Dressed up for the symphony yesterday. Saw Handel's Messiah. The narrative of hope, of the darkness of the world being cleansed by holy power, really affected me. If only.

imagine trying to let someone down gently like "oh sorry, I'm flattered, but I'm sapiosexual"

I watched the Hallmark movie about the cat cafe and it gave me what I needed. Will be watching The Nine Lives of Christmas soon. boxd.it/c1nmaN

Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz

"i wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy" i would. that's the point of having a worst enemy. grow up and hate people like an adult

This episode of Canada's drag race is very strong. Reading battles. Incredibly mean-spirited. Just classic drag

ICYMI, the title poem from my forthcoming chap is up at ALOCASIA. on plant care, self-renewal, and saying No to compulsory motherhood 🌱

As usual with this magazine, the author concedes throughout that the point he's making is dumb as hell.

This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.

"I don't think the lady screaming the N word at customers of a cinnamon roll shop should be fired" is an all-timer. no notes, that's perfect

NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.

It's OUT! UMBRAL CHAINS is OUT! Mangaplus Creators mangaplus-creators.jp/titles/sp251... Globalcomix globalcomix.com/c/umbral-cha...

Mockingbirds and wild rose hips. Day 12 #ArtAdventCalendar I think I drew this after reading that mockingbirds might eat winter moths? We have been inundated with the moths the last few years. #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #birds #BotanicalArt

again, ignition interlocks are one of those things where there basically *really is* a technological solution to the problem that greatly mitigates that tradeoffs, and it's a policy failure that they aren't mandatory for five years after your first DUI.

I had no idea such a thing existed. I wonder how this would taste in hot chocolate 👀

Welp, looks like we're teaching the LinkedIn grindset people what The Onion is the hard way.

Yo. YOOOOOOOO.

fucked up on benzos wandering around my house examining things like a survival horror protagonist [This is a kitchen...they must cook here.] [Feel like I have seen this book before...] [I shouldn't touch this. Looks fragile.]

Tomorrow!

Good luck with providing input since the form isn't open to the public

The results are in, and the City's guaranteed basic income pilot was a success! Just $500 a month lowered food insecurity, improved outcomes for children, and raised credit scores. We live in wealthiest country on Earth. There's no excuse for poverty. www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

Growing my beard out

Hey, gardeners, online design workshop for transforming your lawn into a native plant garden 5 pm Today, Tuesday, Dec 9th, Wild Ones Webinar 🌱 Turn That Patch Into a Plan Find this garden class and others on my blog

I'm sick of these omnipresent DraftKings ads and our state government promoting gambling. Don't fall for it y'all, it's a dark road.

February 2022 www.wheresyoured.at/mark-zuckerb...

"Poetry is rarely displayed, let alone at the forefront of any bookshop. And here’s where we shine, featuring chapbooks and limited editions which readers rarely get a chance to hold/fondle elsewhere." - @itsakirby.bsky.social #KFBarchive Circa 2017. medium.com/the-operatin...

Excellent anthology - with some great Irish stories included.

Have another drink of Green Elixir and we'll have ourselves a little mixer on Bar Cart Bookshelf! Today we're talking about WICKED by Gregory Maguire. A prickly meditation on the nature of evil, this modern classic remains immensely rewarding & a true favorite reread. A long awaited cocktail treat!

All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.

Board Bill 83 is on today’s BOA agenda (“perfection consent”). #BOAbb83 diverts half the sales tax revenue to reimburse new tenant at renovated Carriage House. The second half of sales tax revenue is captured by the #CortexTIF Not a dime in sales tax will be go to City coffers.

Her Listening Age was 16 you sick fuck

the economy is hitting the pikmin now ❤️

This week's Onion issue from 20 years ago contains one of my all-time favorite headlines: "Fritolaysia Cuts Off Chiplomatic Relations With Snakistan." I love all the wordplay: "rufflelutionaries," "cheesekeeping forces," "funyunmentalists," and more. onion20.substack.com/p/2005-frito...

U.S. job cuts have reach 1.17 million this year, the most since 2020.

“and that’s why WE take Descovy for PrEP”

One thing I leaned as a congressional staffer is that 75% of Congressmen are pretty much perpetually drunk. Just absolutely stupefying levels of rampant alcoholism. They fucking reek of booze, every day, all hours of the day.

The color of the year is no color. Honestly, fitting

This is very funny to me idk. Like we've just all lost it

i love you 4 polygon deer

Love to share the road with cars programmed to blast past speed limits

Idk if this is the quintessential Onion headline but I've thought of this at least once a week for almost a decade

Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.

I have got some really cool woodfire stuff that I'll be putting up. It's some of my best work, and I'm very proud of it.

Ryan Lizza, Part 4: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19955...

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