Me, responding to emails at 9am tomorrow:

“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.” ― James Baldwin

Me, responding to emails at 9am tomorrow:

oh shit tomorrow is circle back day already

Starting the year as I intend to continue - by putting Townie by Mitski on repeat for an hour at a time and letting it rewire my brain (complimentary).

Choose your fighter: new year moods as memes. 🥊 🥱 🌮 💫

Sometimes I forget just how masterfully Sylvia Plath wrote poetry and then I reread Lady Lazarus. "Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air." Come the fuck on, my god. 🥹

My life is spinning wildly out of control. (Which is to say that I have 17 tabs open in my browser.)

My life is spinning wildly out of control. (Which is to say that I have 17 tabs open in my browser.)

I regret to inform myself that I'm due back at my desk tomorrow.

Tell me your favourite Kate Bush song and I will invent a fact about you.

Sometimes I forget just how masterfully Sylvia Plath wrote poetry and then I reread Lady Lazarus. "Out of the ash I rise with my red hair And I eat men like air." Come the fuck on, my god. 🥹

At the current show on Le Guin's life and work in Portland, visitors can try out her old typewriter. She bought it used in 1966, after she sold her 2nd novel, Planet of Exile. She typed A Wizard of Earthsea on it, Left Hand of Darkness, Lathe of Heaven, The Dispossessed...

A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this

If I'm ever murdered and become the subject of a true crime podcast, please know that anyone who describes me as "lighting up a room" is lying.

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

From Twelfth Night, if memory serves.

The current situation considered, "Us entering 2026"

Hi, are you feeling helpless and unsure how to be any good to anyone in this world turned upside down by venal, power-drunk fools? Here's a simple fix: wear a mask when you're in public, indoor spaces. If you used to and you stopped, you can just start again! Easy!

*reads the world headlines* Hey, Alanis, I've got a few new verses for you to weave into Reasons I Drink...

So... *bats eyelashes* is there a She Who Walks Behind the Rows?

Apropos of nothing.

*reads the world headlines* Hey, Alanis, I've got a few new verses for you to weave into Reasons I Drink...

Me too and tho it does feel weird, I think it’s good we still have this ability. Like, I don’t ever want to get used to… whatever the fuck all of this is.

I didn't know I needed a funk rendition of Somewhere That's Green (Little Shop of Horrors) until five minutes ago. Amazing! @johnedwinmason.bsky.social you might dig this

Look, I know Hamilton is a bit of a punchline and LMM is an earnest dweeb, but could we please talk about Renee Elise Goldberry's voice?!? (Also today I learned she played Mimi in one of the stage versions of Rent.)

1. I had no idea that Nicole Scherzinger has such an astonishing range. 2. One of the comments on this is "I'm telling my kids this is the Pussycat Dolls". 😂😂😂💀

Cosigned. I've had it muted more or less since I've had an account here and never once missed hearing about the latest idiocy. It helps to dial the volume down though.

I found this useful:

I'm extremely ill-informed about LatAm in general, so if anyone comes across or has to hand good primers about what's going on in Venezuela, I'd be grateful to read them!

I didn't know I needed a funk rendition of Somewhere That's Green (Little Shop of Horrors) until five minutes ago. Amazing! @johnedwinmason.bsky.social you might dig this

Look, I know Hamilton is a bit of a punchline and LMM is an earnest dweeb, but could we please talk about Renee Elise Goldberry's voice?!? (Also today I learned she played Mimi in one of the stage versions of Rent.)

1. I had no idea that Nicole Scherzinger has such an astonishing range. 2. One of the comments on this is "I'm telling my kids this is the Pussycat Dolls". 😂😂😂💀

This is one of the best things I've ever seen, I love this woman's energy. ("Me can't get up!" had me in hysterics.)

As someone who grew up in the tropics, this was also my reaction the first time I saw snow. Except it was at a drop kick Murphys show, and I was wearing a kilt.

Cloudbusting. Shabbat shalom, folks. (Photo by my mum, snapped yesterday evening from my parents' garden.)

This is the energy I'm bringing into 2026

My baby dog is having a rough time, losing mobility and struggling to stay on her feet. It's so damn hard watching pets get old. 💔

I wanted to make a lemon pig but I didn’t have lemons or toothpicks now I’ve gone and summoned the spirit of Dali and will have a surrealist year ☹️

Because I am actually a 12 year-old boy, I saw the new-to-me word "petcock", giggled hysterically, then looked it up. The Wikipedia summary triggered another giggling fit: "A petcock is a small shut-off valve used to control the flow of liquid or gas. (M)odern petcocks are typically ball valves."

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G-d willing 2026 will be kinder to us all. ❤️

"Lucy Dacus as cryptid" is the energy I'm taking into 2026.

That Song by Big Wreck: what a tune. 🤘🏻

G-d willing 2026 will be kinder to us all. ❤️

MTV is officially ending all of its music channels. In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?

This is the one. With an honourable mention of the Must be Talking to an Angel video and Annie's solo triumph, the Dangerous Liaisons-influenced Walking on Broken Glass, starring famous dudes.