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freelance editor, compositor, writer, producer, project manager. community owner mn aurora fc. she/her. from appalachia, now a midwesterner.
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This old guy was put into the puppy playgroup at daycare today because “he’s so tolerant of the puppies.” My lord, that’s so sweet it kinda hurts.

Thought exercise: What if you wrote your 2 senators and 1 congressperson every day and said: I don’t like this shit.

Microfiche implies the existence of macrofiche. Giant leviathans who live in libraries, bellowing news stories to anyone who asks.

A single image from a film that immediately makes you hear a song from the soundtrack playing in your head

An Irish proverb about groupthink is nuair a chacann gé, cacann siad go léir. It means “when one goose shits, they all do”

That canceled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about…

And Marian is back! Hot damn, it’s a party now!

Hurray hurray @jennycolgan.bsky.social is here!

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

What an achievement vaccines are. What a monument to our love for each other it is to stare straight into the face of something as horrific and unstoppable as smallpox or measles or polio or cervical cancer and say “You know what, it doesn’t have to be like this.” HUMANS!

Oh lord, I was both.

That the School by the Sea series is not more well known is truly a shame; it's sweet and tender toward the adult and the adolescent characters and comes with a hearty helping of Colgan's sharp humor.

Spouse: “I think we have a couple of episodes with your Irish ladies. Let’s listen.” He loves @taraflynnirl.bsky.social and @mariankeyes.bsky.social as much as I do.

Best Sunrise of 2023? With great deliberation, I’m going to hand it to March 15th. Wow. 😍 If you like it, do share it? Be well, friends! #ireland #sunrise #photography

My number one rule of publishing professionalism: There are a lot of assholes, as in everything, but do your best not to be one. (Wonderful book people outnumber the assholes about 10 to one, in my experience. And the assholes make their lives harder too.)

No one told my little begonia that she’s supposed to be unhappy inside for the winter, so she decided to bloom.

Karen Smith being sworn in to the Central Bucks school board, a district near Philadelphia. For her oath she chose to place her hand on a stack of frequently challenged & banned books. 📚 www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/l...

From a letter in today's The Times re the paean to Irish writing and James Joyce: "For all the injustices Britain has heaped on Ireland, Ireland has inflicted Joyce on English literature students." Harsh but fair.

Roses are red Wealth is a commodity. So how should we butter

Substack users, this option is OFF by default. If you do NOT want your publication to be used to train AI, open your publication, go to Settings > Publication details and switch it on.

NPR's Books We Love is out and I have a bunch of recs in it! 🧵 apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

I don’t know who needs to hear this but you don’t have to be around anyone that hurt you just because it's a holiday.

From an oped in this morning's NYT about unis calling certain majors like creative writing "useless." Even liberals do it. Just fucking stop. 🎁 link to full article: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/o...

one milkshake to bring all the boys to the yard and in the darkness bind them

@margaretrenkl.bsky.social loving your interview w Kerri Miller on MPR News.

Sunset before 5pm doesn't always have to suck. -St. Paul, MN

The whole business of celebrating Christmas in November or bemoaning same should be collectively referred to as Badvent.

Color study in oak.

I am now an eldritch horror. Very fun interactive Halloween treat from the estimable Alexandra Petri -- gift link: wapo.st/40gRnoz

One of my favorite Catholic saints is St. Margaret of Antioch, also known as St. Margaret the Virgin, also known as St. Margaret, Briefly Swallowed by a Dragon. I'm certain you can guess the reason for my affection right away. And you'd be right about part of it.

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