You are stronger than you think. If you had tentacles, you could easily crush sailing ships from below with your dark determination.

[October 12th, 1925] What's Wrong Here?

We received an attendance letter from my son's school asking "if they could help" him be in school more. I wrote back to say that he'd only ever been absent bc illness, & I'd be happy to help them figure out where to place air purifiers in all the classrooms since they asked how to help! Crickets.

I looked up "anxious child" on a stock photo site and at least 50% of the pictures were of kids praying. And my formerly evangelical, still anxious self went:

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

When I received my English degree twenty years ago, most of my class went into either education or law school. I enthusiastically chose the former and, yet, here I am, noting that if I don't reach my book goal for 2025, it will be because I've had to spend so much time reading court opinions.

If you have never participated in the glory that is the Snacket, may I suggest you remedy that posthaste. forms.gle/ipqSUgtH2c6q...

especially in times of war, or of national anxiety, or of disaster

Ever since I learned about this study enrolling I have been eagerly awaiting the results. Researchers in Uganda took a centuries-old cultural practice mothers carrying babies on their backs in cloth wraps and turned it into a public health tool. You got to love it! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Apropos of nothing, if you use the dollar sign before an amount of money you should not then ALSO say "dollars". It's $100 or one hundred dollars. "$100 dollars" means "one hundred dollars dollars."

I'm just saying that if Trump was autistic he would've been able to say "acetaminophen" in a press conference about acetaminophen, because I'm #ActuallyAutistic and would've practiced the CRAP out of that word ahead of time (even though I already knew it) to make sure I said it right.

Things today's White House autism announcement did not do: -Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families -Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear -Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience

Given (gestures generally at the state of things), I am ever so glad that today is the first day of fall and, thus time for our family's annual viewing of Over the Garden Wall while eating grilled cheeses. Ain't that just the way. 🫖🎃🐦🐸❤️

The current state of the union.

this exists it is called thinking

adding fictional characters to art: thread

“This is a direct assault on independent journalism at the very place where independent scrutiny matters most: the U.S. military.” - National Press Club President Mike Balsamo www.press.org/newsroom/nat...

This man is one of the campaign’s super volunteers, the nicest dude you’ll ever meet, wildly dependable, and apparently capable of taking the coolest photo of 2025.

I buy all my books from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social and they're amazing! Highly recommend!

At the moment, I'm regrettably not exploring a quaint bookstore on a cobblestone street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well."

A kid at a school where I worked was late one day because his mom had dreamed that she took him to school. She was scared out of her wits when he came out of his room to ask if they were leaving for school soon.

Concerned that we are losing the necessary ratio. 15% of teachers/faculty should be irretrievably strange eccentrics. Every learning experience should have some element where in later life you can reflect with former classmates about how bizarre at least one (1) class per year was.

It is :) #art #illustration

denmark rocks bc theyll notice that only 80% of their population is currently laying in the grass in a park with a six pack of 8% beer reading a book while on a 3 hour lunch break from work making $50/hr selling croissants at a cafe called GOBBO or FLUUZ and their government will spring into action

How is it that I've gone to sleep nearly every night for more than 50 years and I still don't know what to do with my arms when it's time?

“Let it shine, baby. We just need caring souls.” Raffi’s guide to fighting fascism, from 2024:

'Mount Sinai publishes 1st US guide for infection-linked chronic illnesses' 'NYC-based Mount Sinai Health System has released the country’s first clinical manual for treating infection-associated chronic illnesses, according to an Aug. 13 news release' www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/pati...

Disclaimer xkcd.com/3126/

Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City

Back in May 2021 I posted on twitter about a journey I'd undertaken to find a tree that I can see from our bedroom window. I've decided to post it verbatim on here as lots of people really enjoyed it. So, here it is…

Incredible. Roland Reisley is 101 years old, the last original client of Frank Lloyd Wright. He still lives in the 3,200 square foot home that Wright built for him in 1952. The price? $40,000. Or a little less than half a million in today's money.

🚨 ALERT: Increased federal police presence (including ICE) is expected in Washington, DC. 🗓️ Aug 8 - 16 ☎️ Call 202-335-1183 to report activity

It is not an exaggeration when I say that I would not be alive without taking Zoloft postpartum. I'll never stop being grateful for how SSRIs saved my life.

It would be a very good time to start masking unless you’re ok with small children dying for your convenience.

Well said, Mo Salah. Suleiman al-Obeid was shot dead by IDF forces whilst waiting for food aid in southern Gaza.

I told the old punk that I am trying not to feel defeated but as I look at the world and at humankind I feel like nothing that I do is enough, and in reply the old punk said: none of us is responsible for saving humankind, each of us is responsible for being a kind human.

My DARE officer was later arrested and imprisoned for growing weed to sell, so.

This looks like an ad for staying on your phone

12yr old Kurt Russell making his movie debut kicking Elvis Presley in the movie “It Happened At The World's Fair” (1963).

This has been a favourite of mine for a long time. There is something about #1820s style that is so appealing. Mostly it is the detail of sleeves and hems and the knowledge that it was all executed by hand @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

PLEASE cite the deep magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written, but I wasn't really paying attention

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Would like to explore these subsets of people with ME/CFS and LC. These definitely link to what we are finding in our physiological studies

The full list of all 18,500 children killed in Gaza, in video form. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...