S.M. Mack (Smack)

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A reminder for American writers: High tea is not fancier tea, it’s supper. It’s a more substantial meal with a main dish, rather than tea, biscuits, scones, little snack foods. And it’s high because it’s served on a high table — dining table height — not a low, tea or coffee table.

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

I sure wish my brain would freaking cooperate

a cartoon character is sitting at a table with a bunch of food and holding her head . Alt: a cartoon character is sitting at a table with a bunch of food and holding her head .

I'm hungry, desperately need to get some work done, and am instead lying around in my pajamas reading

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/wga-cbs-news-staffers-not-respond-bari-weiss-memo-1236546038/

Writers Guild rightly tells members not to respond to Bari Weiss

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Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.

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We decided the word for arranging Halloween skeletons into various scenes in the front yard is “Necroscaping”

SUCH a good article!

It's 2am and has been two and a half years since reading Night Wherever We Go and I'm still thinking about it

(It's by Tracey Rose Peyton, go find yourself a copy)

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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This headline 🤣🤣🤣

I feel like I should be aspiring to at least rust & shadow but I'm a weird mossy shape

How on earth do I end up using so many utensils just to make a salad. Literally every time

a woman is sitting in front of a vase of pink flowers and the word ugh is written on the screen . ALT: a woman is sitting in front of a vase of pink flowers and the word ugh is written on the screen .

I'm trying to widen my culinary likes and eat healthier and everything, but my god it's hard. It's easier when I'm hungry, but by that point I'm too hungry to cook.

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I will be offline soon for Sukkot, so tell your friends in the meanwhile & I'll respond on Wed night (G-d willing)

ah, every time an originalist is corrected on their bad history an angel gets its wings

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

A tabby cat named Lala rubbing her face on an older man's beard. They are both very happy

A black kitty named Spy Cat with beautiful yellow eyes.

PLEASE HELP! We had 7 cats and a dog and they've all been placed except 2 cats. We're moving to senior housing and CANNOT bring them. Will someone in East Texas please foster them while we keep looking? We'll send you cat litter and cat food. They're neutered and vaccinated. They're good cats!

We Have at least 70? years of science fiction exploring this proposition and all reaching the same conclusions as Josie.

Which I only bring up because everyone involved in this AI thing is a science fiction fan, but not one who understands what they read.

For a column, looking to chat with earlyish-career workers about whether you’re struggling to focus on work/job-searching amid…well, everything else happening in the world. Would love to talk to experts, including organizers, on actions we can take at work or beyond to help. DMs/inbox always open.

Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.

They still haven't found all the children??? That's horrific.

When one of these dingdongs tells you you're wrong for hating AI, consider that you might not hate it enough. Lean into it. Find new ways to hate

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

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One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

Even worthless things can become valuable once they become rare. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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