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reading the new coates and it feels very indebted to DuBois’ 1920 memoir “Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil”

I took this photo on Bryher, Isles of Scilly on summer solstice 2023, two days after news of my book contract with Wipf and Stock. It feels like home for me and the rest of my life will be to discover why!

the kiss of Death

The craziest shit for me is that there's an audio recording of Donald Trump asking for Georgia officials to "find votes" in 2020 and he's running now. How is that not instantly disqualifying? We HEARD him. Not Meadows. Not Giuliani. How is asking officials for votes (with proof) not instant jail?

My wife and I got assigned roommates by the old woman next door rip

Whoever is running the Harris campaign ads deserves a raise. Her new ad will be aired tonight during the Georgia-Alabama game.

Meanwhile. Elsewhere and Elsewhen...

I hate the "father intimidates his teenage daughter's suitor" trope with the power of a thousand suns

"raise the anti-tortie shield"

hope this this commenter falls asleep on the train and has to get off at the temple stop

Vivid Entertainment presents BUTT V BUTT IN LICKING COUNTY

*reviewing a bakery in the town from Uzumaki* that was the WORST cinnamon roll I ever had!!!!!

Guest column by Judith Graham: Research shows that men tend to have fewer friends than women and to be less inclined to make new friends. Often, they’re reluctant to ask for help.

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(helpless semi-amusement) …Why the hell am I awake at 4AM? …Oh well: there’s always fanfic. (heads for AO3…)

Breaking news: An American woman was killed Friday in the occupied West Bank, the State Department said. Two witnesses said the woman was shot in the head by Israeli forces who had opened fire.

After a difficult first year as vice president, Harris has grown into her role — and found staff who respond better to her style, allies say. People close to her say her widely praised presidential rollout is a testament to her management.

A judge on Friday delayed Donald Trump’s hush money sentencing until after the November election, which means voters will cast ballots without knowing whether the Republican nominee could face jail time for his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Paris intends to name a sports venue in honor of Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympian who authorities allege was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in Kenya after returning from this summer’s Games, its city government said Friday.

“we don’t need fundamentals, we’ve got god”

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It has come to my attention that not enough writers know about the Submissions Grinder. It's an EXTREMELY helpful site that you can find here: thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com

A star field with galaxy NGC 1961 (top right) in the constellation Camelopardalis ✨🔭

Saw one of my favorite comedians Dana Gould do standup tonight. Brilliant and hilarious. Never pass up a chance to see Dana live.

they should give me the death note book. i could be trusted with it

Kuenssberg RAGING, almost TEARFUL, over Grenfell: "It's been SEVEN YEARS, Prime Minister!" Laura was BBC Political Editor for five of those of course, then in charge of the flagship Sunday programe for two. Here is a short thread of every time she pressed the Tory gov't as hard on this. 1/1

deion sanders’ revolutionary strategy of building a football team with exactly two good players and pulverizing them both into ground beef seems to be going great

“The problem with the hippies”… the movement’s class divide/inequality was clearly evident even back in 1967 Ed Sanders suggests that the hypocrisy of the hippy movement was a catalyst for punks and maybe punk music

The year is 2057, and the world power grid is sustained via expired convenience sauce packets and obsolete computer cords. Your foresight and planning have paid off.

Now that everything charges with USB-C, can we please start some sort of global power socket harmonisation initiative? If I never see an adapter again, it will be too soon.

Good morning Blueskyers (if only that was true). Today's offering is the once in every 8 years event when Venus lines up alongside the star asterism (the Pleiades) and becomes the eighth sister. This last happened in 2020. #Astronomy

I love turning on women's tennis and watching them hit 100 mph bombs at each other and sick passing shots and go diving headfirst towards the cement to return a drop shot and think of all the chuds who think they could beat a professional and laugh my ass off

Remember that Columbo where he just comes in and reads a book to his sick grandson? That one was weird.