Roanna Flowers (aka Petty Davis)

Reminder that all you need to do to get a job in tech is to be a white guy that murders someone on the subway. You need no other qualifications to work in this business. None at all. Just like you don't need to be a journalist if you want to run CBS News. It's not a requirement.

The one change that worked: I was lost in the infinite scroll – until a small ritual renewed my love of reading My ability to concentrate diminished as I spent more time on my phone. So I started to log and learn every new word I came across, and felt my brain begin to flex

What do you do to stave off the infinite scroll?

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Pentagon wants out of the grocery business, asks industry for proposals The move to privatize the military’s commissaries could lead to changes at 178 stores in the U.S., including 3 in San Antonio and 10 other Texas sites.

If this is going to blow up I should link the actual story

Feeding the troops is woke

The untold story behind 'Hula Hana,' the most iconic number in 'Dirty Dancing' Celebrate the 35th anniversary of 'Dirty Dancing' by revisiting Lisa Houseman's scene-stealing performance of 'Hula Hana' with the actress who played her (and co-wrote the song!), Jane Brucker.

"I [Lisa Houseman] wrote it. I wrote the story of the spoiled brat living in the island. I can't remember whose idea it was [to make the song] a hula." The "Hula Hana" is an earworm that does belong in the late 50s, early 60s #HATM ew.com/movies/dirty...

If your imperial capital is on an isthmus you really should prioritize maintaining a navy

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

a man in a white vest with gold buttons stands in a dark room Alt: Lin Manuel-Miranda as Hamilton putting on his coat with flair.

I can't believe London has to pay money to watch the Jets. Has this been an Alexander Hamilton long con all along? #NFL

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Man, fuck this. So much. JFC, it is not hard to attribute. Or *gasp* ask fucking permission to repost.

People.

Every year I do a photography project during October. I’ve done haunted objects and favorite horror movies seen through my lens, for example. This year, I didn’t feel like doing one. Tonight I walked past a ghost and thought, “Decorations!” Here’s #1
#photography

100%.

The WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th. October 6 - miss; October 7 - safe; October 8 - dungeon; October 9 - battery; October 10 - prize; October 11 - welcome; October 12 - hope

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

And Abbott can’t wait to comply.

a man in a tie is standing in front of a sign that says `` what is going on ? '' Alt: Jim from the US "The Office" says into the camera What is going on??

It's wild. I literally just said this out loud:

Oh yeah. You could see it in the pre-game, color play-by-play, and post-game analysis, every bit like ESPN, by the early aughts. It has always been a problem. The "red" vs. "blue" started, what, back in the Reagan era?

I Am Just Trying to Have a Civil Online Conversation About Vampires Whoa there! That’s a pretty extreme claim. Surely you don’t mean to call ALL vampires “blood-sucking ghouls?” Have you ever donated to a blood bank...

"I am not pro-vampire and I am not anti-vampire. I am just trying to have an objective discussion here without using loaded words like 'kill.'"

a man is making a funny face and saying `` mass hysteria '' while another man looks on . Alt: Bill Murray in Ghostbusters saying Mass hysteria.

What the hell is going on with this game. #NFL

Just a reminder for everyone people did a “poster strike” to raise concern because Bluesky were SO slow to act on racist threats and usernames. And now you’re banning a Black man for calling out racism? Huh. Bug not a feature etc

Yup. It’s freaking everywhere.

Meanwhile, in Colorado:

The dark academia I desperately want now

Look At GIF Alt: Kate Winslet holds up a BAFTA while saying look at me now. She’s is in a fab black one shouldered gown and her strawberry blonde hair is medium length in loose waves, center parted.

My most viral moment has turned out to be an Instagram comment standing up for the badassery and beauty of Kate Winslet, and you know? I’ll take it.

If This Goes On (Don't Panic): Science Fiction, Fantasy & Progressive Politics: Solarpunk: Electric Vehicles and Batteries with Todd Medema and Navarre Bartz Alan and a couple of engineers from the the Solapunk community, Navarre Bartz and Todd Medema, discuss everything you want to know about electric vehichles, battery technology, EVs that are not Tesla,...

Hey all, Check out our most recent episode. It is about EVs and battery technology. Two Solarpunk engineers, Todd Medema and Navarre Bartz, join us to dispell myths, talk tech, and discuss Solarpunk in general. itgodp.libsyn.com/solarpunk-el...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Poetry Workshops — Hollie Hardy Private poetry workshops—for poets of all levels, from beginners to experienced authors looking for inspiration, accountability, encouragement, new techniques, deep discussion, a supportive writing co...

I am really digging this 30 poems in 30 days class I'm taking with the fabulous Hollie Hardy. Not a poet, but I am a writer who can't quite get to her next novel yet. Highly recommend her classes.

She's fabulous. And a member of the @armadilloauthorstx.bsky.social!

holliehardy.com/classes

Another Black man was found hanging in the woods and they’re calling it a suicide.

At this point, we’re all gonna have to post that we’re mentally sound and would NEVER hang ourselves from trees.

His name is JAYVON GIVAN.

My uber is here (seasonally adjusted)

'Ultimately, government support can only take a dead man’s memory so far. The state may enforce the trappings of mourning and create an official cult of personality. It can lower flags and build statues, compel ritualized praise. But it cannot create a real human connection and cannot compel love'