Having now read every KJ Charles novel and novella over the past month, I am now working on my Definitive Ranking, except unfortunately I can’t put them all in first place?????

Just had the thought that the Eddie episode will almost definitely not be about him finally coming out and will instead be about his abuela dying or some evil shit like that. Let this man not endure trauma for five whole minutes, PLEASE.

I feel like this is an important aspect to emphasize, loudly, to everyone who endorsed Cuomo. they chose to side with a known sexual predator for personal gain and frankly that should be disqualifying for public office. you knew who he was and decided the women he hurt were acceptable losses

let this be a lesson that sexual predators can eat shit. we do not forget.

The last New York City mayoral candidate to secure over 1 million votes was John Lindsay in 1969. Zohran Mamdani will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.

Catching up on 911 before the Eddie Diaz (who will be gay) centric episode later this week , and I once again have to say that May and Harry being regulars is so much fun. And I love May, Denny, and Mara running a makeshift shelter in the firehouse!

“Cancelled” is not a good song, it’s probably one of the worst on the album, but it is objectively the funniest response she could’ve had to people thinking she was dumping Blake Lively over the defamation stuff and even speculating that “Ruin the Friendship” would be about that

Harris-Walz ran exactly the sort of economics and “kitchen-table issues” campaign these voices recommend, adamantly avoiding identity politics. Biden-Harris was a working-and-middle-class-economics-focused administration. “Ah, but in 2020, Democrats said…” Yes, that was the election they won.

If you’re gonna take one recommendation from me, it should be this one. Slippery Creatures (and all the Will Darling books) is truly special. The setting, the characters, the plotting. Chef’s kiss. Will Darling is magnificent, Kim Secretan is life-changing. Read this!!!

It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!

Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. What happened next will shock you

Lately I’ve been on a KJ Charles deep dive and it’s wild how there’s not a single miss in the bunch. My faves (so far!) are the Will Darling books (I’m OBSESSED), but Any Old Diamonds blew my mind, and Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen + A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel were perfection.

Tiny criminal, photographed this morning. She jumped in the plant and promptly got digging zoomies.

So far the opening arc of this season of 911 is about Henren supremacy, happy paramedic Eddie, big brother Buck, everyone on the team and their families having lethal face cards, and the barely-fictional tech billionaire being just as evil and his tech being just as stupid as you’d expect. Love it.

All respect to the hardworking pop girls but I think my pop AOTY for 2025 is Conan Gray’s Wishbone

With each new listen, I do think TLOAS has revealed itself to be more interesting and more accomplished than it seemed to me at first. It’s definitely been a grower for me, maybe more than any other TS album, but in a way the outsized negative reaction has made me reassess it more positively.

I wake up every morning to find my cat sitting on the bed next to me, staring at me and purring intensely. I can’t decide if she just really loves me or is planning my murder.

This special education news is really devastating and we're going to learn more in the coming days as we get more info and people figure out exactly what it means, but a reminder that disabled people are entitled to a free appropriate public education.

I’m about to post something embarrassing, look away now

Trying to get good Libby karma by returning my books early in hopes the book I’m desperately waiting for gets returned early 🙏

“Molly, are you ready to stop being delusional about Buddie going canon?” Well, not after THAT episode anyway

People are out here making me defend some of the lyrics I don’t even like on Life of a Showgirl because the takes are so bad and such a reach. I promise you can just dislike it!!! You don’t have to do all that!!

Yet another day of needless cruelty towards queer kids, who are perfect just the way they are. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

My Swiftie hot take is that Jack Antonoff should come back

An extraordinary piece by @nicolechung.bsky.social. The depth of this reporting and beautiful writing will stay with me for a long time.

Unfortunately I can’t go watch the new Leo DiCaprio movie without feeling like my ex is winning

This was an essential piece of writing on romance history for me when I was writing about genre & domestic violence efor @mid-theory.bsky.social mid-theory.com/2025/07/29/g...

Every October, I come to you, hat in hand, asking for your gothic & horror romance recommendations! Give em to me please!!

The concept of Maisie Peters having a song called Audrey Hepburn out at the same time Taylor Swift has a song out called Elizabeth Taylor. Much to ruminate on.

I don’t subscribe to a lot of “men could never understand this” type of things re: art and music bc humans can be vast and complex beings, but my one exception is when Phoebe Bridgers sings “we fought about John Lennon until I cried” in Moon Song because I have never felt so seen as a woman.

I've seen a lot of people misunderstanding what this does and does not mean and Melissa does a great job explaining it's first and foremost a media strategy. Importantly, none of this is new and has been used against other groups and activists (Muslims/Palestinians, BLM, immigrants)

good @redford.bsky.social on a bad movie

My only real objection to the space storyline on 911 is that Karen the literal rocket scientist doesn’t seem to be going to space but her paramedic wife and her wife’s bestie are????

People making fun of the ridiculous 911 promo need to stay out of family business. That’s my dumb show and you just don’t understand!!

As usual with this issue, Harris is calling for a compromise that already exists. Every sporting body has standards for how long athletes must be on hormones before they can compete as women. The problem isn’t that we’re ignoring ‘reasonable concerns,’ the problem is that republicans are lying.

If you have not heard of Fated States, they are @romancingthevote.bsky.social's democracy pals! You should follow them and be ready because they organize and they also phone bank and phone banking with romance readers & authors is REAL FUN.

It is pretty amazing to see people go from “the left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to “who can really know why good kids do bad things?”

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

they didn't do this when democratic lawmakers were targeted by a gunman. the mainstream media barely peeped when a Kyle Rittenhouse fan did a mass shooting at a Portland protest. Democrats and the mainstream media are just terrified of conservatives to the point where no one else's lives matter

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.

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Do not be bullied, cowed, or shamed by bad-faith right-wing actors and MAGA that are blaming "liberals" and everyone who isn't MAGA for Charlie Kirk. Call them out for their hypocrisy. Go on offense. They are fine with political violence and mass shootings when it's against the rest of us.

MBF is not my favorite Sabrina album but the aesthetics and styling are undeniably better than ever

who will win: my bladder (full) or my cat (asleep on top of me) Either way I lose

I did one of those foot masks where all the dead skin peels off on its own and now, three days later and mid-peel, I have never been more uncomfortable. I regret everything.

Just found out Tracie Thoms is straight. I appreciate your patience as I process this information.

Not loving Man’s Best Friend but it might grow on me. It’s fun and very her, just not fully to my specific tastes. I think my faves are Tears, My Man on Willpower, When Did You Get Hot, and Go Go Juice. Goodbye is also a highlight, especially the sound of it.