Live by the tush, die by the push

Ugh, once again we see far-right, misogynist movements repackaging themselves in language that glancingly seems "feminist" about "choice" and "freedom." But it's not. This shit is about pushing rigid gender roles, and punishing women who "fail" at them. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

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"Women helped make Trump. Trump never intended to repay the favor. Some women will figure that out sooner than others." Great stuff as usual by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...

Even if you can find a Thanksgiving turkey outside of the US, the next challenge is finding an oven that is large enough to cook it. Time for turkey trot! New from me on @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/11...

See it from both the Arrivals and Departures areas at MSP Airport - the Aurora public art light sculpture is a tribute to the Northern Lights in Minnesota: perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/02... #TravelSky #PublicArt #ArtSky

Was briefly offended then remembered I ordered the jerk chicken sandwich

And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both. The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.

The Austin TX airport is so full of distinctive local restaurants and shops, you'll hope for a long layover there. I recommend a Jo's Iced Turbo coffee for travel energy: perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/11... #TravelTuesday #TravelSky #EatLocal #TrueAustin

On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote: “Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!” And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.

How can you keep your small business running when you have personal issues, like being a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's dementia? Maintain a basic presence, don't disappear, hang tough. New on my personal blog: www.sheilascarborough.com/2025/11/24/h...

Add to your memorable travel experiences by finding historic restaurants through a country's National Trust and historic preservation organizations. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2024/11... #TravelTuesday #TravelSky #HistorySky #RoadTrip

Oh, I almost forgot the time that my non-cook sister in law got my brother in law the ingredients for Grandmom's oyster dressing! She got (sweetened) condensed milk instead of evaporated milk and he didn't know the difference.

Hey winter cyclists: the smartest thing I've done after threatening to do it for too many years was actually write down what to wear based on temperature. This helped immensely last year, and winter is coming 🥶

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

Finally got a post up on my personal blog almost exactly one year after the last one. There's something about Thanksgiving week, apparently. 🤷‍♀️

if there was one lesson i could impart to young women it would be this one:

I know Trump's poll numbers are in the toilet, but that's nothing a quick unnecessary invasion of Venezuela that sends U.S. soldiers into harm's way for the holidays can't fix!

"It honors our country." Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.

The famous, delicious Round Rock Donuts are yeast-based and have a distinctive color. Get them right out of the oven at the Lone Star Bakery in Round Rock, just north of Austin, Texas: perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/10... #EatLocal #ShopSmall #TravelSky #RoadTrip

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Meets Zohran on Friday, dressing like an East Village poet who wrote something called "A Fairest Autumn" by Saturday.

A good day - nice visit with my Mom in memory care, Texas 🏈 beat Arkansas and Arch Manning had a solid day 🤘, and now it's time for the NWSL ⚽️ championship game (Trinity Rodman and Rose Lavelle and more!)

This, this right here, this is the thing. "We needed a candidate who could excite us and was aligned with us on Gaza and student loans and spelling reform and boat safety issues" Or, you know, just vote for the non-fascist

Street art in Shoreditch , London for #StreetArtSaturday 🤩 #streetart #art #artists #artlovers #designer #design #London #Shoreditch #urbanart

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There’s a great children’s book about this too, called Brave Girl. My girls now love running around the house shouting “general strike” in Yiddish [kvells] www.harpercollins.com/products/bra...

for everyone’s who’s asked; I now have signed copies available for pre-order, via @strandbookstore.bsky.social! hit the link 🔗: www.strandbooks.com/art-but-make-it-sports-epic-matchups-where-art-and-sports-collide-9781797236834.html

'Bout sums it up.

How To Use the Internet (1995): a 23-year-old Cory Doctorow shows off Usenet, the Internet Underground Music Archive, Justin's Links from the Underground, and more to the CBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

The Austin airport is so full of distinctive local restaurants and shops, you'll hope for a long layover there. I recommend a Jo's Coffee Iced Turbo for travel energy. My latest for the Perceptive Travel Blog: perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/11... #TravelSky #travel #TrueAustin #infrastructure

The Austin airport is so full of distinctive local restaurants and shops, you'll hope for a long layover there. I recommend a Jo's Iced Turbo coffee for travel energy. My latest for @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/11... #TravelSky #EatLocal #ShopSmall

I love modern criminals, they’re always googling shit like “how to do crime”

This is a stunning thing to even have to see Members of Congress say out loud. Absolutely chilling. And inspiring.

Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!

The Choctaw Cultural Center near Durant OK is a heritage touchstone for Choctaw Nation, or anyone who wants to learn about Native culture, history, and food. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/08... #TravelSky #travel #RoadTrip #JeffersonHighway

Ignored and forgotten for decades, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street are explained at Greenwood Rising, part of a resurgent Tulsa district: perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/02... #TravelTuesday #TravelSky #HistorySky

I tell you what, if some old, pudgy, spray-tanned shithead with a fake blonde comb-over ever called me "piggy" . . .

Combine Roman arts and culture at the spectacular Getty Villa, plus iconic Los Angeles coast places like Venice and Muscle Beach, in this one day outing. On @perceptivetravel.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2024/11... #TravelTuesday #TravelSky #RoadTrip #HistorySky

Regarding those gerrymandered Texas maps that just got thumped - thanks @texastribune.org

I'm looking forward to the next installment tomorrow - thank you, @kenlburns.bsky.social and @pbs.org 🇺🇲

They're gonna eat each other alive, and that will be part of their undoing.

This entire administration is a national security risk

So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.

Oh he saw your strength alright

People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to