If I was, for some reason, not already a fan of Jamie Loftus because of Aack Cast and Ghost Church, this Artemisia Gentileschi jacket she’s wearing on Crowd Control would do it.

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

the perfect wall clock doesn't ex......

This is such an excellent article about what’s at risk if we let fanfic become absorbed by traditional publishing. Fanfic is fantastic and should be celebrated, but part of what makes it so powerful is that it’s art for art’s sake, not profit.

"Yet a recent report from the MIT Media Lab found that 95% of organizations see no measurable return on their investment in these technologies." * Color me unsurprised by basically everything here. The value prop of GenAI is "low effort, passable work." Which is not the same thing as GOOD work.

Kimmel was a great first step, now let's talk about Karen Attiah

last repost: a masterclass in how to do journalism

"well, the next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about Cambodia or Vietnam, I will definitely drop the Star Wars story to show that people have two sides" is the most gasp-inducingly ruthless thing I've ever seen in Interviewer Boldface, and I can't believe this guy just went "yeah lol"

Remember to keep your eyes peeled for anything that’s Sprizzy (or Izzy, or Lucius!) and grab a photo. And it should be easy, because EVERYTHING IS SPRIZZY (or it will be this weekend!) #everythingissprizzy

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

We would also appreciate $20

dudes rock

This, and also, a couple points made in the replies: 1. A lot of HP adults who might have been ready are now ex HP adults because of JKR 2. Disney has always been viewed as a corporation vs the parasocial relationship with JKR. Possibly why there’s less excusing and/or handwringing

Aries: You only get one chance at life and what a terrible mess you’re making of it.

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

I can highly highly recommend, if you are going to be away from home for a couple of weeks, making a comfort soup & freezing it beforehand so that when you return at roughly dinnertime with a jetlagged body that hungers for it knows not what, you can feel like a souper genius

The Constitution is not a suggestion, it’s the law.

Reposting while clutching my mug of Japanese Gyokuro.

The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.

As a reminder, this is great, but withholding spending without saying *why* is less effective than a short email to customer service. If you’re cutting your Disney spending plans, take a minute to tell them why, otherwise they might think it’s bc they haven’t had Mickey take a knee for Kirk.

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

love cannot be stopped it is the inertia of existence itself

BREAKING: A court ruled that the federal government can't pick and choose among viewpoints when deciding who gets a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. We took the Trump administration to court to fight artistic censorship — and won.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

An Infusiast

Queer books with LGBTQ+ characters over 40: (There’s a list of authors and titles in the alt text) See something interesting? Grab a copy from proud-geek.co.uk #booksky #queerbooks

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

Canceled my Hulu subscription and instead will be putting that $20/month towards my local PBS station. I might love Only Murders in the Building but I love the right to exercise free speech without government retaliation or censorship even more.

reminding you again because in addition to books, ebooks, and audiobooks, your library probably has: streaming music, movies, and tv; cds, dvds, video games, bluray; newspaper and magazine subscriptions; citizenship resources; maps; language learning resources; genealogy resources; and more!!!

This is what fascist scholars mean when they say "don't give them an inch."

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

It is the job of the Democratic party to sell and defend the policies that most Democratic voters want, not to present a candidate slate that is palatable to moderate Republicans who might switch if they hate their own candidate enough.

re Leaving America… like 1. fuck you! my friends are here and 2. do people think that there’s a country that they’ve never heard of that’s immune to the fascist turn by every nuclear power that you can only see if you look at a globe in a mirror

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Annually, from September 16-23, we recognize the bisexual+ community for Bisexual Awareness Week, culminating in Celebrate Bisexuality+ Day on September 23. Learn more here: glaad.org/biweek/

Brilliant and vital truth telling about this week of madness by Ta-Nehisi Coates. So worth your time. (paywall, yes. find a way.) www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

RIP robert redford, who still managed to be the handsomest guy in a chris evans/sebastian stan movie at like 79

Yay Murderbot! www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Past Cap was so excited to order garlic bulbs and saffron crocus bulbs and today Cap is still excited but exhausted all the time and wondering when the hell to plant everything

I’m not here to make friends with nazis and they don’t get to control my thoughts and feelings.

i’m trying so hard not to devalue other people’s organizing, or fall into the “bad protester” trap, but i do think asking people to put themselves on a registry is indicative of such a massive misunderstanding of our current political climate, it makes me doubt their potential for driving change.

DO NOT RSVP FOR A PROTEST, ESPECIALLY NOW. SERIOUSLY.

Good thread

We play such a huge role in the psychosocial conditions of children and young adults. What we say and do has impact. The habits we teach them have impact. I just want those of us who are pessimistic to remember that negativity impacts young folks in a particular and damaging way.

I want those of us who are getting into our middle-aged years and beyond to understand that as cynical and sad as we might feel, we have a responsibility to ensure that those who come after us have the energy to go on, to be creative in their problem-solving, to believe change is possible.

I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.