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...

I’m gonna drink some prosecco and cry about the moon.

An opposition party would not be on vacation right now. They would have coordinated message to the public about the fact that a President in cognitive decline is threatening more war crimes. They would be BLASTING the message on all available platforms.

"we are busy servicing other members" AAA, please I beg of you. Please don't say it like that

This is one of the most disgusting drinks you can have on the University of Illinois campus. I cannot help but respect my big billionaire Illinois governor.

24 episode seasons are one of the pinnacles of American achievements, like NASA.

The impossibility of sleeping when your pet’s butt is too close to the edge of the bed and she keeps nearly sliding off but refuses to move

imagine waking up and all you have to do is scurry through the woods and make weird noises. pretty cool right? WRONG. I've been doing that for the past 6 months and my wife has left me

my next book, SECOND HELPINGS, is now available for request on netgalley! if you like LOVE STORIES and RIDICULOUS SIDE CHARACTER SHENANIGANS and FOUND FAMILY and SIBLING HIJINKS and RESTAURANT ROMANCE and especially ✨ SECOND CHANCES ✨ then you're going to love this one 💜

I can't believe the "New Yorker" REJECTED this cartoon!

There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!

Still watching the Artemis coverage and just heard, “Houston, toilet is powered.”

Per YouGov Rahm Emanuel is the 78th most popular Democrat, behind everyone from Michael Dukakis to Barney Frank. He is 12 places behind Harry Reid, who died five years ago. To the extent anything's happening here it's *entirely* media-driven. yougov.com/en-us/rating...

I’m 80% certain my sewing machine’s motor belt gave out, but the thing is, I wasENJOYING working on my hobby, & also I want to get this quilt finished sharpish. So. We have jerryrigged up the world’s most ludicrous had crank with a can opener & a scrap of fabric.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

one of my most consistent positions is that the broad coalition of people who are not fascists have a lot more in common than a lot of folks on every part of that spectrum will admit and I wish we spent less of our combative energy on each other

Good to see you again! Here's a thing I made ages ago for whenever this comes up.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The shipper... (takes off glasses, pinches bridge of nose) The shipper chose DHL. (unable to look you in the eye) We don't know when your package will arrive. We may never know.

First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of.

maybe? I think trying to guess who is bad by whether you like the art is never going to work great though, and retroactively being like "I didn't like this" is just a way of trying to make it about you

It’s a serious problem in publishing these days that I as a reader can go “yeah, nobody bothered to do a serious edit with this book” time after time. I keep going back to older books and going “finally, some good fucking food!” when really it’s just that the book was properly constructed.

Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

It is worth pointing out that Country Joe is survived by The Fish.

Wisconsin is clearly a model for how to climb out of autocracy. It's a slow process. It works if you keep pushing though. Wisconsin is shaping up as a great pro-democracy success story. Help them out if you can.

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An American kestrel perches on an "IMPORTANT BIRD AREA" sign in the Montrose Beach Dunes.

"How does one hate a country, or love one?" Ursula Le Guin always out there expressing my exact feelings in trying times.

"Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too." - #DavidLynch

"nobody is doing anything" remains a lie meant to soothe the person saying the words. It's not true. YOU may not be doing anything but a lot of people are.

"The case is a very funny illustration of what can happen when cops, who as a general rule rarely face consequences for their actions, manage to cross a person with plenty of time, a sizable social media following, and a smooth baritone."

This made it out of committee. You do NOT want to let it go to a vote. Go make your voice heard right now right now

everyone gets to make mistakes and make amends and be forgiven but not everyone gets to then be in positions of leadership and people who genuinely have repented after significant wrongdoing understand why they should be excluded from power

I ordered the extra fabric I need for my latest gift quilt & ONLY* ordered what I needed for this project, not the 13 new projects I got ideas for while looking, please clap etc.

The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

just tried to conclude an email with "all the best" only to realize at the last second that autocorrect had changed it to "all the sad." like damn, that's certainly not wrong in the current political moment but i don't think i need to be signing my emails about it

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

Good evening from Chicago

Not to financial market splain but I'm fairly sure things are not going well

THIS. If you’re in central Glasgow tonight please close your windows; if you have to be out please wear the best mask you have available. If you can smell it, you’re at risk.