I'm reading a book and really enjoying it. I already knew almost all the words but they're arranged in an order I've never seen before.

I really needed to read this today. People being awesome just for the sake of being awesome is a Very Good Thing.

Kythryne Aisling/Wyrding Studios@wyrdingstudios.com · 2d ago

For anyone entertained by the Candy Tube Saga, here’s the progression over the years. 2020 was an Amazon box and a bunch of packing tape.

This could only be more Pittsburghesque if the photo included an eightysomething nun directing the kids. "Take one and keep it movin'!"

three birds in a trenchcoat@juneberrysprout.bsky.social · 3d ago

I do miss Boyer Candies at Halloween, though I like the Smoothie better. Fun fact: these have paper "coins" inside which can be redeemed for prizes. (They did a thousand years ago when I was a kid, and still do today!)

Chris Briem (www.briem.com)@chrisbriem.bsky.social · 2d ago

Almost gone

Last minute costume idea: Show up to a party you weren’t invited to and where no one likes you, pour out all their drinks — say you’re a data center

Them: "We love to tell stories rooted in classic literature!" Also them: Find us some IP in the public domain, for chrissakes. It's bad enough we have to pay our writers!

The A.V. Club@avclub.com · 3d ago

Gatsby, a modern-day police procedural in development at NBC, will follow detectives Jay Gatsby and Nicole "Nicky" Carraway. tinyurl.com/jw59bwzw

Farewell, captain.

(1) I missed the sci-fi/space opera gene, but even *I* enjoyed Sir Patrick Stewart as Picard. (2) His exuberant performance as Sterling in Jeffrey was perfection, camp rooted in realness. (3) His love for his gorgeous foster dog. He was one of The Good Ones. RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=kErM...

7 Best Patrick Stewart, Pitbull Foster Dog Moments | The Dodo

YouTube video by The Dodo

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THIS PART RIGHT HERE 👇

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 4d ago

As I said, we need to listen to disabled and chronically ill people about how their healthcare system works for them.

A fascinating, thoughtful discussion. I happen to live in an area of the US with a substantial provider shortage - a unique situation where many patients in our local system are seasonal residents from Canada, who struggle with wait times and seek care here (continued).

Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 4d ago

I went on a new Accessible Media Inc. podcast to chat about failures in both the American and Canadian healthcare systems, policies that shape both (including Medicaid cuts in the US), and some of my own experience in Québec trying to get healthcare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPA...

I absolutely 1000 percent support Talarico. But I finally had to unsubscribe/stop messages today. His campaign sent me something **every hour** over the last few days.

Patrick@analogpatrick.bsky.social · last wk.

My support is always with Dem candidates, but this excellent piece outlines some very real concerns about fundraising - and about party leadership. Between ActBlue and candidates who use NGP Van campaign software, I get at least a half dozen texts a day. In recent weeks, it's more like 20.

Holy fuck, a new Everything But The Girl song, album next year. Perfection. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs-N...

Everything But The Girl - Young and Dumb (Official)

YouTube video by EBTGVEVO

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My support is always with Dem candidates, but this excellent piece outlines some very real concerns about fundraising - and about party leadership. Between ActBlue and candidates who use NGP Van campaign software, I get at least a half dozen texts a day. In recent weeks, it's more like 20.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2w ago

If you’re a Democrat with an email address or a phone, you get these pleas: A candidate needs your dollars. Democracy needs your dollars. It doesn’t have to be much—but it can’t be nothing. But where does your donation actually go? trib.al/skt74iy

“My hairdresser’s nephew didn’t speak until he was seven. Then one day, in the parking lot of a Gelson’s, he said, ‘thermodynamics.’ Now he’s a concert pianist.” buff.ly/yvtg5zT

A Field Guide to the Inspirational People You Meet After Having a Disabled Child

“She has known your daughter for approximately eleven seconds, most of which she spent rummaging through her tote bag. She already knows what is wrong. Laven...

mcsweeneys.net

Between this quote, "Pillion," and the film where he plays a sentient wicker basket in the shape of a man, Skarsgard is really representing a whole spectrum of queer love out there!

priscilla page@priscillapage.bsky.social · last wk.

too many guys are bad-weird now, we need more with this kind of good-weird energy

Something I wish more people would realize.

An important note: domestic violence can come in many forms, including emotional abuse. My sister's experience with her emotionally abusive husband was a contributing factor in her death by suicide. Please share this info.

Everytown for Gun Safety@everytown.org · last wk.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 confidential assistance. To speak with a trained advocate, visit thehotline.org or text START to 88788.

I still don't have my ballot. My spouse's ballot arrived 2 weeks ago, a few days after it was mailed.

Jen Fifield@jenafifield.bsky.social · 2w ago

Out today: U.S. Postal Service’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots cast in rural areas, where late-arriving ballots soared in the primaries. With @kbmorales.bsky.social and @msweetharris.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/mail...

The "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game is bullshit and always has been. These crazy bastards used data science to prove it: pudding.cool/2026/10/kevi...

The Real Kevin Bacon

Demystifying the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: the past, present, and future centers of Hollywood

pudding.cool

As a Pittsburgher, I know our local usage of "yinz" apparently came from "you ones" - an attempt to address a plural group - so it's fascinating to see the parallel of "that one."

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2w ago

In 1934, we added a gender-neutral pronoun for a single third person. ‘Thon’ was short for “that one.” It didn’t catch on.

ZIIIING 🎯

The Onion@theonion.com · 2w ago

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

A lot of the malaise in western societies gets attributed to billionaires, government, etc., but a lot of everyday people never stop to consider our own complicity in a culture that demands social cohesion without wanting to lift a finger to contribute to any of it.

Toronto, GTA residents want more officers on streets but most don't want increase in police spending: poll

Toronto and GTA residents want more officers on the streets while at the same time favouring to keep police budgets steady, a new poll says.

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These people don't have even a basic understanding of what those property taxes are covering. Maybe cities should abandon property taxes and start sending a la carte bills for everything. Or deny road access, waste water treatment.....

Politico@politico.com · 2w ago

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

Training period aside....I lasted a week at a bank branch. The managers of that particular branch (of a well known bank, in Columbus, OH) had very dedicated religious beliefs and made the employees pray with them. The anti-LGBTQ everything started on day 3, if I recall.

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 2w ago

In honor of the fired lady tell me about your shortest job tenure. I worked at a candy store for less than 2 weeks when I was like 16

Dear @dylanthyme.bsky.social - I'm pretty sure #ComfortRead is my favorite of yours yet (no disrespect to the other wonderful books that came before it)!

"Age yourself with an image of one of your earliest crushes" I'm so old that there are no existing GIFs of the guys I was crushing on back in the day. I'm not even sure there are daguerreotypes......

This made me cry. A little for me, but mostly for so many others. Cities and places with resources, support, etc. take in the people other areas of the country discard.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4w ago

Holy shit.

I read about this in McDonald's memoir a few years ago. I'm glad his son reconnected with him (and his birth mother). www.avclub.com/michael-mcdo...

58-year-old adopted man finds out Michael McDonald is his biological father

58-year-old adopted man finds out Michael McDonald is his biological father

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'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.

Hi, folks. Writer, native Yinzer now in Pacific Time. Thinking of following me? I post on a wide array of topics. If your feed is all reposts from other sources, single topic content, lots of your OF/JFF grind, or just a constant flood of posts I will block, sorry. All the best, though!