Christopher Healy

Fave #picturebook of the week: THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF BOOK by @christopherhealy.bsky.social and @benmantle.bsky.social.

A hysterical send-up of picture book tropes and genres. I can't decide if I feel seen or attacked, in a good way.

#booksky #kidlit #HedgibleTHedgehog4eva

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Once again, you're working with terrible, exploitative companies to push "A.i." into the classroom. You can use words like "safely, wisely, and ethically," but the companies you're working with have demonstrated that they have no interest in any of that. And the tech is bullshit. We all know this.

See it. This movie is everything right now. #Superman

A piece embroidered on fabric patterned with illustrated scissors. The embroidered text reads: “stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs. Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.”

“Don’t get emotional, it plays into their hands”

Counterpoint via the embroidery @marthamihalick.bsky.social made for me seven years ago:

Goodbye, 1,580-day streak. And goodbye Duolingo. I’m not supporting a company that’s firing living, breathing employees to go full AI. (I should have known this was coming when they killed off the owl.) Anybody recommend a good language-learning program that has humans involved in its development?

This is what happens when you give Jack the conch.

My sign fell apart because we marched in the pouring rain, but it was worth it!

Tooth or Consequences

You Can't Handle the Tooth?

Without doubt, camera roll. I am a man of words.

It just occurred to me that the singer's request for a '54 convertible in "Santa Baby" was probably intended to show her desire for a brand new car, and not, as I've always interpreted it, to show that she's a collector of cool, old vintage vehicles.

Ohio teacher suspended for including four books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library Karen Cahall has been a teacher in the New Richmond School District in Ohio for 34 years.

1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters.

She's fighting back.

This fascinating poll and accompanying article were written and developed by my brilliant daughter. But I’d be reposting it even if it weren’t.

Me: What the hell was I doing on February 5th?
Me 2 minutes later: Ah, that explains it.

To be fair she does look like a chicken.

Geez, Wordle. Snark much?

You mean, currently? Like, today? That can’t be right.

Surprise science lesson! Apparently, the “emergency” water you put in storage after Hurricane Sandy can evaporate even if the containers are never opened, leaving you with nothing but empty plastic jugs and a gratefulness that you haven’t lost your water service again since then.

A cat inside a lamp shade

Ballerina. 🩰

How much do I love that I made a post saying my feed was lacking in cute animal content and subsequently I got followed by a slew of animal accounts? (The answer is “a lot,” btw. I love it a lot.)

can't believe they called it hot frosty and not the abdominal snowman

I know a waistcoat is something else entirely, but that’s really what cummerbunds should have been called.

Only three of us at our house, too. That’s why this year’s turkey is in meatball form. Happy Thanksgiving!

The AI Overview of the classic gothic novel REBECCA claims that in the story, humans are being harvested for their organs

I don't want to cast doubt on the impeccable dependability of google AI, but I don't remember this particular plot twist in du Maurier's REBECCA

Having said that, I am also very interested in reading Harvest House.