Their insidious scheme worked, I went to McDonalds for the 1st time in at least 7 years bc I covet the Hello Kitty x Godzilla team-up. And I got…a plush FIFA toy. What the hell? @fishinnards.bsky.social got Keroppi King Ghidorah, tho, so that was nice.

God tier

jenni@msjennimiller.bsky.social · 18h ago

I don't want to brag, but I just gave three different sorts of churu to three different cats at the same time, and no one was murdered, including/especially me.

Please enjoy 40 seconds of goldfinch & chipmunk taking time out from trying to murder each other to peaceably enjoy some coneflower seeds, as shot thru a screened & rain-smudgy window. Sound optional (really only for fans of the Cursed Clock, with guest appearance by beeping coffeemaker)

This worked its way into my dreams in ways that I, honestly, probably deserved. 🤣

Rebecca Stone Gordon@meanlouise.bsky.social · 2d ago

Questions not answered by the sign on my Gatorade with a Shot of Liquid Cheese kiosk?

sure Columbia House would get you 12 tapes or CDs for a penny, but turning a gallon of sewage into clean water takes less than 2 pennies and somehow we're the ones still making ends meet.

Columbia House Is Shutting Down

We, too, were shocked they still existed

pitchfork.com

Mike has been reporting daily from the Mall with photos of the NASCAR wackadoodle thing being built, and you should really follow him.

LightMikey@lightmikey.bsky.social · 2d ago

Speaking of pedestrian bridges, I hope you don't have mobility issues, because the race don't care. And those half rotted planks are probably good for a few thousand people over the next week. This is just the start of the stupid for the next week. 2/2

I guess it’s good to realize I still have the capacity to be shocked. 🤬 I don’t even know why I find this surprising, but here we are.

LightMikey@lightmikey.bsky.social · 2d ago

Speaking of pedestrian bridges, I hope you don't have mobility issues, because the race don't care. And those half rotted planks are probably good for a few thousand people over the next week. This is just the start of the stupid for the next week. 2/2

Next Wednesday I'm giving my 'what was filmed at Highgate Cemetery' talk online. As much about what it's like for a cemetery to be a location as the filming itself. But there's lots of cool and rare clips!

Beyond the Graves - Highgate Cemetery on Film and Television. Online talk. - Arnos Vale

A talk on how Highgate Cemetery has been portrayed in film and TV and what it reveals about its history and cultural image.

arnosvale.org.uk

🔥FINAL DAY!🔥The sun may be shining but it's never too early to hoard books for when the nights draw in. And the story that began my writing career, The Making of Gabriel Davenport, is only 99c/99p for a limited time! #booksky mybook.to/TheMakingofGabrielDavenport

I definitely don’t have FOMO.

Ann VanderMeer@annvandermeer.bsky.social · 3d ago

Good morning, Weirdlings! I'm up and looking forward to today. I'm on two panels this morning. Illness and Disease in Weird Fiction at 9:30am and The Future of Cosmic Horror at 11am. Morning walk complete. Let's dance! #NecronomiConPVD

@cmzparker5.bsky.social @fixcircle.bsky.social @littlepagem.bsky.social Apologies for reaching out here, I’m in transit. We’ve had NG parked at Joe Cole and patrolling around the rec and Wheatley the past few days. This is unacceptable and intimidating generally, especially with school starting. 1/

Please assist in all the ways you can. We’ve got our neighborhood network to help protect families and staff, but this is now becoming a steady occupation of our school and recreation sites and it is unacceptable. 2/2

D.C. is still occupied by the Guard–and they don't always just 'stand around' like people claim.

With the National Guard in D.C., There Is Always the Threat of Completely Unaccountable Violence

They’re not always just standing around like people claim. There is always the threat of unaccountable violence. While I’m not naive about the various immunities and protections police …

mikethemadbiologist.com

Jaime Fearer@bogrosemary.bsky.social · 4d ago

Please assist in all the ways you can. We’ve got our neighborhood network to help protect families and staff, but this is now becoming a steady occupation of our school and recreation sites and it is unacceptable. 2/2

Amidst union negotiations in Hampden, MOMs has banned its workers from wearing respiratory safety masks unless they get a doctor's note. Masking makes EVERYONE safer and should not be impeded. Email the owner and demand he respect workers' safety rights and public health! tinyurl.com/supportmomsw...

