Mr President, we have no time to waste. Get in the back of this horse costume
Tara Anderson
@taraeanderson.bsky.social
Writer, musician, parent, instigator. Podcast producer. I’ve got four college degrees, two kids, a dog, and endless wanderlust. Jeopardy champ.
My 12-year-old is super into making ikebana arrangements these days.
In retrospect, when Americans sincerely believed that J Lo had the biggest butt in the world, I should have known that this country would fall for anything.
Hey, here’s a whacked out scenario: If you ever put some of your poop in a box and mailed it to a lab for a cancer screening… Your personal info has probably just been compromised. haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Exact... 💩
Have I Been Pwned: Exact Sciences Data Breach
In July 2026, Exact Sciences (now owned by Abbott Laboratories) was the target of a ShinyHunters "pay or leak" extortion campaign. The group claimed to have obtained data from the company's cancer dia...
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My 12 year old learned how to do ikebana at summer camp and is super excited to keep going at home.
When you, a Gen Xer, go see Hadestown the movie with your teenager and find yourself afterward explaining the concept for Trading Spaces.
This is grim but useful. Save it for yourself or someone else who may need it.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 6d agoWe created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Bono playing audio from his phone of Patti Smith singing for Glen Hansard’s funeral. It’s too much (complicated) sadness.
Adjustable desk lamps are perfect for a proper lighting of your text work, and it increases productivity and work safety. Buy our (since the 1530s) bestselling flying lamp "the dove", and get an extra refill ink pod for free. #skystorians #writingsky
That shadowy place way out there? That is beyond our borders. You must never go there. That is the Big Boy graveyard.
Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.
I saw this tour in Toronto and it was an amazing day. Also, I refuse to believe it was 35 years ago.
Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🌈@rossraihala.bsky.social · 2w agoGreat piece by @chrisrstrib.bsky.social on the first Lollapalooza, which hit Harriet Island 35 years ago tomorrow. I was there, were you? It was my first time seeing Nine Inch Nails and that remains one of my favorite shows of all time. I believe @jakerudh.bsky.social met his wife there?
Just effortlessly magical with an audience, while fixing a string. youtu.be/BlO4w1OAa34?...
Glen Hansard leads crowd in Devil Town while fixing a broken string at MusicNOW
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Absolutely heartbreaking news. I saw him live so many times and he was always incredible. variety.com/2026/music/g...
Glen Hansard, Irish Musician and ‘Once’ Star Who Won Oscar for Best Song, Dies at 56
Glen Hansard, the Irish musician who starred in the film "Once" and won the Oscar for best song, died on Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. He was 56.
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She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.
Dylan Mulvaney's response to Trump's recent attacks on her at the WHCD is worth watching. www.readtpa.com/p/the-punchl...
The Punchline
Dylan Mulvaney did nothing wrong. That's the point.
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The coolest translator of Homer has some things to say about the movie.
Elena Existing@elenaexisting.bsky.social · 2w agoAll the reasons I was disappointed by Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and then some. As the final paragraph suggests, one positive outcome of my disgruntlement with this film was ordering a copy of Wilson's translation.