Margaret Owen

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ... 423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

I suspect this goes back to my theory about attempted “luxury” branding. They’re selling a TikTok aesthetic and the books are props. But that requires them to position themselves above the ~common~ romance reader.

TBH, taking a look at the book packaging and the description of this "launch party," this strikes me as an effort to develop a *luxury brand* of romance novels. I, uh, wish them all the best.

Every day I check for this shirt on the dropout store, face pressed to the glass like a dickensian orphan

carsten was *not* mentioned in the release 😏

Screenshot that reads: "Bertelsmann Crowns A Coesfeld (Thomas, The Younger) As New CEO Berteslmann announced that Thomas Coesfeld, 35, will become the new chair and ceo of the company on January 1, 2027, after Thomas Rabe's 15-year tenure comes to an end. He was chosen over his older brother, Carsten Coesfeld, in the competition to see which of the controlling Mohn family members would take over. Carsten, who is on the company's executive board and is responsible for Bertelsmann Investments and Bertelsmann Education, is not mentioned in the release."

this is such small potatoes in the grand context of things but this announcement in Publishers Lunch tells me someone was absolutely giddy to stick it to Carsten

I just remembered this from Glenn Kessler 3 months ago

Let’s go Seattle 📢📢📢

Katie Wilson elected Seattle’s next mayor Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.

Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

yeah it's a good thing Landon didn't publish any of this shit. the Times might have had to bump an article about trans people.

bsky.app/profile/arid...

NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.

A certain streak of MAGA is absolutely going to view this as a conspiracy to frame Trump, and the little weasel very clearly does not want his name attached to it

The absolute funniest thing Mike Johnson could do right now is resign as speaker and force them to elect a new one to administer the vote

Just to waste an hour of my life, apparently!!!

Screenshot from my Microsoft subscription management page that shows the drop-down menu for "Apps included with your subscription" and at the top is "Microsoft 365 Copilot app"

Also I should note, I have the "classic" subscription that's supposed to be Copilot-free. It looks like they're now testing a "mobile app" version anyway.

Screenshot highlighting the date and installation link at the website mentioned in the post.

If, like me, you let Microsoft update in the last 24 hours and discovered they've found a new way to shoehorn in a Copilot icon that just... sits there, watching... You can uninstall Word and install the version from Nov 4th or earlier: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office...

With basically all the ballots in the city of Seattle's mayoral election counted, Katie Wilson is now above 50 percent, with Mayor Bruce Harrell sliding to 49.6 percent. They're currently within the mandatory recount requirements, but machine recounts don't generally change things much.

KATIE WILSON LEADS BY 1,346!

You have to send this link to everyone you know who voted I Seattle: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/... It takes like 30 seconds to make sure your vote was counted. Folks on here have all seen this probably, but your friends and family might not have!

This is so fucking funny

My guess is an underground electrical fire. Per SFD: "The [Energy Response] team is comprised of 44 firefighters specifically trained to fight energy-related fires in substations and underground vaults that make up a significant part of the city’s electrical infrastructure."

DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK

that’s sure some weather!!!

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

Notably, this is about where Wilson was on the first night of the primary, and she wound up winning with 52% of the vote.

Stay tuned!

I need all of capitol hill to divert their adderall supplies to king county elections STAT

California voters approve Democratic-drawn congressional map as national redistricting battle spreads NBC News projects that a ballot measure has passed allowing California Democrats to bypass an independent redistricting commission and counter GOP efforts around the country.

BREAKING: California voters approve a new House map designed to help Democrats net 5 seats next year, NBC News projects, countering Republican redistricting in other states.

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

a photo from dashcon with a small ball pit in a large convention ballroom

live view from cuomo hq