Cheryl

I know you've read these before, but Exit Strategy (Martha Wells), Kaiju Preservation Society (Scalzi), and Starter Villain (Scalzi) all have some good smiting bits.

His charm works on this biromantic ace too 🙃

Does anyone else think this is not just about Mamdani's charisma but about the fact that he's mayor of NYC (a place Trump honestly seems to venerate)?

Agreed. I am so completely sick of these horrible, horrible people who think they can legislate this country back to some imaginary ideal past. Not to mention all the people turning a blind eye to it.

Yeah, I should not have checked the timeline this morning. JFC, Kansas lawmakers, what is *wrong* with you people?

Can we just yeet a lot of legislators into the sun already?

The Cat Distribution System has modernized

I lost it at "Swarm of bees." 😂

A rainbow colored rubber ducky sitting in some blue water in a rainbow colored bowl. If you bop the ducky on the head, it makes a clicky sound!

It's CLICKY DUCKIES! This little rainbow duck sits on top of the best kind of clicky keyboard switch. You can tap him and pretend you're just typing away in your office!

thebrokencircle.etsy...

What an amazing person! Love it. Thanks for sharing!

Albuquerque has an anonymous superhero who is helping the unhoused. I love my city. ❤️

Extremely relevant.

JFC.

Just in case anybody's thinking they're okay because they're still on Windows 10: this feature still exists in Win10 (22H2), it's just not On by default (at least not on my end). STILL, THOUGH, double-check it yourself and save yourself a potential heartbreak.

:::hug::: I wish I had something helpful to say.

YouTube video by Dubbac Media The Wellerman TikTok Sea Chanty mashup for 3 straight hours (a 3 hour tour)

Popping back quickly to say that this was a *fantastic* life choice. Here's the link if you want a mood booster too:
youtu.be/S7IfKNhN1oQ?...

Ate a cookie. Made a fresh cup of tea. Now I'm going to put The Wellerman on repeat and see if I can manage to accomplish something.

The key bit of a very good thread.

Headcanon accepted.

In spite of @courtneymilan.com patiently trying to to explain figure skating to me, my knowledge remains at "The Cutting Edge" levels.

And it doesn't matter. I watched her skate and I cried because it was so HAPPY and sometimes you just need to see someone kicking joyous ass.

when were the hockey players supposed to kiss i feel like they left a part of the game out

5 authors I've read at least 5 books by:

Martha Wells
Ursula Vernon
Gail Carriger
Seanan McGuire
Terry Pratchett

In case you needed another reason to avoid FB... 😮

My wannabe linguistics-nerd heart is doing a little dance about this.

Yikes!!! I've been using Archive Today somewhat regularly, but I won't be using it anymore.

It had not even occurred to me that he might be mad enough to take people down with him but the very idea is glorious.

I did eventually see that that was the basis of the charges. (Early reports were very vague.)

I'd love to see the U.S. follow suit, although I can't see it happening under this administration. 😔

It took them *THIS LONG* to figure that out??? (I know, I know, I shouldn't complain, at least they're getting there.)

Wow. I did not have "the Andrew formerly known as Prince arrested *on his birthday*" on my 2026 Bingo card. (Well played, England.)

I wonder if it's related to how the books are tagged on Goodreads (which Amazon owns)?

Help! I’ve been sending my dad a funny video every day for 3 weeks because he’s going through daily radiation treatments & I’m running out of videos to send. Does anyone have a favorite LOL video I can share? (Nothing harsh or offensive - animals, kids, TV show clips, literary humor, etc.)