One country, hundreds of homelands, 340-ish million people, a multitude of heritages, and zero tolerance for racist dogwhistling from our own government.

Timeline cleanse: kitchen hacks! Mayo at home is super easy if you have an immersion blender and a quart mason jar. Win! And now, back to doomscrolling, but with remoulade.

If I want the same in-depth national coverage as the Washington Post but have gotten tired of paying Bezos, where do I go? BBC is great but fairly limited on the details of American buggerups.

Do we know her name? Victims are much easier to lose track of - and crimes much easier to brush off - if they're anonymous. When we learn it, say her name.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Met some sneks today!

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics. It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.

Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them

Proposal: New Year's Resolutions are normally a serious self-improvement sort of affair. This year, I propose we each make one resolution solidly for fun, as an antidote to too much seriousness. This year, I resolve to wear more random cool things in my hair.

May every weirdo reading this have a better year than the one before it. And may that continue into eternity. 💖, your drunken online bestie. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖👍

Protect trans kids. Support trans teens. Show up for and with trans adults. Treasure trans elders. And just in general, don't make a big friggin' deal out of anyone else's gender identity. This has been: TDOV with a cranky cis librarian who is going back to bed. Peace, y'all.

You go to war with the baby snowy plovers you have, not the baby snowy plovers you want. That being said, this is the baby snowy plover i want. 🪶 🐣

Week and a half ago: "sign up for our emergency management system, we're testing it for a flood evacuation drill." Message never goes out. This evening's message: "LOOKING FOR CSI FOR HOMICIDE" followed by "internal communication, please disregard." Go home, emergency message people, you're drunk.

Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”

SO RIGHT AWAY SALONIKA RIGHT AWAY, ME SOLDIER BOY

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity. (Cannot share my spouse, so this is the next best thing.)

Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.

This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.

Am I the only person under 50 who likes spice gumdrops? Nom.

Charlie Brown was dead, to begin with.

Soundtrack of the week, courtesy of The Longest Johns. music.youtube.com/watch?v=FB4V...

Yeah, okay, I'll bite. Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like! 1. Historical fiction 2. Small children 3. Thinking about names 4. Pickling 5. Stretchy skirts 6. Asking people about their *least* favorite book 7. Small lizards 8. Creativity 9. Words 10. Learning about people!

Swear to hastur, every time open enrollment or taxes come up and I realize how easy other countries have it, I become a little more of a socialist. Is my husband my state husband or my local husband???

I need an analogy for sight reading Sondheim in dress rehearsal that works for non-musical theater people. Anyone?

Okay, fine, we can go to bed now.

You know, LA, I think you could get away with delayed school opening tomorrow after this game. Parents might appreciate it.

Yes on 50, of course; fight unfair policies with unfair policies. But if Johnson is refusing to swear in Grijalva, what's to say he'll swear in any of the newly elected representatives either?

Friday: the Canadians vs Ohtani, Betts, and Seven Other Guys!

Please keep sharing the pictures; those of us keeping your local businesses (or libraries) open today appreciate the solidarity too. <3<3<3<3

Have to work tomorrow and may not be able to get away, so I made a starter pack to drop off at my local.

Congratulations. The US has now spent more than its entire USAID budget to bail out one country, and mostly one hedge fund manager. www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/e...

I don't know if Wētā Workshop is on here, but I would like to thank them for Tales of the Shire. It's the only thing breaking through a depressive funk this week. Tricksy hobbitses. o.o

Latest concert ad email: "Feel the magic of Azkaban with a live orchestra!" The line worked okay for Stardew Valley, but that's like saying "Feel the magic of Guantanamo." o.O

Little visitor today: "I'm three!" <holds up eight fingers> Two minutes later: "I'm still three!"

I suppose "global citizen" is a condensed version of my usual "curious about everyone and everything everywhere." Thank you, program presenter. Diwali program with a mostly Slavic audience. Pretty cool. :)

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day - a reminder that one person saying "No" can make an unimaginable difference.

never crossed my mind that the crab could consider the immortality of the crab too

hey skyline what's the best cave to spend the rest of the year in

Question, internet. What do very small children say in your language for "I do it myself"? I'm trying to learn to communicate with all my tinies. (inspiration: hearing "ya sama!" from one of my Russian-speaking regulars.)

Mildly offended by "you couldn't tolerate the side effects." Look, maybe the side effects couldn't tolerate *me.*

Timeline cleanse: Languages I run storytime in English/Spanish on Wednesdays and in Russian on Saturdays. Occasionally, my kids cross over. Stamping hand of a Russian-speaking Ukrainian 2yo after Wednesday storytime. Her nanny: "What do you say?" Smol: "Gracias!" Me: <melts>

Timeline cleanse: Dog Radar. 16mo storytimer, fixated on all the world's dogs. After storytime: staring toward the street, pointing at the wall, and repeating "doggy." There's no dog there, just a wall of painted tiles. Mom and I decided that he has dog radar and can sense dogs through walls. o.o

Murder is bad, but funny how the assassination of Melissa Hortman wasn't "a new age of political violence." Yet the man who spent his entire career advocating for precisely this sort of violence gets lionized and sparks calls for retribution. We're getting real tired of going high, y'all.

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

"Thank you for completing Introduction to <course platform we've been using for work trainings for the entire time I've been here>. We hope you have enjoyed your experience." Consumeth thou a sack of Richards, TalentQuest.

BREAKING NEWS: Small sea otter contemplates the big wide world.

Dear Internet: has anybody *ever* unsubscribed "by mistake"? Let me clean out my inbox in peace. Thank you.

Recommendations for making new tattoos itch less: go.

Update: due to some magic with swapping out video card drivers, bg3 is working. Thank you, in-house tech support! (my spouse, who's not on bsky.) It's *pretty.*