Attention Ecologists! We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists. The First Lego League Teams need to speak with a scientist about their projects every year. Every year it's a different type of scientist. Last year was archaeologists. This year, ecologists! Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 5d ago

If a fish was a schoolteacher would they wear a short sleeve button up shirt and a tie, or JUST a tie?

Happy @samer.is birthday to all who celebrate! But mostly to Samer.

Heather Goss@heathermg.bsky.social · 5d ago

It’s @samer.is birthday so we are celebrating with all his favorite things: a sunny walkabout in Reykjavík before a 4+ hour (!!) dinner at Óx.

"That distinction matters to our readers, and we will not paper over it." Ryan sure knows his audience

The Alexandria Brief@alexandriabrief.com · 5d ago

It happens almost every day. A shooting, a fire, a development project — described as occurring in Alexandria when the address is actually in Fairfax County.

This is the true promise of the internet realized. ♥️

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission@cpsc.gov · 5d ago

Website of Dreams

I have now learned that the couple who tried to sell their giant skeleton for above retails are getting divorced. They should have listened.

Rebecca Stone Gordon@meanlouise.bsky.social · 2y ago

This wasn’t a joke, btw. These bad boys are on sale at Home Depot but I’d much rather buy a local that’s not gonna fit in someone’s storage, a situation which will inevitably lead to marital disputes & a slow bitter slide towards divorce. Let me save your marriage! Sell me your Giant HD skeleton!

I’ve revised my asssessment of the sun’s level of evil in light of this fabulous art & my happy herb garden. But it only goes down 2 or maybe 3 levels. That thing still has a lot to answer for & it’s not off the hook yet.

Dr Aisling Tierney@irishashyt.bsky.social · 5d ago

These are probably the crispest cyanotypes I have achieved to date! Adapted from authentic range of knapped flint from various prehistoric archaeological contexts. Handmade A5 print tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4555... #archeology #prehistory #prehistoric #flintknapping #archaeology

ALX/Del Ray Skeeters: I believe I have lured Stefanie, the world’s best art framer, to Bluesky. But there may also have been tangents about the evilness of the sun, what a terrible mistake humans made being made of meat, jazz hands, & the value of the @alexandriabrief.com - so, anything could happen

This video is excellent. And important. I know a woman who fell, could not get up, and lay there, alone with her dog, for three days until my mother happened to find her (she survived, barely). It is a truly horrible, traumatizing thing to happen to anyone.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 6d ago

I'm a big fan of Upright Health (many of his mobility exercises have been EXCELLENT for me), but I feel like this video (with the accurate yet clickbait-y title) is something a lot of people might benefit from seeing.

Further evidence that the sun is evil

Meredith Guthrie@meredithea.bsky.social · last wk.

I forgot to update this, but: for the 1st time, I had a spot that turned out to be skin cancer. I’m having it removed later this month. I might end up with half an eyebrow, but that’s better than cancer, soooo. (I might ask for help figuring out eyebrow pencils?)

Tuition was $200 a year. ($62,680 + fees now). Next post is a link to last year’s exhibit of original documents from the archives. I didn’t post this in the Spring bc too many of you were climbing the mountains of application madness with your high school children & I didn’t wish to harm you.

Solar eclipse today. Save your eyes from the sun.

Don’t forget to wear your protective eyewear while viewing the eclipse! #IndianaBones

Ok. Pilot episode on. 2nd cuff started. Mulder & Scully are counting on me. LFG. That is some fluffy fluffy 1993 hair. Whew.

Rebecca Stone Gordon@meanlouise.bsky.social · last wk.

I’ll happily knit heavy wool stuff all summer long. I also knit more portable smaller or summer-friendly projects. Who wants to knit with a growing Nordic sweater in their lap unless AC. Those things are made of sheep! But when we’re living on the surface of the sun like this I rack up sad UFOS.*

I’ll happily knit heavy wool stuff all summer long. I also knit more portable smaller or summer-friendly projects. Who wants to knit with a growing Nordic sweater in their lap unless AC. Those things are made of sheep! But when we’re living on the surface of the sun like this I rack up sad UFOS.*

I taught this book when it was published & I still think about what an absolute crime it is that Borsook didn’t get the acclaim she deserved. Things could have been so much different, but I’m grateful this work is getting a new life. There’s a preorder link in the 🧵

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: I had the pleasure of profiling Paulina Borsook, whose book Cyberselfish, about the early tech industry, is a great key to understanding why it’s so bad today. For her trouble, Borsook has had a very weird and bad 25 years, something she calls “a curse.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...