“Trump is a classic bully who craves submission and fears conflict. His fervent supporters want him to be Michael Corleone, but he’s more like Biff Tannen.”

China Called Trump’s Bluff - The Atlantic

“The notion of my future suddenly snapped into focus: it didn’t exist yet. I was making it, standing there, breathing, fixing the air around my body with stillness, trying to capture something—a thought, I guess…”
My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

“The sudden absence of responsibility was a floaty, frothy, almost hallucinogenic weightlessness.”

All Fours by Miranda July

#books #literature #fiction

“Maybe it was the wrong day to try microdosing, but she’d needed something to help her get through dinner…”

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin is one of the best books I’ve read in a while.

Educators: TeachEngineering is looking for hands-on activities that relate to the interdependent relationships in ecosystems! 🌿🌤️💧🐞🐸

Inspire the next generation of STEM learners by sharing creative and engaging activities that work in your classroom! We want to add ecosystem activities that:

“Don’t be afraid, you’re seeing me and my nagual, but I’m here with you, it’s like a fit of drunkenness, very brief, it vanishes on its own, it doesn’t last, like flowers; dream now.”
#youdreamedofempires by Álvaro Enrigue

‘They discussed replacing her but saw at once that it was impossible: her upper lip, for one, and the light in her eyes. So then the show becomes about something else: what if a woman were irreplaceable?’

@tricialockwood.bsky.social on The X-Files:

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Check out my buddy’s work in Thimble Lit Mag: www.thimblelitmag.com/2024/05/02/t... #writingcommunity

Tyson v Paul was the third best fight of the night.

It’s time to take the money out of politics. I’d like to humbly propose that all future presidential elections be decided by dance off.

I need to refresh my writing playlists. Anyone have #postrock #shoegaze or #doom suggestions?

Excited to share some new projects with you all this year. What do you have in the works?

Finally got an invite to the cool kids’ table. Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend.