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It has in fact happened. I have been gifted a journal (almost) too pretty to write in.

Really need to thank the weather gods. My friend and I have had a run of unseasonable or unfriendly weather on days we picked to meet for al fresco lunch (spanning years) and the rain held off and we had a really nice day today.

I think the closest I have to a spooky knit is this shawl knit in a volcano themed color. #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶

Winter kitty season has begun.

You have always done the bestest job weaving in ends when it turns out you have to tink.

In collaboration with @Slate.com we followed six people who were displaced during the takeover. Two of them have chosen to flee D.C. entirely for green space in Virginia. Four have stayed in D.C. Read the story now 🔗 https://bit.ly/3J2Y7SG

I used to be the guy on Twitter reminding people that contractors like me do not get back pay. “And then also contractors experience permanent economic harm because they don’t get back pay.” Thanks to OMB Circular A-76 far more of the federal workforce is contractors than you know.

Stop whatever you are doing right now and read this. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Last night's entertainment. Did I lose this program before the end of the show? Yes. I had at least finished reading it.

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Lesbian Romance: Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun! 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

Happy #SOCKTOBER knitters 🧦🧶! Surely everyone guessed this week’s theme!? #ShowMeYourKnits week 62: show me your SOCKS! In honour of the occasion, I am ignoring all other socks in progress & starting a fancy pair of colourwork/ cable socks for myself 💅! Seward Socks by Caitlin Hunter in Exmoor Sock

Listened to an audiobook that takes place in part in Hawai'i and the narrators are all using an alternate pronunciation of Mauna Kea that is actually grating on me worse than the various ways I've heard narrators say Haleakalā.

If you need someone to wrangle your gnarly old HTML into something modern, accessible, and localized—with or without frameworks—hit me up.

*logs in, sees news about mayo book, logs back out*

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Oh, apparently I am old enough to have lived through all of the government shutdowns. Yay? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...

A book that somehow makes asking a question that is really a comment at a reader event super sweet. (This one fictional time.)

This afternoon's entertainment.

Joy is this week's theme for #ShowMeYourKnits and I completely forgot I had even knit this adorable hat as a gift for someone. 🧶

After insisting on being the sole corporate sponsor for the 3 day Black Book Bash literary festival in Jacksonville, FL, Publix yanked all support only *one week* before the event, citing the “volatile climate” as their reason 🤬 You can show support/donate @ iamcaseyrkelley.com/pages/b3-home

NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders. I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

it's Libra season. treat yourself!

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

Oohhh, perfect spooky season read on sale at libro fm: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Let's be clear here: This woman is playing monsterfucking audiobooks really loudly to annoy this man, and a character has an emotional support chicken.

If you needed a sign to stop scrolling on your phone or pretending to work on your computer (and actually read that book you checked out 📚), here it is. It’s only Tuesday… 😭 **cries in Spanish**

In retrospect, perhaps the last 20% of Sunrise on the Reaping was not the best choice for Monday commuting.

When even the customer retention specialist is like, Wow, your service is really expensive.

You know I love a fictional cooking competition!

Well, very curious to see what my next Cava newsletter looks like.

Fall knits for this week's #ShowMeYourKnits I try to start carrying around extra accessories, like this lacy shrug.

I've talked to 3 different librarians this morning as I try to reset up my account and they're all saying they're getting a ton of patron complaints about Libby breaking everyone's accounts. If you use the app and it's set to auto-update, go check it. You've probably lost cards and hold suspensions.

Library boards play an extremely influential role in defining what the public library should be, what it should do, and who it should serve. But despite their critical role, library boards are missing from all long-running library research surveys. (1/4)

COVID jab achieved. So hoping my immune system will reach platinum status soon.

Or, as a random example, 11 of them.

Kudos to past me who stocked up on frozen burritos because yeah, this day was a lot.

Since 2016, we’ve worked with over 100 writers & illustrators to help kickstart their careers through our Mentorship Program! These are just a few names out of so many incredibly accomplished and talented mentees we’ve had the honor of working with over the years. 💻 bit.ly/2026Mentorship

Remember your meds, you lovely jiggly spice candy. Have some water and moisturize and know that one time a kid in an allegory with a goat person basically sold his soul to lick you.

The creeping dread of discovering you accidentally followed someone you meant to block.

Well, it turns out that having frozen some homemade pizza dough has led to a delightful post theater post bookclub dinner.

"Nice bag, is it new?" "Thank you," the wizard said. "Yes, is my new daily carry. It's actually a container for a interdimensional node." "Infinite space? Nice! What do you have in it?" "Oh, only this." The wizard pulled out another bag. "It's my old bag." "Which holds?" "Er... The bag before."

Dessert mode: ACTIVATE! Best pie: pear cranberry Best ice cream: mint chocolate that is not overly green Best doughnut: malasadas Best bar: spiced ginger Best cake: yes Best other: butter mochi

In Columbia Heights D.C., memorial signs are going up for residents abducted by the state. (📸 Igor Bobic)

🎉 What better way to kick off Art All Night 2025 than by celebrating Mt. Pleasant Library’s 100th birthday! Enjoy edible book cakes, live Latin/Rock music, tarot readings, and time with your amazing neighbors!

Scarf week for #ShowMeYourKnits and I'm cheating a bit because this is technically a snood, but cozy neckwear. 🧶

We are Arting All Night here in Mount Pleasant. If you are the person who said your favorite thing about our neighborhood was the cake, let's be friends.

I adore this one!

Capitalization affects how people read hashtags or how people hear them on screen readers. Use #camelCase or #PascalCase in hashtags instead of lowercase. You could have #DoctorWhoRewatch ("Doctor Who Rewatch") or #doctorwhorewatch ("doctor whore watch.")

Jason Reynold/Simon & Schuster Grant Is Open For Applications | Grant recipients will receive up to $3,000 to put toward expenses associated with attending the American Library Association conference. #ALA #library #grant www.blackenterprise.com/jason-reynol...