the Wendy Lady

You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.

evergreen

The Princess Bride

"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"

Black and white photo of a strong jawed middle aged man wearing a sport coat and sitting up with his left hand on his knee in a manly posture. He is looking up above his left shoulder where a shorthaired white and tabby kitten is perched, looking like it’s a bit stunned by the flash.

Real men have shoulder kittens. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

Nick Medina is turning into an automatic buy writer for me. I finished Sisters of the Lost Nation this week, it was fantastic. And I'm still haunted by his story Quantum from Never Whistle at Night

Leading anti-trans writer Kathleen Stock (whom Rowling is “proud” to call her friend), now comes out with this gem on abortion. Who could have foreseen that TERFs would attack bodily autonomy? All of us did. All of us.

Transphobia rots your brain.

Sign on a library book drop sign requesting people to yell "NOT A SQUIRREL" to confirm they are human and not a squirrel trying to steal Keith's lunch.

squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

Texas getting its gerrymander blocked while California and Virginia eliminate 8-9 Republican seats would be a stupendous, comical outcome.

We had a cat that ate fresh spinach. And peas. If you didn't give her a little bowl of peas, she would get on the table and steal them.

I did not ever need to know this much about the sex lives of political journalists

Evergreen

Small black kitten using the wrist of a off camera person as a pillow with one paw draped over the person's arm.

The kitten from the previous image has become a large void cat, and she's curled into a ball sleeping against the legs of an off camera person. A second black cat with a white chin and one white paw visible closer to the camera and using the person's stomach as a pillow. She's looking towards the camera while getting her face rubbed.

darth I got handed a kitten once when I was just trying to pick up food for cat number one and long story short now I have two cats

One of my favorite parts of The Wee Free Men is when Wentworth starts mumbling crivens at the end 😂
I've always said if I get a vanity plate it will be crivens

I adore the Feegles

Terry invented many wonderful things over the course of writing Discworld but "angry blue Scottish pixies who will steal anything that's not nailed down and also the things that are, nails and all" is very high on the list

I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one

The flower of my young adulthood was spent hearing about William Jefferson Clinton getting a blow job and here we are 27 years later and ONCE AGAIN I gotta hear about somebody sucking that man's dick.

This is such and evocative turn of phrase, bravo. Going to have to add this to my list.

Effin' Birds never misses.

For some reason my first thought was about the music service and I had even more questions

Good for you leaving. May a better and less stressful job arrive quickly

Ooh, congratulations! Did you get a new job, or did you just have enough?

I desire to be informed and was going to scroll more but have decided to go pet my cats instead. Maybe one will get on my lap and purr.

It's so quietly traumatizing that you don't realize how much it wrecked you until you're sobbing in the bathroom a week after you finish it (said with all the love in my heart)

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST NOVELLAS IN THE WORLD

Black and white cat looking at camera with time and date at top. The cat is upside down with her adorable black nose pointing towards the top of frame.

I missed the arrival of Marcel; what a handsome and perfect gentleman 😍

Ocean at the End of the Lane moved me in a way I have a hard time articulating. I am still devastated by this. (And by Marion Zimmer Bradley even though it's been much longer)

I’ve lost the ability to enjoy a number of authors whose works meant a lot to me because they turned out to be sex pests and I have much less attachment to politicians

I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.