H/T @annhandley.bsky.social

YES! Justice for Em Dashes by @annhandley.bsky.social has got my $$$. www.bonfire.com/rough-draft-...

Merch for em dash lovers and defenders, courtesy of @annhandley.bsky.social — with proceeds going to two animal rescue charities. www.bonfire.com/store/total-...

My Bsky pal @brosninja.bsky.social 👇 is correct about green bean casserole. And my longtime social-media-pro pal @annhandley.bsky.social has written engagingly about the classic Campbell's recipe for green bean casserole as a brilliant piece of content marketing: annhandley.com/green-bean-c...

Came across this nest abandoned on the street. Soooooo any nest experts here? Whose home was this? Bird? Beastie? Forest sprite? (Foot for scale)

applying for jobs again

My mother died from lung cancer caused by asbestos. She didn’t work w/ it; her father did: She breathed in fibers he brought home on his clothes. Years later, it killed her. She was 60. Her death was terrible & also a metaphor for how reckless decisions cause permanent harm in heartbreaking ways.

Super fun to be a writing judge in this experiment — thanks to @geoffreyfowler @washingtonpost 🤖

Creativity = differentiation—and that’s everything today. As @annhandley.bsky.social of @marketingprofs.bsky.social says, “You're capable of all this. The robots are not.” We've got more tips on essential leadership skills: #AI #Leadership #B2BMarketing #MarketingLeadership tprk.us/4bJ0C6w

This is how @hcrichardson.bsky.social begins her letter today. There’s no simpler, more accurate way to frame this: “Today, President Trump ambushed Ukraine president Zelensky in an attack that seemed designed to give the White House an excuse for siding with Russia in its war on Ukraine.”

At the point of February where I’m googling “why is it so windy” and “why am I so cold”

A reminder that taking care of your mental and emotional health is inherently an act of resistance against people and organizations intentionally trying to sabotage it for their benefit.

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:

Love love love that Chappell Roan uses her win to fires shots at the labels while READING FROM HER NOTEBOOK. Iconic moment - what a queen #grammys

Went for a walk this afternoon & bumped into a message from our democracy:

The correct take on the TikTok theatrics from @michaeljbarber.bsky.social.

Dear Everyone in 2025: For your consideration, here’s my annual What’s In/What’s Out list.

Is today Monday? Or are we still on holiday break?

Merry Everything from Maine

Accidentally opened my work email today

“Sincerely, Lid” Brands who write playful copy are my favorite. PS Not “brands THAT write…” because while that’s technically more accurate… my first impulse was to think of the pint of black cherry choco chip as a “who.” Which is the point, ya know? #copywriting @vanleeuwenicecream.bsky.social

Winter sky showing ✨ How to Solstice ✨ like a champ

It’s Winter Solstice. Each day, we get 1 min more of sunlight. I used to barely acknowledge it. But 1 year, teens in my neighborhood asked us to put lit candles outside at dusk. We walked around, looking at them. Some of us friends, some of us strangers, together celebrating a sliver of light.

Yes. No notes.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign manager and daughter-in-law Amaryllis Fox Kennedy is making a push to serve as deputy director at the CIA next year — and RFK Jr. is making calls on her behalf, Axios has learned. www.axios.com/2024/12/10/r...

Never forget this legendary moment from the Eras Tour stop in Cincinnati

Presenting Biscuit. This girlie’s owner passed away, and she needs a home. 🙏

Making tea in a hotel room in Belgium. As the electric kettle boiled & shut off, it tripped a breaker, plunging the whole room into total darkness. I was so shook that I momentarily thought my mug of camomile had taken out the entire city of Brussels. 😳

Conference networking pro tip: Create a QR code with your contact info & tattoo it on your body 😂 #marketing

Great use of language @hcrichardson.bsky.social: “South Koreans’ immediate/aggressive response to a man trying to take away democratic rights is an inspiration. For all the claims that autocracy can react quicker than democracy can, in fact autocrats are brittle. Democracy is determined &resilient.”

On an overnight flight & flying is wild. You don’t know the name of the guy near you. But you know he likes gin & the part of Bridesmaids he laughs at. It’s a parody of intimacy. Flying is a zero world—separate from yet literally parallel to daily life. Also I can’t sleep. This is my plane-brain.

Goals. All of it.

What is Wicked REALLY About? Director John Chu on the parallels between Trump/Wizard & Elphaba/Kamala: A “leader who gaslights a community that a woman is wicked because she’s standing up for a marginalized group of people…? How could that be [political]?” www.elle.com.au/culture/ente...

Wicked lives up to the hype! The best part is how at almost 3 hrs it’s still only HALF the story. In a world of TikTok attention spans & hot takes flying at us as fast as possible… the makers of Wicked went the opposite direction to give the story & characters time to fully develop & breathe. 👏

Goob mornnings from Lola who would like you to know that I’m sitting in her favorite spot on the couch & *how dare I*

Took me a minute. I don’t know this person. But we’d definitely be friends. #wordplay

“Is everyone gone now?”

Augie decisively rejects anything that doesn’t align with his personal values. Like greens beans. And fascism. Be like Augie.

Wearing my “Analog” hat today to celebrate my favorite four-day SLAMS LAPTOP SHUT TIL MONDAY weekend of the year!

My inbox today is a weird mix of 2 kinds of people: - those sending emails just to get it off their desk before the holiday; - people already saying “let’s circle back in 2025.” I think I’m the latter. You?

Good luck tomorrow, everyone!

“I’m stealing this.” I get that we say this is a compliment. But increasingly it feels… off. Maybe instead of “I’m stealing this” we try “I love this & will repost it everywhere with full cred and a hyperlink, because attribution matters.”

I will cheer on anyone who wants to write a book. I’m not precious about how: Self-publish! Hybrid-publish! Whatever works to get your ideas out of your noggin & into the world. But we gotta draw the line at these 8000 new AI-written, AI-edited books. Ick. www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...

Emily Dickenson’s fruitcake recipe has a lawless *19 eggs* in it.

Ok… Who here knits? Because this is fantastic.

Procrastibaking update: Made decent progress on the project due before Thanksgiving. Also made rolls. 🍞 Have decided writing & bread-baking belong together. Both are slow & deliberate & require stretches that look like doing nothing when that’s actually when alchemy happens.

A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)

I have a project due before Thanksgiving, but today I spent the day baking instead of working on it. In my defense, it was raining. Should I start a Starter Pack for my fellow Procrastibakers…? 🍞 🥖 🎂