Honestly? If I had a tail, I would chase it.

Mexico’s overwintering monarch population grew 64% this winter, with butterflies covering their largest area of forest since 2018. The recovery remains fragile, but suggests there’s been a positive impact from conservation efforts in the butterflies’ core habitat. buff.ly/XoPKQ9d #ShareGoodNewsToo

As @blackamazon.bsky.social reminds us, the heart of AI is anti-consent!

Slept until 3:30 am today. Progress! #jetlag

One of the greats

"The first is never get involved in a land war in Asia"

imagining the scene in casablanca where they all defiantly sing la marseillaise despite being surrounded by nazis but it’s us and the song is born in the USA

Had a dream where I was trying to convince a Candian immigration official to let me in by rattling off a list of great Canadians, and the last name I said before I woke up was "Wolverine!" 🤣🫠

Am I going to be incredibly basic and have the Ryan Reynolds donut at Tim Horton's while we're here? You betcha. #Toronto

It is 9:30 in the morning. I have been up since 2 in the morning. It's Good Friday, so stuff is closed. I have no idea what I should be doing with my day. Maybe I'll go back to sleep.

This is an aligned position with my political party, "Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People"

Well, this is a stupid time to be awake (jet lag edition, nobody is surprised).

There should be more sci-fi rock songs. In this essay, I will…

Dunnes > Tesco. I said what I said.

Kiana – The Bandit of Panga – One Hour – Lauren Conoscenti Set in an ancient world, KIANA THE BANDIT OF PANGA follows a steely 300-year-old bounty hunter as she dismantles a coalition of killers — with the help of a spirited young girl... who happens to be her latest mark. #Scriptsky #TVsky

Reupping this before I get on a plane. Who do YOU know in Toronto who might be willing to have coffee with a stranger?

Mostly Chaotic Neutral, with the occasional day of Lawful Evil.

It’s a travel day, the last one on the books. It feels weird, but also like a relief. One more plane. One more new metro system. And then, a bit of rest and reflection on what this crazy year has actually meant. Whatever’s coming next is coming, no matter what. #AYearInTheWind

Rushfield reminder: It's not over. The crushing consensus that the Paramount-Warner deal is inevitable has kept those who could make a difference right now from speaking out and getting involved. Once again: it's not over - bit.ly/3O0CZPA

Well, this is a stupid time to be awake (Dublin edition).

Whereas I discovered I loved writing, but not reporting. I was ok at it, but I had friends who LOVED IT. If you cut them, they bled ink. And I knew that wasn't me. Which is why I'm not in journalism anymore. Walking away is always an option, if you really are not suited to the thing!

For the record, 24 library books is too many. (Yes, all my holds came in.) (No, I don’t want to put any back!)

You don’t need AI, you need a critique group that meets every month or so, trades stories, and gives feedback. Or even a mentor. You know: a HUMAN you talk to, who knows the right advice to give because they are also a writer and have been where you are. *Stop talking to a bot*.

Dublin, I love you, but why do you have to be so damn *expensive*?

Thinking about the time I withdrew from a prospective social media job because they told me "we have a prank-oriented audience." Nope, no thank you ma'am. Anyway, see you all back here on April 2.

And the thing of it is, the "stronger position" that Iran now holds is actually one it already *held,* provided you were capable of gaming things out past even the first step. Leaders knew and understood this for years and acted accordingly until we got a guy who had to touch the stove.

It's good to be back #Dublin

Back in Dublin! Briefly!

"Stop overreacting, they're never going to do that."

Hi, Historian here. Just a heads up that the shape of the future is actually not inevitable or fixed. *You help make it happen. So try to make it the one you want*

One of the hardest things for me to learn, as a writer, has been that the thing *I* am most excited about in a story is NEVER the thing that readers/buyers are most excited about. And if I keep trying to pitch it to them based on why I care, they will back away slowly. This post is about Attie.

Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy. We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.

Turns out time changes are stupid, no matter which continent you're on.

Our last day in Spain. The last real day of the second leg of the trip. There will be a stopover in Dublin (mandatory pints of Guinness at Bruxelles), then a flight to Toronto. So we have until then to figure out what's next. 😬 #AYearInTheWind

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we could have a little butlerian jihad as a treat.

Superman, 1950s.

Yessssssss

I have been not-Catholic longer than Sydney Sweeney has been alive, and I still want to crawl through the internet and slap the people calling it "Psalm Sunday".

Happy No Kings Day.

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE DOOMERS IN THE BACK!

Good thread.

Finding ways to do what your parents don’t want you to do is a solid, time-tested education in creative problem solving.

*screams in years of writing works with the subtext that first they unwoman you, and then they can do whatever they want to you, so how about we don’t allow the first part?*

I would like to be in the bunny mosh pit please.

They want to police our genitalia and run tests on our bodies to “prove” we are women, at which point they will still deny it. This is why the only feminism is trans-inclusive and why transphobia and anti-trans discrimination should be a top political priority.

transmisogyny is just misogyny with extra steps. it was always about controlling how we define women so that they fit a profile consistent with cishetero men's desires and "gender critical" feminists played right into it. now any woman who doesn't look "feminine enough" is in the crosshairs.

Sometimes, you are working on a project, and then another project comes out and the reception it gets shows you a whole bunch of pitfalls and blind spots relevant to your project. And that's the extent of my contribution to the Lindy West discourse.

Who do I know in Toronto?? We'll be there in April and I would love to have coffee and chat about the state of our industry (entertainment or publishing, I'm not picky!) I would just love to have cool convos IRL for a change.

It's... Friday? Yes?