This pigeon has the look of someone who was dragged to the party, but put on the silly hat & did the festive thing because they love you, but now would like to leave, please and thank you.

Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live. Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...

This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm.

This is an extremely cute pigeon documentary if anyone needs an extremely cute pigeon documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKEL...

"You MUST write every day" and here's why that's trash advice: danieljosolder.substack.com/p/writing-be...

Every artist, get more self indulgent NOW! Draw your ships kissing, draw your blorbos, draw that idea you’ve been putting off (you’re good enough to do it!!!), redraw that old art, draw yourself wearing a cool outfit, draw a better world- just draw!!!

Soon after the golden hour…

I’ll see if I can continue my recent good luck with post popularity and give the people what they apparently want. Here’s a couple of photos of a very confiding Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) from a little while back. #birds #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife

The Ghost Story, Alfred Bestall, 1930 #Christmasghoststories

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.

My dose of inspiration today: @maggietokudahall.bsky.social 's speech accepting the ALAN award on behalf of @authorsabb.bsky.social www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

This nice post is about me (nobody was paid to write it!!!) - anyway it’s all true, I do dole out publishing advice on the tumblr. If you want to ask questions that’s great, but I beg you to look at the FAQ first — after a decade, many of them have been asked many times! 😘

I was so happy to contribute a teen gift to this toy drive that my friend @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing. Everything is SO EXPENSIVE right now. Let's brighten the holiday for some young folks during this tough time. Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG

The pandemic didn’t end. The bigots in charge know that an unmitigated pandemic causes disproportionate death & disability of the groups they hate: trans folks, poor folks, immigrants, disabled folks, BIPOC communities, &c. Don’t let them turn you into a weapon. Mask up. Give/get mask mutual aid:

ANYWAY Buy from small businesses Buy from independent creators Buy passion projects Buy commissions Buy art In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!

Mine sneaky eye look & big foots just for you this #CatsNoirFriday aka #Caturday Eve Day. Hope you have an amazing day day being your beautious self. Love & hugs from my family 🍂🧡🍂

The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]

My favorite piece of content today.

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

Morning gorgeous babies. Share some kindness this day if you're able. Good mischief. Love you all 🍂🧡🍂

My second book is up on Netgalley! I’m so excited (and anxious but that’s the norm) for this cast of characters to meet the world. I am really proud of this book! Check it out if you love a cozy-but-complicated coming of age queer romance. Mal’s story is for you!

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

Will Smith has a reading foundation and visits public schools. Just so you know the guy who hit that game winning homer has done good things for the LAUSD

As a consolation to our Canadian friends, Los Angeles will now embark on one of our greatest traditions: burning down the entire city with illegal fireworks

DODGERS WIN THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WORLD SERIES ON A DOUBLE PLAY!!!

To anyone not into baseball I’m sorry but also get into baseball

"...this isn’t a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here, our country moving closer to its own truth and dread, its own ways of making people disappear... "

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Feast your eyes, my friends!!! 😍😍 And get ready to fall in love with these two hotties!

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward. "We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

the truth you can’t run from 🪶 happy indigenous peoples day, every day

A reminder that your US public library card likely gives you free access to Libby, an app that has ebooks & audiobooks galore! It likely gets you other cool stuff, too. Mine gets me museum passes, language learning via Mango app, movies & TV via Kanopy app, &c. Using the library keeps it open! 💙📚

We should all follow Mike's great example: Step 1: do something, literally anything, to help Step 2: find something that brings you joy and go do that next

"where's the left media?" "where's fact-checked reporting?" lately @teenvogue.com has run profiles: of Assata Shakur's revolutionary history; a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist; what's happening in Chicago's ICE protests; and organizing supporting LGBTQ+ youth 📍 www.teenvogue.com/news-politics

Are you dreaming of a weekend to focus on your writing? Come join us at a gorgeous writers' retreat in Georgia in January! drive.google.com/file/d/1G_Sz...

Just want to remind everyone that little moments of joy are so important right now. For instance, my cat does not understand the human concept of kisses beyond Incoming Nose = Love. So every time she’s happy, she’ll smush her face or shove her nose into ours. Please share your joys with us.

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow: bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

hi can people roll on this and tell me about the ordinary people they create

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections