I spent a solid eight hours today working on materials and grading for my classes, and I'm still nowhere near close to caught up.

Teaching is one of those jobs where I could work ten hours a day, seven days a week, and still be behind.

I love my career, but...whew.

Miller vs Macy's brought up a favorite old Twitter memory: the time I compiled various very, very mean tweets about him. It holds up as a worthy endeavor. twitter.com/i/events/830...

Some MoonPie and Tiki to brighten your timeline.

Imagine explaining to someone in 2013 that Stephenie Meyer basically retired to mind her own business after finishing her Mormon vampire fanfiction while Rowling became a right wing transphobic supervillain

@atypicalkyle.bsky.social OH THANK GOD THERE YOU ARE

Julian Fellowes really just sat down and wrote a whole show based on the premise “what if every iconic Broadway actress over fifty was a huge bitch about luncheons while wearing the most hat you’ve ever seen” and in my opinion it’s the first thing he’s actually deserved that knighthood for

Heh.

One of the few reasons I was rooting for the Phillies was because I wanted Jake Tapper to know joy.

(I'm an SF Giants girl myself.)

Not to pile on or anything, but I would like to remind everyone that Jordan's flameout is another loss for that losingest losertastical loser, Donald Trump.

I guess it's cocktail hour over at the Times.

paul ryan driving to DC to reclaim the speaker mantle

Wait, it’s been Wednesday ALL DAY???

Snuggs, ready for his close-up.

I see a headline that says “Jordan Bombing” and think “oh no, that’s terrible,” and then I notice it’s in the US Politics section and I’m like “oh, never mind, that rules.”

Bluesky is already worth it because @darthbluesky.bsky.social is here 💙