Overheard the world's best conversation between a mom and daughter (about the new Wicked posters), featuring the question: "Mommy, what's a dictator?"

happening now! come on in!

Sometimes it's better to feed a dog an hour early than try to explain daylight savings to him

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

regret to inform you that on Halloween, the Atlantic Terminal Bath & Body Works is already Christmas-themed

Brooklynites: with SNAP benefits expiring as of today, here are two ways you can help feed neighbors: donate to CHiPS, the food pantry/ women's shelter in Park Slope: www.chipsonline.org. Or leave food in the community fridge on 6th Street between 4th and 5th avenues, next to the Postmark Cafe.

Less than a month away!!!! Listen to live Lit and raise funds for @translifeline.org. Register now at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

Pour one out for that one guy who handed out Adams flyers at the Coney Island subway station every single day

dressing for the male gaze (Santa Claus)

Hallowzine.ink is that creepy mansion that dares you to stay for a night. Order it here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hal...

Hey! www.halllowzine.ink has a cool comics by @leonieomoore.bsky.social and @punkrockkris.bsky.social , poetry by @welhouse.bsky.social and @monostich.bsky.social , and so much more. Help us put issue 3 in print!!!!

We've got poems by @monostich.bsky.social and @welhouse.bsky.social in the new issue of Hallowzine.ink! Get your copy here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hal...

Can wet get 3 more backers??? Then we can do our cover reveal!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hal...

always humbling to have a meltdown in a literal closet (recording a song)

Issue III of Hallowzine.ink is on Kickstarter!!! Get this collection of scary art, comics, poetry, and short fiction for the spooky season!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hal...

Fun to look back on the oldest piece on my Medium account (written for The Billfold in 2016): "How do I stay grateful for what I have, while working as hard as possible for what I want?"

My newest piece for @everylibrary.bsky.social is an interview with author & librarian Andrew Weiss: "Learning to lean into the difficulty of thinking for yourself will earn you dividends in terms of mental acuity; yet, it is so easy now to offload that effort."

first time using a hatchet but not the last 🪓

over here refreshing the Postcrossing postal monitor to find more and more countries that no longer send to the US www.postcrossing.com/postal-monit...

"high-low dresses" should be called "mullet dresses"

Rent the Runway should have a filter for "can I wear a bra with this"

my best self appears during my shift at the Park Slope Food Co-op (relaxed, jocular, vibing as I call myself the "box fairy" and deliver empty boxes to Boxzilla the Cardboard Crushing Machine)

love to go feral* when my husband goes out * eat pretzels & nutella for dinner and pay our estimated taxes

This morning’s Little Free Library find, published the year Jaws came out. Many facts about sharks rendered in slightly overheated prose; he refers to the New Jersey Rogue, who killed four people in 1916, as “villainous.”

just wanna re-circulate this page where i've got all the specs in terms of those who wanna pitch me for the book reviews project for @literaryhub.bsky.social ... thanks! www.sandyernestallen.com/announcements

sequel to Ratatouille where Remy's son becomes an electrician

just saw this graffitti on a passing freight train: "we'd say we miss Dave but it would be a lie"

fix me long train ride

#Booksky friends who love true crime: I'm working with @26thstreetbooks.bsky.social to get them started on social media and publicize their first book, CONVERGENCE by Jonathan Dixon and Gregg Owen. The book comes out September 17th and I have some review copies available (both digital and print).

sequel to Ratatouille where Remy's son becomes an electrician

thought you all should see this neighbor dog

my dog is so small and so (mostly) good

My second full-length book of poems The Valleys Are So Lush and Steep is forthcoming from Saturnalia Books this October, and it's now available for preorder (see comments in thread below). I'm really proud of this book, & looking forward to doing a book tour for it over the coming year.

Ok Hot Take: I'm against AI because it steals from artists and threatens the planet and will be used to make bad people richer AND ALSO I do not even a little bit look down on people who have these emotions about their chatbot

love to make it rain in the park slope food co-op

an NYC mayoral candidate should understand the difference between rent-controlled and rent-stabilized apartments

no one names their kids "Jeeves" anymore

I was right! Another banger

The most validating thing is when your dog treasures the tiny tennis balls that you got him

no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician

does anyone know the best way to live

Richie says hi.

Richie would wish you a happy Sunday, but he's too sleepy.

My aunt sent me some family genealogy and old obit headlines hit different: "An Old Timer Gone" "Aged Lady Called Hence After a Short Illness" "Death Makes a Sudden Call" "Well Known Resident of Outagamie County Expires Today" "Outagamie Loses Another"

Zohran should host SNL

My friend Joe Pan in the New York Times!!!!!! FLORIDA PALMS out this Tuesday www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/b...

it finally happened: forgot I had a paperback in my back pocket and it fell in the toilet

I wrote about Janet Skeslien Charles and brave librarians for @everylibrary.bsky.social: “Every book that is censored and removed from a library shelf is a dream taken away from a kid in need of hope, inspiration, knowledge, and reassurance.” medium.com/everylibrary...

Guy walked into a coffee shop with a Corgi and a tiny baby, ordered two coffees, and left 🥺

Hello Everyone! 👋 We know you've been patiently waiting for us to reveal the proposals we've chosen from our 2025 open call. Well, we can now share the books we'll be publishing into the 33 1/3 series...