This has been such a wild year, most of us barely remember half of what's happened. Like it was just a few months ago the script for an unmade fourth Nolan Batman movie leaked called The Dark Knight Fucks. And nobody even talks about it now.

Good time of year to look up how to pronounce "Samhain" even if you're very confident

First newsletter goes out from Beehiiv in the morning. It's a great time to financially support me after I've left the networking & discoverability of Substack.

You know what time it is.

I am rewatching "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" due to the recent relevance and I do wish Jane Fonda would be mean to me

Also the folks at MSNBC who had big mouth for Kimmel but were quiet about Joy Reid and Symone Sanders …. Yeah

I'm annoyed at all the Health Crap I have inherited but at least my parents were young-ish when they had me and probably didn't know what they were setting me up for

I wish all I needed in life was boobs and cats

Periodic remember that a lot of language learning apps are full of AI slop these days, BUT! if you have a library card many libraries offer Mango Languages free. There is a placement test, downloadable lessons, hands free lessons (like having a language podcast), stuff that usually costs a lot!

What movie do you consider "perfect"?

I have a sore hip and Heather is indignant that I am treating it with "his" heating pad

Y'all out there following bots like Twitter clout lovers? SMDH... bsky.app/search?q=%E2...

OH HELL YES

Did y'all know that rather than amplifying fascist voices on here you can just do this and go on about your fascist-free social media experience

that’s why we call them skeets

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

I have a strong urge to just go lay in the yard in the rain

Sorry I'm late my arm hair was suddenly Wrong

Want to join your local public library board? FTP can help! data.librariesforthepeople.org

my cat is never sweeter than when she's been accused of a crime

peanut butter pumpkin is such an elite and, I feel, underrated flavor combo

I say drop out then. If you don't want to do school, why would you do school.

The replies to this are really fleshing out my block list. "I use it to consolidate info from different sources" well not to brag but I use my brain for that

Excuse me, Egon, you said crossing the streams was bad.

Alt-text: A selfie of my Palestinian friend Mohamed. He looks weary and too thin.

Dear white people: we really need to stop saying "rest in power" about white people

What if Hozier started a line of Irish wool sweaters and called the brand “Cozier by Hozier”

Big day for being able to care about more than one thing

Here is a list of mutual aid resources (& the people who maintain them, if you want to join in) around the Twin Cities if you think that everyone should be able to eat & get clean & live w/dignity tcmap.org/resources/

Ah shit. Redford (almost) always seemed like one of the good ones.

IJBOOSC (I Just Burst Out Of Someone's Chest)

I used to bully myself into answering the phone with ringtones I would not want to get to a certain point in public. I started with the DiVinyls but ended up with "Closer" for a long time (so I'd pick up faster)

Mood: owl

Like, the actual block/mute buttons on here work! And work well!

THIS. My heritage is standing up to oppressors. My grandfather was a sharpshooter stationed in Germany in WWII. MY heritage is liberating camps.

mid-month reminder that it’s library card sign-up month and if you don’t have one, you should fix that asap because 1) you’ll gain access to tons of resources and 2) you’ll help your library out!

Went out for drinks with Iowa City peeps and I'm currently in bed surrounded by purring cats, adulthood is pretty great sometimes.

I just laid eyes on my own pile of pillows and covers and made a truly unholy sound

Absolutely ghoulish. The shitty man spot is still warm.

I better not have to deal with all this shit again when, say, Alex Jones dies

Anyone want to help Bird Alliance of Oregon get to 1000 YouTube subscribers so that we can monetize our videos? #birds www.youtube.com/@BirdAllianc...

My most toxic trait is acting like I don't know why my tummy hurts the night after I had chickpea mac for dinner and dried apricots for dessert

Really interesting how much overlap there is with my TERF list

Grey's marketing is incredible

Fascist commentators and neo-nazis picked up on the posts and began to spread them on X. What happened next is very funny: Bluesky immediately caved to the fascist pushback and used the article from the Federalist as a list to decide who to ban. Me, bree, Gretchen Felker-Martin and others.

THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated ✨CAT-RELATED✨ art/ crafts and I will repost! From now until 5:00 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!

Woke up thinking about this for some reason youtu.be/0ymPLDO0pOA?...

I will not be told how to feel about anything. I will not be told how to express myself on any matter. But I'm not going to tell anyone else how to do their thing either. I am the boss of me (and me alone). I'm unlikely to get along with anybody who doesn't respect this.

Casual reminder that the Bluesky way is to block the trolls rather than give them the food they crave.