Ilya was correct. The New Yorker IS boring.🙃

Just gonna drop this here. Amazon is forcing a new AI feature on authors whose books are available on Kindle. This is a petition to give us the choice to opt out, because currently, we cannot. c.org/SrJxqbKp4F

Perfectly said. I’m not in denial of AI I’m in open rebellion

I just received a plastic cherry blossom tree with led flowers. Then a text from MIL arrives bc she saw it and thought of us. Every holiday and birthday I remind myself it’s the thought that counts. Hubbys response was why are the thoughts always WTF? And they spent how much on this? WT?!?

If you think you're good and you want to sic ICE on your neighbors, you're not good.

On this giving Tuesday I remember Suzanne, the neighbor I had that won powerball. She never quit her job as the receptionist at a construction firm. She paid all her bills, set money aside for retirement and her kids and then just started giving it away. Scholarships. Paying peoples medical bills.

One thing I’ve learned … you gotta be grateful for soft lessons. Because baby SOME of these life lessons be violent.

I am once again begging a streaming channel to make a Hallmark style Christmas movie around Danny Trejo. Hear me out:

Every year I tell myself I will not step outside on Black Friday with my husband bc we *WILL*end up bickering… every year. Dear reader this year was not the exception

every author in the class action, please file the claim.

I interviewed for a job at a prestigious university where the initial interview was 1 dude in a standard hotel room. I’m in my nicest suit bought on credit he was in sweatpants and scratched his crotch the whole time. Bypassed me for a guy with less qualifications

You know I thought the Trump sucked off Clinton thing was just weird propaganda until all these pathetic dem talking heads online started it’s not Bill it’s some other dude. Bills straight! Bill doesn’t like dudes. *laugh* how could Straight Straighty Straight Bill do a dude?

Imagine if global health meetings were actually hosted in places where the real problems and real solutions are?

You would be kicked out of any writer’s room in existence if you had the villains celebrating a Great Gatsby-themed party while taking away food benefits from millions of poor people.

Youngests HS had its last football game/marching show of the year last night and when our team won the other team decided to riot. Today social media is flooded with parents explaining in all caps that yeah their kid left in handcuffs but obviously it’s someone else’s fault.

Wait?!?! I’m confused — a Kardashian can read?

I’ve never felt closer to a famous person in my life. I loved Emma Thompson before but I’m willing to be absolutely parasocially in love now

Adulting moment: I always thought that becoming an attorney was hard and meant you were smart. I’m on a community committee with a lawyer and misleading another committee member texted and asked me to shine a light on the attorneys ear — she wanted to see if the light passed through.

Pimento cheese

@kimbooyork.bsky.social did you see this?

Dutch late night TV has its take

So today at the volunteer gig was … weird. New volunteer shows up who has all sorts of *great* ideas and can’t understand why we don’t implement them. 🙄

This won't be enough--a lie can run around the world before the truth has got its boots on--but it's an important start. You (the outlets in question) have endangered people carelessly, for clicks. Do what you can to undo it.

I have read exactly three sports romances in my life and the other two were roller derby. I think possibly I only like sports romances with glitter and silly names involved? (this one is bloody wonderful btw)

I read Hold Me Like a Grudge by Celine Ong, which is not just a sports romance but a sports romance about pro wrestling. I don't even know who I am any more. (Really enjoyed it.)

Tom Clancy’s Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret.

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

Apparently cute glucometer bags are not a thing? Like I can have something that looks all prairie home companion or I can have basic black nylon. There is no cute but stylish options for a thing I must carry everywhere

Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.

A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.

Did not forsee myself ever feeling old enough to non-ironically identify with "Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch. I was there when it was written." yet every day it seems to resonate more for different reasons.

I’m kinda exaggerating but not really bc people are asking about what is the breakpoint where it’s worth doing an in&out trip to Seoul just to load a suitcase with skincare in duty free.

I remember in grad school talking to a prof whose expertise was Econ-history and his I know to much about this weird think was the black market in silk stockings in WW2 suddenly y’all it doesn’t even seem weird. We got women in FL planning Roundlab smuggling rings.

Meanwhile I’m on 3 group text groups with no overlap with people live updating whose got “the good sunscreen” all over Orlando. Even the suburban mommies are losing their shit over RFKjr fucking with their SPF. If he comes for retinol they’ll probably riot

Did not expect to be grabbing the last 2 of my fav brand of Korean sunscreen from the beauty supply store. Also didn’t expect the cashier to go “only 2?” And give me a judgy look. When I told her they were out she promised to call when they restock and hold some back.

Writing Tip: Have you eaten anything lately? Writing doesn't work on an empty stomach. Keep the tank full. Frequent snacks can help too. The brain needs nutrients to function, so don't push yourself too hard to write without taking a snack break from time-to-time. #writing #writingtips #Booksky

When I was six my cousin convinced me and another cousin to jump off the roof of their trailer. We were lucky to end up with a broken arm and a broken leg between us

Nothing is a better wake up call to remind you of the here and now like sitting in your car after a shift having an existential crisis at *waves hands* and having your kids call & ask if you’re cooking tonight or should they rock paper scissors the various takeout options?

Writers, describe your WIP in the worst way possible. Senior citizens in a retirement community are distressed about death

Helpful (not) phone suggestions I’ve gotten at the volunteer gig in Community Services this week: 1.) have you tried telling people how much food prices will go up here in Florida? 2.) you should profile my gardener/nanny/cleaner/guy from Home Depot. 3.) I’d love to volunteer. In a managerial role

i love a feel-good story

What's that? You, an expert Go programmer have shaved several hours off a complex workflow using a cutting edge model you trained yourself? Cool. Debbie thinks chatGPT is sending her messages from God, and Bob is spiraling because his AI girlfriend is seeming distant lately.

Good food. Good vegan ice cream. Henry’s Depot is a solid contender

The hunt for Orlando’s best Food Truck/Food Hall experience continues. We’re on Food Hall 7 for this week. Plus 4 additional standalone food trucks.

Life advice from me to you that I wish someone would have told me: Never buy a KIA

It’s always a good day to say Fuck the SCOTUS ghouls. And guess what today is another day.

I’m glad so many people are enjoying Apothecary Diaries, and it’s generating more interest in dynastic China and stories about female physicians. There was a time when anime was the nearest thing to Chinese cultures getting any rep in popular entertainment. Now, we've got some amazing Cdrama. 1/

掌心 Kill My Sins, excellent gothic horror mystery fiction set in a Tang Dynasty style historical A.U, with a female physician/psychiatrist and a female ruler, fantastically dark and grim, but brilliant and very pretty. 6/

颜心记 Follow Your Heart, historical A.U. fiction about a cop with prosopagnosia and a wandering physician with a strange disease of transformations. Other female characters include a scholar and a fighter. Brothels, black markets...all the fun stuff. 5/