I have neither thrown nor received a real punch in my life but I kind of think the root sin of the social internet is letting people just say and do things that in the real world would get the shit kicked out of them

Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."

standard ebooks does beautiful work with public domain titles and there are a lot of great new ones available today, including maltese falcon, stuff from christie, faulkner, kafka, hughes, lardner, sayers and more standardebooks.org/blog/public-...

Spent an entire night at the bar at the China Club talking to Sam Shepherd though he was too drunk to call it ever having met him.

White as a hotel towel is a dope line tho

Post a book quote that you love. #booksky #bookchallenge #writers #authors #readers #booklovers

AI is so dumb it wants to show me 10,000 images of a dress I purchased a month ago. But let’s sublimate our minds and money and energy sources to it why don’t we.

I always think about the maya Angelou quote because it’s really true, “People will always remember how you made them feel,"

Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.

Fumee d’ambre gris (Smoke of Ambergris) (1880) study Fume d'ambre gris 1880 John Singer Sargent

Your last saved meme is your philosophy on life

Children acting up in restaurants are some of my favorite people.

This was a human being. What the fuck is wrong with you?

Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol

Shout out to the most underrated attendees at book events: people who just wandered in/by and are genuinely happy to be curious.

Shocked, thrilled, all the things to find my book of stories on this long list. 😳

Art and this pack of motherfuckers are not the same thing. Take over the building and the money and programming to your heart’s delight but all you get is a politicized commodified piece of shit. Art is green shoots of originality untouched by power. So fuck you to each and every one involved.

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?

Haha. KenCen texting me show deals like they forgot I’m boycotting.

THE ART IS IN THE STRUGGLE! There is no creation without the process of creating.

Never have small acts of human creativity mattered so much. Paint, draw, put on a play, write a song, learn an instrument, write a story (or a book!). The worst thing you ever make will be better than all this slop.

I give these books as baby/kid gifts all the time. I love them so much and the kids and parents do too. It’s fun to add to their collections as time goes on. And this is coming from someone who takes their Aunt cred *very* seriously.

FICTION AF

Any Philly friends nearby — I’ll be there.

"there's a new serif in town"

everyone in publishing please stop emailing me about "the next big romantasy" book on your list, I don't want it.

"Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, "We've always done it this way." I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counterclockwise." Born on this day computer pioneer Grace Hopper 1906 Hopper in her office in Washington, DC, 1978 by Lynn Gilbert

More of this !!

Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown. Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.

The hot hate of a burning sun.

Cassidy’s “yes” to confirm RFK Jr. has to be the most impactful vote by a single senator in the 21st century, right? Only other one I can recall that comes close is McCain saving the ACA.

Everyone gets worked up about bad Christmas songs this time of year, but I think this is a good one

people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try

Yeah, sure, when a *raccoon* does it, it's cute.

I don’t need any of these last chances. Not a one.

Today is World AIDS Day. “An awareness day is not a strategy” is the US government's rationale for not publicly acknowledging World AIDS Day for the first time since the inaugural WAD in 1988. #WAD2025

Walz on Trump calling him the r-word: "We all know both as an educator & parent that using that term is just so damaging. It's hurtful. We have fought 3 decades to get this out of our schools. Kids know better. But this is what Donald Trump has done. He's normalized this type of hateful behavior."

jumping out of a cake and finding yourself inside an even larger cake

How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal. Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military. Pure, mindless, barbarism. www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...

There is seriously something wrong with this man. Also, he is devoid of any joy. He is bitter and rotten to the core. This post proves it. Basically a shit for brains.

I have just learned of the word impassible. It is very beautiful, I think.

"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." "The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind." Born on this day poet & artist William Blake 1757 Blake by Thomas Phillips, 1807 #Booksky

Congress has the constitutional duty to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces (Article I, Section 8, Clause 14). It enacted the UCMJ, which specifies that service members must obey only “lawful” orders and,

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...