Emma Cifrino (dr. maine witch, DMA, PhD)

The Critical Darlings episode on You Can See Everything is an absolute must-listen, Jia Tolentino has the most compelling read on Holmes I’ve heard yet.

I would like to announce that today I made a very tasty stir fry sauce out of soy sauce, sesame oil, gochujang paste, and apple cider. Cooked tofu, Napa cabbage, and dangmyeon (sweet potato noodles) in it and both Anne & I thought it was delicious.

r / kpop_uncensored is doing public musicology you guys!

Snick is in Clothes Jail because she is scratching her neck too much but unfortunately for her it’s way too cute

unbelievably silly day topped off by having to search for a spare key in the dark with teenagers I was supposed to be coaching on Brahms

literally why would you use AI art when you could scroll through open source paintings from museums and find a cool art for your thing AND also look at million funny pictures of extremely bored people sitting for portraits

Here's a photo of a helicopter landed on Joanne's 227 foot support yacht that follows around her 290 foot main yacht

finally got the September roundup posted, where I of course gush about CYE’s jazz-infused EP and cry a little over Soyeon: www.mainewitchonpop.com/blog/september-2026-k-pop-roundup

Analytical writing produced by AI is not good quality, hope that helps.

Damn, this is masterful.

my stupid face/eye still hurts! illegal!

I just burst out laughing in this diner because BBC News showed a tweet from Macron which began “No room for violence in our Republic.” Oh WORD?????? THEE French Republique????? That one??? My, my, my. Modern executioners carry erasers instead of axes.

This is inspiring in the way that kids running a lemonade stand to pay for their friend's chemotherapy is inspiring: the kids are amazing but they should never have to do this. if this inspires you at all, let it inspire you to create a real right to vote so they can just vote on campus.

YESSS FINALLY…of course I’m still mostly trapped inside trying to convince my immune system to restart but at least it’s fall!

reached SEVERE comfort-food cravings in my current convalescence which of course means it’s time for Her

WOW so much good food here, I am genuinely stoked to get to work.

Boosting! This is relevant to several things I’m working on right now and I want to build up my reading list.

it’s pretty crazy how much better I feel when I’m dosed to the gills on NSAIDs and potent antivirals! right now it feels like I got punched in the eye but several weeks ago rather than several hours ago!

real question: why are antiviral pills so giant? keep in mind that I have pretty large hands for an average woman (I wear a size 9 ring for example) so this thing is a monster compared to most tablets

Today marks 28 years since Matthew Shepard died, beaten to death for daring to be out in 1998. In 2021, his mother Judy testified for my bill to ban the anti-LGBTQ panic defense here in Virginia so people kill or assault us for simply existing. I’m grateful for her work and the advocates who helped.

of all the people who should not want to play this particular game, jd vance is at the top of the list