Chris Csont 🥐

Result.

I’ve decided it’s okay since I’m not allowed to be “fun weekend parent” and only get to be the “get to school do your homework” parent that it is occasionally acceptable to say, “I’m keeping you home from school and we’re going to make banana bread.”

Excerpted from an Essence Magazine article by Octavia Butler "So do you really believe that in the future we're going to have the kind of trouble you write about in your books?" a student asked me as I was signing books after a talk. The young man was referring to the troubles I'd described in Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, novels that take place in a near future of increasing drug addiction and illiteracy, marked by the popularity of prisons and the unpopularity of public schools, the vast and growing gap between the rich and everyone else, and the whole nasty family of problems brought on by global warming. "I didn't make up the problems," I pointed out. 'All I did was look around at the problems we're neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters.' "Okay," the young man challenged. "So what's the answer?" "There isn't one," I told him. "No answer? You mean we're just doomed?" He smiled as though he thought this might be a joke. "No," I said. "I mean there's no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There's no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers-at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be." - Octavia Butler, Brave New Worlds. Essence. 2000;31(1): 164.

This has been on my door for the past couple of years. Sometimes I need to read it again and again. In case it’s something you need too.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — we regret to inform you that Punxsutawney Phil is mentioned 35 times in the Epstein Files, including in the flight logs

NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up

This is genius.

It's short, but powerful. Mentally read it in Jed Bartlet's voice for extra spice.

A letterpress card in cream with all caps writing: R.E.M. GAVE ME UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW I'D FEEL AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

(Angrily jabs his finger at an AI server)

Darren Aronofsky was able to film Pi with no budget! And a box of scraps!

There is a lot that is wrong here, but can we take a beat for how the wizard on the right is eating popcorn? WHO USES ONE FINGER to gently push a single popped kernel into their mouth, believing said popcorn will stay balanced on/attached to their finger? IS IT BECAUSE THEY ARE A WIZARD?

Star Wars actor says ‘trans rights are human rights’ when asked about Harry Potter Kelly Marie Tran said ‘trans rights are human rights’ when the topic of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series was mentioned in an interview.

You’ve got to love how actress Kelly Marie Tran, one of the most harassed people ever to be on the internet, still leapt up to defend trans people in a recent interview. No one would blame her for keeping her head down and shutting up forever but she will NOT and I admire her for it ⭐

Tony: Why don't people like the job I'm doing?

The Full Context: (waves hands vaguely in every direction around Tony)

Tony's Mom: They've got a point, Tony.

Tony's Mom hands Context another ice cream cone.

Tony: Can I have another --

Tony's Mom: SCOOPS ARE FOR CLOSERS.

Therapist Dennis Palumbo helps his writer clients find a healthier relationship with their writing. Too often, he says they demand their writing mirror back to them that they’re great, that they’re entitled to be a writer. “Your words can’t take the weight of that. That’s way too much weight. You want your script to validate your leaving Dayton, Ohio to become a screenwriter instead of going into your dad’s pharmacy business. There’s no screenplay on Earth that can do that for you.” From the bonus chapter: Getting Stuff Written Made with https://highlighted.app

There’s never a bad day to remember this, but it feels like a good day to be reminded.

Side Note: Very glad I subscribe to @wired.com

The publication is a great example of journalists rising to meet this moment.

On the one hand, it’s good there are signs of people on the inside considering the ethics of working with ICE.

But also, you signed up to work at a company named after a tool used by Sauron to deceive others and bend them to his will. It’s like the Independent Contractors on the Death Star dilemma.

It wasn't, but it should be.

Favorite wolf fact I've learned today: When howling together in a pack, each wolf takes a different pitch to make their group sound larger. If a new wolf joins a pack, they will change their natural pitch to avoid copying any of the other wolves.

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

The Lego Pokémon Line Shows Toys Are Only for Rich Adults Now Who cares about kids when adult collectors are willing to pay top dollar?

Who cares about kids when adult collectors are willing to pay top dollar? www.wired.com/story/legos-...

one small piece of advice I have for cable news is that you don't have to put the dumbest liar you know on your television show even if they are in congress

Went in expecting a parody, but it’s more a queer pastiche of 1950’s teen flicks? It’s the kind of thing I enjoyed because I grew up with my dad’s VHS collection and MST3K, so I’m aware this could be an acquired taste. Rating: Liked It

7. Psycho Beach Party

Everyone should watch Casablanca at least twice. Once to see it, and once to watch it with the Roger Ebert commentary track that offers a rich reading of the film and the process of making it.

I hope I can continue to be as aggressively supportive of my kids as they grow up as my parents are for me.

Battle Lines : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The friendship and rivalry between two painters: Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg.Created for the 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest.Below are the public...

The whole concept of the public domain remix contest is delightful, but this short is both silly and strangely moving. What a delight! archive.org/details/2026...

ELMER FUDD: *introducing movies on AMC for some reason* wadies and gentlemen... jawwed weto.... uh huh huh.... in dawwen awanofsky's.... wehweium fuh a dweam

#currentspins this weekend's purchase

The Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle

This is such a well-written sci-fi/action film. The pacing, the breadcrumbs of info on the future, and the pulpy but rarely cheesy dialogue. And Sarah Conner’s evolution from unlucky nobody to a bad-ass with grit and purpose?👨‍🍳😘👌 Review score: Loved It!

6. The Terminator

I keep thinking about them saying "haven't you learned [from Renee Good's murder]" and... they don't understand why people are still coming out after they've shown they can and will kill us, because they're cowards, and they don't understand what it's like not to be a coward

A briskly paced sci-fi conspiracy with an incredibly creepy villain. The sound design and overall paranoid vibe goes a long way, because the last 30 minutes or so throws a whole lot of “wait, what‽” at the audience. It would be very silly if everybody onscreen wasn’t totally committed to the bit. Review score: Liked It

5. Scanners

I’ll never forget the driving comparison from one of my professors at BU:

“In LA, people don’t use their turn signal because they’re not paying attention. In Boston, people don’t signal because that’s giving information to the enemy.”