Still need about $300, can anyone help before the 1st of the month?

(≖_≖ ) I'm not going to yell. But that was my first inclination.

Sorry not sorry but the whole let’s find it shocking when a whole ring of people watch a tiny woman get body slammed for “reporting” and be amused someone had to cycle for their lives but will have no one to process it with hits different when you know what the aftermath looks like

Here it is: THE CATCH! Every summer through fall, under a causeway near Sacramento, California, over a half million Mexican free-tailed bats roost. At dusk they leave to feed on the nearby farm fields. I've been going to watch them for over 3 years, and I finally got a solid capture on video. 🪶 🧵

Just when a Batman villain is about to kill a victim, you see it play out through their eyes, a snarling winged monster appears and rampages through. The cops are trying to make sense of what they and the villain is babbling about. He's a different looking bat monster every time he appears

They could do a really good Batman show, that never shows Batman. Just Gordon and GCPD trying to solve the cases, but when they leave a scene, a bat shaped shadow appears with glowing white eyes and melts away. While hunting for clues, a gloved hand appears and leaves a clue.

How about telling companies to hire, pay, and promote hybrid people without demanding specialization? stephango.com/hybridize

Fellow librarian asked why I was re-reading Leo Lionni books and I had to say it’s because of Mobile Suit Gundam :/

The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-

Nice work by @zacharyst.bsky.social. Hard to think of a paper that more needed to be turned into an oped than this one! The oped notes that politicians hear from a disproportionate & unrepresentative number of NIMBY people because they have lots of time etc. They also contribute more to campaigns!

if they say something and you say that's not true, your response is still shaped like their frame Your frame has to *contain and explain* their frame, not just contradict it. You have to eat their frame. Like Kirby

i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT "he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality "this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening START WITH WHAT IT IS not what it isn't

Przeworski says it cleanly, clearly, and convincingly. What then must we do? www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...

it’s nice sometimes to see former anxieties fall away, like a snake shedding their old skin: scarred, sore, but behind us I no longer fear turning into my father I sure used to, but can’t remember the last time: it’s been years and years remembering, sure, goddamn: but flexing shiny new scales 🐍

It’s not a normal marine layer with just Karl the fog, it’s also smoke from the Washington and Oregon fires… time to put your air purifiers on and mask up with an N95 to avoid smoke headaches. Added bonus also helps avoid Covid with the same actions

I've given this some thought and I actually think this is the single funniest way to fall to the floor that I've ever seen the way it starts like he's doing lunges??? I'm literally weeping with laughter

One of my favorite parts of TikTok these days are all of the ballet dancers being goofy in their Nutcracker costumes, bc when else do you get to dress up like an incredibly fabulous dapper rat

Want to co-sign this as someone who works in philanthropy. Conservative donors and foundations have been willing to invest huge sums for general support, correctly assuming that it would produce long-term gains. The liberal approach to philanthropy has been pretty much the exact opposite.

More people should do testimonials on shooting one's shot with clarity + gift of prophecy. Romancelandia, come get your juice!

Wednesday!!!! If you're an East Bay person who's missed all my San Francisco events, you can come see me along with some truly incredible authors, no need to cross the bay! <3

Are YOUR legs too pretty? Sick of getting compliments about your gorgeous getaway sticks? Then why not be a mountain biker? You, too can look like a plague survivor who's been attacked by a leopard.

I know there is a lot going on but this went online last night and I am very proud it’s real. If you might be excited to find out how at every turn this nation could have prevented our current political moment by listening to Black people you can even preorder it before we get to designing the cover

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

Bro reinvented break dancing.

I really, really love this.

This rally was just announced maybe 10 days ago? I want you to know that you are not alone. Find the people who are standing up in your community and join them. We are going to win.

Weaving policy and history together (while also telling the truth about Margaret Sanger).

Breathe.

Through her creative platform, Saint Heron, Solange has launched The Saint Heron Library, a digital archive dedicated to making rare and out-of-print works by Black authors, poets, and artists accessible to all. 🔗 library.saintheron.com

CHOTINER: but I thought you were already reading a book. ME: that one is fiction. you can read novels and personal essays at the same time, it's different parts of the brain. CHOTINER: and the book of poetry? ME: right, different part. CHOTINER: and you're progressing on all of them? ME: listen

This is helpful to make the case but I've grown wary of how transgender people's rights specifically are primarily defended from the standpoint of pathology. KOSA and bills like it are bad because they threaten to deny us our freedom of speech, full stop.

I'm speaking at the Richland Library in Columbia, South Carolina this evening. Come say hello! www.richlandlibrary.com/event/2025-0...

Give me erotic danger in a candlelit hallway or dark forest lit by jack-o’-lanterns or give me nothing!

vee is worth commissioning if you can! 😺

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Also, the Catholic high school I went to, a lot of kids of low-level politicians went there, sometimes those low-level politicians turned out to be a low level corrupt guys. There would be headlines about the father of someone in geometry class. We jokingly called the school Our Lady of Indictment

At the book launch for Queer and in Care in Groningen, Netherlands. You can get your free download at the QR code.

I mean I don't know what to say to people who think they aren't taking 150 Ls per week, roughly. Which they are! They just took a hugely visible one over Kimmel, but they lose in court constantly and their lawyers are getting worse & their cases are getting dumber and most don't hit SCOTUS.

Think about all that - and then! Make a plan to join the next #NoKings protest, on Oct 18: www.nokings.org

One of my favorite examples of nominative determinism is coming to an end. Goodbye Mr. Bowser, Nintendo fans will miss you

Allegedly they wouldn’t “have to vacuum so much” if I stopped “being so dramatic” when they are “just trying to brush me” which all sounds fake. I choose neither

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 🧵)

There are too many children in India that die of rabies because they're too far from a hospital that has the vaccine and it's too costly for them to travel to get it....and once symptoms show it's too late. This will save so many lives. This is WONDERFUL.

now THAT is a suit. (Josh Johnson is an incredible commentator/comedian who always performs in jeans and a grey hoodie, fwiw)

And during all of this, we have fewer disability reporters at national publications than when we started the year.

BE SINCERE CARE ABOUT THINGS CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER BE A FUCKING GODDAMNED PERSON

Gawki needs Oranges to not be a sleepi ! #fanart #gawki

Unstoppable Joy 🫧