No one has spelled it out for me, but I assume USMNT stands for US Mutant Ninja Turtles???

Opponent is being cagey about what word this is. I am suspicious.

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

Egg take egg.

I should mention on the final day of pride that every one other books is bursting with queer rep! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

Melbourne Writers, If you'd like to join a (small) casual writers lunch at a bar in the CBD at 12.30pm Sunday 26th July; let me know! So far its four of us having a catch up and some writing/ authoring coversation. New writers are always welcome! (I can add you to a related writer discord too.)

Most economists agree that by the time you're 50, you should be living in a dilapidated Victorian mansion at the edge of the forest, sitting by a roaring fire, and discussing poetry with furtive ghosts and indifferent cats.

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

A groundhog named Chunk has been stealing a Delaware farmer's crops for four years and eating them in front of a camera

If I had a nickel for every famous duck, I'd have... well, I'd have a lot of nickels and I'd keep them in my vault and swim around in them.

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

Vampire in Alaska: Don't tell me what constitutes hot! It may only be 40 degrees outside, but the sun has been up for months now and I will literally explode* if I go outside!!!

If his name was Hegetarian Lechter, none of this would have ever happened.

What are my cats doing and how can I make it stop?

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This is idiotic. What's to stop the algae from buying a ladder???

I got serious in this.

If you like this sort of thing, Bluesky, I've written three books!

My dad died in 2014. He was a quiet man. A dreamer, I think. He worked long hours and didn’t get paid very much. When he came home, he sat quietly and watched TV. Sometimes he’d wave us over, and we’d play cards.

Me: [tucking in the kiddo] Kiddo: On Father's Day... would it be all right... if I asked you... about your father? Me: Me: Me: Yeah. Kiddo: [gives thumb's up]

They've turned Romeo and Juliet into a comedy*!!!

Our Chaos Goblin has torn open the bottom of our couch and made a hammock for herself.

this is the cover for the indian edition of my novel and i love it so much. Illustration by Saurav a.k.a. Drawnk please pre-order at www.blaft.com/collections/...

I'm doing some writing mentoring now, so I figured it would be a good time to start to record parts of my process for teaching! Here's an example of the same section in a Draft 0 and a Draft 1 stage. More explanation below... #writingcommunity

USENET! It's right there in the name!

Kiddo: Do you want to hear the bad news? Me: [does not] Kiddo: I am done sick, but now I am sick again.

There was an actor named Hegelochus in 408 BC WHO MESSED UP ONE OF HIS LINES OH SO FAMOUSLY youtube.com/shorts/eKilT...

If Abraham Lincoln knew what Trump and the Republicans were up to, he'd be turning in his grave right now. Or possibly he'd be shouting, "Let me out! I'm still alive down here!"

The experience of forgetting things you actually know when under stress with ADHD has a name I recently discovered - 'mnemonic blockade', and I found out how it might happen. a thread about this...

Just turned in the cover art for Aliens in New Florida!! We now have a new, slightly shorter blurb to fit the back cover! www.carmenloup.com/aliens-in-ne...

Me: [giving my wife something slightly different than what she askes for] Wife: I asked for something very specific! Me: I know, and I immediately forgot what that was!

In case y'all missed it, I've got a wee itch io sale going on through 6/20. Three online-exclusive short works for $1, including: 🔴The Bone Clock, my weirdest book baby 🟠Betcha Never, a nazi-punching Red Darkling story 🟡The Frog's Kiss, a feminist rant fairy tale itch.io/s/187859/tas...

Fundamental attribution error is an interesting cognitive bias. Suppose you are having the world's shittiest day. Your spouse just died in a fire that also took your home, you just got diagnosed with cancer, etc. You're sitting in a hospital waiting room.

Possibly one of these cats has exceeded the size for this cat tree?

HEY. SALE.

Daily bunny no.3348 can never agree on who tells the truth

Please enjoy this incredibly wholesome Instagram reel of two stormtroopers escorting a duck through Galaxy’s Edge.

I've been asked to publish this statement from some of the families affected by NHS England's decision in Brighton.

A thread I'm transferring over, answering a question asking me how I was doing after a few years medicated for ADHD - how my comorbid conditions (depression, anxiety) were doing, how the medication was working. I answered there, but here it is again: My depression is functionally gone.

Still looking for my room. I've just met two wizards, one of whom always tells the truth and one who lies.

Here is my Jane Yolen story, which I suspect is a pretty common one, or at least a variation thereon. I grew up on her books. One of my earliest memories is my dad reading Commander Toad books to me at the South Bend public library. Then I grew up and got a job in comics publishing. (1/)

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Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

Very satisfied with my current system of sleeping through everything but the last five minutes of the game.

“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.” —Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013 www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...

There's nothing more naive than indiscriminate cynicism.

Rewatched THE MARVELS on a whim today and, while there are definitely some muddled storytelling choices, I still love it and I will never not laugh at the Cats montage.

There's nothing wrong with just being the normal amount of califragilisticexpialidocious.