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Wow, thank you Baltimore Beat for including EMOTION INDUSTRY in their local holiday gift guide. With Ceremony! Jinji! Cuples Tea! Susan Darraj! Paul Coates!
For local authors, a way you can help us & the local literary community is to ask your local bookstore to order our books. 🧡
For local authors, a way you can help us & the local literary community is to ask your local bookstore to order our books. 🧡
A cannonball? In Fort McHenry? The setting of the Star-Spangled Banner?
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A cannonball? In Fort McHenry? The setting of the Star-Spangled Banner?
Famously, there was a battle here.
Fort McHenry shuts down after crews unearth historic explosive device
Fort McHenry shuts down after crews unearth historic explosive device
Crews renovating Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine dug up an old explosive device, possibly from over a century ago, police said.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Famously, there was a battle here.
A common argument that tries to diminish environmental usage of AI is that it uses similar energy to streaming platforms. Because new information doesn't threaten my entire being, I am more mindful of my streaming now that I know this fact.
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A common argument that tries to diminish environmental usage of AI is that it uses similar energy to streaming platforms. Because new information doesn't threaten my entire being, I am more mindful of my streaming now that I know this fact.
A friend shared her grad school environmental writing syllabus & let me tell you, I would have read Walden much sooner if someone told me he had so much sass: “The luxuriously rich are not simply kept comfortably warm, but unnaturally hot; as I implied before, they are cooked, of course à la mode.”
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A friend shared her grad school environmental writing syllabus & let me tell you, I would have read Walden much sooner if someone told me he had so much sass: “The luxuriously rich are not simply kept comfortably warm, but unnaturally hot; as I implied before, they are cooked, of course à la mode.”
They say Gen Z is obsessed with their direct elders, Millenials, and let me tell you, as a Millenial, I’ve been really into music from my direct elders, Gen X, lately. Give me a longer Lilith Fair documentary plz.
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
They say Gen Z is obsessed with their direct elders, Millenials, and let me tell you, as a Millenial, I’ve been really into music from my direct elders, Gen X, lately. Give me a longer Lilith Fair documentary plz.
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Err on the side of not letting your child be a lab rat for unproven AI tech.
Child Development Researcher Issues Warning About AI-Powered Teddy Bears Flooding Market Before Christmas
There's still far too much we don't understand about how AI-powered toys can affect a child's development, an expert warns.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Err on the side of not letting your child be a lab rat for unproven AI tech.
Y’all. Even my Strava feed is getting filled with AI slop posts 😭.
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Y’all. Even my Strava feed is getting filled with AI slop posts 😭.
I read a lot of celebrity/political memoir & there is a theme of people with immense power pushing the narrative that “at one time, I struggled deeply” as a way to avoid taking accountability or publicly accepting that they do have power NOW.
I would love for people to think critically about why they consider criticism of billionaires & major institutions…mean.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I read a lot of celebrity/political memoir & there is a theme of people with immense power pushing the narrative that “at one time, I struggled deeply” as a way to avoid taking accountability or publicly accepting that they do have power NOW.
I would love for people to think critically about why they consider criticism of billionaires & major institutions…mean.
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I would love for people to think critically about why they consider criticism of billionaires & major institutions…mean.
“What you have is empty of anything green, but the slugs still find a way to work it out, inkiest green like mold breathed to life, they slide a wet trail across what is not a backyard.” Wowow a friend shared this essay from Michelle Tea I missed:
therumpus.net/2018/05/07/r...
therumpus.net/2018/05/07/r...
Rumpus Exclusive: "Pigeon Manifesto" - The Rumpus
The revolution will begin at your curb, in the shallow pool of shade that is your gutter.
therumpus.net
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“What you have is empty of anything green, but the slugs still find a way to work it out, inkiest green like mold breathed to life, they slide a wet trail across what is not a backyard.” Wowow a friend shared this essay from Michelle Tea I missed:
therumpus.net/2018/05/07/r...
therumpus.net/2018/05/07/r...
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20 local spots where you can sit down or grab a full meal for $30 or less. baltimorebeat.com/baltimores-b...
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
20 local spots where you can sit down or grab a full meal for $30 or less. baltimorebeat.com/baltimores-b...
I looked up how to turn off “text predict” on my phone this morning, and let me tell you, my life has already gotten 10x better. Any typos this moment forward are all me baby.
