Hey, but Raiders still alive, right? Right? 😂

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

This will go quite nicely with my McSweeney’s lunchbox with author baseball cards; love these novelties.❤️✨

Just a little reminder that Books of the Year lists can and should include children's books ❤️ #kidlituk

No, that wasn’t me, but I did see you last Tuesday at this park bench, you have a memory like a steel trap. 😂❤️🐶

There are the neighborhood dogs that I encounter in the park who are blatantly coming up to me for pets, and then there are the dogs coming up to me with a vibe of, “Wait, didn’t I see you at the John Mayer concert in Fresno in 2015?” 😂❤️🐶

Sunday morning avec gibralter, madame.🍳

Begging Silicon Valley to read a book

I do this all the time but the bigger problem is that the stack isn’t physically present with me in the bookstore or library.

For some reason, whenever the Pantone colors come out, I think of this… youtu.be/-rDTRuCOs9g?...

When you can’t pick a color so you (by definition of color components) pick them all… Pantone chooses white 'Cloud Dancer' as its 2026 Color of the Year www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

“Art is the highest form of hope.” Epigraph by Gerhard Richter at the beginning of a chapter in Bread of Angels, a memoir by Patti Smith, for my #SundaySentence today. 🪽🖼️🎨

Get in the car, fools, it’s mulled wine season.☺️✨

All the people I can think of I would not want to lend any more visibility to.

Long day. Found sparkles. 🎄

Saw this tour in 2007 in Oakland. Best concert of my life not only because Bruce, but because due to the simple fact that I was single I was magically selected to move from nosebleed seats to the mosh pit. Great album.😂❤️

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Book with breakfast.📚🥣🍽️

I may have laughed a little too long after reading this…😂

We couldn’t publish an edition of Books We Love without remembering our friend and colleague, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, 1974-2021. Today would have been her birthday, and we hope you’ll find a new read in her honor ❤#

My #SundaySentence this week comes from the incomparable Tom Stoppard, from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.”✨💔

Bwahahahahahaha (Also, facts.)

Used to live in his district. This isn’t a loss.

Oh dear.😂

Amen to all of this.

Ok, no flag-planting, fellas

Weather app in Ann Arbor saying no precip yet, vs the telecast:

Ok, sshh, game’s back on. 🏈

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Rando account for this Californian to follow but I laughed so here goes.😂

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This. Also, random history fact: TR was the youngest president to ever take office because of that assassination. 🧸

Oh. 💔

Chrissakes, just let the Buckeyes and Wolverines duke it out like a hockey game…every 3 1/2 minutes “unsportsmanlike conduct”. 🤦🏼‍♀️ (And yes, I’m aware of why they don’t like each other, my brother went to OSU 🙃)

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seasonal reminder that if someone says they don't drink: -it's none of your business why -hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options -the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers -many jokes about not drinking are bad -people are burned out and might just be tired

Can’t think of a better grift than mandating 4 million kids to buy a book. And I can’t think of a better way than to keep most of them from reading said books. There’s gonna be whole TikTok accounts that’s just “here’s how you pass the test on this book.”

Missed a spot. 😂

Some years back in San Diego, Rick Steves signed my Kindle cover at the Balboa Theater. ✨

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Weird year so weird holidays alone. Went out for peppermint cocoa and holiday lights. Grateful for everyone. ✨❤️🎄

AT&T telling me that my bill is ready but not letting me pay it on the website or the app (just buffers and buffers) is definitely a ringing endorsement for automation.🤬 (And, yes, I tried doing this task on both AT&T internet and Verizon cellular, the irony.)

Same. But I occasionally read these books anyway when the world has rendered my brain inoperable and I see something else to try.✨

THIS.

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Bought two iPhone 16Es as gifts, replaced my Apple TV unit, and replaced my iPads (yes, plural), so don’t you shame me into greater capitalism.

Lol…I feel shallow. My favorite Twitter memory was Susan Orlean getting trashed during the pandemic after disappointing a baby horse with her thumb.😂