Today! @dansinker.com is still in paradise while @maureenjohnsonbooks.com is trapped in a hell of her own refinishing. But they still find time to talk Mitch, RFK jr, and the reflecting pool on today's Says Who! sayswhopodcast.com/episodes/fai...

*writes down note under DEADLINE IDEAS*

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

I am in NYC. There were two overflow morgues within blocks of my apartment. I used to have to walk past one every day when walking my dog. The ambulances suddenly seemed to go quiet--because when they got to people, sometimes they were already gone. I saw people coming out in body bags too often.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

So, now is a good time to mobilize to help protect immigrant neighbors. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is hosting virtual ICE-spotting & KYR trainings this evening & Tuesday. Please consider signing up. (2/3)

Know Your Rights & ICE Spotting Training with Hands Off NYC [Virtual] · Hands Off NYC

Join us for a free virtual Know Your Rights training where you'll learn what to do if you see immigration agents — at home or in your community — and how to protect yourself, your loved ones and your ...

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There needs to be a term for when someone tries to mansplain you a topic they learned about five minutes ago that you literally wrote the book about.

I've been watching Dark Winds while Oscar is away and why have I waited so long? IT'S SO GOOD.

I keep thinking about how I had to call the Anthropic settlement line for help when their terrible site kept borking and I also said, "Hey your database is also all wrong." And they said, "Yeah, we know." And I said all of this should have been built better and they said, "Coding is hard."

Never fold for a JKR or a Trump or any of these types. Nothing fills their sucking void of a personality. How dare you ever spoke about them! They will just keep coming for you.

Holl🌞@willows-song.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is why you dont try to compromise or concede anything to these horrors

Alright guess my next deep dive is gonna be Black libraries

Fugitive Libraries

In what ways do libraries act as ‘instruments of social control,’ and how could they be made into instruments of restoration, reparation, or transformation?

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It's important to learn from your mistakes and then just repeat them over and over because there's a good idea under there somewhere you just have to find it.

Day seven of: Maureen Refurbishes the Entire Bedroom Including the Bedroom Set and The Walls and Everything Also Works and Walks the Dog a Lot and Also Lots of Family Drama and, you know, I made some choices. I understand that.

Dreamt it was @maureenjohnsonbooks.com’s ninth summer sponsoring lobstering licenses for local teenagers needing a way to make money. “The greatest skill you can learn when you‘re young is how to persist,” she said, and then jumped into the briny water holding a basket. “That, and grip strength.”

Move slower and make less stuff.

MAINTENANCE: knock knock hello hopefully you aren't doing anything weird someone said the showers are running cold and can we come in to look at yours? ME:

Riff Raff (Richard O'Brien) from Rocky Horror

Alt: Riff Raff (Richard O'Brien) from Rocky Horror looking like an abolsute boss opening the door and saying hello

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I’m so sick of the both sides-ing. AI is creating monumental existential problems for book publishing but okay cool it makes metadata easier. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

AI May Be Making Publishing Easier, But It’s Still Not Easy

At an online summit cohosted by industry platform Publishing Signal, participants agreed that AI is accelerating the pace of production and lowering some costs, but core questions about curation, audi...

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Dreamt I was chillin’ at @maureenjohnsonbooks.com house, watching her sand away her bedroom set for a week before she finally said to me, “Sean, you never saw what happened here,” and ordered someone to come over from TaskRabbit to help. This is who showed up at the apartment twenty minutes later:

This is exactly the kind of thinking that explains why I got stuck under a pile of my own furniture an hour ago.

maybe: annie rauwerda@annierau.bsky.social · 7d ago

starting a collection of quotes like this

Guess who has two orbital sanders and is now looking for a good place for a basic refurbishment on a bedroom set?

I didn't get where I am by doing things the smart way.

ME: Why did I think I know how to refinish furniture? ALSO ME: OF COURSE YOU CAN YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ANYTHING AT ALL JUST SAND HARDER DON'T ASK FOR HELP

Are you good with refinishing furniture? Do you like authors and dogs? Please come at once serious inquiries only.

I'm saying I'm in too deep to stop is what I am saying.

this is how i lose

ALT: this is how i lose

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First gel stain attempt on raw wood has turned out really badly and blotchy. So what I need now is one of those helpful lesbian women I love who make reels on Insta about how they will help any neighbor with a project that requires tools and know-how. Still I will sand and PERSIST because I HAVE TO.

ME, WHEN HUSBAND IS HOME: I’ve just made us a simple tagine with four accompaniments all at different temperatures ME, WHEN HE’S AWAY: *quietly eats a used kitchen sponge in the dark*

"There's no way out but through," she said, ordering a second, this time cordless, orbital sander in a week. "No way out but through."

"Trans people require lifelong medical care" Everyone requires lifelong medical care you fucking dipshit

The Man in the High Castle destroyed every swastika prop after filming, so nothing could end up as a souvenir or extremist symbol.

My orbital sander is arriving today. *waits excitedly by door*

Hi, vernacular architectural historian here! So what’s happened here is basically yeah that’s a gate to hell

Dave Gilbert@wadjeteyegames.com · 2w ago

Found this gate in York. It had a standard lock, plus a padlock and a chain holding it shut. It was very very securely closed. The only thing on the other side is a blank wall. The only conclusion I can make is that this is a magic portal to hell.