as the outside temperature reaches towards freezing tonight, it feels so good in my bedroom. the heat hasn't kicked on, so I'm assuming the rest of the apartment is still about 65°F. but there's a definite chill in here, just delightful. earlier today, i was uncomfortably warm. at 65°F.

Wait, so in the GDT Frankenstein he reanimates the creature by supercharging its lymphatic system and it gains a healing factor? MY lymphatic system got supercharged by COVID, and we call that mast cell activation syndrome. It certainly is not cool.

Jeffrey Gibson on 10 Native Artists to Know. www.artsy.net/article/arts...

Here is my beloved casserole, and for comparison my square corning ware and the other one i got at home goods (too high on the shelf for me to reach tonight)

i adore my mini Le Creuset casserole, bought for like $15 at Home Goods in 2020(?) when the stores were mostly empty. but after reading this, I'm real curious about it! It's got the Le Creuset stamp and whatnot, but i'd swear it's ceramic?? (the size is PERFECT for one person + it's petal pink)

For the evening crowd in need of… escape. A reminder that just before thanksgiving, she was so scared and skinny you could feel her hip bones. She was very spicy. Now she is a ball of purrs and love.

'If I get kidnapped, who will take care of my son?': Crime is thriving in Ethiopia's war-torn Amhara region

‘Ultimately, it was culinary circumstance backed up by savvy marketing that made Le Creuset a byword for cast-iron cookware’ – Thomas Marks celebrates the centenary of France’s most famous pots and pans

Here the story about my ban and why conflating HRT with GAHT is anti-trans and harmful

We got an exclusive look at a set of original Bob Ross paintings slated to be auctioned on Nov. 11 to support public media funding.

Are you a YuoTubeTV subscriber? They're offering a $20 credit for their little pissing match with Disney/ESPN, but you have to be proactive to redeem it according to their email. Simple process, but it's not automatic.

BTW, every week I publish a newsletter about movie mysteries called #SilverScreenSleuths, but I'm thinking of tossing in some book recommendations at the end of each newsletter. Do you have a mystery series you'd love to have spotlighted? Link me a non-Amazon link: msemilyedwards.com/blog

I've had an uptick in orders for this print recently, for reasons which are not particularly mysterious to me

Finished chapter 8 of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic today, mostly about the Supreme Court undermining Reconstruction and the 14th & 15th Amendments. got a bit of whiplash/déjà vu, because really ?? suddenly extremely clear what the "Heritage" Foundation refers to.

Her little meow kills me so much.

The Orange Fruit Dove decorates the treetops with its flame-like plumage. This species lives in forests on the islands of Fiji, where it munches on fruits and berries. Only males display bold orange plumage; females are green. Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist

FRONTLINE’s upcoming documentary “Drug War in Ecuador” examines how a once-peaceful nation has become gripped by drug cartels, violence and a military crackdown. Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 11, on PBS and online. to.pbs.org/4nQ8pnM

Thanks Florida Master Gardener Volunteers for warning me that it's going to get down to freezing tonight/tomorrow 😨 i honestly hadn't realized, lol. also i did not know about Ghosts Not Lollipops! you learn so many things on the internet every day.

If you are in an area predicted to reach freezing temperatures, don't forget to protect your plants! Remember, ghosts not lollipops: use a cloth to cover the plant all the way down to the soil. buff.ly/ZGWQSCG

i will even share my popcorn

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with President Donald Trump today at the White House. In the July documentary “Syria After Assad,” FRONTLINE investigated Syria’s uncertain future, tracing al-Sharaa’s rise to power and investigating emerging threats to the country’s stability.

fingers crossed that I'm doing much better today. i went to do microwave quesadillas and was able to walk/stand for assembly+nuking, and didn't feel like i was dying when i got back to bed. of course, that may be false progress. (my knee hurts to bend much so I'm really avoiding my wheelchair)

Fresh off the frame and I decided to adapt a traditional wedding sampler to reflect a different life event. It took me a year to complete and marked the journey pre and post surgery. Excuse the crinkles, must iron!

Asteraceae is an enormous family of plants, including asters. Of the 400+ species of asters found in Florida, 41 of them are *only* found here! We've shared a few asters, but visit UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions to learn of a few more surprising members of the family: buff.ly/AttADOm

If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...

I mean… ask and ye shall receive.

do you know how baseless your claims have to be for Alito to ignore an opportunity to hurt queer people

wait, what. was this a "let's throw them a bone" after everything else + the Mississippi ballot counting case?

I know things are terrible for everyone actually but increasingly, I am aware of how profoundly not OK I am and I should at this point do a lot more than seeing my therapist, but $200 and I can have four therapy appointments, which is something. 

Reposting from last year. This year, I'm not just thinking about family members who served in the First World War, but also about how Americans have destroyed our relationship with our Canadian relatives over the past year.

Rainy day owl 🌧️🦉💛 Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025

wow i am SHOCKED that none of these helped, though apparently some participants did improve across the study. Just not clearly attributable to this stuff. (possibly pacing better? lying down more ?) sincere q: is this BrainHQ effective for *anything*??

Rare right side up White-breasted Nuthatch. Usually they're defying gravity. #birds 🌿

Posing with my veggies like men pose with fish

neat! it seems that in the past, to study the optic nerves, dissection would displace things and change shapes, so it's a story about new tech like CT scans helping to provide better understanding. also, lots more history of science and chameleons in the story :)

Scientists discover telephone-cord-like optic nerves in chameleons, which were overlooked by Aristotle, Newton, and everyone else, until now... Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scie... Study: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Just a late night reminder that if you’re getting into the films of Mira Nair, she’s one of the interview subjects of my book CINEMA HER WAY, which is still in stores now and would make a great Christmas gift. 🎁 www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...

Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...

Preparing to stalk Daddy’s hand…

For @letterboxd.social's best of the Fall Fests roundup I wrote about Lucrecia Martel’s NUESTRA TIERRA and Kaouther Ben Hania’s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Read: letterboxd.com/journal/best...

oh what’s that? i wrote about all this last year for Defector and made quite a few people mad?

eating brownie bites to trick myself into drinking water, as one does.

i just feel like everyone on here would be pleased to know that my parents used to live near a veterinarian’s office named Floyd’s Dog & Cat Repair

A pleasingly round and stripey snail. The variations in background colour and stripes on its shell have been studied by geneticists and ecologists. We salute your contributions to science, little snail pal! #SciArt

Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵 From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1

Do you have particular authors or works that you enjoy? What is it about them that you find compelling? Join our discussion in Talk: www.librarything.com/topic/375215

We continue to see lessons about post-acute viral illness not learned. We never see warnings about those who will have long-term sequelae. 'Long Flu' has been dismissed as 'not a thing' by some Drs. But ME can be triggered by a wide range of viruses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

flu knocked me out for 2+ months and triggered my ME. please take it seriously and do what you can to avoid it 💕