People are SUFFERING. We have to stop acting like everything is okay. It’s not okay. The conditions under which we ALL are living are killing us.
Jen Popa
@jenpopa.bsky.social
Writer. Keeper of a small flock of animals. Eldest daughter feasting exclusively on a diet of low-hanging fruit. A “pick me” but for dogs. https://jenniferpopa.com
Now that I've seen this, I'm totally fine with AI destroying the economy and using up all the water
the beggars out of here getter@milesklee.bsky.social · 6mo ago
The correct song to listen to when going through a car wash is "Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit. I don't make the rules.
idk how to rebuild society for this but i don't think people should be allowed to talk like this without it going very poorly for them
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 8mo agoFuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea
a knockout of a scream from Adam Gianforcaro that I love more and more every reread "I SAY I’LL BE BETTER BUT I WON’T BE BETTER. HUMANS SAY THAT A LOT. THE FIRST PART AT LEAST. ABOUT BEING BETTER. I’M SORRY ABOUT THAT TOO. WE SAY THINGS WE DON’T MEAN..." https://www.havehashad.com/m7psu
An Apology to Scream Over the Wind When You Stumble Upon a Horseshoe Crab at the Delaware Bay by Adam Gianforcaro
I’M SORRY FOR DISTURBING YOU. FOR THE KIDS TWIRLING YOU BY YOUR TAIL AND LEAVING YOU BELLY UP. I AM SORRY FOR ONCE BEING A CHILD. I AM SORRY TOO FOR BEING A MAN. FOR THE NATURE OF MEN. THAT THE SHELLS…
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
Ten inches of snow in North Carolina. My mother used a rake, a broom, and a garden shovel. Someone tried a leaf blower. Midwestern ‘bless your heart’ is standing there silently, then going inside to talk shit.
God took the wrong person from "Home Alone 2." It's really that simple.
This isn’t a season. It’s a hostage situation. I am being unlawfully detained by winter.
Snowstorm people, don’t forget to do your feline enrichment (drip faucets).
oh no, are publishers getting squeamish about buying queer books right now for some impossible-to-guess reason?? sounds like our books need to get even more queer, relentlessly queer, battle-axe queer, cackling queer
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
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Sad girl winter is realizing I’m cursed to reheat the same load of laundry until I die.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but posting “new year, new me” on social media isn’t gonna fix you. That’s what pretty new notebooks are for obviously
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
Participating in the annual holiday tradition of watching It’s a Wonderful Life so Jimmy Stewart can guilt me into survival.
Thank you to @andrewporter01.bsky.social, @kimmagowan.bsky.social, and the editors and readers for spending time with my work. This year has felt endless, and finding a story—making anything at all—has felt like a quiet, radical act. Honored to be a finalist and excited for the forthcoming issue❤️
Pithead Chapel@pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 10mo agoWe are thrilled to announce our 2025 Larry Brown Short Story Contest Results! Judge @andrewporter01.bsky.social Congratulations to all the winners: 1st: Anju Sharma 2nd: MC Schmidt 3rd: Cathy Adams 4th: Lyndsay Hall 5th: Jennifer Popa (@jenpopa.bsky.social)
Appreciation post for Ahmed al-Ahmed. Hero.
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10mo agoThe hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two. He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery. He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
Just learned that my friend’s daughter said I am among her mother’s “coolest” friends because I’m a “baddie who doesn’t take any shit.” So feel free to adjust your opinions accordingly while I go update my LinkedIn.
a little girl is singing into a microphone in a club .
Alt: a little girl is singing into a microphone in a club .
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.