It has only taken *checks notes* five weeks, but my puppy has finally figured out that if he is tired, he can go to sleep instead of rampaging around the household throwing off increasing levels of unhinged terror.

If I were an opposition party, I'd be renting buses across the country with large signs on them saying "The President and his party are robbing you, making you poor and they also cannot organize concerts..." LMAO!

Happy 7-year anniversary the time my mom and I were discussing two vases of lilies. Me: They smell amazing! And they'll look great at book club. Mom: I hope no one who's coming over is allergic. But if they are, we can just put them in your room and shut the door. Me: ... Mom: ... Me: ...the LILIES

It was world rat day yesterday. Rats off to ya!

IT'S PUB DAY! So excited to say that SECOND HELPINGS is out now. This book is a love letter to second chances, deli food, Cleveland, food service, and of course queer romance 🌈💜🥪 I hope you love it as much as I do!

yeah, look, fascism is "if you give a mouse a cookie." or, if you prefer, "if you let a mouse take a cookie on what it falsely insists are rational and/or moral grounds." convincing yourself that a few concessions will appease them is a trap; in fact, all it does is prove you're willing to concede

Okay so how much exactly do we think it is hubris to think I can, sans real pattern, just sort of wing making some toy (read: sewn, stuffed) botw Zelda ingredients for my nephew’s toy kitchen….

We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

this was a joke but also I’m very annoying to my author friends

There is something so insidious about the "only take them as long as you need them" language that they always frame as a very compassionate moderate position. My brain has quirky chemistry. When I go off my meds, it gets bleak. Just like when I take off my glasses, I can't see as well.

when the task requires zero corgis

I don't only think that college should be FREE but I think young people should also receive living stipends while in school. Finally, I do not care what they major in because education needs to actually BE DECOUPLED from a future job. You are welcome. You should have 4 years to study anything.

Personally, if I lived in Midsomer I would make it a rule never to say "Oh, it's you. What are you doing here?" to someone the audience can't see while the camera remains on me.

when ur on a walk and there's a dog

all of these people are aliens who have never actually had any experiences on earth. if you have to show your ID to eat some wings it's because you're at a strip club

Barn Owl

Passing this along - fucking scammers leveling up, here's a new one to pay attention to.

heated rivalry fan artists thank you so much for your hard work. with that being said skate blades haven't looked like that in perhaps a century

The movie night @jackiehedeman.bsky.social & I do involves reading the Ebert review if it exists, & we often disagree with some aspect--the rating, the conclusions, occasionally other things, but the crucial bit is that he always says something that we then talk about extensively!

Many things are bad. Please remember to back up your computer and your cell phone. You will want those documents, those video and music files, all those photos of your pets, kids and other special moments. I know hard drives are expensive. It will hurt more not to have backups. Make three copies.

I owe to Terry Pratchett more than I could ever say. A worldview & lifelong friendships & more laughs & comfort & rage than I could ever ever list. What a legacy. What a gift to the us, that so many people the world over can say the same. How extremely fitting that his birthday is also ED BALLS day.

it's #terrypratchettday today. i'm sure i'll try all my life to explain how grateful i am for his work, for his kindness and vision and insight and humor, and never manage to do it justice. but as long as i live his name will still be spoken. GNU terry pratchett. happy birthday. thank you.

A wonderful read in every possible way…

vince gilligan: i just happen to have a half dozen ideas that could make for the greatest hours of tv ever aired chris carter: yeah i agree those are perfect and would be remembered for decades but does it move forward the spooky oil story

chris carter getting sick of the all-timer monster of the week material his writers were banging out on the x files:

The discourse about men being emotionally conscripted into doing search-and-rescue for women who would otherwise be eaten by bears (I guess) has me thinking about this riveting story from a little over 10 years ago. www.outdoors.org/resources/am...

washed my hands and dried them on my leggings, which were so covered in dog hair that I had to wash my hands again and dry them on a hand towel and friends, you’re not gonna believe this,

absurd

benches, buses, and bathrooms. they should be everywhere

Menswear writer here. 👋 Let me tell you why you shouldn't wear an armband like that. 🧵

These two Mourning Doves at my feeder cam look like they just rang my doorbell because Tony Soprano sent them to collect a debt I owe.

ebert never missed

I am never forgetting at the first anime con I ever went to in like 2007, there was someone selling a print of Light and L from Death Note naked and dramatically reaching toward each other across a flower and the artist put a big sticky note on it that said "NOT YAOI - SYMBOLISM"

At its core, the political economy of scholarship was never supposed to rely on ~$50k from a smelting fortune. Institutions have hollowed out their support, the feds have done the same, and all that's left is inadequate private funding.

I've spent a not insignificant amount of time listening to these today. Man, this is so cool. The world is so full of devoted weirdos! Thank goodness! THANK GOODNESS! kottke.org/26/04/online...

For decades, Aadam Jacobs recorded live music shows. His collection of over 10,000 shows since 1984 features Nirvana, R.E.M., The Pixies, Björk, Depeche Mode, The Cure, and so many more — and they're now available on the Internet Archive for free. [kottke.org]

Winning campaign slogan here if anyone wants it.

i feel insane, to be seeing the photos of the earth from the moon, THE MOON IN THE SKY, and seeing how small we are, and seeing how beautiful things could be, and to have such a small, pathetic man and his small minority be such a threat to our beautiful home!! our, the whole of people, all of us!!!

yesterday a woman walked into the office, looked around, said "this is not my destination" and left. I keep thinking about her. I hope you made it, queen

This is such a brilliant move. That’s access to the Internet, borrowing laptops and so much. This is how a city should be moving

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

if you, like me!, forgot to plant native milkweed(s) in the fall, throw the packets in your freezer now, take out in 30 days or after your final frost, whichever comes last, then sow in your garden. Monarchs breed all summer! Plant coneflowers, goldenrod & asters too for food & migration!

I preordered a copy of this to go directly to my local books-to-prisoners program! They get a number of requests from trans people, and it's nice to have something to send that is joyous and fun. #BookSky

If you did not enjoy today, then call your reps and senators tomorrow and say this 👇

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

🧵Congress 202-224-3121 Find your Senators www.senate.gov Find your Rep www.house.gov "I'm [NAME] from [PLACE, ZIP]. I'm calling to urge the Senator/Rep to contact Adm. Correll & remind him that he has the same legal obligation as any soldier to refuse an illegal order from this Commander in Chief."

Imagining some different worlds and what it might take to get to them.

I've now seen several posts from Democratic US Senators and House Reps calling for Congress to return to DC, and my only reaction to seeing these is: Do it. Just get on a plane and go back to DC. The House is in Recess, not adjourned. There was a pro forma session today. Go. Lead by example.

The moment we read "He Is Survived by His Wife" by @jackiehedeman.bsky.social, we knew this stunning essay would be the perfect closer for Issue 1. How do you want to be remembered? How do you want to be loved? 💜 Read here... but make sure you have tissues nearby: othersidespec.com/pieces/he-is...