in the government i would simply try to do things that are good for citizens

“Our men need jobs” I don’t know how to break this to you bubba… Our men need morals

Never let the people forget that the Hollowing Out and Theft of every system that matters is because of Republicans. They can never wash the blood off their hands. Generations have to remember that MAGA are mass murders and insatiable thieves.

Disabled folks usually get forgotten or left behind, sometimes intentionally, even by leftists. Please don't forget disabled people.

One of the best mosaics tbh.

HUMAN ARTIST, use only one piece to convince people to follow you

Democratic House Rep. Lori Trahan to RFK Jr. in the House panel on the HHS budget: "Don't offend us...Ugh." 🔥

And then seeing him in THE ACOLYTE was like, wait, WHAT.

Kinda interesting that GEORGE WASHINGTON used early inoculation/vaccination to protect his troops against small pox because he knew the risk of disease better than so many "leaders" 250 years later. Source, our army's history: www.army.mil/article/1543...

Okay, but why is this man wearing a black cowboy hat indoors in DC? I would never make it as a politician because I would roast that guy. Anyway, Rep Garcia is great.

The flu has a chance to do the funniest thing right now.

Some of the other stories I gathered here include the time Prince invited me to his house, a glimpse at the Myst-like CD-ROM game he released in the 90s, some digital artifacts that I had the only copy of—including Prince’s own notes on his greatest hits, and the message behind his Super Bowl show.

I work with a bunch of former military guys who joke about how "I don't know what they shot me up with, I just know I never get sick anymore" which is not so much an endorsement as it is showing that getting vaccinated for everything ever has its benefits.

We bought our from Bookshop.org and it was easy, with an on-time delivery and great price.

Happy Book Birthday to Meeee 😁 You can pick up your copy of THE LOST today out on Amazon, via Kindle, or at whimsillusion.com/bookshelf/th... #Scriptsky #Booksky #WritingCommunity

Vaccination isn’t a “personal choice.” As this family’s story shows- vaccination is a choice to care about the people around you, too. Vaccination is safe, effective, and life-saving.

Ever read someone else's writing and want to throw everything you've ever written into a very, very deep well? No? Just me? Okay then.

THE LOST by Leah Simmons is out TODAY! A really unique and interesting premise for a story we thought we knew already. Exciting stuff. What's the duct tape about?!? You can buy it here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Author: @leahfromsd.bsky.social

I LOVE THIS

Okay. New Pulp and Beck? This is a good start to a day I’m very weirdly optimistic about. Hope all y’all’s day goes better than expected!

some folks are needling me about not visibly blocking the airholes in the carrier but rocky’s fine, he told me himself

My random food takes: -don’t be afraid to mess up. -learn how to cook eggs -try something you used to “hate”; Our tastes change. -learn to bake at least one no-fail treat. -don’t be afraid to cook with butter.

Sourdough starter is re-fed. Assembled some baked French toast out of a loaf I made this weekend. Baked a bunch of sweet potatoes. Cooked a pot of basmati rice and made bulgogi chicken. Productive dinner hour!

One more sleep till book launch day! ✨️ Just want to say thanks to everyone who has supported me, helped spread the word, and pre-ordered their copies of THE LOST. #Scriptsky #Booksy #WritingCommunity

The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”