I sure would appreciate it if you spent about 20 seconds of your Friday signing up to get my writing sent straight to you. It's free, it's fun (sometimes), and it would mean a lot: dansinker.com/follow/

Hey look! I finally got the new brain cell scarf listed on Etsy! #sciart artologica.etsy.com/listing/4400... You should buy one : ) 🧠🧪

We have reached the #NorfolkBotanic portion of the day

Dudes would grind the US economy to a halt rather than go to therapy.

Cly, this is you, right?

Happy birthday Joni Mitchell 🎂 📷 Baron Wolman, Laurel Canyon, 1968 "When I listen to Joni, I feel like this beautiful, magical siren is telling me a story and I tune in instantly because everything about her is captivating." - Bethany Cosentino

We are definitely not getting SNAP this month, and I have no clean clothes. I am thrilled that I won't be homeless, but it would be great to reach goal and be able to take care of those things too. Thank you, everyone. #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpFolksLive paypal.me/HNoble994 $BoobPunchTina

reposting again because my feed is HOPPING after I turned off all the filters they turned on without telling me. I really was thinking bsky traffic was declining when it was actually hiding posts from about half the people I choose to follow 🙃

At some point we're going to get so tired that we realize we don't have to carry all this bullshit

Brother Warnock lays it plain.

Four more wrongful death lawsuits

Music for today: Scrimshire - Red Weather scrimshire.bandcamp.com/track/red-we... Albert's Favourites

Snowliage at Killington (Vermont) by Justin Diak. Justin is my youngest, needs a financial boost. His photos are wonderful and available through justindiakphotography.darkroom.com #skiing #snowboarding #snowliage #foliage #snow #vermont

Autumnal teabag bookmarks .𖥔 ݁ ˖🍁๋࣭ 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰!

A favourite variation was one I contrived for @thefence.bsky.social in 2020, re: Jeff Bezos' then wealth of $177bn. "Iago first said 'Put money in thy purse’ at the premiere of Othello on Nov 1st 1604. You'd only need to put $1.1 million in said purse every single day since to match Bezos’ total".

Dudes would grind the US economy to a halt rather than go to therapy.

Personally, I do things not because they’re easy, but because I incorrectly thought they’d be easy

the script for Cats Jellicle Ball got leaked

Most potential pet owners consider things like breeding, size, coat, intelligence, trainability, and temperament. Often overlooked is the crucially important element of aerodynamics, which can greatly affect your gas mileage, raising the overall cost of ownership significantly.

Should women be hated as witches or patronized as overgrown children? The paper of record debates the two available options.

alt text: amazing picture of sunset sky with dramatic clouds over a waterfront

Baltimore, man. ♥️♥️♥️🦀🦀🦀

I took so many photos of the moon last night, but I think this is my favorite. I didn't realize there was a cloud bank at the horizon until she finally peeked over the edge. Just as I took it, stray ducks entered the frame. #photography #art #moon #landscape

After taking this photo during an afternoon walk, sitting down at the desk for another patch of work, this track is next on the #discovery #playlist : https://song.link/s/2egiFVNE0h6UFhXKmxhWLL

Pro Tip: If you're thinking of surprising someone with cookies, it may be a better idea to let it be slightly less of a surprise, and ask the intended recipient if they can't eat nuts or gluten or whatever, or if they maybe hate the thing you want to give them.

Seems legit

Should women have rights? We go through the pros and cons bsky.app/profile/jess...

Microsoft, haven't you heard? No means no.

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

Meanwhile in Australia, "so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day" bsky.app/profile/mark...

Let's talk about linguistic arseholery. I have been thinking lately of examples of people being dickishly pedantic (or just wrong-headed) about what to call things. Three examples below, starting with the well-known case of Anthony Powell. 🧵

guys I’m sorry but have you looked through Getty images for yesterday 💀

While we're on the subject, No Sleep is also back in stock @kingsbookstore.bsky.social, and available to buy online!

We have reached the Mirror Lake portion of the day

lol my new thing is to celebrate any new spelling of my name.

The sun is shining bright this morning above a clear blue sky in Virginia. Heck yeah.

#CookieParty for Christmas 2025 begins!

has anyone checked on Andrew Cuomo's two vast and trunkless legs of stone standing near a half-sunk, sneering visage, beside which nothing remains on the line and level sands?

This is the result that really makes me think the rank and file are going to resist Trump doubling down. Massive shifts to Democrats all across Virginia. State Republicans toying with gerrymandering are going to hit the brakes thinking about what a similar shift would mean to their own seats.

I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today. Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

I've always loved this anecdote from Mira Nair, filmmaker and mother of Zohran Mamdani, about pitching a studio exec on MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991) and being told he'd only fund it if it had more white people "I said, 'Well, all the waiters in this film will be white. Of that, I can promise you.'"

Serious question: what are some classic red cities?

How would you do on the new US citizenship test for naturalising immigrants? 🎁

Brian Eno is one of the contributing editors for The Nerve www.thenerve.news

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

diss array

there is going to be a big variety of digs at surprised losers, and it’s going to be a real diss array

woah [checks the firehose] she’s buckin like a bronco

proud of my state tonight