Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.

Snow!!! Just a little bit of snow in the air that's definitely not sticking, but snow!!

I have a pair of handmade plushies available - original Star Trek Spock and Kirk. These were commissioned in March and the customer has since ghosted me, so I'm finally trying to sell them on. I guess my fault for trusting people to pay after production. They were originally commissioned for 1/

Wow: Per Hamdi's legal team, his only charge was a visa overstay — after Trump revoked his visa. Despite DHS tweeting that Hamdi supported terrorism, they never charged him with any criminality. In other words: Trump revoked a journalist's visa, so agents could arrest him for overstaying his visa.

In unexpected, kinda terrifying life turns—I’m trying to get a small leather goods store off the ground this holiday season. Please consider checking it out! Thus far: keychains, valet trays, bag charms, a few custom wallets and notebook covers. goldberry.studio or StudioGoldberry on Etsy

they reopened the government for a promise to do this over again in a month

When it shifts into the time of year that is Nutcracker season, I get the urge to pull out the ol' pointe shoes and play the game "can I still do this without injuring myself in some way?" And the answer? NO.

My fellow trans people who write theory and articles, I am going to say this with love, but also bluntly. You need to cite your sources properly and in your theory books include a works cited/bibliography. It doesn't "make it less accessible for the average reader"-

I got one of the wood lasercut blocks of @queermedieval.bsky.social's to print better: "We can be soft & brave / silly & right" and "hope comes from us" #DHmakes

Amber worm [ #art #oc #watercolor ]

I am expecting a book in the mail today. My neighbor knocks on my door with a book for me that got delivered to their mailbox on accident. I open it, expecting the book that is out for delivery today. But! It is another book, which the press hadn't even told me had shipped yet! Fascinating

Not only am I teaching at the evilest time of the day next semester (5:30 pm), my class overlaps with the dissertation writing seminar I was planning on taking because it's been really useful for my writing in the past 😔

We have a ways to go to our goal but the next one is 5000 letters. Help us get there if you live in NYC and want increased and stable funding for our public libraries. Also, please ask other NYers to send a letter to the Council member too: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

So @librariesftp.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Yay! Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST. Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I love that the BL has many digitized manuscripts back up, but I do wish that the ones I want to look at were in there

a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,

So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate

If you’re in NY, you absolutely should follow and join the efforts of the @nywfp.bsky.social. They are ACTIVE and ON THE BALL and a big part (along with many other parts) of how Mamdani won.

everyone is talking about snow in various places and yet it's so warm here in NYC that I have my window open. when is it my turn for snow, I need it for my health

Really enjoyed chatting with @kellyfaircloth.bsky.social about all things dirtbag medievalism, and delighted that the article is out now at Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

tumblr is great because you'll have mutuals posting about medieval manuscripts and your favorite fantasy novel series and also the one person who's really into writing fanfic about Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen for some reason

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Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas

FINALLY. some good fucking news

BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.

Also in case its not being mentioned in your feed, there is still a remaining vote for this and Somehow they didn't anticipate the outrage, so there's apparently some hesitation now. If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office. No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.

this is excellent three-dimensional chess. every good politician knows that the average person loves it when you openly care more about senate procedure than their lives.

Edmund Fitzgerald day: the day when I tell you about the shipwreck museum in the upper peninsula that plays a constant soundtrack of 2-3 instrumental sea shanties and then The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on a loop. So every 5-10 minutes for the duration of your visit it's Edmund Fitzgerald time

Wal-Mart: by eliminating pecan pie, whipped cream, mini marshmallows, sweet potatoes, corn muffins, celery, and onions, our Thanksgiving feast is cheaper than last year's

putting her phone in a pouch would have made her killers less transphobic and violent?

Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.

Schumer and the senate dems seem pathologically averse to using any leverage they might have to do literally anyyhing. One might begin to suspect that they don't actually care about anything that doesn't affect their cushy salaries, corporate donors, and personal comfort!

"Government funding through Jan. 2026" — destroying the healthcare system for 2 months of gov funding "backpay for federal employees" — existing law signed by Trump in '19 already guarantees this "Furlough prevention" — I don't know what the fuck this means

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

I know nothing is official yet, but I feel like I could throw up. Hi, this is me. 70% of my reliable teaching income next year will be eaten up by my health insurance, which I need because I'm chronically ill. I hope those 8 dems who voted yes never have a moment's peace.

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

congratulations democrats for fucking with people’s lives and incomes for over a month and accomplishing literally nothing! really makes me energized to vote for any democrat at any point in the future when they sell us all out for the low price of uninterrupted air travel for themselves!

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them. Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in

if they cave now, they’ll have fucked with people’s lives and incomes for over a month for absolutely nothing, and I hope they reap the appropriate rewards for their cowardly and spineless behavior

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

If these are your senators, CALL THEM and tell them how you feel. If these aren't your senators, call yours and tell them to give those senators the business.

I'm legitimately confused about the play here. No person who now is going to go without coverage in the ACA is going to just blame the GOP. They will rightly blame the Democrats too. Dems won't get "points" for "fighting" if they cave. It makes little sense.

Democrats are considering a Republican deal to reopen government with a promise of a later vote on extending health-care tax credits—but no guarantee. One Democrat says it'd amount to "unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double."

This is part of the tragedy of a surrender now. It invites more pain and suffering by emboldening the regime. Why should they listen to a weak opposition?

"Hyde language" would be a ban on anything related to abortion. So, any Senate Democrat that caves is agreeing to vote to implement a nationwide abortion ban in exchange for healthcare subsidies.

This is the future leftists want