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No I don’t want to “jump on a quick call.” I want to watch a Wren gather moss and pretend it’s for me.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

A MUST read article

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"The Great Wave" of carbon dioxide (CO₂) #ClimateChange #ScienceArt Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io

submitted 19 days ago • 15 comments

Every time my dog Bert is sleeping next to me and I can see him twitching in his sleep, I get real still, and watch him closely, juuuust in case he lets out a lil dream-bark, a lil night boof

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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

submitted 29 days ago • 151 comments

I was excited when a Northern Mockingbird showed up in the garden yesterday. New one for the yard! He has not shut up since. I will pay any willing female mockingbird in the vicinity her weight in peanuts to fuck him so he quiets down.

submitted 38 days ago • 117 comments

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

submitted 40 days ago • 564 comments

Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...

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When I worked on The Office, Greg Daniels had a list of questions he asked of every story. Some were show-specific (eg “Are we saying something truthful if exaggerated about office life?”), but many are applicable to any script. Here’s a little thread on them… 🧵1/X #Scriptsky #Screenwriting

submitted 101 days ago • 31 comments

Finally, a place where I can publish my Porky's novelization (Fellow gentlemen, to increase your chances of getting published, the answer is for you to write more, not for others to write less jfc. Don't submit to places like this)

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

happy april 25th aka the perfect date ✨

submitted 55 days ago • 116 comments

This article was fun to read (also, when Revere was arrested during his ride, they put a gun to his head and ordered him to tell them where Samuel Adams was hiding. He didn't. Revere is a badass)

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Rob Reiner deserves an Oscar. Do they make an Oscar category for "longest string of absolute bangers, each in a wholly unique genre"?

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Lol. Lmao, even.

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Derek guy is one of the coolest follows on this website

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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company IG 3sixteen

submitted 75 days ago • 308 comments

Owning the Spheniscids, is that anything www.wired.com/story/trump-...

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

I'm updating our list of places that you can listen to the Clarkesworld podcast (audio versions of our stories). Is anyone using one we've missed? We only link to the ones that have public-facing pages for podcasts, so no app store links. clarkesworldmagazine.com/podcasting/

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I swear to god the best thing about writing is that my head is nowhere on earth as I'm doing it For the past hour I've been in a fantasy city with a witch hiding in plain sight, who is about to step onto the stage and risk it all to make it back home And that's fucking rad as hell

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Just found out that posting nice pictures of mushrooms is taxable. I’m ruined

submitted 87 days ago • 394 comments

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

submitted 89 days ago • 120 comments

Look I have zero excuses for this, but the idea popped into my head and now it's in your head, sorry

submitted 91 days ago • 252 comments

Judge Reyes is asking if the DoD cited a Beyonce album in their anti-trans policy, would the attorney demand she ignore common sense and just listen to the album. DoJ attorney has no idea how to respond.

submitted 99 days ago • 57 comments

"White people; they get crazy." - Marilyn Whirlwind

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You've Got Mail is the perfect plane movie

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🚨Nice Mushroom Alert🚨

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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment

Still hunting for a mature female australian-chinese/australian voice for a 3k word story. Also looking for a male arabic-speaking voice, ideally Egyptian but can be flexible.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

Check out this arty "race film" with an all-Black cast from 1929. Race films were made for Black audiences, often by Black producers & directors. Notice the difference between how Hollywood portrays Black people and how Black people portray themselves (even now), esp then youtu.be/a8qwvgn2WZI?...

submitted 126 days ago • 23 comments

A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates

submitted 131 days ago • 16 comments

Me: takes a bite out of a sandwich The tomato:

submitted 133 days ago • 13 comments

No new work to share at the moment (not that I’m not working, just that I can’t share). So have a herd of prehistoric fluffalumps from the archive.

submitted 133 days ago • 8 comments