Had a 20-minute phone call with Mitch McConnell today, and I don’t want to speculate on his condition, but at no point in our conversation was he able to unequivocally declare what station plays the most hits.

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

RIP Bonnie Tyler. People will rightly remember "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (complete with a video where you could practically see the cocaine) but I'll always remember her for the song that managed to out-Rod-Stewart Rod Stewart. Thank you for the music, Ms. T. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEOl...

Good news for fans of the Cincinnati Reds or Chicago Cubs: Roebling Books is only a mile from Great American Ballpark, so feel free to drop by after the game for some more heroics! www.roeblingbooks.com/community-ev...

I’ve had a library card practically every year of my life. If you don’t have one, get one!

My goodness, blocking can be so satisfying.

THIS JUST IN: The good people at Roebling Books have informed me that our July 12 appearance has been moved to their branch in Newport, KY. Apologies to everyone who had their heart set on a trip to Covington but we hope you’ll join us for a grand time! www.roeblingbooks.com/community-ev...

A reminder that as you see photos of those Patriot Front douchebags today, they are marching on a holiday because none of them have anywhere else to be. None of them have friends or family who want them around on a holiday. No one is missing them today. They're already with their only friends.

don’t love that wendella’s tour boat is flying a christian nationalist flag if you needed a reason to recommend literally any other architectural tour boat operator

I’m so excited to think that @citybeatcincy.bsky.social might be including my July 12 visit to Roebling Books in Covington on their calendar of events. Regardless, we hope everyone will join us as talk about my new novel MARVELS and a lot more! www.roeblingbooks.com/community-ev...

"Uncle Sam is one of those rare creations that is even more timely than it was when it debuted. A thoughtful, inventive and visually exceptional triumph." — @moryan.bsky.social Get your copy of UNCLE SAM for #America250 and beyond! Details at www.abramsbooks.com/product/uncl...

"As a portrait of a fond American dream at last waking to itself, Uncle Sam is genuinely inspiring and deserves to be read more than once." - Alan Moore Alan Moore knows the score. You can too when you get your copy of Uncle Sam in time for #America250 : www.abramsbooks.com/product/uncl...

"Steve Darnall and @alexrossart.bsky.social find Uncle Sam out on the street, help him to his feet, and send him off to confront those who believe that they alone speak for the Founding Fathers." - @billybragg.bsky.social What's he talking about? Find out at www.abramsbooks.com/product/uncl...

"Uncle Sam is probably the most thoughtfully radical piece of truly popular culture I've seen in the last decade or two.... patriotic in all the ways that matter, to all the things that one might justifiably be patriotic to." - Dave Marsh Get yours for the 4th at www.abramsbooks.com/product/uncl...

Hey Chicago! Chicago! CHICAGO! OVER HERE! Whatcha doing next Wednesday at noon? Wanna eat lunch while I talk on your computer about the ICE collaborator trying to buy your parking meters? AND what you can do about it? Because you can do something about it! Register: bit.ly/iceparkingmeters

Would this be a good time to mention that @alexrossart.bsky.social and I literally produced a comic book about the need to confront "the ugly chapters in our nation's history as well as the more ennobling ones"? www.abramsbooks.com/product/uncl...

Glad to see "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in the spotlight. I saw this band perform it many years ago and it's stuck with me ever since. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qn8...

Throw some money in if you can. I did. We're all we have. gofund.me/4df4cf2cd

Thanks to Nikolas and Em and everyone at @thebookloft.bsky.social for their hospitality. It was a grand time and we look forward to our next stop on the “It’s a Small World Tour”--Sunday, July 12 at Roebling Books in Covington. Join us... www.roeblingbooks.com/community-ev...

People have the power.

Give it a try—it might not be as difficult as you think.

I'm pleased to say we've had more people at every stop of our "It's a Small World Tour" on behalf of MARVELS: THE NOVELIZATION—and we know the good people of Columbus won't let us down when we visit @thebookloft.bsky.social on Tuesday, June 30!

Thanks to everyone who joined me and @alexrossart.bsky.social for our panel at #alaac26 I'm only sorry I didn't think to get a photo with the very cool @comixace.bsky.social.

Our "It's a Small World Tour" continues on Tuesday, June 30 with a visit to @thebookloft.bsky.social in beautiful Columbus. Details and a link to RSVP at bookloft.com/event/2026-0...

"Throwing away your vote on a message no one will hear, and which will change no outcome, is sometimes presented as ‘voting your conscience’, but that’s got it exactly backwards; your conscience is what keeps you from doing things that feel good to you but hurt other people."

Runner-up goes to “A blogger said something uncomplimentary about a Republican. Whatever happened to civility?"

there are 3 NYT conservative columns and they just rotate bylines to keep it seeming fresh: 1) What the Dems Should Do, By Someone Fundamentally Opposed to Their Values 2) Change Scares Me, But Not Enough to Learn New Things 3) Good Governance is When I Have a Princess Leia slave, By Ross Douthat

#DulaPeepShow #DuaLipa

Buster Keaton didn't stand still while a two-ton housefront collapsed on top of him with a window cut out to barely clear his shoulders on each side so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

When I first spotted this butterfly a couple of hours ago, the first thing I had to do was stop my hands shaking. It's one of the rarest butterflies in France, a vanishing species in much of Europe. It's the mountain Apollo (Parnassius Apollo). Just in time for #InsectThursday #lepidoptera

Name a movie that flopped at the box office but is actually great #FilmSky

You have roughly a week to submit comments on the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to disrupt the 2026 elections. Spread the word and flood the zone. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#JuneKnowWhatIMean #MusicChallenge A question in the title or lyrics “How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing?" John Lennon with a song that should have become a standard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pQ9...

Looking forward to meeting some very cool folks this weekend at #alaac26!

And who else would be on this route to ALA but one @brigidalverson.bsky.social! 🤘

This is the beautiful male, splendid fairy-Wren 12-14 cm native to Australia and Tanzania.

It takes 1.28 seconds for a message to reach us from the Moon. It takes as little as 35 minutes from Jupiter. It takes as little as 4.5 hours from Pluto. It takes at least 6-12 months from NYT reporters, plus $35 for the book containing it.

Hence the New York Times' new slogan, "Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution."

I really love this legacy media environment in which I'm asked to pay $20/month to support traditional newspapers and then asked to spend another $29.99 for a supposedly essential book written by two reporters who could have already published that information in said traditional newspaper.

At the very least, you'd think he would know that algae makes it harder for a guy to see and admire his own reflection.

Calling @scolo222.bsky.social and everyone else in NYC...

Hello, Columbus! Please join me on Tuesday, June 30 as our "It's a Small World Tour" continues through the kindness of @thebookloft.bsky.social. We'll be talking about MARVELS (and maybe UNCLE SAM) and enjoying the delights of life in the Eastern time zone! Learn more at bookloft.com/event/2026-0...

Advertise your BlueSky account with a Simpsons GIF

More like the guy who fills the bird feeder calling himself a bird.

Tonight's the night! Please join us, Quad Citizens! #BookSky

Here we go...

In honor of his 84th birthday, I put it to the group: What's your favorite post-Beatles McCartney song?

Just a reminder to anyone in or around the Quad Cities: We'll be at @atlascollectiveqc.bsky.social on Thursday, June 18 (tomorrow) on behalf of MARVELS: THE NOVELIZATION, which features words by me and new illustrations by @alexrossart.bsky.social! See you there!

True regardless of your country's systems of measurement.

The only thing this scenario is missing is someone discovering the event's being held on an ancient Native American burial ground.