All natural, free range Christmas tree topper.

What I would give to achieve a dog’s level of contentment, even for the briefest of moments.

Finally unpacking and cleaning some of my inks and pens so I can reorganize them in my new office space. It’s not too noticeable, is it?

Happy Halloween! Forgot to find a proper costume, but @janesvanity.bsky.social came to the rescue. Also forgot hair and makeup (or maybe I look properly ghoulish?), so I’m showing just the floofy hem for now along with the silver go go boots I’ve been dyyyying wear for ages.

I was so proud of my dog sleeping on her bed like a normal creature might last night, but she usually is more like this (her hindlimbs are going through a degenerative paralysis, partially explaining the comfort levels she is feeling here):

My dog looks like she has no neck and I love it.

RIP Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025)

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

I found a group who helped me find a neurosurgeon & neuro-ophthalmologist who believed my pain, actually listened to me, found I was slowly dying, operated & worked to fix it, & now I no longer visit the ER, feral from pain, 1-2 times a week…I am also no longer unknowingly dying.

Book recommendations for Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Read today & all year! Alt text for text

Feeling snacky

Mychal being named the new host of Reading Rainbow is the best news and it's the best news that we all deserve. bookriot.com/new-host-of-...

This sucks. Jen & Siobhan are such kindhearted, incredible, talented people & this is a great loss for all. Their love and care for animals is admirable & Jen’s work during the Eaton fire literally helped feed/clothe/shelter many. Please consider donating to this sweet family.

BEGGING people to make their packaging accessible. I can’t see this. I imagine a lot of people cannot read these instructions. My eyes have clearly deteriorated. I’m struggling with a lot of packaging now.

Reddit is trending and I went to take a look and came to a dead halt on this skeet. #INeededTheLaugh #Reddit

I’m sorry, but why can’t we just agree on 440?

My sister just sent this to me, and…🤦🏻‍♀️

“I didn’t come to America seeking a better life. I was escaping death,” Ayman Soliman, Muslim chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, said in an Instagram video filmed just before he entered an ICE field office on July 9. By @hannahallam.bsky.social

hi, cis folks! if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now. the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. we need you to call senators: reps.fyi more info & script downthread.🧵

Any book recommendations to help young men understand how to love themselves better? Beginning a search for my HS senior nephew.

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Did you know that, hoping to defend against criticism of a "wall" in the middle of Berlin, the East Germans called their construction a "protection rampart"? Refusing to use the proper name for things is part of propaganda. Journalists don't have to fall for it. Call the wall a wall.

I'm sorry, but I need you to see this rock that looks like a sandwich that I just found on Instagram.

Been looking for a new arm/side chair; can’t help but rank them by “blanket fort-ability”.

going walking in our nation's capital for a couple hours a week or so ago, i wondered if I would run into anything out of the ordinary on my long walks (which OG followers know I have done for more than a year now) now, I just pray none of the out-of-the-ordinary stuff I see is violent

Optics, distractions from actual issues (ie fucking disappearing people), terrorizing the locals.

Trying to distract myself from the situation in DC right now by practicing, but I’m having a hotdog fingers situation the last few days so all that’s doing is making me feel like a pos. Options, anyone? (besides reading the memoir a dying brain surgeon wrote that I’ve been meaning to get to??)

I'm a consistent supporter of Remora House and their mutual aid work. Hope others will support too.

Went to close the shades: the watercolor sky and frozen colossus looking kudzu covered trees looming at the bottom of the frame are giving off big drama this evening.

Imagine it's 1850 and you've just been flattened by an elite cavalry officer who just yells "SOWWY" as he thunders away.

I'm so excited to share my new piece for @npr.org about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the intricacies of his legacy - today is his actual 150th birthday! I'm so grateful to my interview subjects: Samantha Ege, Curtis Stewart, Leah Broad, Michael Repper, and Sam Reenan www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...

Meanwhile, here in Maine, AI crawlers have rendered the server that manages our statewide interlibrary loan unreachable by legitimate attempts to pass through requests/information Again, but louder: the server can’t be reached by libraries and the folks trying to use them BECAUSE OF AI CRAWLERS.

Finally found an apron that truly expresses my cooking philosophy.🥹

Filing under: look here the next time I need a huge smile and chuckle because the world around me is unraveling. 💕

Rosemary bread w/herbed goat cheese, shallots, pumpkin seeds, & grape tomatoes so fantastically in season they taste like the sun & earth; other is same bread w/a fresh dill spread, beets, and feta. Even w/the bonkers tasty strawberries, I still have yet to reach the heights of @garrt.bsky.social.

Resting in bed with this little dinosaur scheming from above.

Decided to spend the day lazing around in bed to recharge for the week after a hectic couple days. I’m procrastinating reading a book my sister gave me, but J is eating a late lunch of belated birthday curry while watching funny dog videos and i’m wondering if I am weekending all wrong.

Car snacks (not pictured: baggie of cookies)

Part of me wants to be hopeful the words “meat allergy” will start knocking sense into the “I forage for my own bear cub meat” population, but I know better. Mostly surprised a tiny flame of hope has survived through all *gestures wildly* this, though. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

never thought you’d see those words in one sentence together, did you? well, you know…leave it to me 🤣

man it is WILD how every time someone posts "take AltNPS with a grain of salt" people fly to that random account's defense over and over as post after post shows they're at best scanning reddit and at worst making shit up

Dem senator: Please, protestors, there are better ways to oppose the president Voters: Like not voting for his nominees? Dem senator: haha no no no. No. What I mean is we are writing a rap

Ok update on the riot dogs. This is amazing solidarity and community action. It is just so heartwarming to see people standing for one another in any way possible. This is a good prototype for other places. People need food and mutual aid to support ongoing pushback. bsky.app/profile/raph...

I remember way back when Dr. Phil headed a trial consultant firm when the TX beef industry had its big beef with Oprah back in the day. Totally the guy I want scream-shaming me over why I’m too fat and shipping rebellious teens to “wilderness camps”/legal torture under the stars.

My sweet, hilarious 22 year-old parrot passed yesterday, so moping with Murderbot and junk food and sporadic bouts of crying are today’s order of business. (Will be baking his favorite indulgence, pound cake, in his honor later tonight.)

“Jonathan Joss Murdered in Hate Crime While Mourning the Grotesque Display of His Dog’s Skull at Home Burned in Arson” is the mildest acceptable headline.

time for

Typical violist death

Been going to the dentist ~1x a week to prepare for a complicated procedure for the last couple months. As the zoomer hygienist handed me my purse, she shyly said I always look amazing & she’s been taking mental notes on wardrobing when I come in. Hooray, this old millennial hag is still relevant! 💁🏻‍♀️