It made me SO happy to hear Jonathan Groff shout out the Lancaster Public Library (and the Fulton! And manure!) on Amy Poehler’s podcast this week 🥹

Trying to figure out which AWP offsites I want to go to based on which bars and bookstores I like best, how far they are from my neighborhood, what journals have sent me the nicest rejections, and whether or not any of my nemeses will be reading

Simply not engaging with the outside this weekend, I’ll see y’all next week when the weather stats behaving itself.

The meditation videos playing in this waiting room would probably be more effective if they weren’t interrupted by a glp-1 ad every sixty seconds

Fantasizing about going back in time to teach better sex ed in 1960's Albuquerque and preventing this idiot, this heartless ghoul from ever being born.

Adore this! "SNAKE: Stop bragging! CAT: What? Am I out of line? SNAKE: Transgressor! Derelict! CAT: Oh come on. Names, they do us nothing."

Folks. Please don't spread panic with unconfirmed reports. The Beat even has this handy-dandy guide now baltimorebeat.com/how-baltimor...

Baltimore, Maryland - January 25, 2026.

All witnesses and jurors are excused 🎉

Has anyone in Baltimore City had their jury duty canceled due to inclement weather? Do you get bumped a few days, or fully cancled/new summons sent?

Glad to see Wicked is finally getting the attention it deserves from the Academy

Beautiful start to the morning with kind words about "Indicator Species" from @iamchrisscott.bsky.social in Matt Kendrick's Mondettes! And among incredible company, no less. 🐋

Beautiful start to the morning with kind words about "Indicator Species" from @iamchrisscott.bsky.social in Matt Kendrick's Mondettes! And among incredible company, no less. 🐋

Petroglyph of Whales, Greenland 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 They are believed to have been created by early Inuit or Paleo-Eskimo peoples, possibly belonging to the Saqqaq or Dorset cultures, hundreds of years ago. Found on cliffs and large boulders scattered around the town of Qaqortoq. #archeology #history #art

The couple in this piece live in Baltimore, where paid family leave was passed in 2022 but has already been delayed once to 2028, the Child Care Scholarship Program has been closed to new applications since May, and @govwesmoore.bsky.social is prioritizing "record" funds for police. Love it here.

Aase Berg tr. @johannesg.bsky.social

Omg www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

He has claimed three blankets (and a cushion), for those keeping track at home

Wonder how much this influencer got paid for 100% ChatGPT slop

Should I move to NYC? she asks, looking at the Mamdani inauguration photos, having said "I'm never moving again" as recently as June

Brought the first day of 2026 to a close with a rewatch of “The Boy and the Heron.” Many things are bad but it feels so very good to know people like Miyazaki are out there making art like that.

"Into the boxes I delved, dipping the broad shovel inside and scooping up as many pay stubs as I could at a time. I deposited them into the divination machine and then shoveled more." Very proud of Nathan for his first fiction pub, a dark speculative flash in The Dread:

I have to work the rest of the week and my husband does not which feels very illegal.

Here’s to 2026

Merry Christmas from Poe 🎄

There's a throwaway line in The Office Season 3 where Pam tells Roy if he uses more than 3 pieces of tape to wrap a present he's "doing it wrong" and I have thought about it basically every time I've wrapped a present in the last two decades.

Book borrows have gone up every year since I moved to Baltimore and I simply don't believe that's a coincidence! "Through history, libraries have been designed to serve the whole public, Helmick said, regardless of class or social strata."

Playing my favorite game (hitting "random" on Smitten Kitchen's website until I decide what to cook for a belated Christmas dinner this weekend)

"The pigeons, wired into the municipal guidance field, hang motionless above the square, wings cupped like spoons."

today is their day 🧤

Went to see the new AVATAR and sat in front of a child so feral his mother wouldn’t meet my eye as we left the theater

Not only is Jung a great writer (O BEAUTIFUL in particular is excellent), but she is one of the kindest writers (and people) I've ever met. Super looking forward to this book! If you're local, she's also going to do a launch event at the library! www.eventbrite.com/e/jung-yun-a...

Such an honor to be nominated by the lovely folks over at @thedodgemag.bsky.social , and in such great company! 🐋

The mayor telling citizens to stop complaining about transportation during large events: "We're a world-class city." The world-class city:

I've been looking around for a secondhand or vintage tree topper and there's quite a selection of Extremely Cursed objects out there, if you're interested in inviting one of the good people to haunt your family for eternity www.ebay.com/itm/25724106...

USPS marked two Christmas presents as delivered that definitely aren't delivered

*clanging pots and pans* The people want to take the train to the beach!!

Now THIS is more like it ❄️

You heard it here first: Jacob Elordi tells @beccamford.bsky.social he'd rather kiss on the beach than talk about AI vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/frankenstein-jacob-elordi-euphoria-interview

Alpha this, provider that—what women really want is someone who turns the Christmas tree lights on before she gets home from work so she can see it twinkling in the window.

A lot to like about SENTIMENTAL VALUE: archival librarians, gorgeous knitwear, even a nice little joke about Netflix being stupid

*kicks down the door like Big Bird in that one gif* VISIT YOUR LIBRARY WE'VE GOT DVDS WE'VE GOT CDS WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK

Didn't like the debut novel blurbed by an author I don't like

I suspect this episode’s already in the can but if not and you’re booked for it, I will help with your PA Dutch prononciations pro bono, please do not be discussing LANkasster even if you WERE raised in the UK

IT’S TIME

Working with a guy with such a thick Bawlmer accent we almost have a language barrier

We can't even keep the bus lanes operational in this city but sure, let's add fascist robo taxis

Honestly, the only response I really get (besides "I love the library!") is "Oh! So you must like books?" And the answer's yes. ❤️