J. Lily Corbie 🦇

I don’t think Trump and his people are capable of engineering “distractions,” I think the mind-numbing chaos we see every day is straightforwardly the result of giving the dumbest, cruelest, most corrupt, most selfish people of a generation near-unmitigated power

He was doing good yesterday, but clearly worse this morning. He didn't want most of his breakfast, and I feel like a monster leaving him alone to go to work. I'm scared of what I'll find when I get home, and I'm not doing a great job holding it together in the office right now.

Pancreatitis. Chronic. Don't know if it's primary or secondary, but he hasn't gone two weeks without a trip to the vet since December. He's getting worse even on prescription food and meds, and I can't keep asking him to go through this.

I'm so sad. He's only 10, we should have a lot more time.

A grey tuxedo cat stretched out on his side, fast asleep, one white-tipped paw curled.

The best boy, having a nice nap.

At least he defies typical cat behavior by clearly telling me when something is wrong, so I can be pretty sure that right now, he's as comfy as he looks.

Laszlo has been such a good, sweet kitty, and he doesn't deserve this. It's not fair.

After months of going in and out of the vet's and thousands of dollars, I'm pretty sure Laszlo isn't going to make it through this.

I feel bad saying this while he's napping and apparently feeling fine, but I don't know how long that fine part is going to last and I hate it so, so much.

Lit for Queer Liberation 2026 Silent auction 'Lit for Queer Liberation 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.

And it's the first day of the Queer Liberation Network Fundraising Auction today! Tons of signed books, calls with agents, manuscript critiques and more! Including the illustrated edition of Murderbot, hardcover Witch King & Queen Demon, mass market Raksura:

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(This is all a result of thinking of SW cash-ins like STARCRASH and BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS.)

Film Backers: So, who's your Vader substitute?
Me: Essentially, a 7' dominatrix in powered battle armour.
Film Backers: WE ARE GOING TO BE SO RICH

Me: I have a lot to do this weekend.
My Brain: Hey, what if it was 1978 and a European film group came to you for a STAR WARSesque film franchise that was different enough to avoid litigation but close enough to eat Lucas's lunch?
Me: I really d-
My Brain: COMMITTING 100% CEREBRAL FUNCTION NOW...

Alas, I am tired, have no equipment or funding, and no support for such a venture, so I'll just occasionally talk about this imaginary podcast.

It would be called The Dinner Bell, and the other half would be actual history, fiction, and the occasional criminal case to discuss reality vs fiction.

Every now and then I'm minding my own business and stumble into a reminder about how often cannibalism rumors are just racist colonialist propaganda.

I'll probably never start that cannibalism podcast, but at least half of it would be debunking racist bullshit.

To be fair to the rest of the show, following up Martindale's performance is a lot to ask.

To be honest about a show I (mostly) really liked, they didn't try that hard.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

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Ok, while using Tidal for the first time, it immediately introduced me to several new groups and songs I like very much, so. I'm in.

After finding out a little about where they planned to go with the show, I've thought for years that the best thing that happened to it was only getting one season and a movie.

It's ok to let things go. (Especially when the showrunner and a cast member are awful.)

Visual of "Cat Cafes of New England" zine!

Meowdy!! This week, I have a fun little thing to share. This is Cat Cafes of New England, a downloadable and printable zine. Proceeds go to cat rescue!

I also have an editable template that you can customize to your region!
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I had a bad feeling as I got ready to make a vegan cake and checked to see if sprinkles are vegan and...they are not.

Turns out there's a lot of bugs in sprinkles.

After tracking down and using vegan sprinkles for the recipe, I'm pretty sure it's the bugs that make regular sprinkles good.

Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

I sort of ended up on Spotify after Stitcher went away, and I'm glad I finally looked into a new podcatcher.

I've barely started using Tidal, but I like it so far. No AI, and of the music streaming services, it pays artists the best (that I've heard, still too little), and I dig that.

It took an embarrassingly long time, but I finally dumped Spotify. Feels good.

I moved over to Tidal on the recommendation of a friend and Podcast Addict thanks to a thread on Reddit.

A minor league hockey team had a wiener dog race. Zero thoughts, just vibes and absolute chaos. A thing of beauty

Important to keep in mind that a guy like Mullin can be barely competent enough to tie his own shoes but still absolutely full of ugly malice.

If anyone has any emergency fund or mutual aid links or efforts for anyone trying to survive or leave Florida because of this, please let me know so I can boost it.

A grey tuxedo cat curled up on his favorite folded blanket, back to the camera, shooting a disapproving look over his shoulder.

I was scrolling and came across a video that said playing it would make my cats come to me, and neither did, but Laszlo did give me this look.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

NOAA announces planned rollback of North Atlantic right whale protections There are fewer than 380 right whales left in the world, with roughly 70 females capable of bearing young.

NOAA announces planned rollback of North Atlantic right whale protections www.mainepublic.org/environment-...

Frida Kahlo is a famous disabled artist. Her art explores her disability. When she had the accident that disabled her, she painted from her bed in her casts. Many artists in history have been disabled. Many are now. You will not find them fighting to have AI take their creative process from them.

The Republican Party’s treasonous war of racial purity waged against the civilian population of the United States continues.