Kerri

Election Day is a week from tomorrow and early voting has started in much of the country. If you’ve been waiting to make a difference in the midterms, now is the time!

The Serpent of Venice, in which a diminutive fool named Pocket, with the help of a dragon and Marco Polo, solves the racism and antisemitism in The Merchant of Venice and Othello. $1.99 wherever you buy your ebooks.

It's both #AceWeek and the itchio Halloween Sale 2026, so Werecockroach is $0.74 on itchio for a limited time. This is a gentle novella of alien first contact and cockroach shapeshifters with an aroace lead. polenth.itch.io/werecockroach

Our county got new voting machines this year, so I used our new accessible ballot-marking device for the first time. You vote with this little handheld keypad that's hooked up to the machine and your ballot's printed out once you've marked it. It was like voting with a Game Boy.

Afternoon all. It's a beautiful day to vote early here in NY. Just cast my ballot for Gov. Hochul, Rep. Suozzi, and the rest of the state and local Dems. Now I have a whole week to stress and pray and pay more attention to poll numbers from other states than I really should.

Much as I love Skyscraper, it's gotten this song stuck in my head, so now it's your problem. https://youtu.be/r_8ydghbGSg?is=3jofcKXMm1aRBOSJ

Early voting in New York starts today! Today is also the last day to register to vote, so if you haven’t registered yet, take action now. Anyone who registers today can vote the same day!

Early voting is how stop Trump’s election sabotage, so we need to continue pushing for bigger and bigger numbers. Use this No Kings tool to make a plan to vote early and share it widely to encourage your friends and family to do the same: www.nokings.org/vote-plan?SQ...

Oh look, it's me posting on yet another combined Bluesky/Mastodon app, but this one might be a keeper. Beautifully accessible and also lets you view RSS feeds and YouTube channels in-app. Thanks @fastfinge.interfree.ca for the rec. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skyscraper-social/id6754198379

I can carry hundreds of books in my pocket, and with a refreshable Braille display, I can access most things almost instantly. They even have displays for tactile graphics now, wish I'd had that in school.

Mr. Beat is one of my favorite history/politics YouTubers. Here's his latest video, share it with anyone you know who might still be on the fence about voting.

If you’re in one of these battleground states or districts, you can help win the midterms by talking to your neighbors: 2026.indivisible.org/n2n/

Your guide to voting in New York's 2026 elections for governor and Congress gothamist.com/news/your-gu...

And the skeletons are… ?

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

Hey it's Wednesday and if you see one of your elected officials on this list take 5 minutes to reach out and tell them transphobia will not get them reelected. Then reach out to two friends and ask them to do the same. Oh shit! You're organizing!

Vote as early as you can. In person, if you can. Be as obnoxious as possible about letting others know they should do the same. "Voting early is the biggest expression of middle fingers up."

It's after midnight. I'm writing up my first character for a new Pern RPG. There's LCD Sound System and MGMT on the radio. I've somehow traveled back to 2011. My past self wants to know how Glee ended and what happened in 2016. Should I tell her?

This is really worth watching.

This is the stuff.

Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers for making the World Series for the first time in 42 years! Wire-to-wire best team in the National League this year. So well deserved!

Happy-making Things: text-banking for the DCCC and getting enthusiastic responses, Twix ice-cream bars, new-to-me books, post-season baseball, (go Brewers!!), and this. Olivia+Chappell = expectations exceeded!!

‘expectations’ were high for the new collab between Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan, and they were met. Roan guested on Rodrigo’s remix of her song, and David Byrne appeared in the music video.

As a reminder: The polls made it sound like Hillary & Kamala were going to win. I know midterms aren't the same, but goddamnit please make sure you're registered to vote & make a plan. With the shit they might try to pull, we may need a super-dee-dupermajority to overcome their thumb on the scale.

Don’t believe the polls. Don’t believe the news that they’ve finally seen the light. Vote as early as you can, in person if you can. Be as annoying as possible about reminding everyone you know that voting starts soon.

Sharing this because NYers who are unenthusiastic about casting a vote for Kathy Hochul need to know that the alternative, Bruce Blakeman, is a genuinely evil piece of shit. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/n...

Appropriately spent this National Coming Out Day at Walt Whitman's birthplace, which is about 20 minutes from my house. Yes, his scandalous poetry and possible homosexual relationships were mentioned in the displays. Need to actually read the parts of Leaves of Grass they left out of English class.

Happy Coming Out Day! 🏳️‍🌈⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ You get to decide if, when, how, how many times, and who gets to know you. If you choose not to come out for whatever reason; you are no less queer. & to those who have been outed before they were ready, you still belong here.

Rooting for a Tampa Bay vs Milwaukee World Series that ends in extra innings in Game 7 when everybody agrees they’re all winners and they all share their snacks.

The 2026 midterm elections are almost here. Check out the 2026 Election Tab in the NPR app for essential national and local updates 🗳️ n.pr/4y5hz4I

Vote as early as possible. In person, if possible. Make it so all ballot fuckups and cheats come from the GOP side. And be the annoying friend who never shuts up about this.

I'm a Mets fan and I approve this message.

As a Nassau County resident, for the love of God DO NOT let Blakeman beat Hochul!! You know all those reasons you appreciate living in a blue state even if you're in a reddish part of it? Remember those and vote like they could be lost at any time.

Watching the #Islanders home opener, where before the game, a 105-year-old WWII veteran played the national anthem on the sax. Sounded great, and brought our guys good luck, it's 3-0 Isles in the 2nd!

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Early voting is one of our most important tools for defeating election sabotage. Make your plan and spread the word.

Really good news for Americans! I hope the UK will adopt this guidance too.

Good morning from the land of wind and rain. Power and Internet are still on, hopefully that won't change. Stay safe and dry fellow Northeasterners.

NYC braces for two days of rain and wind as coastal flooding threat grows gothamist.com/news/nyc-bra...

What ho, the exceedingly bright full moon and the screaming fox remind me: for the first time in forever, it’s Alexander night! Get yourself a book about a werewolf lord who’s stuck playing best man in a world where weddings can be deadly supernatural affairs. bsky.app/profile/anna...