Dorset, today.

Heads up to my audiobook fans: My cozy horror/southern gothic novella CINDERWICH is 60% off over at Audiobooks.com! You can pick it up for just *ten bucks,* if that's your jam 👇 www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

A bit of cheerleading for you: Even some gerrymandered seats are not 100% certain to go the way the GOP wants in a wave election. In the last five midterm elections, the incumbent's party lost 9, 13, 30, 40, and 63 seats. Do you know how many turnovers Democrats need to flip the House? Three.

Fuuuuuuuck this.

We're gonna take it back anyway.

Personally? I’m gonna make a better world so help me god

People with chronic diseases lives matter. Also, people without them were dying. We all know this. They died in hundreds of thousands. Los Angeles had to lift the the smog-related limits on crematoria in order to deal with the death rate in the city.

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I'm a huge, massive fan of Lisa. She's an incredibly insightful film critic and nobody knows movies as well as her. And she's also a brilliant goofball. If you need an entertainment journalist or someone to write about queer stuff, you should totally hire her!

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

Good morning! My novel MERCUTIO is out in the UK today. The best thing I've done. My thanks to my editor Jane Johnson, my agent Jennie Goloboy, to Leo Nickolls for the cover, and to Maxim Reston for the audiobook:

You think Odysseus had it rough. Try driving from Burbank to Reseda around 9pm on July 4.

Latest drop from the Rolling Stones is a rocking blues jam. These guys might have a future. youtu.be/FHaEFarmZx8?...

So my buddy @bobworldbuilder.bsky.social is doing a poll about favorite TTRPGs. But he needs a signal boost beyond his own fanbase. So, for science (or simply for Bob, because he's a nice guy), can you take a minute to do this simple, 2-question survey? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Deleting "that" and "very" and "even" and "just." Reconfigure each sentence, I must. Copy edits are fun, she said, gritting her teeth. Cut, cut, cut to the meaning beneath.

A Day in My Life ~ Special Agent Emme Helliwell by Nicole Maggi drusbookmusing.com/nicole-maggi...

Remember yesterday when a bunch men on this app were saying the outcry over data centers is unhinged? Go live in this neighborhood, geniuses. So many opinionated men. So little listening.

Breaking character: In memory of Ted Turner, the amazing letter his dad wrote him when he decided to major in the classics. Yankees just can't write this, my friends. www.bu.edu/arion/files/...

BTW, Fonda writes with candor and deep thoughtfulness about what she calls her "subsumation" to Turner ("the only person I know who has had to apologize more than I have") in her 2005 autobiography My Life So Far, which I can't recommend highly enough.

Caregiving is female, it is VASTLY undercompensated, and every government agency and male taxpayer benefits from women’s unpaid and underpaid work. Caregiving is a Feminist Issue, it’s an equality issue, it’s an equal justice issue, and it’s a racial justice issue.

I was chatting a lot with Hailey today. She has some amazing writing projects she's dying to get back to, but caring for a loved one with cancer is a LOT. As she says, they still need some money for rent, and anything you give can help her get back on track. Please help if you can <3

I've shared tips with writers about visiting a TV/Film set but always wondered why there wasn't ONE resource I could send. So I made one. SETIQUETTE is a 58pg guide: How to read a call sheet, a who's who crew guide, what to do and NOT do on set & more. writingandwhatnot.com/blog/setique...

Wolf Trap Animal Rescue in the Washington, D.C. suburbs needs fosters to help re-home 191 doodles rescued from an Alabama puppy mill. www.facebook.com/share/p/1FSz...

"A conventional data center—... cloud storage... —draws as much electricity as 10,000 to 25,000 households, according to the International Energy Agency. But a newer, AI-focused 'hyperscale' data center can use as much power as 100,000 homes or more." www.lincolninst.edu/publications...

we need independent media now more than ever.

1. Empire Strikes BAck 2. Star Wars (nope, I don't call it A New Hope, thanks) 3. Andor (yep, TV show) 4. Return of the Jedi 5. Rogue One.

Relevant to my next book! I'm going over copy edits to Festival of Spies right now. Sophia Loren makes a couple of brief appearances because of course she does. Icon. www.tiktok.com/@.onlysophia...

The only dress anyone should be wearing to the met gala

The unspoken theme of every Met Gala is 'The Masque of the Red Death'.

Best accessories: awesome dancers and drummers: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

Very glad to see data on the dangers of live animal markets and wild animal trafficking. It's a huge business that leads to misery for the animals and huge dangers for the humans. Time for regulation and education is long past.

If schools have money for AI, I'd rather they use that to pay teachers more

I don't have a rep because the Lord is merciful and LaMalfa dropped dead of a heart attack, but if you do then you should call them.

I saw the very first screening of Return of the Jedi the day it opened in 1983, and after the speeder chase through the forest, everyone burst into applause. This? Sigh. They can't take that memory from me, no matter how hard they try.

Ancient souvenirs! Like ancient graffiti, proving humanity has not changed.

Archaeology nerd alert for anyone like me who's still angry about the fire at the Library of Alexandria. dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/seve...

Instead of that bullshit, if you’re looking for craft books about writing memoir, I’d recommend BODY WORK by Melissa Febos and THE ART OF MEMOIR by Mary Karr. (I often assign Febos’s book in my classes; Karr’s book was very helpful while I wrote HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES.)

New at the Mare Coffee Pagoda: Limited Nileist and Hackleton refrigerator magnets! Approx size: 2"x3". $8.13 each or both (1 Hackleton and 1 Nileist) for $15.00. to support my @freshstarttblc.bsky.social Shipping is free.

Look at the close-up of this photo taken by ABR Live of Golden Tempo and Cherie DeVaux the morning after their win in the #KYDerby. They love each other unconditionally.

*vegetarians going ha ha yes sickos*

Iappeal toall compassionate hearts.Weare living through genocide,killing,destruction every moment💔 Please dont ignore our suffering,look upon us with mercy We urgent need your support My baby on verge of death needs surgery after being injured shrapnel PLS dont letus down tinyurl.com/save-my-baby...

Just finished this little masterpiece. Book 1 of a larger masterpiece. Hypnotic, dreamlike, flashes of wit and wonder. Still pondering its layers and will read Book 2 for sure. Highly recommend!

Please nominate Merrymac! Tomorrow is the deadline - send to everyone you know in the U.S!

Nicole Hollander, passed away at age 87. Safe travels, Nicole.

Mo Ryan chose violence "Though it finished its run 17 years ago" How is that possible? 😫

Hackleton’s pick for the 2026 #KYDerby is Great White!

Let's do this! www.kickstarter.com/projects/myt...

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only The Wire The Simpsons Monty Python's Flying Circus The Sopranos Andor Star Trek (TOG) Buffy Better Call Saul Game of Thrones Friday Night Lights Sesame Street MASH Freaks and Geeks The Americans Fleabag