all i want for christmas is for dan olson to do for AI what he did for nft's

Kid: Why does your shirt say "I died for your sins too"? Me: It's about Jean Grey Kid: Why did she die? Me: It's an allegory Kid: She died from an allegory?

Our podcasts will be returning in the new year. In the meantime, you can check out this trailer for our next project: youtu.be/PeYpuCUYL5M?...

So you want to be a Hollywood writer? My book is filled with advice on how to write for both TV and movies and it's only $1.99 on Kindle. My favorite response came from a reader who DM'd me to say that he went straight from reading my book to writing a script.

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."

Me: So the options are 'Fuck, Marry, Kill’? My lawyer: we went over this, just say, "not guilty”

Never forget that Mamdani went into the White House and called Trump a fascist to his face and it made Trump so frightened of him he grinned like a buffoon and played nice through the entire press session.

get in, no time to explain

All Constitutional Law courses are hereby renamed WTF LOL 101

Over and over, the NYT amplifies Trump's damaging and cruel propaganda. This was egregious, set in large type and plastered at the top of the website. I fixed it for them, but they should NOT be printing this, ahem, garbage.

How is it already December? If you want a holiday card, let me know your address: www.postable.com/tinacarleton

Thesis: Hallelujah is a religious praise song Antithesis: Hallelujah is a song about sex Synthesis: Hallelujah is a song about boning God

Trying to think about what a modern take on Kitty Winter would be and it's basically The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

"Is this the purpose of existence, to care for someone?"

bang out couple thousand words in one hour then spend three hours trying to figure out what to name a restaurant the characters go to one time JUST WRITING THINGS

My daughter (5) just did a watercolor she called "Like and Subscribe". My husband is horrified but I think it's amazing.

I just saw a tiktok proposing a Bob's Burgers X-mas episode where Linda becomes a Salvation Army bell ringer. I would like to add to that idea that while doing so she finds out how bad the Salvation Army is and goes on a crusade against them.

Better Off Ted was ahead of its time.

Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. “The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emission. You can make a pretty immediate impact.” [nytimes.com]

Star Trek says ‘we will not interfere in your natural development, and we respect your diversity and differences.’ Stargate says ‘we want to sell you guns to kill god.’

Books with Pictures is more than just an amazing comic book shop, it's one of those magical third spaces that makes Portland so special. If you have any funds to help them through a lean time, please consider donating. gofund.me/cb344de62

No one throws shade like a 5yo. Her: What are you doing? Me: Going to work. Ten minutes later, still scrolling. Her: Are you working from your phone?

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

We are literally mad about your failure to fight the real dangers.

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

MY NAME IS JOHN CRICHTON AN ASTRONAUT

Of all the people I went to high school with, I am 0% surprised to see which one pops up in a OJST comic. (Complimentary)

You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.

Happy Halloween

On a completely unrelated note, Tina and I are almost done recording our Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip podcast and hoo boy.

Yesterday I saw someone arguing in bad faith with someone I follow so I blocked them. Because blocking is the energy I bring to Bluesky. Today the same fight (still going) came back on my timeline. Guy was not blocked. So I have no idea who I blocked yesterday.

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

the muppets are enduring cast of characters because each of them represents the duality of man kermit is nervous but charming fozzie is confident but untalented gonzo is deranged but dignified miss piggie is rude but elegant sam eagle is socially liberal but fiscally conservative

Ms Rachel just called Andrew Cuomo a raggedy old racist bitch

STOP! 🛑 Mandatory wallpaper check! (Except you don't actually have to if you don't want 😊)

Commenting on a knitting post and my phone autocorrected "knit-worthy" to "knot-worthy". So now I'm wondering what the omega-verse version of the Sweater Curse is.

Really excited to be part of organizing PROJECT TRANSCEND, a twelve-week body-mapping project for NYC trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming artists. Funds raised will cover: Fair compensation for artists and support staff Work space Materials Photographic documentation

i wonder if maybe we should stop writing post-apocalyptic fiction just until we're sure that's not where rich people are getting their ideas

This article by Kash Hill from 2019 is worth a read today with the AWS outage: gizmodo.com/i-tried-to-b...

Duh

for Portlanders marching this Saturday who want the best tactical gear without feeding Amazon, our local party supply house The Lippman Company has plenty of inflatable costumes

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking? Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

it's not FOR us