there’s a “what’s the best movie about men by a woman” prompt going around, and nobody has said this because it was only written by a woman and not directed by one, but it’s Slap Shot

the most relatable Austen heroine is chaotic goth weirdo Catherine Morland who reads so many trashy horror novels that she scares herself into imagining they’re real, and it’s simply unacceptable that we haven’t gotten a modern take where she’s like a true crime podcast or vampire fanfic girlie

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

Out on the morning's Walk Fitness with Fitness Coach Vanburen, I was thinking of this, as I sometimes do: news.lettersofnote.com/p/she-was-th...

⚜️ Mont Saint-Michel 🇫🇷 in the afternoon heat ☀️

How is she playing basketball, is my question. She should be on a pitchers mound somewhere. Or maybe not, she’d probably kill somebody.

Happy 100th to this mothertrucking icon.

This whole AT protocol thing is very intriguing. Wherever you go amongst the apps that have it, your followers can find you. You're not stuck in one social media ecosystem (side-eying substack). Great for creatives.

Continuing to make steady progress on my MG, averaging around 1000 wds/day. For me, the key is writing first thing in the morning. Also using Focus Tomato app (love the ambient coffee shop sound, too). claushuang.com/focusTomato/...

I gotta say, this story is wildly underrated. This woman is absolutely crushing records -- right now she needs to cover around 450 miles to reach Hawaii, and at the rate she's been going, it'll take maybe 9 days. (As of yesterday she'd rowed 1907 miles in 37 days.) Solo row, unsupported. Epic.

About to go on a long afternoon walk, feeling like a rebel.

mini-🧵 Please help if you can, I absolutely trust Mika.

Ruining animal photos by making AI cute animal images for clicks isn’t the evilest use of a godawful tech but it may be the most pathetic in a very competitive field. And given the environmental damage, it’s basically just like eating kittens.

Genuinely fucking wild to me that the response to the fact that when women have total independence they often choose to be happily alone because they don't want to be treated like Bangmaid Mommy, and the response is not "Should I be a better person?" but "let's remove rights from women."

One of my absolute favorite items of any age from anywhere. Glorious.

Trying out @leaflet.pub as a potential replacement to my Substack as well as my author newsletter. It's in early days yet with features in the pipeline, but I like it so far! debbieohi.leaflet.pub/3mpbw325zyk23

"For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril;--nevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown." - Herman Melville, Pierre Or The Ambiguities

New ‘Jackass’ Trailer Shows Aging Johnny Knoxville Trying To Climb Staircase Without Handrail

The Last Judgment - Central

What an image

I can't even manage this level of verbal eloquence on a good day, I aspire to the kind of chill who can make such a clear case while being carried away by the police.

Their turn to shine (and play fetch). ❤️🩵💛

Three days left for the USA giveaway of my upcoming novel WICKHILLS! BEWARE: contains *flips through at random* - A pilfered green velvet jacket - Man who had his nose cut off (applied to employer for metal nose) - Subterranean aquarium - The town of Weck-Through-the-Hill - Pie

Y’all we are raising money for voting rights once again! You can donate items! You can buy things! We are gonna have some very interesting and cool stuff!

If someone from the FBI visits you about your algae posts the correct thing to do is to say you won’t talk with them. Please do not talk to the FBI. Like, at all. They have no sense of humor and they will take your stupid joke and charge you with lying to an agent.

A short thread introducing people to some single moths I've found in my area, looking for fun. 1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).

Does this news outrage you? Does it make you want to make zines? Do you want to know how, even without a computer? Here's an easy step-by-step guide by @thorazos.bsky.social. Print out the pages below or purchase copies cheap at the link. www.etsy.com/listing/6936...

Anyone laid off, apply to our game studio. Doesn't matter if you don't see a matching role, apply anyway via the "General Dev Application" If you applied before, apply again. You got nothing to lose. www.absurdventures.com/careers

I was sick of seeing JD Vance's memoir get all of the book coverage. So I asked a bunch of writers I know and love what recent books they think should get more attention. These are books for people who actually like to read. Please check them out! lithub.com/40-great-new...

Lynda Barry did not squeeze your heart and simultaneously explain the point of all art with the barest of line drawings so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

In the 4 years since Roe v Wade was overturned there have been over 400 pregnancy related prosecutions. Maternal mortality is up 33% nationwide and 50% in some states. We are being criminalized and murdered. That’s the legacy of Dobbs

Two of the angels in NYC.

Okay, let's be silly. Who's your favorite Jackass? Their last movie is out this week. My ridiculous beloved in Pontius. Never forget when he dressed up as a devil in skin-tight red and walked the streets with a sign that said "Keep God Out of California." ✊ youtu.be/O0rOqLBToTI?...

That's right, friends! STARLOG is back and I'm the editor-in-chief. We have so much good stuff for you in our first issue, coming this November!! Science! Sci-fi! Fantastic weirdness! Plus you can subscribe now to our podcast hosted by @jhoffman.bsky.social and @da7e.com!

Dunnett remains the GOAT. This is a good primer for the complex romp of The Game of Kings. Readers, who do you think the woman in the thumbnail is? Kate, maybe? The dress is all wrong. youtu.be/gnrqXk_DaCU?...

Remember how the centrists freaked out when AOC was elected? Same as it ever was.

Okay. Ai can go bankrupt then. This is not our problem, this sounds like a rich tech billionaire problem.

(puts tarp over the United States)

Honest to god, from a screenwriter, it’s because there’s one single unmistakable visual element that goes with it.

Happy #bookbirthday to the deluxe hardcover of The Inadequate Heir by Danielle L. Jensen! 🥳 #bridgekingdom #booksky

TERM LIMITS FOR SCOTUS justices. Expand the court.

This is an astonishing novel that gets better on each re-read. I have it on e-reader and in print, just in case.

My little announcement - I have a new book in 2027, and this is the cover!

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

🙌preach this thread🙌

DNF an otherwise good book because the sympathetic protagonist went off for 3 pages on how young people today are obsessed "using the right word for people." The acclaimed author presented it as unusual wisdom. Welp. Makes my reading list easier. Don't have to worry about those books any more.

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

One of the reasons I stay on social media - super cool stuff like this!! 🌔🌙