Dyana Weissman

A very fabulous man told me, "you got some hair, girl." I'm pretty sure it was a compliment, but it might have been an insult. Either way, it was the highlight of the morning.

Trump Threatens to Deploy National Guard to Massachusetts; State Politely Responds, “Yeah, Good Luck, Buddy.” BOSTON— In what scholars are calling “a full-blown civic fever dream” and Massachusetts residents are calling “Tuesday,” President Donald Trump has reportedly considered deploying the National Guard t...

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In 2021, Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir #GenderQueer was named the most challenged book in the #US. For #BannedBooksWeekUK, Maia reminds us how important it is for libraries to stock books that open up the wider world. Why not visit a library this week? www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

Would love to see pictures of this from any of you NYers passing through Grand Central today or the next couple of weeks: brandonstanton.com/dearny

Now I need a picture of this pumpkin

(above an image of Capitol Hill) We're in a government shutdown because Republicans demand a budget that kicks millions off their healthcare and jacks up prices for the rest of us. And the GOP is willing to hold government funding hostage until Trump gets his way.

Republicans have shut down the government to take healthcare away from millions of Americans and give Trump a blank check for his illegal power grab.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Somewhere, humans are still doing amazing things:

Jimmy Kimmel Ran Right at His Critics The late-night host returned from his weeklong suspension with a wry, emotional defense of free speech.

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night yesterday after nearly a week off the air with a monologue that largely dispensed with laughs. Instead, over the course of almost 20 minutes, he ran right at his...

“I know it’s scary and I know that there’s a lot of doubt, but now is the time for us to find our heroism.”

@markruffalo.bsky.social hopes to see you in the streets on October 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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NO KINGS Boston · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** The ACLU-MA, Indivisible Mass Coalition and Mass 50501 proudly continue working together with allies and you to make our peaceful movement bigger ...

I'm attending NO KINGS Boston - sign up now to join me or find a local event near you! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Couples I did not expect to see (in reality or otherwise):
Oskar Schindler and C. J. Parker
Margaret Thatcher and Ed Grimley
Veronica Mars and Seth Cohen

That's today's divertissement. Back to hiding my head in the sand.

5 Unique Libraries Around The World Redefining Architecture & Community Space - Yanko Design Libraries used to be quiet, stuffy places where librarians shushed anyone who dared whisper. Not anymore. Today's most daring library designs are shattering every preconception about what these spaces...

The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can’t Read Good!!! Source: Yanko Design share.google/PvHv51SaCSn5...

Shakespiro Agnew.

I'll let you know when I come up with more terrible Halloween costumes that no one will want to wear

Merry Allston Christmas and Happy Brightonnukah!!

I did a double-take. Yes, *exactly* like her. I was so surprised, I started to cry. I’m sure she was a real person, not actually a ghost. And that their likenesses a coincidence, and there was no metaphysical significance to this encounter. But wow. Emotions are wild.

While visiting Windsor Castle, I saw a ghost. A woman in a painter’s apron appeared during one of the brief rain showers, holding some papers she didn’t want to get wet. I moved out of her way as she ran past, and I realized she looked exactly my friend (a painter) who died a couple of years ago.

I need to tell the internet that I’m getting my car state inspection ON TIME for the first time in a few million years

Really sad about Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Us '80s kids in the US grew up alongside him. Whenever he popped up somewhere else (my favorite was as Shirley's husband in Community) it was both a thrill and a comfort to see him.

But more likely I wouldn't go because the whole point of visiting another continent is to not be in America.

TIL there is an American Museum in England. Part of me wants to go to see how another country objectively views us, part of me wants to judge the tour guides' accents.

It goes in loops and loops like chocolate and caramel syrup.

Very important information for Massachusetts: The Ice Cream Trail. www.mass.gov/ice-cream-tr...

I’m not sure we have a Congress anymore

A broken clock is right twice a day!

I don't think certain relatives have found me here, so I think I can post this without it having any huge repercussions to my life:

If you're not convinced that Donald Trump is undermining our democracy, watch the video of what happened today to Senator Alex Padilla.

Ok, I know a lot is going on but I also need to know: what *do* @breckinmeyer.bsky.social ‘s kids feel about Nine Inch Nails?

Donald Trump’s deployment of the military in Los Angeles over the objection of California leaders is an abuse of power and a dangerous escalation.

It’s what you would see in authoritarian states and it must stop.

Americans have the right to speak out and peacefully protest.