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I looked up how to turn off “text predict” on my phone this morning, and let me tell you, my life has already gotten 10x better. Any typos this moment forward are all me baby.
Also why in the fresh hellscape did I have to sign paperwork that even though I confirmed before my endoscopy & colonoscopy that the procedures were covered, my insurance company might not pay for the anesthesia. This is some private insurance nonsense that our govt is ensuring will only get worse.
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Also why in the fresh hellscape did I have to sign paperwork that even though I confirmed before my endoscopy & colonoscopy that the procedures were covered, my insurance company might not pay for the anesthesia. This is some private insurance nonsense that our govt is ensuring will only get worse.
Angela N. Carroll’s account of experiencing SHERALD’S portraits is not only a review, but an ecstatic poem that honors Sherald’s art beautifully:
Epically, ecstatically, and sublimely Black: A reflection on Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art baltimorebeat.com/epically-ecs...
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Angela N. Carroll’s account of experiencing SHERALD’S portraits is not only a review, but an ecstatic poem that honors Sherald’s art beautifully:
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Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 11/05/25-11/19/25 baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-ar...
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 11/05/25-11/19/25 baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-ar...
I had to set up a three way call with my insurance company & colonoscopy + endoscopy provider to tell them I DO NOT owe $1000 for the two procedures. I exclaimed MY BODY IS VERY EXPENSIVE when they were like "oh wow, you hit your deductible & coinsurance, this will all be 100% covered."
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I had to set up a three way call with my insurance company & colonoscopy + endoscopy provider to tell them I DO NOT owe $1000 for the two procedures. I exclaimed MY BODY IS VERY EXPENSIVE when they were like "oh wow, you hit your deductible & coinsurance, this will all be 100% covered."
Anyway, my house was broken into last week & a lot of folks are like: “you need cameras” but I’m like “what if we had living wages & social safety nets instead of this modern version of debtors prison.”
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Anyway, my house was broken into last week & a lot of folks are like: “you need cameras” but I’m like “what if we had living wages & social safety nets instead of this modern version of debtors prison.”
Me, blasting Iris DeMent on the way to work today.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Me, blasting Iris DeMent on the way to work today.
Can’t wait to see my ENT’s face when I tell her later this week that allergy testing in the spring lead to such an intense inflammation response that I ended up needing an iron infusion and then stress fractures my foot this summer because I couldn’t absorb nutrients properly 🫠
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Can’t wait to see my ENT’s face when I tell her later this week that allergy testing in the spring lead to such an intense inflammation response that I ended up needing an iron infusion and then stress fractures my foot this summer because I couldn’t absorb nutrients properly 🫠
Academics will go to school for 10 years to justify “that’s not my taste.”
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Academics will go to school for 10 years to justify “that’s not my taste.”
The last week has felt like I'm in a Final Destination film & I do not like it!!!!!
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The last week has felt like I'm in a Final Destination film & I do not like it!!!!!
Boring reason number 1385859 I am pro environmental regulation: because my car is a zero emissions vehicle, I will pay $0 to replace my catalytic converter due to regulations years ago that gave my car a 150,000 mile warranty on the piece of technology. Yay protecting air & having pre-paid repairs!
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Boring reason number 1385859 I am pro environmental regulation: because my car is a zero emissions vehicle, I will pay $0 to replace my catalytic converter due to regulations years ago that gave my car a 150,000 mile warranty on the piece of technology. Yay protecting air & having pre-paid repairs!
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A thread of some of my favorite spooky reading starts today! First up, “The Daddy Thing” by @kcmeadbrewer.com. If you haven’t read this scary gem, you really should:
electricliterature.com/the-girl-is-...
electricliterature.com/the-girl-is-...
The Girl is Always Eaten At the End - Electric Literature
"The Daddy Thing" by K.C. Mead Brewer, original fiction about a young girl who befriends a vampire bat, recommended by Electric Literature
electricliterature.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A thread of some of my favorite spooky reading starts today! First up, “The Daddy Thing” by @kcmeadbrewer.com. If you haven’t read this scary gem, you really should:
electricliterature.com/the-girl-is-...
electricliterature.com/the-girl-is-...
Imagine if all the people creating healthcare apps put their energy into advocating for single-payer.
October 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Imagine if all the people creating healthcare apps put their energy into advocating for single-payer.
No more adult girl whisper singing. Please.
October 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
No more adult girl whisper singing. Please.