I'm sorry, WHAT? "The BPL told the union that they wanted Griffin to be absent less frequently if they were to grant her request, according to Hahn." 🤬🤬🤬 The woman has terminal stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Please sign this petition linked in the article 📝 www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Today the @nytimes.com sought to whitewash its central role in laundering anti-trans falsehoods and turbocharging anti-trans attacks nationwide. My reporting showed that editorial leadership was aware of this depravity which is why this disingenuous piece can’t erase the scale of what they’ve done.

Most red states in the South are states with majority black populations. I reject the idea that blue states should punish (or mock) the people living in red states to prove a political point, as if it would even be feasible. This kind of rhetoric solidifies the idea that liberals are out of touch.

This meme in @lyz.bsky.social's 2/7 piece is 🔥 lyz.substack.com/p/whiny-whip...

does English have a word capturing "unsurprised" yet "disappointed"? anybody else got a word you can loan us? I'm thinking it's gonna come in handy.

Just as mammals returned to the ocean and became whales, maybe it’s time for some of us to return to Usenet and Web 1.0.

I'm serious, jalapeños don't belong in pork green chile, regardless of what popular food bloggers claim

Brew Day! Italian Pilsner for #PawsForPints!

Today is my and @cgbaker.dev's 23rd wedding anniversary. Please clap 😀

DAMMIT NPR. I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded. Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.

That's right, GOP, Schumer's been re-elected Senate Minority Leader. So you tell 'em Chuck is coming, and MEASURED, MODERATE, MIILD PUSHBACK IS COMING WITH HIM! Do you hear me? MEASURED, MODERATE, MIILD PUSHBACK IS COMING WITH HIM!!!

400+ years after the "First Thanksgiving" most Americans have no idea that the Wampanoag people are still here. My tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag, is on Martha's Vineyard and we're still fighting for our land and rights. We’re also doing some cool stuff. 🧵👇 if you’d like to learn more & support us

I know you're struggling with your relatives today, but remember that Elmo is sitting across the table from Zoe and Rocco's bullshit.

11yo took a shot at it this morning. We're 3/3.

16yo immediately grabbed the fridge magnet when Kelly showed off her nails this evening... 🤣

so @kellyjbaker.bsky.social comes home with magnetic nail polish and is surprised that I want to do science experiments? come on, y'all.

This is the part where all the angry writers come for me. Again.

I've been here so long I remember when it ran off a Raspberry Pi, my god, just look at how far we've come

well I'm in floods of tears www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...

i dunno man 'American bald eagles keep dying from lead poisoning after eating bullets' is a little too on the nose right now www.popsci.com/environment/...

america: so, we're really bad at traffic circles... chick-fil-a: but what if it was also a möbius strip? america: wut? chick-fil-a: and it's in the middle of a parking lot.

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility and Happy Easter

driving on the highway last week and the driver in front of me threw out a banana peel that almost hit my car and i swear to god if i'd had a turtle shell handy they'd have been in trouble

This post from @parkermolloy.com is very important. I’m terrified of Trump stacking the courts for another four years. We already will be dealing with the fallout from his earlier appointments for decades. More would be tragic. And folks from marginalized groups would get the worst of it.

editing your partner's draft

Proud to have been on the fucking vanguard of this www.theguardian.com/media/2024/j...

Today's newsletter is all about the similarities between Ron DeSantis's trans-obsessed 2024 campaign and Ted Cruz's trans-obsessed 2016 campaign: www.readtpa.com/p/i-knew-the...

that's a lot of cats

Since here come the waves of "Texans got what they voted for," I implore you smug motherfuckers to note that Paxton's *own party* tried to boot him from office months ago, voter disenfranchisement + gerrymandering are rife here, and moreover NOT ALL OF US CAN AFFORD TO ABANDON OUR JOBS AND FAMILIES

Our newest episode of Pod Only Knows is out! @johnbrooks.bsky.social and I go all in on the history of the "war" on Christmas: open.spotify.com/episode/11mY...

it's worth pointing out that the kitten did not try to murder her because of the vet appointment. it was entirely coincidental.

For more regarding just how very White Protestant Christian the KKK has been, and for how long read @kellyjbaker.bsky.social 's The Gospel According to the Klan www.semcoop.com/gospel-accor...

propublica has been running circles around the major orgs with its court coverage and the nyt’s ass is absolutely chapped about it

I was peeling some apples today for stewing and cut a little slice to taste to adjust my recipe and decided, yes, @chuckwendig.bsky.social has problematized apples for me forever.

Make a movie worse with a word that rhymes. I will go first: Aliens Vs. Redditor

Pass KOSA and he'll get to monitor your porn intake, too

My youngest has the flu, and now, I'm like, "Does my throat hurt? My head hurts, but is it a flu headache or a regular headache? I am tired, but am I fatigued? My body aches, but is it normal 40-something aches or the beginning of the flu?"

Happy Halloween, ghouls! @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and I invited @jenntisdale.bsky.social to discuss Edgar Allan Poe, death, pain, morality, and Carla Cugino. 'Halloween Special - NEVERMORE: Poe, Pain, and "The Fall of the House of Usher"' by Pod Only Knows open.spotify.com/episode/5GAF...

I went to get some ice and it came out a little slow, upon further investigation the drawer wasn’t sitting right and then I found this big boi inside 🤣

When my friend’s kiddos come to my house, I like to send them home with a book or two I think they’d like, and they usually dig my suggestions, but Ryder LOVED Eve Ewing’s Maya and the Robot 🥰

big mood

I WANT TOO GO BACK - dashare.zone ADMIN

was mulling this morning over the antipode to one of my favorite Boring Adult Days ("new kitchen sponge day") and I think it's probably "descaling the coffee machine day" (what a pain in the ass)

guess what time it is?

A trio of tabbys took my spot on the couch.

Folks, celebrate your friends. I know you probably know this, but it's easy to forget. Take joy in their successes and cheer on their moments in the sun, and always let them know they make your life better. It matters.

Today's newsletter is about Banned Books Week www.readtpa.com/p/banned-boo...

It’s out it’s out it’s out ahhh. BLACK RIVER ORCHARD is now available at bookstores everywhere. Hope you like it and share it and leave a review and join my weird evil apple cult. Also: the robots haven’t stolen this one yet! Eat shit, robots!

By the way, I have a book out today. If you like books, I don't know, maybe it'll be your thing. This completes my hard sell here on Bluesky, thank you for your attention. OH WAIT: THE BOOK ALSO HAS A THEME SONG and it's by Dessa, who is awesome. Follow the link for it. youtu.be/r3BI4VRky8U?...