It’s a long day of merriment here but I woke up early and read @lilyking.bsky.social’s Heart the Lover in nearly one sitting and am hungover with grief and also struck by how good this novel is. Read it when your heart is strong — or when you need fortifying.

There are too many things to hate about the internet but I have a big one. Online shopping now means family (primarily grandparents) send gifts directly to us and suddenly it’s my job to wrap EVERY PRESENT UNDER THE TREE WHEN I HAVE NO TIME OR ENERGY. More bows more tags more paper more time gah

Richie’s transition to Winter Pup is aided by good low winter light making awesome afternoon sun patches.

My daughter’s sixth grade math teacher sent home her family’s holiday card, complete with 11 cocktail recipes telling the story of their 2025 and I LOVE IT.

New from me: In the New Republic @newrepublic.com, I wrote that we should refuse to choose between the easy way and the hard way to boost birth rates.

I'm back with an update. We've got ourselves a Democratic mayor in Pocatello, Idaho -- and by a landslide!

It's literally painful at this point to see winter weather happening everywhere but here. As my daughter said the other day: "What do we want? Snow! When do we want it? Now!"

Veggie burger and fries on Friday nights: 11yo eats only spicy black bean patty with fries; 5yo eats only Bluey sandwich (cheddar cheese with jam on pitas) and fruit, as she refuses all potato products. Cross contamination results in rage.

What’s it like to have kids? Breakfast for dinner and 11yo eats only hashbrowns and fried eggs, hates veggie sausage; 5yo eats only veggie sausage and scrambled eggs, hates hashbrowns. Cross contamination results in rage.

This article is absolutely devastating.

Yet again: don't threaten me with a good time!

I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott

Just a few days ago Ride Wit Me came out of my memory like smoke and I listened to all the Nelly I could. The songs have still got it, my sixth grader agreed.

Top 5 movie genres are: -nothing happens but it’s devastatingly sad -dancing -road trip -family at the holidays -is it comedy? is it drama?

Delighted to see Allison Daminger’s What’s On Her Mind? featured in @annehelen.bsky.social’s Culture Study. One of my favorite books that I’ve read (and was lucky enough to edit as it came to publication). www.patreon.com/posts/143290...

So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.

Yesterday a small winter bird was on our front porch, injured. We didn’t know what to do but sheltered it in case a cat passed by, brought it water, and let it rest. It eventually flew away and what if we were all of us met with shelter, respite, water, and a caring eye?

As I age, I get more emotional about the passing of people I’ve never met, but who have impacted me so much in ways both small and foundational. Today is one of those days, losing @sfdirewolf.bsky.social.

As someone who spent a lot of money on upcoming Thanksgiving travel I DO NOT CARE DONT BACK DOWN MY GOD

In this @latimes.com op-ed, @leahegose.bsky.social draws on her research and volunteer work to show how the SNAP benefits cutoff is worsening hunger. She writes that the Trump administration could fund SNAP during the shutdown but has not, and shares ways readers can help locally. ⤵️

reposting now that I’ve found @leahegose.bsky.social!!

Fantastic op-ed from an excellent sociologist, Leah Gose, on the critical importance of SNAP and the challenge food pantries face in closing an uncloseable gap. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Guys. The Democrat got the highest votes in Pocatello’s mayoral race last night. We are looking at a runoff in December since no one hit 50% (five candidates ran) but that’s never happened in our almost-12 years here.

“Bring It On Home to Me” is probably the best song I’ve ever heard. I will never get tired of it, that “if you ever, change your mind, about leaving — leaving me behind”

Want to speak up for an affordable, inclusive Princeton? Write to us, and get a yard sign! princeton4all.org

Slow Horses. What an utter treat it is.

Pretty heartbreaking stuff to get a massive email from my kids’ school counselor about the resources available for those families that will be hungry starting on Monday.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Slow! Horses!

Breaking point. All over the world. What’s the sound of collective snapping.

I’m hard pressed to think of a greater kitchen table issue than abortion.

A huge swathe of my community is mobilizing to fund our food banks & ensure people will be able to eat when SNAP benefits lapse on Friday. Even some of our local conservative megachurches are getting involved. This crisis has definitely broken through to those who aren't terminally online.

Many food banks also accept & distribute cat and dog food. Many rescues & shelters also have food pantries. (This is also important, because many people will cut back on quality & volume of food they eat. In order to keep their pets safe at home.) ❤️

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

I’ve been regularly volunteering at a food bank for about a year and please, if you want to help, consider donating cash. For $3, they can provide 15 meals and what they can do with the money you might spend on a few cans can be converted to vastly more in fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, or meat.

The apples are really so so good. We bought 70-some pounds today — after having bought 50-some pounds a few weeks ago.

I’m in hiding.

I often share that Idaho is a bellwether for the rest of the country, but is often overlooked because of our small population and (once) fringe politics. But increasingly, as @propublica.org details week after week, Idaho is at fore. Idaho has some dang good journalists too, as ProPublica knows.

We got live tv for the series and if the Mariners don’t win, please leave me alone for a very long time.

Portland was at its weirdest and most glorious and its most powerful and its most peaceful this afternoon. Sometimes the best run isn’t a run at all. It’s a march. This is about running. This is not about running.

2000 people, maybe the largest protest in Pocatello history.

Update: newspaper says 2000 PEOPLE IN POCATELLO!!

Somewhere around 1000 people (heard whispers of 1200) in Pocatello, ID.

I just think AI is so exciting bc it's a machine that you can get wrong answers from, that yields environmental devastation, and is being forced on all of us

Allison Daminger #published "What's on Her Mind?: The Mental Workload of Family Life" with @princetonupress.bsky.social The mental labor that keeps families afloat—and why women do most of it. sociology.wisc.edu/2025/09/24/w...

I can still remember my childhood best friends’ phone numbers.

In honor of Hallowe'en coming up, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand. The reviews are split.