fewer than 1% of the human population will ever get to type a comeback as contextually devastating as this

A magnificent new champion for Aotearoa! Fast, fierce, and fearless. Of the top 10 birds, only 2 are listed as "doing ok" - the rest are all "in serious trouble", including our wonderful falcon. 😳 www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/ka...

They don't imagine themselves sexist. They don't imagine themselves racist. But fear of cities & what they represent (which is to say, a great mass of strangers of all kinds) they will admit to instantly & implacably, & above all they hate that their taxes go to subsidize it

Same people, different lived environments

Three major crashes today on roads where the current NZ govt *increased* the speed limit (previously lowered for safety reasons) in pursuit of "productivity"? Serious injuries. Lengthy closures. Costly disruptions to lives, whānau, the transport network, our health system. This is not productive. 😞

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

Just to let you know I won’t be attending the Riyadh Copyediting Festival.

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

I swear to dog I read this as "Weird *AL*" and was really confused for a minute. Then I figured it out and I'm still confused but about different things now

it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation

the thing about cognitive decline is that humans are incredibly good at masking it, intentionally or not, and do so almost obligatorily; one of the issues with research into this is that you really only get subjects who are VERY impaired, because that's when it's obvious

gentle reminder for anyone who is anticipating the need for caramelized onions later this week: you should probably start now

#Cleveland #Booksky! Get yourselves to Loganberry Books for @bschillace.brandyschillace.com’s THE DEAD COME TO STAY, brought to your eager eyes by @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

ICYMI… #kikorangi DST time, Aotearoa NZ www.whatdate.co.nz/daylight-sav...

One of five Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate in Iowa. #IASen

Updated post with more context. DSM school district says: -"third-party comprehensive background check was conducted" when Roberts was hired -Roberts "completed the I-9 employment eligibility verification form and submitted the required documentation" 1/ www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

you win if you fight

Do not bow down to these people. Do not allow them to convince you that you must. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...

My spouse has this thing he calls “grasshopper moments” —from when he was a kid and he realized that grasshoppers are called that because they hop in the grass. I was today years old when I realized that quart is short for a quarter of a gallon. As in a quart of milk. I have a PhD.

The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.

@grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social, if you’ve never been to Cleveland, Ohio, you’re overdue a wee visit to their remarkable Museum of Art’s #Egyptian room

"edgelord" is such a great coinage, because it sounds as if it's about to describe something really stupid and then it does

They don’t bother contacting families when they shuttle migrants to facilities hundreds of miles away, or when they deport them to third countries. So yeah, this sounds right.

Look what we have here then.

Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered the next kids' book, DEAD ENDS! There's still some signed copies available from @mysteriousbookshop.com, if you're interested. It's so hard to cut through the noise at the moment, so @tealcartoons.bsky.social and I really appreciate your support. 👇

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‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’ It was originally ‘ekename.’ ‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.” Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it. Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'

Since 2016, at least nine current and former security guards and a cashier have sued the Fine Arts Museums, alleging a decade-long pattern of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation... The city has doled out more than $1 million across seven settlements. sfstandard.com/2025/09/24/l...

As I was saying…

So @jimmykimmel.com's first words back tonight--"As I was saying..."-- were an homage to Tonight Show host Jack Paar, who used those words when he returned after walking out on his show in a censorship dispute with NBC. From 65 years ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhQ...

whoa. Every single one of the Sinclair advert buyers on this list is automotive or automotive related (insurance). That is one aspect of the power in our society held by car companies that I haven't seen studied enough.

It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away. And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.

@petridishes.bsky.social in July: "Everything is serious, until it’s suddenly a joke & u were a fool for not laughing.Everything is a joke, until suddenly it’s serious & how dare u laugh.Everyone is trolling, until they aren’t, & even when they aren’t, they are." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Something I think we’re not talking about enough with all this autism bullshit is how, no matter what, it’s always blamed on the pregnant mother.

With a daughter at J. Pace in Saugus, #MA, schooling her in the food of our people!

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Love it when one of my top ten movies overlaps with my lived experience! Except...wait, um—maybe not?

Never mind

With 29% of all trips made by bike and 64% of bike trips made by women, Osaka is a cycling city beyond compare. What makes it even more remarkable is these gains were made in spite of very little dedicated infrastructure. So what can we learn from a place that didn't build it, and they came anyway?🧵

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Caltrain is celebrating the first anniversary of its fully electrified service! This past year has brought record ridership, cleaner air for our communities, and faster, more frequent service for riders throughout the Peninsula. ✨🚆 Read more about the year: www.caltrain.com/news/caltrai...

the strangeness of the current moment lies in how the administration is consolidating authoritarian power while also being extremely weak

I happen to be re-reading one of my favorite books right now, & the news keeps updating the experience

"history is also going to remember the cowards who definitely knew better but still let things happen—whether it was for money, convenience, or just comfort. Use ... the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away: F**k you. Make me.”" www.pajiba.com/news/john-ol...

Welcome to my syllabus on Romantic and Victorian literature

Thread. Doctors' strike.

Libraries are what's up