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affirmations: - tomorrow I will be normal - I am doing a good job - nobody whose opinion I respect is mad at me - I am not “muppet-coded”

Never let someone tell you that you must excuse owning enslaved people or participating in killing Native people because someone was "of their time". Silas Soule was of the same time.

Bookshop has price-matched! 2.99 for an ebook AND supports indie stores!

The New PJs (1/4)

Happy Pride month to the whole LGBTQNJ+ rainbow!

Yesterday I witnessed something extraordinary: the author Sarah Wynn-Williams sitting silent on a stage at @hayfestival.bsky.social. And she got a standing ovation. I hope the attempt to censor her backfires magnificently. I have just ordered her book. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Now why did just realizing tonight is Gritty's first playoff game make me emotional?

"The net effect would be to disadvantage the people the FDA exists to protect. ... The proposed new directives are not small adjustments or coherent policy updates. ... These arguments misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record." —former FDA commissioners writing in NEJM

It is not about that. It is about living life. It is about doing your best, trying to leave something positive behind yourself. It is about stopping to complain. It is about seeing light and being that light for others.

My kid: I always thought CS Lewis ruined Narnia by having Susan abandon it for "lipstick and boys". As if girls are only interesting when they're prepubescent. Me: Well...it was the 40s Kid: you know what else was written in the 40s? Moomin. And that shit is woke AF.

Me the first week after buying a bass: cool, cool. I can do this. Me after following lessons for a year, trying to learn jazz and metal songs: fuck, this is hard.

I am a master at compartmentalizing but I have unexpectedly run out of compartments so I am going to need nothing dire or even just upsetting to happen for the next little bit while I restack my hard drive

The idea that there’s some sort of profound philosophical or spiritual difference between someone who was born in 1970, 1980, 1990, or 2000 is INSANE. It’s nuts. But everyone just goes “yeah I’m generation glorp and I def think my spiritual path was set by my particular breakfast cereal jingles.”

On a flight to YYZ. The fellow next to me has "Highway to the Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins queued up on his iphone. Just when they kick in the jets to take off he hits play, looks out the window, and does a sharp salute and a thumbs up, just like Maverick in the movie. I love people sometimes.

Something to keep in mind for 2025 Written by James Miller of A Small Fiction

Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️

A useful feature they could add to bluesky is labels to clarify if someone in your feed is going through a personal crisis or live reacting to football

Nothing in the Saw franchise compares to the cruelty of Love Actually

thrilled to run this essay in @thebarbedwire.bsky.social thebarbedwire.com/2024/12/26/b...

Next year Netflix should have a Beyoncé concert and have the NFL play for 10 minutes at intermission

How does 5 degrees of recline for Seat 9E turn into 45 degrees of recline into the lap of 10E? Is it related to the Doppler Effect?

Found this article in the Guardian today (hello, Teeth Face 🍄): Toadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024 www.theguardian.com/environment/... #SaveDeadBoyDetectives #GhostsOfNetflixPast

May the gods bless Staten Island's art community. gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

CASA BONITTO!!!! #ProBowlVote + Nik Bonitto

Repurposed Assad tank in Syria.

Texas Bans Sale Of Luggage To Pregnant Women

Please remember that while Travis Hunter was playing nearly every snap on offense and defense on his way to winning a Heisman, this young man also earned a 4.0 GPA. #CUBuffs

You know the drill 🥹🥹🥹

Your 2024 Heisman Trophy winner is Colorado WR/DB Travis Hunter.

GM Bluesky. It's the 100th anniversary of the premiere of this work, won't you enjoy this stirring rendition?

Seen on a reddit thread - "We boil all our raw milk just in case". Great idea. If only somebody had thought of that. Somebody named Louis. If only.

More Parents Say Allowing Child To Play Football Not Worth Risk Of Being Drafted By Jets theonion.com/more-parents...