Tiny Orange

So, I've been trying to limit the role that Amazon plays in my life this year. As such, I've removed all three of my novels from Kindle Unlimited and taken them into wide distribution. You can now find Zee, his friends, and their crazy adventures on nearly all major eBook platforms!

A grey cat with her head resting on a couch, looking up

I was missed, nice to be home again

Tomorrow marks the start of petitioning season!!!! And we need your help to collect as many signatures as possible to get on the ballot — and have fun while we do it.

From parties to livestreams to a punk concert, we've got a lot planned this month:

A white sandy path lined with wood posts and rope, lead to two trees reaching over the path that kinda form a heart

What if we kissed under the heart shapes trees over the boardwalk?

ACAB. Always.

The Cowardice of Senate Democrats Made Emil Bove’s Confirmation Possible Senate Democrats could have confirmed Biden nominee Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit last year. They caved to a disgraceful right-wing smear campaign instead.

Emil Bove's confirmation was only possible because Democrats caved to a vile right-wing smear campaign of Adeel Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim appeals court judge, when Biden nominated him for the same seat last year. Absolutely disgraceful. Bove's confirmation is on them, too.

a grey cat looking directly at you

Rio in the window, judging me for being at my desk

My ferritin dropped in half since May. Depressing.

Stop Pretending Chatbots Have Feelings: Media's Dangerous AI Anthropomorphism Problem When AI causes harm, headlines blame the bot instead of the billion-dollar companies that built them. This anthropomorphic coverage is tech journalism at its worst.

Today's newsletter: The Wall Street Journal says ChatGPT had a "stunning moment of self reflection." NBC says Grok "issued an apology." This lazy language isn't just bad writing — it's helping tech companies dodge responsibility for real harm. www.readtpa.com/p/stop-prete...

a grey cat laying on a bar chair, front legs splayed out in front, mouth slightly open.

So I a new fancy camera to start doing photography again. Get ready for more Rio and Pippin photos!

TUESDAY: Stephen Colbert criticizes CBS News' $16 million settlement with Trump, calling the payment to resolve Trump's absurd lawsuit it a "big fat bribe."

THURSDAY: CBS News announcing it is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Last episode will be May 2026

Hard agree here

Looks like a revolution might be in order. Court sponsored lawlessness.

What the fuck did i just read? just wow....

A grey cat smelling a red rose being held out to her.

Rio and a rose

Murderbot Murderbot Murderbot! Murderbot will return for season 2!!!

Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale - Reactor The new novelette will be released on Reactor immediately following the final episode of AppleTV+’s Murderbot

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A black cat sitting on a bar chair. The living room behind him is totally cleaned and organized, honestly.

Pippin is so handsome when he's begging for treats

A grey cat stretched out, looking back at the camera in front of a fabric gnome with a rainbow

Murderbot Murderbot Murderbot!!!

A grey cat and a black cat sitting on a cat tree together

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My grandma would spontaneously start singing "California, here we come..." over and over. Its a word or phrase fixation common in dementia.

I lost a close friend today, suddenly. He and his husband were one of the first friends I made when I moved back to Chicago 13 years ago. His kindness, optimism, and enthusiasm will be deeply missed. Tell the people you love, you love them.

I was just trying to enjoy my dinner, and Rio popped up, attacking the light reflecting off my watch.

A grey cat snuggled under a blue quilt with just her head poking out

I should just post cat content from now on for our collective mental health.

“Fund the police,” they said.

UPDATE: Senate Republicans made Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill even worse.

Now, this bill rips health care coverage away from 17 MILLION people—that’s an additional 1 MILLION people.

Health care cuts now total over $1 TRILLION.

‘Attacking the future of the party while Republicans strip every poor person of Medicaid in the middle of the night,’ by way of example, is not acceptable leadership. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward.

I have literally never seen a graph like this once in all my years of being an election sicko

18-24 always lags, always, it’s just a natural law of politics

and this is the guy they want to throw out of the party?!

but republicans are better on the economy